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The Obscure As A Passion

© Glenn Hameroff

The Obscure as A Passion

My fascination with finding unique, bizarre and unusual fonts of research knowledge stems from a sense of inadequacy flavored by laziness when I was in school. My standardized tests put me in classes with the best and the brightest. I was neither up to their work ethics nor willing to absorb all the curricular materials. Class participation was a major component in the evaluation process, consequently my long days' journey into the realm of the obscure began to provide me with class contributions. These events predate the Internet, so I had to search used bookstores and library shelves for access points to the worlds of the unique. Now, I search the net for search engines and web sites that will take me to this world I have grown to love.

Some examples of sites that would equip a student with either unusual contributions or "shockwave" questions are: Thomas Crapper: A Man, A Plan, A Commode! [ http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1093... Ancient Law Seminar - Bernard Hibbitts[http://www.law.pitt.edu/hibbitts/ancient... CAUS - Citizens Against UFO Secrecy - home page [http://www.caus.org/] Russia on the Web [http://www.valley.net/~transnat/index.ht...

These journeys into the dark forests have yielded a huge crop of research knowledge and access to many of the out of the way venues for research. One of the most helpful search platforms is http://www.beaucoup.com. There are twenty-five hundred search engines available at this site. They are organized into just about every conceivable subset of data search possible. What is even more exciting is that the site introduced me to the new digital search engine technology that responds with incredible accuracy and speed. You must try Fast Search (http://www.alltheweb.com) which can give you thousands of returns in .4 of a second. It is really a humbling experience.

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