Adam, I can only remember the third time I was dropped as an infant, the bow sure did break quite often. Everything after that third hit on the head has sure been a blur. I am a combination of all three questions you asked, yes, I will always be a student (my martial arts Sensei taught me that), I love learning (both of my parents are educators, and they taught me how to learn). I have owned & operated my own software/web development business since '97, and yes, I consider myself independently wealthy (I don't mean in the traditional monetary sense, but more so, I am wealthy with the family/friends relationships I have). The software apps I have developed pay the bills, but I am much more wealthy in many ways other than my bank account. Over the past couple of years I took a much needed break from my 'online' world and have learned many traits everything from roofing, carpentry, farming, snowmaking, welding, and everything in-between that true hard-working Vermonter's need to do. In short, I am a 'thinker/philosopher' trapped in a 'mathematician's/programmer's' body. - Jared Edit: If you want to get to know me, here's a video I made of last year's snowmaking season (my favorite 'job' so far) : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3764471528686630443
