“Crime is a regressive tax on poor people.” The best way to fight crime is to flood the area with police. Fear of being caught deters most crime. Overfund the police and loosen up the rule...Read More
I have used this cabinet for the last few years as a changing exhibit of our collections that don’t normally get enough attention. It has included glass objects, paper weights, baskets, tins, qu...Read More
In my imagination this Inukshuk has been built. In fact I’ll fund the design all the way to a cost estimate. It will be nearly 60 feet high....Read More
Portal For most of my life “portals” were a science fiction mechanism for getting from one state to another. They were ways to rip through the space time continuum. Now I have to have a po...Read More
Modicum Noun: A small quantity of something considered desirable or valuable. Example: “Simon’s rants about turn signals had a modicum of truth.” Pronunciation: maa·duh·km Photo is...Read More
“Do not save what is left after spending; instead spend what is left after saving.“ Warren Buffett This Saguaro cactus is of the third order. It has branches on branches on branches. In al...Read More
“Wine is bottled poetry.” Robert Louis Stevenson From The Little Book of Wine. We spent a few weeks in the Willamette Valley tasting Pinot Noirs last summer. Here is one that we liked:...Read More
Stochastic Adjective: Randomly determined. Having a pattern that may be analyzed statistically but may not be predicted precisely. Example: “The weather, more than a few days out is a stochastic...Read More