Mavericks
A list of men and women I admire because they are mavericks. These are true individuals who made a difference. They have changed my view of the world. And they did it quickly.
- Joel Salatin, Polyface Farms
- R. Buckminster Fuller
- Bruce Lee
- Monty Roberts, Horse Whisperer
- Cesar Milan, Dog Whisperer
- Lon Chaney, Sr.
- Lee Covey, Seven Habits
- Covert Bailey, Fit or Fat
- Richard Feyman
- Joseph Campbell
- Isaac Asimov
- Freeman Dyson
- Gerard K. O’Neill
- John Gardner
- Carl Sagan
- Julian May
- Julian Jaynes
- Douglas Hofstadter
- Robert Heinlein
- Arthur C. Clarke
- Ted Wong
- Graham Kendall
More names to come and and explanation of why I chose them.
9/15/2008 [Update] — This is an election season and there is one name conspicuously absent. John McCain. He may have been a maverick–and I’m being generous here–but only up until 2006. Then he sold out to the Bush administration. I don’t admire all mavericks only the ones that inspire me, so even if McCain could be classified as one by my definition, I do not admire him. In fact, I feel sorry for him. Here’s a man who’s given so much to his country who’s sold out his principles in order to win an election. I know I would have voted for him in 2000 if he’d gotten the nomination. Much to my shame and regret I did vote for Bush in 2000.
11/14/2008 [Update]— The election is over. Obama won. McCain gave a very gracious concession speech. Even though I know the next four years will be tough, we now have the leadership that will get us through it.
I’m going to repurpose this website and probably sanitize it. Remove all of the non-professional material. Nothing on the Intertubes is gone forever. Free speech is free speech. There are stories about people losing their jobs for what they post online. Well there isn’t much I can do about that now. If I wanted to live in a cardboard box, I’d have stayed off the net. I’ll leave my more personal stuff that I feel like sharing on another site. I think it’s more important for those that know me about what I don’t say online.