Words Seldom Seen: Stochastic

Posted on January 17, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

Stochastic Adjective: Randomly determined. Having a pattern that may be analyzed statistically but may not be predicted precisely. Example: “The weather, more than a few days out is a stochastic... Read More

Posing for Posterity

Posted on January 16, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

“The founders began posing for posterity, writing letters to us as much as to one another.” Joseph Ellis In Founding Brothers A great Blue Heron takes flight. Photo by one of my brothers i... Read More

Character Matters

Posted on January 15, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

“The American experiment with republican government requires virtuous leadership to survive.” Alexander Hamilton As paraphrased by Joseph Ellis in Founding Brothers Photo is of a Lego mode... Read More

The Public Good

Posted on January 14, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

“The task of government is not to stop selfish striving, which is a hopeless task, but to harness it for the public good.” Alexander Hamilton As quoted by Ron Chernow in Hamilton Yes that ... Read More

Wine One

Posted on January 13, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

“Wine is sunlight held together by water.” Galileo Galilei From The Little Book of Wine. At Hanukkah we have a night when we have to give a found gift. Someone chose this for me. It had a ... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Anomie

Posted on January 10, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

Anomie Noun: Not being in accord with the communities usual customs and standards. Example: “The young man driving without a muffler on his car was showing his anomie.” Pronunciation: a·n... Read More

Turn Signals

Posted on January 9, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

My hope for 2025: Everybody uses their turn signals every time they turn or change lanes. In Arizona turn signals are not used regularly at all. The excuses vary: I’m in the turn lane so its obv... Read More

Traffic

Posted on January 8, 2025January 7, 2025 by Simon

“When you are in traffic, you are also traffic.” In the immortal words of President Obama: “We are the people we have been waiting for.” Stop complaining. We are part of what w... Read More

Fighting Bureaucracy

Posted on January 7, 2025 by Simon

“And God created the Organization and gave it dominion over man.” Genesis 1, 30A, Subparagraph VIII Good luck to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy in their fight to reign in the Federal Bureau... Read More

Words Seldom Seen: Prolixity

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Simon

Prolixity Noun: The act of using too many words to express an idea or image. Long-winded Example: “His prolixity about the types of barbed wire made me tune out.” Photo is of a collection of diffe... Read More

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Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.