The Vesuvius Challenge
In the town of Herculaneum near Pompeii 300 years ago ruins from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius were discovered and...
Author: Simon
Humanity
“The real problem of humanity is we have paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and God like technology. It is...
Peace
“If you want peace, prepare for war.” Si Vis Pacem, Para bellum Publius Flavius Vegetius...
Moon Rise Over Monaco
“With privilege comes responsibility.” Too much time on a tour bus made me grouchy. The moon rise as the...
Pablo Picasso
“It took me my whole life to learn to draw like a child.” Pablo Picasso Picasso spent his formative...
Barcelona
“The straight line Belongs to Man, The curved line Belongs to God” Antoni Gaudi “The...
The Last Cathedral
The Sagrada Familia may be the last majestic cathedral built. Religion is much less popular than it was and the...
Risk
There is risk in everything we try, demanding certainty is another way of stalling. This quote reminds me of a...
Cruising
Tomorrow we leave on our first ever ocean cruise on a large cruise ship. I have always opposed cruises because in...
Sensory Extension
“We listen to the unspoken, we gaze upon the unseen.” Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea From the...
