Family Show Me SimonOctober 22, 20250 “Show me the incentives and I’ll show you the outcome.” Charlie Munger Charlie Munger was Warren...
DECLINE Being is Believing SimonOctober 21, 20250 “The whiter my hair becomes, the more ready people are to believe what I say.” Bertrand Russell English...
Maxims Disgrace SimonOctober 16, 20250 “A person who dies rich dies disgraced.” Andrew Carnegie Carnegie was an early advocate of charity...
Hohokam Chance SimonOctober 15, 20251 “Chance favors the prepared mind.” Louis Pasteur Pasteur’s is a more elegant way of saying “luck...
DECLINE Old Age SimonOctober 14, 20250 ”Old age and the wear of time teach many things.” Sophocles There are advantages to being old. In some...
Hohokam Doing Business SimonOctober 8, 20251 "The chief business of the American people is business.” Calvin Coolidge The photo is from Mesa Verde NP....
DECLINE Not Shocked SimonOctober 7, 20251 “Perhaps one has to be old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked.” Pearl Buck American...
Maxims Arguing SimonOctober 1, 20250 “There’s no sense in arguing over what you can’t change.” On the other hand it is only through arguing...
Politics Despair SimonSeptember 30, 20252 “Despair is a mortal sin.” William F Buckley I could list all of the government actions that could cause...
Family Words Seldom Seen: Liminal SimonSeptember 26, 20250 Liminal Adjective: In-between, in transition, in an early stage of development. Example: "Since they were...