by John M. Jennings | Jan 2, 2025 | The IFOD
In 2024, I read 50 books: 11 non-fiction and 39 fiction. The heavier lean toward fiction was deliberate—I’m about halfway through writing my second book, Superwealth: How to Find Happiness in a World Obsessed with Money, and I’ve found that reading non-fiction...
by John M. Jennings | Dec 26, 2024 | The IFOD
The two cats pictured above are my daughter Claire’s cats (Christopher & Hunny). They are siblings and seem to genuinely enjoy each other’s company, but they don’t meow at each other. They only meow at people. It turns out that this is totally...
by John M. Jennings | Dec 13, 2024 | The IFOD
When you think of the Amish, chances are you imagine horse-drawn buggies, handmade furniture, and an unwavering commitment to avoiding all things modern. But here’s the twist: the Amish don’t reject technology outright. Instead, they have a surprisingly thoughtful and...
by John M. Jennings | Dec 3, 2024 | The IFOD
If you were alive in the 1980s, you probably remember the rise of the phrase “shit happens” — it popped up seemingly out of nowhere, and within months, the phrase was everywhere. It was on bumper stickers, t-shirts, and graffiti. When something bad...
by John M. Jennings | Nov 18, 2024 | The IFOD
It’s a quirky piece of trivia that feels almost too strange to be true: Stanley Milgram and Philip Zimbardo, two psychologists famous—or perhaps infamous—for their morally questionable experiments, both graduated from James Monroe High School in the Bronx. This public...
