Welcome! I'm a thirty-something (how the hell did I get this old?) former know-it-all (when did the world and everything in it move at such lightning speed to leave me behind with my limited knowledge?) who once loved the soap box. These days I pick my battles a little more carefully, although, admittedly, I have my good days and my not-so-good days when reason packs up its assorted stuff and says "I'm outta here - she can carry on alone." These are the collective ramblings of the frightf...