What's new Bestest?

When I was a child I was always looking for the secret message, the hidden code, the words others missed because they weren't really looking.

I just believed that the world was speaking to me and it was my job to find the translation.

Of course I am no longer a child, but I still find myself feeling that same sort of niggling feeling -- that this, whatever this happens to be at the time, might be important when I grow up.

Today I was transcribing an interview and having to look up the names of professors who worked at a southern university, literature forms I'd never heard of, authors and books I didn't know and it felt like a scavenger hunt. I found myself thinking how I might utilize this information in the future in spite of the fact that most of the people I talk to would not be the least bit interested. 

I am always amazed at all the new things left to learn in this world and I love finding them.
 
When I was a child my father was the person I looked up to for this kind of fun.

Now it's Bestest.