July 28th, 2011 Maxim
"I believe in a balanced budget" John F Kennedy During the first Nixon-Kennedy Debate...
The 1936 Olympics
Often called "The Nazi Olympics" had their opening ceremonies 75 years ago today. The most told story about these...
Tadpoles vs Polliwogs
A new photo of the tadpoles in the pond shows a dramatic growth in their size and an equal and opposite decrease in...
Simon Says Postcards 7/26/2011
“A modest garden contains, for those who know how to look and to wait, more instruction than a library.” Henri...
EatYourPeas.com
When President Obama said during the debt limit negotiations recently that it was time to "Eat Your Peas." I thought...
Vantastic
During my "hippie carpenter" days I drove a shingled Ford Econoline van with an impeach Nixon bumper sticker. Then...
Nanny in Pasadena
On Tuesday July 19th the Pasadena Environmental Advisory Commission had a public hearing on a proposal to ban the use...
Five Pearls of Wisdom
1. Money cannot buy happiness but...somehow, its more comfortable to cry in a Mercedes than on a bicycle. 2....
Simon Says Postcards 7/21/2011
Red Telephone Boxes are now rare and expensive. What is ubiquitous in our lives today that will be rare...
Maxim July 21, 2011
"The postcard is a curious form. It is the epitome of what linguists call phatic communication: a message with no...
