[Triumph36]

Anacardo,

Part of intelligence is getting out there in the world and proving it. It's one thing to be in the spot you are (and I'm in a very similar spot), but really, the life you sound like you're looking to lead, intelligence will merely become alternately a parlor trick and leisure activity. It's one thing to be good at Jeopardy and be able to talk in depth about history and literature - but what is that all really worth?

It's one thing to say, 'I'm too good for job x or job y' - well, you kinda have to get out there and prove it. And again, I'm speaking as someone in damn near the same spot mentally.