Quote from David Rees

Once you use a toothbrush to clean a pencil sharpener,you should no longer use it to clean your teeth.-David Rees

Quote from Connie Morella

Success is not measured by who gets credit.Success is measured by what gets done.-Connie Morella

Quote from Quincy Jones

Making a record is like painting a school bus with a toothbrush.-Quincy Jones

John Travolta film

Q.In which Canadian city did they shoot the 1989 John Travolta film 'THE EXPERTS' ?
Answer. Niagara on the Lake.

Egypt

Egypt struggles with water shortage and drought.
                        In 2019,Egypt has more than 100 million people.Most of Egypt's population lives in 6 per cent of the land.The rest is desert.

Ice swimming

Some people practise ice swimming.
                          Ice swimming is swimming in waters below a temperature of 5 degrees celsius.

Ebola virus

The Ebola virus was named after the Ebola river when it was discovered  near an African village in 1976.

Quote from Lilian Jackson Braun

Home is where I hang my toothbrush and where the cats have their commode.-Lilian Jackson Braun

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau

Sophie Grégoire,the wife of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau,is an only child.

Quote from Alfred de Musset

How glorious it is------ and also how painful----to be an exception.-Alfred de Musset

Great underrated song by Sam Cooke

Ain't That Good News-song by Sam Cooke.
                           This is a great underrated song.It doesn't play on radio stations much.

Interesting song from I Am The Mountain

Bear Hug(2015)-song by I Am The Mountain

Good song by Matt Masters

Citizen-song by Matt Masters.

Vitamin C and Vitamin E

Too much Vitamin C can cause diarrhoea.Massive doses of Vitamin E can cause uncontrolled internal bleeding.It is known that Vitamin E is a natural anti-coagulant.

Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh sold only one painting ``The Red Vineyard'' in his lifetime.

Gallbladder disease

Vitamin C can prevent gallbladder disease.

Interesting tidbits about the 1942 classic film CASABLANCA

Humphrey Bogart replaced George Raft in the movie ''CASABLANCA''.Ronald Reagan was next in line if Bogart hadn't accepted.

Quote on standards

Standards are like toothbrushes.Everybody wants one but nobody wants to use anybody else's.-Connie Morella

Great song by Randy Newman

We Belong Together-Great song by Randy Newman

Quote on rewriting

Rewriting is like scrubbing the basement floor with a toothbrush.-Peter Murphy

Quote from Jacqueline Carey

But slight mistakes accumulate,and grow to gross errors if unchecked.-Jacqueline Carey

Quote from Jawaharlal Nehru

Evil unchecked grows,evil tolerated poisons the whole system.-Jawaharlal Nehru

Great website on air safety

www.airsafe.com

Quote from Bonidette Lanz

At 30 you finally start to catch up on those dreams you've been chasing for the last 10 plus years.-Bonidette Lanz

Quote on Lish McBride

Fear,left unchecked,can spread like a virus.-Lish McBride

Quote on capitalism

Capitalism unchecked is not a democratic system.-Serj Tankian

Verse from Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Life is a torrid day,
Parched with the dust and sun:
And death's the calm cool night,
When the weary day is gone.-Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Quote from Frances Harper

I do not think the mere extension of the ballot a panacea for all the ills of our national life.What we need today is not simply more voters,but better voters.-Frances Harper

Quote from Laurence J.Peter

Slump,and the world slumps with you.Push,and you push alone.-Laurence J.Peter

Super spreader

Super spreader-A highly infectious person who spreads the agent of an infectious disease to many other people.A person who spreads a contagious virus or disease to many other people.

Great song by Claude King that I like

The Watchman-song by Claude King.
                              This song has wonderful lyrics and the background singers add a wonderful effect to it.

Some great old songs from Claude King of the country/pop genre that I discovered and liked

1.The Comancheros-Claude King
2.Catch A Little Raindrop-Claude King
3.Hey Lucille(1963)-Claude King
4.Beertops and Teardrops(1970)-Claude King
5.Darlin' Raise The Shade(Let The Sun Shine In)-Claude King
6.Little Bitty Heart-Claude King
7.Little Buddy-Claude King
8.Mary's Vineyard(1971)-Claude King
9.Highway Lonely(1971)-Claude King

Quote from Wayne Gretzky

Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.-Wayne Gretzky

Interesting blogs and websites for travel lovers

1 www.twowanderingsoles.com
2 www.peterpantraveler.com
3 http://lucyslittlewanderings.com
4 www.bemytravelmuse.com
5 www.lookingupatthesamestars.com
6 https://herecomestheplanet.com
7 www.boredbug.com

Quote from Lord Chesterfield

Swift speeding time,feathered with flying hours,
Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.-Lord Chesterfield

Quote from Henry Savile Clarke

Be speedy,for I was born under a thirsty star.-Henry Savile Clarke

Quote from Sonia Choquette

Life is always full of drama and challenges,but you do not have to overreact to any of it if you choose not to.-Sonia Choquette

Quote from Richard Carlson

We need to break the habit of overreacting because of our speedy assumption and judgments.-Richard Carlson

Quote from Margaret Drabble

The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom.-Margaret Drabble

Quote from David Lubar

Reciprocity is not mandatory.-David Lubar

Quote from Niall Ferguson

If the financial system has a defect,it is that it reflects and magnifies what we human beings are like.Money amplifies our tendency to overreact,to swing from exuberance when things are going well to deep depression when they go wrong.Booms and busts are products,at root,of our emotional volatility.-Niall Ferguson

Quote from Lysa Terkeurst

Forgiveness is mandatory;reconciliation is optional.-Lysa Terkeurst

Interesting song from Joe Dolan from 1976

Lady In Blue(1976)-song by Joe Dolan

Interesting early Leonard Cohen song

Lady Midnight-song by Leonard Cohen

Great song from Leonard Cohen from 1967

Sisters of Mercy(1967)-song by Leonard Cohen

Quote from Benjamin Disraeli

Twilight makes us pensive;Aurora is the goddess of activity;despair curses at midnight;hope blesses at noon.-Benjamin Disraeli

Talkaholics

Talkaholics are people who overtalk and are addicted to talking.

Quote from Khushwant Singh

When the world is itself draped in the mantle of night,the mirror of the mind is like the sky in which thoughts twinkle like stars.-Khushwant Singh

Great song by Hawksley Workman

You and the Candles-song by Hawksley Workman

Song by The Dixie Chicks that you like

Not Ready To Make Nice-song by The Dixie Chicks.

Quote from Theodore Melfi

If you don't infuse humor into a subject matter,no matter how dark,the audience can't accept the message of a film.It closes them down.Humor can open them up.-Theodore Melfi

State-sponsored cyberterrorism

Russia,Iran,North Korea and China are the four countries in 2019 that are deeply into state-sponsored cyberterrorism.

Quote from Frans de Waal

If you ask anyone,what is morality based on?These are the two factors that always come out:one is reciprocity,a sense of fairness,and the other one is empathy and compassion.-Frans de Waal

Quote from Zig Ziglar

When obstacles arise,you change your direction to reach your goal;you do not change your decision to get there.-Zig Ziglar

100 year-old practising lawyer

Constance Isherwood celebrated her 100th birthday in January 2020.She still continues to work as a lawyer at the age of 100 in Victoria,British Columbia.What a remasrkable woman!

Quote from Rachel Morrison

We really owe it to our world to infuse our entertainment with messaging.-Rachel Morrison

Quote from Loren Eiseley

Tomorrow lurks in us,the latency to be all that was not achieved before.-Loren Eiseley

Quote from Rita Gunther McGrath

Generating ideas is not a problem.Incubation is.Acceleration is.-Rita Gunther McGrath

Quote from Carroll Quigley

The basis of social relationships is reciprocity;if you cooperate with others,others will cooperate with you.-Carroll Quigley

Quote from Ellen Glasgow

The age is a vociferous one,and no prophet is without honor who is able to strike an attitude and to speak loud enough to make himself heard.-Ellen Glasgow

Great Canadian instrumental song

Boat rockers-Souljazz Orchestra

Song by The Cure that you love

The Love Cats-song by The Cure.

Quote from Edward Coke

Precaution is better than cure.-Edward Coke

Quote from Ian McEwan

Even in the most richly communicative and reciprocal love affairs,it is nearly impossible to sustain that initial state of rapture beyond a few weeks.-Ian McEwan

Tibetan proverb

The secret to living well and longer is:eat half,walk double,laugh triple and love without measure.-Tibetan proverb

Quote on solitude

Solitude is a necessary protest to the incursions and the false alarms of society's hysteria,a period of cure and recovery.-Abraham Joshua Heschel

Quote from Vincent L.Rogers

Reciprocity is the recipe for prosperity.-Vincent L.Rogers

Quote from Martin Luther King Jr.

We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove,a tough mind and a tender heart.-Martin Luther King Jr.

Quote on longing

Longing is not always a reciprocal thing.-Kate DiCamillo

Quote from Horace

It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.-Horace

Quote from Charles Towne

The race advances only by the extra achievements of the individual.You are the individual.-Charles Towne

Quote from Oprah Winfrey

Life is a reciprocal exchange.To move forward,you have to give back.-Oprah Winfrey

Quote from Alan Lightman

Is it possible for a person to love without wanting love back?Is anything so pure?Or is love,by its nature,a reciprocity,like oceans and clouds,an evaporating of sea water and a replenishing by rain?-Alan Lightman

Two old,old songs that I like

1.Careless-Eddy Howard and His Orchestra
2.It's No Sin(1951)-Eddy Howard and His Orchestra.

Great song from Leonard Cohen from 1967

Winter Lady(1967)-song by Leonard Cohen

Great song from 1946 that I love

I Wonder,I Wonder,I Wonder(1946)-song by Eddy Howard and his Orchestra.
                                          Eddy Howard has a wonderful,groovy voice.This is the kind of very old song that I sometimes listen to just before going to sleep at night.

Scott Adams

Scott Adams,the creator of the DILBERT comic strip used to be a staunch liberal until the 2016 American presidential election.In 2016 he became a diehard Donald Trump supporter.Scott Adams lives near Berkeley,California.

Quote from Jonathan A.Haidt

Reciprocity is a deep instinct;it is the basic currency of social life.-Jonathan Haidt

Quote from Neal A.Maxwell

No love is ever wasted.Its worth does not lie in reciprocity.-Neal A.Maxwell

Quote from Ralph Peters

Social peace requires reciprocity.-Ralph Peters

Quote from Mason Cooley

Lack of reciprocity ruins friendships,but makes love affairs exciting for a time.-Mason Cooley

Quote from Maya Angelou

Words mean more than what is set down on paper.It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.-Maya Angelou

Quote from Mark Kingwell

All social space is suffused with political meanings and agendas,the very stones and walls a kind of testament to the ongoing struggles for liberation and justices.-Mark Kingwell

Song from 2012 that I like

Summertime Sadness(2012)-song by Lana Del Rey.

Quote on mobile phones

Mobile phones amplify human talent for cooperation.-Howard Rheingold

Quote on speech

Speech is a rolling press that always amplifies one's emotions.-Gustave Flaubert

Quote from Esther Hicks

You can only coax someone into the vortex
from in the vortex.-Esther Hicks

Quote from Leonard Michaels

Some animals are secretive;some are shy.A cat is private.-Leonard Michaels

Quote from Dean Koontz

Whiskers of the cat,webbed toes on my swimming dog;God is in the details.-Dean Koontz

Quote from Edith Wharton

The essence of taste is suitability.Divest the word of its prim and priggish implications,and see how it expresses the mysterious demand of the eye and mind for symmetry,harmony and order.-Edith Wharton

Five obscure,underrated oldies songs by Tony Bellus that I love

1.Sleep Baby Sleep-Tony Bellus
2.Everybody Loves My Baby-Tony Bellus
3.Little Dreams-Tony Bellus
4.Pretty Baby-Tony Bellus
5.Give Me A Heart-Tony Bellus

Quote from F.Sionil Jose

For them who delay aging,who infuse decrepit bodies with youth and beauty-they must rejoice in the fullness of their deeds.-F.Sionil Jose

Quote from Marion C .Garretty

A cousin is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.-Marion C.Garretty

Quote from Robert D.Putnam

A society that relies on generalized reciprocity is more efficient than a distrustful society,for the same reason that money is more efficient than barter.Trust lubricates social life.Networks of civic engagement also facilitate coordination and communication and amplify information about the trustworthiness of other individuals.-Robert D.Putnam

Quote from Lewis H.Lapham

Anti-utopianism continues to suffuse our culture---Today few imagine that society can be fundamentally improved,and those who do are seen as at best deluded,at worst threatening.-Lewis Lapham

Quote from Betty White

I have a two-story house and a bad memory,so I'm up and down those stairs all the time.That's my exercise.-Betty White,actress.

Quote from Lynda Obst

What turns a work crisis into a life crisis is the infusion of dread.-Lynda Obst

Quote from John Pilger

Secretive power loathes journalists who do their job:who push back screens,peer behind façades,lift rocks.Opprobium from on high is their badge of honour.-John Pilger

Quote on magic

Magic naturally fades over distance.But proximity-well,when it works,proximity amplifies magic.-David Levithan

Song from Leonard Cohen from 1967 that I love

Store Room(1967)-song by Leonard Cohen.
                       I just love the lyrics to this song.

Quote from Marshall McLuhan

The new media and technologies by which we amplify and extend ourselves constitute huge collective surgery carried out on the social body with complete disregard for antiseptics.-Marshall McLuhan

Quote from Muhtar Kent

During difficult economic times,consumers gravitate towards the brands they know,the brands they love and trust.-Muhtar Kent

Great song by Leonard Cohen from 1977 that I like

Fingerprints(1977)-song by Leonard Cohen

Quote from Phil Robertson

Women with whiskers----it's a bummer.-Phil Robertson

Quote from D.K.Suzuki

Unless it grows out of yourself no knowledge is really yours,it's only borrowed plumage.-D.K.Suzuki

Quote on fiction

Fiction----It's like goading a mongoose and a cobra into a battle and staying with them to see who wins.-Shauna Singh Baldwin

Quote on responsibilities

Responsibilities gravitate to the person who can shoulder them.-Elbert Hubbard

Quote from Ernest Dimnet

All serious conversations gravitate towards philosophy.-Ernest Dimnet,WHAT WE LIVE BY.

Quote from Lee Thompson

And I definitely gravitate toward people who use laughter to pull themselves out of the abyss.-Lee Thompson

Quote on hardship

Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.-C.S.Lewis

Song from 2013 I like

I'm Calling You(2013)-song by Bagdad Cafe

Quote on cats

Cats gravitate to kitchens like rocks gravitate to gravity.-Terry Pratchett

Quote from Norman Reedus

Damaged people gravitate towards damaged people.-Norman Reedus

Quote from J.K.Rowling

Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.-J.K.Rowling

Quote from Moss Hart

There is something maddening about mediocrity that calls forth the worst in those who are forced to deal with it.-Moss Hart,ACT ONE.

Some interesting websites and blogs for travelers

1 https://zomaniatravel.wordpress.com
2 www.hostelworld.com
3 www.traveldailymedia.com
4 https://thriveglobal.com
5 www.travellerspoint.com

Quote from H.L.Mencken

Shave a gorilla and it would be almost impossible, at twenty paces, to distinguish him from a heavyweight champion of the world. Skin a chimpanzee, and it would take an autopsy to prove he was not a theologian.-H.L.Mencken

Quote from Robert Charles Wilson

Nobody wants to conduct an autopsy on a dead saint.-Robert Charles Wilson

Lentils you consumed in November 2019

In November 2019,you bought and finished consuming a 400g tin can of SARO TAORMINA Lentils
-Ingredients:Lentils,water,salt,antioxidant,Ascorbic acid.
-Product of Italy.


-Nutrition Facts:-Serving size(130g)-% Daily Value
                          :Calories-80
                          :Protein-5 g
                          :Vitamin D-0%
                          :Calcium-2%
                          :Iron-24%
                           :Potassium-3%.                                                
                                                  These lentils were good.

Quote from Ernest Hemmingway

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency;the second is war.Both bring a temporary prosperity,both bring a permanent ruin.But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.-Ernest Hemmingway

Quote from Michael Hyatt

Social media is the greatest leadership tool ever invented.It gives you the opportunity to amplify your voice,extend your influence ,and create a tribe of passionate followers who want to hear from you.-Michael Hyatt

Quote from Peter Gabriel

Those of us who have the eyes and ears of the media have a responsibility to amplify the voices of the voiceless.-Peter Gabriel

Quote from C.S.Lewis

Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars.You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.-C.S.Lewis

Quote from Shiloh Morrison

The only way you may correct the bad things in your past is to add better things to your future.-Shiloh Morrison

Quote from Peter DeVries

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too.-Peter Devries

Two great songs from the rock band Rush

1.Different Strings-Rush.
2.A Passage to Bangkok(1976)-Rush.

Quote on nature

Nature does not steal time,it amplifies it.-Richard Louv

Quote from Andy Stanley

The great challenge is how to marry creativity with discipline so that discipline amplifies creativity without destroying it.-Andy Stanley

Quote from Frances Power Cobb

My great panacea for making society at once better and more enjoyable would be to cultivate greater sincerity.-Fraces Power Cobbe

Quote on new media

New media is like a megaphone.It amplifies your ability to reach more people.-Mark Batterson

Quote from Elbert Hubbard

A person may be very secretive and yet have no secrets.-Elbert Hubbard

Quote from Anne Bronte

To wheedle and coax is safer than to command.-Anne Bronte

Quote from Robert Penn Warren

The past is always a rebuke to the present.-Robert Penn Warren

Quote on art

Art amplifies voices on the margins-the views and opinions that power silences.-Will Youmans

Quote from David Myers

Group interaction tends to amplify people's initial inclinations.-David Myers

Quote from Jon Stewart

If we amplify everything,we hear nothing.-Jon Stewart

Butter Beans that you consumed in January 2020

In January 2020,you consumed a 400g tin can of SARO TAORMINA -Butter Beans
-Product of Italy.
-Ingredients:Butter beans,water,salt.Antioxidant:Ascorbic Acid

-Nutrition Facts:
                           Per Serving Size(130g) ---% Daily Value
                                                           :Calories-88
                                                           :Protein-5g
                                                           :Vitamin A-0%
                                                           :Vitamin C-3%
                                                           :Calcium-7%
                                                           :Iron-11%

These butter beans were good.
                                                   

Quote from Brian Eno

Look closely at the most embarrassing details,and amplify them.-Brian Eno

Quote from Seth Godin

Dreamers don't have special genes.They find circumstances that amplify their dreams.-Seth Godin

Quote from Arnold Toynbee

Civilization is a movement and not a condition,a voyage and not a harbor.-Arnold Toynbee

Great song by Bob Marley

Who The Cap Fit-song by Bob Marley

Another song from 2013 that I like

Counting Stars(2013)-song by OneRepublic

Song by OneRepublic that I like

Apologize(2013)-song by OneRepublic.

Quote from Russell Smith

Ah,the intractable Canadian problem:Winter and finery are basically incompatible.-Russell Smith

Quote from Will Smith

Money and success don't change people;they merely amplify what is already there.-Will Smith

Song by Bruce Springsteen that I like

Human Touch-song by Bruce Springsteen

Lightning

The hotter the temperature the more lightning there is.

Great song from Harrison Kennedy

One Dog Barking(2009)-song by Harrison Kennedy

Quote from Paul Solomon

If there is a panacea,or cure-all to life,it is self-love.-Paul Solomon

Quote from Steven Herrick

Men walk through tragedy,quietly calm and precise on the outside,tearing themselves to shreds inside.-Steven Herrick

Quote from Elizabeth C.Dunn

Change is an easy panacea.It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there.-Elizabeth C.Dunn

Quote on gold

Gold has an almost atavistic lure.People feel it has a panacea effect.-Howard Blum

Great website to reduce food waste

https://foodhero.com

Quote from Howard Blum

God has an almost atavistic lure.People feel it has a panacea effect.-Howard Blum

Quote from Paul Solomon

If there is a panacea,or cure-all to life,it is self-love.-Paul Solomon

Quote from Tom Peters

Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.-Tom Peters

Iranians in Toronto

There are more than 50,000 people of Iranian origin living in Toronto in 2019.Toronto is sometimes jocularly called 'Tehranto' by some.

Great song from Herbie Hancock

Wiggle Waggle-song by Herbie Hancock

Great song from a San Francisco punk band

The American In Me-song by The Avengers.

Quote from Dwight D.Eisenhower

There are no victories at discount prices.-Dwight D.Eisenhower

Quote on clothes

Clothes are inevitable.They are nothing less than the furniture of the mind made visible.-James Laver(1899-1975),British art critic and author.

Quote from Martha Grimes

Before you hate something you should try to understand it.-Martha Grimes,DAKOTA.

Lava

Lavic-Like lava,or composed of lava.Adjective of lava.

Ushering in the new year

Romanians dress as bears,Brazilians and Mexicans wear colorful underwear and Ecuadoreans run down the street with empty suitcases to ring in the new year.

Quote from Sylvia Plath

The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.-Sylvia Plath

Quote from James Laver

Clothes are never a frivolity;they always mean something.-James Laver

Quote from Martha Grimes

I cleared my throat-it isn't frogs you get in your throat;it's memories.-Martha Grimes,BELLE RUIN(2006)

Quote on silence

Silence is a way of saying we do not have to entertain each other;we are okay as we are.-Martha Grimes

Quote from Mason Cooley

Anybody can lead a frivolous life.A frivolous writer,however,must have taste and intelligence.-Mason Cooley

Quote from Susan Sontag

One can be serious about the frivolous,frivolous about the serious.-Susan Sontag

Quote from Mason Cooley

Frivolous sorrow is folly.Frivolous enjoyment is not.-Mason Cooley

Quote from Virginia Woolf

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.-Virginia Woolf

Quote from Antonya Nelson

The most enduring battle is between head and heart;what would be efficient and logical is nearly always trumped by what is messy and illogical.-Antonya Nelson

Quote from George Addair

Everything you have ever wanted,is sitting on the other side of fear.-George Addair

Great song from Bill Withers

Lovely Day-song by Bill Withers

Greta Thunberg

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg(born 2003) has Asperger's Syndrome.She is the figurehead of a global movement.
                               Greta Thunberg lives a sustainable lifestyle and does not eat meat.She as well as her parents do not drive cars and do not fly in airplanes.They do not do air travel.
                                Greta Thunberg's parents are steadfast in their principles and were early converts to climate change activism.

Quote from Lou Holtz

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren't in a very good mood.-Lou Holtz

Quote from Jonathan Lockwood Hue

Celebrate endings----for they precede new beginnings.-Jonathan Lockwood Hue