Family Family Photos SimonMay 30, 20100 On the way back from our excellent trip to Italy we stopped in the UK. The weather was perfect and we had time to go...
Ideas How Ideas Happen SimonMay 28, 20101 In 2006 my brother Tom sent me a Roundabouts of Derby calendar. It is the kind of thing I like, off-beat and...
Nanny State Nanny State Alert SimonMay 27, 20100 California is talking about banning trans fats in foods served in Restaurants. I smell Nanny State. A city in...
Simon Says Diseconomies of Scale SimonMay 26, 20100 We know about economies of scale from Adam Smith and the famous pin factory. As you make more of something the per...
Simon Says Mystery Pod SimonMay 21, 20100 I found this mystery pod on the ground outside Huntington Hospital in Pasadena. It turned out to be the dried...
Simon Says The Goose Indicator SimonMay 20, 20100 Here is a proposal for an economic indicator to consider. When geese are running wild around residential...
Travel Italy 2 SimonMay 17, 20100 A few more pictures from our excellent trip: Poppies in bloom in Tuscany We let sleeping dogs lie (but took their...
Travel Italy One SimonMay 16, 20101 A trial photo from an excellent trip so far. Siena was a bit rainy but very...
Family The Gazebo SimonMay 13, 20100 When you are in Maui go up to Napili for breakfast at the Gazebo Restaurant. The people who run it do a booming...
Maxims May 12, 2010 Maxim SimonMay 11, 20100 “Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?” Mason Cooley American Aphorist Aphorist: One...