I am a newcomer to the blog. In fact, I posted the first message on a blog ever, just last week. In the time since then I have visited and read about 200 sites. While in the grips of this new found fascination I realized that this would require a shift in my perspective. You see, for the last twenty years, I have worked very hard to never express an opinion unless asked.

I am a redhawk. This distinction comes from the Native American lunar calender. In this tradition the birth astrology is based on the moon rather than the sun and " your sign" is an animal, plant. and mineral rather than a constellation. If you're not familiar with this, redhawk coincides with Aries [given in order that you might be able to follow the following].

I am a predator. I love nothing more than "to circle" in the big picture, listen and swoop in to challenge the status quo or the beliefs of someone. Not with my own "truth" but by pointing out the disconnect between their words and actions, or most enjoyable to me personally, is the pointing out of the paradoxes in their thinking. Needless to say, it can bloody. This is usually not my intention, well, not most of the time. It just seems to be my nature. I am called a "catalyst" by those who understand this and an "asshole" by those who don't. To tell you the truth there is a considerable crossover and it can occur in the space of a single thought.

I love the concept of the paradox. It is my assertion that to recognize the truth, look for the paradox. The bigger the paradox the more truth it contains and the measure of whether you should have even been thinking about it in the first place.