My good friend, Gary David, died about 11 years ago. I still miss his wisdom and his humor. Here is the eulogy I wrote for him: When Barbara spoke to me about saying a few words today she asked: “ho...Read More
This set of rules was written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, columnist for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland , Ohio. I first posted it in 2009. These are good rules. As an introduction Regina wrote: “...Read More
Last week after a delicious Erev Rosh Hashanah meal I made the offhand comment that among other things eating organic food starves poor people. One of the other men at the event took issue and questio...Read More
“If a builder builds a house and the house collapses and causes the death of the owner of the house— the builder shall be put to death.” Hammurabi’s Code From Skin in the Game by Nassim Ta...Read More
Below the fold is the story of El Morro that I posted about ten years ago. It turns out that the one liner I created back then: “The difference between graffiti and petroglyphs is about a hundre...Read More
Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. A happy and sweet New Year to all. “L’shana tova, tikatevu” This is the happy holiday. A bit over a week later is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. I...Read More
Here is an example of competing interests, power groups and unintended consequences. On our recent New England trip we observed that in hotels built before about 1980 the stairs were a usable alternat...Read More
The only Frank Lloyd Wright designed house in Oregon I just posted the word empirical in my Words Seldom Seem thread and three thoughts that had been running around in my head separately suddenly came...Read More