Hope is a goal without a deadline or a desire without a plan. Hope alone is never enough. The Spanish verb for hope is Esperar. Esperar is also the verb for wait. It illustrates the problem I see ...Read More
My faith is not in politicians. My faith is in The Wisdom of Crowds. As explained by James Surowiecki in his book of the same name a large, well organized and disparate group can over the long run...Read More
I woke up this morning to a very orange sunrise as the smoke from the fires over the last few days dissipates. It is probably good news because the smoke dispersing means that the wind has died down...Read More
The massive wild fire in Montecito last night made me think of a similarity between forests and the economy and forest fires and economic crisis. Until the 1970’s we used to try to put out all f...Read More
Found Starbucks art? Recycling a sleeve? Dragonfly coffee? I drank the coffee, I made the dragonfly and I photographed it I just can’t figure out a name for it. Thanks to Joe C who watched me do...Read More
The football industry has been growing at about 6% per year. The Reality TV business has been growing at about 12% per year. We here at simonburrow.com/ want football to be more important than rea...Read More
Simon says: “During the winter the weather in Southern California is salubrious.” salubrious sa·lu·bri·ous (sə-loo’-brē-əs) adj. Conducive or favorable to health or well-being....Read More
As the stock market continues its downward spiral I have been thinking about worst case scenarios. I came up with this: A wise person will prepare for old age three ways: -By living in a place with ...Read More
What a great country. The election of Barack Obama (I just added Barack and Obama to my on-line dictionary) and the gracious acceptance of defeat by John McCain are evidence how great it is. Altho...Read More