The Romans spent the next 200 years using their great engineering skill to construct ruins all over Europe.

English history consists largely of royal people getting their heads chopped off...Needless to say, this brand of history was a hit with our son.

Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing centuries-old traditions such as trying to find a parking space at the mall. We traditionally do this in my family by driving around the parking lot until we see a shopper emerge from the mall, then we follow her, in very much the same spirit as the Three Wise Men, who 2,000 years ago followed a star, week after week, until it led them to a parking space.

If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be 'meetings.'

As the saying goes: "If you're not part of the solution, you're a newspaper columnist."

Motto of the U.S. airline industry - "We're Hoping to Have a Motto Announcement in About an Hour."

Database: the information you lose when your memory crashes.