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Google Answers Researcher Interview: Sublime1-ga
Let’s introduce today’s Google Answers Researcher Interview featuring Sublime1-ga:
“I wish God were alive to see this...”
– Homer Simpson
Sublime1-ga
What’s your first name?
John
Where are you from?
Washington, D.C. originally. I loved playing in Rock Creek Park as a kid,
but I’ve no relation to the ’bushes’ there.
What’s your profession?
I’ve played many roles in the mental health profession for over 20
years, but I recently quit the field due to the astonishing insanity
demonstrated by management (in contrast to the clients, who
know when they need a dose of common sense) engendered by
the system becoming managed-care and for-profit.
Post 9/11, I decided to spend my time in such a way that I wouldn’t feel it was wasted if I died tomorrow, which required that I be able to end each day with a sense of completion. The mental health field didn’t fit the bill. After a time, it occurred to me that I’d really enjoy assisting the 87 year old man that has supplied me with raw honey for the past 20 years. I gave him a call, and a week later he called me back. I’ve never been happier.
I’m also the president of the condo association where I live, and a licensed Avatar® Master. Here’s where to learn more on that:
Avatar® is actually the source of my nickname. During an ineffable experience which occurred when I took the course, only one word came to my mind — sublime. I later looked it up and realized that the chemical definition refers to a transition from a solid to a gas without the intervening liquid state. This turned out to be a perfect metaphor for what I had experienced — a transition between physical and spiritual without the intervening states of emotional and mental.
What’s your age?
I’ve read that the oldest cell in my body is only about 7 years old,
and many were born yesterday (which explains a lot). In short?
Timeless.
Sublime1-ga on Google Answers
When did you become a Researcher?
I received notice of my activation on 6/26/02, and answered my
first question on 6/27/02.
How did you find out about Google Answers?
Google was my homepage long before I became a researcher, since
they actually live up to Microsoft’s buzz phrase, “Where do you want
to go today?” Google delivers. I found the site by googling Google.
What do you like best about answering for Google Answers?
Someone once said that it’s not about having the right answers,
but rather, the right questions. I’m endlessly fascinated by the
questions which interest people, and thoroughly entertained by
learning and exploring the answers for them, and with them.
Would you consider taking this up as full-time job, provided the
question volume would be high enough (or is it already full-time for you)?
My (now 88 year old) honey-business mentor won’t be around
forever. If the question volume was adequate at that point,
I’d happily make it full-time. Otherwise, I would probably take
over the honey business.
What kind of question subject do you usually like to answer?
I enjoy anything with the opportunity to learn something interesting,
but I seem to have the greatest ease with computer questions,
relationships and society, human potential, spiritual growth, and
general fix-it questions. I have a background in electronics and
never saw a mechanical device I couldn’t fix.
In one sentence, what’s the trick to a good answer?
Become the customer. Use logic, intuition and genius to know
what they want, and then give it to them. If you’re not sure, ask.
Which Researcher would you take as guide on a dangerous island?
PinkFreud, without a second thought. She has the most enjoyable
personality I’ve ever encountered online, and I have no doubt she’s
as wonderful in person.
Sublime1-ga’s Favorites
What are your favorite research tools and websites (please include browser and text editor you are using)?
Mozilla browser, for the best skin ever, and tabbed browsing.
I usually compose and edit right in the answer box, with a final
look-see at Iain’s previewer. I don’t use a spell-checker, as I was
a regional spelling champion in 8th grade.
What are your favorite websites and newsgroups?
Since GA, I have less time for entertainment, but if you’ve
never seen the amazing multimedia artistry of
Brokensaints.com don’t wait another moment.
I will just suppose Google is your favorite search engine (right?).
Right!
Do you remember which one you were using before, and why you decided to switch to Google?
Would you believe, AskJeeves...? I enjoyed the idea of asking a
question in sentence form, but I soon realized it was only responding
to keywords anyway. When I first saw Google, I was very impressed
by their clean, minimal approach, which took no time at all to load,
but produced results far beyond AskJeeves, especially their cached
pages, which produce highlighted search terms and pages long gone.
What are some of your favorite questions & answers by others?
My favorite answers are beyond counting. I’m positively thrilled to
be in the company of what is, I’m sure, one of the most creative
and intelligent group of people in the world. My favorite question
is still unfinished, since it requests ’Most Comments Ever!’.
Questions like this bring out the other-than-professional side of
the researchers and the ’peanut gallery’, which I’m pleased to
discover. I’m very happy that the GA editors have tacitly approved
such excursions into our humanity.
What are some of the questions that were really a lot of fun answering for you?
Without a doubt, certain questions seemed to have my name on them:
and
...were right up my alley.
What would be a fun $200 question for you to answer?
“Please upload an album of original music.”
I am an amateur musician, playing guitar, flute and synthesizer
by ear, and I’ve composed over 8 hours of original music —
mostly meditational, new-age and light jazz. I have a page
on MP3.com, and I’d love to share more of what I’ve done.
Sublime1-ga’s Spare-time
Got any weird hobbies?
Hobbies? No. Lifestyles? Maybe. I’m a tantric sex practitioner.
What was the last book you read, the last movie you saw, and the last album you listened to?
- Last book: ’Blessing’ by David Spangler
- Last Movie: Who can remember with Matrix Reloaded on the horizon?
- Last Album: My own.
Final words by Sublime1-ga
If you’d write a book about your life, what would be the first sentence?
How long does it take to learn that you cannot heal what is already
perfect?
Anything else you’d want to add?
Thanks for my 15 minutes of fame...and:
“Be yourself to see yourself to free yourself to be your Self...”
- me
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