The other two DeDecker sculptures are Into the Wind and The Old Man and the Sea, positioned at the North and South ends of the BecauseWay that leads to the art gallery and wine cellar beneath the tower.

The Money and Careers section of Time magazine’s website has an interesting piece by Eric Barker called, “Wondering What Happened to Your Class Valedictorian? Not Much, Research Shows.” These are a couple of interesting paragraphs. “School has clear rules. Life often doesn’t. When there’s no clear path to follow, academic high achievers break down. Shawn […]

The wizard doesn’t like cowboy pictures as much as I do, but he does like silhouettes, so I figured I’d go with this one by Thompson Hughes.

By Endre Szasz, one of the wizard’s affordable favorites

Thomas Hart Benton was 12 years old when McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt stepped wonderfully into the Presidency. Benton is one of the wizard’s less affordable favorites.

“It is difficult to see why anyone becomes a fisherman. Dreadful things happen to them constantly: they lose their nets; the fish are wild; sea-lions get into the nets and tear their way out; snags are caught; there are no fish, and the price is high; there are too many fish, and the price is […]

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Following a long and tedious application process with Federal, State, and County governments, our own Daniel Whittington has finally received permission to open an experimental whiskey distillery next to the Welcome Center. The last remaining hurdle will be the construction permit. I’ll keep you posted. – Indy

Want to read Tom’s Grackle story? Now check out (below) what arrived from DelanceyPlace.com just 3 days after the Wizard’s Mom’s email arrived (above).

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Indy, here’s 5 seconds of video that could only happen in New Orleans. Aroo, Little Buddy. – Manley Miller

This is Paul Sherman, one of the super-significant entrepreneurs featured in the amazing, fantastic new book, Be Like Amazon: Even a Lemonade Stand Can Do it. (Maybe I went a little over-the-top there promoting the new book. But I work for the wizard, remember?) For the past 4 years, Paul has been using – with great success […]

Should you ask me, whence these stories? Whence these legends and traditions, With the odors of the forest With the dew and damp of meadows, With the curling smoke of wigwams, With the rushing of great rivers, With their frequent repetitions, And their wild reverberations As of thunder in the mountains? By the shores of […]

According to all the cognitive neuroscientists, the essential gift of the human race is our ability to attach complex meanings to sounds. Here’s another shocker for you: the written language was developed only to make the spoken language permanent. Think about it. Do babies learn to speak first, or to read first? In fact, the written word […]

No one saw me. Sure, it’s hard to stuff a rubber snake into your pocket without being seen when you’re 7 years old in a crowded store and your dad’s right there and the lights are bright and you’re fumbling as the blood is pounding in your ears and you’ve never stolen anything before, and […]

 

Have you ever wondered why the crucifixion of Jesus is called “the passion of the Christ?”

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