Stan Roach's house on Angers street

Stan Roach's house at 6285 Angers street in Cote St.Paul,Montreal was distinctive for me-- his window was adorned with wonderful Laurel and Hardy wooden figurines.Everytime I walked along the street I would admire those figurines.

                           Sadly Stan Roach(born 1931) died on November 19,2019 of complications from cancer.He was a retired teacher from  Dawson college and an artist.

Quote from Nicholas Ferroni

I was born a sinner too.My sin is mentioned in the Bible 25 times,I tried to change,but couldn't---Luckily society learned to accept us left-handed people.-Nicholas Ferroni,educator and activist.

Old , semi-obscure songs from The Browns that I like

1.Lonely Little Robin(1960)-The Browns

2.Buttons And Bows(1962)-The Browns

3.Whispering Hope-The Browns

4.Shenandoah-The Browns

Quote from Denzel Washington

You'll never be criticized by someone who is doing more than you.You'll always be criticized by someone doing less.Remember that.-Denzel Washington,actor

Quote from A.Edward Newton

The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity.-A.Edward Newton

Quote from Fennel Hudson

Be batty,be traditional,and be proud.-Fennel Hudson

Quote from Fennel Hudson

Extreme circumstances can trigger the most powerful of responses.-Fennel Hudson

Brand of olive oil you consumed in April 2022

In April 2022 you bought and consumed a 1 Litre plastic bottle of AL JAZIRA Pomace Olive Oil.

                    -For Cooking and Frying.

-Produced in Tunisia.Visit the website www.oliveoiloftunisia.com

This olive oïl was very good.

Quote from Charles Caleb Colton

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.-Charles Caleb Colton

Quote from Charles Bukowski

Those who escape hell however never talk about it and nothing much bothers them after that.-Charles Bukowski

Quote from Frederick Law Olmsted

The enjoyment of scenery employs the mind without fatigue and yet exercises it,tranquilizes it and yet enlivens it.-Frederick Law Olmsted

Uses of shellac

Shellac is used as a wood preservative.Shellac is also used very often even today to coat candy because it is perfectly edible.

Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria called pregnancy 'the shadow side of marriage.'

Quote from Winston Churchill

It's not enough that we do our best;sometimes we have to do what's required.-Sir Winston Churchill

Quote from Cardinal Richelieu

Deception is the knowledge of kings.-Cardinal Richelieu

A song by Doris Day that I like

The Gypsy In My Soul-song by Doris Day

Quote from Isaac Asimov

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.-Isaac Asimov

Javelina

The javelina is also known as the collared peccary or skunk pig.

                                       Javelinas are medium-sized animals that look similar to a wild boar.Skunk pigs have lousy eyesight but a keen nose.

         

A song from 1999 that I like

Butterfly(1999)-song by Crazy Town

Columbarium

Columbarium-A storage place for funeral urns.

Quote from Rebecca Solnit

I disappeared into books when I was very young,disappeared into them like running into the woods.-Rebecca Solnit

Quote from George Carlin

Surround yourself with what you love,whether it's family,pets,keepsakes,music,plants,hobbies,whatever.-George Carlin

Quote from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The heart,like the mind,has a memory.And in it are kept the most precious keepsakes.-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Songs from The Poppy Family that I love

 1.Where Evil Grows-The Poppy Family

2.Free From The City-The Poppy Family

3.Good Friends-The Poppy Family

4.That's Where  I Went Wrong-The Poppy Family

5.I Thought of You Today-The Poppy Family

6.A Good Thing Lost-The Poppy Family

Quote on jet lag

 I refer to jet lag as 'jet psychosis' -there's an old saying that the spirit cannot move faster than a camel.-Spalding Gray

Quote from Mahatma Gandhi

 All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family.I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.-Mahatma Gandhi

A little-known and little-played song by The Poppy Family that I like

 Beyond The Clouds(1969)-song by The Poppy Family.

                                          Its lead singer Susan Jacks sadly died of kidney failure in Vancouver in April 22.She was only 73 and was waiting for a second kidney transplant.Susan Jacks had a hauntingly beautiful voice.

Quote on compassion

 Compassion becomes an automatic reaction when you see all of humanity as one undivided and indivisible family.-Wayne Dyer

Excellent olive oil brand that you consumed in April 2022

In April 2022 you bought and finished consuming a 500 ml glass bottle of LIV-99 Extra virgin olive oil

-First cold press.

-Cholesterol Free

-Hand-picked

-Product of Tunisia

-www.LIV99.CA

This olive oil was excellent.

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Quote from C.D.Payne

I have found that people who can successfully resist temptation invariably lead depressingly stunted lives.-C.D.Payne

Quote from Abraham Maslow

The study of crippled,stunted,immature,and unhealthy specimens can yield only a cripple psychology and a cripple philosophy.-Abraham Maslow

Quote from Theodore Roosevelt

Wide differences of opinion in matters of religious,political and social belief must exist if conscience and intellect are not to be stunted,if there is to be room for healthy growth.-Theodore Roosevelt

Quote from Michael Bassey Johnson

Don't show your inferiority by climbing a stunted tree,show your superiority by climbing the longest and crooked one.-Michael Bassey Johnson

Quote from Margaret Sanger

Like begets like.We gather perfect fruit from perfect trees---- Abused soil brings forth stunted growths.-Margaret Sanger

Quote from Jacqueline Carey

Even a stunted tree reaches for sunlight.-Jacqueline Carey

Quote from Wilson Mizner

The only time that most women give their orating husbands undivided attention is when the old boys mumble in their sleep.-Wilson Mizner

Quote from Phil Cooke

The most valuable commodity of the 21st century will be undivided attention.-Phil Cooke

Quote from Alexia Purdy

The past is a jealous warrior.It pokes and prods for undivided attention when it is the present which needs the most nourishment.-Alexia Purdy

Quote from Barbara Ward

We have forgotten how to be good guests,how to walk lightly on the Earth as its other creatures do.-Barbara Ward

Fictosexual

Fictosexual-Word for anyone who experiences sexual attraction toward fictional characters.

Quote from Michael Parenti

Poor countries are not 'under-developed',they are over-exploited.-Michael Parenti

Hip hop influencer sadly dies of COVID-19

 Keith Grayson,the New York city hip-hop influencer and graffiti artist better known as DJ Kay Slay died on Easter Sunday,April 17,2022 at the tender age of 55 after a harrowing four-month battle with COVID-19.

An undervalued old song by Tracy Pendarvis that I like

 Southbound Line-song by Tracy Pendarvis.

Quote from C.S.Lewis

 I am a product of long corridors,empty sunlit rooms,upstairs indoor silences,attics explored in solitude,distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes,and the noise of wind under the tiles.Also,of endless books.-C.S.Lewis

Quote from P.G.Wodehouse

 My earnest hope is that the entire remainder of my existence will be one round of unruffled monotony.-P.G.Wodehouse

Quote from Virginia Woolf

 The division in our lives was curious.Downstairs there was pure convention;upstairs pure intellect.But there was no connection between them.-Virginia Woolf

Quote from Dustin Hoffman

 Canada is like a nice family living over a biker bar--They keep telling the downstairs neighbours to keep down the noise,people are trying to sleep.-Dustin Hoffman

Quote on old habits

 Old habits cannot be thrown out the upstairs window.They have to be coaxed downstairs one step at a time.-Mark Twain

A lesser known song from The Turtles that I like

 Can I Get To Know You Better(1970)-song by The Turtles.

Underplayed song from 1961 that I like

 Written In The Stars(1961)-song by Steve Wilson.

Quote from Hannah Arendt

 There are no dangerous thoughts for the simple reason that thinking itself is such a dangerous enterprise.-Hannah Arendt

Quote from Tom Robbins

 Does koala bear poop smell like cough drops?-Tom Robbins

Obscure song from Tracy Pendarvis that I like

 A Thousand Guitars- song by Tracy Pendarvis.

Quote on love

 Love is like wildflowers;It's often found in the most unlikely places.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Native American proverb

 May your life be like a wildflower,growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day.'-Native American proverb

Quote from John Steinbeck

 Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn , and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.-John Steinbeck

Quote from Susan Wittig Albert

 One person's weed is another person's wildflower.-Susan Wittig Albert

Hebrew proverb

 A henpecked husband gets no support during a lawsuit.- Hebrew proverb

Quote from Aldo Leopold

 Wildflower corners are easy to maintain,but once gone,they are hard to rebuild.-Aldo Leopold

Quote from M.F.K Fisher

 Since we must eat to live,we might as well do it with both grace and gusto.-M.F.K Fisher

Quote from Thomas Jefferson

 Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.-Thomas Jefferson

Quote from Jen Hatmaker

 While the richest people on earth pray to get richer,the rest of the world begs for intervention with their faces pressed to the window,watching us drink our coffee,unruffled by their suffering.-Jen Hatmaker

Quote from Robert Louis Stevenson

 To make our morality center on forbidden acts is to defile our imagination and to introduce into our judgments of our fellowmen a secret element of gusto.-Robert Louis Stevenson

Quote from Og Mandino

 To do anything truly worth doing,I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger,but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.-Og Mandino

Quote from Dale Carnegie

 Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you.Live today with gusto.-Dale Carnegie

Quote from Karen Marie Moning

 My heart has jet lag.-Karen Marie Moning.

Quote from W.Clement Stone

 No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.-W.Clement Stone

Quote from Elayne Boosler

 My fashion philosophy is,if you're not covered in dog hair,your life is empty.-Elayne Boosler

Airplanes

 Airplanes are made of aluminium.

Mercury thermometers

 Mercury thermometers are not allowed on airplanes.

Container port

 Shanghai has the largest container port in the world in 2021.

An underappreciated song from 1959 that I like

 I Have Waited (1959)-song by Joey Brooks

An obscure song from 1961 that I love

 Leading Lady(1961)-song by Billy Donahue

Interesting website for antique lovers

 www.diwanammar.com

Quote on complacency

 The tragedy of life is often not in our failure,but rather in our complacency. -Benjamin E.Mays

Quote from Daniel Tosh

 A gynecologist is the dentist for the downstairs mouth.-Daniel Tosh

A song by Woody Herman that I like

 Woodchopper's Ball-song by Woody Herman

An instrumental song from 1959 that I like

 Bunny Hop(1959)-song by The Applejacks.

An underheard song from 1963 that I like

 Moon Of Love(1963)- song by Frankie Love.

An obscure song from 1959 that I like

 Tongue-tied(1959)- song by Barry Russett

Quote on footnotes

 Having to read footnotes resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.-Noel Coward

Quote on snowflake

 Snowflake is a word used by sociopaths in an attempt to discredit the notion of empathy.-John Cleese

Quote from Chauncey Dewey

 The walk downstairs to the breakfast table is exercise enough for any gentleman.-Chauncey Dewey

Quote from Dick Gregory

 I won't say I'm out of condition now-but I even puff going downstairs.-Dick Gregory

Quote on romance

 Romance begins upstairs,then culminates downstairs.-T.F.Hodge

Two obscure songs by Cliff Rivers that I like

 1.Marsha(1963)-Cliff Rivers.

2.True Lips(1963)-Cliff Rivers.(In this song Cliff Rivers sounds very much like Elvis Presley.Have a listen).

Obscure song by Glenn Dunno that I like

 Someone Like You(1961)-song by Glenn Dunno.

Very old song by Danny Kaye that I like

 Civilization-song by Danny Kaye and The Andrews Sisters.(This song contains the line 'So bongo,bongo,bongo,I don't want to leave the Congo,oh no no no no no.')

                                

Quote from Maya Angelou

 Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.-Maya Angelou

Quote from Gene Weingarten

 I need an irony punctuation mark for the clueless.-Gene Weingarten

Quote from Dennis Miller

 I want to help the helpless,but I don't want to help the clueless.-Dennis Miller

Quote from Stewart Brand

 Civilization's shortening attention span is mismatched with the pace of environmental problems.-Stewart Brand

Quote from Philip Sidney

 Hope itself is a pain,while it is overmatched by fear.-Philip Sidney

Quote from Garrison Keillor

 Being an English Major prepares you for impersonating authority.-Garrison Keillor

A Canadian song from 2018 that I like

 Feeling Digital(2018)-song by Yukon Blonde

                                            Yukon Blonde is a band that was started in Kelowna,British Columbia.Visit the website www.yukonblonde.com

Two obscure,underrated old songs from Paul Greenwood that I like

 1. Picture of A Girl-Paul Greenwood

2.Blue Ribbon For Love(1961)-Paul Greenwood

If the moon disappeared

If the moon disappeared, days on earth would be a lot shorter because it would slow down the rotation of the earth.Without the moon a day on earth would last only 6 to 12 hours.

Quote from Yann Martel

The taxidermist is a historian,dealing with an animal's past;the zoo keeper is a politician,dealing with an animal's present;and every one else is a citizen who must decide on that animal's future (-----)The indifference of the many,combined with the active hatred of the few,has sealed the fate of animals.-Yann Martel

Quote from Kimora Lee Simmons

Be true to yourself,and stick with who you are through thick and thin without letting anyone dilute your essence.-Kimora Lee Simmons

An old song by James Pastell that I like

Heavenly Dream-song by James Pastell

Another obscure song from 1959 that I like

Two Straws And A Soda(1959)-song by Cathy Taylor

Old song by Jackie Dunham that I like

My Yearbook-song by Jackie Dunham

An obscure song from 1959 that I like

Young And Carefree(1959)- song by Tommy Hedden

Four old songs by Doris Day that I like

1.Shanghai-Doris Day

2.On The Street Where You Live-Doris Day

3.I'll String Along With You(1949)-Doris Day

4.Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps-Doris Day

Quote from Eric Hoffer

Those who feel guilty are afraid;and those who are afraid somehow feel guilty.To the onlooker,too,the fearful seem guilty.-Eric Hoffer

Spinach that I consumed in April 2022

In April 2022 you bought and consumed a 850 g tin can of PK-PUNJAB KING-Spinach Puree-Product of India.

-www.everesttraders.com.

-Ingrédients:Spinach,water,salt.May contain mustard and nuts.

-Nutrition Facts:Per 160 g- %  Daily Value

;Calories-15g; Protein-4g; Potassium-o%; Calcium-15%;Iron-25%.

Quote on leadership

The worst days of leadership beat the best days of being an onlooker.-Bill Hybels

Quote from Wanda Coleman

Sleep deficit and an anemic pocketbook dictate my erratic lifestyle.-Wanda Coleman

Quote from Elizabeth Swados

The world is an orphanage for grownups.-Elizabeth Swados

A song from 1950 that I like

The Everlasting Arms(1950)-song by Doris Day.

An obscure song from 1961 that I like

Summer Souvenirs(1961)-song by Karl Hammel Jr.

An old song by Frank Sinatra that I like

I Couldn't Sleep A Wink Last Night-song by Frank Sinatra.

Song about inflation that I love

Inflation Blues-song by B.B.King

An old Doris Day song that I love

Tea For Two-song by Doris Day.

Old song by Ella Fitzgerald that I love

I've Got Five Dollars-song by Ella Fitzgerald

A song from 1958 that I like

Teacher's Pet(1958)-song by Doris Day

Some interesting books on trash

1.Fat of The Land:Garbage of New York-The Last Two Hundred Years(2000)-book by Benjamin Miller

2.Clean And White:A History of Environmental Racism in The United States-book by Carl A.Zimring

3.Cash For Your Trash:Scrap Recycling in America(2005)(Rutgers University Press)-book by Carl A.Zimring

4.Trash Talk:An Encyclopedia of Garbage and Recycling around the world(2015)-Book by Robert William Colin

5.Aluminum Upcycled:Sustainable Design in Historical Perspective(2017)-Book by Carl A.Zimring

6.Waste Management:A Reference Handbook(2009)-Book by Jacqueline Vaughn

7.Green Backlash:The History and Politics of the Environmental Opposition in the U.S.(1997)-book by

Jacqueline Vaughn 

Quote from Katherine Anne Porter

We have this mistaken notion that everybody in the world has to go to college.The colleges are already crowded with people who never in this world will absorb more than a rudimentary education,and we dilute everything to meet this low standard.-Katherine Anne Porter

Squirrels

Squirrels fail to recover up to 74% of the nuts that they bury,unintentionally planting new trees in the process.

Intriguing quote from Margaret Atwood

Nature full strength is more than we can take,Adam one used to say.It's a potent hallucinogen,a soporific,for the untrained soul.We're no longer at home in it.We need to dilute it.We can't drink it straight.And God is the same.Too much God and you overdose.God needs to be filtered.-Margaret Atwood

Quote from Thomas More

If honor was profitable,everybody would be honorable.-Sir Thomas More

Quote from Colin Powell

There comes a time when soft power or talking with evil will not work where,unfortunately,hard power is the only thing that works.-Colin Powell

Mars

If you weigh 100 kilos on Earth,you only weigh 38 kilos on Mars.

                     You are not fat.You are on the wrong planet.-Mst Oruna,Middle Aged Humor,FACEBOOK,April 7,2022.

Quote on trauma

Trauma comes back as a Reaction,not a Memory.-Bessel Van Der Kolk

Quote on Ukraine

Far too often,the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown:Whether Ukraine joins the East or the West.But if Ukraine is to survive and thrive,it must not be either side's outpost against the other -it should function as a bridge between them.-Henry A.Kissinger

Roman concrete

Roman concrete is so incredibly durable that, thanks to its unique mixture,structures built thousands of years ago actually grow stronger rather than weaker over time.

An insightful book on trash and the environment

Waste And Want:A social history of Trash-Book by Susan Strasser.

Visit the website https://susanstrasser.net

Quote from Steve Maraboli

This new day has greeted us with no rules,unconditional opportunity.Do not dilute the power of this new day with the hardship of yesterday.Greet this day the way it has greeted you;with open arms and endless opportunity.-Steve Maraboli

Quote from John Herschel

The besetting evil of our age is the temptation to squander and dilute thought on a thousand different lines of inquiry.-John Herschel

Quote from Sukant Ratnakar

Dilute your arrogance with a smile.-Sukant Ratnakar

Quote on TV

We use TV as we use tranquilizers-to even things out,to blot out unpleasantness,to dilute confusion,distress,unhappiness,loneliness.-Bill McKibben

Quote from Bernard Kelvin Cline

Don't dilute your core message burning in your spirit just to satisfy the masses.-Bernard Kelvin Cline

Quote from Homer H.Norton

It is how you show up at the showdown that counts.-Homer H.Norton

Quote from Aldous Huxley

You shall know the truth,and the truth shall make you mad.-Aldous Huxley

Quote from Andrei Tarkovsky

A book read by a thousand different people is a thousand different books.-Andrei Tarkovsky

Quote from Gael Garcia Bernal

Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted.-Gael Garcia Bernal

Quote from Douglas MacArthur

To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game.There is no substitute for victory.-Douglas MacArthur

Quote from Bryant McGill

We must dilute and disperse all forms of concentrated power that refuse to be accountable to majority wishes.-Bryant McGill

Quote from Julie Garwood

Trust your heart but use your head.-Julie Garwood

Reggae song by Mighty Diamonds you love

Pass The Kouchie-song by The Mighty Diamonds.

Old song from Doris Day that I like

I Got The Sun In The Morning-song by Doris Day.

Quote from Cornel West

The challenge artists face today is whether to be an underground,unheard genius,or to dilute their art for the marketplace.-Cornel West

Quote from Camille Paglia

Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.-Camille Paglia

Quote from Angela Duckworth

As our knees and hips and eyesight deteriorate,we become more dependable,less impulsive,kinder and less moody.Psychologists call this the maturity principle.My own life experience fits this principle to a T.-Angela Duckworth

Quote from Oscar Wilde

A flower blossoms for its own joy.-Oscar Wilde

Quote from Jennifer Tom

Better hyperactive rather than radioactive,I always say.-Stephanie Tom

Quote on American writing

Wordiness is a sickness of American writing.Too many words dilute and blur ideas.-Eric Hoffer

Quote from Warren Buffett

A hyperactive stock market is the pickpocket of enterprise.-Warren Buffett

Quote on game shows

I view game shows as welfare for the hyperactive.-Jennifer Ball

Quote on mature workers

Mature workers are less impulsive,less reactive,more creative and more centered.-Deepak Chopra

Quote on cancer cells

Down to their innate molecular core,cancer cells are hyperactive,survival-endowed,scrappy,fecund,inventive copies of ourselves.-Siddhartha Mukherjee

Quote from Del Suggs

Burnout occurs when your body and mind can no longer keep up with the tasks you demand of them.Don't try to force yourself to do the impossible.Delegate time for important tasks,but always be sure to leave time for relaxation and reflection.-Del Suggs

Phone call

Start every phone call with '' my phone is about to die''.that way you can hang up on them whenever you want to.-from the Facebook page of Robert Kaplan,April 4,2022.

Quote on stalking

Stalking is when two people go for a long walk together but only one of them knows about it.-Rebel Circus,FACEBOOK.

Taxidermists

If you're being chased by a pack of taxidermists,do not play dead.-Sarcasm Meets Humor,FACEBOOK,March 26,2022.

Joke on driving

My wife had her driving test today.She got 8 out of 10.

                            The other two jumped out of the way!-Michael Tobin,Cartoons And Jokes,FACEBOOK,April 2,2022.

Quote from Henry Rollins

No such thing as spare time,no such thing as free time,no such thing as down time.All you got is life time.Go.-Henry Rollins

Quote from Mark Twain

The older I get,the more clearly I remember things that never happened.-Mark Twain

Quote from John L.Motley

Deeds,not stones,are the true monuments of the great.-John L.Motley

Quote from St.Jerome

The scars of others should teach us caution.-St.Jerome

Quote from Marge Piercy

Shared laughter is erotic too.-Marge Piercy

An old Doris Day song that I like

Bright And Shiny-song by Doris Day.

Quote from Larry Ellison

Life's a journey.It's a journey about discovering limits.-Larry Ellison

Quote from Virginia Woolf

I always had the deepest affection for people who carried sublime tears in their silences.-Virginia Woolf,THE DIARY OF VIRGINIA WOOLF

The Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower was constructed for the 1889 World's Fair intended to stand in Paris only temporarily.The permit for the tower expired in 1909 and they planned to tear it down.Eventually,the city of Paris decided to not dismantle the tower but use it for communication purposes and meteorological observations.Today,the Eiffel Tower is a symbol of France and the most  visited paid monument in the world.

                   I am so glad they did not tear it down.Conservation pays!

Frogs

Frogs don't drink water,they absorb it through their skin.

Wheat

Egypt is the world's largest wheat importer in the world in 2021.

Quote from Bell Hooks

Keeping people in a constant state of lack,in perpetual desire,strengthens the marketplace economy.Lovelessness is a boon to consumerism.-Bell Hooks

Quote from Tobias Smollett

I have no relish for the country;it is a kind of heathy grave.-Tobias Smollett

Quote from Hannah Green

Health is not simply the absence of sickness.-Hannah Green

Quote from Grace Hartigan

The fact that I am doomed to failure- that doesn't deter me in the least.-Grace Hartigan