With the economy in the shape that it currently is, it’s important to remember that old axim, “those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” What does 1968’s The Wonderland of Knowledge have to teach 2008’s Wall Street?
Let’s take a look at it’s five page entry on “The Board of Trade.” Despite the [...]

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Last week on The Wonderland of Knowledge Wednesdays we took a look at the very exciting rocket belt from 1968. This week we look at the very element that makes such a dream a reality (or rather, made that dream a reality, or, would have made that dream a reality if we had rocket belts today, but [...]

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Last Wednesday, I put myself in the shoes of a copywriter from 1968 (size 8 Rand dress shoes in tobacco tan), working for The Wonderland of Knowledge Corporation. This week, I am going to put you in my own shoes (size 11.5 Converse All-Stars, solid red) and explain what was going through my own mind [...]

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Special Edition: 
Occasionally I like to flip through the pages of The Wonderland of Knowledge and think about what was going through the mind of the copywriter when they were compiling the knowledge for the wonderland. Doing so requires some creativity on my part, as I attempt to step back in time to 1968 and put myself [...]

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One interesting thing that The Wonderland of Knowledge has peppered throughout that I wasn’t expecting is the occasional fun game that you can play, or an illustrative model of some scientific principal that you can build.
For it’s entry on “cranes,” Volume Four of The Wonderland of Knowledge teaches you:

So, Wonderland, it’s a rainy Saturday afternoon, and mom [...]

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As the old saying goes “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” And even though “they” didn’t say how many people it took to build Rome, it’s safe to say that they would’ve said “more than one person.” That’s because the ancient Romans knew how to cooperate, or, as The Wonderland of Knowledge calls it, “co-operation (ko [...]

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When those copywriters over at The Wonderland of Knowledge Corporation (yes, I checked the page, they had their own corporation) decided to write their entry on “Illumination” they were no doubt disappointed to learn that they lived in the 1960s. As a result of this mistake, their entry would only appear in book form, which [...]

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Quick question for everyone out there in RamseyEss.comLand (Still working on the cute nickname for my readers): what do you think characterizes the “highest type of home?” I’ll give you a moment to answer…
Go ahead and type your answer here.
If you stated that the highest type of home is “an abode of grace and orderliness,” [...]

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Many things have changed since 1968. Foreign relations, entertainment, and technology have all developed in wildly different directions. However, as the old saying goes, “the more things change, the more things stay the same.” Rock and roll is as popular now as it was then, pizza pie is still delicious, and, of course, we as [...]

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When you think of all the major enemies that mankind has had to wage war against you might think of the larger issues that we’re fighting: the environment, gender equality, slavery, and so on. (PLEASE NOTE: I do not have the volume of The Wonderland of Knowledge that contains the entry on “slavery,” but rest assured [...]

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