Introduction

The phrase "Intellectual Itinerant" was a product of a stream of consciousness session in my journal and I thought, that sounds like a good blog title - so here I am. The name might be a little bit pompous, but I am sticking with it.  Some of my nearest and dearest might say I am a bit intellectually pompous anyways, so it works just fine.

Keeping a journal for the past year has been very fulfilling and therapeutic, so now I'd like to put most of what I write onto this blog.  Late last year, I had a phenomenal, 30,000 word conversation with my grandmother (Gammy). We talked about all the things you aren't supposed to, mainly religion and politics (as she said late in the conversation, "Really, there are times when one wonders if anything else is really worth talking about."). This conversation invigorated the both of us, and I want more. My goal here is to find common areas of interest with friends, family and strangers. I hope that this blog helps facilitate those connections.  

I like the idea of being an itinerant, moving from place to place.  While I do love to travel,  what really appeals to me is being a cerebral nomad rather than a physical one.  I am generally fascinated by just about anything there is to be fascinated by in this world, but I tend to jump between topics too quickly to become an expert in any one.  This blog will be largely random, but off the top of my head, here is a list of topics I will likely write about, in no particular order: 

Philosophy, literature, libertarian politics, evolution, music, patterns, investing (which pays my bills), history, religion, Buddhism (NOT a religion, in my book), travel, health, economics. 

Here's to some sparked curiosity.