Making Mistakes, on Purpose: I have long been a great admirer of the American Entreprenureal Spirit - men who would challenge the status quo to try new things or sometimes just build a better mouse trap. I love the tenacity of Thomas Edison who just didn't quit. I love the take no prisoners attitude of Burt Rutan who built the first privately funded space ship, and it worked.

Sometimes the inventions are on a much smaller scale, but the spirit is the same. Guys who tinker in their garage on a new device, or code a program in a better way than anyone else. They here the crowds telling them it can't be done and they know in their hearts that it can, or they will keep trying until they prove to themselves that maybe it can't be done.

I am certainly no Rutan or Edison, but in my own way I am about to embark on a life long thought. I will not share it here because I don't want my inbox to be filled with A:) people telling me about other people who have tried and failed, B:) people telling me that I can't do it, or C:) people telling me that they had this idea and really gave it a lot of thought and here is what they learned. This is my own little project. I had the idea when I was in my first year of college (California for those who know me, not Lincoln or Cincinnati) and it festered in my mind for several months. I have recently started to think and plot again and think that I might be on to something. If I am wrong, I will have had a great time learning in the process. If I am right, well... you will have to wait and see what happens.