PoorRichardsExcuse“He’s the luckiest man since Ringo Starr.” We apply this catchphrase to successful folks deemed more lucky than talented. They inherited wealth, or through ‘connections’ found enviable success. Yet, the above-catchphrase misstates Ringo Starr’s trajectory. Luck means success brought by chance rather than through one’s own actions. Serendipity—the occurrence and development of events […]
Karma: The Hindu belief that a force generated by a person’s actions perpetuates transmigration and its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person’s next existence. As with any religious belief, the nature of the karma that influenced the course of George Harrison’s existence during his time here on earth, and perhaps his spirit […]
“I’m in awe of Paul McCartney…..He can do it all and he’s never let up…. He’s got the gift for melody (and) rhythm. He can play any instrument. He can scream and shout as good as anybody and he can sing the ballad as good as anybody…And his melodies are…. effortless.… I’m in awe of […]
JOHN LENNON REMEMBERED We remember dates for murdered icons. JFK assassinated on November 22, 1963; brother Bobby, the 6th of June. Julius Caesar stabbed on the Ides of March, and Honest Abe martyred on Good Friday. John Lennon took his bullets on 8 December 1980, outside his home when a deranged fan tried to kill […]
Fifty years since the official break up and release of Let It Be It has been said, “a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the works of Shakespeare”. Perhaps. But it did take a million garage bands banging on a million guitars to produce The Beatles. Their soaring rise to stardom […]