Obligatory first explanatory post

So what's this all about and why did I create this blog? Well to begin with, I am a 35 year old father of 3 who spends his days supporting a bunch of Macs at your typical corporate headquaters™. Over the past 5 years, I have steadily gained more than a passing interest in science and philosophy. I finally came to the realization that I am simply not built to climb a corporate ladder and have no desire to do so even if I were. So I decided a change was necessary to achieve that fulfillment. Aristotle called this "eudaimonia" which goes beyond simply the idea of happiness.

So I decided I would go back to college. The last experience I had with a University was 17 years ago where I unceremoniously flamed out in the 2nd semester of my Freshman year. But I had promised myself years ago that if I was ever going to return, it would be in an area that I wanted to study and not necessarily what might provide me the highest earning potential. I wanted to explore the science that was best equipped to explain the nature of things. That field is physics. So this blog will chronicle my journey. Why the name? Well it comes from a Mark Twain quote:

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

That sums up my philosophy quite nicely and I thought the name was appropriate. So off I go!