Saturday, June 30, 2018

Quote from Emily Kimbrough

Remember,we all stumble,every one of us.That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand.-Emily Kimbrough

Quote from Cecil Selig

When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence,it may be that they take better care of it there.-Cecil Selig

Quote from Dennis Wholey

When we don't enjoy what we do,we only nick the surface of our potential.-Dennis Wholey,THE MIRACLE OF CHANGE(1998),page 198,Simon and Schuster.

Quote from William Hale White

Face what you think you believe and you will be surprised.-William Hale White

267th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Trop Beau(1974)-Dave.(This song is a French version of the 1974 song 'SUGAR BABY LOVE' by The Rubettes)
2.La Ronde des Saisons-Renee Martel
3.Notre Amour Vivra Toujours(1970)-Jacques Boulanger
4.Pour un peu d'Amour-Claude Valade
5.Pour un Homme(1972)-Claude Valade
6.Quand je sors avec toi(1964)-Michele Torr
6.Son Seul Amour(1966)-Claude Valade
7.Adieu,bonne chance(1970)-Jacques Boulanger
8.Roseline(1964)-Lucky Blondo
9.Demande-moi ce que tu veux-Jacques Boulanger
10.Vous qui passez sans me voir-Jacques Boulanger

Friday, June 29, 2018

Quote from Erich Fromm

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence.-Erich Fromm

Quote on depression

Depression occurs when you are not being yourself.-Dennis Wholey(born 1939)

Quote from Dennis Wholey

One sign of maturity is knowing when to ask for help.-Dennis Wholey

266th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Tout Le Monde in jour(1964)-Lucky Blondo.(This song is a French version of the Dean Martin 1964 song 'EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY')
2.J'ai in secret a te dire(1963)-Lucky Blondo
3.Jenny(1963)-Lucky Blondo
4.Chacun Son Bonheur-Lucky Blondo
5.Ma Belle Gitane(1976)-Michel Louvain
6.J'ai dit non-Claude Valade
6.Jackson-Claude Valade et Robert Demontigny
7.Quand Tes Yeux-Claude Valade
8.Reste Avec Lui(1976)-Claude Valade.
9.Fais comme Tout Le Monde(1966)-Judith Joyal
10.Le Happening(1967)-Michele Richard.(This song is a French Quebec version of the 1967 song 'THE HAPPENING' by The Supremes)

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Squirrel deterrent

Coffee grounds often repel squirrels and serve as a squirrel déterrent in backyards.Squirrels do not seem to like the smell of coffee grounds.

Session

sessional-Adjective of session

265th list of 10 French songs you like

1.C'est Bon Signe(1968)-Julie Dassin
2.Mon Petit Bateau(1971)-Bobby Leclerc
3.Si Tu Crois-Daniel Denis.(This song is a French version of the song 'BITS AND PIECES' by Dave Clark Five)
4.Un Peu de Bleu(1978)-Mireille Mathieu.(This song is a French version of the Crystal Gayle song 'DON'T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE')
5.N'oublie jamais-Jacques Boulanger
6.La Vie est Jolie(1974)-Jacques Boulanger
7.Près de Toi-Jacques Boulanger.(This song is a French version of the song 'CLOSE TO YOU' by The Carpenters)
8.Manuela(1976)-Jacques Boulanger
9.La Chapelle au clair de lune-Jacques Boulanger
10.Quand on s'aime on s'aime-Jacques Boulanger
10.Donna(1972)-Jacques Burdyl

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Quote on greed

Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.-Erich Fromm

Quote on love

Love is the castle,doubt is the moat,
desire is the paddle and hope is the boat.-Kellie Elmore

Quote on dreams

Dreams are human wings.-Kellie Elmore

Quote from Kellie Elmore

Maybe Heaven will be a library.Then I will be able to finish my to-read list.-Kellie Elmore

Four great instrumental songs that you like

1.Sail Along Silvery Moon-Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra
2.In The Mood-Glenn Miller and his Orchestra
3.Wheels-James Last Orchestra
4.Moonlight Serenade-Glenn Miller and his Orchestra.

Monday, June 25, 2018

Quote from Kellie Elmore

No matter what,we have to keep moving forward,even if we have to crawl.-Kellie Elmore

Saturday, June 23, 2018

Quote on social media

Social media has infected the world with a sickening virus called vanity.-Kellie Elmore

Quote from Kellie Elmore

I know how summer just wraps its arms around you like a warm blanket.-Kellie Elmore

Quote from Somerset Maugham

The best style is the style you don't notice.-Somerstet Maugham

Quote from Wilfred Grenfell

Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men,but from doing something worthwhile.-Wilfred Grenfell

Friday, June 22, 2018

Interesting blog of former Montrealer

Quote from Paul Prudhomme

You don't need a silver fork to eat good food.-Paul Prudhomme

Quote from George Bernard Shaw

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.-George Bernard Shaw(1856-1950)

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Quote from Raymond Duncan

The best substitute for experience is being sixteen.-Raymond Duncan(1874-1966),American artist.

Quote from Donella Meadows

You may be able to fool the voters,but not the atmosphere.-Donella Meadows

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Two interesting blogs

Quote from Dan Rather

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.-Dan Rather

Quote from Bob Marley

The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow.-Bob Marley
A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp.-Raymond Duncan

Monday, June 18, 2018

Quote from Anthony Bourdain

You learn a lot about someone when you share a meal together.-Anthony Bourdain

Saturday, June 16, 2018

Quote on society

Society is like a crowd in carnival costumes with everyone fearful that others will see through his disguise.-Vernon Howard(1918-1992)

Quote from Walter Savage Landor

Those who are quite satisfied sit still and do nothing;those who are not quite satisfied are the sole benefactors of the world.-Walter Savage Landor

Quote on persistence

Persistence prevails,like a stream that is temporarily blocked by boulders and then collects force enough to overflow onward.-Vernon Howard(1918-1992)

Quote from Vernon Howard

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.-Vernon Howard(1918-1992)

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Quote from Stewart Stafford

Applying logic to potentially illogical behaviour is to construct a house on shifting foundations.The structure will inevitably collapse.-Stewart Stafford

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Quote from Sonya Friedman

The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.-Sonya Friedman

Monday, June 11, 2018

Quote from Jeff Garlin

There's only one true superpower among human beings,and that is being funny.People treat you differently if you can make them laugh.-Jeff Garlin

Quote on advice

Don't listen to advice.Give yourself the freedom to make your own errors,it's the only way you'll learn.-Stewart Stafford

Quote from Stewart Stafford

If you play devil's advocate with political correctness,you'll get the horns-deliberate misinterpretation leading to you being fully demonized.-Stewart Stafford

Interesting blogs and websites about radio,pop culture and archives

Sunday, June 10, 2018

GReat blog on television,radio,archiving and pop culture

Quote on gardening

The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses.-Hanna Rion

Friday, June 08, 2018

Quote from J.K.Rowling

It is impossible to live without failing at something,unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all-in which case,you fail by default.-J.K.Rowling

Quote on sickness

Sickness is a benign rehearsal for death.With luck,some other understudy will go on in your stead before your final bow becomes inevitable.-Stewart Stafford

Thursday, June 07, 2018

Quote from Ernest Hemmingway

Cowardice,as distinguished from panic,is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.-Ernest Hemmingway

Quote from Stewart Stafford

Ah,sleep,clothe me in thy velvet cloak.-Stewart Stafford,THE VORBING.

Quote on soap operas

Soap operas have the same hypnotic power as witnessing clothes turning in a washing machine-if you don't look away quickly,you'll be watching until the end.-Stewart Stafford

Quote from Stewart Stafford

Try to ensure that your acts of kindness don't become open doors of exploitation to others.-Stewart Stafford

Quote on dreaming

Dreaming is the exploration of unlimited imagination.-Stewart Stafford

Quote on fantasy

Fantasy is a reaction to the constraints of reality.-Stewart Stafford

Quote on human knowledge

Human knowledge is but a ripple on the water's surface.To go deeper,we must accept the fact that we don't know everything.-Stewart Stafford

Quote from Abraham Cowley

For the whole world,without a native home,is nothing but a prison of larger room.-Abraham Cowley

Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Quote from Bruce Feiler

Take a walk with a turtle.Behold the world in pause.-Bruce Feiler

Quote on rejection

Rejection puts you out of your comfort zone which is usually when you're at your best.-Stewart Stafford

Quote on prerequisites

Prerequisites are ego in list form.-Stewart Stafford

Quote on arguing

Arguing is the Olympics of talking.-Stewart Stafford

Tuesday, June 05, 2018

Quote on life

Life is an adventure,not predicament.-James Broughton

Quote from James Broughton

You're closer to your glory leaping an abyss than re-upholstering a rut.-James Broughton,poet

Quote on maturity

Maturity is having the ability to escape categorization.-Kenneth Rexroth

Quote from Kenneth Rexroth

Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust.-Kenneth Rexroth,poet

Quote on poetry

The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy.-James Broughton

Quote on adversity

Adversity is a stimulus.-James Broughton

Quote from James Broughton

At every crossroad,be prepared to bump into wonder.-James Broughton

Quote from Phil Harding

Destroying green belt agricultural land for immediate economic gain is like burning your children's inheritance to cook a single meal.-Phil Harding(born 1958)

264th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Gypsy-Jack Hygan
2.Notti-Nottingham(1974)-Marie Laforet
3.Tu es laide-Marie Laforet
4.Mais je t'aime(1973)-Marie Laforet
5.Arlequin(1972)-Marie Laforet
6.Henri,Paul,Jacques et Lulu(1974)-Marie Laforet.(This song is a French version of the theme song of the 1973 film 'STING')
7.Au Pays des pesetas(1972)-Les Charlots
8.Tu sens la menthe(1972)-Les Charlots
9.La bague au doigt(1965)-Marie Laforet
10.Ivan,Boris et moi(1967)-Marie Laforet

Monday, June 04, 2018

Quote from Sam Ewing

When you finally go back to your old hometown,you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood.-Sam Ewing

Quote on cancer

Cancer is such a wake-up call to remind us how high the cosmic stakes really are and how short and brief and frail life really is.-James Eareckson Tada

Quote from James BRoughton

My major aim in writing is to set out flags and issue wake-up calls.-James Broughton

Quote from Marshall E.Rosenberg

Use anger as a wakeup call to unmet needs.-Marshall B.Rosenberg

Quote from Phil Harding

The economic downturn is our wake-up call to slow down,consume less,help each other,and live more!-Phil Harding

Quote from Dan Miller

The loss of a job may be the wake-up call needed to redeem the fire of your genius.-Dan Miller

Quote on determination

Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.-Tony Robbins

Quote by Paul Dudley White

A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.-Paul Dudley White

Quote from Fred Allen

My hometown was so dull that one time the tide went out and never came back.-Fred Allen

263rd list of 10 French songs you like

1.Je prends le temps de vivre-Sacha Distel
2.L'Amour 1830(1973)-Alain Souchon
3.Un Coin de Solitude(1972)-Alain Souchon
4.Nous Ferons l'Amour ensemble-Jacques Burdyl
5.Je crois en l'amour-Richard Huet
6.Avec tes yeux pretty face(1992)-Roch Voisine
7.Au pays des pesetas(1972)-Les Charlots
8.Les Vendanges de l'amour(1963)-Marie Laforet
9.Marie Douceur,Marie Colere(1966)-Marie Laforet.(This song is a French version of the song 'PAINT IT BLACK' by The Rolling Stones)
10.Manchester et Liverpool(1966)-Marie Laforet

Sunday, June 03, 2018

Quote from Marvin Gaye

I wish that being famous helped prevent me from being constipated.-Marvin Gaye,singer.

Quote on writer's block

You could see writer's block as mental constipation but I like to think of it as cultural anemia.-Stewart Stafford

Quote from Douglas Horton

Death is the final Wake-up call.-Douglas Horton

Quote from Brené Brown

The universe is not short on Wake-up calls.We're just quick to hit the snooze button.-Brené Brown

Quote from Stephen Covey

In the absence of wake-up calls,many of  us never really confront the critical issues of life.-Stephen Covey

Quote from Karldon Okruta

Without desire,one is a walking cadaver.-Karldon Okruta,KAZ.

Quote from Cecil Rhodes

When people praise you,don't let it go to your head.When they criticize you,don't let it go to your heart.-Cecil Rhodes(1853-1902)

Quote from John D.Rhodes

To be a writer and know the pain of artistic block is to know real frustration(though it's not quite as bad as constipation)-John D.Rhodes

Quote from Sarah Doherty

Life has no romance without risk.-Sarah Doherty

Quote from Mason Cooley

Austerity causes constipation;excess diarrhea.-Mason Cooley

262nd list of 10 French songs you like

1.Carmen(1983)-Stone et Charden
2.Yamaha(1972)-Stone et Charden
3.Fais-moi mal Johnny(1969)-Les Charlots
4.Je suis trop beau(1968)-Les Charlots
5.Rebecca et moi-Sacha Distel
6.Le Pauvre Mec(1969)-Les Charlots
7.Il est trop tard(1969)-Georges Moustaki
8.Merci patron(1971)-Les Charlots
9.Un gros Boudha(1971)-Les Charlots
10.Les Mathematiques(1970)-Nana Mouskouri

Saturday, June 02, 2018

Quote from Richard Lindzen

The primary role of professional societies is the lobbying of the government for special advantage.-Richard Lindzen

Quote from Cicero

Not to know what happened before you were born is to remain forever a child.-Cicero

Quote from Maurice Maeterlinck

Can we conceive what humanity would be if it did not know the flowers?-Maurice Maeterlinck

Quote from Robert Anthony

When you blame others,you give up your power to change.-Robert Anthony

Friday, June 01, 2018

Quote from Conan O'Brien

Medical marijuana users are now lobbying for the right to carry firearms.Because no one is a better shot than a stoned old man with glaucoma.-Conan O'Brien

Quote on lobbying

Lobbying is the world's second-oldest profession.-Bill Press