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Black Lives Matter: Nat ‘King’ Cole, 1956

Posted on June 22, 2023 by odeboyz

Nat King Cole was an enormously popular crooner, earning $4,500 a week1 in Las Vegas in 1956. He headlined at the whites-only Thunderbird Hotel, where he wasn’t allowed to venture beyond the showroom and the cook’s resting area behind the … Continue reading →

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Aroma!

Posted on June 19, 2023 by odeboyz
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Book Review: Aldous Huxley ~ Brave New World (1933)

Posted on June 19, 2023 by odeboyz

“….only pleasure has worth or value…” J S Mill Hedonism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)   Many years ago, a few friends and I wrote a list of five books, which must be read to satisfy the claim of being ‘well read’. … Continue reading →

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The magician and the parrot

Posted on June 15, 2023 by odeboyz

A magician was working on a cruise ship with a different audience each week. He did the same tricks every cruise. There was only one problem: The captain’s parrot understood the tricks. He started shouting out at every show: “Look, … Continue reading →

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Warren Buffett’s Wealth Recipe is Flawed

Posted on June 15, 2023 by odeboyz

“My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest.” Multi-billionaire Warren Buffett Geography Buffett claims being American was a necessary condition to his success. He’s wrong. In America racial identity helps define … Continue reading →

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How to get a job interview

Posted on June 12, 2023 by odeboyz
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John Lennon’s Wisdom

Posted on June 12, 2023 by odeboyz

“When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote: ‘Happy’. They told me that I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them that they didn’t understand life.”

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Incest and the end of Imperial Spain

Posted on June 8, 2023 by odeboyz

The rulers of Spain had long pursued a policy of intermarriage in the hope of uniting the entire peninsular under a single sceptre. Although in 1580 these incestuous unions achieved their goal when Philip became king of Portugal. They dramatically … Continue reading →

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A Barack Obama quip

Posted on June 5, 2023 by odeboyz

“If I had to name my greatest strength, I guess it would be my humility. Greatest weakness, it’s possible that I’m a little too awesome.”

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Book Review: Bonnie Garmus ~ Lessons in Chemistry (2022)

Posted on June 5, 2023 by odeboyz

The usual hyperbole on the front cover included ‘Absolutely unputdownable’ by Richard E Grant. And it was true! Only massive willpower stopped me reading at 11 p.m. Then I couldn’t sleep because I was thinking about the storyline. Which is? … Continue reading →

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