My beloved wife and I agreed many years ago that if I suddenly encountered a personal midlife crisis, such that I felt a desperate need to either a) buy a red sports car or b) run away with a 20-something blond, I had her advance permission to go ahead and buy the sports car. But the original meaning of “midlife crisis” was somewhat different from our formulation. The term seems to have originated in an essay by Elliott Jaques called “Death and the Midlife Crisis,” which appeared in the International Journal of Psycho-analysis in 1965.
Latin American countries including Mexico and Colombia are often pinpointed as major sources of global narcotics and drug supply.
Commercial property investment is an exciting and sticky wicket simultaneously.
It’s ironic that Nicolas Cage, who has spent over 40 years in cinema, won an Oscar Award for his bravura performance in Leaving Las Vegas—because he has now been living on the outskirts of Sin City since 2006.
Joseph Priestley (1733 – 1804) was an English polymath, philosopher, educator and scientist who is most famous for his discovery of Oxygen. In 1765 he published a “Chart of Biography” to accompany a series of history lectures.