Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day.

Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

Light the man a fire, and he can cook the fish before eating it.  Fish is much better that way.

James Steimle

What is a Renaissance Man?

According to the Encarta Dictionary quoted by Wikipedia, a renaissance man or Homo Universalis is a term that describes "a person who is well educated, or who excels, in a wide variety of subjects or fields.

James Steimle is at once at teacher, writer, gardener, hobby physicist, book binder, librarian, linguist, loving father, happy husband, with a degree in History, a Masters in Education, a background in law, marketing, and endless philosophy.  While completing all the work necessary for a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, he has published widely, played endlessly, run thousands of miles, written songs, sung in choirs, created economic models, and lived in the orient.  He has studied English, Ancient Egyptian, Japanese, Latin, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, and Spanish.

Albert Einstein said, essentially, "If you do what everyone else does, you will get what they get."

While recognizing the importance of order in civilization, James Steimle has never been a blind conformist.  "Good," a favorite teacher once taught him, "is man's worst enemy ... if it robs him of better."