Marchetti’s Constant
“Humans are willing to commute for roughly an hour per day.” Cesare Marchetti, Italian...
Author: Simon
Art
"Painting is Silent Poetry." Thomas Hill The painting is by William Shepard. We acquired it in Santa Fe...
Migration is the Solution
"Migration is not the problem; it is the solution." "Migration will save us because it is migration that made...
Words Seldom Seen: Orthogonal
Orthogonal Adjective: 1. At right angles. 2. Having mutually independent elements. Example: "Because the...
Pay Attention
I asked my wife what women really want. She said "a tent of lovers." Or perhaps it was "attentive lovers"...
All Tied
“Neckties satisfy modern man’s desire to dress in art.” For forty or so years I kept all of my ties....
Time Moves On
”The moving finger writes and having writ moves on.” From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam This photo was...
Weather
Climate is what you expect. Weather is what happens. From Unsettled by Steven...
Words Seldom Seen: Saturnine
Saturnine Adjective: Exhibiting a gloomy, surly, sardonic attitude. Basically a downer. Has astrological...
Nationalism
“Nationalism only becomes poisonous when the dose is too large.” This classical Japanese print was given to...
