schizophrenic & proud of it

yesterday i was watching this tv show, columbo, & they had an episode featuring his eternally-absent wife. she was sleuthing out a ventriloquist mystery.

there was an interesting concept there that i've never heard before: that ventriloquist's are controlled schizophrenics. a brief google yields enough links that apparently this is not too far from the truth.

regardless of association with psychology, ventroliquism is alive & well, even on XM radio. and personally, i cheered on the vent that won america's got talent last year. he was fantastic. check this out if you want to read up on the topic more...

so back to topic - i conclude that people pick their professions because of needs within themselves. that is, those who can choose, which is actually a luxury, come to think of it.

my first thought of this was when the ventriloquist in the tv episode was performing for children. and the nun was saying wasn't he a wonderful man. me, the skeptic that i am, think that when men are drawn to children, particularly in the catholic church, nothing good can come of it. unless of course, it is baseball or some other sport they can use to relive their childhood through.

to make this personal, as i'm writing this i wonder if i, in fact, decided on a highly cerebral profession with speaking appointments & writing, to finally be considered "smart" instead of "cute"?

hmmmmmmmmm.