Quote from Billy Corgan

That's at the root of human interaction:fair trade.-Billy Corgan

Quote on Christmas

Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely,the frayed and the rejected.-Jimmy Cannon

Great underrated song from Roy Orbison

Today's Teardrops(1960)-song by Roy Orbison

Quote from Bill Watterson

A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.-Bill Watterson

Quote on fear

Fear is a hammer,and when the people are beaten finally to the conviction that their existence hangs by a frayed thread,they will be led where they need to go.-Dean Koontz

Quote on history

History's got no bows on it,only frayed ends of ribbons and knots that can't be untied.-Orson Scott Card

Quote from Nate Silver

Racism is predictable.It's predicted by interaction or lack thereof with people unlike you,people of other races.-Nate Silver

Interesting old song by Joey Powers

Just A Ribbon-song by Joey Powers

Interesting old song by Donnie Brooks

White Orchid-song by Donnie Brooks

Depression and anxiety facts

Depression is more past-oriented and is about the things we have lost.Anxiety is more future-oriented.

Quote from Pankaj Mishra

Minorities within nation-states frayed by global capitalism are naturally more resentful of hollowed-out but still heavily centralised systems of political and economic domination.-Pankaj Mishra

Quote on Loren Eiseley

If there is magic on this planet,it is contained in water.-Loren Eiseley

Interesting song from Don Rondo

Dormi,Dormi,Dormi- song by Don Rondo

Beautiful light-hearted song from 1967 that i love

Cornflakes and Icecream(1967)- song by The Lords of London

Quote from John Armstrong

You don't ask a juggler which ball is highest in priority.Success is to do it all.-John Armstrong

Song from 1957 that i like

The Stars Fell on Alabama(1957)- song by Don Rondo.

Song from Don Rondo that i enjoy listening to also

As Long As I Have You-song by Don Rondo

Quote from Norman Douglas

How reluctantly the mind consents to reality!- Norman Douglas

Interesting song from Don Rondo

In Chi Chi Chihuahua-Song by Don Rondo

Obscure but very good song from 1958 that features accordion

Fancy Free(1958)(Samson records)-song by Tony Bellus. - I just love this underrated song.

Song from 1957 that i like

There's Only You(1957)- song by Don Rondo

Quote from Barry Gibb

But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.-Barry Gibb

Quote from Edward Norton

The more you can create that magic bubble,that suspension of disbelief,for a while,the better.-Edward Norton

Quote from Malcolm Gladwell

If you make a great number of predictions,the ones that were wrong will soon be forgotten,and the ones that turn out to be true will make you famous.Malcolm Gladwell

Quote from James Keller

Hope discovers what can be done instead of grumbling about what cannot.-James Keller

Quote from Anne Lamott

Laughter is a bubbly,effervescent form of loneliness.-Anne Lamott

Song from Don Rondo from 1959 that I like that features chorus

Gretna Green-song by Don Rondo

A surefire way to tell your birth year

Bible has 67 books.Subtract your age from it and add 1953.You'll get your birth year.

Quote from James Baldwin

When human rights are abused on a grand scale,the broth of purity boils and feeds the rebellion of a new order.- James Baldwin

Good song from Don Rondo

Malibu-song by Don Rondo.

Quote on learning

Creating patterns in your brain is what learning is all about.-Barbara Oakley,Ph.D

Good song from Jack Jones in 1963

Love With The Proper Stranger (1963)- song by Jack Jones. This song is the title song from the film of the same name.

Quote from multitasking

Multitasking means that you are not able to make full,rich connections in your thinking,because the part of your brain that helps make connections is constantly being pulled away before neural connections can be firmed up.-Barbara Oakley,A Mind for Numbers:How To Excel At Math and Science.

Quote from John Lydon

I hate death; it takes people away from you.You're left feeling rudderless. - John Lydon

Good song from Maggie Rayburn

I'm Available(1957)- song by Maggie Rayburn

Obscure song from 1958 that i like

Blonde Bombshell(1958)- song by Don Rondo.

Quote from Vince Lombardi

Brains without competitive hearts are rudderless.-Vince Lombardi

Song from Roxy Music that you just love

The Main Thing-Song by Roxy Music

Quote from Anthony Liccione

People like to cry over spiĺled milk,but I cry every time I spill my coffee.-Anthony Liccione

Quote from Mason Cooley

If you call failures experiments,you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.-Mason cooley

Quote from Daniel Kahneman

The most effortful forms of slow thinking are those that require you to think fast.-Daniel Kahneman

Quote from Richard Feynman

I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.-Richard Feynman

Quote on procrastination

Procrastination is like addiction.It offers temporary excitement and relief from boring reality.-Barbara Oakley,A MIND FOR NUMBERS:HOW TO EXCEL AT MATH AND SCIENCE.

Quote from Robert Herjavec

Business is a sprint until you find an opportunity,then it's the patience of a marathon runner.Robert Herjavec

Forgotten song from 1959 that you like

Quiet Girl(1959)- song by Don Rondo

Quote on multitasking

Multitasking is like constantly pulling up a plant.This kind of constant shifting of your attention means that new ideas and concepts have no chance to take root and flourish.-Barbara Oakley,Ph.D.

Obscure song from 1959 that you like

Cuckoo Girl(1959)- song by Don Rondo

Upbeat but very obscure song from Don Rondo from the late fifties that you love

King of Holiday Island-song by Don Rondo

Unusual but interesting song by Leonard Cohen

Jazz Police-song by Leonard Cohen

Quote from Barbara Oakley

Focused problem-solving in math and science is often more effortful than focused-mode thinking involving language and people.-Barbara Oakley

Quote from Art Markman

It is fine to take a break from an effortful task every once in a while but your learning experience will be diminished without sustained effort.-Art Markman

Quote from John C.Maxwell

A proven leader always has a proven track record.-John C.Maxwell

Quote from Nancie J.Carmody

I am thankful for a lawn that needs mowing,windows that need cleaning and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home.-Nancie J.Carmody

Quote from Joe Hill

Time must be slowed to a crawl to make sense of any scene of true chaos-to show the flurry of human action and reaction going off like multiple strings of firecrackers,all at once.-Joe Hill

Quote from Dodinsky

Every day you either see a scar or courage.Where you dwell will define your struggle.-Dodinsky

Interesting song by Twin River

Laugh it off-song by Twin River

song by Gerry and The Pacemakers that you like

You'll Never Walk Alone-song by Gerry and the Pacemakers

Song by Blue Rodeo that you like

Five Days in May-song by Blue Rodeo

Song from 1963 that you like

When Jimmy Comes Home(1963)- song by Sandy Selsie

Quote from Peter C.Brown

Learning is deeper and more durable when it's effortful.Learning that's easy is like writing in sand,here today and gone tomorrow.-Peter C.Brown

Quote from Angela Lansbury

I've never been particularly aware of my age.It's like being on a bicycle-I just put my foot down and keep going.-Angela Lansbury

Quote from Anthony Quinn

I have lived in a flurry of images,but I will go out in a freeze frame.-Anthony Quinn

Quote from Cassandra Clare

You can only push the truth down for so long,and then it bubbles back up.-Cassandra Clare

Quote on enthusiasm

Enthusiasm just creates bubbles;it doesn't keep them from popping.-Adora Svitack

Quote on relationships

Relationships are like bubbles-they're fragile.-Michael Douglas

Quote from Andrew Revkin

You never know you're in a bubble until it pops.-Andrew Revkin

Quote from Alison Croggon

Joy bubbles on a fountain of doubt.-Alison Croggon

Quote from Alexandra Horowitz

A life untrammeled by knowledge of its end is an enviable life.-Alexandra Horowitz

Quote from Christina Alger

How inexplicable and enviable,never to want to be anywhere other than where you already are.-Christina Alger

Quote from Sloane Crosley

I would gladly have accepted a heaping spoonful of nepotism when I got out of college and was looking for a job.-Sloane Crosley

Annie Glenn

Annie Glenn,speech disorder advocate,wife of former senator and astronaut John Glenn died of coronavirus complications in May 2020 at the age of 100.Very sad.Rest in peace Annie Glenn

Great book by David Owen

Volume Control:Hearing in A Deafening World-Book by David Owen.-- David Owen is a writer for NEW YORKER magazine.

Noise and sound

There is a difference between sound and noise.Sound can be measured;noise is subjective.

Quote on capitalism

That is what capitalism is-a version of feudalism in which capital replaces land,and business leaders replace kings.But the hierarchy remains.And so we still hand over our lives' labour,under Duress, to feed rulers who do no real work.-Kim Stanley Robinson

Song from 1969 from Marty Robbins that i like

Hello Daily News(1969)- song by Marty Robbins

Quote from Stephen Stigler

Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses;the more you torture the data,the more likely they are to confess,but confessions obtained under duress may not be admissible in the court of scientific opinion.-Stephen Stigler

Quote from Barbara Woodhouse

The dog has an enviable mind;it remembers the nice things in life and quickly blots out the nasty.-Barbara Woodhouse

Quote from Jonathan Swift

Health is the greatest of all possessions;a pale cobbler is better than a sick king.-Jonathan Swift

Quote from William Walsh

I can endure my own despair, But not another's hope.-William Walsh

Typewriter collectors

Hollywood actor Tom Hanks is a typewriter enthusiast.He is the celebrity face of the typewriter collector community. Tom Hanks has sparked a resurgence in typewriter collecting.

Quote from Ronald Reagan

Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will.-Ronald Reagan

Quote from Bertrand Russell

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.-Bertrand Russell

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Human beings cannot endure the geological chaos they encounter under the soil of their own gardens.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Leo Buscaglia

Everybody needs a hug.It changes your metabolism.-Leo Buscaglia