Words Seldom Seen: Kibosh
Kibosh Verb: Decisively put an end to. Originally from Kiddish Example: "The hot weather put the kibosh on...
Author: Simon
Books
"Before printing the total number of books in Europe was well under one hundred thousand. By 1500, after...
Postcard of the Week
"We stare into the abyss and the abyss stares back." Nietzsche...
July 12, 1947
Happy Birthday Simon In 1973 when I moved to California I changed my date of birth from July 12 to July 4. It...
de Gaulle speaks:
"Old age is a shipwreck." Charles De...
Lessons from the Grand Jury
95% of the crime is committed by 0.5% of the population. There is a chip in your car that lets the police track...
Words Seldom Seen: Allusion
Allusion Noun: An indirect or passing reference. An expression meant to call something to mind without...
Hiatus Explained
From April until yesterday, July 6, I was serving on the Maricopa County Grand Jury. It met two days a week and so...
Expectations
"Most of us expect too much from others and not enough from ourselves." William...
Ambition
"To do something, however small, to make others happier and better is the highest ambition." John...
