... is Hump Day.

(1) What's the theme song of your life? Explain & include lyrics.

Hmmm. Some sort of an echo in here ...

I chose "Moviola" (by John Barry) for a couple of reasons. It's lush and lyric, swelling to almost the melodramatic while not quite reaching that over-the-top point. And we used it as the concluding music in our wedding video.

No lyrics. I think I've used up all the words I need to.

(2) When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up & why?

Hmmm. Some sort of an echo in here ...

(3) What do you think was the turning point in your life?

The turning point? Yeesh. I can think of several that would have led me to very different places than I am today.

I'd have to say, off the top of my head, my divorce from Cheryl. While it wasn't entirely my idea, it represented a major break from the direction my life had been going since high school -- or, arguably, even before that. It was the most sudden, wrenching departure from my expectations of where my life was going that I have experienced (or hope to).

(4) Do you think life is run by destiny or by your own will? Explain.

I believe that we all have a course in our life that is known in advance by the Deity (and therefore, given the Deity's omniscience and omnipotence, dictated thereby). I believe we all have free will to choose that course, and are held responsible for it. I believe that the inherent contradiction in those two beliefs constitutes a Mystery, possibly due to a lack of perspective, but certainly not within our current abilities to understand.

If that strikes some as a cop-out, so be it. Too much scratching at the underlying metaphysics of the universe tends to lead to a lot of those sorts of apparent blind alleys.

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