Travel Words Seldom Seen: Orthogonal SimonSeptember 12, 20250 Orthogonal Adjective: 1. At right angles. 2. Having mutually independent elements. Example: "Because the...
Humor Pay Attention SimonSeptember 11, 20250 I asked my wife what women really want. She said "a tent of lovers." Or perhaps it was "attentive lovers"...
Ideas All Tied SimonSeptember 10, 20251 “Neckties satisfy modern man’s desire to dress in art.” For forty or so years I kept all of my ties....
Family Time Moves On SimonSeptember 9, 20253 ”The moving finger writes and having writ moves on.” From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam This photo was...
Ideas Weather SimonSeptember 8, 20251 Climate is what you expect. Weather is what happens. From Unsettled by Steven...
Travel Words Seldom Seen: Saturnine SimonSeptember 5, 20250 Saturnine Adjective: Exhibiting a gloomy, surly, sardonic attitude. Basically a downer. Has astrological...
Travel Nationalism SimonSeptember 4, 20250 “Nationalism only becomes poisonous when the dose is too large.” This classical Japanese print was given to...
Maxims The Abyss SimonSeptember 3, 20250 "I stare into the abyss and the abyss stares back." Nietzsche This meme (I think this is what a meme is)...
DECLINE Remembering SimonSeptember 2, 20250 "One of the oddest things in life, I think, is the things one remembers." Agatha Christie, Author Photo is...
Immigration Happy Labor Day SimonSeptember 1, 20250 "Among the least successful parts of the indigenous population the success of immigrants can demoralize rather...