Another song from Arthur Alexander that I like
Keep Her Guessing -song from Arthur Alexander.
False friends are magicians;they vanish in broad daylight if you need them.-African proverb
American soul singer and R & B singer Dee Clark died sadly of a heart attack at the age of only 52 in Smyrna, Georgia.
He sang the 1961 hit song 'Raindrops'.
Burning Love-song by Arthur Alexander.
Arthur Alexander sang the original version of this song.Elvis Presley later had a huge hit with his rendition of the song.
My Heart's Beating Wild(Tic Tac Tic Tac)-song by The Gibson Brothers.
I Left My Heart In Jamaica -song by The Gibson Brothers.
Jimtown Blues -song by Bob Crosby and His Orchestra.
The Falkland Islands Wolf,also known as the Warrah or the Falkland Islands Fox,was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands.This endemic candid sadly became extinct in 1876.
A tsunami of AI use is washing into schools in 2026.
But schools should not be the testing ground for artificial intelligence.We must protect critical thinking as students rely more and more on AI.
Orange prison uniforms are used in many U.S.jails because the bright color makes inmates easy to identify and much harder to blend into a crowd if they escape.
Antinatalist (noun)-a person who believes that having children is morally wrong or that people should not be encouraged to have children.
When The Sun Says Hello To The Mountain -song from Jim Ed Brown.
A Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit -song by Roger Miller.
On Friday, September 4,2026,I took the 61 bus on Peel Street at the corner of rue Ste.Catherine in downtown.I got off the 61 bus on Wellington Street near the intersection of Bridge street.Then I walked west on Wellington Street in Pointe St.Charles,passing many streets such as Centre street,Ash,Sainte Madeleine,rue Charon,rue de La Sucrerie,Dublin street,Hibernia street,De Liverpool street,rue Charlevoix,Butler street and Beresford street until you reached Maxi superstore on Wellington Street.This was the first time I had walked along this whole stretch of Wellington Street.Then I took the 107 bus on Wellington Street that took me to Verdun metro where I got off.
I was surprised to discover that the portion of Wellington Street that is in Pointe St.Charles is quite long.Wellington street in Pointe St.Charles features some beautiful old homes and quite a bit of classy vintage architecture.
On Friday, September 18,2026 I walked down Boulevard Saint Laurent from rue Jean Talon to rue Bellechasse.It was a nice walk.
A man who visits his in-laws too regularly will eventually be asked to fetch firewood.-African proverb
Prozac was supposed to ease the pain
But all it's done is melted my brain
I'm Quitting Prozac to continue drinkin'
'Cause that's the only thing that keeps me from sinking.
-Lines from the Jim E.Brown song'I'm Quitting Prozac to Continue Drinking '.
I'm Quitting Prozac To Continue Drinking -song by Jim E.Brown
Never confuse education with intelligence.You can have a PHD and still be an idiot.-Richard Feynman
Nothing purchased can come close to the renewed sense of gratitude for having family and friends.-Courtland Milloy
In September 2026 I bought and consumed Wildflower Vineyards-Red Seedless Grapes
(produce of USA)
-Grown in California.
You can either control people or connect with people.You can't do both.-Donald Miller@donaldmiller
The bird that sings too loudly may reveal the tree where its nest is hidden.-African proverb
Keep some secrets to yourself,your best friend has another best friend who is not your best friend.-African proverb
Standard Arabic and classical Arabic do not have a native "P" sound in their alphabet or phonology.
Arabic speakers usually replace "P" with another sound when they speak or borrow foreign words.
The "B" sound:This is the most common replacement.For example,"Pepsi" becomes "Bepsi" and "Paris" becomes Baris.
The "F" sound: Sometimes the "P" sound changes into a "F" sound:For example,the name "Palestine" is pronounced as " Falastin" in Arabic.
To over-egg the pudding -to spoil something by taking it too far or adding too much.
New York city may be famous for skyscrapers,but it is also a coastal city with around 520 miles of shoreline.Its waterfront winds around the Atlantic Ocean,rivers,bays,inlets and wetlands across all five boroughs
Bedbugs are lucifugous,which means they naturally avoid light and prefer darkness.
This behavior is a survival mechanism that helps them hide from humans and other predators.
Bedbugs are nocturnal,meaning they are most active during the night.
A single coconut can float thousands of kilometers across the ocean without sprouting or decaying,and still grow into a tree when it lands on a tropical shore.
On Thursday,September 10,2026,I walked along the entire length of rue Saint Ignace in old La Prairie on the south shore of Montreal.Rue Saint Ignace contains a lot of beautiful ancestral homes,vintage architecture and historic buildings that have been beautifully preserved.Old La Prairie is indeed splendid.
When threatened, Patagonian Maras can spray urine straight toward an attacker's face-them sprint away.
Clothing stores secretly use curved mirrors that make women appear 10 pounds thinner.The reflection boosts confidence,making them more likely to buy clothes they wouldn't buy.
Artificial intelligence may be the way of the future,or it may be the way the future ends.
Assam is one of India's biggest tea-producing regions.Thousands of people in Assam make their living from tea gardens.
Tea-picking requires workers to distinguish between young leaves and older ones, something that becomes harder when their near vision starts to deteriorate.
The pygmy raccoon is a distinct subspecies of raccoon .
The pygmy raccoon is critically endangered in 2026,with only 200 individuals left on earth.
They live only on Cozumel Island off the coast of Mexico.They weigh about 6 to 9 pounds only,making them much smaller than common raccoons .
They face a lot of threats.
Hotels and beach clubs have in significant part destroyed their mangrove homes.Tourists feed them junk food like tortilla chips,causing malnutrition.Cars and domestic pigs also kill many pygmy raccoons.
Urgent measures need to be taken to protect the pygmy raccoon or Cozumel dwarf raccoon from extinction.Wake up tourists and tourism officials.
The masses are always waiting for an elegant fiction that satisfies their existing desire to be led.-Serge Moscovici
If you cook food for the community,be ready for strangers with big spoons.-African proverb
Normalize lying to people who are too curious about your private life.-African proverb
Life is an endless cycle for those who believe in reincarnation.-Roberto Baggio
Reincarnation occurs because we decide that we haven't learned enough lessons.-Sylvia Browne
A man who carries an elephant on his shoulder should not complain about the bite of an ant on his buttocks.-African proverb
Runnin' Wild -song by Bigband Orchestra & Glenn Miller.
My Ears Should Burn(When Fools Are Talked About)-song by Roger Miller.
There's nothing wrong with you that reincarnation won't cure.-Jack E.Leonard
I'm petrified of reincarnation because,you know,I like being me.-Chris Martin
A trendlet-a minor or short-lived trend.
Trendlet is also a combination of charm,energy and style that makes someone or something attractive to many people.
Small Fry(1938)-song by Bing Crosby.
This song contains the lines'You ain't the biggest catfish in the sea',Small Fry(should) stay in shallow water.'
Hard Rock Cafe was started by American entrepreneurs Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton.
The first Hardrock Cafe opened on June 4,1971 in Mayfair,London,United Kingdom.
In Rosario, Argentina,the home city of Lionel Messi, people are banned from naming their children 'Messi.'
Melting polar ice because of global warming is opening up new shipping routes in the Arctic.
Sturgeon are fish that are built to last;they can live for 200 to 400 years.Lake sturgeon can live for centuries.
Lake sturgeon are often 2 metres long and weigh around 70 kilos;they are big enough to knock a full-grown male off his feet.
Sturgeon are prehistoric -looking fish.Sturgeon have survived since the age of the dinosaurs;humans almost wiped them out through overfishing.
On Monday, September 7,2026 I took the 51 bus on Laurier Avenue at the corner of Avenue du Parc and got off at Snowdon metro.Then I walked the entire length of Circle Road that as the name suggests runs in a loop.Chemin Circle is south of Snowdon metro and just south of Queen Mary Road.Circle Road has a lot of nice houses and is lined with many trees.I also walked the entire length of Iona Avenue that is encircled by Circle Road.I also walked along the whole length of Glencairn Avenue that is also surrounded by Circle Road.Glencairn Avenue features a lot of opulent mansions and houses.
Then I walked along all of tiny Byron street that runs east off Decarie.This was the first time in my life that I had walked on Byron street. Byron street runs parallel to Queen Mary Road and is south of rue Globert.
Then I took the 51 bus on Queen Mary Road near the corner of Circle Road to go back home.I got off on Laurier Avenue at the corner of Parc Avenue.The entire bus ride back home was smooth and took no more than 20 minutes as there was remarkably little traffic.The 51 bus route seemed very efficient to get around.
The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.-Charles Kuralt(1934-1997)
We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.-Charles Kuralt(1934-1997)
You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.-Charles Kuralt(1934-1997)
I am inspired by people who are willing to confront the shadows of themselves and find light.-Brittany Burgunder
I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb---- and I also know that I 'm not blonde.-Dolly Parton
Omnilegent (adjective)-someone who is exceptionally well-read or possesses an exceptionally broad range of knowledge.
The capital of the Falkland Islands is Stanley,which is also known as Port Stanley.
Did you know?
In 2007,a married couple in Bosnia divorced after discovering that they had unknowingly been having an online affair with each other,using fake names in a chat room.
Black lemurs in Madagascar provoke millipedes into releasing toxic chemicals, including cyanide.Instead of being harmed,lemurs rub the toxins on their body and get high.
Ruba Ghazal is an elected member of Parliament in the Quebec provincial government,representing the political party Quebec Solidaire between 2018 and 2026 for the riding of Mercier(the neighborhood of Plateau Mont Royal in Montreal).
Ruba Ghazal was born on December 6,1977 in Beirut, Lebanon to Palestinian refugees;she is of Palestinian origin.
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth will find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.-Rachel Carson
British actor Tim Roth's son,Cormac Roth,sadly died on October 16,2022 at only the age of 25 after a year-long battle with cancer.He was diagnosed with stage 3 germ cell cancer(choriocarcinoma)in November 2021.
He was a talented guitarist,music composer and musician.
The jello hasn't set yet sometimes;the concrete hasn't hardened;we do not know in which direction the situation is going.
Norway is especially famous for dried fish called stockfish.For more than 1,000 years,Norwegians have air-dried cod in the cold coastal climate,making it one of the country's oldest traditional foods
Pisanthrophobia(noun)-a fear or deep difficulty in trusting others because of past experiences of betrayal,hurt ,or disappointment.
On Tuesday, September 1,2026,I got off at Snowdon metro .
Then I walked the entire length of Dornal Avenue that runs from Victoria Street to Westbury Avenue, for the first time in my life.After that I walked along the entire length of Fulton Street from Victoria Street to Westbury Avenue,for the first time in my life.Dornal Avenue and Fulton Street are just north of Snowdon metro and run parallel to Queen Mary road.Both Dornal Avenue and Fulton Street have nice houses, mansions,multiplexes and a few apartment buildings.These two streets are very residential.
Then I walked down Chemin Circle a bit from Queen Mary Road.I happened to them walk along all of tiny rue Globert that's runs from rue Decarie to Chemin Circle ,for the first time in my life.Finally I took the 51 bus east on Queen Mary road to go home and got off on Laurier Avenue at the corner of Parc Avenue.