Bollard Definition: (noun) A thick post on a ship or wharf, used for securing ropes and hawsers. Synonyms: Bitt Usage: He swung at the bollard and cut the rope, yet, anchored firmly otherwise, the boat did not drift far off.

A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives—of approving of some and disapproving of others. Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

DSNY Begins Winter Schedule Known as “Night Plow,” Schedule Change Allows for Snow Fighting Preparedness The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) begins its annual “Night Plow” operations November 21, 2016, Commissioner Kathryn Garcia announced. Night Plow enables the […]

Hetty Green (1834) Green was an American financier and reputedly the wealthiest American woman of her time. In 1865, her father and aunt both died, leaving her an estate valued at $10 million. She invested her inheritance so shrewdly that […]

Friendless, adj.: Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

Neophyte Definition: (noun) A beginner or novice. Synonyms: Fledgling, Newbie, Newcomer, Freshman, Entrant, Starter Usage: You have no right to preach to me, you neophyte, that have not passed the porch of life, and are absolutely unacquainted with its mysteries.

Kenesaw Mountain Landis (1866) Landis was a US federal judge and the first commissioner of professional baseball. Named for a Georgia mountain where his father had been wounded during the Civil War, he practiced law in Illinois before serving as […]

We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed. Life would be a sorry business without them. With them it’s grand and great. Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)

Sundog Definition: (noun) A small halo or rainbow near the horizon just off of the parhelic circle. Synonyms: Mock sun, Parhelion Usage: The scientists concluded that the sundog’s rainbow-like appearance must be the result of the diffraction of light.