Grandpa Richard Speaks

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. Oprah Winfrey

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in that gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

I gave my eldest daughter a few basic driving lessons and allowed her to go out practicing with me on Sunday mornings, when there was little traffic. One day, on the way home from such a practice session, with Stephanie driving, we passed her boyfriend, who was walking to our place. I turned to wave [...]

Over at the Nutrition Lessons website, I have written about new studies that suggest that chemicals are leaching out of our plastic products, into our food, and hence to our bodies. Many of these checmicals have been found to mimic hormone activity. This is not good. Now, another study has shown that the ratio of [...]

What common English word is 9 letters long, and each time you remove a letter from it, it remains an English word … all the way down to a single remaining letter?

Ray Irani, CEO of Occidental Petroleum Corp, took home $460 million in total compensation last year. That’s in US $. I estimate that it would take over 6,000 average workers to equal that pay amount. It was probably due to bonuses to a large degree, as most oil companies did very well last year. The [...]

Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors. African Proverb