A Word for the Worried

Posted on November 1, 2024October 29, 2024 by Simon

Subscribe to The Rational Optimist Newsletter. Be reminded that technology is as important as politics in your life. And the technology is wonderful.... Read More

Purpose

Posted on September 24, 2024September 23, 2024 by Simon

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” Attributed to Ralph Waldo Em... Read More

The Law

Posted on July 26, 2024July 14, 2024 by Simon

“It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.“ Martin Luther King Jr... Read More

Remember

Posted on July 11, 2024June 24, 2024 by Simon

Memento Mori: Remember you will die. Aloysius Pendergast... Read More

Sad Truth

Posted on July 7, 2024July 10, 2024 by Simon

“Not all wrongs can be righted.” Aloysius Pendergast... Read More

A Critic

Posted on June 27, 2024July 14, 2024 by Simon

“There is no profession more ignoble than that of the critic.” Aloysius Pendergast... Read More

Is it Art?

Posted on June 17, 2024 by Simon

At the very nice St Regis Hotel in Venice the lounge had a couple of very interesting pieces of art. Upon closer examination it turned out that the large images were made from the ends of cassette cas... Read More

Hammered

Posted on June 13, 2024June 12, 2024 by Simon

“The nail that sticks out gets hammered back in.” Aloysius Pendergast... Read More

Blessed

Posted on May 22, 2024May 21, 2024 by Simon

“We truly are blessed to live in America.” Nikki Haley A lamp work glass chair at the Imagine Museum in St Petersburg, FL When you read this we will be traveling home from Italy. I like travel but... Read More

Peace

Posted on May 13, 2024May 12, 2024 by Simon

“If you want peace, prepare for war.” Si Vis Pacem, Para bellum Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus Vegetius was a military writer in the late Roman Empire. The quote is apropos since we are to... Read More

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Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

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