In a half-kidding way, I often say to friends or family that something is the secret of life. Not literally, of course. DNA is the secret of life. For now. I mean hard won knowledge or folk wisdom that we … Continue reading
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The Preacher said there is one wellspring to human folly. “Vanity, vanity, all is vanity.” And the aphoristic Duc de La Rochefoucauld echoed the sentiment, deciding all human behavior came down to amour propre, that is self-love. But those, like … Continue reading
I read. I watch movies new and old. And things strike me funny. Often there is no particular use to which such amusements can be put. But they can be shared. Judas: Adam Gopnik in a recent New Yorker offered … Continue reading