No doubt everyone grows old in their own way.
But once you actually hit it — that three letter word, “old” — watch out: “An aged man is but a paltry thing,/A tattered coat upon a stick . . .”
So wrote ...
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03 September 2023
‘Panem et circenses’, said the Romans - ‘Bread and circuses’.
This maxim served the Romans well. In times of crisis and whenever they needed a distraction from military defeats or political infighting at the highest levels, they...
30 August 2023
As I trek toward the Great Unknown, as life’s struggles seem to intensify, some odd questions keep recurring.
Art — what is it again? Why does it matter? How does it matter? What does it mean to be “good” at it?
That last...
23 August 2023
Realizing that I’ve been taking something for granted — one grain of infinity — is never an abstraction. It generally happens by whack and wallop.
Oh yeah, the knee. The knee. It’s kind of important.
A crucial part of the...
22 August 2023
At first, I admit, I was a bit flattered to learn that online entrepreneurs are selling study guides for my new book. I thought of CliffsNotes from long ago, helping fellow students who were short on time or interest to grasp the basics...
09 August 2023
“The greatest danger to human civilization and the planet is the inability to believe that tomorrow can be different . . .”
So writes...
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