I am one who values rationale and thinking over feeling and intuition. I'm cool tempered and approach issues systematically. I think mental stress is all about frame of mind: no worries, no stress. Situations have a tendency to gravitate toward its own answers, so there's no need to get all worked up about stuff. I'm also a rivethead and a poet, though I don't write nearly as often as I would like.---------Little known Tom facts:- I have an irrational fear of crickets.- I'm left-handed; people who've known me for years forget this fact quite often.- My beard is actually red, and not dark brown like the rest of my hair.- My greatest fear in life is death.....that and acrophobia- My room may look atrocious, but it irks me to no end to have a messy workplace.- With the money I spent building this computer, I could've bought a used car.- There is a stack of children's encyclopedias I'm using as a tv stand.- I slept on a cd a few nights ago.