Quote from Stephen Jay Gould

 Humans are not the end result of predictable evolutionary progress,but rather a fortuitous cosmic afterthought,a tiny little twig on the enormously arborescent bush of life,which if replicated from seed,would almost surely not grow this twig again.-Stephen Jay Gould

Quote from Noam Chomsky

 As long as the general population is passive,apathetic,diverted to consumerism or hatred of the vulnerable,the powerful can do as they please,and those who survive will be left to contemplate the outcome.-Noam Chomsky

Quote from Robert Ardrey

 Man is a fraction of the animal world.Our history is an afterthought,no more,tacked to an infinite calendar.We are not so unique as we should like to believe.-Robert Ardrey

Quebec politicians with foreign roots

 Maka Kotto,a long-time Bloc Quebecois MP and Parti Quebecois MNA was born in Cameroon;Quebec Liberal MNA and former finance minister Carlos Leitao has roots in Portugal;Dominique Olivier,the chair of Montreal's executive committee, came from Haiti;Aref Salem, the leader of Ensemble Montreal,the official opposition at Montreal city Hall,fled the war in Lebanon,which was the birthplace of Quebec Solidaire Ruba Ghazal, as well.

          Pablo Rodriguez,Prime Minister Justin Trudeau"s Quebec lieutenant,said his own family arrived from Argentina without being able to speak French,yet his parents went on to teach in francophone universities.-Allison Hanes,MONTREAL GAZETTE,SEPTEMBER 13,2022

Mycology

 Mycology-The study of mushrooms.

Melittologists

 Melittologists often study wild bees-both social and solitary.

Study of bees

 The science of particularly studying honeybees is called 'apology.'

Myrmecology

 Myrmecology-The study of ants.

Politicians

 Many politicians recite the same cassette over and over.

A song from 1965 that I like

 You Were Made For Me(1965)-Freddie and the Dreamers.

An obscure psychedelic song from 1966 that I like

 You Told A Lie(1966)-song by The Red Coats.

This song is a psychedelic garage tune.

Petunia

 A lonely little petunia in an onion patch-one who is out of place among those one finds unpleasant,uncouth,or overly aggressive.

Quote from Marv Levy

 Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.-Marv Levy

Quote from Tom Roth

 Sleep is an investment in the energy you need to be effective tomorrow.-Tom Roth

Quote from JoJo Jensen

 Without enough sleep.we all become tall two year-olds.-JoJo Jensen

Quote from Rebecca Wells

 Good enough is good enough.Perfect will make you a big fat mess every time.-Rebecca Wells

Quote on bees

 Bees are the batteries of orchards,gardens,guard them.-Carol Ann Duffy

Arborescent

 Arborescent-resembling a tree in properties,growth,structure,or appearance.

A song by The Drifters that I like

 Drip Drop-song by The Drifters.(This song contains the lines 'The roof is leaking and,The rain's falling on my head.)

A song by Ronnie Dove that I love

 When Liking Turns To Loving-song by Ronnie Dove.

The Montreal Star

 On September 25,1979,The Montreal Star published the last edition of the newspaper.

Quote from Arthur Lynch

 The future seems a little gloomy!Go to bed early,sleep well,eat moderately at breakfast;the future looks brighter.The world's outlook may not have changed,but our capacity for dealing with it has.-Arthur Lynch

Quote from Lewis Howes

 Sleep might be the most important aspect of building a great business,and having a high-performing body.-Lewis Howes

Quote on sleep

 I love sleep because it's like a time machine to breakfast.-Unknown

Quote from Ursula K.LeGuin

 When action grows unprofitable,gather information;When information grows unprofitable,sleep.-Ursula K. LeGuin

Cortisol and melatonin

 When your body is stressed,there is an accumulation of the hormone cortisol in your bloodstream.And cortisol blocks the production of melatonin,which is the hormone responsible for sleep.Melatonin makes you feel drowsy,it is a natural relaxant.

A song from 1969 that I like

 To Susan On The West Coast Waiting(1969)-song by Donovan.

An obscure song from Nancy Sinatra that I like

 Love Eyes(1967)-song by Nancy Sinatra.

An old song from Johnny Tillotson that I like

 Jimmy's Girl-song by Johnny Tillotson.

Quote from Jim Butcher

 Sleep is God.Go worship.-Jim Butcher

Quote from Mahatma Gandhi

 When I wake up,I am reborn.-Mahatma Gandhi

Quote from Thomas Dekker

 Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.-Thomas Dekker

Quote from Rebecca Wells

 She used to say she could taste sleep and that it was as delicious as a BLT on fresh French bread.-Rebecca Wells

Quote from Avery Sawyer

 I think insomnia is a sign that a person is interesting.-Avery Sawyer, NOTES TO SELF.

Quote from Louise Erdrich

 When every inch of the world is known,sleep may be the only wilderness that we have left.-Louise Erdrich

An alternative rock song that I love

 A Girl Like You-song by The Smithereens.

A song by The Troggs that I like

 With A Girl Like You-song by The Troggs.

Anemone

 Anemone is also known as wind flower.

Quote from Himanshu Bhatia

 As a leader,it's a major responsibility on your shoulders to practise the behaviour you want others to follow.-Himanshu Bhatia

Quote from W.H.Gladstone

 The resources of civilization are not yet exhausted.-W.H.Gladstone

Goldenrod

Goldenrod is also known as solidago.

Calla lily

 The calla lily is also known as the arum lily.

Quote from Dalai Lama

 Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness,but a sign of strength.-Dalai Lama

Quote from Alfred Adler

 Nobody adopts antisocial behaviour unless they fear that they will remain on the social side of life.-Alfred Adler

Quote from Frederick Lenz

 Love is something that we don't control.We have to be ourselves.You can be  sexual,nonsexual,asexual,bisexual or trisexual and it really doesn't have a  lot to do with enlightenment.--Frederick Lenz

Quote on tattoos

 I got tattoos for purely antisocial reasons,and now people do it for social acceptance.I miss the individualism.-Mike Ness

Ipomea

 Ipomea is also known as morning glory.

Bones

Q.What are the only bones in the body that are not covered by skin?

Answer.The teeth.

Cornflower

Cornflower is also known as bachelor's button.

Plumeria

Plumeria is also known as frangipani.

Quote from Betty Sullivan

There is a whole new kind of life ahead,full of experiences just waiting to happen.Some call it 'retirement'.I call it bliss.-Betty Sullivan

Quote from Edgar Allan Poe

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.-Edgar Allan Poe

Quote from Jonathan Rauch

For introverts,to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping,as nourishing,as eating.-Jonathan Rauch

Quote from Oprah Winfrey

Think like a queen.A queen is not afraid to fail.-Oprah Winfrey

Quote from Gore Vidal

To bring into the world an unwanted human being is as antisocial an act as murder.-Gore Vidal

Quote from John Green

I'm not asexual.I'm arelationshipal.- John Green

Quote from George Orwell

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution;one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.-George Orwell

Quote from George Bernard Shaw

Every despot must have one disloyal subject to keep him sane.-George Bernard Shaw

Quote from Sue Grafton

Pretending to be 'normal' is a lot harder than you think.-Sue Grafton

Quote from Joseph Heller

Women don't suffer from penis envy.Men do.-Joseph Heller

Quote from Junot Diaz

The half-life of love is forever.-Junot Diaz

Stamina

staminal-Adjective of stamina,of,relating to,or constituting stamina.

The unique skeleton flower

The skeleton flower's petals become transparent when it rains.

Insightful quote on war from Leo Tolstoy

To destroy war,destroy patriotism.-Leo Tolstoy

Quote from Beth Buelow

I'm not anti-social;I'm pro-solitude.-Beth Buelow

Three old,obscure songs from The Cascades that I like

 1.My First Day Alone-The Cascades

2.Lucky Guy-The Cascades

3.Punch And Judy-The Cascades

Quote from Anais Nin

 I postponed death by living,by suffering,by error,by risking,by giving,by losing.-Anais Nin

A song by The Cascades from 1963 that I love

 The Last Leaf(1963)-song by The Cascades.

Quote from Oscar Wilde

 I don't want to go to heaven.None of my friends are there.-Oscar Wilde

Quote from Anais Nin

 What you burnt,broke, and tore is still in my hands.I am the keeper of fragile things and I have kept of you what is indissoluble.-Anais Nin

Quote from Helene Pizzi

 Listen.A gentle breeze is nothing without the sound of it blowing through the leaves.-Helene Pizzi

Nasturtiums

 Nasturtium is an edible flower.Both the leaves and flowers of nasturtium plants are edible.Nasturtium flower carries a mildly peppery flavour with an aroma reminiscent of mustard.For some time,it was also known as " Indian cresses" due to the similar flavour profile between nasturtium and watercress,and because they were introduced from the Americas.

The advantage with reading print newspapers

The good thing about reading print newspapers is that there are no pop-up ads. 

Quote from Terry Pratchett

 This isn't life in the fast lane,it's life in the oncoming traffic.-Terry Pratchett

Quote from David Bowie

 I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.-David Bowie

Quote from David Foster Wallace

 Every love story is a ghost story.-David Foster Wallace

Quote from Kanye West

 You can't look at a glass half full or empty if it's overflowing.-Kanye West

Patients

 Patients who take part in support groups tend to do better with their disease than those who choose to wallow alone in their misery.

An Andy Williams song from 1964 that I love

 Wrong For Each Other(1964)- song by Andy Williams.

A song from 1963 that I love

 Hopeless(1963)-song by Andy Williams.

A song by The Goo Goo Dolls that I love

 Iris-song by The Goo Goo Dolls.

An obscure song from 1962 that I love

 The Wonderful World Of The Young(1962)-song by Andy Williams.

A song from 1955 that I love

 Never Leave Me(1955)- song by Gale Storm.

Quote from Jim Harrison

 In a life properly lived,you're a river.-Jim Harrison

Quote from Neil deGrasse Tyson

 What's going on between our legs?We've got this sewage system mixed with an entertainment complex.No engineer could have designed that.Neil de Grasse Tyson on intelligent design

Quote from Saul Bellow

 People can lose their lives in libraries.They ought to be warned.-Saul Bellow

Quote from Audre Lorde

 We have to consciously study how to be tender with each other until it becomes habit.-Audre Lorde

An underrated song from The Who that I love

 Postcard-song by The Who.

Quote from Edward Albee

 Art should never try to be popular.-Edward Albee

Quote on the brain

 The brain is not a shoebox,that 'gets full,but rather a muscle that expands its capacity with increased use.The more you know,the more you can know.-Douglas Wilson

Quote from Jack Johnson

 Our dreams are made of real things,like a shoebox full of photographs.-Jack Johnson

Quote on the laws of science

 The laws of science are not based on the principle of verification,but of falsifiability.-Karl Popper

Quote from Thomas Merton

 Hurry ruins saints as well as artists.-Thomas Merton

Quote on age

 Age plays cruel tricks on the human face;all our repressed feelings become visible on the surface,where they harden like a mask.-Sue Grafton," I IS FOR INNOCENT"(1992),page 77.

Quote from Anais Nin

 My whole being calls for an act of violence,but I still use velvet gloves.-Anais Nin,from a diary entry featured in MIRAGES:THE UNEXPURGATED DIARY;1939-1947.

Quote from Sue Grafton

 Too much virtue has a corrupting effect.-Sue Grafton

Quote from Leslie Hall

 An optimistic gardener is one who believes that whatever goes down must come up.-Leslie Hall

Quote on jokes

 All jokes are about powerlessness.-Stanley Elkins

Quote on plants

 Plants are like people:they're all different and a little bit strange.-John Kehoe

Quote from Jo Brewer

 A gardener is as static as a painting until a butterfly brings it to life.-Jo Brewer

Quote from Emily Whaley

 Early to bed,early to rise,work like hell,fertilize.-Emily Whaley

Quote from Sue Careless

 You know you are a hard-core gardener if you deadhead flowers in other people's garden.-Sue Careless

Quote from Sue Grafton

 Dream big but think small.-Sue Grafton

Chief financial officer commits suicide

 Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.Chief financial officer Gustavo Arnal fell to his death from a skyscraper in Manhattan's Tribeca neighbourhood on Friday,September 2,2022.He was only 52 years old and The New York City Medical Examiner's office ruled his death a suicide.

                    He was a resident of 56 Leonard street-also known as the Jenga Building.

Tequila and bats

 Bats are the sole pollinator for the agave plant,which is a key ingredient in tequila.

              Without bats,tequila would no longer exist.

JOMO

 JOMO-Joy of Missing out.

Quote from Margaret Atwood

 She had a feral gaze like that of an untamed animal.-Margaret Atwood

Quote from George Orwell

 There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.-George Orwell

Authoritarianism

 Authoritarianism thrives on fear.

Quote from Djuna Barnes

 An image is the stop the mind makes between uncertainties.-Djuna Barnes

Quote from Anne Lamott

 I decided that the most subversive,revolutionary thing I could do was to show up for my life and not be ashamed.-Anne Lamott

Cote Vertu boulevard

 Cote Vertu Boulevard in Ville St.Laurent was formerly known as Saint Matthieu.

Sainte Croix street

 Sainte Croix street in Ville Saint Laurent,Montreal was formerly known as rue Principale.

Ville St.Laurent

 Q.Who was Ville Saint Laurent's first mayor?

Answer.Édouard Gohier.

The oldest street in Montreal

 Rue Saint-Paul is Montreal's oldest street.Constructed around 1650,it followed the city's northern boundary fortifications.Back then,Montreal was a walled city.Today,it is hard to believe that an excursion to Mount Royal,a short distance away,risked attack by one of the local Indian tribes such as the Iriquois.The street was paved with cobblestones in 1672 and served for many years as Montreal's main thoroughfare.Much of Rue Saint-Paul is still cobblestoned today.

                               The street is home to such famous landmarks as the Bonsecours Market and Notre Dame-de Bon Secours Chapel.

Quote from Kevin Brockmeier

 Worry is a mean-faced dwarf who beats on your heart like a kettledrum.-Kevin Brockmeier

A song by Bobby Vee that I love

 Someday(When I'm Gone From You)(1962)-song by Bobby Vee and The Crickets.

Two old songs by Gale Storm that I like

 1.Lucky Lips(1957)-Gale Storm.

2.On Treasure Island(1957)-Gale Storm

An obscure song by Bobby Vee that I love

 More Than I Can Say-song by Bobby Vee.(Leo Sayer had a monster hit with a newer version of the same song 'I Love You More Than I Can Say' in 1980.)

An old song by Eden Kane that I love

 Forget Me Not-song by Eden Kane.

An old song by Joan Regan that I like

 Papa Loves Mama-song by Joan Regan.

An old song by Bobby Vee that I like

 Sharing You-song by Bobby Vee.

Quote from Ian Martin

 You never know what's lurking in the bloodstream,or skulking under the foreskin,or squatting in the liver,or flitting hither and thither from branch to branch in the bronchial forest.-Ian Martin

Illuminating quote on caves from Facebook

 Caves maintain a constant temperature without the need for extra heating and cooling.Caves are made out of rock,so they're basically bullet and fireproof.Caves are natural features and part of the ecosystem,meaning we didn't have to cut down a forest to make them.Convincing people to move out of caves into houses was probably the biggest swindle of all times.-Brian Hensley,FACEBOOK,September 6,2022

Quote from Bertrand Russell

 No satisfaction based upon self-deception is solid,and however unpleasant the truth may be,it is better to face it once and for all,to get used to it and to proceed to build your life in accordance with it.-Bertrand Russell

A song by Smash Mouth that I like

 Then The Morning Comes-song by Smash Mouth.

The Great Depression

 During the Great Depression,poor Americans often repurposed flour sacks to make clothes for young girls and women.When a company called Kansas Wheat found this out,they started using colorful and patterned fabrics for their sacks so kids could have pretty clothes.

The path of Moses

 A phenomenon that occurs when the tide is low---sometimes dividing the ocean into two parts.It is known as the path of Moses.

Jabuticaba tree

 The jabuticaba tree is from South America.The fruit grows directly on the trunk and branches and tastes like blueberry yogurt.

Quote on philosophy

 All philosophy is just mental masturbation.-Ludwig Wittgenstein

A song from Smash Mouth that I like

 Walkin' On The Sun-song by Smash Mouth.

Quote from Susan Sontag

 It hurts to love.It's like giving yourself to be flayed  and knowing that at any moment the other person may just walk off with your skin.-Susan Sontag,REBORN:JOURNAL AND NOTEBOOKS.

Quote from Walt Mueller

 The ugly reality is that peer pressure reaches its greatest intensity at just the age when kids tend to be most insensitive and cruel.-Walt Mueller

Great quote from Algernon Blackwood

 Not easily may an individual escape the deep slavery of the herd.-Algernon Blackwood

Quote from Jean Cocteau

 It was the East that should have sent us missionaries.-Jean Cocteau

Another song by Sugar Ray that I like

 Fly-song by Sugar Ray.

Quote from David Sedaris

 Seek approval from the one person you desperately want it from,and you're guaranteed not to get it.-David Sedaris

A song by Sugar Ray that I love

 Every Morning(1999)-song by Sugar Ray.

Quote from Thomas Henry Huxley

 Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.-Thomas Henry Huxley

Three other songs by Green Day that I like

 1.Basket Case-Green Day

2.Wake Me Up When September Ends-Green Day

3.When I Come Around-Green Day.

Another song by Green Day that I love

 Holiday-song by Green Day.

A song by Sugar Ray that I love

 Some day-song by Sugar Ray.

A song by Green Day that I love

 Boulevard of Broken Dreams-song by Green Day.

Quote on writers

 Writers are interesting people,but often mean and petty.-Lillian Hellman

Eagles are opportunistic

 Eagles are opportunistic carnivores that are happy to hunt rabbits.Eagles can fly much faster than rabbits can run.

Quote on pain

 Pain is only bearable if we know it will end,not if we deny it exists.-Viktor Frankl

Quote on acceptance

 Acceptance is a small,quiet room.-Cheryl Strayed,TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS.

Quote from James Baldwin

 I met a lot of people in Europe.I even encountered myself.-James Baldwin

Quote on hermits

 Hermits have no peer pressure.-Steven Wright

Quote from Phoebe Waller

 The recipe to ignoring peer pressure is feeling confident in who you are.-Phoebe Waller