Welcome to the New + Improved Blog!

This blog of mine has had a few name changes over the years. Previously Ramblings and Ruminations, then Ruminations and Revelations, and at one time My Life in 365. In an effort to simplify and also inject a bit of humor the new name (for now!) will be the JENsonian. I have used this title in conversation a million times in reference to bits and bobs I've collected and saved throughout my life. For example: "Oh, this? This old denim jacket from 15 years ago that no longer fits but I wore during three glorious summers in Europe? No, I'm not throwing it away -- its going in the JENsonian."


This blog will still focus on my "ruminations" and "revelations" and "ramblings", but now it will have a name that is less of a mouthful. Thoughts?


ruminate |ˈro͞oməˌnāt|verb [ no obj. ]1 think deeply about something: we sat ruminating on the nature of existence.2 (of a ruminant) chew the cud.DERIVATIVESrumination |ˌro͞oməˈnāSHən|noun,ruminative |-ˌnātiv|adjective,ruminatively |-ˌnātivlē|adverb,ruminator |-ˌnātər|nounORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin ruminat- ‘chewed over,’from the verb ruminate .revelation |ˌrevəˈlāSHən|noun1 a surprising and previously unknown fact, esp. one that is made known in a dramatic way: revelations about his personal life.• the making known of something that was previously secret or unknown: the revelation of an alleged plot to assassinate the king.• used to emphasize the surprising or remarkable quality of someone or something: seeing them play at international level was a revelation.2 the divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence or the world: an attempt to reconcile Darwinian theories with biblical revelation | a divine revelation.• ( Revelation or Revelations; in full the Revelation of St John the Divine )the last book of the New Testament, recounting a divine revelation of the future to St. John.DERIVATIVESrevelational |-SHənl|adjectiveORIGIN Middle English (in the theological sense): from Old French, or from late Latin revelatio(n-), from revelare ‘lay bare’ (see reveal1). Sense 1 dates from the mid 19th cent.