by david allan van nostrand | May 26, 2025 | Actively observing, Human Behavior, The world around us
Nearly 200 studies involving more than two million people conclude that one in ten humans are left-handed. In the U.S. alone, that’s more than 33 million left-handers living in our very right-handed world. Dogs and cats are left-handed, too – actually left-pawed...
by david allan van nostrand | May 19, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Assumptions, Human Behavior
The names of the three males used as models for depictions of Jesus back in the days of Greek Gods sound like a perfume, a handbag, and a Harlem theater. Orpheus had superhuman skills and hung out with Jason and the Argonauts, a Toronto band. Hermes was the god of a...
by david allan van nostrand | May 12, 2025 | Items in the News, The Wayback Machine, The world around us
Hickory, dickory, dock The mouse ran up the clock The clock struck one, And down he run. Hickory dickory, dock. That’s the first limerick I remember from childhood, thinking all along it was a nursery rhyme. According to literarydevices.net, Hickory Dickory Dock (née...
by david allan van nostrand | May 5, 2025 | Assumptions, Items in the News, Organizational Behavior, Strategy, Third places
The coffee houses of the seventeenth century were places to discuss politics, trade, and business. In England, coffee houses were referred to as Penny Universities. One penny was the price of admission to a place where people from all social classes could join in...
