Written May 16, 2024. Posted today as an experiment. -Carl Today, I am sitting on a threshold. It is a threshold I would have liked to have avoided all of my life, or at least until very near the end of it. I have been on disability since September, and there is a kind of eligibility threshold at the one year mark. My understanding (which is poor, a factor in this process) is that it is pretty challenging to qualify for long term disability, but once one does qualify, it is not such a circus to maintain the status. Of course, I don’t want to qualify as disabled, except, of course, that I am. Physically I’m limited in strength, dexterity, eyesight, and endurance. The more significant (to me) limitation is…cognitive. I used to be a pretty smart guy. I don’t remember my exact IQ, but it was above average. I was put into the Mentally Gifted Minors program when I was in the third grade. My friend, David Reinhart, was put into it. I was never tested for it, but I was confid