Welcome! That was not a long post- You should see the novels some folks write here. A lot of it pretty interesting, too.

Keep on posting, and you'll get your full membership pretty quickly. You sound like you do have a lot to contribute. In the meantime, keep in mind that Open Discussion is the busiest forum here, and a great place to discuss almost any topic. If you want to join a discussion that's in a restricted area, just start a new thread in Open on the subject, and include a link to the thread in question. Please don't be put off by this process; it's how we keep the discussion here at the highest quality possible.

So I have to ask, based on your username: have you read Douglas Hofstatder's "I Am A Strange Loop"?