Sunday, May 03, 2026

A song from Gotye that I like

 Somebody That I Used To Know-song by Gotye.

A song from 1961that I like

 Gypsy Rover(1968)-song by The Highwaymen.

Friday, May 01, 2026

Dates I finished consuming in April 2026

 In April 2026 I finished consuming a 500 g pack of DEGLET NOUR-Pitted Dates.(Product of Tunisia).

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Landloper

 A landloper is a vagrant,wanderer or adventurer-a person who travels around without a fixed home or purpose.

Rondloper

Rondloper-a tramp or vagrant;one with wanderlust;a gadabout.

A song from Chromeo that I love

 Don't Walk Away(2010)-song by Chromeo.

A song from Felix Cartal that I like

 The Way- song by Felix Cartal and Fionn.

A song from Counting Crows that I like

 Big Yellow Taxi -song by Counting Crows.

          This song is a remake of the hit song 'Big Yellow Taxi ' from Joni Mitchell.

An obscure song from 1968 that I love

 Chicken(1968)-song by Sly and the Family Stone.

A song that I love

 Bring Your Love-song by Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter.

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

About dates

 Dates are considered high in oxalates.

Eye stroke

 Ocular occlusion -An eye stroke.

An old instrumental song that I also love

 The Poor People of Paris -song by Winifred Atwell.

Another old instrumental song that I love

 Five Finger Boogie-song by Winifred Atwell.

Winifred Atwell

 Winifred Atwell was a virtuoso black pianist born in Trinidad who went on to have many popular hit instrumental songs in Britain in the fifties.She died in Sydney, Australia from a heart attack in 1983 at the age of 69.

Another old instrumental song that I love

 Black And White Rag-song by Winifred Atwell.

      This instrumental song features the piano.

An instrumental song from 1954 that I love

 Let's Have Another Party(1954)-song by Winifred Atwell.

          This song is an instrumental piano piece.

An old song with lyrics that I love

 The Poor People of Paris -song  from Dean Martin.

A song from Michael Jackson that I love

 P.Y.T(Pretty Young Thing)-song by Michael Jackson.

A song from Duran Duran that I love

 Free To Love-song by Duran Duran.

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Fruit

 Yubari Melon-the most expensive fruit.

Most expensive fish

 Bluefish tuna-the most expensive fish.

Most expensive meat

 Wagyu beef-Most expensive beef.

Dried nasal mucus

 There's even a term for eating dried nasal mucus---it's called mucophagy.

A song from Harry Styles that I like

 Golden -song by Harry Styles.

Friday, April 24, 2026

Drinking water before bed

 Drinking water before bed reduces the chance of stroke or heart attack.

Late-night snacking

 Late-night snacking is often driven by stress,not hunger.

The strange behaviour of Barbary macaques

 Barbary macaques in Gibraltar have been observed eating soil-a behavior scientists believe helps counter the digestive issues and mineral imbalance caused by junk food fed to them by tourists.

The composition of shrimp

 Shrimp are made up of about 75-80% water,which is why they cook so quickly;when heated,the water evaporates fast,causing their texture to change from soft and translucent to firm and opaque in just minutes.

Sharks affected by marine pollution

 Sharks near the Bahamas have been found to contain traces of cocaine, caffeine and common medicines-revealing that human pollution has reached even remote marine ecosystems.

An old song from Billy Joel that I love

 Vienna -song by Billy Joel.

A song from 2022 that I like

 Human Being(2022)-song by Jane Inc.

A song from 2012 that I like

 Merry Go Round(2012)-song by Kacey Musgraves.

Why people stare silently at people with disabilities

 People stare silently at people with disabilities,not because they look down on them,but because of a feeling of pity that comes automatically.

When people are told they smell

 Humans will automatically smell their own armpits when told they smell.

A song from Kacey Musgraves that I love

 Follow Your Arrow-song by Kacey Musgraves.

                  The song contains the line'Straight and narrow gets a little too straight.'

A song from 2013 that I love

 Blowing Smoke (2013)-song by Kacey Musgraves.

What Walt Disney died of

 Walt Disney died on December 15,1996 at age 65 from acute circulatory collapse at St.Joseph's Hospital in Burbank, California,just weeks after being diagnosed with lung cancer.A lifelong heavy smoker,he had recently undergone surgery to remove a lung tumor.

        His passing came only ten days after his 65th birthday.

Emaciated whales

 Researchers increasingly find emaciated whales in the sea that look like a bag of bones;these whales are suffering from a shrinking food supply and are like swimming zombies.

An important marker of heart health

It is not very well-known . LP(a) is a significant marker of heart health.

      LP(a) stands for lipoprotein (a),It is a type of cholesterol -carrying  particle in the blood that is similar to Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL).

       About 20% of Canadians in 2025 have elevated LP(a) levels that can cause heart attack and stroke prematurely in otherwise healthy young people.Lp(a) levels are largely determined by genetics and cannot be changed by diet and lifestyle.

      If cholesterol particles look like traffic on a highway,LP(a) behaves like Velcro;it sticks to the road.It builds plaque faster on artery walls but it makes clots harder to clear .

        People should get their LP(a) levels in blood measured at least once to be more risk-aware.

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Cast the net far and wide

 Ratisser large-to cast the net far and wide in French.

Emojis

 There are more than 4000 emojis in 2026.Only a few of them are used regularly or semi-regularly.

             Emojis are digital paralinguistics.

The Atlantic ocean

 The Atlantic ocean is saltier than the Pacific.

Poop

 Poop is about 75% water-even when it looks solid.

Xenogenesis

 Xenogenesis -The generation of offspring entirely different from the parents.

Fanta

 Fanta was named after the German word "Fantasie."

The Kingston Penitentiary

 The Kingston Penitentiary has been dubbed 'The Alcatraz of The North's;it is Canada's most notorious prison.It has held some of the worst offenders in Canada.

        Over 178 years the Kingdom Penitentiary has held serial killer Paul Bernardo and child murderer Clifford Olson along with many other rotten specimens of humanity.

           Kingston Penitentiary closed on September 30,2013,ending 178 years of operation .The federal government announced the closure in April 2012 due to the high cost of maintaining the aging infrastructure.