Great website for vegetarians and vegans

https:// www.plantbasednews.org

James Cameron

Film maker James Cameron is a vegan in 2018.

Quote from Steve Carell

Maybe the coolest people are the ones who don't care about being cool.-Steve Carell

Quote on home

Home is one's birthplace,ratified by memory.-Henry Anatole Grunwald(1922-2005),Journalist.

Quote from Sandy Gingras

At the beach,life is different.Time doesn't move hour to hour but mood to moment.We live by the currents,plan by the tides and follow the sun.-Sandy Gingras

Quote from Sandy Kay

Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline ,no matter how many times it's sent away.-Sandy Kay

Quote from Bill Bennot

How we walk with the broken speaks louder than how we sit with the great.-Bill Bennot

373rd list of 10 French songs you like

1.Je Crois Mon Coeur(1966)-Dalida
2.Vivre Sans toi(1970)-Pierre Lalonde
3.A toi pour toujours(1978)-Carole Vincelet
4.T'as pas Toujours Raison(1964)-Lise D'Arcy
5.Embrasse-Moi(1966)-Lise D'Arcy
6.Lentement(1967)-Jocelyne et Jay
7.Susie Pardonne-moi(1967)-Billy Mason
8.Passeport Pour le soleil-Bernard Tapy.(This song is a French version of the 1966 Sgt. Barry Sadler hit song 'THE BALLAD OF THE GREEN BERETS')
8.Sans Toi,Sans Ton Amour(1967)-Rocky Messina
9.J'Aimerais Rentrer Chez Moi(1967)-Claude Sorel
10.Adieu Angelina(1967)-Nana Mouskouri

Quote from John Kenneth Galbraith

Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable;much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine.A beach not only permits such inertia,but enforces it ,thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt.It is now the only place in our overly active world that does.-John Kenneth Galbraith

Quote from Henry Grunwald

A beach is not only a sweep of sand,but shells of sea creatures,the sea glass,the seaweed,the incongruous objects washed up by the ocean.-Henry Grunwald,journalist.

Quote from Jeanne Moreau

To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude.-Jeanne Moreau

Quote on violence

Violence is a tool of the ignorant.-Flip Wilson(1933-1998)

Quote from Rachel Carson

In every outthrust headland,in every curving beach,in every grain of sand there is the story of the earth.-Rachel Carson

Quote from Sandy Gingras

Love is just another word for exploring.-Sandy Gingras

372nd list of 10 French songs you like

1.Guidez Mes Pas(1964)-Hugues Aufray
2.Une Fille Tranquille(1966)-Lucky Blondo
3.Chagrin d'Amour(1965)-Lucky Blondo
4.La Fin d'un Amour(1965)-Renee Martel
5.Deux Cailloux dans l'eau(1965)-Marcel Amont
6.La Course au Soleil(1966)-Sheila
7.Cette Fois c'en est trop(1964)-Patrick Samson et Les Pheniciens.(This song is a French version of the 1963 song 'BE MAD LITTLE GIRL' by Bobby Darin)
7.Tu me regretteras(1964)-Lucky Blondo
8.Mon Village-Claude Sorel.(This song is a French version of the song 'MASSACHUSETTS' by The Bee Gees)
9.La Reine de La Lutte(1973)-Viviane Vachon
10.Garde-Moi Mon Coeur(1965)-Claude Sorel.(This song is a French version of the 1965 song 'SAVE YOUR HEART FOR ME' by Gary Lewis and The Playboys)
10.Le Dimanche et Le Samedi(1965)-Lise D'Arcy

Quote from George Takei

People want to start their day off with a smile or better yet,a guffaw.-George Takei

Quote from Sandy Gingras

A beach walk is for stretching your legs and your mind,for looking at life with newfound eyes.-Sandy Gingras

Another expression from Newfoundland

``Long may your big jib draw.''-Newfoundland expression meaning 'May you have good fortune for a long time.'

Interesting expression from Newfoundland

'I'm gutfounded.Fire up a scoff.'-Newfoundland expression meaning 'I'm hungry.Make me some food.'

Quote from Suzanne Chapin

All that is worth cherishing begins in the heart.-Suzanne Chapin

Quote from Henry Fielding

Commend a fool for his wit,or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.-Henry Fielding

Quote from Ileana Ros-Lethinen

Rogue regimes never respond to anything less than hardball.-Ileana Ros-Lethinen

Quote from Jessamyn West

We can love an honest rogue,but what is more offensive than a false saint?-Jessamyn West

Mafia bosses

Some mafia bosses move around town in an armored car,surrounded by bodyguards.

Mafia

Blood flows from family to family.In the world of the Mafia,there is no statute of limitations on revenge.

Sui generis

Sui generis-Unique;of its own kind.

Doctors in Venezuela

Between 2014 and January 2019,13,000 doctors left Venezuela to work elsewhere.

Leprosy in India

The fear and stigma of leprosy is so great that lepers in India used to be thrown out of their families,thrown out of their villages and forced to beg.They were sometimes even burnt alive.
                               Fortunately that does not happen any more and leprosy has been more or less eradicated.

Venezuela

3 million Venezuelans have escaped Venezuela between 2014 and January 2019;in 2014 the economy collapse of Venezuela really began.

Two provocative blogs about Islam

1 http://islamineurope.blogspot.com
2 http://historyscoper-islamwatch.blogspot.com

Blogs and websites for relion watchers

1 http://relapsedcatholic.blogspot.com
2 www.cropcirclenews.com
3 http://islamizationwatch.blogspot.com
4 http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com
5 http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com
6 http://dwindlinginunbelief.blogspot.com
7 http://violentreligion.blogspot.com
8 https://muslimenvironment.wordpress.com
9 www.islamist-watch.org

A blog that existed formerly

1 https://islamwatch.blogspot.com

Quote from Rudy Rucker

The world is magic.Science is but an insipid style of sorcery.-Rudy Rucker

Quote from Carrie Fisher

The world of manic depression is a world of bad judgment calls.-Carrie Fisher

Quote from Henry Van Dyke

No amount of energy will take the place of thought.A strenuous life with its eyes shut is a kind of wild insanity.-Henry Van Dyke

Some interesting websites

1 www.stuartstevens.com
2 www.anotherwineblog.com
3 www.sallypiper.com
4 https://wizardsofdrivel.com
5 www.dalejstephens.com
6 www.dailytarheel.com
7 www.pushingupdaisies.org
8 www.sailingcalypso.com

A couple of interesting websites

1 www.wayneramsay.com
2 https://www.therichest.com

Quote from Amit Kalantri

Sometimes hearing the truth takes more courage than speaking the truth.-Amit Kalantri,WEALTH OF WORDS.

Quote from Catherine Douzel

Each cup of tea represents an imaginary voyage.-Catherine Douzel

Saudi Arabia

60% of Saudis are under the age of 30 in 2018.

Couple of interesting blogs

1 https://auralretentive.wordpress.com
2 https://impassionedinvestor.wordpress.com

Great song from 1979

Cola Bottle Baby(1979)-Edwin Birdsong

Quote from Donna Lynn Hope

Straightforwardness intimidates people.They prefer the veneer,despite what they claim.-Donna Lynn Hope

Quote from Suzy Kassem

Truth is as straight as an arrow,while a lie swivels like a snake.-Suzy Kassem,RISE UP AND SALUTE THE SUN:THE WRITINGS OF SUZY KASSEM

Website to visit for those who aspire to go vegan

https://veganuary.com

Veganuary

A vow to not eat any animal products in January.

Quote on civilizations

In the very end civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets.-Jonas Mekas(Dec 24,1992 -January 23,2019)

Falcons

Q.Which is the largest species of falcon?
Answer.The Gyrfalcon

Quote from Carter G.Woodson

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.-Carter G.Woodson

Quote from Adam Grant

The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head.It's the skills you gain about how to learn.-Adam Grant

An interesting blog and a website

1 https://bonnielendrum.com
2 https://meganslavish.wordpress.com

Quote from Barbara Mertz

It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist,for if one is doomed to disappointment,why experience it in advance?-Barbara Mertz(1927-2003)

Deep sleep

During deep sleep consolidation of memory takes place.

Protein before sleep

Eating protein-heavy meals may be a good idea before going to sleep.People often get up in the middle of the night if they go into low blood sugar.

Corn

Corn has a very high sugar content.There is a lot of sugar in canned corn.

Some informative websites

1 www.irajoefisher.com
2 www.fearfuladventures.com
3 www.fearfulodds.com
4 https://michaelstuartani.com

Interesting book by journalist

Winners Take All-Book by Anand Girdharadas.

Deep sleep

Restorative sleep-Another term for deep sleep

Apostates

Murtad-Arabic term for apostates

371st list of 10 French songs you like

1.Dis Petit Tom(1968)-Chantal Pary
2.Sois pas Cruelle-Alain Olas.(This song is a French version of the Elvis Presley hit song 'DON'T BE CRUEL')
3.Fou de Toi-Alain Olas.(This song is a French version of the Elvis Presley hit song 'ALL SHOOK UP')
4.Miss Felicity Gray(1969)-Joel Denis
5.Miss Felicity Gray-Claude Francois
6.Le Voyageur(1968)-Alain Olas
7.Le Cercle Scolaire d'Idaville(1968)-Carolle Savoie.(This song is a French version of the song 'HARPER VALLEY P.T.A' by Jeannie E.Riley from 1968)
8.Pour Vivre Une Autre Vie-Sullivan
9.Plaine ma plaine-John William
10.Est-il vrai-Paolo Noel
10.La vie est in tourbillon(1966)-Sheila

Quote on letters

There is nothing sadder than the cheerful letters of the dead,expressing hopes that were never fulfilled,ambitions that were never achieved,dreams cut off before they could come to fruition.-Barbara Mertz(1927-2003)

Quote from Barbara Mertz

There are too many people in the world as it is,but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.-Barbara Mertz(1927-2003)

Quote on love

Love has a very dulling effect on the brain.-Barbara Mertz

Quote on noble causes

Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.-Barbara Mertz(1927-2003)

Quote from Barbara Mertz

I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.-Barbara Mertz

Quote from Richard Clopton

For every credibility gap there is a gullibility fill.-Richard Clopton

Quote from W.Clement Stone

Truth will always be truth,regardless of lack of understanding,disbelief or ignorance.-W.Clement Stone

Quote on spring

Spring is always cruel,with its false promise of resurrection.-Barbara Mertz

Quote on dogs and cats

Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything,including the sins of their owners.Cats refuse to take the blame for anything including their own sins.-Barbara Mertz(1927-2003)

Quote from Denis Waitley

Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.-Denis Waitley

Some interesting websites

1 www.deviantart.com
2 https://sunnygorilla.com
3 www.sciencedirect.com
4 https://thewhitecollarwivesproject.org
5 http://gangbusterspottery.com

Quote on writing

Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds:the stories are there:you just have to train yourself to look at them.-Barbara Mertz

Quote from Barbara Mertz

When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.-Barbara Mertz(1927-2003)

Quote on reputation

Reputations are shaped not by facts but by préjudices.-Barbara Mertz

Grease

To grease the skids-To help matters run smoothly

Quote on money

Money was the manure of politics.-Barbara Mertz

Quote from Barbara Mertz

It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.-Barbara Mertz

Website for Tourette sufferers

www.tourettenewsworld.com

Good blog on prisons

https://fighttoxicprisons.wordpress.com

Quote on martyrdom

Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.-Barbara Mertz(1927-2003)

Interesting blog for writers

http://wingedword.wordpress.com

Quote on argument

To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.-Barbara Mertz(1927-2003)

Quote from Richard Ford

Find what causes a commotion in your heart.Find a way to write about that.-Richard Ford

Sleeping habits of tennis star Roger Federer

Champion tennis player Roger Federer sleeps for an average 12 hours per day.

Quote from Ernest Hemmingway

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in,shockproof,shit detector.-Ernest Hemmingway

Quote from Pico Iyer

Writing is that oddest of anomalies----an intimate letter to a stranger.-Pico Iyer

The Mona Lisa Effect

The Mona Lisa effect-The feeling that the eyes of a portrait are following you,no matter where you are standing.

Artefact

Artefactual-Adjective of artefact

Interesting websites for Christians,secularists,atheists and Muslims

1 www.hautehijab.com
2 www.atheistrepublic.com
3 www.churchinneed.org
4 www.crescentproject.org
5 https://voiceofthepersecuted.wordpress.com
6 www.faithwire.com
7 www.christianheadlines.com
8 www.christiansinpakistan.com
9 https://cruxnow.com
10 https://buddhistcelebrities.blogspot.com
11 https://religionnews.com
12 www.christianexaminer.com

Quote from Eric Hoffer

It takes a vice to check a vice,and virtue is the by-product of a stalemate between opposite vices.-Eric Hoffer

Quote on marriage

Marriage,in my view,should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.-Barbara Mertz

Quote from Edward Hopper

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.-Edward Hopper

Quote from William Cowper

A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.-William Cowper

Quote from Annie Dillard

Spend the afternoon.You can't take it with you.-Annie Dillard

Another interesting website

www.stayathomestraggler.com

Three interesting websites

1 www.thegiganticmag.com
2 www.theredolentmermaid.com
3 www.redolentwine.com

Quote from Betty White

Retirement is not in my vocabulary.They aren't going to get rid of me that way.-Betty White(born 1922),American actress

Quote from Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

No man can rule the unruly until he first rules himself.-Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

Quote from Edgar Lee Masters

The tongue may be an unruly member---But silence poisons the soul.-Edgar Lee Masters

Quote from Gloria Steinem

Hope is a very unruly emotion.-Gloria Steinem

Quote from John Wayne

Tomorrow hopes we have learned something from yesterday.-John Wayne

Website for interesting ,rare news

www.rareshotnews.com

Two interesting websites

1 https://gobsmackedyarn.wordpress.com
2 www.gobsmackedtales.com

Quote on writing

When you write,it's like braiding your hair.Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring them unity.-Edwidge Danticat

Quote from Roger L'Estrange

Unruly ambition is deaf,not only to the advice of friends,but to the counsels and monitions of reason itself.-Roger L'Estrange

Quote on dogs

Dogs who chase cars evidently see themselves as large,unruly ungulates badly in need of discipline and shepherding.-Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

Quote from Ernest Jones

Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him.-Ernest Jones

Good website for gardeners

www.theunrulygardener.com

Interesting website for cerebral people

www.brainpickings.org

Norway

If you publish a book in Norway,the government will buy 1000 books(1,500 if a children's book) and distribute them to libraries throughout the country.

Quote from Carol Channing

The first 80 years are the hardest.-Carol Channing

Quote from George R.R.Martin

Nothing burns like the cold.-George R.R.Martin

Quote from James Baldwin

Whoever debases others is debasing himself.-James A.Baldwin

370th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Il Tient Le Monde-Sacha Distel.(This song is a French version of the 1958 song 'HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS' by Laurie London)
2.Combien de Nuits(1963)-Jean Paul
3.Allons Baby(1967)-Samuel
4.Pour Toi(1967)-Tommie Marlon
5.Vivre Ma Vie(1967)-Nicole Nevers
6.Le Jour La Nuit-Nicole Nevers.(This song is a French version of the Beatles song 'YOU WON'T SEE ME')
7.Les Jaloux(1965)-Muriel Bianchi
8.Cheveux Dans Le Vent-Sacha Distel
9.Ce Jour Viendra(1963)-Robert Selmer.(This song is a French version of the 1963 hit song 'OUR DAY WILL COME' by Ruby and The Romantics)
10.Vous Souvenez Vous(1963)-song by Robert Selmer.(This song is a French version of the song I'll REMEMBER YOU')

Interesting website

www.cheatsheet.com

Quote from Elizabeth Lesser

Your lesson in this lifetime is to find and trust your own precious voice.-Elizabeth Lesser

369th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Chacun Prenait Maria dans ses bras-Dick Rivers
2.Va Donc Lui Dire-Michele Torr
2.Ce Matin-Diane Juster
3.Tu Es Trop Petit-Louis Pascal.(This song is a French version of the 1963 song 'MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK' by The Angels)
4.Dans Ma Rue-Les Mitoufle
5.Bye Bye Song-Jenny Sirena.(This song is a French version of the 1962 hit song 'MY GUY' by Mary Wells)
6.Danke Schoen-Jenny Sirena
7.Qui Te Le Dira-El Toro et Les Cyclones
8.Toi l'inconnue-Yves Richard
9.Je suis toujours seule(1975)-Diane Lee
10.Sa Grande Passion-Jackie Seven.(This song is a French version of the 1958 song 'MARIE'S THE NAME-HIS LATEST FLAME' by Elvis Presley)
10.Si Loin d'Angleterre-Olivier Despax

Quote from Kofi Annan

Knowledge is power.Information is liberating.Education is the premise of progress in every society,in every family.-Kofi Annan

Quote from Gaston Bachelard

So,like a forgotten fire,a childhood can always flare up again within us.-Gaston Bachelard

Quote on taste

Taste does not come by chance;It is a long and laborious task to acquire it.-Sir Joshua Reynolds

368th list of 10 French songs you like

1Entre Midi et Deux Heures-Olivier Despax
2.Je pars vers l'amour-Rosy Armen
3.Quand le soleil était là(1962)-Rosy Armen
4.Moi qui t'aimais-Rosy Armen
5.Un Ciel Nouveau(1961)-Rosy Armen
6.La Chanson de Paris-Renée Caron
7.L'Homme à la guitare-Olivier Despax.(This song is a French version of the song 'DANCE WITH THE GUITAR MAN')
8.Avant de te connaitre(1970)-Dalida
9.Si toi aussi tu m'abandonnes(1958)-John William
10.Cherry Love-Olivier Despax.(This song is a French version of THE ASSOCIATION song 'CHERISH' from 1967)
10.Obsession-Jacky Delmone.(This song is a French version of the 1964 song 'OBSESSION' by Terry Stafford)

Quote from Christopher Hitchens

The human wish to credit good things as miraculous and to charge bad things to another account is apparently universal.-Christopher Hitchens

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Henry Miller

We live at the edge of the miraculous.-Henry Miller

367th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Jenny-Robert Vimont
2.Je Crois Devenir Fou-Robert Vimont
3.J'ai Tant Besoin de Ton Amour(1976)-Robert Vimont.(This song is a French version of the 1959 hit song 'WHAT IN THE WORLD'S COME OVER YOU' by Jack Scott)
4.Parlez-moi d'amour(1930)-Lucienne Boyer
5.Le Jour Le Plus Long-John William
6.La Musique et La Danse-Patricia Gallant
7.Et je l'aime-Olivier Despax.(This song is a French version of the Beatles song 'AND I LOVE HER')
8.Dis-moi-Olivier Despax.(This song is a French version of the BEATLES song 'HERE,THERE AND EVERYWHERE')
9.Johnny Jambe de Bois-Frida Boccara
10.Ouki Kouki(1964)-Francine Roch.(This song is a French version of the Ray Anthony song 'DO THE BOOGIE WOOGIE')
10.Comment Fait-Elle-Richard Anthony.(This song is a French version of the 1965 song 'CONCRETE AND CLAY')

Potpreneurs

Potpreneurs-word for marijuana entrepreneurs.

Quote from Elizabeth Lesser

We can try to quiet the noise in our minds,listen for deeper instructions,and leap without fear beyond what we think is so.-Elizabeth Lesser

Quote from Marshall McLuhan

It is critical vision alone which can mitigate the unimpeded operation of the automatic.-Marshall McLuhan(1911-1980)

Quote from Elizabeth Lesser

It is the acceptance of death that has finally allowed me to chose life.-Elizabeth Lesser

Econobabble

Econobabble-Excessively obscure economic jargon

Quote from Thomas Hobbes

Passions unguided are for the most part mere madness.-Thomas Hobbes

Quote from Susan Sontag

It's not love that the past needs in order to survive,it's an absence of choices.-Susan Sontag

Quote from Hannah Brencher

We could build entire cities out of the stories of loneliness.-Hannah Brencher,IF YOU FIND THIS LETTER:MY JOURNEY TO FIND PURPOSE THROUGH HUNDREDS OF LETTERS TO STRANGERS.

Quote from Elizabeth Lesser

There is meaning hidden in the small changes of everyday life,and wisdom is to be found in the shards of your most broken moments.-Elizabeth Lesser,BROKEN OPEN:HOW DIFFICULT TIMES CAN HELP US GROW.

366th list of 10 French songs I like

1.Le Premier Matin-Olivier Despax.(I love this song)
2.Je Suis Timide-Les Twins
3.Ne te retourne pas(1967)-Olivier Despax
4.Ne Mets pas de Bleu-Olivier Despax
5.Tu did September(1965)-Olivier Despax
6.Le Coeur d'un Ange-Toulai
7.Je vous en supplie-Billy Mason
8.Le Petit Don Juan-Chantal Pary
9.Si Tu as in Coeur-Olivier Despax.(I love this song especially)
10.Je sais ce que tu penses-Esther OFarim
10.Encore une Danse-Esther OFarim

Three songs by Daft Punk that I like

1.Around The World-Daft Punk
2.Digital Love-Daft Punk
3.One More Time-Daft Punk

Great quote on science

Science,unguided by a higher abstract principle,freely hands over its secrets to a vastly developed and commercially inspired technology ,and the latter,even less restrained by a supreme culture saving principle,with the means of science creates all the instruments of power demanded from it by the organization of Might.-Johan Huizinga,IN THE SHADOW OF TOMORROW,ch.9(1936)

Quote from Danielle Steel

Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.-Danielle Steel

Three great songs by Roberto Delgado

1.Elisabethan Reggae-Roberto Delgado
2.Whisky and Soda-Roberto Delgado
3.My Friend The Wind-Roberto Delgado

Quote from Wes Fesler

Success is found balanced between optimism and realism,where it is unhindered by the weight of pessimism.-Wes Fesler

Seven great instrumental songs from Billy Vaughn and his Orchestra

1.I Only Have Eyes For You-Billy Vaughn
2.Missouri Waltz-Billy Vaughn
3.Blue Tango-Billy Vaughn
4.Moon River-Billy Vaughn
5.I Can't Stop Loving You-Billy Vaughn
6.Roses Are Red-Billy Vaughn
7.Telstar-Billy Vaughn

Two interesting websites

1 http://clovisinstitute.org
2 https://stephenblanton.com

Quote from Vincent Van Gogh

Normality is a paved road.It's comfortable to walk,but no flowers grow on it.-Vincent Van Gogh

Quote from Christopher Reeve

When the unthinkable happens,the lighthouse is hope.Once we choose hope,everything is possible.-Christopher Reeve

Quote from Mandy Hale

It's not selfish to love yourself,take care of yourself,and to make your happiness a priority.-Mandy Hale

Quote from Hannah Brencher

Maybe life isn't about avoiding the bruises.Maybe it's about collecting the scars to prove that we showed up for it.-Hannah Brencher

Quote from Thomas Edison

When you have exhausted all possibilities,remember this:you haven't.-Thomas Edison

Quote from Baran Odar

If you're undercover for two or three years,I think you lose your private life.-Baran Odar

365th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Du Gris-Anton Valery
2.Les Papillons de Nuit-Anton Valery
3.Rosemarie(1964)-Yves Richard
4.Mon Coeur a tant de peine,Laisse-moi pleurer-Paolo Noel
5.Tu Es Parti-Solange Provost
6.Tous Les Deux(1967)-Solange Provost
7.Sans Amour(1963)-Solange Provost
8.De Nouveau Je Souris(1967)-Tony Rank
9.Dois-je attendre encore(1967)-Billy Mason
10.C'est les vacances-Normand Salva
10.Tu ne fais jamais rien pour me plaire-Ginette Sage

Quote from George Orwell

Ignorance and prejudice are the ballast of our ship of state-however,ships without ballast  are not seaworthy and cannot sail in the tempests,nor reach a safe harbor.-George Orwell(1903-1950)

Quote on giving birth

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.-Carol Burnett

Quote from James Russell Lowell

There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel,and saving it from all risk of crankiness,than business.-James Russell Lowell

Quote on hatred

Hatred is the ballast of the rock which lies upon our necks and underfoot.-Maya Angelou

Quote from William Penn

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.-William Penn

Quote from Mahatma Gandhi

A vow imparts stability,ballast and firmness to one's character.-Mahatma Gandhi

Quote on habit

Habit is the ballast that chains the dog to his vomit.-Samuel Beckett

Quote from Mark Twain

Time and tide wait for no man.A pompous and self-satisfied proverb,and was true for a billion years;but in our day of electric wires and water-ballast we turn it around.Man waits not for time nor tide.-Mark Twain

Quote from Minna Antrim

Enthusiasms,like stimulants,are often affected by people with small mental ballast.-Minna Antrim

Quote from Harry Day

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.-Harry Day

Quote from William Kingdon Clifford

If a belief is not realized immediately in open deeds,it is stored up for the guidance of the future.-William Kingdon Clifford

Quote from Harlan Stone

Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.-Harlan Stone

Tim Harford

Tim Harford's website is http://timharford.com
                                                      Tim Harford is also the author of the books THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST and THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST STRIKES BACK.

A great book from economist Tim Harford

Please buy the fantastic book  MESSY:THE POWER OF DISORDER TO TRANSFORM OUR LIVES (2016) written by economist Tim Harford.
                              Tim Harford argues against extreme neatness beautifully and convincingly in this book.
                                    


                                    
                                                        

Two famous people who suffered from lupus

American writer and journalist Charles Kuralt(1935-1997) and writer Flannery O'connor both suffered from lupus.

Quote on children

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.-Anne Sullivan

Quote from Mason Cooley

A blocked path also offers guidance.-Mason Cooley

Quote from Frank Borman

Astronauts:Space activists.-Frank Borman

Five great instrumental songs by Billy Vaughn and his orchestra

1.Isle of Capri-Billy Vaughn
2.Magic Moments-Billy Vaughn
3.Patricia(1959)-Billy Vaughn
4.Trade Winds(1959)-Billy Vaughn
5.Lisbon Antigua-Billy Vaughn

Quote from Roy Jenkins

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase.A better phrase is the civilised society.-Roy Jenkins

Quote from Eugene Linden

Traveling can never be taken for granted,no matter how meticulous the preparations.-Eugene Linden

364th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Chacun Son Bonheur-Rosaire DeRoy
2.Un peu de poivre,Un peu de sel-Tonia
3.Nuits de Chine-Anton Valery
4.Fermons nos rideaux-Lina Margy
5.Fermons nos rideaux-Anton Valery
6.J'ai Tant Pleuré-Anton Valery
7.Il y a longtemps-Anton Valery
8.Sans un mot de toi-Anton Valery
9.Modesty-Dalida
10.Partir-Les Tridents
10.La Maison Qui Ne Chante Plus-Théo Sarapo

Quote from Mark Cane

Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous.-Mark Cane

Quote from Kelley Armstrong

Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.-Kelley Armstrong,MEN OF THE OTHER WORLD(OTHERWORLD STORIES # 1)

Quote from Ani Di Franco

Science chases money,and money chases its tail,and the best minds of my generation cannot  make bail.-Ani DiFranco

Quote on courage

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope;in the one case we have nothing to lose,in the other  everything to gain.-Diane de Poitiers

Great song from Louis Prima

Pennies From Heaven-Louis Prima

Quote on capitalism

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.-John Maynard Keynes

Quote from Frank Borman

Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell.-Frank Borman

Quote from Robert Sherrill

Thievery is what unregulated capitalism is all about.-Robert Sherrill

Quote from Allen Thomas

Women add zest to the unlicensed hours.-Allen Thomas

Théo Sarapo

Théo Sarapo married French singing legend Edith Piaf in 1962.
                       He died at the tender age of 34 in 1970 in France in a car accident.

Digital world

Digital immigrant-The opposite of a digital native.

363rd list of 10 French songs you like

1.Une Rose et Un Baby Ruth-Billy Mason
2.Je t'adore-Tonia
3.J'ai seize ans aujord'hui-Louis Pascal
4.La Source-Isabelle Aubret
5.Pendant les vacances(1964)-Francine Roch
6.Quand l'aube est apparue-Francine Corin.(Francine Corin is a Belgian singer)
7.On se croit libre-Théo Sarapo
8.Revenir en Grèce(1965)-Théo Sarapo
9.Ce jour viendra-Théo Sarapo.(This song is a French version of the 1963 hit song 'OUR DAY WILL COME' by Ruby and The Romantics)
10.On ne sait jamais comment-Théo Sarapo
10.La Solitude-Théo Sarapo

Quote on exercise

Exercise invigorates the body and sharpens the mind.-Michael Crichton

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If you want to double your productivity,shorten the timeline by 50%.-Richie Norton

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Don't bail;the best pieces of gold are at the bottom of the barrel of crap.-Randy Pausch

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It's no good crying over spilt milk;all we can do is bail up another cow.-Ben Chifley

Quote from Kelley Armstrong

When times are tough,the weak bail and the tough get creative.-Kelley Armstrong

Quote from Richie Norton

If you want to increase productivity,cut the timeline in half.-Richie Norton

Quote from Jeff Foxworthy

If your biggest tax deduction was bail money,you might be a redneck.-Jeff Foxworthy

Quote on love

Love is not maximum emotion.Love is maximum commitment.-Sinclair B.Ferguson

362nd list of 10 French songs you like

1.Ne Reprends Pas Ton Coeur-Tony Vasseur
2.Linda-Jamy Oliver
3.Aujord'hui-Lelian Orsini
4.Quand Betty Viendra-Lelian Orsini
5.Tu Savais bien-Tony Vasseur
6.Baba au Rhum-Tony Topper & ses Boys
7.Coeur-Francine Roch
8.Si j'etais in garcon-Vicky
8.Non Jamais-Sullivan
9.Demain-Les Puces
10.Merci Beaucoup-Francine Roch
10.Tire vite-Les Missiles

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We have an economy that tells us it is cheaper to destroy earth in real time rather than renew, restore, and sustain it. You can print money to bail out a bank but you can't print life to bail out a planet.-Paul Hawken

Quote from Lewis Mumford

A man of courage never needs weapons,but he may need bail.-Lewis Mumford

Quote from Jim Rogers

If you bail out every investment bank that gets in trouble,that's not capitalism,that's socialism for the rich.-Jim Rogers

Seniors in Canada

In Canada in 2018,more than a million citizens over the age of 65 live alone.
                               But now many older people are banding together to combat loneliness.
                                     A number of single seniors are buying joint houses together by pooling their money and sharing their houses in an arrangement known as ' co-housing'.
                                      It comes down to the need for companionship.Some seniors are tired of wandering around big empty houses.So they decide to shake up their housing arrangement.
                                     Co-housing helps seniors fight the feeling of isolation and loneliness.Co-housing offers economy,safety and companionship.Many people who are in co-housing say they eat better and live better.
                                       Researchers say loneliness lowers cognitive function and increases the risk of premature death.
                                        However,some seniors who live in co-housing arrangements regret purging a couple of belongings they wish they hadn't.
                                             With the aging of the population,co-housing might be a growing trend.
 

Quote from Dan Simmons

You treat violence as an aberration---when in truth it is the norm.It is the very essence of the human condition.-Dan Simmons

Quote from Lester L.Brown

The throwaway economy that has been evolving over the last half-century is an aberration,now itself headed for the junk heap of history.-Lester R.Brown

Quote on evil deeds

Evil deeds are the fruit of an evil heart.They are not an aberration from our true self but a revelation of it.-Sinclair B.Ferguson

Quote from Henry James

It's never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools.-Henry James

Quote on happiness

Happiness is an accident of nature,a beautiful and flawless aberration.-Pat Conroy

Quote from Dennis Prager

The love of freedom is actually an aberration.-Dennis Prager

Quote from Mary Roach

Every mode of travel has its signature mental aberration.-Mary Roach

Quote from Paul Hawken

Capitalism,as practiced,is a financially profitable non-sustainable aberration in human development.-Paul Hawken

Quote on moderation

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl-chain of all virtues.-Thomas Fuller

Quote from Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness,and falls,as a golden link into the great chain of order.-Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Quote from H.L.Mencken

Human progress is furthered,not by conformity,but by aberration.-H.L.Mencken

Renoviction

Apartment rents are very high in cities like Toronto and Vancouver in 2018.
                                                  The trend `'Renoviction',renovation coupled with eviction,is growing.Landlords use repairs often as an excuse to evict tenants and then raise rents massively afterwards.

Quote from Carl Linnaeus

Nature reaches its culmination in humans,but human consciousness has not its essence in itself or nature.-Carl Linnaeus

Jester's Court

Please note that I am self-employed.So if you see me on my own,talking to myself please do not disturb cos I am having a staff meeting.-Jester's Court,FACEBOOK,December 30,2018.

Wititudes

The human body is roughly 60% water----I'm not fat,I'm flooded.-Wititudes,FACEBOOK.

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Sorry I can't go to work tomorrow.I fractured my motivation.-REBEL CIRCUS,Facebook.

Quote from Max Beerbohm

It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.-Max Beerbohm

Quote on fantasy

All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.-Max Beerbohm(1880-1956)

Quote on humility

Humility is a virtue,and it is a virtue innate in guests.-Max Beerbohm(1880-1956)

Quote from Max Beerbohm

When hospitality becomes an art,it loses its very soul.-Max Beerbohm

Quote from Susan Neiman

Human attempts to construct moral order are always precarious;If righteousness too often leads to self-righeousness,the demand for justice can lead to one guillotine or another.-Susan Neiman

Quote on communism

Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals-with no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.-Clare Booth Luce

Quote from Rowan Atkinson

Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.-Rowan Atkinson

Quote from Dennis Cooper

Why is it I feel a new nostalgia for the era of the guillotine?-Dennis Cooper

Quote from Max Beerbohm

To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.-Max Beerbohm

Woman pleads guilty to killing husband with antifreeze-read this shocking article

Woman pleads guilty to killing husband with antifreeze

Jessica Masulli Reyes, The News Journal Published 1:03 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2017 | Updated 6:22 p.m. ET Dec. 20, 2017

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47-year-old Jamie L. Baker has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for poisoning her husband to death with antifreeze. Wochit

Jamie L. Baker(Photo: Delaware State Police)

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Editor's Note: We're republishing the top stories of the last year. This was the 4th most-read story of 2017 on Delawareonline.com

A 47-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for poisoning her husband to death with antifreeze, according to the Department of Justice.

Jamie L. Baker of Smyrna entered her plea in Superior Court in Dover on Monday morning.

Her husband – 42-year-old James D. Baker II –was found dead on the bedroom floor of their home by his wife on Sept. 16, 2013, according to police.

An autopsy determined that his kidneys contained  a substance suspected to be ethylene glycol, a chemical found in antifreeze. If taken in small dosages, ethylene glycol will crystallize in the kidneys and eventually kill a person, police said in court records.

The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide by poisoning after bottles of steroids found at the scene were tested at a laboratory and found to also contain ethylene glycol, police said.

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Further investigation and interviews indicated that James Baker, who was a competitive weightlifter, had ordered steroids in June with a friend over the internet and had them shipped to the friend's house.

The friend told detectives that the steroid bottles were not tampered with when they arrived and that James Baker kept the bottles in a locked toolbox in a closet of his home, police said.

Almost a year after his death, Jamie Baker admitted to police in an interview that she had used a hypodermic syringe to extract antifreeze from a container stored in the garage and injected several bottles of steroids with the antifreeze, police said.

The lengthy investigation ended in March of 2014 with Baker being charged with first-degree murder and possession of a deadly weapon during a felony.

According to James Baker's obituary, Baker worked as an environmental specialist for 22 years at the DuPont Experimental Station. He had been married to his wife for 21 years and had two daughters.

His wife is expected to be sentenced in late March and faces 15 years to life in prison.

Contact Jessica Masulli Reyes at 302-324-2777, jmreyes@delawareonline.com or Twitter @JessicaMasulli.

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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.-Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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The trouble with having an open mind,of course,is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.-Terry Pratchett

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In truth,poverty is an anomaly to rich people.It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.-Walter Bagehot

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Crocodiles are easy;they try to kill and eat you.People are harder;sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.-Steve Irwin

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A love affair with knowledge will never end in heartbreak.-Michael Garrett Marino

Woman poisoned husband with eye drops:Police

 CLOVER,S.C:-Authorities say a South Carolina woman has been charged with murder after killing her husband by putting eye drops into his water for several days.
                          York county deputies said 52 year-old Lana Clayton confessed to investigators after an autopsy uncovered a high amount of tetrahydrozoline in her husband's body.
                                The chemical is found in over-the-counter eye drops such as Visine.
                                  Authorities say 64 -year-old Stephen Clayton was found dead July 21 in the couple's home in Clover,48 kilometres outside of Charlotte.
                                     Arrest warrants and the statement from deputies didn't give a motive for the alleged poisoning.-Associated Press,MONTREAL GAZETTE,Sept 4,2018.

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Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.-Marie Curie

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Nobody ever won an election by spitting at his political opponent.-David Frum

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Owlet-word for a baby owl.

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If you feel good about who you are inside,it will radiate.-Patti Smith

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Departure of a year welcomes so many new memories.-Munia Khan

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I have three eyes;two to look one to see.-Bellamor

Quote from Horace

Drop the question of what tomorrow may bring,and count as profit every day that Fate allows you.-Horace

Quote on conformity

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.-John F.Kennedy