“Mr Speaker, when it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change.” Lord Viscount Falkland circa 1640 Falkland said this memorable conservative remark during a parliamentary debate ab...Read More
This graph shows the change in number of people in the world living on less than one dollar per day for the last 36 years. A dollar a day is the United Nations measure of poverty. I don’t know...Read More
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN GUILTY OF LOOKING AT OTHERS YOUR OWN AGE AND THINKING, SURELY I CAN’T LOOK THAT OLD? WELL…..YOU’LL LOVE THIS ONE! MY NAME IS SANDEE, AND I WAS SITTING IN THE WAI...Read More
I just finished “The Devils Company” on my Kindle 1. It has been been my primary reading tool for two years now. Kindle 2 which I have fondled but don’t own is a significant improv...Read More
I was witness to the creation of a new word this weekend. Michele Wucker created it to explain her feeling toward some rowdy teenage guests at her hotel in Washington, DC. She is the author of Loc...Read More
In the upper right hand side of the blog page just below the picture is a countdown timer that says: “SIMON JOINS THE MEDICARE BUFFET IN ___ DAYS” This clever graphic is now also a link to...Read More
Simon (on right) and a marble In the early 1800’s Napoleon stole a lot of statuary from what are now Greece and Turkey which was then stolen by the British when they beat Napoleon. It is now on ...Read More
A great piece of Pasadena Art. It was created as a birthday gift. You can read the entire story in the LA Times here And, of course, it is installed at a fork in the road. Thanks to Rebecca who saw ...Read More