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

Simon’s Rules for Hiking

Posted on December 31, 2024December 15, 2024 by Simon

Happy New Year I hope your year is filled with hikes to new places and old, that your knees stay healthy and your head is filled with wonder. About a decade ago I wrote this list of rules for hiking. ... Read More

The Comfort Crisis

Posted on December 30, 2024December 15, 2024 by Simon

The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter is a well written book about how our actions have changed since we were hunter gatherers and the effects of those changes on our happiness and well being. It was r... Read More

Test Post

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Simon

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Words Seldom Seen: Heterodox

Posted on December 27, 2024December 14, 2024 by Simon

Heterodox Adjective: Not conforming to the accepted or orthodox opinions or beliefs. Example 1: “His Heterodox belief that most politics was unimportant put him outside the mainstream of his coh... Read More