Socrates Says

About Growing Older… First…  eventually you  will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it. Second… the older we  get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for. Third… some  people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know “why” I  look […]

I am in Hawaii this month for some down time and reflection. This is always a good thing for me to do. As I do this I ran across a wonderful slideshow with some pithy comments. I thought you might enjoy. The person who considers himself too old to learn something has probably always been […]

The world is more malleable than you think, and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape. Bono, musician

Well here we are. After some resistance I seem to be surviving the travails of a blog. This is my 100th posting. I hope you are enjoying my blathering on about this and that. I appreciate the comments that you are sending my way and look forward to more. Doon’t forget that we had a […]

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. Aristotle   The aim of art is to present not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Aristotle   Hope is the dream of the waking man. Aristotle

From the incredible mind of Stephen Wright Borrow money from pessimists — they don’t expect it back. I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize. Half the people you know are below average. 42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot. OK, so what’s the speed of dark?