Sunday, November 29, 2020

Quote on predictions

Making predictions is like throwing a dartboard at the fixture list.--Mike Parry

Quote on nature

Nature's standard operating procedure,pairing a population explosion with a population crash.-Alfred W.Crosby

Quote from Tim Johnson

I consider failures to be the compost that feeds the better and best that is on its way.-Tim Johnson

Quote on information

Information is like compost;it does no good unless you spread it around.-Eliot Coleman

Quote on reason

Reason: The arithmetic of emotions.-Elbert Hubbard,THE ROYCROFT DICTIONARY.

Quote from Bruce Sterling

Tomorrow composts today.-Bruce Sterling

Quote on notebooks

I have always kept notebooks and I go back to them over and over.They are my compost pile of ideas.-Louise Erdrich

Quote from Tom Peters

Never,ever rest on your laurels.Today's laurels are tomorrow's compost.-Tom Peters

Friday, November 27, 2020

Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay is the hate crime capital of Canada. When indigenous children walk down the street in Thunder Bay they often have garbage thrown at them.

Quote from Brent Weeks

A whimsical choice,perhaps a dangerous choice,but a shadow should bear some resemblance to the shape that cast it.-Brent Weeks

Geese

Geese have teeth on their tongues.

Song from 1954 that I love

Skokiaan(1954)- song by The Four Lads.

Turtles

Cold stunning-term for hypothermia in turtles.

Friday, November 20, 2020

Quote from Alan Watts

The more a thing tends to be permanent,the more it tends to be lifeless.-Alan Watts

Interesting song from the fifties by Eddie Fisher that you like

Dungaree Doll-song by Eddie Fisher

Quote from Elizabeth Von Arnim

The longer I live the greater is my respect for manure in all its forms.-Elizabeth Von Arnim

Old Dinah Shore song that you like

Blues In The Night-song by Dinah Shore

Quote from Melina Marchetta

City people.They may know how to street fight but they don't know how to wade through manure.-Melina Marchetta

Song from Frank Sinatra that you like

Hey Jealous Lover(1956)- song by Frank Sinatra.

Quote from Cyril Connolly

The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.-Cyril Connolly

Obscure old song from Don Rondo that you like

The Golden Rule-song by Don Rondo. ____- There is a wonderful chorus from The Joe Reisman Orchestra accompanying this song.

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Great song from Fats Domino that is rarely played on Oldies radio stations

Valley of Tears-song by Fats Domino.

Quote from Richard Dawkins

Some people find clarity threatening.They like muddle,confusion,security.So when someone does no more than speak clearly it sounds threatening.-Richard Dawkins

Nice little song from Fats Domino

Darktown Strutters' Ball-song by Fats Domino.

Quote from Sue Grafton

You can't save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don't appreciate your interfering with the drama they've created.They want your poor sweet-baby sympathy,but they don't want to change.-Sue Grafton

Quote from Shel Silverstein

Never explain what you do.It speaks for itself.You only muddle it by talking about it.-Shel Silverstein

Great song from Fats Domino that you love

The Big Beat(1958)- song by Fats Domino.

Song by The Diamonds that you like

The Church Beĺls May Ring(1956)-song by The Diamonds.

Underrated but great song from Fats Domino

It Keeps Rainin'- song by Fats Domino.

Monday, November 09, 2020

Quote from Ethan Hawke

There's something about knowing life is finite that makes it so precious.-Ethan Hawke

Song by Bedouin Soundclash that you love

Shelter-song by Bedouin Soundclash.