image courtesy Wikipedia.org Thank you to René Descartes, who in 1637 wrote the phrase, "I think, therefore I am".  I won't go into all the background, philosophical and otherwise on this but, you know this famous stuff, right?   Suffice it to say, that on days like today when it's (unexpectedly) raining steadily, I get to wondering about some things - some existential questions about myself and who I "am".  Gone are the days when my life … [Read more...]