Words of wisdom from Lynyrd Skynyrd

“Be a simple kind of man. Be something you love and understand.” Wise advice from today’s music therapy session. Lyrycs provided. (See what we did there?) The quote at the beginning: “Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money.” -Arthur Schopenhauer

Take a hiatus

It is Hump Day, after all. You deserve a break. Here’s a question: what is “the most widely printed publication” on the planet? Hint: it’s not the Bible. Watch this video for the answer. And your mid-week break, rolled into one. Mark Wagner – Money is Material from The Avant/Garde Diaries on Vimeo. Here’s another rather excellent example of what …

NUMB3RS

Hardly a day goes by without hearing big numbers, numbers that despite their familiarity – after all, you can’t go too many days without hearing the worn-out phrase, “…that’s billion with a B…” – are practically abstract concepts. The human mind can only comprehend so much. This week’s Augusta Medical Examiner cover story deals with lots of amazing numbers that …