Jewish Rituals 2 SimonSeptember 13, 20180 Yesterday I asked "What is the difference between a habit and a ritual?" and I answered it: "About a hundred years."...
Humor Rituals SimonSeptember 12, 20180 Question: What is the difference between a habit and a ritual? Answer: About a hundred years. Many things like...
Words Seldom Seen Words Seldom Seen: Empirical SimonSeptember 11, 20180 Empirical Adjective, Derived from experience, not theoretical. Example: "Communism was a good theory but it certainly...
Jewish L’Shana Tova SimonSeptember 10, 20180 Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. A happy and sweet New Year to all. “L’shana tova, tikatevu” This...
Maxims Markets and Morality SimonSeptember 10, 20180 "It is immoral to be in opposition to the market system and not live (somewhere in Vermont or Northwestern Afghanistan)...
Ideapreneur Hotel Stairs (From September 2008) SimonSeptember 8, 20181 Here is an example of competing interests, power groups and unintended consequences. On our recent New England trip we...
DECLINE Les Wisdom SimonSeptember 7, 20180 "You don’t get in life what you want, you get in life what you are." Les Brown Motivational...
DECLINE Alfonso X on Aging SimonSeptember 6, 20180 "Burn old logs. Drink old wine. Read old books. Keep old friends." Alfonso X of...
Politics Prosperity SimonSeptember 5, 20180 The only Frank Lloyd Wright designed house in Oregon I just posted the word empirical in my Words Seldom Seem thread...
Words Seldom Seen Words Seldom Seen 1 SimonSeptember 4, 20180 Syncretism The union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy, language or...