Author: Simon
Winston Says
After he retired Winston Churchill was cruising the Mediterranean on an Italian ship. When asked why he chose an Italian ship he replied: “There are three things I like about being on an Italian cru... Read More
Gasoline Fire Warning
President Biden, in his first week as President, has moved to restrict domestic oil supply and to piss off the Saudi Arabians by stopping arms sales. I expect this will cause gasoline prices to rise s... Read More
Altruism and Covid
As I understand it the objective of developing vaccines for Covid was to minimize deaths from the virus. Our current policy is not doing that as well as it could. We are vaccinating many people at low... Read MoreWords Seldom Seen: Coachee
Coachee Noun: One who is coached. Example: “He met with his coachee every week and some progress was made. My first encounter with this word was in The Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt etal... Read More
Best Available
“It is better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.” B. C. Forbes Founder Forbes Magazine Photo is an old mill stone in Wolston, England my home village.... Read More
What Did You Say?
It is often noisy in restaurants. Bose or one of their competitors should invent a noise cancelling device that makes it less noisy. They have done it with headphones. I’m visualizing an Alexa l... Read More