Question
Exactly how long is the middle of the...
More Perspective
The book Kings of Capital and Knights of Labor Was printed in 1886. The Preface begins: What are these three...
March 9, 2009 Maxim
"There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept." Gaelic Proverb Thank you to Oscar...
Diving in the Philippines 1
This is the first of a series of entries about the Codger Divers trip to the Philippines. It was a great group of...
The Best Books I Read in 2008
Another list... Another controversy. I read about fifty books in 2008 and learned something from all of them. These...
Maxim March 2, 2009
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied." Claud Cockburn Radical English Journalist (1904 -...
Defensive Pessimism
It turns out that one of my philosophical anchors "The key to happiness is low expectations" has a name it is called...
The Police Museum
The Los Angeles Police Historical Society is located on York Ave. just West of Figueroa St in Highland Park. It is...
An Ancient Stone
I took this picture of a very large moss covered stone at Henninger Flats. It has a hole in it as if it was used by...
Maxim February 23, 2009
"The true antidote of greed is contentment." "you can achieve contentment not by having what you want but by...
