Marchetti’s Constant
“Humans are willing to commute for roughly an hour per day.” Cesare Marchetti, Italian...
Category: Travel
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...
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...
Words Seldom Seen: Bromide
Bromide Noun: A chemical used as a sedative. Now more commonly used to describe a hackneyed saying meant to...
Words Seldom Seen: Gnosis
Gnosis Noun: esoteric knowledge of apparent spiritual truth. From the Greek word for knowledge. Example: "He...
Making the Noise
“Work hard in secret and let the success make the noise.” A & J Liquor and Tobacco Store,...
Forever Young
"As long as you can admire and love, then one is young forever." Pablo Casals, Cellist Photo Credit: Gene B....
Finding Happiness
“Above the poverty threshold the determinants of happiness are marriage, children and friends, not the size of a...
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