Occasionally I receive correspondence from a reader that is so fascinating and useful that I want to share it with a wider audience. I am grateful to John Jay Pelletier, who sent me his book, “If You’re Happy and You Know It Keep It Up. If You’re Not Happy, WHO’s Fault Is It?” Pelletier, who
In a hilarious episode of the classic television series “Seinfeld,” Jerry is trying to have a healthy breakfast and accidentally squirts his grapefruit in the left eye of his friend, George Costanza (Jason Alexander). George goes around the entire day winking at the worst possible times when asked specific questions, causing people to think he
In 1899, the director of the U.S. Patent Office advised U.S. President William McKinley to close the office, saying that everything that can be invented has been invented. Was he ever wrong! The list of people with “crazy ideas” who made the impossible possible is endless. The four-minute mile is a given these days, but
A father said to his son, “I’m worried about your being at the bottom of the class.” The son responded, “Don’t worry, dad, they teach the same stuff at both ends.” A wise sage once told me, “Education is what you have left over after you have forgotten everything you’ve learned.” My good friend Nido
Eliza Doolittle, the main character in the Broadway musical “My Fair Lady,” makes a salient point about respect when she tells a visitor: “The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated. I shall always be a common flower girl to Professor Higgins because he
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