Keep on Truckin’ – circa 1971, by Robert Crumb – was a popular meme long before “meme” was a word. 



Having funded the huge, iron door into the Don and Sherry Kuhl art gallery in the basement of our tower, Tom McDowall is a major donor to Wizard Academy and our ambassador to Scotland. I left his email exposed at the top of this page so you could send him a note and say “Hi,” […]

Indy, The wizard’s memo today, the three-cornered continuum, and Pendulum page 186 in the rabbit hole brought my friend Craig Freshley and his Make Shift Coffee House project immediately to mind.  I think that you’d really like what he’s doing. Here’s a description, the bolding is mine: “A Make Shift Coffee House is where people with […]

Gary, I am deeply sorry for your loss of Andrew’s companionship. My imagination cannot approach the emotions that you and Marie must be feeling. I write with some reluctance because I am awkward at consolation. Having said exactly the wrong things on so many occasions, my response to grief in these later years has been […]

Like most men, I’ve long been fascinated with women. But if we look beyond the physical differences, what is it that defines “woman”? Research reveals a series of definitions so conflicted that I believe anyone who attempts to define “woman” is certain to be criticized. Our examination of the mystery and magic of the feminine […]

I got this from my buddy Steve King at Bourne Back Daily. The wizard and I support his daily blog. You might like it, too.



You should visit Gastro Obscura if you like food trivia. – Indy

enantiodromia PRONUNCIATION: (i-nan-tee-uh-DROH-mee-uh) MEANING: noun: The tendency of things, beliefs, etc., to change into their opposites. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek enantio- (opposite) + dromos (running). Earliest documented use: 1917. The concept of enantiodromia is attributed to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus (c. 535-475 BCE). Later it was discussed by the psychiatrist Carl Jung (1875-1961) as “the principle […]





 

The Charge of the Light Brigade                 BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, (1854) I Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death    Rode the six hundred. “Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!” he said. Into the valley of Death […]

   

“There is nothing more disenchanting to man than to be shown the springs and mechanism of any art.” -RLS Interesting that the opposite is true of scientific inquiry. The deeper we go into attempting to discover the mechanisms behind the world, whether biological or chemical or geological or astronomical, the greater the sense of wonder. […]

The original version of the song – prior to adding the “third gravitating body” horns to the master recording – can be heard in the playbar below. The video will play the famous version that sold over 1,000,000 copies.







Indy! Nine months ago you shared the story of my daughter Maddi on stage with Green Day. http://www.mondaymorningmemo.com/goals-101617/ I thought you might like the rest of the story. She already had a YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HJRxvlxSWvCy4lptCLshQ/featured  with one of her own music videos on it. A month later we posted the video of her on stage […]

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Did you do what I asked? Remember my question? If you could travel to the past and observe – for one hour – any moment in history, what would you choose to witness? I really need you to pause here a moment and compose your answer, then send it to me at indy@wizardofads.com. I don’t want to […]

If you could travel to the past and observe – for one hour – any moment in history, what would you choose to witness? Will you pause here a moment and compose your answer, then send it to me at indy@wizardofads.com? After you’ve done that, you can proceed deeper into the rabbit hole, where wonders do […]

“Five years before Teddy Roosevelt led the Rough Riders, Simon Schiffman stepped off the train to stretch his legs. He saw a little jewelry store for sale, bought it, and the train went on without him. Simon kept the fine quality jewelry but he put the lower-quality stuff on the sidewalk with a sign that said, […]

Read the entire article in The Atlantic, May 8, 2018



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In the mood to chase trivia and waste time? Here you go. – Indy

Click Here to see the “Trouble” memo Tom is talking about.