Hello world. Basher51 here. Don’t ask how I got that name. I don’t even know. One day I signed up for a Fox6 blog and they asked for a user name. It was the first thing that popped into my head. It is vaguely similar to the call sign of Capt. Scott O’Grady, the US Air Force pilot who was shot down over Bosnia and survived on his own for a few days while the enemy was looking for him. He eventually was rescued. His call sign was Basher 5-2. For some reason I was thinking about him and that whole episode about the same time as I signed up for the Fox6 blog. So, somehow that influenced me.
That is pretty much how my brain works. I think way too much. I mean way, way, way too much. Ever since I was a little kid people told me to just do stuff and not think so much about it. Sorry, that’s just me. A few years back I thought my way into a case of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. That was no treat. But some decent SSRI’s and a better than decent psychologist got me over the hump and now I don’t think quite so much. I know the warning signs.
One thing that I learned is that I don’t need to think about so many things. I was a firefighter for 26 glorious years. The department will remain un-named. It was a terrific job and I really wish that when I started it I had known about things such as being overly analytical. One thing that I learned as a result of GAD is that thinking when reacting is called or is a bad thing. “Shut your brain off and do the job” was pretty much what the shrink advised. Don’t think about what you are doing–that is what your training is for. You react the way that you were trained. When I go bowling or golfing I don’t sit and think about each motion. The same with doing the old job.
So, now I do a different job. I’m an inspector for insurance companies. I inspect residences, offices, factories. A neat job. A good thng about doing it is that I have learned to think less and rely on my training. It makes for a great job. I put on about 125 to 200 miles a day. (Yes, gas prices suck!) That gives me a lo of time to think.
What to expect? Analysis, thoughts on trends and current events. Some political analysis. And the end product of my fascination with economics. I think it will be interesting–to me at least.
