Family Photos
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...
How Ideas Happen
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 Alert
California is talking about banning trans fats in foods served in Restaurants. I smell Nanny State. A city in...
Diseconomies of Scale
We know about economies of scale from Adam Smith and the famous pin factory. As you make more of something the per...
Mystery Pod
I found this mystery pod on the ground outside Huntington Hospital in Pasadena. It turned out to be the dried...
The Goose Indicator
Here is a proposal for an economic indicator to consider. When geese are running wild around residential...
Italy 2
A few more pictures from our excellent trip: Poppies in bloom in Tuscany We let sleeping dogs lie (but took their...
Italy One
A trial photo from an excellent trip so far. Siena was a bit rainy but very...
The Gazebo
When you are in Maui go up to Napili for breakfast at the Gazebo Restaurant. The people who run it do a booming...
May 12, 2010 Maxim
“Flattery and insults raise the same question: What do you want?” Mason Cooley American Aphorist Aphorist: One...
