A sign I saw in front of several houses in Santa Fe. The problem with this sign is that it is based on the misguided assumption that there are no Putins or Kims in the world. That Hitler and Stalin co...Read More
“If you do not undertake a risk of real harm, reparable or even potentially irreparable, from an adventure, it is not an adventure.” Nassim Taleb Skin in the Game...Read More
“To the Heroes who have fallen in the various battles with ______ Indians in the Territory of New Mexico.” We saw this plaque with the word removed on the monument in the Plaza in Santa Fe...Read More
“We age not by years, but by stories.” Unknown This saying was on a postcard I received from somewhere in Eastern Europe. I saved the card but can’t find it. ...Read More
I think this is a trash can that supports the fight against breast cancer. What exactly are we supposed to put in it? Full disclosure: I’m not a good recycler. I recently proposed on this page t...Read More
Howard Rotter Diving in the Philippines In 2014 while my good friend, Howard, was wasting away from the progressive horror of ALS we suddenly had the Ice Bucket Challenge. It raised more than $115 mil...Read More
“All thing has a cause. Look into your pass for answer.” From a Fortune Cookie. Almost a stereotype of an inscrutable Chinese saying in a B-movie....Read More
In July I was boating with my friends Gene and Carole in New England and the story that Starbucks was stopping using straws was in the news. The New England coast was beautiful and the harbors were th...Read More