March 15, 2012 Maxim
"If you can't make yourself loved, make yourself feared." Mayer Amschel Rothschild Quoted by Niall Ferguson The...
Goodbye Britannica
This is a sad week for those of us who grew up loving books. The Encyclopedia Britannica is no longer going to be...
LA Public Library
Last month I went to the meeting of the California Map Society at the LA Public Library. It was my first visit inside...
Simon Says Postcards 3/13/2012
"One of the problems with the “promised land” is that it was promised to too many...
Cancun Photos Finally
After a lot of procrastinating here finally are an album of photos from our trip to Cancun last month with Howard and...
Not Yet
"I haven't been to Argentina" is only one word different than: "I haven't been to Argentina yet." But there is a...
Doing Things Badly
"You will find that the state is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things...
CECUT Map Opening
The opening of the map exhibit at CECUT in Tijuana last Friday was wonderful. Carlos Garcia, Armando Orso, Simon...
Abby the Cat RIP
She had a long and untroubled life and a gentle end. More Pictures on...
Akumal
A few hours drive south of Cancun on an excellent highway are the ruins of Tulum a Mayan site that has been very well...
