Spotted last week in a New Jersey supermarket: [Photograph by Rachel Leddy.] Oikos (οίκος) is one of my favorite ancient Greek words. Its meanings include house, dwelling, household, and family (as in “the house of Atreus”). Oikos the source of ec- and eco-, as in ecology and economics. It’s a key word in Homer’s Odyssey, …
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That’s the same reason they never give me one
Norman Mailer… ruminated on his failure to win the Nobel Prize. It wasn’t politics that soured his chances, he declared; it was stabbing his second wife with a pen knife in 1960. From the Washington Post, via Marginal Revolution. That’s the same reason they never give me one
Die Spinne #78
Die Spinne #78Die Spinne #78
Comments by readers on the last few posts
I do enjoy the comments I get and am grateful for them as I do learn a great deal from them. My guess on tennis players and their tummies seems to be confirmed by several commenters, a tennis coach and a Spaniard who knows what Nadal eats. Their diets will shorten their careers and leave …
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We’ll Be Right Back After This Message
We’ll Be Right Back After This Message
My friend David Warlick gave me a great tip about searching the Web. Instead of starting with a huge search engine such as Google, start small. Pick an engine with a smaller database, such as Yahoo, and work through its directory, which is arranged by subject and sub-topic. Then, having identified one or two high-quality …
New PostSecret Mini-Movie
Working on this PostSecret Video has been a labor of love. I hope you find the secrets as meaningful and moving as I do. If you do, please consider emailing your friends about it and linking to it from your Blog. Come back here next Sunday for 20 new secrets. media inquiries Sarah@postsecret.com New PostSecret …
Thor #213
Thor #213Thor #213
Nancy & Peggy
paperdollsNancy & Peggy
I give money to beggars. Am I a sucker? Probably. Yes. I am a sucker. I’m proud to think that I am a sucker and not a mean, judgmental, suspicious tightwad. So in that one tiny respect I think that I am little bit more like Jesus than I am like George W. Bush. And …
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