Think of me more as a Sheppard than a podcast host, instead of sheep aimlessly wandering off, I'm constantly having to rein in directionless fragmented sentences.

My earliest memory of realizing how incredibly different my mind worked compared to other people, was in the 3rd grade. During a parent teacher meeting my parents were spoken to by my teacher who held my class assignment from the same afternoon, a creative writing assignment describing the place of my choosing to visit if I could go anywhere, and why. The teacher was explaining that while my entire class was scribbling away about Disney, Six Flags, the zoo, a Yankee game, the beach and other commonplace attractions, my parents were shown what I wrote feverishly for what felt like no time at all; "The Darkside of the Moon." My reasoning for that specific destination was simply a desire to accomplish something no other human in all of documented history could claim. It became apparent to everyone at that moment but me what displaying imaginative talents at 8 years of age demanded attention. The following year I began attending the High School once a week to be stimulated at a higher cognitive level in all disciplines at first, as the instructions continued into my last year of elementary school, 5th grade, my extra-curricular studies focused on studying the arts. Already a violinist music had found me and likewise I discovered a companion for life. Thats ages 810, lol, I never stopped learning, today I am an accomplished musician, writer, therapist, 5th degree blackbelt, acupressurist, Qi-Gong instructor and thanks to changes in recent law a cultivator of organic vegetation.