Quote from Fareed Zakaria

Legitimacy is the elixir of political power.-Fareed Zakaria

Quote from Theodore Martin

When a man imagines,even after years of striving,that he has attained perfection,his decline begins.-Theodore Martin

Quote from David Gemmell

Love is both wondrous and yet full of peril.Love is a gateway through which hatred-disguised and unrecognized can pass.-David Gemmell

Quote on computers

Computer is not a device anymore.It is an extension of your mind and your gateway to other people.-Mark Shuttleworth

Quote from Gayle Greene

Sleep is the gateway to those nightly visitations of the irrational.-Gayle Greene

Quote on rapture

Rapture is the gateway to nirvana.-Sharon Salzberg

Quote from Tamora Pierce

A library is a gateway to others' minds,hearts and lives.-Tamora Pierce

Quote from Mark Doty

Love,I think,is a gateway to the world,not an escape from it.-Mark Doty

Quote from Carolyn Hart

An almost seismic sense of expectation emanates from a college campus.That is the true elixir of youth:the grand,the glorious,the magnificent hope and dreams because all things-all things are yet possible.-Carolyn Hart

Quote from Theodore Martin

Work is the true elixir of life.The busiest man is the happiest man.-Theodore Martin

Quote on Hilda Doolittle

The elixir of life,the philosopher's stone is yours if you surrender sterile logic,trivial reason.-Hilda Doolittle

Quote on grief

But grief is also a tonic.It is a healing elixir,made of tears that lubricate the heart.-Elizabeth Lesser

Quote from Napoleon Hill

Faith is the only known antidote for failure!-Napoleon Hill

Quote on tea

Tea is also a spiritual refreshment,an elixir of clarity and wakeful tranquility.-James Norwood Pratt

Quote on profits

Profits are the lifeblood of the economic system,the magic elixir upon which progress and all good things depend ultimately.But one man's lifeblood is another man's cancer.-Paul Samuelson

Quote from Stephen Richards

You are only as beautiful as your last action.-Stephen Richards

Quote from Irv Kupcinet

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.-Irv Kupcinet

Quote on capitalism

Capitalism has not proven to be a transitional form,a gateway to a higher human future.-Allen W.Wood

Quote on the piano bar

The piano bar is the gateway to the halls of masturbation.-Henry Miller

Quote on rapture

Rapture is the gateway to nirvana.-Sharon Salzberg

Quote from Doreen Virtue

Today,recall a favorite memory,which serves as a gateway to uplifting feelings and thoughts.-Doreen Virtue

Quote from Tom Brokaw

A big part of making your own luck is just charging out of the gate every morning.-Tom Brokaw(born 1940),news anchor.

Quote from Arianna Huffington

Living in a state of gratitude is the gateway to grace.-Arianna Huffington

Quote from A.D.Posey

Gratitude is the gateway to a positive life.-A.D.Posey

Quote from Thomas Mann

-----only the exhaustive can be truly interesting.-Thomas Mann

Quote from Louise Hay

The gateways to wisdom and knowledge are always open.-Louise Hay

424th list of 10 French songs you like

1.Elle est partie-Robert Dionne
2.Vous savez-Robert Dionne
3.Le Chant de Mallory-Claude Farrel
4.Tu n'auras plus rien à craindre(Don't be afraid,little darlin')-Yves Richard
5.Bip Bop(1972)-Patrick Zabé
6.Le ciel est amoureux de toi-Salvatore Adamo
7.Dans ton sommeil de-Salvatore Adamo
8.Si j'osais-Salvatore Adamo
9.Ballade à la pluie-Salvatore Adamo
10.Sans toi ma mie(1963)-Salvatore Adamo
10.Petit camarade-Salvatore Adamo

Quote on imagination

Imagination is the elixir of life.Slurp often,I do.-Kristal Hollis

Quote from Eddie Vedder

Caffeine.The gateway drug.-Eddie Vedder

Brand of peanut oil that you consumed in November 2019

In November 2019,you bought and finished consuming a 946 ml plastic bottle oof LA PERLA Peanut Oil.It was very good.

Quote from Ada Louise Huxtable

Postmodernism is a freewheeling,unfettered,and unapologetic pursuit of style.-Ada Louise Huxtable

Preservation of the Maori language in New Zealand

Without a proper command of the language,people don't have a deep understanding of their own culture.
              Maori children used to be beaten and whipped  for speaking their native language in New Zealand;many Maoris lost their language through no fault of their own.
                 Generations of Maori New Zealanders were punished for speaking their language at school.Hence many Maoris made active choices not to teach their children their language.
                                  Colonisation and racism marred the lives of Maoris.Colonisation had terrible consequences for language.
                                    The Maoris suffered colonial genocide.Many Maoris survived with a colonial vision of  themselves.
                                      However the Maori language shows a lot of resilience and in 2019 more and more Maori children are Learning to speak the language fluently.The language is coming back and in 2019 the Maori language is fairly secured.

Four interesting websites

1 www.militaryspouse.com
2 www.spinsucks.com
3 www.onekingslane.com
4 www.manrepeller.com

Quote from Margaret Fuller

Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.-Margaret Fuller

Women's marathon at the summer Olympic Games

Q.In which summer Olympic Games was the marathon first held for women?
Answer.Los Angeles,1984 summer Olympic Games.

Quote from Boyd K.Packer

Don't live so that your children go unled because of habits that leave you uninspired.-Boyd K.Packer

Quote on Facebook

Facebook is not your friend,it is a surveillance engine.-Richard Stallman(born 1953).

Quote on conscience

Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.-Richard Sheridan

Quote on fashion

Fashion isn't interesting when it comes from an uninspired place.-Christian Louboutin

Quote on quotes

Quotes are nothing but inspiration for the uninspired.-Richard Kemp

Songs from Mac Demarco that I like

1.Freaking out The Neighborhood-Mac Demarco
2.Treat Her Better-Mac Demarco
3.Still Beating-Mac Demarco
4.Cooking Up Something Good-Mac Demarco
5.Dreaming-Mac Demarco
6.Blue Boy-Mac Demarco
                            Mac Demarco has a wonderful way with the guitar.

Quote from Gail Sheehy

To be tested is good.The challenged life may be the best therapist.-Gail Sheehy

Great song by The Tame Impala

The Less I Know The Better-song by Tame Impala.

Great song by Mac Demarco that I like a lot

The Stars Keep On Calling My Name-song by Mac Demarco.

Quote from Gail Sheehy

Though loved ones move in and out of our lives,the capacity to love remains.-Gail Sheehy,PASSAGES

Quote on creativity

Creativity could be described as letting go of certainties.-Gail Sheehy

Quote from Edward Snowden

Arguing that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.-Edward Snowden

Quote from Amit Ray

When the petals of the heart unfold fragrance spreads across the valley.-Amit Ray

Quote from Rod Stryker

If you make time for silence,the sacred will unfold.-Rod Stryker

Quote from John Wilmot

Custom does often reason overrule.-John Wilmot

Quote from John Wooden

Never let your emotions overrule your head.-John Wooden

Quote from Zig Ziglar

There is no such thing as a lazy person;he is either sick or uninspired.-Zig Ziglar

Quote from Guy Browning

As the world becomes more crowded,so folding will become ever more important.-Guy Browning

Quote on metadata

Metadata equals surveillance;it's that simple.-Bruce Schneier

Quote from Bruce Schneier

Surveillance is the business model of the internet.-Bruce Schneier

Rising mafia tourism in Sicily

There is rising mafia tourism in Sicily in 2019.
                      Some tourists visit the tombstones of dead mafia bosses in Sicily;some tourists visit the gravesites of people who have given their lives in the fight against the mafia.
                         There is a Mafia Museum in Corleone,Sicily.

Quote on adjectives

Adjectives are the potbelly of poetry.-W.H.Auden

Quote from Eric Butterworth

Your fortune is not something to find but to unfold.-Eric Butterworth

Quote from Elayne Boosler

You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little potbelly and a bald spot.-Elayne Boosler

Suicide rate in men

In Canada the suicide rate among men is three times higher than the suicide rate among women in 2018 and 2019.

Good instrumental song by Les Baxter

Calcutta-instrumental song by Lawrence Baxter

Quote from Jane Lynch

Stay fluid and roll with those changes.Life is just a big extended improvisation.-Jane Lynch

Quote on anger

Anger is the fluid love bleeds when cut.-C.S.Lewis

Quote on music

I see music as fluid architecture.-Joni Mitchell

Quote from Jack Welch

Protecting underperformers always backfires.-Jack Welch

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Solitude,the safeguard of mediocrity,is to genius the stern friend.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from James Bovard

Freedom to vote is valuable primarily as a means to safeguard other freedoms.-James Bovard

Quote from Orison S.Marden

It is the direct man who strikes sledgehammer blows,who penetrates the very marrow of a subject at every stroke and gets the meat out of a proposition,who does things.-Orison S.Marden

Quote from Katharine Hepburn

Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.-Katharine Hepburn

Quote from Frank Lloyd Wright

You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledgehammer on the construction site.-Frank Lloyd Wright

Quote from Ann Landers

If criticism is needed,do it tactfully.Don't use a sledgehammer when a fly swatter will do the job.-Ann Landers

Quote on modern civilization

Modern civilization has taught us to convert night into day and golden silence into brazen din and noise.-Mahatma Gandhi

Quote from Danielle Laporte

If you round out your edges,you lose your edge.-Danielle Laporte

Micro wedding

Micro wedding-A very small wedding,a tiny,low-expense wedding involving only very close family members and close friends.
                        In a micro wedding the guest list is cut by 90%.

Five obscure songs by Dave Clark Five that I like

1.Darling I Love You-Dave Clark Five
2.Hurting Inside-Dave Clark Five
3.Red Balloon-Dave Clark Five
4.Nineteen Days(1966)-Dave Clark Five
5.Wild Weekend-Dave Clark Five

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

For the resolute and determined,there is time and opportunity.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Shawn Michaels

Hunt with the big dogs or be relegated to the porch.-Shawn Michaels

Quote from Lord Chesterfield

An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions.-Lord Chesterfield

Quote on staying young

To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods.-Robert Heinlein

Quote from Michael Connelly

He knew evil could never be vanquished.It just moved from one place to another and waited.-Michael Connelly,THE NARROWS.

Song from 1994 by Right Said Fred that I love

Dance,Dance,Dance(Under The Moon)(1994)-song by Right Said Fred

Crown shyness

Crown shyness-It refers to the uppermost branches of certain tree species that don't like to touch one another.The behavior was first observed in the 1920s,& multiple hypotheses & assumptions trying to explain it have been presented since then.Some believe it occurs in order to reduce the spread of harmful insects while others believe that trees are attempting to protect one another's branches from getting cracked and broken in the wind by keeping a safe distance from one another.It is also thought that ''crown shyness'' happens so that trees can optimize light exposure to maximise the process of photosynthesis done by the tree leaves.

Three songs from The Tragically Hip that I like

1.My Music At Work-The Tragically Hip
2.New Orleans Is Sinking-The Tragically Hip
3.Ahead By A Century-The Tragically Hip

Quote from Edgar A.Shoaff

Leisure tends to corrupt,and absolute leisure corrupts absolutely.-Edgar A.Shoaff

Quote from Susan Polis Shutz

Let us dance in the sun,wearing wild flowers in our hair.-Susan Polis Shutz

Seven obscure Bobby Goldsboro songs that you like

1.And Then There Was Gina-Bobby Goldsboro
2.Whenever He Holds You(1964)-Bobby Goldsboro
3.Today(1969)-Bobby Goldsboro
4.Letter to Emily-Bobby Goldsboro
5.The Straight Life(1968)-Bobby Goldsboro
6.I Don't Know You Anymore(1964)-Bobby Goldsboro
7.Time Good Time Bad(1969)-Bobby Goldsboro

Quote from Michael Connelly

I've learned over the years that sometimes if you ask the same question more than once you get different responses.-Michael Connelly,"THE BRASS VERDICT''(2008)

Quote on money

Money.The ultimate motivation.The ultimate way of keeping score.-Michael Connelly

Quote from Michael Connelly

Write each day even if it is just a paragraph.-Michael Connelly,ww.michaelconnelly.com

Great website

https://wickedauthors.com

Quote on yogurt

The only possible way to make yogurt taste worse was to put kiwi into it.-Michael Connelly,THE CLOSERS(HARRY BOSCH #11,HARRY BOSCH UNIVERSE #14)

Obscure Dave Clark Five song that I like

At The Scene(1966)-song by The Dave Clark Five.
                                         A French version of this song 'LA BOITE A GOGO' by Michele Richard was popular in Quebec.

Three obscure Bobby Goldsboro songs that I like

1.A Butterfly For Bucky(The Story of Buck)(1976)-Bobby Goldsboro
2.Hello Summertime-Bobby Goldsboro
3.Blue Autumn(1966)-Bobby Goldsboro

Quote on civil unrest

Civil unrest occurs when the feelings of overwhelming powerlessness hit critical mass.-Michael Connelly,ANGELS FLIGHT.

Quote from Michael Connelly

You don't like what you see out your window,you put up a wall.-Michael Connelly,THE BLACK ICE.

Great underrated song by Spirit of the West from 1993

Deaf on The Beach(1993)-song by Spirit of the West.

Great song by Real McCoy

Runaway-song by Real McCoy.

Quote on jealousy

What is jealousy but a reflection of your own failures?-Michael Connelly

Quote from Michael Connelly

You can't patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid.-Michael Connelly,THE BLACK ECHO(2012).

Quote on advertising

When executing advertising,it's best to think of yourself as an univited guest in the living room of a prospect who has the magical power to make you disappear instantly.-John O'Toole

Canadian winter blues

When we don't get enough sun in the Canadian winter,our Vitamin D levels drop and our mood can drop too as a result.

Margaret Atwood's father

Margaret Atwood's father,Carl Edmund Atwood(1906-1993) was an entomologist.He died in Toronto.

Some interesting websites and blogs

1 www.primetimer.com
2 www.thefashionablehousewife.com
3 https://maureentaylor.com

Young Canadian singer dies of Alzheimer's disease

John Mann,the Canadian lead singer of the Vancouver-based band SPIRIT OF THE WEST,died at only 57 in Vancouver in November 2019 from Alzheimer's disease.
                                  He was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease at the age of 50.The Spirit of the West is well-known for its song 'VENICE IS SINKING'.

Xennials

Xennials-Not Millennial or Generation X;a microgeneration in between.

Quote from Lawrence Block

Being dead means never having to do anything sneaky.-Lawrence Block,BURGLARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS.

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The finest wits have their sediment.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Great Canadian song from 1990

Home For A Rest(1990)-song by Spirit Of The West.

Quote on the past

Even though you've given up a past it hasn't given you up.It comes uninvited -and sometimes half unwelcome.-Susan Glaspell

Quote on understanding

Understanding ,above all,is a gift we should never offer uninvited.-Nan Fairbrother

Quote from Aesop

Uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave.-Aesop

Quote from John L'Heureux

Uninvited criticism is insult.-John L'Heureux

Quote on the muses

The muses are ghosts,and sometimes they come uninvited.-Stephen King

Quote from Tristram Stuart

Food redistribution is one of the best win-win solutions for food waste avoidance.Food companies can often save the money by donating food rather than paying the $80 or so per tonne in landfill tax and disposal costs.-Tristram Stuart

423rd list of 10 French songs I like

1.Depuis Que Tu M'Aimes(1965)-André Marcoux.(This song is a French version of the Ivory Joe Hunter hit song 'SINCE I LEFT YOU BABY').You really love this song.
2.Les Jours Heureux(1970)-Huguette Rayno
3.Toi(1973)-Huguette Rayno
4.Il est tellement jaloux(1970)-Sheila
5.La Colline de Santa Maria-Sheila
6.Julietta(1970)-Sheila
7.Blancs Jaunes Rouges Noirs(1971)-Sheila.
8.Vous les copains-Sheila
8.Tirez pas sur l'ambulance(1982)-Francoise Hardy.
9. Dis-lui(1973)-Huguette Rayno.(This song is a French version of the 1962 hit song by The Exciters 'TELL HIM')
9.Vive La Terre(1971)-Sheila
10.L'Ami de Mon Enfance(1964)-Sheila

Two lesser known songs by Roy Orbsison that I like

1.Beautiful Dreamer-Roy Orbison
2.Penny Arcade-Roy Orbison

Two obscure songs by Bobby Goldsboro that I like

1.Molly(1962)-Bobby Goldsboro
2.Me And The Elephants(1977)-Bobby Goldsboro

Quote from Joseph Krimsky

Hate and fear can poison the body as surely as any toxic chemicals.-Joseph Krimsky

Quote from Ferdinand Foch

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.-Ferdinand Foch

Insightful quote on genocide

Genocide is not just a murderous madness;it is,more deeply,a politics that promises a utopia beyond politics-one people,one land,one truth,the end of difference.Since genocide is a form of political utopia,it remains an enduring temptation in any multiethnic and multicultural society in crisis.-Michael Ignatieff (born 1947).

Awesome song by The Go-Betweens from 2009

Statue(2009)-song by The Go-Betweens

Quote from MIchael Ignatieff

Living fearlessly is not the same as never being afraid.It's good to be afraid occasionally.Fear is a great teacher.-Michael Ignatieff

Some interesting websites

1 www.utopiankitchen.com
2  https://thegeeksutopia.com
3 www.streetartutopia.com

422nd list of 10 French songs I like

1.Viens(1972)-Marc Hamilton
2.Je n'apprendrai pas le violon-Marc Hamilton
3.Un Amour de Vacances(1967)-André Marcoux
4.Je suis un tigre(I've Got A Tiger by the Tail)-Mariette Labbé
5.Huguette(1962)-song by André Marcoux et Les Rockets
6.Sophie(1963)-André Marcoux
7.Il est trop tard (pour toi et moi)-André Marcoux.(This song is a French version of the hit song 'POINT OF NO RETURN' by Gene McDaniels)
8.Laissez-nous vivre(1970)-André Marcoux
9.Avant Toi-Huguette Rayno.(Huguette Rayno is the sister of Ginette Reno)
10.Celui Que j'attendais(1972)-Huguette Rayno

Interesting website for environmentalists

www.greenhighfive.com

Quote from Jane Mayer

Nothing predicts future behavior as much as past impunity.-Jane Mayer

Quote from Michel Ignatieff

All war aims for impunity.-Michel Ignatieff

Great underrated,obscure,catchy song from1965

If You've Got A Heart(1965)- song by Bobby Goldsboro.
                               This is a very nice song.I wonder why it is so little known and so underplayed on oldies radio stations.

Quote from Graham Joyce

It is,of course,the first recourse of every elitist to see social barbarism in others.-Graham Joyce

Quote from Steve Almond

The consensus was that I was an elitist,which is a right-wing term for someone smarter than you.-Steve Almond

Quote from Peter Kreeft

Be egalitarian regarding persons.Be elitist regarding ideas.-Peter Kreeft

Quote from Alfre Woodard

Everyone has the impulse to be elite.-Alfre Woodard

Quote from Aaron Sorkin

Elite is not a bad word,it's an aspirational one.-Aaron Sorkin

Quote on democracy

Democracy is always harmful to the elite interests.Almost by definition.-Noam Chomsky

Societal collapse in Honduras,Guatemala and El Salvador

Civilians are often extorted by armed gangs in Honduras,El Salvador and Guatemala in 2019.Corrupt police in collusion with armed gangs prey on the civilian population in these countries.
                                   The political and economic elite of these countries are very corrupt.Many young people in these three countries have given up hope for a better future.
                                      There is a societal collapse in Honduras,El Salvador and Guatemala.Because many citizens of these countries have zero hope for a future,they keep migrating to the U.S. as illegal migrants.
                                       If the United States wants to reduce illegal immigration from Central America,it must eradicate the criminal gangs that roam with impunity there.

Quote from William James

The impulse to take life strivingly is indestructible in the race.-William James

Quote from Yann Martel

Love is a house with an unshakable foundation and an indestructible roof.-Yann Martel

Quote on fashion

Fashion becomes unfashionable.Style never.-Coco Chanel

Quote from Joseph Addison

True modesty avoids everything that is criminal;false modesty everything that is unfashionable.-Joseph Addison

Quote from Coco Chanel

Fashion is made to become unfashionable.-Coco Chanel

Quote from Oscar Wilde

Fashion is what one wears oneself.What is unfashionable is what other people wear.-Oscar Wilde

Quote from Vanna Bonta

Inspiration always arrives unannounced.-Vanna Bonta

Quote from Kurt Vonnegut

Unannounced changes in life's itinerary are like dancing lessons from God.-Kurt Vonnegut

Quote from Elizabeth Lesser

I knoiw that if we allow ourselves into the gridlock of tribalism,we're in trouble.-Elizabeth Lesser

Quote from Calvin Coolidge

The world is full of educated derelicts.-Calvin Coolidge

Quote from Mike Tyson

Most writers,in my opinion,are dysfunctional derelicts.-Mike Tyson

Quote on glue

Glue contaminates recyclables.We throw things in a landfill just because they're glued together.-Janine Benyus

Some interesting websites

1 www.worldofbuzz.com
2 http://tylervigen.com
3 theactivetimes.com

Quote from George F.Will

The future has a way of arriving unannounced.-George F.Will

A song from 1975 that I like

Wrong Road Again(1975)-song by Crystal Gale

Three dance songs from the nineties that I like

1.Another Night(1994)-Real McCoy
2.Rhythm of the Night(1994)-Corona
3.100% Pure Love(1994)-Crystal Waters

Quote from Harold Coffin

Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature.-Harold Coffin

Quote from Paul Moon James

Hope,that star of life's tremulous ocean.-Paul Moon James

Quote from Keanu Reeves

People inspire you or they drain you.Pick them wisely.-Keanu Reeves

Memory:Great story -DOGS PROTECTED THEIR FRIEND

Topeka,Kansas-Many years ago,in 1930,I was in high school and we had a neighbor who had a small hog farm.He owned too large and fierce-looking English bulldogs.
                             He and his dogs were inseparable.He took them everywhere he went and they even shared his bed at night.
                              One day a neighbor went to see old Dan,which is what his many English friends called him,and the man and dogs were not at the house.The neighbor heard the dogs barking and growling fierecely down at the hoghouse,so he went out there and saw about 15 huge hogs trying to enter the hoghouse door.
                               The animals were hungry and wanted to get in the door and get their food,but the huge bulldogs kept them at bay.The man Grabbed a heavy pole and fought the hogs away from the door.When he got Inside he found old Dan lying on the house floor,and the dogs were fiercely protecting him from the hungry hogs.
                                   The coroner said the man had been dead from a heart attack and had been gone for about eight hours.His loyal friends had kept the hungry animals from eating or mauling his body.-Mary Sterling Jones,THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL,SEPT 22,1999.(Special to the Topeka Capital Journal,Kansas.Mary Sterling Jones lives in Topeka)


                                        What a heartening story.

Great song about Venice that I love

Venice is Sinking-song by Spirit Of The West.

Quote from Lyndon B.Johnson

I'm gonna hunker down like a jack rabbit in a dust storm.-Lyndon B.Johnson

Quote on happiness

Happiness is always on the other side of being teachable.-Shannon L.Alder

Interesting blog

https://retrorenovation.com

Quote from Neil Tierney

A product which is unceremoniously wasted to landfill at end of life surely can't be considered good design.-Neil Tierney

Quote from David Easton

You must find the passion,an unrelenting passion.-David Easton

Quote from Carol Shields

That is why I read novels:so I can escape my own unrelenting monologue.-Carol Shields

Quote from Jim Hightower

Republicans are so empty-headed,they wouldn't make a good landfill.-Jim Hightower

Quote on emotional troubles

Emotional troubles are like landfill.Get them outside,and the air disintegrates them.-Joan Rivers

Quote from David Amram

Today's trend ends up in tomorrow's landfill.-David Amram

Coal mining in Australia

Australia thrives on fossil fuels in 2019.It has a huge coal mining industry.The coal mining industry has contributed to the economic boom in Australia and is the bread and butter of the country.             
                                                   Many Australians and politicians do not want to walk away from coal mining despite climate change and massive wildfires in Australia in November 2019.

Great song by Wilf Carter

Memories That Never Die-song by Wilf Carter.

Shadeism

Shadeism-The experience of wanting fairer,lighter skin.Shadeism, also known as colourism, is the discrimination against an individual based not just on their perceived “race” but on their darker skin tone.

Rising popularity of oat milk

Oat milk started in Sweden in the 1990s.Now its popularity is growing like crazy in North America;it is the new craze.Sales of oat milk increased 250% in 2018 in Canada.
                                       Oat milk is very environmentally friendly.Dairy cows produce a lot of methane gas;oats do not produce any methane.It takes 628 litres of water to produce 1 litre of dairy milk.It only takes 48 litres of water to produce 1 litre of oat milk.
                                       Saskatchewan is the largest producer of oats in Canada.

Quote from Dean Koontz

What doesn't quicken dies.That's an undisputable truth of life.-Dean Koontz

Quote from Ellen Sturgis Hooper

Weather is the indisputable ruler of the forest and every living thing in it.-- Ellen Sturgis Hooper

Quote from Sigmund Freud

A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror.-Sigmund Freud

Voting for women in Quebec

Q.In which year did women win the right to vote in Québec?
Answer.1940

Quote from Andrew Bernstein

A hero has faced it all:he need not be undefeated,but he must be undaunted.-Andrew Bernstein

Natalie Carney

Natalie Carney is a highly motivated multimedia broadcast journalist.
                            Her website is www.nataliecarney.com

Obscure song from 1965 that I like

Let's Lock The Door(and throw away the key)(1965)-song by Jay and the Americans.

Quote from Paula Deen

Talking about money is garish.It's tacky.-Paula Deen

Quote on Kahlil Gibran

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.-Kahlil Gibran

Quote on sex

Sex should be a deepening of communication ,not a substitute for it.-Marianne Williamson

Quote from Jostein Gaarder

Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason out of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others.-Jostein Gaarder

Great underrated song from 1991

Elephant song-song by 13 Engines.

Good instrumental song by David Wilcox

Zydeco Stomp-song by David Wilcox

Interesting store where one can buy Montreal metro memorabilia

www.boutiquestm.com- 9494 Boulevard St.Laurent,suite 900 is the boutique where one can buy wonderful Montréal metro merchandise and souvenirs including model buses,coffee cups with the names of different metro stations on them,etc.

Great song from Lefty Frizzell

Saginaw Michigan-song by Lefty Frizzell

Quote from Walter Matthau

Perfection,to me,means you spend much too much time trying to be perfect.-Walter Matthau

Quote from Jonathan Safran Foer

It is unrealistic to think you can have an inflexible identity that never has to give or take or make compromises.-Jonathan Safran Foer,source:www.nydailynews.com

Women's right to vote in Canada

Q.Which was the first province in Canada to grant women the right to vote?
Answer.Manitoba

Great Canadian journalist and author

Sally Armstrong is an accomplished Canadian writer ,journalist and activist.
                        Her website is www.sallyarmstrong.ca

Quote on sex

Sex should be friendly.Otherwise stick to mechanical toys ;it's more sanitary.-Robert A.Heinlein

Quote on Beijing

By tradition,Beijing is a city of walls,sheltering its intrigues and ambitions behind a series of concentric barriers from the Great Wall down to courtyard homes that draw sunlight only from the gardens at their core.-Evan Osnos

Quote from Orson Welles

I've always found it very---sanitary to be broke.-Orson Welles

Quote on love

Love ----is the immovability of truth.-Jonathan Safran Foer

Quote on New York and Shanghai

New York may be the city that never sleeps,but Shanghai doesn't even sit down,and not just because there is no room.-Patricia Marx

Quote from Jodie Picoult

My mother----she is beautiful,softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel.I want to grow old and be like her.-Jodi Picoult

Quote from Washington Irving

Love is never lost.If not reciprocated,it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.-Washington Irving

Quote from Alexander McCall Smith

If your ceiling should fall down,then you have lost a room,but gained a courtyard.Think of it that way.-Alexander McCall Smith

Quote on cruelty

Cruelty is softened by fear,not pity.-Mason Cooley

Quote from Plutarch

The human heart becomes softened by hearing of instances of gentleness and consideration.-Plutarch

Quote from Katherine Henson

Having a soft heart in a cruel world is courage,not weakness.-Katherine Henson

Quote from John Stott

Our love grows soft if it is not strengthened by truth,and our truth grows hard if it is not softened by love.-John Stott

Quote from Winston Churchill

A love of tradition has never weakened a nation.-Winston Churchill

421st list of 10 French songs you like

1.Le pipeau-Sheila.(This song is a French version of the song 'PIED PIPER')
2.La Vie est belle(1963)-Sheila
3.Ouki Kouki-Sheila
4.J'ai dans le cœur(1970)-song by Raynald Papillon.(This song is a French version of the song 'THE LOVE I ONCE KNEW.')
5.Une larme pour se dire adieu(1971)-Raynald Papillon
6.Tournent,Tournent Les Amours(1971)-Raynald Papillon
7.Ce Soir je veux oublier(1967)-Marc Hamilton.(This song is a French version of the Platters song 'SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES.')
8.Ceux qui ont brisé(1965)-Les Trixons
9.Je suis heureux-Raynald Papillon
9.N'Oublie pas ce poème-Raynald Papillon
10.Jamais(1963)-Raynald Papillon
10.Chariot-Raynald Papillon

Quote from Yann Martel

There's no peace like the peace of an inner courtyard on a sunny day.-Yann Martel

Quote from Michael Levy Baron Levy

If life becomes hard,soften it with random acts of kindness.-Michael Levy Baron Levy

Quote from Jena Malone

People soften by the forced reflection that comes with loss.-Jena Malone

Great quote on memories

Memories do not always soften with time;some grow edges like knives.-Barbara Kingsolver

Quote from Oprah Winfrey

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.-Oprah Winfrey

Quote from Francis Schaeffer

Sometimes the greatest deterrent to a great marriage is believing you have a perfect marriage.-Francis Schaeffer

Quote from Arleigh Burke

The major deterrent to war is in a man's mind.-Arleigh Burke

Quote on metaphors

Metaphors hide in plain sight,and their influence is largely unconscious.We should mind our metaphors,though,because metaphors make up our minds.-James Geary

Song from 2013 that I like

Wake Me Up(2013)-song by Aloe Blacc

Quote on compassion

Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use,and the regular exercise of choosing kindness over cruelty would change us.-Jonathan Safran Foer,"EATING ANIMALS'',November 2,2009.

Song from 2011 that I love

I Need A Dollar(2011)-song by Aloe Blacc

Quote from Larry Dossey

There is an old saying:If you want to hide the treasure,put it in plain sight.Then no one will see it.-Larry Dossey

Quote from Harry Markopoulos

I've found that wherever there is one cockroach in plain sight,many more are lurking behind the corner out of view.-Harry Markopoulos

Quote from B.A.Shapiro

Without light nothing can be seen.And with it,still so much is unobserved.-B.A.Shapiro

Quote from David Estes

Sometimes it's best to hide in plain sight.-David Estes

Quote from Matthew A.Petti

Many hidden truths are often unobserved,not invisible.-Matthew A.Petti

Quote from Charles Spurgeon

A village is a hive of glass,where nothing unobserved can pass.-Charles Spurgeon

Quote on factory farms

The factory farm has succeeded by divorcing people from their food,eliminating farmers,and ruling agriculture by corporate fiat.-Jonathan Safran Foer

Quote on books and the internet

Books are slow,books are quiet.The Internet is fast and loud.-Jonathan Safran Foer

Quote from Jonathan Safran Foer

Not responding is a response-we are equally responsible for what we don't do.-Jonathan Safran Foer

Great song by Natalie Cole

Coffee Time-song by Natalie Cole

Quote from Michael Robotham

A perfect hero is about as boring as a perfect marriage.-Michael Robotham

Benefits of tofu

Tofu is underrated by many Canadians and Americans.Tofu is rich in protein,rich in calcium and low in calories.

Quote from Jonathan Safran Foer

We aren't exactly emptying the oceans; it's more like clear-cutting a forest with thousands of species to create massive fields with one type of soybean.-Jonathan Safran Foer,EATING ANIMALS(2010).

A great vegan blog from Montreal

www.thebuddhistchef.com-  A great vegan blog from Montreal.
                                         The Buddhist Chef (2019)-A great vegan cookbook by Jean-Philippe Cyr.

Quote from Jonathan Safran Foer

You can call your turkey organic and torture it daily.-Jonathan Safran Foer

Loneliness in America

In 1920,only 5 percent of Americans lived alone.By 2016,that number was 27 percent,and most of the growth of solo living has been in the cities.

Four old Jonathan King songs that I like

1.LazyBones(1972)-Jonathan King
2.Let It All Hang Out(1970)-Jonathan King
3.Flirt (1972)-Jonathan King.(This song is an English version of the hit 1971 French song 'POUR UN FLIRT AVEC TOI' by Michel Delpech)
4.Everyone's Gone To The Moon(1965)-Jonathan King

Killing deer

When someone kills a deer,they don't name it because then they can't eat it.

Quote from Arthur C.Brooks

When people have a hole in their life,they often fill it with angry politics.-Arthur C.Brooks,NEW YORK TIMES,November 23,2018.

Another quote from Gary Smalley

Life is relationships;the rest is just details.-Gary Smalley

Quote from Gary Smalley

Anger is to marriage what termites and rot are to trying to rebuild a home.-Gary Smalley

Quote on writing

With writing,we have second chances.-Jonathan Safran Foer,EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED(2013),page 144.

Quote from Joyce Meyer

We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.-Joyce Meyer

Quote from Wanda E.Brunstetter

God gave people tear ducts for a good reason,and folks shouldn't be too stubborn to use them.-Wanda E.Brunstetter

Quote from Robert Breault

When you have brought up kids,there are memories you store directly in your tear ducts.-Robert Breault

Quote from Jonathan Safran Foer

Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.-Jonathan Safran Foer

The colour of furniture

Floors are usually brown.Furniture is also brown usually because brown hides dust.

Quote from Stephen Jay Gould

In what I like to call the Great Asymmetry,every spectacular incident of evil will be balanced by 10,000 acts of kindness,too often unnoticed and invisible.-Stephen Jay Gould

Quote from Dennis Cooper

Human bodies are such garbage bags.-Dennis Cooper,FRISK.

Quote from Rupert Sheldrake

Matter is merely mind deadened by the development of habit to the point where the breaking up of these habits is very difficult.-Rupert Sheldrake

Interesting song from 1965

Meeting Over Yonder(1965)-song by The Impressions featuring Curtis Mayfield

Two interesting websites

1 https://smellyproof.com
2 https://sleepopolis.com

Quote from Robert Bork

A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable.-Robert Bork (born 1927)

Quote on the future

The future is an opaque mirror.Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face.-Jim Bishop

Quote from Jack Kerouac

Memories and dreams are intermixed in this mad universe.-Jack Kerouac

Trepidation

Trepidatious-adjective of trepidation.

Quote from William Bennett

True courage is mixed with circumspection,the kind of healthy skepticism that asks,'Is this the best way to do this?' True cowardice is marked by chronic skepticism,which always says 'It can't be done.'-William Bennett

Quote from Judith Orloff

Sustaining silence and circumspection are two behaviors that lead to better,healthier outcomes.They are powerful without dominating.-Judith Orloff

Quote from Edmund Burke

Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.-Edmund Burke

Quote on teachers

A teacher is like the water,colorless and odorless-P.S.Jagadeesh Kumar

Quote from Georges Bernanos

Little things seem nothing,but they give peace,like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but altogether perfume the air.-Georges Bernanos

Quote from François Rabelais

Don't limp in front of the lame.-François Rabelais

The Illusory truth effect

The illusory truth effect-We mistake repetition for fact.

Quote from Charles Colson

Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion.-Charles Colson

Quote from Iris Murdoch

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.-Iris Murdoch

Quote from Bobby Bowden

If somebody mistreats you,treat 'em good.That kills them.-Bobby Bowden

Quote from Harvey Mackay

No business can stay in business without customers.How you treat-or mistreat them determines how long your doors stay open.-Harvey Mackay

Quote from Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

If it doesn't sweat,jiggle or pant,it's not alive.-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Insightful quote from Anthony Marais

There is nothing wrong with being fascinated by the dark side of life,and ourselves,but woe to those who think this is representative of reality.All too many of us sit in our homes watching TV,falling prey to the delusion that the world is getting worse.If these sorry individuals spent more time meeting their neighbors,they'd discover that 95% of their peers are fine people.-Anthony Marais

Insightful quote on comparison

Comparison is the root of all feelings of inferiority.The moment you begin examining other people's strengths against your most obvious weaknesses,your self-esteem starts to crumble.-James C.Dobson,LIFE ON THE EDGE:THE NEXT GENERATION'S GUIDE TO A MEANINGFUL FUTURE.

Quote from Anthony T.Hincks

Why does an apple crumble at the sight of cream?-Anthony T.Hincks

Quote from Wyatt B Pringle,Jr.

When you cave,you crumble.-Wyatt B Pringle,Jr.

Great song from David Wilcox

When You Mistreat Her-song by David Wilcox

Quote from William Rushton

A theory which cannot be mortally endangered cannot be alive.-William Rushton

Quote on thinking seriously

Those who take thinking seriously have a serious problem-ignorance and arrogance commingle.-Anthony Marais,DELUSIONISM.

Quote on marriage

Marriage is a lie-the most beautiful lie two people can share.-Anthony Marais,DELUSIONISM.

Quote on stereotypes

Stereotypes are based on the idea that two heads are bigger than one.-Anthony Marais,DELUSIONISM.

Quote on death and life

If death is perfect enlightenment,life appears to be the perfect opposite.-Anthony Marais,DELUSIONISM.

Quote from David Schwimmer

I spend half my time just living my life,and the other half analyzing it.-David Schwimmer

Quote on writers

Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.-Anthony Marais,DELUSIONISIM.

Quote on the depressive

It is said that the depressive has a clearer view of reality than the euphoric.Perhaps,but the euphoric has a clearer view of life.-Anthony Marais,DELUSIONISM.

Quote from Josephine Tey

One would expect boredom to be a great yawning emotion,but it isn't of course.It's a small niggling thing.-Josephine Tey,THE DAUGHTER OF TIME(2013),page 16.

Quote on novelty

Novelty does not require intelligence,but ignorance,which is why the young excel in this branch.-Anthony Marais,DELUSIONISM.

Four great songs I love

1.Hong Kong Garden(1979)-Siouxsie and the Banshees
2.Crash Into Me-Dave Matthews Band
3.Cities In Dust-Siouxsie and the Banshees
4.Ants Marching-Dave Matthews Band

Quote from Anthony Marais

From our myopia arose our dystopia.-Anthony Marais,DELUSIONISM.

Quote on infatuation

Infatuation is measured in pleasure.Love is measured in pain.Behold the value of pain!-Anthony Marais,DELUSIONISM.

Quote on jokes

A joke is a question of mind over manner.-Anthony Marais,DELUSIONISM.

Quote on temptation

Temptation is the voice of reason without its clothes on.-Anthony Marais,DELUSIONISM.

Quote on laughter

Laughter is the body's approval of the absurd.-Anthony Marais,DELUSIONISM