A song by 10,000 Maniacs that I love

Like The Weather-song by 10,000 Maniacs.

Quote from Jeremy Bentham

 Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.-Jeremy Bentham

Quote on law

 Every law is an infraction of liberty.-Jeremy Bentham

Quote on secrecy

 Secrecy,being an instrument of conspiracy,ought never to be the system of a regular government.-Jeremy Bentham

Sacred tree

 Kapok tree-sacred tree of  the Mayan people.

The Happiness Jar

 This January,why not start the year with an empty jar and fill it with notes about good things that happen.Then on New Year 's Eve,empty it and see what awesome stuff  happened that year.-Facebook,SLICE OF LIFE,December 29,2020

A song from the fifties that I like

 Truly Truly Fair-song by Guy Mitchell

A song from late in the career of Paul McCartney that I like

 Hope Of Deliverance-song by Paul McCartney.

A song from 1977 that I like but that is rarely played on radio

 Queen of Chinatown (1977)- song by Amanda Lear.

Great book by Stephanie Preston

The Altruistic Urge:Why We're Driven To Help Others-Book by Stephanie Preston.Stephanie Preston is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan.

Quote from Brigitte Bardot

 A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.-Brigitte Bardot

Quote on memory

 Memory loves to go hunting in the dark.-Ossip Mandelstam

Quote from Carrie Fisher

 I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things.It's about being good to one another.-Carrie Fisher

Quote from Karl Lagerfeld

 What I like about photographs  is that they capture a moment that's gone forever,impossible to reproduce.-Karl Lagerfeld

Quote on reading on a screen

 The problem with reading off a screen isn't resolution;eyestrain,or compatibility with reading in the bathtub :it's that computers are seductive,they tempt us to do other things ,making concentrating on a long-form work impractical.-Cory Doctorow

Kurdish community in France

 France has a large and well-established Kurdish community in 2022;many Kurds immigrated to France from Turkey in the sixties and seventies.

             In recent years have immigrated to France from Iran,Iraq and Syria.

Organ trafficking and the ugly reality

 Organ trafficking and harvesting is on the rise internationally.

                  Several North Americans who are on a waiting list for organ donors at home go abroad and get an organ abroad;they buy the organ overseas.

                   The Uighurs are targeted for persecution by the Chinese government.Many Uighurs end up in prison,detention centres and labor camps.

               According to CBC and several news organisations some Uighurs are selected and killed on demand for their hearts,lungs,kidneys and other organs.

                How atrocious!

Iguanas

 Iguanas are very adept climbers.

A song from 1981 that I like

 Hold Tight(1981)-song by Chase.

Quote from Oliver Norquist

 Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub.-Oliver Norquist

Quote from Toba Beta

 Scientists may have sophisticated laboratories,But never forget 'eureka' was inspired in a bathtub.-Toba Beta

Quote from Natalia Reyes

 You can win the lottery but you need to buy the ticket first.And in life,you can get lucky but you need to work hard and be ready first.-Natalia Reyes

Trees

 Trees grow into each other sometimes.

Two songs from Dick Lory that I like

 1.Ballroom Baby-Dick Lory

2.Midnight To Daylight-Dick Lory

A song from Eddie Fontaine that I like

 One And Only-song by Eddie Fontaine.

A little-known song from Johnny Burnette that I like

 Lonesome Waters-song by Johnny Burnette

A song by Skeeter Davis that I like

 They Listened While You Said Goodbye-song by Skeeter Davis.

Quote from Margaret Atwood

 Nothing changes instantaneously:in a gradually heating bathtub you'd be boiled to death before you knew it.-Margaret Atwood

Quote from Jeremy Bentham

 Stretching his hand up to reach the stars,too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.-Jeremy Bentham

Quote from James Frey

 For some it is harder to write a novel than to row a bathtub across the North Atlantic.-James Frey

Quote from George Woodruff

 The test of Christianity is not loving Jesus,it's loving Judas.-George Woodruff,TheHappyGivers.com

Quote from Sylvia Plath

 I felt overstuffed and dull and disappointed,the way I always do  the day after Christmas .-Sylvia Plath

Quote from Lindsey Bareham

 Good mashed potato is one of the great luxuries of life.-Lindsey Bareham

The sad reality about organ harvesting in some poor countries

 Criminals target poor populations in some countries.They convince the poor to give up their eyes,kidneys or other tissue in  return for money that is sometimes never paid.

                  Some children have their eyes cut out.

                   Some people are kidnapped and their organs are harvested;they wake up and don't even know their organs have been harvested.

Quote from Dorothy Ferguson

 Only a moment you stayed,but what an imprint your footprints have left on our hearts.-Dorothy Ferguson

Quote from Amelia Barr

 Kindness is  always fashionable,and always welcome.-Amelia Barr

An old song from Bobby Vinton that I like

 Let's Kiss And Make Up(1962)-song by Bobby Vinton.

Pineapple on pizza

 Putting pineapple on pizza is a culinary crime in Italy.

Parosmia

 Parosmia-a distorted sense of smell.

Quote from F.Scott Fitzgerald

 Americans were saying good-bye in voices that mimicked the cadence of water running into a large old bathtub.-F.Scott Fitzgerald

Quote on hope

 Hope is the soap that floats in the bathtub of life.-Michael de Guzman

Quote from Michelle Moore

 Not following up with your prospects is the same as filling up your bathtub without first putting the stopper in the drain.-Michelle Moore

Kale

 Kale is not high in oxalates.

Spinach can be bad

 Spinach is devastating to calcium status in the body,according to author and nutritionist Sally K.Norton.

The dangers of too much oxalate in diets

 The main ingredient in kidney stones is oxalate.Spinach,chard and beet greens are very rich in oxalates.Almonds are also high in oxalates.

             Too much oxalate in the body can cause vascular disease,heart attack,atherosclerosis ,also stroke and breast cancer.

A provocative new book on nutrition

 Toxic Superfoods:How Oxalate Overload Is Making You Sick and How To Get Better(2022)-Sally K.Norton,nutritionist.

Inflation

 The basic cause of inflation is excess demand;banks raise interest rates to curb demand.

Quote from Maggie Stiefvater

 Avoiding a bathtub because your parents tried to kill you in one isn't the same as avoiding your entire life by becoming a wolf.-Maggie Stiefvater

Quote from Jack London

 Strength is an empty shell.-Jack London

Quote from Rodney Dangerfield

 She was so fat that her bathtub has stretch marks.-Rodney Dangerfield

Tweet on capitalism

 The greatest scam capitalism ever pulled was convincing us that a job was a part of our dreams.-Nicole @colelorenzo

Quote from Jeff Foxworthy

 You might be a redneck if you can tell your age by the number of rings in your bathtub.-Jeff Foxworthy

Quote from Robert Hunter

 Being in a floodplain is like sitting down in a barhtub.-Robert Hunter

Quote from Charles Bukowski

 People run in rain but sit in bathtubs full of water.-Charles Bukowski

Quote from Santosh Kalwar

 We are addicted to our thoughts.We cannot change anything if  we can not change our thinking.-Santosh Kalwar

A song from Frank Sinatra that I like

 A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square-song by Frank Sinatra

An obscure song from Ernie Maresca that I like

 Down On The Beach-song by Ernie Maresca.

Some songs from Dean Martin late in his singing career that I like

 1.Detour-Dean Martin.

2.Hammer And Nails-Dean Martin

3.I Love The Way You Say Goodnight-Dean Martin

4.Down Home-Dean Martin

5.Little Lovely One-Dean Martin

6.You're The Reason I'm In Love-Dean Martin

A song from Elvis Presley that I like

 We're Gonna Move-song by Elvis Presley.(This song starts with the line'Well there's a leak in this old building.')

A song from 1950 that I like

 I'm Gonna Paper My Walls With Your Love Letters(1950)-song by Dean Martin

A song from Dean Martin that I like

 My Sugar's Gone-song by Dean Martin

Saying

 The same heat that melts the butter hardens the egg.-Saying

Quote from Kin Hubbard

 Some folks seem to have descended from the chimpanzee much later than others.-Kin Hubbard

Quote from Ted Turner

 Basically we are chimpanzees with about two percent more intelligence and a little less hair.-Ted Turner

A song from Dean Martin that I love

 Love Me,Love Me-song by Dean Martin.

              There is a beautiful chorus in this song.

Quote on solidarity

 Solidarity requires sustained,ongoing commitment.-Bell Hooks

Four songs from Dean Martin that I like

 1.Solitaire-Dean Martin

2.Hey,Brother,Pour The Wine-Dean Martin

3.Hands Across The Table-Dean Martin

4.Just In Time-Dean Martin

Quote from John Dos Passos

 Breaking with old friends is one of the most painful of the changes in all that piling up of  a multitude of small distasteful changes that constitutes growing older.-John Dos Passos

Quote from Henry Rollins

 Don't do anything by half.If you love someone,love them with all your soul.When you go to work,work your ass off.When you hate someone,hate them until it hurts.-Henry Rollins

Quote from Virginia Woolf

 I ransack public libraries,and find them full of sunk treasures.-Virginia Woolf

Chimpanzees in zoos

 Chimpanzees in zoos often throw sticks or stones or feces at visitors.

Interesting tweet on Thanksgiving

 Thanksgiving and Christmas should be six months apart.Absurd to see those people again so soon Insane.-Chase Mitchell @chaseMit

Interesting quote from George Bernard Shaw

 My situation is a solemn one:life is offered to me on the condition of eating beefsteaks.But death is better than cannibalism.My will contains instructions for my funeral,which will be followed,not by mourning coaches,but by oxen,sheep,flocks of poultry,and a small traveling aquarium of live fish,all wearing white scarves in honor of the man who perished rather than eat his fellow creatures.It will be,without the exception of Noah's Ark,the most remarkable thing of its kind ever seen.-George Bernard Shaw

Quote on old friendships

 Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly cold,comfortless and distasteful.The stomach turns against them.-William Hazlitt

Quote from Hermann Hesse

 I realize today that nothing in the world is more distasteful to a man than to take the path that leads to himself.-Hermann Hesse

Quote from Tom Hollander

 For me,faith is more about aspiration than complacency- the smug satisfaction that other people find distasteful.-Tom Hollander

Quote from Rex Stout

 As between the intolerable and the merely distasteful,I must choose the latter.-Rex Stout

Quote from Jonathan Franzen

 Nothing disturbs the feeling of specialness like the presence of other human beings feeling identically special.-Jonathan Franzen,FREEDOM.

Five older songs from Dean Martin that I like

 1.In A Little Spanish Town-Dean Martin

2.Don't Let the Blues Make You Bad-Dean Martin

3.Memory Lane-Dean Martin

4.So Long Baby-Dean Martin

5.A Little Voice-Dean Martin

An old song from Frank Sinatra that I like

 All The Way-song by Frank Sinatra.

An obscure song from Dean Martin that I like

 Peddler Man(Ten I Loved)-song by Dean Martin.

An old song from Dean Martin that I like

 (Open Up the Door)Let The Good Times In-song by Dean Martin.

Quote from Orson Welles

 The essential is to excite the spectators.If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium,you do it.-Orson Welles

Great quote from John C.Maxwell

 I've been told that certain species of fish will grow according to the size of their environment.Put them in a tiny aquarium,and they remain small even at adulthood.Release them into a huge natural body of water,and they grow into their intended size.People are similar.If they live in a harsh and limiting environment,they stay small.But put them some place that encourages growth,and they will expand to reach their potential.-John C.Maxwell

A lesser known song from Dean Martin that I like

 You And Your Beautiful Eyes-song by Dean Martin.

                The backup singers in this song are very good.

A lesser known song from 1966 that I like

 Lay Down Your Arms(1966)-song by Grady Lloyd.

Quote from David Levithan

 I am like the fish in the aquarium,thinking in a different language,adapting to a life that's not my natural habitat.I am the people in the other cars,each with his or her own story,but passing too quickly to be noticed or understood.-David Levithan

Three lesser known Dean Martin songs that I like

 1.Be An Angel(1961)-Dean Martin

2.I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine-Dean Martin

3.He Got You-Dean Martin.

Quote from William Butler Yeats

 What man does not understand,he fears;and what he fears,he tends to destroy.-William Yeats

Quote from Edward A.Murphy ,Jr

 Every aquarium will eventually leak.-Edward A.Murphy,Jr

A lesser known song from Dean Martin that I like

 Do You Believe This Town-song by Dean Martin

Canadian singer who sadly died from a coyote attack

 Toronto singer Taylor Mitchell,a 19 year-old singer died in October 2009 after being attacked by coyotes in Nova Scotia on Cape Breton's Skyline Trail.Coyotes in the park apparently resorted to " prey-switching" because their typical prey,mainly snowshoe hares and white-tailed deer were in short supply at the time.

            Human deaths from coyote attacks are very uncommon.This was a rare incident.Unfortunately this singer's life was cut brutally short by something completely unforeseeable.

Another song from Dean Martin that I like

 Sweet,Sweet Lovable You-song by Dean Martin.

            The backup vocals on this song are very good.

A song from Dean Martin that I like

 Lay Some Happiness On Me-song by Dean Martin.

Politicians

 Some politicians show deep-in-the bones,jelly-boweled,craven cowardice.

A lesser known song from Dean Martin that I love

 A Day In The Country-song by Dean Martin.

            The chorus in this song is very good.

An obscure song from 1957 that I love

 Guessin' Games(1957)-song by Bob Crewe and Group.

Quote from Sylvia Plath

 I am afraid of getting older.I am afraid of getting married.Spare me from cooking three meals a day,spare me from the relentless cage of routine and rote.I want to be free.I want ,I think, to be omniscient.-Sylvia Plath,LETTERS HOME.

Quote from Edith Wharton

 The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!-Edith Wharton

Quote from Al Roker

 Always be yourself.That's all you've really got;when you strip everything down,that's all you've got,so always be yourself.-Al Roker

Sesame seeds I just finished consuming

 In December 2022 you finished consuming a 145g plastic bag of GREAT VALUE-Sesame seeds.

-Prepared for Walmart Canada.I bought it at a Walmart store on Cote Vertu boulevard in Ville St.Laurent.

Quote from Albert Einstein

 Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.-Albert Einstein

Avocados that I just consumed

 In December 2022 you bought and consumed a mesh bag of five avocados.FRESCADEL.

-Product of Mexico.Visit frescadel.com

Quote from Jacob Braude

 The bad things you can see with one eye closed.But keep both eyes wide open for the little things.Little things mark the great dividing line between success and failure.-Jacob Braude

Quote from John Steinbeck

 If you're in trouble or hurt or need-go to poor people.They're the only ones that'll help-the only ones-John Steinbeck,THE GRAPES OF WRATH(1939).

Nationalism

 Nationalism fuels suspicion and paranoia.

A song by Paul Anka that I like

 Tonight My Love,Tonight-song by Paul Anka.

An old song by Glen Campbell that I like

 Honey Come Back(1970)-song by Glen Campbell

An old song by Hank Williams that I like

 Cold,Cold Heart-song by Hank Williams.(This song contains the line 'Your heart is shackled to a memory')

Quote from Winston Churchill

 In wartime,truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.-Winston Churchill

Quote from H.L.Mencken

 The great artists of the world are never puritans,and seldom even ordinarily respectable.No virtuous man that is,virtuous in the Y.M.C.A sense has ever painted a picture worth looking at,or written a symphony worth hearing,or a book worth reading.-H.L.Mencken(1880-1956)

A song from Frank Sinatra that I like

 The House I Live In -song by Frank Sinatra.(This song contains the line 'What Is America To Me.')

Another Perry Como song that I like

 I May Never Pass This Way Again-song by Perry Como.

An old song by Perry Como that I like

 Breezin' Along With The Breeze-song by Perry Como.

A song from Stephanie McKay that I love

 Thinking of You-song by Stephanie McKay.

Quote from P.T.Barnum

 There is no such thing in the world as luck.There never was a man who would go out in the morning and find a purse full of gold in the street today,and another tomorrow,and so on,day after day:He may do so once in his life;but so far as mere luck is concerned,he is as liable to lose it as to find it.-P.T.Barnum(1810-1891)

A song from Skeeter Davis that I like

 Now I Lay Me Down To Weep-song by Skeeter Davis

Two little-known songs from 1963 that I like

 1.Out Of My Mind(1963)-Johnny Tillotson

2.Empty Feeling(1963)-Johnny Tillotson

An underknown instrumental song from 1964 that I love

 The Creeper(1964)-song by The Ventures.

A haunting song from Dean Martin that I like

 Under The Bridges of Paris-song by Dean Martin.

Quote from P.T.Barnum

 Whatever you do,do it with all your might.Work at it,early and late,in season and out of season,not leaving a stone unturned,and never deferring,for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.-P.T.Barnum

A song from 1971 that I like

 Way Over Yonder(1971)-song by Carole King.

Four lesser known songs from Dean Martin that I like

 1.A Place In The Shade-Dean Martin

2.Five Foot Two,Eyes Of Blue-Dean Martin

3.Take Your Girlie To The Movies-Dean Martin

4.Carolina Moon-Dean Martin

Quote from Roy Bennett

 Follow your heart,listen to your inner voice,stop caring what others think.-Roy Bennett

A great song by Dean Martin that rarely plays on radio stations

 1.In Napoli-song by Dean Martin

Quote from P.T.Barnum

 Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.Large stores,gilt signs,flaming advertisements,will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly.The truth is,the more kind and liberal a man is,the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him.-P.T.Barnum(1810-1891)

A couple of other songs from Dean Martin that I like

 1.From Lover To Loser-Dean Martin

2.Kiss The World Goodbye-Dean Martin

A beautiful, underrated song from Dean Martin that I love

 Mama Roma-song by Dean Martin. 

                         The chorus in this song is wonderful.

Quote from George D.Prentice

 One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.-George D.Prentice

A beautiful song from Dean Martin that I love

 From The Bottom Of My Heart-song by Dean Martin.

A beautiful song from 1956 that needs to be played on radio stations much more often

 The Man Who Plays The Mandolino(1956)-song by Dean Martin.

Quote from George D.Prentice

 Some men's ugliness is hard to beat.-George D.Prentice

A song from 1960 that I like

 Sparkling Eyes(1960)-song by Dean Martin

Quote from Harlan Ellison

 Love ain't nothing but sex misspelled.-Harlan Ellison

A song from 1960 that I like

 All In A Night's Work(1960)-song by Dean Martin.

An obscure song from 1953 that I like

 Open Up The Doghouse(1953)-song by Dean Martin and Nat King Cole.

A song from 1953 that I love

 Money Burns A Hole In My Pocket(1953)-song by Dean Martin.

Quote on bigamy

Bigamy is two rites that make a wrong.-Jacob Braude

Quote from Scott Adams

 When times are bad,the gloves come off and employers are less nice.People become disposable.-Scott Adams

A food product that I consumed in December 2022

 In December 2022 I finished consuming a 340g plastic pack of BOLTHOUSE FARMS(since 1915)-Baby cut carrots-No preservatives.

                      They were quite good.

Quote from George D.Prentice

 Courage,like cowardice,is undoubtedly contagious,but some persons are not liable to catch it.-George D.Prentice

An obscure song by Classics IV that I like

 Change of Heart-song by Classics IV.

Quote from George D.Prentice

 There is a realm where the rainbow never fades.-George D.Prentice

Quote on vacations

 A vacation should be just long enough that your boss misses you,and not long enough for him to discover how well he can get along without you.-Jacob Braude

Quote on marriage

 Marriage is like a violin.After the beautiful music is over,the strings are still attached.-Jacob Braude

An old song from 1968 that I like

 Not Enough Indians(1968)-song by Dean Martin.

Quote on true economy

 True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go.Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary;dispense with the new pair of gloves;mend the odd dress:live on plainer food if need be;so that under all circumstances,unless some unforeseen accident occurs,there will be a margin in favor of the income.-P.T.Barnum(1810-1891)

Quote from Kahlil Gibran

 You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.-Kahlil Gibran

Quote from Carl Jung

 To be normal is the ideal aim for the unsuccessful.-Carl Jung

Quote from Walt Whitman

 I do not ask the wounded person how he feels,I myself become the wounded person.-Walt Whitman

An obscure song from 1973 that I like

 Freedom For The Stallion(1973)-song by The Hues Corporation

An old song from Dean Martin that I like

 Face In A Crowd-song by Dean Martin

Quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne

 A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.-Nathaniel Hawthorne

Quote from Karine Vanasse

 Gloves make you so much more delicate.-Karine Vanasse

Five songs from Dean Martin that I love

 1.Shutters and Boards-Dean Martin

2.Candy Kisses-Dean Martin

3.The Sneaky Little Side of Me-Dean Martin

4.Bouquet of Roses-Dean Martin

5.Room Full of Roses-Dean Martin

Quote from Demetri Martin

 A glove is a very literal looking hand puppet.-Demetri Martin

Quote on diplomacy

 Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power.-Robin Hobb

An old song from Dean Martin that I love

 Rockin' Alone(In An Old Rocking Chair)-song by Dean Martin.

Quote from Hilarie Burton

 Gardening gloves are for sissies.I always have dirt under my nails.-Hilarie Burton

Quote from Joseph Stalin

 You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves.-Joseph Stalin

Quote on clowns

 Clowns are the pegs on which the circus is hung.-P.T.Barnum

A song from Eric Church that I love

 Heart on Fire-song by Eric Church.

Quote on love triangles

 Most of these love triangles are wrecktangles.-Jacob Braude(born 1896)

A song from Dean Martin that I love

 The Tips Of My Fingers-song by Dean Martin

Quote from George D.Prentice

 Some things are better eschewed than chewed;tobacco is one of them.-George D.Prentice

Quote on prejudice

 Prejudice is the twin of illiberality.-George D.Prentice

Quote on old age

 Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.-Phyllis Diller

Quote from P.T.Barnum

 He who is without a newspaper is cut off from his species.-.P.T.Barnum(1810-1891)

Quote from P.T.Barnum

 There is scarcely anyuthing that drags a person down like debt.-P.T.Barnum(1810-1891)

A couple of old songs from Dean Martin that I like

 1.Wallpaper Roses-Dean Martin

2.Wedding Bells-Dean Martin

An old song from Jerry Wallace that I like

 Wallpaper Roses-song by Jerry Wallace.

Great book from 2014

 The Tastemakers:Why We're Crazy For Cupcakes but Fed Up With Fondue(2015)-Book by David Sax

Quote from Publilius Syrus

 An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.-Publilius Syrus

Quote from Jerome Groopman

 False hope can lead to intemperate choices and flawed decision making.True hope takes into account the real threats that exist and seeks to navigate the best path around them.-Jerome Groopman

Quote on search for identity

 The search for identity in one's youth is a journey of alternate boredom and agony interrupted by flash of joy.-Victoria Clayton

Another quote from Victoria Clayton

 Life is a merciless bully for children born into circumstances of grinding poverty,to unhappy families broken apart by crime,drugs and alcohol..It brutalises the affections,cramps the intellect,destroys the aspiration.-Victoria Clayton

Quote from Victoria Clayton

 An unhappy ending makes it literature rather than romantic fiction.-Victoria Clayton

Delicious coffee

 On Saturday-December 3,2022,Sunday-December 4,2022,Monday-December 5,2022 and Tuesday-December 6,2022  you made delicious homemade coffee by adding  two spoons of  instant Folgers coffee,some sugar  and cream to a mug of boiled water.Then you added some pitted dates to the coffee and let the taste of dates seep in for 15 minutes.When you drank the coffee it was delicious.

Quote from Mark Twain

 Temperate temperance is best;intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.-Mark Twain

Quote from George D.Prentice

 When a man has been intemperate so long that shame no longer paints a blush upon his cheek,his liquor generally does it instead.-George D.Prentice

Quote from Jacob Braude

 Only uncomfortable chairs become antiques-the comfortable ones are worn out by hard use.-Jacob Braude

Quote from Alan Hollinghurst

 I like things to reverberate,to be suggestive.-Alan Hollinghurst

Quote from Mark Twain

 One hour three times per week in the gym is no counterbalance to all of the other behavior in those other 165 hours.-Mark Twain

Quote from Alexander Horwath

 There are no archival discoveries.There is only bad cataloguing.-Alexander Horwath

Quote from H.L.Mencken

 Thanksgiving Day is a day devoted by persons with inflammatory rheumatism to thanking a loving Father that it is not hydrophobia.-H.L.Mencken

Olive oil that you finished consuming in December 2022

 In December 2022 you finished consuming a 500 ml glass bottle of KOURA VALLEY-Extra virgin olive oil-First cold pressed,Unfiltered.Product of Lebanon.

                Visit the website www.kouravalley.com

Quote from Victoria Clayton

 It's hard to say why with some people you could talk all day and all night,while with others it's a struggle to find enough to say during a single course at dinner.-Victoria Clayton

Quote from Victoria Clayton

 I think there is nothing more completely beautiful and more beautifully complete than walls lined with well-arranged books.-Victoria Clayton

Quote from Josh Lanyon

 Vintage books,old China,antiques;maybe I love old things  so much because I feel impermanent myself.-Josh Lanyon

Quote from Mary Kay Andrews

 One of the things that attracts me to vintage and antique things is they have stories,and even if I don't know the stories,I make them up.-Mary Kay Andrews

Quote from Joan Didion

 We are fatally drwan toward anyone who seems to offer a way out of ourselves.-Joan Didion

Quote from John Bartlett

 An antique is anything old with class.-John Bartlett

Quote on biking

 We find in biking the fulfilment of an antique instinct:vagabondage.-Maurice Barres

Quote from Burt Lancaster

 You have to fight against being an antique.-Burt Lancaster

Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old,but of the natural.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote from Susan Howe

 A poet is never just a woman or a man.-Susan Howe

Quote from Chris Maser

 What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.-Chris Maser

Quote from Anne Sexton

 I hoard books.They are people who do not leave.-Anne Sexton

Race-shifting

 Some people with entirely white ancestry or mostly white ancestors in North America race-shift and claim indigenous ancestry.

What to feed parrots

 The majority of parrot breeds enjoy vegetables such as kale,zucchini and shredded carrot while their favourite fruits are papaya,banana and rockmelon.Never give your parrot chocolate,caffeine,avocados,fruit seeds,mushrooms,peanuts,onions or garlic.

How birds sleep

 Birds tend to sleep in small snatches until startled awake either by a predatory threat,neighbor or cold conditions.Some can even sleep with one eye open,as half of their brain is alert while the other is asleep.

Do birds urinate?

 Birds convert nitrogen to uric acid instead:this is metabolically more costly but saves water and weight,as it is less toxic and doesn't need to be diluted so much.Birds therefore don't have a urethra and don't pee-all waste leaves via the anus.

Crows

 Avocados are toxic to crows.

Quote from Billy Sunday

 Trying to run a church without revivals can be done when you can run a gasoline engine on buttermilk.-Billy Sunday

Quote from William Hazlitt

 Men of gravity are intellectual stammerers,whose thoughts move slowly.-William Hazlitt

Quote from Jane Austen

 There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends.I have no notion of loving people by halves,it is not my nature.-Jane Austen,NORTHANGER ABBEY.

A song from Skeeter Davis that I love

 I'm Saving My Love-song by Skeeter Davis

Quote from Francine Rivers

 How can intemperate minds be free when they're slaves to their own passions?-Francine Rivers

Quote from James Lovelock

 Sadly,it's so much easier to create a desert than a forest.-James Lovelock

A song from Skeeter Davis that I like

 I'm A Lover (Not A Fighter)-song by Skeeter Davis.

Quote from Hope Mirrlees

 A house with old furniture has no need of ghosts to be haunted.-Hope Mirrlees

Quote from Dave Barry

 Sign outside a country shop:We buy junk and sell antiques.-Dave Barry

Quote from Samuel Beckett

 Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nnothingness.-Samuel Beckett

A couple of songs from Skeeter Davis that I like

 1.Bus Fare To Kentucky-song by Skeeter Davis

2.He Says The Same Things To Me-Skeeter Davis.

An old song from Jim Reeves that I like

 There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder-song by Jim Reeves

A song by Ray Charles that I like

 Hallelujah,I Love You So-song by Ray Charles.

A song by Skeeter Davis that I like

 Ask Me-song by Skeeter Davis.

An old song from Frankie Laine that I love

 Love Is A Golden Ring-song by Frankie Laine.

An old song from 1948 that I love

 There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder(1948)-song by Tex Ritter.

Quote from Simone Weil

 A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.-Simone Weil

Carl Jung's theory

 According to psychologist Carl Jung,one of the most potent influences that our parents have on us is their unlived lives.Whatever dreams they didn't pursue,whatever longings they didn't fulfil,are likely to worm their way into our core,often without our conscious awareness.There they get mised up with our own dreams and longings,causing us confusion about what we really want.

                    Some weeks you have the power to untangle your own deepest,truest desires from the muffled wishes your mommy and daddy deposited in you.

Sky cots

 Sky cots-Airline seats in the bulkhead row,often located perfectly behind a partition or wall,which have bassinets dubbed '' sky cots'' in which infants can sleep.

Quote from Bertrand Russell

 A generation that cannot endure boredom will be a generation of little men,of men unduly divorced from the slow processes of nature,of men in whom every vital impulse slowly withers,as though they were cut flowers in a vase.-Bertrand Russell

Quote from Marina Abramovic

 An artist must make time for long periods of solitude.-Marina Abramovic

Quote from Simone Weil

Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.-Simone Weil

Quote from Milton Friedman

 Money is a very powerful thing,which you hardly notice when it goes right,but which can create havoc when it goes wrong.-Milton Friedman

Quote from Charlie Chaplin

 You need Power,only when you want to do something Harmful,otherwise Love is Enough to get everything done.-Charlie Chaplin