We ate dinner one night at True Food Kitchen a very healthy restaurant in Phoenix. Our friend Debbie F. took us there and it was good different. They have wine as well as agave nectar natural drin...Read More
I don’t really have a dog in the health-care debate since I’m less than 1000 days away from the Medicare buffet. But the politics of the debate have captured me and the media bias that i...Read More
Our friend Jessie Seiler is in Senegal with the Peace Corp. She writes an excellent blog occasionally has a burst of posts on Facebook and is raising money to distribute anti-malaria nets in her vil...Read More
DECISIONS You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night, when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus: 1. An old lady who looks as if she is about to di...Read More
“Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.” John Maynard Keynes...Read More
Helping my Mother-in-law move some thing around I came across some packets of carbon paper. She gave them to me. It is helpful to remember that less than 30 years ago “carbon” was used m...Read More
There are two kinds of rocks in the world: “Free Ranging” and “Caged.” This picture illustrates the point nicely. the large boulder and small rocks along the petunias in the ...Read More
I have often said that: “The Key to Happiness is Low Expectations.” It is an excellent conversation starter and a reasonably applicable mantra. Yesterday at LAX I said it to a Southwes...Read More
It turns out that one of my philosophical anchors “The key to happiness is low expectations” has a name it is called Defensive Pessimism. There was a short article about defensive pessim...Read More
The Pasadena Sandwich Company has this very funny sign in the kitchen: “What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it’s all about?” Also they make an excellent grilled cheese sandwich!...Read More