Bus at night

When I have the double seat all for myself, and the other travelers do not stink, and I have my sound isolating earbuds, and I am playing my music, and it is dark outside, and I know I have brought with me everything I will need for this trip, and my iPhone is almost fully charged, traveling by bus is not bad.

Center Stage ATLANTA - All You Need is Now! 4/4

Quotes 2

• "He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage–he won't have man rivals." Scientist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

• "The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." Bertrand Russell

• "Strive not to be a success but rather to be of value." Albert Einstein

• "Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim." George Santayana

• "Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species." W. Somerset Maugham

Good Italian Amaros

• S. Maria al Monte Amaro Naturale ($27). Its aroma is evocative of incense used at Sunday mass.

• Amaro Nonino ($37). Impeccable balance of sweetness, bitterness, fruit and spice.

• Ditta Bortolo Nardini ($45). Pours like maple syrup and delivers a beautifully nuanced bouquet.

 

Books to Read 1

• The Social Animal by David Brooks

• The Longevity Project By Friedman and Martin

• Never Say Die by Susan Jacobi

• How We Age by Marc Agronin

• Lastingness by Nicholas Delbanco

Random News

• Light-emitting TVs, smartphones, computers, and video-game players can suppress the sleep-promoting hormone melatonin and rev us up, making it difficult to nod off.

• Raising kids causes marital stress and other varieties of unhappiness.However, parents over 50 are happier than their childless counterparts, as when kids grow up they become a source of emotional and financial support.

• Researchers at Northwestern University have unlocked the genetic code that allows them to transform stem and skin cells into basal forebrain cholinergic neurons. Transplanting these cells into the brains of Alzheimer's patients could restore their mental function.

 

Quotes 1

• "Every wrong attempt discarded is a step forward." Thomas Edison

• "That men do ot learn from the lesson of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach." Aldous Huxley

• "Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance." Virgil