Fancy Dress

Posted on July 22, 2024July 14, 2024 by Simon

You can dress up a cow anyway you want but you can’t make it look like a racehorse.... Read More

Remember

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

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

America

Posted on July 4, 2024July 3, 2024 by Simon

“America is too great for small dreams.” Ronald Reagan... Read More

Change Something

Posted on June 19, 2024June 15, 2024 by Simon

“Yesterday I was clever so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise so I want to change myself.” Rumi... Read More

Experience

Posted on June 14, 2024June 12, 2024 by Simon

“In America, the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.” Oscar Wilde... 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

A Circle

Posted on June 12, 2024June 11, 2024 by Simon

“Together life and death make a circle.”... Read More

Curiosity

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Simon

Curiosity is a Choice. A beautiful chandelier at the St Regis Hotel in Venice had this small oddity in plain sight. Here is a picture of the entire chandelier. The hotel was a Westin many years ago an... Read More

Fantastic Realization Syndrome

Posted on May 17, 2024May 15, 2024 by Simon

Fantastic Realization Syndrome (FRS) was first identified and named by my brother, Tom, many years ago. I had an FRS moment a few days ago. As part of our cruise we went on a truffle hunt in the cente... Read More

The Vesuvius Challenge

Posted on May 15, 2024May 15, 2024 by Simon

In the town of Herculaneum near Pompeii 300 years ago ruins from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius were discovered and eventually a large villa was found containing hundreds of carbonized scrolls. Many att... Read More

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Simon Burrow

Quirky thoughts from an old man.

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