duking hazard

Shamus on view

Me-usings and Me-emories

2 October 2020 - Curiosity is largely an asset:  through exploration of the world one learns, by examining the thought process one can be better assured of truth.  Most lower-order creatures merely react, guided by their hardwiring, eons in formation.  "Why?" is a pesky question, one that bothers sleep and annoys dictators.  But the obstinate desire to know the answer, when tempered with a cautionary brake, has served my kind well.  Because a headlong rush is the downside of curiosity (cranial impact does not make one smarter).  So an observer notes my hesitant step, my vacillation between do and don't, and concludes that I am timid, afraid of the world.  I recall, from the last time that I was "out in the world", that there are things which should be given a wide berth... and that makes me a survivor.

clipped notes

                             Today's Catechism 

                            (for the autodidcat)

Adolescence is

a mine field.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrcarious, uncertain (and hedged with an entreaty to Bastet)