Fairness

Posted on February 27, 2017May 30, 2017 by Simon

If you expect the world to be fair because you are fair, you’re fooling yourself. That’s like expecting the lion not to eat you because you didn’t eat him. Bohdi Sanders ... Read More

Actions Have Consequences

Posted on February 17, 2017May 30, 2017 by Simon

It’s not who you are underneath, it’s what you do that defines you.... Read More

Good Roads

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Simon

In September 2015 I started a discovery project with an almost 100 year old map of Pasadena. At the time I called it One City One Map Life intervened, progress was slow, but I pushed slowly forward an... Read More

This Week

Posted on January 16, 2017May 30, 2017 by Simon

“Welcome to the last week of the Obama presidency. It’s Inauguration Week, a time turn the page and leave behind the mistakes of the past… and to look ahead with new confidence to the mistak... Read More

The Middle Kingdom

Posted on January 9, 2017May 30, 2017 by Simon

The Middle Kingdom is what the Chinese call their country. I had never thought about it very much but it when I did I thought it was a bad translation of a reference to Tolkien’s Middle Earth or... Read More

Kale Explains Everything

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Simon

Republicans don’t like Kale. They’d like to ban it and penalize those who secretly consume it. Democrats think kale is a very good thing. They want everyone to eat some everyday. And would... Read More