A Neologism is a relatively recent or isolated term, word, or phrase that may be in the process of entering common use, but that has not yet been fully accepted into mainstream language. The word surry is a neologism created by songwriter Laura Nyro; its meaning is unclear. The verb surry is spelled differently from the noun surrey (an old-time carriage). When asked […]

Indy,   In a recent MMM the Wizard shared a conversation that the Wizard, Ryan and myself were having regarding some of the challenges that owners face when selling their business.  Especially, at the moment of the close, when many professional buyers drop the price.  And the business owner feels they need to accept this […]

Invictus by William Ernest Henley,a personal friend fo Robert Louis Stevensonwho modeled Treasure Island’s Long John Silver after him Out of the night that covers me,     Black as the Pit from pole to pole,   I thank whatever gods may be     For my unconquerable soul.    In the fell clutch of circumstance   I have […]

2002-08-25 Encourager of Others The Monday Morning Sequel to Last Week’s Memo, “Eddie’s Song” The world’s most widely recognized sculpture, The Thinker, would probably never have come into existence had Rodin not received encouragement from a poor Scottish lad named William Henley. The son of an obscure bookseller, William was afflicted with tuberculosis of the […]

In September 1940, the Polish soldier Witold Pilecki used faked identity documents to be arrested and sent to Auschwitz, which he planned to infiltrate and destroy from within. Boldly, Pilecki organized a resistance movement inside Auschwitz, hoping that one day friends from outside would liberate the camp. When no help from outside came, he decided […]

Muad’Dib is the Fremen name of Paul Atreides, a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. Muad’Dib has a lexicon all his own. When anyone else would say “I am dangerous,” Muad’Dib says, “My name is a killing word.” You and I might say, “I have won.” But Muad’Dib says, “He who […]

How to Teach Your Dog to Talk The wizard was sitting in his big leather chair, so I hopped into his lap and wedged myself into the space alongside his leg and closed my eyes for a nap. I have been doing this since I was a puppy. I was almost asleep when I heard […]

Hey Indy, As so often happens, I find things in Roy’s Monday Morning Memo and in your rabbit hole that directly relate to aspects of my life.   In this case you included the Egyptian Queen’s Face Fragment, which has long been one of my favorite pieces at the Met.   Here is a picture […]

Hey, Indy Ramses II is pretty upset you talking to his Great Wife Nefertari without talking to him, so you better step into this picture and pay your respects.   Don’t forget, Egypt is my stomping ground.   Your fellow trailseeker,   Steve in Egypt wundernegypt@gmail.com

Knowing that Indy is a fan of Ukranian artists, Kyle Caldwell sent this image of Sylphide to our attention. Kyle is Wizard of Ads partner.

Jan, the two ravens are a mated pair. Hugin is the male on the left. Munin is the female on the right. She sometimes calls him “Rafters.” They were speaking accented English mixed with Swedish. I didn’t understand all the words, but Hugin seemed to be complaining about not wanting to be “ärende löpare för Odin,” […]

In the run-up to the last election 37% of Americans were unabashed about telling pollsters they flat out wouldn’t vote for someone over 70. Is there anything more piss-ignorant than not using old people as a resource, not taking advantage of their accumulated knowledge? Everywhere else in the world elders are sought for guidance. In […]

George, Marlene and Me by Ray Bradbury, from Life Magazine, July 1991.  I began to write short stories when I was 12, on a toy dial typewriter, in Tucson Ariz. When I was 13 my family moved to Los Angeles so my dad and my older brother, Skip, could look for work during the Great Depression. […]

The Poodle and the Vamp, Aug 24, 2009 Billy, Tom, and Ted Go Viral, Feb 3, 2014 To find every instance of vamp in the MMMemo and the rabbit hole, type the following into the Google search prompt…“vamp” site:https://www.mondaymorningmemo.com

To find every instance of vamp in the MMMemo and the rabbit hole, copy and paste the following into the Google search prompt…“vamp” site:https://www.mondaymorningmemo.comBrad Whittington says you’ll find 10 results. – Indy

“The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.” – Carl Jung

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A train is coming. You wish it wasn’t. Will you stand on the track with your back to the train and deny its existence? Will you denounce the train to everyone who will listen? Will you face the train with one foot on each rail and say, “Bring it on”? These are the most common […]

Ok, I’ve tried. I’ve tried for the last several months to post this dog for adoption and make him sound…palatable. The problem is, he’s just not. There’s not a very big market for neurotic, man hating, animal hating, children hating dogs that look like gremlins. But I have to believe there’s someone out there for […]

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How to Sell Diamonds and Other Illogical Things Information can be relevant objectively but have no relevance to you personally. This is the difference between objective reality and perceptual reality. The opposite is true, as well.  You can perceive a person to be beautiful, or a piece of information to be important, when that person is objectively average and the […]

Carlos Santana, guitarist and songwriter,reinvented Brahms’ wheel! “When my father died in 1997, I made a resolution that I wouldn’t listen to music for two months. And after two months, my father’s voice said to me, ‘I need you to play music now.’ So I turned on the radio. I was taking my son to […]

Thirty-eight years before Carlos Santana heard his father say, “I need you to play music now,” he was onstage at Woodstock. It was 1969.