So. Here Goes...

I debated a bit over different names for this 'blog' thing.

"Occam's Razor" was right up there.  After all, the simplest explanation is almost always the case.  Especially when it comes to people.  Yes, dear friends, people reveal who they are sooner or later. The $60K question is 'do you believe them when they do?'

{Go ahead, take a moment. It's worth one.}

Even though I am a dyed in the wool skeptic of most everything and everone, I want my blog to have ~some~ glimmer of hope.  (And humor, too, if ya didn't quite pick up on that.)  So, no to Occam. This time.

"The Sassy Phoenix" because I am sassy (sardonic, really) and Phoenix because I have been reduced to ashes and have risen from the dust many, many times (illness mostly, but failure, too).  I don't like the two words together, though.  Nope.

My very favorite quote of all time* I discovered at the already burgeoning sardonic and bright-cheeked age of 15: 

The unexamined life is not worth living.   ~ Socrates

That little gem resonated in my soul from the moment I laid eyes upon it.  Think about what you do.  What you think and what you DO matter.  Take inventory of your inner workings and your outward actions. These things matter, dammit.  

'Sugar' ~ ~ ~  I used to bake a lot ('used to' => full circle, Phoenix moment here).  And, after all, life is sweet.  Even though I'm a skeptic and sarcastic and logical and rational, I do know that.


And, so, there it is, then: Socrates and Sugar.  I think it's a pretty good summation of me... for the moment.

* I have recently found another quote that rings equally true in my soul.  I hope you stay tuned for that blog-isode, friends.