Archive III: 2025

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 -- updated 10:45pm

10:00pm - 11:00pm
I. 1. Lawyers, judges, and businessmen should read the information contained on Book Reviews XI: The Holy Bible, The Dead Sea Scrolls & The Talmud, because much of it pertains to law.
II. The Upanishads, Penguin Classics
1. The American contacted his family in Germany, and talked with them regularly.
2. Material objects are visible, and words are invisible, but words have more value than objects.
3. --Is there anything higher than thought? --Meditation is in truth higher than thought. The earth seems to rest in silent meditation; and the waters and the mountains and the sky and the heavens seem all to be in meditation.
4. When a man has faith then he thinks. He who has not faith does not think: know the nature of faith.
5. Where there is creation there is progress. Where there is no creation there is no progress: know the nature of creation.
6. Where there is joy there is creation. Where there is no joy there is no creation: know the nature of joy.
7. But those who see not this become the servants of other masters and in the worlds that pass away attain not their liberation.
8. In the centre of the castle of Brahman, our own body, there is a small shrine in the form of a lotus-flower, and within can be found a small space. We should find who dwells there, and we should want to know him.
9. The little space within the heart is as great as this vast universe. The heavens and the earth are there, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars; fire and lighting and winds are there; and all that now is and all that is not: for the whole universe is in Him and He dwells within our heart.
10. The man went out in the cold and rain, and then got pneumonia and died.
11. Those who leave this world and have not found their soul, and that love which is Truth, find not their freedom in other worlds. But those who leave this world and have found their soul and that love which is Truth, for them there is the liberty of the Spirit, in this world and in the worlds to come.
12. There is a bridge between time and Eternity; and this bridge is Atman, the Spirit of man. Neither day nor night cross that bridge, nor old age, nor death nor sorrow.

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. Women can use shave gel or shaving cream as regular gel or cream, like lotion, without having to shave first.
2. Information about cosmetics, or information about makeup, can be helpful www searches for women.

8:00pm - 9:00pm
Selected Poems and Fragments, Friedrich Holderlin
1. When his neighbors understood the man, they treated him better.
2. Make your weapons your words.
3. It was a region where, "alpine ranges of Switzerland cast their shade," and "the snowy summit drenches the earth with purest water."
4. The girl came from a traditional German family, and they were also friends with other Europeans in the nearby areas.
5. Not far from the Black Sea's beaches; and not for nothing that sea was called the hospitable.
6. For when they first exchanged glances, it was the others who first approached...

7:00am - 8:00am
1. Romantic Movie Role for Me: I think I would be a good lead actor/hero in a romantic movie with a female. The romantic movie is about our love, and as a couple, we go to museums, operas, parks, candlelight dinners, cook together, and we also talk about intellectual subjects. This romantic movie can also be based on popular romance novels.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. Men can just have sex for fun, for the fun of it, and they do not have to get mad if they cannot orgasm or climax. --Thucydides


Tuesday, June 24, 2025 -- updated 8:00pm

8:00pm - 9:00pm
1. Many people want to die at home, they don't want to die in a hospital. A hospital is just a home with several floors, a lot of rooms, and doctors anyway.
2. I won't care about my possessions once I'm dead, because they're just material objects, and when I'm dead, I won't be able to use them anyway.
3. Matzo crackers, Ritz crackers, or saltines, are a good snack.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. My Tattoos: Below my second rose tattoo, I want a Navy anchor tattoo, like Popeye the Sailor Man, an animated representation of the brave Italian man who grew up a brave boy, and then went to the service, embarked on many adventures, and eventually won victory in the end.
1-B. I want my Celtic cross tattoo colored in green, for the Irish culture. It is a tattoo, the Celtic cross, that the brave Celtic and Gaelic warriors, who comprised the original twelve tribes of Ireland, wore on their shields and weapons.
1-C. Above the Celtic cross tattoo, I want a Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse tattoo, after the original Irish characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.
1-D. For the future, I may get a Four leaf clover tattoo, as well as a Blue Monarch butterfly tattoo, which I learned about watching Papillon, with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman, and film representation of a novel, Papillon, by Henri Charriere.
2. Cleaning your room - Growing up in the old neighborhood in Brooklyn, when me and my friends were in school, sometimes our parents would tell us to clean our rooms, do your homework, and be good boys. We tried cleaning our roomms, but they never got exactly clean, and they always got dirty after a day or so anyway; we tried doing our homework, but we still flunked the classes, so after a while we just said Screw this man, I tried as good as I could, and that's all I can do. This is like Oscar the Grouch, who always had a messy garbage can home, or Pigpen, the Schulz character who was always kind of dirty, but he was still a good kid overall.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. During the summertime, have fun and play your modern music loud (but not too loud), let people feel your music man!

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. Polish Kielbasa directions: cut into small pieces, and then cook at 400°, for 10 minutes.

1:00pm - 2:00pm
1. Grandiose metaphors: the universe is like the spokes and the hub of a wheel, the universe is like a set of marbles, the universe is like a spinning top, etc. etc.
The Upanishads, Penguin Classics
1. When teaching, a master should treat his students kindly.
2. Then the Indra spoke: The breath of life is one, When we speak, life speaks. When we see, life sees. When we hear, life hears. When we think, life thinks. When we breathe, life breathes.
3. One lives without a right mind: we can see those who are mad. But it is the consciousness of life which becomes the breath of life and gives life to a body. The breath of life is the consciousness of life, and the consciousness of life is the breath of life.
4. When consciousness rules speech, with speech we can speak all words.
When consciousness rules breath, with inbreath we can smell all perfumes.
When consciousness rules the eye, with the eye we can see all forms.
When consciousness rules the ear, with the ear we can hear all sounds.
When consciousness rules the mind, with the mind we can think all thoughts.
It is not speech which we should want to know: we should know the speaker.
It is not things seen which we should want to know: we should know the seer.
It is not sounds which we should want to know: we should know the hearer.
It is not the mind which we should want to know: we should know the thinker.
5. I will speak words of truth and the words of the divine law shall be on my lips.
6. The value of some happy experiences are worth more than any amount of money.
7. ...enjoys all things he desires in communion with the all-knowing Brahman. From space came air. From air, fire. From fire, water. From water came solid earth. From earth came living plants. From plants food and seed; and from seed and food came a living being, man.
8. Who denies God, denies himself. Who affirms God, affirms himself. Joy comes from God. Who ocould live and who could breathe if the joy of Brahman filled not the universe.
9. If a man places a gulf between himself and God, this gulf will bring fear...Words and mind go to him, but reach him not and return. But he who knows Brahman, fears no more.
10. So Bhrigu went and practised tapas, spiritual prayer. Then he thought that Brahman was mind: for from mind all beings have come, by mind they all live, and unto mind they all return.
11. They thanked the man for helping them eat more food.
12. Wherefrom do all these worlds come? They come from space. All beings arise from space, and into space they return: space is indeed their beginning, and space is their final end.
13. Great is the Gayatri, the most sacred verse of the Vedas: but how much greater is the infinity of Brahman! A quarter of his being is this whole vast universe: the other three quarters are his heaven of Immortality.
14. Grandiose metaphors: the universe is like the spokes and hubs of a wheel, the universe is like a set of marbles, the universe is like a spinning top, etc. etc.
15. Some people think about highly unlikely events and experiences.
16. Some humans spend too much time thinking about bad subjects. They need to spend more time thinking about happy subjects.
17. Some humans enjoy flying around town going shopping regularly, and some humans just enjoy staying home most of the time, and this may be due to their differing physical states. The first group is more interested in materialism.
18. The stages of adulthood are: Early Adulthood (roughly 20s to mid-30s), Middle Adulthood (mid-30s to mid-60s), and Late Adulthood (mid-60s onwards).

12:00pm - 1:00pm

1. An inexpensive floor fan for the room is very useful for summertime.
2. When many of the Christian missionaries went to Africa during the 1st century AD, many of the African people did not have any concept of time or date, simply because they did not own or possess watches, clocks, or calendars. "What time is it? What day is it?" "We don't know, we don't have clocks or calendars here in our village in Africa."

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. The doctor said, "You look fat, overweight, so I'm going to put you on a diet to lose weight." Or, "You look too skinny, underweight, so I'm going to put you on an increased diet to make you gain weight." The doctor was able to visually identify medical problems with his patients, and then give them medical solutions for these problems.


Monday, June 23, 2025 -- updated 3:00pm

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Selected Poems and Fragments, Friedrich Holderlin
1. Amazement then took hold of the souls of all who were struck, and night obscured the eyes of the best men.
2. When I am alone, sometimes I speak to God.
3. True, like orphans almost we walk; though much is what it was, that tutelage now is lacking...
4. There was a family with a lot of brothers and sisters, and their parents bought them bunk beds for their room, and lots of food from the supermarket.

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Selected Poems and Fragments, Friedrich Holderlin
1. Humans sometimes center their own psychological problems around another person, or other people, when the original person is responsible for his or her own problems.
2. Humans sometimes try to find the full meaning of the events in their lives.
3. Parents are supposed to bond with their children.
4. Human sometimes make up psychological problems about themselves, which are really not true psychological problems that they have. --The Wolfman and Other Cases, Sigmund Freud
5. Birds and other wild animals can bathe in cool ponds, lakes or streams during the hot summertime.
6. Birds and other wild animals can roam across the land.

8:00am - 9:00am
I. 1. Promo picture, updated on Page 2: Favorite Notes & Food Ideas.
2. One of my goals in life is to have over 6,000 children with different females, and then we'll live happily ever after. I want to go on tour to each American city, to a hotel for 30 days in each American city, and get one female pregnant each day. I can also go overseas and tour Europe, Asia, and Africa, and get one female pregnant each day there as well. I learned that I do not have to get them pregnant through intercourse. That's 365 females pregnant each year, every year for the next 20 years. I think that this is a good idea.
II. Selected Poems and Fragments, Friedrich Holderlin:
Chapters:
1. Plea for Forgiveness
2. The Unpardonable
3. The Root of All Evil
4. The Course of Life
5. The Blind Singer - It is remarkable how blind musicians display such skills, gifts and talents for music.
6. Return to the Homeland
7. The Ages of Life
8. Some ideas take longer to express than other ideas, because some ideas are complex, in contrast to ideas that are simple that can be expressed quicker. --The Upanishads

7:00am - 8:00am
Selected Poems and Fragments, Friedrich Holderlin
1. Our lives involve general influences as well as more specific influences.
2. The couple wanted happiness in their relationship.
3. The man was fiercely warlike, and purely masculine.
4. The character possessed a great deal of originality and independence of thought.
5. Sometimes we get glimpses of the past, but these are only fragments and pieces, and we don't know the whole story about the realty of the past. This is a lot like trying to complete a jigsaw puzzle.
6. The man was quite able to speak for himself, if he chose to.
7. The man used his German ancestry as a major influence in his life.
8. The man's wife made him feel peaceful and calm.


Sunday, June 22, 2025 -- updated 9:30pm

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. Burning opium incense is like Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem about going on an opium trip. Opium incense is sold in stores, and according to the Bible, it's acceptable to burn a small amount of incense in your home.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. Becoming a Muslim is a complex process that involves understanding of Islamic knowledge and principles.

1:00am - 2:00am
1. If you lie down with one or two pillows under your stomach, and focus on breathing calmly, then lying down on your stomach can be easier. This may apply to pregnant women also.

12:00am - 1:00am
1. Italian sausage or Curry chicken in a soft taco wrap with mayo tastes good.
2. If you have children and a family, then the government should give you more money for food and expenses.


Saturday, June 21, 2025 -- updated 12:00am

12:00am - 1:00am
Page IV: Research in Law & Psychiatry, A.A. Text, & Philosophical Explanations - updated, see Philosophical Explanations


Friday, June 20, 2025 -- updated 11:15pm

11:00pm - 12:00pm
1. Did the doctor commit malpractice, and if so, how?
2. Did the doctor use the right judgment when treating the patient?
3. Did the patient take the medication as prescribed by his doctor?
4. Added to: Page IV: Research in Law & Psychiatry, A.A. Text, & Philosophical Explanations

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. Jamaica and other sugar-producing nations can negotiate with world powers based on their control of the sugar industry.
2. The western world uses Jamaican/West Indian sugar to produce soda, candies, and alcohol.
3. Please help our country Jamaica with food, supplies from Western stores, medicine, and housing, or we will greatly increase sugar prices or cut off the sugar supply entirely and go back to tribal means of survival.
4. These kinds of negotiations are also options for other countries who produce or export large quantities of natural resources.
5. The Chinese, Japanese, and all other Asian people are essentially brothers. —Pu Songling

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. 2 containers of applesauce combined in a bowl is a good snack. Unsweetened, add a teaspoon of sugar if necessary. 2 containers of strawberry applesauce combined in a bowl is also a good snack. This is in reference to Mott's Applesauce, 6 - 3.9oz containers.
2. The man’s thoughts were almost always dark and unhappy. —Sorrows, Johanne Goethe
3. The family enjoyed when the insects would hum at night during the summer.

7:00am - 8:00am
1. If Goya or the old United Fruit Company reloads their ships and trucks with American products (from Walmart, Target), and then brings these products back to Central and South America, then they can be distributed to the people in order to survive.
2. When the Goya company unloads shipments in America, load purchased American products back on the ships/trucks, and bring them back to Central and South America to distribute to the people in order to live on.
3. By building just one or two high rise apartments in inner cities like Harlem, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or the Baltimore/D.C. area, you can house a great deal of people. This may involve bulldozing old homes and hiring a construction company, but it seems like a simple project that would benefit many people.

5:00am - 6:00am
1. If your chest hurts, rub your chest, and if your throat hurts then rub your throat.
2. You can sleep with just one pillow, and if your throat or chest hurts when lying down, then gently rub your throat or chest.
3. It can be good to sleep on a pillow on top of a yoga block as a combined pillow.

1:00am - 2:00am
1. Sounds are okay, and sounds at night are also okay, like the tv or the radio, just not too loud as loud sounds at night are considered unacceptable by many religious groups.
2. People in the city should not just stand around in one place. They should walk around and around the city, sit on benches, sit on the ground or the grass, bring their own chairs, etc., etc.


Thursday, June 19, 2025 -- updated 8:00pm

8:00pm - 9:00pm
Upanishads, Penguin Classics:
1. Some people are naturally healthy and get sick rarely if at all.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Upanishads, Penguin Classics
1. What if the brain was as small as the point of a pin?
2. There are three phases of the land of death: beginning, middle and end.
3. Death may be difficult to get used to at first, but after some time, a person will get used to death.
4. Some fruits and vegetables have not been studied enough, but it is clear that they still contain healthy compounds.
5. The four jewels of Buddhism are similar to the four duties of Islam: duty to self, duty to family and friends, duty to nature and animals, and duty to God.
6. You can dilute beer, whiskey, or wine with water first, if it’s too strong, and then gradually build your tolerance up to drink it plain.
7. Don’t drink to get drunk, drink responsibly.
8. Many people like the taste of beer, whiskey or wine.
9. Many Indian tribes and early colonists believed that it is okay to smoke tobacco sometimes.
10. You can take a few puffs off a cigarette at first, you don’t have to smoke the whole thing.
11. It can be helpful to practice rhythmic breathing, breathing through your nose or mouth to a steady rhythm.

10:00am - 11:00am
1. In order to survive in hot weather, take a lot of cool showers, use a cool washcloth or ice pack for your skin, eat a lot of Italian ices, buy a standing fan, and drink a lot of cold drinks.


Wednesday, June 18, 2025 -- Updated 5:30am

5:00am - 6:00am
1. In many books by James Joyce, men enjoy reading the newspaper or magazines.
2. I often take the Saint at Rest, or the death pose when lying down: flat on your back, hands on your chest. This Saint at Rest position is a way to prepare the soul for the land of the dead, or death.
3. Some words and phrases are considered the language of the dead.
4. Time Magazine, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, GQ Magazine and Car and Driver are some popular magazines for men.


Tuesday, June 17, 2025 -- Updated 11:15pm

11:00pm - 12:00am
Heroides
1. The horse races that were run in Mount Olympus formed part of a religious festival.
2. The woman said, If you don’t help me, then I’ll break down and kill myself. This however, was a lie and a form of manipulation.

10:00pm - 11:00pm
Heroides, Ovid
1. Palaemon was a god of the sea. He fathered a son called Melicertes by his second wife, Ino. Ino finally went mad and leapt into the sea with this child in her arms.
2. Some bodies of water are more difficult to swim or boat than others.
3. Some birds naturally live on the sea, nest on the water, and their presence is thought to calm the sea.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
The Upanishads, Penguin Classics
1. The sage replied: The powers are space, air, fire, water, and earth; and voice, mind, the eye, and the ear. These powers light the lamps of life and say: ‘We keep the union of this being and we are its foundation’.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
The Upanishads, Penguin Classics:
1. Discusses some peoples obsession with fire.
2. Omitted.
3. Omitted.
4. Indicates that bees like sweet flowers.

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. If sports arenas such as Madison Square Garden, The Staples Center, or The Kingdome in Washington had sports/performance areas, as well as hotel rooms, casinos, restaurants and stores onsite, that would be really good in many ways.

10:00am - 11:00am
Heroides, Ovid
1. See Item 4.
2. The man had bad mental unvoiced dialogue with the woman which made him mad.
3. The man had a powerful imagination, which helped him in his life.
4. The woman enjoyed spending long periods of time on the couch, and sometimes she would drink wine or smoke a cigarette on the couch. Sometimes she would read magazines or books on the couch, and take notes on them to talk about with her friends.

8:00am - 9:00am
Upanishads, Penguin Classics:
1. The man made one simple statement summarizing all of the psychiatrist's statements against him.
2. A person shouldn't feel too tired, or light-headed in his home.
3. Many people understand that 2 + 2 = 4. but Housman writes: To think that two and two are four, And neither five nor three.
4. The sound of the numbers is in this case essential, since the sound is part of the meaning.


Monday, June 16, 2025 -- Updated 11:00pm

11:00pm - 12:00am
1. If you tap certain areas dry with a paper towel when you get out of the shower, after using a cloth towel first, then tapping them dry with a paper towel can be helpful.

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. All of the jobs in business, restaurants, courts and police departments were controlled by one church in the city. This was the norm in all of the cities in the country. --Biography of Marcus Garvey

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Buddhist Scriptures, Penguin Classics:
1. The woman gave the man the fire hug, the flame hug, the hug that burns him up after she’s gone. Or the hug of death or the kiss of death, the hug and kiss that mean you’ll be destroyed in the near future.
2. Cream style corn, or canned cream corn is a good dish, just heat it in a pot on the stovetop.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Buddhist Scriptures, Penguin Classics:
1. Chinese restaurants and businesses fall under Buddhist law, and Buddhist monks are high ranking officials in Buddhist China and the surrounding areas.
2. If you buy the pans and utensils that are needed, then you can cook Italian sausage, frozen French fries, frozen egg rolls, and frozen burritos easily in the oven.
3. If the Chinese build factories and produce lots of products to be sold in American stores, then that could be a lucrative business opportunity for generations.
4. According to Buddhist religious law, some foods are acceptable for human consumption, and some foods are not.

4:00am - 5:00am
Buddhist Scriptures, Penguin Classics:
1. The woman was homeless and living on the streets, but she had a beautiful body. Then one day she met a man who paid her to dress up nice and take pictures, and she became very wealthy.
2. When many of the Christian missionaries went to Africa during the 1st century AD, many of the African people did not have any concept of time or date, simply because they did not own or possess watches, clocks, or calendars.


Sunday, June 15, 2025 -- Updated 10:55pm

11:00pm - 12:00am
Buddhist Scriptures, Penguin Classics:
1. The woman changed her appearance, then said to her boyfriend, I’m not a woman anymore, now I’m a man; I’m your man. Hold it down.

10:00pm - 11:00pm
Buddhist Scriptures, Penguin Classics:
1. The customer asked the chef in the Chinese restaurant to sell him drugs from China.
2. The Chinese restaurant also sold a kind of poisonous fish, which was supposed to have healthy properties, when cooked the right way.
3. The Chinese factories produced thousands of products which Americans loved and made a lot of profit.

8:00pm - 9:00pm
1. Human beings often have have strength in numbers, where a large group is better than only one or two.
2. Senior citizens and the disabled should not have physical health or mental health problems, and they should have enjoyment in life.
3. Books to help senior citizens are useful books.
4. Philosophical Explanations, Robert Nozick, updated on Book Reviews III.
5. Buddhist Scriptures, Penguin Classics, updated on Book Reviews X.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. Tell other people who you know how to disable their chip implants so they can act normal again.
2. Disabling chip implants by tapping/hitting them: Even though some people have chips implanted in their bodies which shock them, these implants can be disabled by tapping/hitting on the area of the body where the shock chip is implanted, in order to disable them.

1:00am - 2:00am
1. In one episode of Laverne and Shirley, the man had two girlfriends, and when he was in a restaurant with one of them, the other came and started an argument with the first girlfriend and then they caused a lot of trouble.



Saturday, June 14, 2025 -- Updated 10:00pm

8:00am - 9:00am
1. Italian sausage cooks best in the oven at 400° for 25 minutes.
2. It’s best to peel off the plastic casing from the Italian sausage before cooking them.
3. Sweet Italian sausage tastes good with Sabrett’s Onions in Sauce.

9:00am - 10:00
1. Unsweetened applesauce tastes good, just add a teaspoon of sugar to it in a bowl, and use two cups of applesauce instead of one. Yabloko sauce, or Yablakovskii sauce is a fruit snack that tastes good and is healthy.

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. I moved my table from the kitchen to the window, so that I can eat by the window or read at the table by the window now, maybe even with another person.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. Many of our behaviors in our relationship with our partners are due to external factors that we cannot control. The reality is that people in relationships are not living on an isolated planet and often come into contact with other factors that influence them.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. Body spray (men’s or women’s) can be sprayed on the hands, and then applied to the face, for cologne or perfume.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. If you add Brut or Aqua Velva to spray bottles, then they can be easier to apply on your skin as cologne.
2. Italian Sausage - instructional images:
A. Image 1. Click here.
B. Image 2. Click here.
2-B. Italian sausage directions: cook at 400°, for 25 minutes.
3. Kool Aid - instructional image:
A. Image 1. Click here.
3-B. Kool-Aid directions: 2 packets of Kool-Aid powder mix, 2 cups of sugar, a gallon pitcher, a measuring cup, a wooden stirring spoon, water, stir, and refrigerate.

10:00pm - 11:00pm
🏠 1. If a person is having problems at home, then they can live, or stay with a friend they know who lives nearby, or in a nearby state. They can pay their friend rent and other bills based on a written or verbal agreement or contract.



Friday, June 13, 2025 -- Updated 12:30pm

1:00am - 2:00am
1. Disabling chip implants by tapping/hitting them: Even though some people have chips implanted in their bodies which shock them, these implants can be disabled by tapping/hitting on the area of the body where the shock chip is implanted, in order to disable them.

Philosophical Explanations, Robert Nozick (Criminal Justice and Psychiatry info.):
2. A foreigner should get a fair court case in American courts, even though they speak a different language than the English spoken in American courts.
3. Some people have received photon or chemical brain surgery which alters their thoughts from their normal state before the surgery.
4. In court, a person’s punishment should be proportionate to the person’s crime.
5. A person’s punishment should not be excessive.
6. Courts should consider whether a person is a first offender or second or repeat offender.
7. Courts should consider if a person intended to cause the harm done, or if the harm done was more than the harm intended.
8. Mental health professionals, like police and law enforcement should have a dress code, code of conduct and code of behavior like police officers have.
9. Mental health professionals should obtain a dear warrant from a judge before entering a person’s home.
10. State laws are more clearly stated than mental health laws.
11. A person’s court case should not be delayed by people making petty objections over trivialities, or the person needing water to drink, or a person who has a stutter and cannot explain himself.

2:00am - 3:00am
12. Some people curse or use explicit words as a natural part of their language, but this does not necessarily imply that they are violent or dangerous.
13. Some people are physically strong and athletic, but this does not necessarily mean that they are violent.
14. Some people do not like explaining themselves to anyone other than police or law enforcement.
15. A person’s court case should not be delayed by: race when race isn’t an issue, or other weak excuses that some people use to delay court cases.
16. Mental health professionals should gather more information before making an arrest or hospitalization. If they get complaints from witnesses, then question the witnesses to determine if the complaints are justified or unjustified, or lies or the truth.
17. A person should not display an irrational fear of something that makes it difficult to communicate with them.
18. A person should not display an irrational attachment to common household items.
19. The criminal justice system and court system are professional, structured, organized, hierarchical systems in American government.
20. The nature of punishment in the criminal justice system involves ways to show the offender what he did wrong and teach or reform him in order to prevent this behavior from being repeated.
21. A person has the right not to make statements to police or law enforcement if he chooses not to.
22. Unlike colleges or universities, teachers in mental health classes do not have training or licenses to teach.
23. Mental health classes should have approved methods and standards for treating the mentally disabled.
24. A psychiatrist should not keep asking his patient the same question over and over again.
25. Organizations that are involved in children’s lives should contact family members who that child trusts, because many families contain members who children don’t trust.
26. Alexander Pushkin suggests that because of the problems that humans have faced in history, (racism, wars,) humans are entitled to their anger or sadness.
27. Psychiatrists paperwork should be logical, organized, and have statements that clearly link a persons behavior to his or her mental illness.
28. Many books that I have read in pursuit of my doctorate degree suggest that man is a normal creature who is entitled to freedom and independence under law, as long as man follows the laws of his country.
29. Many of my behaviors are influenced by books in World literature that I’ve read in pursuit of my doctorate degree.
30. Witnesses should not tell absolutely outrageous and incredible lies about other people.
31. Prosecutors should not exaggerate a person’s crime into a bigger matter than it actually is.
32. Prosecutors should not use scary language to describe a person’s behavior. Prosecutors shouldn’t charge someone for crimes they committed years ago that they have already been punished.
33. Some people have a low intelligence (IQ) level, so too much shouldn’t be expected of them, in contrast to other people, who have a higher intelligence level.
34. Some ideas take longer to express than other ideas, because some ideas are advanced and some ideas are simple.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. How were your thoughts and behaviors before the brain surgery compared to your thoughts and behaviors after the surgery, and how do you keep the same thoughts and behaviors that you had before the brain surgery after you've had the brain surgery.
2. Leads to the discussion of how we define ourselves, and the search for self identity.
3. Refers to the original perspm, befor the brain surgery, and the new person, after the surgery.
4. Brain surgery to assist long distance travel, and how changes in the body can also assist this. Brain altering surgery can ssist travel by air, land, and sea.
5. Psychological development in normal stages vs psychological development at too rapid a pace, and the discussion that follows.
6. Persons have conceptions about themselves, of what is important about their being themselves. Social groups can also influence this.
7. Examine a view of identity over time.
8. Brian surgery that alters the mind in unacceptable ways.
9. Generalizations used to describe a person's actions.
10. Some writers have speculated that when people sleep and dream, an astral body actually moves off from the sleeping body and in some realm performs the dreamed actions.
11. Healthy body as natural and involves self-regulation and self-maintenance.
12. If you can accept that mental illness did not originate at birth, then you prove that the person does not have a mental illness.
13. Diabetes isn't a serious illness, so you don't have to treat yourself for it. Examine mortality rates/rate of injury data for past and present diabetes patients to prove this.
14. Metformin shouldn't make people dizzy or light headed, because Metformin is a drug intended to do other things.
15. In the discussion, jumping from one reasonable level to the next, instead of jumping from one lelev to much higher level.
16. If a person gives a reasonable, convincing argument in court, in their own defense, then the court is supposed to rule in their favor.
17. Remind doctors that they should be honest, and not deceive peeple.
18. Logical connections vs confusion in a court of law.
19. In some instances, you're not in violation of a criminal law, but you're in violation of a less severe, more flexible mental health law.
20. Examine Hume's lesson, that there are no logical connections between events, and past events do not predict the outcome of future events.
21. Perhaps mental illness definitions were established independently, or on their own.
22. Keeping the possibility for additional actions in the future.
23. It is surprisingly difficult to calm oneself down after one has been physically active.
24. Experienceing speakers for sounds: low tones, high tones, and other tones.
25. The quieting meditative experience.
26. Differences between the mystic and nonmystic, and how do mystic principles affect our live today?
27. The job of an investigator is to gather information, and make connections.
28. Patients don't take a counter position, they take more of a questioning, intuitive, alter-position.
29. Shrines in the area - what are their purpose? Are the approved by the parks department? Where can we go to gather more information about them?
30. Examine the case where the parents turn o the son and express their wish to put him in prison. The parents refuse to compromise with others in their sons release.
31. Suppose a method is good for some types of statements but not others.
32. What method are psychiatrists using to treat their patients?
33. Many court cases today are difficult cases to decide. They are not simple cases, and they are difficult cases to judge.
34. Acting on witness statements without confirming their truth.
35. Using wisdom, experience and judgemetn to confirm or deny the truth of witness statements.
36. Isolating or prosectuing the minority in the group.
37. The object, or purpose of the courty system is to give people the opportunity to gain their independence and freedom.
38. The object, or purpose of the courty system is to give people the opportunity to gain their independence and freedom.
39. Consider the case of the student who goes to school and takes hallicinogenic drugs, and then writes about his experience, and also consider groups of people who use hallucinogenic drugs together.
40. Consider the cases of pathological liars.
41. Different external factors that delay progress.
42. Ask the judge, what do you want to hear from me? How can I get my client off?
43. Humans make mistakees in life as a means of social development.
44. We shouldn't quibble over petty details.
45. The failure to share relevnt knowledge, or read relevant information is a problem.
46. Sometimes, arguments can sound believable, but they are really false and inaccurate in many ways.
47. Discusses a genetic engineering experiment to change the world.
48. A person shouldn't go around screaming, complaining or shouting.
49. Acting instantaneously vs acting based on deliberation and knowledge.
50. Some people believe that knowledge is a problem in the world, and refuse to learn new things.
51. When a person is moved out of their home area, then they lose some of the authority that they previously had.
52. Utilizing technology to help police officers take notes.
53. Creating an industiral mental hospital / prison complex in America.
54. Some acts are just random, instead of being connected to mental illnesses or disorders.
55. Examine the case where psychiatrists say one thing, but do not explain how that is connects ot the person's mental disorder.
56. Ask the judge to explain why he decided the way he did, for furutre clarification, and have this reviewed by others.
57. Examine the Turing Machine which simulates man's behavior on a computer.
58. Psychiatrists, law enforcement, and thre ethical dilemma they face in having to punish fellow human being, for making normal human mistakes.
59. Sometimes, we keep repeating the same subjects in this discussion.
60. Some decisions have more weight or importance than other decisions, and are performed with more or less frequency, if at all.
61. The psychology of a human being can be rather complex.
62. Some people are obsessed with irrational or illogical ideas.
63. The possibility that some animals have undergone brain surgery, or have had brain altering implants in their bodies.
64. Uncommon displays of skills in art, broadcasting, music, trivia, etc. that may be related to brain surgery, or brain transmitter implants.
65. Unlike courts in America, many forgeign countries lack the structure and organization, which can prevent their citizens from receiving a fair trial.
66. Bringing up abstract theories that are difficult to understand and rather irrelevant.
67. Going overboard in the advocacy of freedom and human rights.
68. When a person commits a criminal acto for a price.
69. Brain altering surgery/ implants, that give people criminal thoughts.
70. Implants in the body that transmit vibrations might exist.
71. Where can we go to find more information about brain surgery/implants?
72. The history and science of brain altering surgery/implants.
72. Different cultural forms of brain surgery/implants.
73. A person's mental state should fit in with the society in which they live.
74. Adults' phsycial states should correspond with their age.
75. People who have mental states which display little or no function at all, and are connected to poor physical health.
76. Determine the qualities of the poor physical state they're in, as well as the poor mental state they're in.
77. Ethically behaving individuals will leave more great-grandchildren, or grandnephews or neices similarly disposed.
78. This spreads in the population, and this spread is explained blindly.
79. The act of one group helping each other as a social construct.
80. Psychoanalytic therapy as a treatment for mental illness.
81. Many people, including celebrities, do not anticipate the consequences of their major actions in life.
82. It is in man's nature to be free, and to oppose slavery and oppression.
83. Instead of a humans life containing an infinite number of levels, our lives only contain a few levels.
84. Their physical state is deteriorating, and so is their mental state.
85. If a person is behaving fast, a psychiatris might give them medication to slow them down, and if a person is behaving too slowly, then a psychiatrist might give them medication to speed them up.
86. A person commits a crime, and then says, "So, I'll just pay the victim off with several million dollars." In this cae, the courts should step in to resolve the issue.
87. To question a person who may be lying, ask them questions based on their moral character and past background.
89. Psychiatrists and law enforcement are suposed to handle a person's case in and objective, impartial, professionak manner.
90. Police officers and law enforcement shouldn't scare citizens.
91. In judging how much time a person should spend in jail, weigh the crime committed, the degree to which they reformed, and the conditions and wrongs they experienced while in jail.
92. If a prisoner keeps getting into fights, is not receiving adequate treatment, or is physically unhealthy, then transfer him to a different jail.
93. Sometimes in the court system, the courts cannot exact an eye for an eye puonishment.
94. In order to teach a person in a hospital or jail, you do so directly, not the indirect or subtle methods.
95. How do courts determine if a person is mentally unfit for trial?
96. "I know I put you through a lot, but I'm sorry, and now I want to be friends."
97. A person deliberately makes a person angry, in order to get the person to use his anger to get him arrested.
98. It is acceptable to change a person's behavior based on new knowledge from books or the environment he's in.
99. An act if performed and it's stated that it's a defeat of characte, but it's really not a defeat of character.
100. Some actions start out harmful, but then resolve themselves and everything returns to normal after a while.
101. Determing the punishment of certain crimial behavior, based on past examples of similar criminal behavior.
102. Competition is acceptable, in an healthy fashion.
103. The admission that the current justice system is flawed.
104. Punishments for attempts should be less than punishments for successful crimes.
105. The difference between regular crimes and civil disobedience.
106. The influence of international law on today's crimes.
107. Hypnosis or psychosurgery which influences a person's behavior, and how a hypnotist's actions can change a person's behavior.

10:00am - 11:00am
1. To make your own frozen French Fries, buy a potato cutter/French fry maker. Buy a few potatoes from the supermarket. Cut a few potatoes into French fries. Put the fries in a plastic bag in the freezer until you want to heat them up in the oven.

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. When different materials are used as evidence.
2. Misdiagnosis of persons labeled mentally ill.
3. Two men commit similar crimes, but the morality of one man is differen than the morality of the other, so one is forgiven, and one is punished.
4. Two men each commit theft. One man steals because he is poor, and one man steals because he is rich. The poor man should be forgiven, while the rich man should be punished.
5. The choice of being moral, while everything else is bad, versus being immoral, while everything else is good.
6. Glaucon discusses the acceptability of being both moral and immoral, or a moral mix.
7. Determinig how one can lead the best possible life he can live.
8. Negotiating with your psychiatrist to use different cultural forms of treatment in your care plan.
9. Determine the structure and order of the American family.
10. How to determine an individual or group's measure of greatness.
11. Plato tries to accomplish something in his discussion of the differetn types of men: oligarchic, aristocratic, democratic, and so on.
12. Consistency vs inconsistency in court cases.
13. Examining the Mute Man's Paradox, or, the case where the man is asked to explain himself, but he cannot or will not talk in order to do so,
14. Pigeonhole paradoxes - segregate people off harmlessly, and then go about regular business.
15. The arguments that thre immoral man will not stop behaving immorally, and will continue to do criminal behavior.
16. The immoral person thinks he's getting away with something; he thinks his immoral behavior costs him nothing.
17. The transition from death after life may be detectable, it will operate automatically, however.
18. But, if under some conditions, value is divorced from a person's understanding, that person may lack motivation to behave morally; what then can we do?
19. Weighing the value of parents' decisions in their childrens lives.
20. When he was sitting in his chair, the man closed his eyes, and then fell asleep in his chair.
21. Creation of something out of nothing.
22. The fitting of behavior to its objects, of moral judgements to particular situations.
23. Epochal religious figures whose lives are infused with values, and who glow with a special radiance. To be in their presence is to be uplifted and pursue the best in oneself.
24. O Tannenbaum (lyrics updated/edited)
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, guten morgen blatter.
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, guten morgen blatter.
Mittgessen wasser somerzeit,
Schreiben lehrer winter schneit,
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, guten nacht blatter.
25. The dog was scared and threatened, so it bit someone.
26. The people of Asia are known for making extraordinarily good tasting food.
27. A limited vs unlimited selection of choices in our lives.
28. The value of A depends on the closest appearance, or actualization of A.
29. People of the same, and people of different social groups.
30. Formulating conditions for particular outcomes.
31. The argument that though this universe contains some unity, it doesn't contain any value.
32. It adds that there are ineradicable conflicts, tensions, needs for tradeoffs, and so on.
33. In thus patterning value, the person may emulate a previous pattern exhibited by a value exemplar or described in some tradition or she may create a new complex unity, sculpting the value contours of her life in an original, unique way.
34. Defining oneself as a unique individual as an important theme of our lives.
35. Individuality is expressed in the interstices of the objective rankings of value.
36. The threat is reduced very little if the situation is controlled.
37. Creating new, different, and even radically different lives for ourselves.
38. The process of loving one's children exemplifies this spillover. The delight parents take in the particular beavior and accomplishments of their young children marks the transition to loving them in their particularity, no longer merely for being their child, but for being that child.
39. Over time, the love attaches to the child in its own individuality, nontransferably.
40. Human beings are not computer-like automotons. Human beings have creativity, individuality, etc.
41. The simple black and white theory vs Toren's Hypothesis, the latter being more morally good for all.
42. We as humans, sometimes engage in game-theoretical situations.
43. Consider how a voice is contoured to the thought it expresses; consider the different modulations and nuances, tempos, hesitations, and emotions that that voice expresses.
44. Consider when a person is calm inside, but their voice is loud because they were just active 5 minutes ago.
45. How simply survivng constituted a noble act, an act of normality and independence.
46. Differences in how we respod to different people. They shouldn't be drastic differences in the same situation. They shouldn't involve violating the rights of some over others, or saving some and not helping others.
47. There may be a combination of several facts that are used to make one main conclusion.
48. Also, consider useless moral principles.
49. That discussion is just one strand of the helix.
50. The use of physical force, without causing harm, for police and military, as an ethical practice.
51. Past and present events in world history show us that our individual lives do not matter.
52. Discuss your most valuable characteristics, as well as your additional valuable characteristics.
53. English is an easy language to write an official document to submit to a leader in business or government. This kind of document can be used to ask questions, state complaints, or gather additional information. Doing this in English is rather easy, compared to Spanish, Russian, or German, etc.
54. It can be helpful to learn how to type.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. Businesses should hire all kinds of people, not just clean cut-looking people. Businesses should hire recovering drug addicts, ex cons, people with disabilities, etc. —‘Tis, Frank McCourt
2. Wild animals can just sit in the grass or lie in the grass in the forest to rest. They don’t have to stand up all the time.
3. Wild animals should find out where the resources (water, food, shelter…) are on the land, and then access these resources daily, in order to survive.



Thursday, May 8, 2025

10:0am - 11:00am: 10:22am
Housing Laws, Rules and Regulations for Americans in the United States of America
1. There are rules and regulations for housing developments. These rules include: gun and weapons restrictions, drug and alcohol restrictions, codes of behavior and codes of conduct, noise restrictions, occupancy limits, parking passes, and visitor passes. Contact your management office to submit a complaint.
2. The rules and regulations for housing developments are connected to the rules and regulations that mental health and law enforcement follow. These rules and regulations are intended to provide a safe and good life for American citizens in this good Christian country, the United States of America. Amen.



Wednesday, May 7, 2025

12:00am - 1:00am: 12:15am
1. The worker was transferred to a different job position by his superiors, after displaying his skills on the job.


Tuesday, May 6, 2025

10:00pm - 11:00pm: 10:15pm
1. Budweiser is a good beer, you can dilute it with water if it's too strong before drinking it, it's not that strong though.
2. Sometimes I wear earplugs or winter hats indoors like the South Africans.
3. An improvised face mask can be made out of an old shirt or towel.
4. Yemen is in the news a lot, and Yemeni music and culture are interesting subjects.

8:00pm - 9:00pm: 8:30pm
1. Making prank calls to your police department to report someone, for the smallest things, when there is really no harm being done is unlawful.

12:00pm - 1:00pm - 12:30pm
Infantile behavior is a symptom of mental illness in many adults.

8:00am - 9:00am: 8:45am
1. Groucho Marx was known for smoking Dunhill cigars, particularly the lighter ones after lunch and the heavier, more pungent ones after dinner...and would smoke at least two cigars a day.

French Vocabulary
Un animal - an animal le homme - a man
le chat, la chatte - the cat (male/female)
Le poisson - the fish
Le poisson rouge - the goldfish
Un oiseau - the bird
Le perruche - the parakeet
La souris - the mouse
un etalon - stallion
Colors
vert - green
blue - blue
blanc - white
rouge - red
noir - black
gris - gray
marron - brown
Feelings and Emotions
preferer - to prefer
aimer - to like, to love
detester - to hate
gouvernement - government
esperer - to hope
la fatigue - tiredness
un rire - a laugh
heureux - happy
gentil - kind
malheureux - unhappy
Matierele
le plume - pen
le crayon - pencil
Subjects
le livre -book
les maths - maths
la chimie - chemistry
la physique - physics
la geographie
la geometry
la philosophie
les langues etrangeres
les langues vivantes
les langues mortes
les Hellenique
les Grecians
Sports
golf - golf
badminton - badminton
le escalade - rock climbing
l'escrime - fencing
l'equitacion - horse riding
Greetings
Bonjour - Hello
Au revoir
Bonsoir
A tout a'l'heure - See you later
Comment allez-vouz? - How are you?
Enchante - Nice to meet you.

7:00am - 8:00am
1. I am into weightlifting now. I wanted to start off light, with 15pounds or so, and then build up my strength to a heavier weight. I enjoy doing curls and other exercises to strengthen the arms. I plan to lift regularly for the next several years.
2. In 'Tis, Frank McCourt enjoyed feeling like a hero in veterans parades, but sometimes the people in the crowd would overdo it and make him feel uncomfortable.

2:00am - 3:00am -- 2:35am
1. Budweiser is a beer that I drink now and enjoy. Drinking Budweiser here in Kingston, New York is a lot like my memories of going to Orchard Beach or Fort Greene park and sitting on the grass with other Blacks and Spanish people drinking and relaxing, or my memories of going to Yankees Stadium as a kid. Drinking Budweiser now brings back good memories of the past.
2. Bugged IPhone, Laptop & Phone: My Iphone charger was bugged with a device to submit information to a central command unit. I bought a 10 dollar Iphone charger and cable at the dollar store, and when I opened it, noticed it had very sophisticated circuitry, too sophisticated for just a phone charger. So I took a picture of it, called 911 and gave it to the police officers so that they could inspect it.
3. My Cable television and laptop pinhole camera are also bugged and secretly transmitting pictures/information without my consent to some central location, I believe, so I unplugged them or covered them with masking tape, and I am very concerned and want this investigated.
'Tis, Frank McCourt
1. After the hospital two good things happen, I'm promoted to corporal because of my powerful typing when I turn in supply reports and the reward is a two-week furlough to Ireland if I want it.
2. My mother is at the railway station to meet me, smiling at me with her new white teeth, togged out in a bright new frock and shiny black shoes. My brother Alphie is with her...He's going on twelve and wearing a gray suit that must have been his confirmation suit last year. You can see he's proud of me, especially my corporal's stripes, so proud he wants to carry my duffel bag. He tries but it's too heavy and I can't let him drag it along the ground because of the cuckoo clock and the Dresden china I brought my mother.
3. I feel proud myself knowing that people are looking at me in my American army uniform. It isn't every day you see an American corporal getting off the train at the Limerick railway and I can't wait to walk the streets knowing the girls are going to be whispering. Who's that? Isn't he gorgeous? They'll probably think I fought the Chinese hand to hand in Korea, that I'm back for a rest from the serious wound which I'm too brave too show.
4. I sit on the bed in my American army uniform and my new corporal's stripes and wonder if I should stay here in a fit of rage or walk the streets so that the world can admire me.
5. That puts me in a rage. You'd think she'd be glad to be out of that slum in Little Barrington Street and up there in her new house planting flowers and making tea in her new kitchen that looks out the garden. You'd think she'd be longing for the new garden with the new beds with the clean sheets and no fleas and a bathroom.
6. I went around saying that for weeks till my mother begged me to stop. She loved Charles Boyer herself and she'd prefer to hear it from him. She loved James Mason, too. All the women in the lane loved James Mason, he was so handsome and dangerous. They all agreed it was the dangerous part they loved. Sure a man without danger is hardly a man at all.
7. Melda Lyons would tell all the women in Kathleen O'Connell's shop how she was mad for James Mason and they'd laugh when she said, Bejesus, if I met him I'd have him naked as an egg in a minute.
8. That would make my mother laugh harder than anyone in Kathleen O'Connell's shop and I wonder if th women will go home and say Frankie McCourt is back in his American uniform and he's too high and mighty now for his poor mother below there in the lane though we should have known for he always had the odd manner like his father.
9. Foreigners shouldn't come to America and take American women.


Sunday 5/4/2025

5:00pm - 6:00pm -- 5:30pm
17. The young man was taught to ask his girlfriend's father permission before saying or doing anything to his daughter.
18. Foreign Priests, Pu Songling
19. There were two Buddhist priests, foreign priests of very extraordinary appearance. They wore rings in their ears, were dressed in yellow cloth, and had curly hair and beards. The men in the town asked the priests what they knew, and then the priests taught them a great deal.
20. Mr. Li took his doctor’s degree late in life. On the 28th of the 9th moon of the 4th year of K‘ang Hsi, he killed his wife. The neighbours reported the murder to the officials, and the high authorities instructed the district magistrate to investigate the case. At this juncture Mr. Li threw himself on his knees, and spoke as follows:—“The spirit here will punish me. I am not to be prosecuted by evil men who, from party motives, confuse right and wrong. The spirit moves me to cut off an ear.” Thereupon he cut off his left ear and threw it down from the stage. He then said the spirit was going to fine him a hand for cheating people out of their money; and he forthwith chopped off his left hand. Lastly, he cried out that he was to be punished severely for all his many crimes; and immediately cut his own throat."
21. On the campground, one of the cabins was used for playing the guitar and singing songs.
22. Trees and grass lawns should be properly maintained, (not too high/low, not scorched, licenses, for example,) because cruelty to animals, and cruelty to plants and wildlife are serious crimes.
23. Do gardens and nurseries get their plants and vegetables from approved locations?

4:00pm - 5:00pm -- 4:45pm
Three Sisters, Pu Songling
1. One day Mao’s father, the cow-herd, was out near this burial-ground, when, a storm of rain coming on, he took refuge in the now empty grave, while the rain came down harder than ever, and by-and-by flooded the whole place and drowned the old man.
2. When they bullied her, sometimes she would put her fingers in her ears, so that she wouldn't hear them.
3. They bullied her so much, she was ready to commit suicide for want of anything better.
4. She was displaying signs of stress and had expressed being uncomfortable at home.
5. They knew certain ways of bullying her and making her feel stressed and uncomfortable.
6. She proved an excellent wife, and lived in harmony with her husband; but she was troubled with a disease of the hair, which caused Mr. Mao some annoyance.
7. Mao now began to give himself airs; and, reflecting that his wife’s want of hair would make him look ridiculous, he determined that as soon as he attained to rank and power he would find another spouse.
8. Mao was much alarmed at what he heard, and remained as motionless as a wooden image, until the landlord said to him, “You, Sir, as a scholar, should have more self-respect, and you will certainly take the highest place.” By-and-by when the list came out, Mao was the first of all; and almost simultaneously his wife’s hair began to grow quite thick, making her much better-looking than she had hitherto been.
9. Now her elder sister had married a rich young fellow of good family, who lived in the neighbourhood, which made the young lady more contemptuous than ever; but he was so extravagant and so idle that their property was soon gone, and they were positively in want of food.
10. Hearing, too, of Mr. Mao’s success at the examination, she was overwhelmed with shame and vexation, and avoided even meeting her sister in the street.
11. Just then her husband died and left her destitute; and about the same time Mao took his doctor’s degree, which so aggravated her feelings that, in a passion, she became a nun.
12. Subsequently, when Mao rose to be a high officer of state, she sent a novice to his yamên to try and get a subscription out of him for the temple; and Mao’s wife, who gave several pieces of silk and other things, secretly inserted a sum of money among them.
13. The novice, not knowing this, reported what she had received to the elder sister, who cried out in a passion, “I wanted money to buy food with; of what use are these things to me?"
14. Foreigners who live in America should adopt American culture: dress like Americans, eat like Americans, entertain themselves like Americans.
15. After this, the innkeeper got into trouble about a case of murder, and was imprisoned; but Mao exerted his influence, and obtained the man’s pardon.
16. Signs of asphyxiation and physical abuse were on the body.

3:00pm - 4:00pm -- 3:45pm
1. Instead of calling them the eyes, just call them the central nervous system. Insead of referring to them as two, just refer to them as one. [See Item 3]
2. A person can survive a bullet wound, and then defend themselves against an attacker, even if they have been shot.
3. We think, or we process information through our eyes rather than in our brains, and perhaps the human brain is in the eyes. --Renes Descartes.
4. “I am now the slave of Miao, and have to endure bitter toil for him. He must kill some one else before I can be set free. Three days hence a man, arrayed in the robes and cap of a scholar, should be eaten by the tiger at the foot of the Ts‘ang-lung Hill."
5. "He chanced, however, to repeat the story to a Mr. Chiang who was a relative of his, and one of the local scholars; and as this gentleman had a grudge against another scholar, named Yu, who had come out equal with him at the examination, he made up his mind to destroy him. So he invited Yu to accompany him on that day to the place in question."
6. Chiang did not dare to appear before him, and borrowed Yu’s clothes and hat; but he had no sooner got them on than out rushed the tiger and carried him away in its mouth.

10:00am - 11:00am -- 10:30am
1. The man was fond of reading literature in the lavatory. --James Joyce
2. The man's toilet had broken, so he used a bucket in the bathroom.
3. Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
4. In the army, one of the soldiers in the infantry shot the man point-blank, in the wheatfield.
5. After doing prison time, the man had the mentality of a prisoner. More often than not, the tender emotions of goodness were lost in him.
6. He had seen the wickedness of men and the misery of society, and this was represented for him in Javert.
7. Many people wanted him to go back to prison.
8. He learned to read in prison.
9. Life is a mental prison.
10. It is good to exercise patience in life.
11. The man had an empty, dilapidated look on his face.
12. He tried to focus on lofty religious subjects.
13. He fumbled in his coat and took out a key and carefully opened the door.
14. Children instantly accept joy and happiness with quick familiarity.

9:00am - 10:00am -- 945am
1. In the military, it is common for the soldiers to curse at one another. --'Tis, Frank McCourt
2. I'm a man, I act like a man, and I want to be treated like a man.
3. Some sports that I like are running and boxing.
4. I am not a danger to myself or anyone else.
5. We act like strong men in America, because we don't want the Russians or the Germans thinking we're weak.

7:00am - 8:00am -- 7:30am
1. Sports of all kinds interest me now, and I hope to get involved in more sports in the near future. As an athletic man, I can play any sport any other man can play.

4:00pm - 5:00pm -- 4:15pm
1. Popular songs may reveal clues to crimes, so maybe law enforcement should investigate them.
2. The Tiger Guest, Pu Songling - The story about Miao, who was fond of wine, as well as some other characters.

2:00am - 3:00am -- 3:55am
1. In America, is there exploitation of female workers in Chinese restaurants? In these Chinese restaurants, the women do all the hard work, but the men get all the money, and this is not right, because women are built smaller than men, and in America, the men should do all the hard work. A business should be honest, and not exploit workers. Male or female workers should be paid according to the skills that they display at their job.
2. The Chinese and the Japanese are brothers. --Pu, Songling
3. Since running is a spectator sport like the Olympics, before my lap around the lot track, I tell my neighbors, so that they can record my run if they want.


Saturday 5/3/2025

11:00pm - 12:00am -- 11:00pm
1. I also want to take boxing lessons, in order to one day fight in the ring.

9:00pm - 10:00pm -- 9:15pm
1. I run the track, or the car lot where I live now. Today I ran one lap around it in 1:37, and then I ran the second lap in 1:29.
2. If I practice running, and do good work, then in a few years I may be able to run in the Olympics.

7:00pm - 8:00pm -- 7:15pm
1. I am one of the only people who run regularly in my area, and since this is a unique quality, it may have benefits for my health as well as the health of those around me.

6:00pm - 7:00pm -- 6:00pm
1. I am like the hero in many popular world folktales, because I am known to display impressive physical and mental skills.
2. Jesse Owens is a sports star who I admire. Jesse Owens was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.

4:00pm - 5:00pm -- 4:30pm
1. If you're shopping in a supermarket, then a good snack is deli meat and fruit or a vegetable.
2. When it rains really hard, sometimes it is because people are playing music on a really big speaker, sometimes at a low frequency.

3:00pm - 4:00pm -- 3:59pm
1. The men spoke about the news and current events when they were together.
2. Burning incense and looking at the smoke is a lot like looking at a lava lamp.
3. During one event, the earth was shaking and roaring terribly.
4. Can Muslim women in America wear American clothing?

5. 'Tis, Frank McCourt
6. The day after the Dachau laundry detail my neck swells up and the doctor tells me pack a bag, he's sending me back to Munich, that I've got the mumps. He wants to know if I was near children because that's where the mumps come from, children, and when a man gets them it could be the end of his line.
7. He raises his arms to the sky and praises God for sending me the gift of the mumps just in time to mend my ways and save my soul and he would like God to keep sending me further gentle reminders of my sinful ways, chicken pox, toothache, measles, severe headaches and pneumonia if necessary.
8. He knows it was no accident he was chosen to drive me to Munich with my mumps. He knows the Korean War was started so that he could be drafted and sent to Germany to save my soul and the souls of others.
9. Parents shouldn't run with their children inside their grocery carts in parking lots, because the cart can accidentally fall over.

12:000pm - 1:00pm -- 12:50pm
1. When the fighter smelled blood, he attacked more ferociously.
2. The men were willing to fight each other to the death.

'Tis, Frank McCourt
1. Looking at the nice face of the priest was comforting for McCourt.
2. Before we leave the caserne we stop at the PX to get our monthly ration of a pound of coffee and a carton of cigarettes to sell to the Germans. Rappaport has to pick up a supply of Kotex to save his bony shoulders from the weight of the rifle when he's on sentry duty. Weber thinks that's funny and tells us he has three sisters but he'd be darned if he'd ever step up to a sales clerk and ask for Kotex. Rappaport gives a little smile and says, If you have sister, Weber, they're still in the rag stage.
3. No one knows why we're allowed a pound of coffee but the other supply clerks tell me I'm a lucky bastard I don't smoke. They wish they didn't smoke so they could sell the cigarettes to German girls for sex.
4. What can he do but jump off the truck when Buck slows for the MP at the gate, jump from the truck and run down the Munichroad screaming like a madman? Now Buck has to move the truck over and we watch while two MPs chase Rappaport, grab him, push him into the jeep and bring him back.
5. Then Buck tells me he can't talk to them because they're not Germans at all. They're refugees, displaced persons, Hungarians, Yugoslavians, Czechs, Romanians. Thye live in camps all over Germany till someone decides what to do with them.
6. Weber is calling to me from the door of the mess hall, McCourt, McCourt, they're closing down here. You want lunch you get in here.
7. Buck says Rappaport must be hungry and we should bring him a sandwich but Weber says that's the most ridiculous thing he ever heard of.
8. Buck jumps from the cab and tells us bring our coffee and cigarettes and Rappaport wants to know what for.
9. Buck gets back into the truck cab without a word to Rappaport and I say nothing because I think I'm ashamed of what I did. I try to tell myself say nothing because I think I'm ashamed of what I did. I try to tell myself I'm not ashamed, that I paid for what I got, even gave the girl my coffee. I don't know why I should be ashamed in the presence of Rappaport. I think it's because he had respect for the refugees and refused to take advantage of them but if that's so why wouldn't he show his respect and sorrow by giving them his cigarettes and coffee.
10. Rappaport tells him he's a moron and they trade insults till Rappaport jumps on him and they're all over the laundry with bloody noses till Buck stops the truck and tells them cut it out and all I worry about is the blood that might be on the laundry of Company C.
11. German hospitals are different than American hospitals, that is treatment and procedures are different in German hospitals than treatment and procedures are in American hospitals.
12. The military way is to break you down, and then build you up.

5:00am - 6:00am -- 5:15
Strange Stories, Pu Songling
1. Chinese food restaurants can sell Chinese food, and also Chinese candy, books and novelties from China, and then make more money.
2. The story about the tree with no branches.
3. The story about the giant Samurai.

The Dead Priest, Pu Songling
4. It is good having a family who own a Chinese food restaurant, because then you can eat some of the food they make there.
5. A certain Taoist priest, overtaken in his wanderings by the shades of evening, sought refuge in a small Buddhist monastery...Accordingly, he himself pretended not to be aware of what was going on; and then he saw the other priest enter the shrine, mount the altar, and remain there some time embracing Buddha’s head, and laughing by turns...
6. What are the spirits in wine and spirits? - In the context of wine and spirits, "spirits" refers to strong distilled alcoholic beverages like whiskey, vodka, gin, and rum.
7. Now Chung was a very filial son... and even the rank of Viceroy would not repay him for her loss.
8. So he took out a pill which he gave to Chung, and told him that if he sent it post-haste by some one to his mother, it would prolong her life for seven days, and thus he would be able to see her once again after the examination was over. Chung took the pill, and went off in very low spirits; but he soon reflected that the span of human life is a matter of destiny, and that every day he could spend at home would be one more day devoted to the service of his mother.
9. In order to powder her face, the woman just applied powder to her face as necessary until she was satisfied.

4:00am - 5:00am -- 4:05am
1. Italian sausages are easy to cook in the oven: 400°, 20 minutes, and it can be useful to pull the casings off the sausages before you cook them, in order to make them easier to chew.


Friday 5/2/2025

11:00pm - 12:00am -- 11:15pm
1. Male masturbation is easier with the left hand. With this knowledge, men can perform better in bed, and start more families, as stated in Scripture.
2. Above item also added to Book Reviews XIII: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care & Additional Health Information.

8:00pm - 9:00pm - 8:40pm
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7. Do mobile mental health organizations have the right to authorize home searches without a search warrant? Do they have the right to force you to make a statement without an attorney present? Do they have the right to cooperate with the police and monitor our lives which may lead to an arrest?
8. Get medical surgery or therapy if you have a bad heart, or is that just an excuse to get off easy?

7:00pm - 8:00pm -- 7:30pm
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3. One of my hobbies is reading and completing book reviews on the books that I read.
4. The man had trouble in school because no one ever taught him how to type.

3:00pm - 4:00pm -- 3:15pm
1. As one of the protectors of my loved ones amongst family and friends and a warrior on the earth, I take pride in this role. I also admire the fact that they protect me to the best of their ability.
2. The country was run by one group, who was controlled by several leaders. There was another group who was more athletic and in shape, and eventually this fit group overthrew the weaker group.

2:00pm - 3:00pm -- 2:19pm
1. Since instant coffee has existed since WW I, you can buy paper cups, and make your own coffee to go!
2. The man was a warrior from his tribe. --Chinua Achebe

1:00pm - 2:00pm -- 1:00pm
1. Some people know how to confuse other people. They know how to state different things to make people lose focus, 'Let's not lose focus'. --Josephus

12:00pm - 1:00pm -- 12:00pm
1. Instant coffee has existed since WW I. --'Tis, Frank MCourt
2. The hot water faucet is a good appliance that can be used to make hot liquids such as coffee, tea, or beef bouillon broth.
3. Matzo crackers are good. --The Talmud: A Selection
'Tis, Frank McCourt
1. You're not my boyfriend, you're my dog, my pitbull. I treat you like my dog, I muzzle you, chain you, and run you.
2. Even though the dog was an attack dog, it rarely if ever attacked.

8:00am - 9:00am -- 8:55
The Jewish War, Josephus
1. Ritz or saltine crackers are good.
2. There was an enemy battleship in the ocean, and the general sent 250 of his fastest and most powerful boats to attack it.
3. Russian Songs:
Dosveedania Cpaceebo (set to Pop Goes the Weasel)
Dosveedania da xorosho, dosveedania cpaceebo,
Dosveedania da xorosho, do-sveedania-cpaceebo!
(Repeat)

Dosveedania Da Xorosho (Set to Oh Susanna)
Dosveedania, da xorosho,
Rabotat v den, u eegrat b notch.
Dosveedania, da xorosho,
Rabotat v den, u eegrat b notch.
(Repeat)

5/1/2025
11:00pm - 12:00pm - 11:00pm
The Jewish War, Josephus
1. The senators goal was to blot out the memory of all the crimes they had committed from the minds of the citizens.

10:00pm - 11:00pm - 10:30pm
The Jewish War, Josephus
1. The residents of the city sheltered the weaker people.
2. The residents of the city who sheltered the weaker people also provivded them with food and supplies.
3. The man was accused of making slanderous statements about the other man. He was accused of slander.
4. Anaeas was an eloquent speaker who could mould public opinion and had already silenced his opponents: if was it was to be, the Jews would have held up the Roman advance a very long time under such a general.
5. They took up a little bit of dust in their hands and sprinked it on their bodies.
6. But certain death was not going to deprive him of free speech - he stood up, scoffed at the incredulity of the charges, no evidence at all, and in a few words disposed of whole indictment. Then turning the tables on his accusers, he methodically detailed all their illegalities and mercilessly exposed their mismanagement of affairs. The Zealots howled in rage and could hardly keep their hands off their swords, determined as they were to play out this farce, this sham trial to the end, and eager also to find out whether the jurors would risk their own lives in the cause of justice.
7. But not a man did so - rather than align themselves with scoundrels against their own country they all chose death.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. Because he was a man, the sheikh didn't talk too much or explain himself a lot because he didn't want to be like a woman. --The Arabian Nights
2. When you're on a subway or bus, you should get up and let the women, the old and the sick sit in that seat. --'Tis, Frank McCourt
3. Chesterfield Cigarette Ad (mid 1900s) - Original and different too is Chesterfield's way of combining the world's best tobaccos to bring out the inner qualities of each. It's the Chesterfield way and that's why Chesterfield's are milder than other cigarettes. They also have a better taste and more pleasing aroma. Chesterfield's really satisfy. The Chesterfield glove, created by New York's smart designer Merry Hull.

1:00am - 2:00am
1. Promotional selfie: click here.
2. Item 1, above, also added to Page II: Favorite Notes & Food Ideas.

12:00am - 1:00am
1. If it makes you comfortable, then move your mattress to your living room, or move your room around so that it makes you feel better living there. These suggestions work for many people I know.
2. There are two worlds, the world that you talk about, and the world that you think about. --The Arabian Nights



4/30/2025

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. Insects can be disposed of in a humane fashion by flushing them down the toilet after catching them on a tissue, because when they go down the toilet bowl, they travel through the pipes and return to nature.
2. How much time is left in the day? Based on the sun in the sky, let us determine how much daylight we have left. --James Fenimore Cooper
3. If you rub your belly button area gently in order to make it feel better, and then give it time to heal, then it can heal, because after many adults are born, their belly buttons do not heal properly.
4. A person can just lie on the grass, or sit on the grass, or floor, you don't need a chair. --The Jewish War, Josephus

6:00pm - 7:00pm
'Tis, Frank McCourt
9
19. There are plenty of girls up in the Catskills...They're hopeless in the city the way they all work in fancy places like Schrafft's with their little black dresses and little white aprons, Ah, yes, ma'am, ah, indeed, ma'am, are the mashed potatoes a little too lumpy, ma'am? but get them up in the mountains and they're like cats...
20. The Greek says, Good night, gen'men, and would we like to take some day-old doughnuts. Take 'em, he says, or I trow out. Jerry says he'll have a feed of corned beef and cabbage and floury white potatoes. The Greek fills a bag with doughnuts and confectionary and tells me I look like I could use a decent meal, so take the bag.
21. ...but I'm up the stairs to my room, my bed, so that I can lie there listening to Christmas carols on the radio with the world spinning around me and a great wonder in my head about the rest of my life in America. If I wrote to anyone in Limerick and told them about my Christmas Eve in New York they'd say I was making it up. They'd say New York must be a lunatic asylum.
22. In the morning there's a knock at my door and it's Mrs. Austin in dark glasses...she says her and her sister wanted nothing but a trul Christian Christmans Even and I just wanted to tell you, Mr. McCourt, we don't appreciate your behavior one bit, isn't that right, Hannah?
23. There's turkey and stuffing and all kinds of potatoes, white and yellow, with cranberry sauce to make everything sweet and all this puts me in a forgiving mood.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
'Tis, Frank McCourt
10
1. While McCourt sometimes did not understand the priest, McCourt eventually learned to respect him and admire him.
2. Omitted.
3. I could never tell Eddie or Mr. Carey how the priest came at me. They'd never believe me.
4. You college kids should teach us, you went to Hunter, NYU, Columbia, tell us what you've learned.
5. It's hard to know what to do when he looks at you directly, shakes your hand, holds your elbow, eases you into your seat. He tells me I'm looking good, that I filled out a bit in the face and I must be eating right.
6. He says America is a great country if you give it a chance but I could tell him how they won't let the Puerto Ricans give me leftovers anymore and how I'm weary of bananas but I don't want to say much in case he might think I've forgotten the Hotel New Yorker.
7. He says I should be careful of the Irish curse, the drink, and whenever I'm tempted to sin I should meditate like him on the purity of the Virgin Mary, good luck.
8. I'd like to be a college student in the subway because you can see from the books they're carrying their heads must be stuffed with all kinds of knowledge, that they could sit down with you and chat forever about Shakespeare and Samuel Johnson and Dostoevsky. If I could go to college I'd make sure to ride the subways and let people see my books so that they could admire me and wish they could go to college, too.
9. I'd hold up the books to let people see I was reading Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It must be grand to be a student with nothing to do but listen to professors, read in libraries, sit under campus trees and discuss what you're learning. It must be grand to know you're getting a degree that puts you ahead of the rest of the world, that you'll marry a girl with a degree and you'll be sitting up in bed the rest of your life having great chats about the important matters.
10. But I don't know how I'll get a college degree and rise in the world with no high school diploma...Some old Irishmen tell me there's nothing wrong with hard work. Many a man made his way in America by the sweat of his brow and his strong back and it's a good thing to learn your station in life and not be getting above yourself.

11. They tell me that's why God put the pride at the top of the Seven Deadly Sins so that young fellas like me won't be getting off the boat with big notions. There's plenty of work in this country for anyone who wants to earn an honest dollar with his two hands and the sweat of his brow and no getting above himself.
12. ...and what the hell do Greeks know anyway? If they knew anything they wouldn't be slinging hash in restaurants and babbling in their own language that no one understands.
13. Tom works on the night shift at an apartment building that leaves me on my own in the room. It's the first time in my life I ever had the feeling of freedom, no bosses, no Mrs. Austin telling me put out the light.
14. Tom had a better education in Ireland than I did and he could go to college if he liked. He says he'd rather make money, that's what America is there for.
15. He's right. I hate working at the Biltmore Hotel and cleaning up for the Greek every morning. When I clean the toilet bowls I feel angry with myself because it reminds me of the time I had to empty the chamber pot of my mother's cousin Laman Griffin for a few pennies and the loan of his bike.
16. And I wonder why I'm so particular about the toilet bowls, why I want them to be spotless when I could give them a swish of the mop and let them be. No, I have plenty of detergent and make them sparkle as if people were going to have their dinners out of them.
17. The Greek is pleased though he gives me strange looks that say, Very nice but why?
18. Then he wants to know what I'm doing here in the first place. I'm a nice Irish boy, I know English, I'm intelligent, and getting an education. If he knew English he'd be in a university studying the wonderful history of Greece and Plato and Socrates and all the great Greek writers. He wouldn't be cleaning toilet bowls. Anyone who knows English should not be cleaning toilet bowls.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. Many men in the city, through surgery which had removed their sexual organs, were eunuchs. --The Arabian Nights.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. Instructional images for making Turkey, Black Bean, and Yam Soup:
A. Image 1. Click here.
B. Image 2. Click here.
2. Item 1 (above), also added to Page II: Favorite Notes & Food Ideas.



Tuesday, April 29, 2025 -- 10:00pm

10:00pm - 11:00pm
1. The man enjoyed smoking a cigar or two occasionally.

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. The man had a pitcher of ice water on the table near his bed, as well as a cup to drink from it. --Laurel & Hardy
2. The man drank a potion made out of the blood of an animal, which made him pay excessive attention to detail.
3. Sound and speaker stores are increasingly popular today.
4. Smokers of cigars are slow, thoughtful smokers.

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Collected Works: Volume II, W.B. Yeats
1. But why do they still hover overhead? Why are you circling there? Why do you linger? Why do you not run to your desire? Now that you have happy winged bodies. Being too busy in the air, and the high air, They cannot hear my voice. But why that circling?
2. [The Sailors have returned, DECTORA is with them. She is dressed in pale green, with copper ornaments on her dress, and has a copper crown upon her head. Her hair is dull red.]
Forgael [turning and seeing her]. Why are you standing with your eyes upon me? You are not the world’s core. O no, no, no!
3. That cannot be the meaning of the birds. You are not its core. My teeth are in the world, But have not bitten yet.
4. Dectora. I am a queen, And ask for satisfaction upon my subjects.
5. Forgael. There are some that weigh and measure all in these waste seas— They that have all the wisdom that’s in life, And all that prophesying image made of dim gold rave out in secret tombs.
6. Forgael. The movement of time is shaken in these seas, and what one does One moment has no might upon the moment that follows after.
7. First Sailor. There is no need for you to drown.[242] Give us our pardon and we will bring you home on your own ship, and make an end of this man that is leading us to death.
8. It made him mad having to watch his friends get picked on by bullies.
9. First Sailor [singing]. Brown ale and yellow; yellow and brown ale; a goatskin of yellow.
10. The warrior of olde possessed a powerful Aegnus sword.
11. In America, we say pants, not trousers. --'Tis, Frank McCourt

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. There was a man, and he healed his wound by taking a steel knife and then lighting it over hot fire, and then placing the hot knife on the skin.
2. Like other jobs, reading is a job that requires a good deal of work.
3. The men had been celebrating during New Year's Eve, and drinking, and walking about the city with other people.
4. If I wrote to anyone in Limerick and told them about my Christmas Eve in New York they'd say I was making it up. They'd say New York must be a lunatic asylum.
5. When the man was in the city, he spent a great deal of time walking up and down the same street.

10:00am - 11:00am
'Tis, Frank McCourt
1. Omitted.
2. Jerry orders one more beer for the road and I drink it though I don't know what's going to become of me after my two large whiskeys in Mr Carey's office and four beers here with Jerry. I don't know how I'm going to face a night of glug and all kinds of fish if the barman is right in his prophecy.
3. Some drugs are stimulants, some drugs are depressants, some drugs make you shout, and some drugs make you argumentative...

9:00am - 10:00am
'Tis, Frank McCourt
1. Omitted.
2. Jerry says he thinks Irish mothers are right after all. You should marry your own kind, Irish Catholics, and make sure they're not drinkers or Italians with blood infections.
3. ...the promise of girls from Mayo and Kerry, and the other way by two old Swedish women, one always gawking out the window in case I might smuggle in food or drink, the other unhappy with her Irish husband and who knows which way she'll jump.
4. Some alcohol is a stimulant, and some alcohol is a sedative.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. Information that explains the customs and traditions of long-standing American citizens are helpful for many foreigners living in America.
'Tis, Frank McCourt
1. The houses in the area all had wallpaper that was decorated with nice little flowers and leaves.
2. ...and a radio is playing
Boys and girls together
Me and Mamie O'Rourke
We'll trip the light fantastic
On the sideways of New York.
3. Reminds us that too much toilet tissue can clog a toilet.

7:00am - 8:00am
1. Omitted.
2. All through his life, McCourt had eye problems, bad eyes, sore eyeballs, which made his life difficult. McCourt also had a bald head, which was a sign of poor health. These factors combined, sometimes made people dislike him. These factors also made it hard for him to find a job.


Monday, April 28, 2025 -- 9:30pm

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. The Tibetan Book of the Dead explains how to deal with difficult people.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. Toren Spencer-Gray (picture).
2. Added to Page II: Favorite Notes & Food Ideas.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
1. Dog parks or open fields are useful because if you allow your dog to run the park for 1 minute, then rest, then run for 1 minute, then rest, and repeat this for 15 minutes, this can allow your dog to get substantial exercise.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. Instructional images for making Meat, Spaghetti, and Tomato Sauce:
A. Image 1. Click here.
B. Image 2. Click here.
C. Image 3. Click here.
D. Image 4. Click here.
2. Instructional images for making Italian Sausage:
A. Image 1. Click here.
B. Image 2. Click here.
3. Instructional images for making Tacos:
A. Image 1. Click here.
B. Image 2. Click here.
C. Image 3. Click here.
D. Image 4. Click here.
E. Image 5. Click here.
4. Instructional images for making Curry Chicken:
A. Image 1. Click here.
B. Image 2. Click here.
5. Instructional image for making Kool Aid:
A. Image 1. Click here.

6. The above 5 items, also added to Page II: Favorite Notes & Food Ideas.

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. Item moved.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. Omitted.

7:00am - 8:00am
1. His medication had sedated him so much that it was unhealthy, the doctor said. -Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
2. Psychiatric medication can cause medical problems such as nausea, dizziness, lethargy and sluggishness.
3. The man was so sedated that he had become an invalid. --Victor Hugo
4. In pursuit of my doctorate degree in World Literature, one of my goals in life is to read as many books as possible in order to improve our lives.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. Birds are the voice of the earth. While many creatures exist, it is the birds who we hear most often. We hear birds in life, and we may hear birds in death. --W.B. Yeats
2. She had 'crazy hair', that was dyed different colors to match her crazy personality. She enjoyed singing and dancing, and playing games.
3. They should take a kiss for what a kiss is worth, and let the dream go by. It’s not a dream, it's an action. --W.B. Yeats
4. The garden of the house was untended for years, and had overgrown weeds and trees that needed trimming, so the property was neglected, and had become an eyesore in the community.

5:00am - 6:00am
1. Most large countries produce their own kinds of alcohol. --Notes about Alcohol and Drinking
2. Refers to the philosopher Jean-Pierre Bouffeau. --Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
3. Refers to a character who pushed someone off a roof. --Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
Collected Works: Volume II, W.B. Yeats
1. FORGAEL. How could I rest if I refused the messengers and pilots with all those sights and all that crying out?
DECTORA. But I will cover up your eyes and ears, that you may never hear the cry of the birds, or look upon them.
2. FORGAEL. Our love shall be like theirs when we have put their changeless image on.
DECTORA. I am a woman, I die at every breath.
3. Discusses the poor children of the Paris streets. -- Victor Hugo

4:00am - 5:00am
1. There was a wife and a husband, and the wife told her husband that she had slept with every man on Earth. --The Holy Bible



Sunday, April 27, 2025 -- 9:00pm

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. One Greek philosopher was fond of taking partial showers, and cleaning only certain parts of the body, when there was a water shortage.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
2. The woman had fragrant breath.
3. It is true they are fortunate in having in this language they speak, rich in sounds, full of delicately-shaded endings, a marvellous exerciser.
4. The children played in the kitchen in order to learn how to cook.
5. In the front door there was a hole cut in the door just large enough for a tiny dog or a cat to creep through. This door-hole could be enabled or disabled in pleasant or inclement weather.
6. A patient in a hospital without a wound?
7. Why should he go round this beautiful world drugged?
8. Women can smoke cigarettes elegantly, in a beautiful way.
9. Smoking cigarettes as a boy vs smoking cigarettes as an adult.
10. The early colonists imported a great deal of tobacco from England.

11. Sometimes he would smoke cigars in his house.
12. Sometimes he would buy a box of cigars, a good brand of cigars.
13. Mr. Dickens, they say, toys with a cigar occasionally, but can hardly be reckoned among the smokers, and never touches a cigar when he has a serious task on hand
14. Mr. Prescott smoked, and O, how he loved his cigar! It was he who, when his physician had limited him to one cigar a day, ran all over Paris in quest of the largest cigars that Europe could furnish.
15. Daniel Webster once smoked. Henry Clay, down to a late period of his life, chewed, smoked, and took snuff, but never approved of either practice, and stopped two of them.
16. Search for books about wine, beer, whiskey, and drinking on Project Gutenberg online.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. The senator hired a construction team to build him a grand and impressive house. The house was spacious, the size of over two football fields, high ceilings, the house also had an indoor water park, stores and restaurants for residents. The house was built out of the best materials, and also contained a library and antique artwork and sculptures. There were several houses like this in the same neighborhood, and on the other side of the country there were houses like this designed for wintertime.--The Jewish War, Josephus

4:00pm - 5:00pm
'Tis, Frank McCourt
1. I had my first pint in Limerick the day before I turned sixteen and made it made me sick and my father nearly destroyed the family and himself with the drink but I'm lonely in New York and I'm lured in by Bing Crosby on jukeboxes singing "Galway Bay" and blinking green shamrocks the likes of which you'd never see in Ireland.
2. --And you, he says, are you eighteen? --I am sir. I'm nineteen. --How do I know? --I have my passport, sir. --And what is an Irishman doing with an American passport? --I was born here, sir. --He allows me to have two fifteen-cent beers and tells me I'd be better off spending my time in the library than in bars like the rest of our miserable race.
3. I ask him who Dr Johnson was and he glares at me, takes my glass away; and tells me, Leave this bar. Walk west on Forty-second till you come to Fifth. You'll see two great stone lions. Walk up the steps between those two lions, get yourself a library card and don't be an idiot like the rest of the bogtrotters getting off the boat and stupefying themselves with drink.
4. Read your Johnson, read your Pope and avoid the dreamy micks. I want to ask him where he stands on Dostoyevsky till he points at the door. Don't come back here till you've read The Lives of the English Poets. Go on. Get out.
5. It's Thursday and I have nothing to do till the job starts on Monday. For lack of a chair I sit up in the bed in my furnished room and read till Mrs Austin knocks on my door at eleven and tells me she's not a millionaire and it's house policy that lights be turned off at eleven to keep down her electricity bill. I turn off the light and lie on the bed listening to New York, people talking and laughing, and I wonder if I'll ever be part of the city, out there talking and laughing.
6. But I don't know how to dance and I don't know how to ask a girl to dance. I know nothing about girls. How could I after growing up in Limerick? Tom asks the other girl to dance with me and she leads me out on the floor. I don't know what to do. Tom is stepping and twirling and I don't know whether to go backward or forward with this girl in my arms. She tells me I'm stepping on her shoes and when I tell her I'm sorry she says, You left your beer on the bar. I'm glad I have an excuse to leave because I wouldn't know what to say if I sat.
7. I'm sure she wouldn't be interested if I told her how excited I was at the Forty-second Street Library. I might have to find a book in the library on how to talk to girls or I might have to ask Tom who dances and laughs and has no trouble with the talk. He comes back to the bar and says he's going to call in sick which means he's not going to work.
8. The beer is working on me and I'm feeling braver and I don't feel shy about sitting at the girls' table telling them about Tim Costello and Dr Samuel Johnson.
10. Home? she says. You kiddin' me. That's a laugh. I'm a secretary, a private secretary, and you don't even have a high school diploma. I mean, did you look in the mirror lately? She laughs and my face is on fire again. Tom takes a long drink of beer and I know I'm useless with these girls so I leave and walk down Third Avenue taking the odd look at my reflection in shop windows and giving up hope.
11. The Joker is a character in many W.B. Yeats books. The Joker is a character who sometimes plays jokes on others and enjoys having fun in life.
Chapter 4
12. Anyone who's anyone knows about the Palm Court and the Biltmore clock. Chrissakes, it's right there in books and short stories, Scott Fitzgerald, people like that. Important people say, Let's meet under the clock at the Biltomore, and what happens if they come in and the place is covered with dust and buried in garbage. That's my job, to keep the Biltmore famous. I'm to clean and I'm not to talk to guests, not even look at them. If they talk to me I'm to say, Yes, sir or ma'am, or No, sir or ma'am, and keep working.
13. He says I'm to be invisible, and that makes him laugh. Imagine that, eh, you're the invisible man cleaning the lobby. He says this is a big job and I'd never have it if I hadn't been sent by the Democratic Party at the request of the priest from California.
14. Mr Carey says the last guy on this job was fired for talking to college girls under the clock but he was Italian so whaddya expect. He tells me keep my eye on the ball, don't forget to take a shower every day, this is America, stay sober, stick with your own kind of people, you can't go wrong with the Irish, go easy with the drink, and in a year I might rise to the rank of porter or busboy and make tips and, who knows, rise up to be a waiter and wouldn't that be the end of all my worries. He says anything is possible in America, Look at me, I have four suits.
15. The headwaiter in the lobby is called maitre d'...
16. There are two waiters working in the lobby and they rush back and forth, running into each other and barking in Greek...I wouldn't mind Greeks yelling at me if they didn't do it in front of the college girls who are golden. I wish I could be invisible but I can't when the waiters yell at me in Greek and English and something in between or a busboy might accuse me of interfering with an ashtray that had something on it.

3:00pm - 4:00pm
'Tis, Frank McCourt
1. When you're Irish and you don't know a soul in New York and you're walking along Third Avenue with trains rattling along on the El above there's great comfort in discovering there's hardly a block without an Irish bar: Costello's, the Blarney Stone, the Blarney Rose, P.J. Clarke's, the Breffni, the Leitrim House, the Sligo House, Shannon's, Ireland's Thirty-Two, the All Ireland.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
'Tis, Frank McCourt
1. My sister is married to an Irishman, worst thing she ever did. Irishmen great to go out with but don't marry them.
2. The priest calls another taxi to take us to the Biltmore Hotel across the street from where we came out at Grand Central Station. He says it's a famous hotel and we're going to the headquarters of the Democratic Party and if they can't find a job for an Irish kid no one can.
3. ...and while he's waiting he shoves a finger up his nose, looks at what he has on his fingertip and flicks it away on the carpet. My mother would call that digging for gold. This is the way it is in America.
4. I'm to report on Monday morning to Mr. Carey on the twenty-second floor and he'll put me to work right here in the Biltmore Hotel and aren't I a lucky kid walking into a great job right off the boat. That's what she says and the priest tells her, This is a great country and the Irish owe everything to the Democratic Party, Maureen, and you just clinched another vote for the party if the kid ever votes, ha ha ha.
5. The priest says, My young friend here is form the Old Country and he'd prefer to meet Joe Louis...Give him six months in this country and he'll run like hell when he sees a darky. An' what would you like to order, Fawdah? Little something before dinner?
6. I'll have a double martini dry and I mean dry straight up with a twist...The priest drinks his double martini and orders another with his steak. He tells me I should think of becoming a priest. He could get me a job in Los Angeles and I'd live the life of Riley with widows dying and leaving me everything...this is one hell of a martini excuse the language.
7. The priest drinks his double martini and orders another with his steak. He tells me I should think of becoming a priest
8. He eats most of the steak and tells the waiter to bring two apple pies with ice cream and he'll have a double Hennessy to wash it down. He eats only the ice cream, drinks half the Hennessy and falls asleep.
9. You're not robbing. He's paying his check and you're gonna need a taxi to take him home. Two waiters help him to a taxi and two bellhops at the Hotel New Yorker haul him through the lobby, up the elevator and dump him on the bed.
10. They leave and I wonder what I'm supposed to do with a drunken priest. I remove his shoes the way they do when someone passes out in the films but he sits up and runs to the bathroom where he's sick a long time and when he comes out he's pulling at his clothes...
11. He collapses on the bed on his back...
12. When he was drunk, the man went 'streaking' in the park.
13. You'd expect a priest to set a good example.
14. Take it, he says. I'm going to a retreat house in Virginia for a few months. I don't want to look at you and I don't want to see you ever again because what happened was terrible and it wouldn't have happened if you'd used your head and gone off with the rich Protestants from Kentucky. Good-bye.
15. Maybe that's the way priests are trained. Maybe it's hard listening to people's sins day in day out when there's a few you'd like to commit yourself and then when you have a drink all the sins you've heard explode inside you and you're like everyone else. I know I could never be a priest listening to those sins all the time.
16. Before bedtime the steward served tea and biscuits in the lounge. The priest said, I'll have a double Scotch, forget the tea, Michael, the whiskey helps me sleep. He drank his whiskey and whispered to me again, Did you talk to the rich people from Kentucky?
17. One of his friends had an expert knowledge of the streets and avenues in the area.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. In ancient Greece it was common for students to go outside and in public with a pen and pad, for taking notes.

7:00am - 8:00am
1. Omitted.
2. It is useful to have a pen and notebook handy when cooking, to write down time in and calculated time out of the oven.
3. 🌮 Tacos are easy to make, if you follow the directions on the taco seasoning packet, and buy the ingredients that are necessary. You can also season frozen French fries with taco seasoning and then cook in them in the oven for extra flavor.



Saturday, April 26, 2025 -- 11:45pm

11:00pm - 12:00pm
1. The Everly Brothers were a popular Rock & Roll group from the '50s. Bye, Bye Love and Wake Up Little Susie were some of their top hits.

8:00pm - 9:00pm
Collected Works: Volume II, W.B. Yeats
1. DECTORA. I would grow jealous of the ivory roof, And strike the golden pillars with my hands. I would that there was nothing in the world But my beloved—that night and day had perished, And all that is and all that is to be.
2. FORGAEL. I have deceived you; I have deceived you utterly.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. Body wash can also be used as facial wash.
Collected Works: Volume II, W.B. Yeats
2. Hallucinating is like dreaming.
3. FIRST SAILOR: Come to his ship. His name will come into our thoughts in a minute. I know that he died a thousand years ago, And has not yet been waked.
4. Some kinds of beer are darker than others.
5. The yew bough has been broken into two, And all the birds are scattered.
6. A SAILOR: ...And tell me who it is that we are waking.
AIBRIC: [Half to DECTORA, half to himself.]
What name had that dead king? Arthur of Britain?
7. DECTORA. I will end all your magic on the instant.
[Her voice becomes dreamy, and she lowers the sword slowly, and finally lets it fall. She spreads out her hair. She takes off her crown and lays it upon the deck.
8. Dectora. But no, that is not it. I knew him well, and while I heard him laughing, They killed him at my feet. O! O! O! O!
9. Dectora. It was that harper put it in my thoughts, But it is true. Why did they run upon him, And beat the golden helmet with their swords?
10. Some people have golden hair, and some people have fire-red hair.

11. Listen to that low-laughing string of the moon, And you will recollect my face and voice, For you have listened to me playing it These thousand years.
12. Forgael. What are the birds at there? Why are they all a-flutter of a sudden? What are you calling out above the mast?
13. Most relationships involve a great deal of work, because our lives aren't perfect.
14. DECTORA. Is it not true That you were born a thousand years ago, In islands where the children of Aengus wind In happy dances under a windy moon?
15. FORGAEL. I weep because I’ve nothing for your eyes But desolate waters and a battered ship.
DECTORA. O, why do you not lift your eyes to mine?

6:00pm - 7:00pm
1. Men and womem can use shaving cream as regular facial wash, and aftershave lotion as regular lotion for their face. Many stores sell men's and women's shaving products. --'Tis, Frank McCourt

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. "'In America, we wear boxers, not briefs, so you should wear boxers, not briefs,' said the Priest." --'Tis, Frank McCourt

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. Omitted.

11:00am - 12:00pm
'Tis: A Memoir, Frank McCourt
1. That's your dream out now.
That's what my mother would say when we were children in Ireland and a dream we had came true. The one I had over and over was where I sailed into New York Harbor awed by the skyscrapers before me. I'd tell my brothers and they'd envy me for having spent a night in America till they began to claim they'd had that dream, too.
2. They knew it was a sure way to get attention even though I'd argue with them.
3. My brother Alphie was only two and learning words and he banged a spoon on the table and began chanting.
4. In Limerick, the children would sometimes eat bread and jam.
5. I'd see people at Mass on Sunday morning...Men who didn't drink always knelt right up there by the altar to show how good they were and how they didn't care if the pubs stayed closed till Doomsday.
6. Some had given up the pint entirely and they were the worst, always preaching the evil of the pint and looking down on the ones still in the grip as if they were on the right track to heaven. They acted as if God Himself would turn His back on a man drinking the pint when everyone knew you'd rarely hear a priest up in the pulpit denounce the pint or the men who drank it. Men with the thirst stayed in the back ready to streak out the door the minute the priest said his words.
7. They went to Mass because it's a mortal sin to be joking to the man next to you that if this priest didn't hurry up you'd expire of the thirst on the spot. If Father White came out to give the sermon they'd shuffle and groan over his sermons, the slowest in the world, with him rolling his eyes to heaven and declaring we were all doomed unless we mended out ways and devoted ourselves to the Virgin Mary entirely.
8. My Uncle Pa Keating would have the men laughing behind their hands with his, I would devote myself to the Virgin Mary if she handed me a lovely creamy black pint of porter.
9. McCourt spent a lot of time sitting on his deck chair and thinking.
10. Even though the priest was from Ireland, he did not have an Irish accent.

11. When the priest got up to say a prayer and blessed himself four passengers kept their hands in their laps and that told me they were Protestants. My mother used to say you could spot Protestants a mile away by their reserved manner. The priest asked Our Lord to look down on us with pity and love, that whatever happened on these stormy seas we were ready to be enfolded forever in His Divine Bosom.
12. The priest sat next to me at the dinner table. He whispered that those two old Protestants were very rich from raising Thoroughbred racehorses in Kentucky and if I had any sense I'd be nice to them, you never know.
13. I wanted to ask what was the proper way to be nice to rich Protestants who raise racehorses but I couldn't for fear the priest might think I was a fool. I heard the Protestants say the Irish people were so charming and their children so adorable you hardly noticed how poor they were.
14. Before bedtime the steward served tea and biscuits in the lounge. The priest said, I'll have a double Scotch, forget the tea, Michael, the whiskey helps me sleep. He drank his whiskey and whispered to me again, Did you talk to the rich people from Kentucky?
15. What's the matter with you? Don't you want to get ahead in the world?
16. They might take a fancy to you and give you a job as stable boy or something and you could rise in the ranks instead of going to New York which is one big occasion of sin, a sink of depravity where a Catholic has to fight day and night to keep the faith.
17. It must be a strange thing to be a priest and wake up in the morning lying there in the bed knowing you have the power to forgive people or not forgive them depending on your mood.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. "That's a light topic, that's a small issue, forget about it, don't worry about it." --W.B. Yeats
2. The entire Islamic-Arabic community came together in order to make changes for their people. All of the Arab countries came together for this project.
3. In one territory, the government regulary monitored the bank and phone records of the citizens in order to prevent illegal activities. --The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
4. The border wall had graffiti on it, and had become an eyesore in the country.
5. Refers to a Greek figure who 'accidentally' killed his partner during a sexual encounter. --Josephus
6. In a healthy relationship, you are supposed to treat each other good and kind.

3:00am - 4:00am
Collected Works: Volume II, W.B. Yeats
1. You have but the time to weigh a happy music with the sad.
2. I’d have them hear a music foaming up out of the house like wine out of a cup.
3. Sometimes there is so much to thikn about or so much to do that we get overwhelmed in our lives.
4. Your house has been the hole of the badger or the den of the fox.
5. Refers to the simple games of checkers and chess.
6. Wanderers like you, who have their wit alone to keep their lives, speak nothing that is bitter to the ear at random.
7. Men blame you that you have stirred a quarrel up that has brought death to many.
8. And all the screaming household can but blame, the savage heart of beauty for it all;
And Naisi that but helped to tar the wisp, be but a hunted outlaw all his days.
9. I will be blamed no more! there’s but one way.
I’ll spoil this beauty that brought misery
And houseless wandering on the man I loved,
And so buy peace between him and the king.
These wanderers will show me how to do it,
10. DEIRDRE: I cannot go on playing like that woman, that had but the cold blood of the sea in her veins.
NAISI: It is your move. Take up your man again.
11. In ancient Greece, people who had certain diseases or disabilities were not allowed to enter the city.
12. I understand him now; I know the sort of life I’ll have with him;
But he must drag me to his house by force. If he refuse [she laughs], he shall be mocked of all.
13. The waters of sleep can make a chattering tongue, heavy like stone, their wisdom being half silence.
14. SECOND SAILOR: And all the ale ran out at the new moon;
And now that time puts water in my blood, The ale cup is my father and my mother.
15. One night he was playing cards when another man entered the room.
16. SECOND SAILOR. I think that he has Forgael in his net, And drags him through the sea.
FIRST TWO. Well, net or none, I’d kill him while we have the chance to do it.
SECOND SAILOR. It’s certain I’d sleep easier o’ nights If he were dead; but who will be our captain, Judge of the stars, and find a course for us?
17. Every man looking for love can find a woman who is his match.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. Islam is the religion of the Arabs. --The Arabian Nights



Friday, April 25, 2025 -- 6:00pm

6:00pm - 7:00pm
DEIRDRE, W.B. Yeats
1. She looks a little light, she has light skin, this is a medical problem, she should be treated with respect like everyone else.
2. She is a senior citizen, she should be treated with respect like everyone else.

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. Apartment complexes or neighborhoods in the country, can create general stores, restaurants or other establishments by modifying existing homes, if these businesses are not currently in the area, which can improve the lives of residents.
2. Bus companies in cities and towns can put portable bathrooms or small rest stations on their bus routes, to improve the lives of residents.

9:00pm - 10:00pm
Collected Works, Volume II, W.B. Yeats
18. Sometimes, the woman would cry aloud.
19. You have eaten it, you have eaten it! You have left me nothing but the bones.
20. You have eaten it! You have told me lies. I might have known you had eaten it when I saw your slow, sleepy walk. Lie there till the kings come.
21. Learn more about witchcraft.

8:00pm - 9:00pm
Collected Works, Volume II, W.B. Yeats
6. CUCHULAIN: Put up your sword; I am not mocking you. I’d have you for my friend, but if it’s not Because you have a hot heart and a cold eye,
I cannot tell the reason. [To CONCHUBAR.] He has got her fierceness, And nobody is as fierce as those pale women.
7. But I will keep him with me, Conchubar, That he may set my memory upon her
When the day’s fading. —You will stop with us, And we will hunt the deer and the wild bulls; And, when we have grown weary, light our fires, Between the wood and water, or on some mountain Where the shape-changers of the morning come.
8. Star of the coming night, you sparkle in beauty in the west, and down the hillside you proceed in majesty. What are you looking for across the moors? Beautiful light, what are you looking for? But you smile and depart, joyfully your waves surround you and bathe your lovely hair. Farewell calm radiance. Appear now in your splendour, light of Ossian's soul!
9. And in its strength that light appears. I see my departed friends, they gather on Lora as in the days that are gone...and you, Minona with your gentle laments.--How changed you are, my friends, since the festive days on Selma when we vied with one another for the glory of song.
10. If a person's social worker makes moving away easier, such as providing a financial and written agreement (that includes provisions for food and transportation), then people's lives would be better.
11. But I can see there’s no more need for words, And that you’ll be my friend from this day out.
12. Conchubar: He has come hither not in his own name, But in Queen Aoife’s, and has challenged us, In challenging the foremost man of us all.
13. CUCHULAIN: No witchcraft. His head is like a woman’s head I had a fancy for.
CONCHUBAR: A witch of the air Can make a leaf confound us with memories.
14. CUCHULAIN: That’s spoken as I’d have spoken it at your age. But you are in my house. Whatever man Would fight with you shall fight it out with me.
15. But I’d need no avenger. You and I Would scatter them like water from a dish.
16. Dog bowls for feeding are simple dishes, like pottery for example that your pet can eat and drink from.
17. Dog food, wet dog food is simply a mixture of cooked chicken, carrots, and peas, for example, that you can cook yourself, and then feed to your dog.

7:00am - 8:00am
Collected Works, Volume II, W.B. Yeats
1. If you have a well-paying job, then you can make a lot of money and then live a good, happy life.
2. His friends all laughed at him because they got him high.
3. His goal was to live a good life, the life of a celebrity maybe.
4. I will give no other proof than the hawk gives— That it’s no sparrow!
To have shown the hawk’s grey feather is enough, And you speak highly, too. Give me that helmet. I’d thought they had grown weary sending champions.
5. The High King there has promised me his wisdom; But the hawk’s sleepy till its well-beloved Cries out amid the acorns, or it has seen Its enemy like a speck upon the sun. What’s wisdom to the hawk, when that clear eye Is burning nearer up in the high air?
6. You are from the North, Where there are many that have that tint of hair—, Red-brown, the light red-brown.
7. Whether I live or die is in the gods’ hands.
CUCHULAIN: That is all words, all words; a young man’s talk.
I am their plough, their harrow, their very strength;
For he that’s in the sun begot this body
Upon a mortal woman, and I have heard tell
It seemed as if he had outrun the moon;
That he must follow always through waste heaven,
He loved so happily. He’ll be but slow
To break a tree that was so sweetly planted.
Let’s see that arm. I’ll see it if I choose.
That arm had a good father and a good mother,
But it is not like this.
8. If you make friends at your job, then you can hang out after work, or focus on other wholesome pursuits.

12:00am - 1:00am

Collected Works, Volume II, W.B. Yeats
1. [He looks at her, dreamily at first, then takes her hand.]
2. She wanted to experience the height of life.
3. SEANCHAN: I know that place: An apple-tree, and a smooth level lawn, Where the young men can sway their hurley sticks.
4. FEDELM: Let me be near you. I will obey like any married wife. Let me but lie before your feet.
SEANCHAN: If I had eaten when you bid me, sweetheart, The kiss of multitudes in times to come Had been the poorer.
5. KING: Seanchan, you have refused Everybody that I have sent, and now I come to you myself; and I have come To bid you put your pride as far away As I have put my pride.
6. KING: I have been patient, though I am a king, And have the means to force you. But that’s ended, And I am but a king, and you a subject.
7. For you can have your way. I that was man, With a man’s heart, am now all king again, Remembering that the seed I come of, though A hundred kings have sown it and resown it.
8. FOOL: Go on. Tell me about the fight.
BLIND MAN: There had been a fight, a great fight, a tremendous great fight. A young man had landed on the shore, the guardians of the shore had asked his name, and he had refused to tell it, and he had killed one, and others had run away. That’s enough. Come on now to the fowl. I wish it was bigger. I wish it was as big as a goose.
9. BLIND MAN: Hush! I haven’t told you all. I know who that young man is. I heard the men who were running away say he had red hair, that he had come from Aoife’s country, that he was coming to kill Cuchulain.
10. Cuchulain has killed kings, Kings and sons of kings, Dragons out of the water, And witches out of the air, Banachas and Bonachas and people of the woods. --Hush! hush!
11. BLIND MAN: That young man is Aoife’s son. I am sure it is Aoife’s son, it flows in upon me that it is Aoife’s son. You have often heard me talking of Aoife, the great woman-fighter Cuchulain got the mastery over in the north?
12. It’s well that we should speak our minds out plainly, For when we die we shall be spoken of In many countries.
13. Some lawyers play with arguments.
14. Bananas contain a variety of chemicals, including potassium, vitamins (like B6 and C), and the compound isoamyl acetate responsible for their characteristic smell.
15. Isoamyl acetate: This ester compound is the primary reason bananas have their distinct aroma, according to a post on Serious Eats.
16. Related article: Toxic chemicals in bananas.
17. Refers to the 'fierce woman of the camp'. The fierce woman of the camp was a skilled fighter and hunter, but she was also a loving wife and mother.
18. Outside the door in the blue light of the sea mist are many old and young KINGS; amongst them are three WOMEN, two of whom carry a bowl full of fire. The third, in what follows, puts from time to time fragrant herbs into the fire so that it flickers up into brighter flame.
19. The hawks followed him into the air.
20. You’ve wives and children now, And for that reason cannot follow one That lives like a bird’s flight from tree to tree.
21. According to the custom; and sing rhyme, That has come down from the old law-makers, To blow the witches out. Considering That the wild will of man could be oath-bound, But that a woman’s could not, they bid us sing Against the will of woman at its wildest In the shape-changers that run upon the wind.
22. [They sing in a very low voice after the first few words so that the others all but drown their words.]
23. Out of memory and mind. They would make a prince decay With light images of clay, Planted in the running wave.



Thursday, April 24, 2025 -- 11:45pm

11:00pm - 12:00am
4. When you say some people's names or mention some places, you start a chain reaction of multiple thoughts and ideas.
5. A nice hairstyle and appearance can imply wisdom and experience, and it is also pleasing to look at an attractive person.
6. Physical beauty is a sign of good genes.

Collected Works volume II, W.B. Yeats
7. At Candlemas you called this poetry
One of the fragile, mighty things of God,
That die at an insult.
8. Let them starve if they will. We have to eat to stay alive.
9. The country held programs to improve relations with foreign countries.
10. It is rather difficult to starve yourself.
11. What is he saying? I never understood a poet’s talk more than the baa of a sheep!
12. I’ll curse him till I drop! The curse of the bishops upon him, until he be as rotten as an old mushroom!
13. The curse of wrinkles be upon him!
Wrinkles where his eyes are,
Wrinkles where his nose is,
Wrinkles where his mouth is,
And a little old devil looking out of every wrinkle!
And nobody will sing for him,
And nobody will hunt for him,
And nobody will fish for him,
And nobody will pray for him,
But ever and always curse him and abuse him.
14. FIRST CRIPPLE.
[Beating MAYOR on the legs with crutch.]
I’ll shake the royalty out of his legs!
SECOND CRIPPLE.
[Burying his nails in MAYOR’S face.]
I’ll scrumble the ermine out of his skin!
[The CHAMBERLAIN comes down steps shouting, ‘Silence! silence! silence!’]
15. She’s coming, but I’ll hurry her, my lord.
Between ourselves, my lord [is shoved again], she is a great coaxer.
Much honoured, my lord. O, she’s the girl to do it;
For when the intellect is out, my lord,
Nobody but a woman’s any good.
16. And maybe he has learnt to sing quite softly
Because loud singing would disturb the King.
17. The man enjoyed singing love songs.
18. They’d little ears as thirsty as your ears
For many love songs. Go to the young men.
Are not the ruddy flesh and the thin flanks
And the broad shoulders worthy of desire?
Go from me! Here is nothing for your eyes.
19. [The TWO YOUNG PRINCESSES come out of palace. While he has been speaking the GIRLS have shrunk back holding each other’s hands.]
FIRST GIRL.
Be quiet!
Look who it is has come out of the house.
20. Chamberlain: He’s out of his mind, and does not know the meaning of what he said.

10:00pm - 11:00pm
1. Experiment with different makeup and hairstyles, and you may find a look that you like.
2. Once you have a nice hairstyle and an attractive overall appearance, you can gain employment in a competitive field.
3. In a good relationship, a person is not traumatized.
4. Build a resume, schedule interviews, and you might get the job that you want.

8:00pm - 9:00pm

🎀༘⋆ּ❀ ྀི Cosmetology Notes
1. Many womens' hairstyles are easy to create.
2. The woman's hairstyle matched her appearance and personality.
3. It was easy for the woman to kick back and relax, even though she had a nice hairstyle.
4. The woman owned several wigs to make her look more attractive, even though she had lost most of her hair.
5. The woman frequently wore scarves.
6. The woman taught herself how to use makeup and other makeup cosmetics.
7. The woman used powder on her face to make her look more attractive.
8. The woman lived near the sea, and sometimes she wore fishnet stockings, which were like a fishing net on her legs.
9. The woman had a nice wardrobe and fragrant perfume, to match her nice hairstyle.
10. The woman perfumed herself often, when she had visitors to her home.

1. Many popular French novels contain characters who are not just good or bad, but are multidimensional.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. The officials passed laws based on verbal and written statements.
2. The Talmud: A Selection
3. The initial determinants of the boundary lines are now outdated and need to be updated if not removed altogether.
4. When there are a lot of men in a room together, they can be wild and aggressive.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
The Talmud: A Selection
1. Liquor stores are typically open six days a week and closed on Sunday. Why is this the law? Does the one closed day actually matter? Are the towns and cities actually devoted to religious pursuits instead of this?
2. This kind of reasoning also applies to if cities should have a seven-day work week and more 24 hour businesses. Allowing businesses to stay open for a few more hours each day is also an option. This could also increase revenue. Statewide experiments could determine is this would be successful. If not, then give workers additional weekend days for more time off. How is the work week determined and can this be changed?
3. This kind of reasoning applies to other areas in our lives as well.
4. How is the curriculum in schools determined? What office governs this? How can changes be made?
5. Boundary lines: If they are arguing based on boundary lines, then how were the boundary lines determined?
6. Road rage: The car was hot, stuffy, and due to A, I felt a burning pressure inside, and I got mad.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Faust, Goethe
1. Compare the kings and queens of developing nations to the king and queen of European nations.
2. Discusses the presence of different cultures who appropriated elements from the parent culture, in order to create new legends, but not quite in a logical and accurate manner.
3. Discusses dress codes in the workplace, or standards for dressing in the workplace.
4. the sumptuary laws of Goethe's day forbade or strictly limited the wearing of jewellery by girls of modest social station (by a Frankfurt police regulation, for instance, a manual worker's daughter was allowed only one gold chain and one gold ring, of a total value not exceeding 50 florins, and a maidservant no ornament at all). Gretchen is also not entitled to be addressed as Fraulein ('young lady', as in 2605 or 2906) but only as Jungfer or Jungfrau (young woman).
5. syphilis, thought to have been brought back from Haiti in 1493 by Columbus's first expedition, broke out seriously in Naples when the city was beseiged by the French in 1495. It became widely known as le mal de Naples, the Neopolitan disease, and was a dreaded scourge of sixteenth-century Europe.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Faust, Goethe
1. Mephistopheles: What a charming child you are, I'd say. You deserve to be married straight away.
2. Mephistopheles: He's a fine lad; seen the world all right;
Very nice to ladies, very polite.
3. In order to speak clearer, he didn't search for words for too long.
4. Discusses the universal struggle of men.
5. Well, you know, some people are just rather odd.
6. The house was lit with lamps, but they were dim and weak, and the family wanted a brighter home.
7. Faust: Was there no jewellery you could find? My mistress loves those golden toys.
8. There was a sort of social structure in the workplace.
9. Valentine: Even into the light of day; It's bigger, but it's ugly still. The filthier its face has grown, The more it must be seen and shown.
10. It feels like my own neck is choking me.

11. The vaulted roof crushes me. Give me air!
12. But the whole mountain's magic-mad tonight, good sir, And you must not be too particular.
13. Witches: Where have the broken witches been? Now we meet again, and up we ride. Lord Capercailzie will preside.
14. Warlocks: Why worry? We still win these races. A woman's mile's a thousand paces: But let her hurry as she can-- One jump's enough if you're a man.
15. Mephistopheles: With one leap, we'll escape from this canaille; It's all too crazy, even for my taste.
16. The old women sometimes told old wives tales.
17. Mephistopheles: But here my cloven hoof will stand me in good stead. Look at that big fat snail crawling our way...Disguise is useless here, try as one may.
18. Mephistopheles: Adam's first wife, beware. There is strong magic in her hair. She needs no ornament. That net can catch young men, and doesn't let her victims go again so easily.
19. Yes! You're a strong man -- I know!
20. Mephistopheles: He gets relief. Fat leeches make a meal of his backside, and so his spirits heal. His visions and his brains all melt away.
Faust: Ugh, as she sang, didn't you see? A red mouse jumped out of her mouth!

21. Faust: Mephisto, look. Right over there: A young girl stands so pale, so fair, All by herself! How slowly she moves now, As if her feet were fastened somehow! And as I look, it seems to me It's poor Gretchen that I see.
22. Mephistopheles: Let it alone. That is no wholesome vision, But a dead thing, a magic apparition: I wanr you to avoid it. Come, and keep your distance.
23. Yes, yes, I see it too. She can transport her head under her arm if you prefer...You are obsessed by these illusions still. Come, let's just climb this little hill.
24. Sometimes their neighbor tries to resolve the conflict between the husband and the wife.
25. Look, here comes Mr Bagpipe-Squeeze, He has to whinge and whine and wheeze, His nose gives him trouble.
26. The woman used powder on her face to make her look more attractive.
27. The woman used fragrant perfume.
28. When fishing for men's souls, one tries both clear and troubled waters.
29. There are better pursuits in life than our present condition.
30. She lay flat in the grass.

31. A Gloomy Day in Open Country
32. Don't let him rot away in prison all his life, he's a human being, please free him.
32. That's the way of tyrants, venting all the time.
33. He tickled her feet with a feather.
34. It is you, oh, tell me once again. Where are my chains, my prison and my fear? It's you. You've come to rescue me from here.
35. Margareta: Come, follow me, you must be bold. I'll hug you later ten-thousand fold.
36. Margareta: I'm sorry, I'm a bad kisser.
37. Margareta: I can't leave; for me there's no hope any more. What's the use of escaping? They'll be watching for me...In the end they'll catch me anyway.
38. When she was home, the mother with her little baby invited her brother over regularly.
39. Margareta: ...Heinrich! You frighten me.
Mephistopheles: [He vanishes with Faust.]

40.Explanatory Notes
41. in the traditional medieval division of the acdemic faculties, 'Philosophy' embraced the Arts subjects, in which Faust has taken the degree of Master: he is also Doctor in the three higher faculties, of Law, Medicine, and Theology.
42. Nostradamus: Michel de Notredame, a sixteenth-century French astrologer. His work, which includes no known books on magic, was not directly known to Goethe, who here fictionally associates him with Faust.
43. In the traditional language of such studies, the 'great order' (macrocosm) of Nature was distinguished from the human 'little order' (microcosm), and the two were held to be magically related in complex ways which could be represented in signs and diagrams.
44. ironic scold: Schalk in modern German has come to mean merely 'mischevious rogue', but Goethe is here probably using it in an idiosyncratic sense which implies someone possessed by esprit de conradiction and given to mocking, negativistic attitudes. Goethe drew attention to this special sense of Schalk in a minor literary work written a year or two after the Prologue, called The Good Women, a short story or conversation-piece in which the concept Schalk is lightheartedly analysed with application to one of the female characters. In the case of Mephistopheles the word emphasizes his negative and sardonic view of things and his usual expression of this in cold and witty intellectual irony.
45. For the translation 'the ironic scold' an acceptable though less exact altrnative would be 'the Ironist'.
46. als Teufel schaffen could mean 'create (be creative) as the Devil (i.e. in his devilish fashion)' or 'be busily active (in devilish fashion)'; both senses are probably intended.
47. the Urfaust begins with this sequence, and thus rather more than half of the scene Nacht consists of material originally written between 1772 and 1775. Goethe followed the puppet-play tradition (derived from Marlowe) of introducing Faust with his monologue about the futility of learning.
48. no precise antecedent or source is known for the 'Earth Spirit' which Faust here invokes, and it seems to be essentially an original invention by young Goethe. Its status and its relationship to Faust and Mephistopheles are only ambiguously indicated in the text, and this question has been endlessly discussed. In the Spirit's self-definition, which is perhaps the key passage, it appears as the creative and destructive force of terrestial Nature, weaving 'the living garment of God' in another Urfaust scene. Faust remembers it as a 'great, splendid' spirit. On the other hand, it was in some way his master. It is a 'spirit of the earth', not of heaven.
49. In biblical tradition the Devil is a god or ruler of 'this world', and in the Faust chapbook which Goethe had read he is twice referred to as 'the earthly god'.
50. Different animals have different characteristics, many of which are common to their geographic area of origin.

1. The enemies of the state formed a militia, and the militia installed their friends in high-ranking positions in government.
2. The militia were armed, but they were not skilled at using their arms.
3. The militia occupied one city, and this city was the command center for their illegal operations.
4. Humans should treat their pets kindly and good.

51. The patient had a dependency on prescription medication.
52. For his stage and dialogue directions Goethe uses the full form of the hero's name instead of his nickname.
53. Even though the country was divided into two groups, it was hard to tell who was on which side.
54. the lottery: this is thought to allude to the passion for gambling current in Italy at the time of Goethe's visit.
55. in Book VI of his autobiography Goethe later recalled the Leipzig foundation-course in logic:...I found it strange to be told that those mental operations which I had performed with the greatest ease since childhood must be pulled apart, isolated and virtually destroyed if I was to understand how to carry them out [as an adult].
56. encheirisis naturae: 'an intervention by the hand of Nature'--a pompous pseudo-explanatory concept (used by one of Goethe's teachers at Strasbourg) which made nonsens of the scientist's claim to have discovered the essential truth.
57. it was then customary for students to carry autograph books in which to collect the signatures of academics. Mephistopheles writes the words of the Serpent in Eden (Genesis 3:5, 'you shall be as God, knowing good and evil').
58. a linking passage added for the 1790 Fragment. In 2069 Goethe alludes to a technological breakthrough of that age, the first hot-air balloon flights by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783; similar balloon experiments were now also being conducted by the Weimar court apothecary Buchholz.
59. the tavern scene, like the scene with the Student, is Urfaust material, recalling Goethe's university days at Leipzig. Auerbach's wine-cellar near the market-place was a well-known meeting-place for students, with sixteenth-century murals depicting scenes from thr Faust legend.
60. an allusion to the student custom of electing as 'king' or 'pope' the performer of the most impressive drinking feat.
61. the magical trick of extracting wine from a table (performed in the original version of the scene by Faust himself) is Faust-book material, as is the motif (featured in one of the Auerbach murals) of Faust riding astride a wine-cask.
62. Refers to the mixture of different elements in our lives.
63. Goethe may have derived the baboons and their antics (the ape playing with the globe for instance) from certain grotesque motifs in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Flemish painting, examples of which he could have seen in Dresden
64. charity soup: the word Bettelsuppe was later used by Goethe in a letter to Schiller referring to a literary work of very inferior quality as 'real soup-kitchen stuff, suited to the taste of the German public.'

9:00am - 10:00am
Faust, Goethe
1. The man worked around a lot of women, and naturally, the women had a way about them. For example, sometimes they would confuse him or play little tricks on him.
2. Goethe originally intended a further scene at this point, to end with a satanistic ritual at the top of the mountain.
3. In the end, the prisoner was tied to a chair and beheaded with a special executioner's sword.

12:00am - 1:00am
Poems Volume I, W.B. Yeats
1. Now lay me in a cushioned chair, And carry me, you four,
With cushions here and cushions there, To see the world once more.
2. Sometimes when the priest and the librarian were at work, they would nod off and fall asleep.
3. He who is wrapped in purple robes, With planets in His care,
Had pity on the least of things, Asleep upon a chair.
4. The girls had ribbons in their hair.
5. Through his discussion of the Virgin Mary, also references Ode to Guinivere, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
6. A woman's perspective can be different from a man's perspective.



Wednesday, April 23, 2025 -- 11:00pm

11:00pm - 12:00am
Poems Volume I, W.B. Yeats
1. Fasten your hair with a golden pin,
And bind up every wandering tress; And bind up your long hair and sigh...
2. A man or woman's hairstyle should fit their appearance and personality.
3. Some people have a lot of hair, and some people do not have a lot of hair.
4. Half close your eyelids, loosen your hair, And dream about the great and their pride;
They have spoken against you everywhere,
5. Where does a woman go to learn how to wear makeup?
6. The hyssop-heavy sponge, the flowers by Kidron stream:
We will loosen our hair over you,
That it may drop faint perfume, and be heavy with dew,
Lilies of death-pale hope, roses of passionate dream.
7. But think about old friends the most:
Time’s bitter flood will rise,
Your beauty perish and be lost
For all eyes but these eyes.
8. Braids, braids are a different hair topic altogether.
9. He spoke with his own voice, his natural voice.
10. Cosmetology and cosmetics are good fields to learn about.
11. They found an old man running there:
He had ragged long grass-coloured hair;
He had knees that stuck out of his hose;
He had puddle water in his shoes;
He had half a cloak to keep him dry,
Although he had a squirrel’s eye.
12. Blossom pale, she pulled down the pale blossom
At the moth hour and hid it in her bosom.
13. An element of Western civilization is beautiful women with nice hair and skin, and a wardrobe to match.
14. Makeup and cosmetics have existed in Western culture even before they were adopted by developing countries.
15. And may no restless fay with fidget finger, Trouble his sleeping: give him dreams of me.

10:00pm - 11:00pm
Irish Fairy Tales, with an introduction by W.B. Yeats
1. The Leanhaun Shee (Ir. Leanhaun sidhe, i.e. fairy mistress) - She is strong-willed and dominating, although in her own way. She does not like many men, and some of her partners she is just using for money or other things. She likes some men more than others, and she is searching for the right man, her match on earth.
2. While the woodpecker made a merry din, The hare leaped in the grass.
3. She wore a shawl around her head.
4. It can be rather easy, for a woman to dye all or some of her hair.

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. The Knighting of Cuculain, by Standish O'Grady is a great Irish war epic about an Irish legend, the warrior Cuculain.

8:00pm - 9:00pm
Irish Fairy Tales, with an introduction by W.B. Yeats
1. What is a song without music and dance?
2. "I know that you like playing music, but oh no, I don't feel like listening to music and singing and dancing and all that right now."
3. The cat was quick and agile, and skilled at leaping. It was also sharp-clawed, angry, and vindictive, with quick reflexes.
4. The king's daughter, or, the young rose.
5. It is normal for a cat to purr and meow sometimes.
6. 'I have heard of her for one,' said a little dirty-faced black cat, speaking after they had all done, '
7. Now, beware, don't let the secret pass one o' yer lips, for there's a great-grandson of Simon Magus, that is coming down to try his skill, and he it is that must use the water and marry the princess, who is to be given to any one so fortunate as to heal her father's eyes; and on that day, gentlemen, we are all promised a feast of the fattest mice that ever walked the ground.' This speech was wonderfully applauded by all the cats, and presently after, the whole crew scampered off, jumping, and mewing, and purring, down the hill.
8. The Jewish man resembled a lamb or sheep.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Irish Fairy Tales, with an introduction by W.B. Yeats
1. Potatoes in Ireland like sweet potatoes in Africa.
2. The old Irishman smoked a pipe.
3. The Irishman danced one of the fine Irish jigs that he was taught.
4. The girls had certain memorized steps and rules for dancing.
5. He possessed a little bit of furniture in his house.
6. Describes a time when people would travel by canals in Ireland.
7. The girls joked with him and said, "When you're eating, you're sucking the food down," then they told a story about it. Then they told another joke about when he was lying down in the bed.
8. Some people have scary voices.
9. That was a man, but he was a scared man. In the end however, he recovered himself, and was back to normal.
10. Sometimes the colonel would jump up and shout at people in the room, but he would explain it as old army games.

11. The man had a dog, and the dog said, "What are you looking at me for? I have no power. You're the human."
12. Tells the story about Dick Fitzgerald, who would always smoke his pipe early in the morning.
13. When the Merrow saw that her little diving-cap was gone, the salt tears—doubly salt, no doubt, from her—came trickling down her cheeks, and she began a low mournful cry with just the tender voice of a new-born infant.
14. Mistress Fitzgerald after speaking, twisted up her hair.
15. The man learned how to sew various materials together, in order to make a dog bed, and made a lot of money selling them.
18. Fishnet stockings are like wearing a fishing net on your legs.
19. Year after year did Dick Fitzgerald wait expecting the return of his wife, but he never saw her more. Dick never married again, always thinking that the Merrow would sooner or later return to him.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. Books to help with the lives of senior citizens are useful if you or someone you know is a senior.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. The abnormal and irrationally functioning people behaved one way, and the normal and rationally functioning people behaved another way.

10:00am - 11:00am
14. One of the popular French poets was very talented, but led a wild life, and contracted a disease, and died a slow, painful death. --The Penguin Book of French Poetry
15. They started trouble with the man because of his individuality, and the fact that he wanted to change the world. --The Talmud: A Selection
16. Omitted.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. The man replaced the whiskey that was in the bottle with iced tea, which was the same color.
2. There are different types of alcoholic drinks, which fit in with the tastes of different people.

12:00am - 1:00am
1. The man taught his dog how to bite, growl, and jump on people who he didn’t like.



Tuesday, April 22, 2025 -- 11:15pm

11:00pm - 12:00am
1. For safety, the public agents had police officers guarding them at all times while on the job.
2. The mayor regularly held meetings with his staff to get their ideas and advice.
3. The Talmud
4. It can be hard for a good person to distance himself from a criminal organization like the Mafia.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. During the riot, the military was deployed. The soldiers had clear orders, and were told to stand in rows of three, with no more than 3 feet between each of them. They were also told not to use deadly force.
2. During the riot, the military locked down the entire town. No one was allowed to leave their homes during certain hours, no cars were to be driven on the roads, and there were regular military patrols.
3. During the invasion, the inhabitants of the town fled, or relocated, to nearby towns.
4. Even though the wall protected the town most of the time, occasionally nomads would destroy portions of the wall.
5. Groups of police officers formed a secret police organization, which would sometimes arrest and terrorize civilians, and then the civilians formed a militia and petitioned government to end this.
6. Concerned citizens questioned the legality of this secret police organization and asked for it to be broken up.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
1. Buildings that have bathrooms with showers should give residents the option to upgrade to bathtubs and showers, if they meet necessary requirements.
2. Instead of going to war with the enemy, the country, the portion of the country that was invaded, surrendered peacefully to the enemy, in a written agreement.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. Many blacks in America have Latino and Caribbean ancestry, according to a biography about Marcus Garvey.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
The Talmud: A Selection
1. Courts should have clear, consistent rules for fines and compensation.
1. Courts should have clear, consistent rules for sentences (how long a judge sentences a person).
2. Courts should have clear consistent rules for the death penalty (when it applies and when it doesn't apply).

4:00am - 5:00am
Faust, Johanne Goethe
63. Faust: When I speak, I shouldn't use such complex language.
64. Faust: ...Insist on being right, and merely have a tongue.
65. Magareta: [She picks a daisy and begins pulling off the petals one by one.] He loves me--loves me not--loves me--not--loves me--not--He loves me!
66. Faust: [He clasps both her hands in his.]
Magareta: I'm tremblng all over!
Faust: Don't be afraid. [He stands lost in thought for a moment, then follows her. Martha enters with Mephistopheles.]
67. Magareta: Oh goodness gracious, what a lot of clever thoughts in his head he's got! I'm so ashamed, I just agree with all he says, poor silly me...How can he find me so interesting?
68. Faust: Oh sublime Spirit! You have given me all I asked for. You gave me Nature's splendour for my kingdom, And strength to grasp it with my heart.
69. Faust: Then in this cavern's refuge, where you lead me, You show me to myself, and my own heart's Profound mysterious wonders are disclosed.
70. Faust: To such happiness, you added a companion, who with one breath can destroy me in my own eyes, and turn your gifts to nothing.
71. Mephistopheles: Well, have you not tired yet of this life-style?
How strange that it still interest you. No doubt it's good to try once in a while, till one moves on to something new.
72. Mephistopheles: What sort of life would you have had -- just tell me that poor earthling. For some time I've cured your scribble-scrabbling fancies; why, if I'd not been there, rest assured you'd have already bid this world goodbye.
73. If you walk, then walk to increase your strength.
74. She passes the time patiently. She's watching the clouds; at her window she stands, as they drift over the old town wall; she's all alone; all day and half the night she sings: If only i had a little bird's wings.
75. Faust: Clear off, disgusting pimp!
Mephistopheles: God himself, who made man and woman, created man and woman to be good to each other.

3:00am - 4:00am
Faust, Johanne Goethe
35. Frosh: Let me be. Greetings and kisses she shall have from me. Oh let me in, the moon is high.
36. Round in this narrow ring they dance their measure, Like kittens chasing their own tails.
This carefree idyll never fails.
37. Those two are travellers, you can see, That's why their acting so peculiarly. They've only just arrived, I'd guess. You're right; one up to Leipzig. It's no less...
38. The concept of an education is different based on time period and geographic location.
39. They're from a noble family, I'd swear-- They've got that arrogant ill-tempered air.
40. Mephistopheles: There was a king who reigned over us, He had a great big flea. --Hear that? A flea! Let's listen to the rest. A flea's a cheerful sort of guest.
41. His cousins at the court they were, All ministers as well...Yet no one dared to kill those fleas, or dared to make a fuss. But we can pick them off and squeeze them dead when they bite us.
42. --Destruction to all fleas I say. --Catch 'em and squash 'em, that's the way. --Now that's enough from you, Mr Pernickety.
43. Some climates, such as Italy and Spain, are better for producing wine.
44. Mephistopheles: Now, which wine do you fancy?
Brander: I'll have champagne, if you don't mind; The very finest, the real bubbly kind.
Siebel: I must confess, dry wines are not for me; Give me a glass of something really sweet. Mephistopheles: Today shall flow for you; just keep your seat. Altmayer: Gentlemen, tell me honestly-- You're surely just playing a joke on us.
45. Mephistopheles: So tell me, without more ado, What wine can I now offer you?
Altmayer: Any you like, let's not waste time.
46. After drinking a few glasses of wine, the men turn into beasts and begin to have fun.
47. Brander: Look, under all these green leaves, see These vines, these juicy grapes, bless me. [He takes hold of Siebel by the nose. The rest do the same to each other and raise their hands.]
48. Altmayer: I saw him put the cellar door behind him. I've got lead weights in both my feet.
49. In body and mind, be bound within, Eat food that's plain and simple, live like cattle with the cattle...
50. The friends begin a simple game: to rhyme with each other.
51. "Get away from me you skinny stick!"
52. Besides, civilization, which now licks Us all so smooth, has taught even the Devil tricks.
53. The Devil Mephistopheles takes human form as The Baron.
54. Mephistopheles: A good glass of the you-know-what; But please, the oldest vintage you have got-- Years give it strength in double measure.
The Witch: Certainly. I've a bottle on this shelf, I sometimes take a swig from it myself...But as you know, it's not for casual drinking....
55. Mephistophele: We must wait our chance.
Faust: I'll take her a present; get one at once.
Mephistopheles: Presents already? Very charming; he'll succeed.
56. Margareta: I'd like to find out, I must say, Who that gentleman was today. A handsome man, I do admit, And a nobleman by the looks of it.
57. Magareta: I've got a feeling something's wrong.
58. Magareta: [She opens the cupboard to put her clothes in, and sees the kewel-case.] What's this? Oh God in heaven, just look. I've never seen such things before. These jewels would be what a princess wore at eh highest feast in the feast-day book. I wonder how this necklace would suit me?
58. Everyone can wear jewelry, but only a few people can wear jewelry like a real princess.
59. Some people's noses are not suited for sweet-smelling things.
The Neighbour's House
60. Martha: My husband, may God pardon him! He didn't treat me right. For shame! Just went off into the world one day, Left me a grass widow, as they say. Yet I've never done him any wrong; I loved him truly all along.
61. Martha [trying out some of the jewels on her]. Aren't you a lucky little miss. Margareta: But I can't wear them in the street, or go to church and be seen in them, you know.]
62. He asks her to forgive him, she asks him to forgive her, they make up, and are happy again.

2:00am - 3:00am
15. Begin new ways of living, with your mind clear, New light receiving, new music to hear.
16. And what is your reward for this to be? Long years will pass till we need think of that.
17. State your conditions, make them plain and clear.
18. One should master all of the subjects on the earth.
19. You have a brilliant mind.
20. Is this a game that I can never win?
21. At the doctoral feast, I shall display my wisdom to all those attending.
22. And a promise arrests me. What strange stuff of dreams composes us.
23. Even though the pen stops, the word does not die. The pen is just a tool to express an idea in the mind.
24. Even though I have completed this step does not mean that the path has ended, there is still a long way to go.
25. Government and businesses should operate based on logic. If an idea does not follow a logical order, then it shouldn't be followed.
26. Let us try to understand the science of theology and the science of medicine.
27. The art of Medicine is easily defined. You study the whole world, both great and small, only to find that God's creation can't be changed at all.
28. Your far-flung scientific fantasies are vain; we each learn only what we can.
29. I'm no good on the social stage. I've never known how to mix with people. I feel inferior, I freeze; I always shall be ill at ease.
My friend, all that will change a few days hence. You will learn savoir-vivre when you learn confidence.
30. Auerbach's Tavern in Leipzig:
31. Even though I wear glasses, sometimes I take them off when I'm at home. I really don't need to wear glasses, I just wear them because they make me look more attractive.
32. Singing: even though I can't sing as good as many musicians, I try my best.
33. Come, you all know the rules as well as I, And what a chap must do to qualify.
Fly away, nightingale, my pretty sweeting. Sing to my darling and bring her my greeting.
34. There was a rat who was poisoned, and then it tried to drink as much water as possible to cure itself.

1:00am - 2:00am
Faust, Johann Goethe
1. There are simple jobs, and there are complex jobs.
2. "The whole room is filled with this devil-dog.
He wants to dissolve into a fog."
3. "You made me sweat, I must admit it."
4. "You seem complete and whole, yet you say that you are a part."
5. "The Something, this coarse world, this mess,
Stands in the way of nothingness."
6. Strange son of chaos! think again.
7. Some dog breeds are more playful than others.
8. The world has laws.
9. "Excuse me now: I soon will reappear And tell you anything you wish to hear.
10. "Where love and beauty are far beyond speech."
11. The earth's a home -- man is always in it.
12. What satisfaction can life hold?
13. A human mind is creative.
14. Thus by existence tortured and oppressed, I crave for death, I long for rest.



Monday, April 21, 2025 -- 10:00pm

10:00pm - 11:00pm
1. In the bar, the bartender had a fake liquor bottle, with water in it that looked like liquor, and also ‘real’ liquor in bottles.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. One ancient race of people ate only meat and fish because they had no agriculture.
2. After eating a light breakfast, the man went to work.
3. When you're cooking food, if it smells burnt, then you know that you've overcooked it.
4. If you use curry powder to season Perdue chicken strips, and then cook this, then you'll have made curry chicken.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. In America (and abroad,) restaurants would may make more money if they sold alcoholic beverages in their shops, like Chinese, Halal, Indian, and Spanish restaurants, for example.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. Alcoholic beverages can be mixed with sugar, soda, or fruit juice, to make them taste better.
2. If you shoot a gun outdoors, it should be in a safe area, so as not to damage a tree or other living creature.
3. Step boxes (for aerobics) can help shorter people reach high places. They are sold in most sporting goods stores.

6:00am - 7:00am
28. She bought a bottle of wine, and then poured the wine out and replaced it with grape juice, and then she went to the party with it. --Laurel and Hardy
29. He learned how to mix food coloring and liquid, in order to give the appearance of beer, rum, and other alcoholic drinks.

5:00am - 6:00am
1. Cough syrup diluted with water might be a good treatment for a cold. --Idea from Laurel and Hardy
2. Mix cough syrup, the same flavor fruit juice, and water, to treat a cold.



Sunday, April 20, 2025 -- 12:00pm

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. Omitted.

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. In the cold months, use the oven to heat your home, instead of the central heating unit. I believe that the oven at 400°, and two or more comforters heats your home better than the central heating, so I don't use the heating unit anymore, and this saves money.
2. In the hot months, don't use the central air, instead just use a reliable fan, keep the windows open, sprinkle cool water on your face a lot, and this will also save you money.

9:00am - 10:00
1. A bale of hay, or a bag or two of wood mulch, dumped in a laundry bag, can be used as a good pillow.
2. A furry rug can be used as a blanket or comforter. Early tribal people used similar animal hides as blankets.

7:00am - 8:00am
1. I enjoy running for exercise. Since I can run, and many other people cannot, this is a unique characteristic that I have. This uniqueness encourages me to run more often, because it may also have unique benefits.
2. One benefit of running is that running, combined with other factors, improves brain function and thought.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. A female in a jail or a hospital, can wrap a sheet around her body, and tuck it at the side, in order to make a simple dress to wear. Male inmates can do this too, if there is a shortage of clothing.

12:00am - 1:00am
1. Happiness includes finding: faith in ourselves, faith in our friends, faith in the future, faith in nature, and faith in religion. --Sorrows, Johann Goethe



Saturday, April 19, 2025 -- 12:15pm

12:00pm - 1:00pm
Information about Pet Dogs 🐕‍🦺
1. People fed their pet dog human food, before pet food existed.
2. A pillow or folded comforter can also be used as a dog bed.
3. You can clean your dog by wiping him down with damp paper towels.
4. Different dog breeds have different characteristics.
5. A healthy dog is happy and energetic when it's with its owner.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. The man gave the other man poison in his food, which killed him. --The Arabian Nights
2. After drinking, his friends sent the man to the store, and he got into a lot of trouble.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. The military base constantly imported food and other goods from the home country, for the soldiers, as well as for the villagers.
2. The military base was also a way to establish the home-country's businesses on the occupied land.
3. When soldiers on the base received imports of food and other goods, the occupied government also asked to purchase goods through the military's suppliers.
4. Through an agreement with the military, the occupied government paid the overseas businesses that were supplying the military base, and then received many of the food and items that the soldiers on the base were receiving, and then distributed them to the villagers.



Friday, April 18, 2025 -- 3:00am

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. Birds and other wild animals can eat the fruits and vegetables of many small and large gardens. This is flaw of many gardens that should be addressed.
2. The old senator took a leave, left the job and handed it over to a younger senator, under the condition that the younger senator do a good job, or else the senior senator would return. --The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
3. Links are a symbol in Irish mythology. They symbolize continuity and eternity. --W.B. Yeats

3:00am - 4:00am
1. As an option, turn off the central heating unit, and heat your home with heat from the oven.
2. For extra warmth, use two or more comforters on your bed.

2:00am - 3:00am
1. Hold a pen in your hand, and then move it from left to right rapidly, as though you’re writing or coloring with it. This doesn’t require paper, and is the same thing as writing or coloring fast. Do this with the right hand, and do this with the left hand. Use a big pen if you're a big person.
2. Quality electric heaters are good investments for your home during winter, the kind sold in Home Depot for example.
3. Box fans are good investments for the summer season.
4. And remember that you can turn the oven on if your house is too cold. At least 400degrees.



Thursday, April 17, 2025 -- 6:00pm

6:00pm - 7:00pm
1. Allah, Brahma, and Buddha are close relatives. --Book about Hinduism.
2. Students of Hinduism need a guru, or teacher, to teach them the path of righteousness. --Book about Hinduism.
3. Hindu religion involves many different dieties, each with his own history and background. --Book about Hinduism.
4. The big dog rushed the man, then bit him and siezed on to his arm, and began shaking it. The dog wouldn't let go until its master commanded it to. --The Arabian Nights
5. I'm glad that I'm in most of your thoughts. --Pu Songling

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. If you buy a bag of lettuce from the supermarket, then you can add it to tomato slices for a quick salad.
2. At first tomato slices may be a little strong to eat, due to their chemical properties, however the body adapts to this after a while, and allows you to eat more tomato slices more often.
3. Polish kielbasa is easy to cook in the oven at 400°.

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. If you buy a package of ground beef, and form it with your hands into hamburger patties or meatballs, or use it to make tacos, then you will enjoy eating more.

10:00am - 11:00am
1. Since people from different cultures are different than American citizens, foreigners from different cultures should be treated differently in American court cases.

9:00am - 10:00am
2. Item II. 22, added to "Book Reviews XIII: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care..."

8:00am - 9:00am
3. People can drink in a bar, or listen to music, watch movies, or eat good food there.

2:00am - 3:00am
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Pu Songling
1. The owner of the restaurant was a woman who was a very good cook. Sometimes when she was frustrated she would throw her frying-pan down, and say "Enough, I've had it, I'm walking off the job and going home forever!"

1:00am - 2:00am
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Pu Songling
1. The restaurant served tea and wine, in addition to food.
2. The old man often drank wine himself, and also encouraged others to drink and be jolly.
3. The customer was enticed by the smell of wine.
4. A group of disciples would sometimes drink wine together.
5. The customer asked the master to teach him the way of righteousness.
6. The man opened up a store of Asian medicine.
7. The Asian woman had an impressive singing voice.
8. Discusses the presence of the magical snow lion.
9. After drinking, the men grew drunk and insensible.
10. Mr. Tung was a wealthy business owner. One day, he experienced something which scared him a great deal.
11. He went home and hid in his closet, and his wife found him and rescued him, making him feel better. From then on, she helped him run the business and became his personal assistant.



Wednesday, April 16, 2025 -- 7:00pm

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. Feasts and festivals should be held as regularly as sports events, where people eat food and learn about different cultures.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. After school programs and clubs should provide students with nutritious food after school. They should also help students get jobs after high school or get into college. After school programs should also give students grants, scholarships and other funds to help their future pursuits.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. Smaller police vehicles are faster and can maneuver around twists and turns easier than bigger vehicles.
2. In areas where there was high crime but low police presence, the commanders set up additional precincts or units to increase police presence.
3. The police officers wore arctic uniforms in the wintertime.
4. The general, seeing the need for more troops, sent a request to the senator for additional troops.

7:00am - 8:00am
1. "There was a man, and when he received mail from his mailbox and brought it home, he wouldn't open it immediately, he would put it on his table and let it sit there for days without opening it." --Charles Dickens
2. "There was a woman, and her son's room was always messy, he never cleaned his room even though his mother told him to, his room was just always messy."

5:00am - 6:00am
1. There was a big man who had to use a small toilet, and all of the kids laughed at this. --Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
2. The dancers were paid hourly and also in tips. The dancers were also given time to rest, which included refreshments to prevent exhaustion. The dancers also had a special hall built for their performances. --Miguel de Cervantes



Tuesday, April 15, 2025 -- 9:15pm

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. 🍅 Tomato slices with salad dressing on them taste good.
2. In order to make tomato slices with salad dressing on them, buy a tomato from the store, and buy a wooden cutting board. Then, cut the tomato, once in half, and then into smaller slices, put them on a plate, pour salad dressing on the tomato slices, and enjoy!
3. Ranch dressing tastes good, it's like eating dressing on vegetables that was made on a ranch. Ranches are like rustic farms in the southern states in America.
4. Tomato slices with salt on them also tastes good, that is, a tiny sprinkle of salt on tomato slices tastes good - keyword: tiny sprinkle.

8:00pm - 9:00pm
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
1. The rebellious group operated based on an ancient form of secrecy.
2. "Since the government is divided on some issues, let's try to educate each other to arrive at a solution."

7:00pm - 8:00pm
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
1. One rebellious group was always threatening to riot or revolt for just about any reason
2. This rebellious group siezed a small town in country and setup base there.
3. The group of rioters stated that their common goal was their hatred of the emperor.
4. The senators linked advocates for the right to bear arms, to rebellious and corrupt politiicans.
5. The argument in favor of owning firearms is essentially an antiquated and outdated argument.
6. One of the popular senators was well-educated, and an eloquent speaker.
7. The officials assigned as little or as many army soldiers as they deemed necessary to help other countries. Sometimes 50 troops were sent out, sometimes 5,000 troops were dispatched.
8. Large populations of certain animals were designated for hunting.
9. "It is okay to own a simple firearm, but for a civilian to own a sophisticated firearm, this is not allowed, because sophisticated firearms are more dangerous."
10. Concealed firearms were also prohibited. A firearm had to be visible if worn in public.
11. In order to pass a controversial law, people in favor of the law spoke, people against the law spoke, and then a committee decided whether to pass the law or not.
12. A single person could not own enough weapons to rival the police or military. This was to prevent armed uprisings and encourage peace.

6:00pm - 7:000pm
1. Russian brats are sausages that are easy to cook in the oven: 400°, 20 minutes.

5:00pm - 6:000pm
1. Do you know how to follow directions or instructions? If you know how to follow directions, like those on a package of frozen egg rolls, in order to heat them in an oven, then you can eat them more often.
2. The oven is better than the microwave for heating food.
3. Frozen french fries, frozen egg rolls and frozen burritos store in your freezer at home, and taste good after heating them in the oven.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. If people use the oven to heat food (like frozen egg rolls and burritos) then people can enjoy eating more often. In order to use an oven, simply learn how to turn the oven on, put the food on the baking dish, use oven mitts or potholders to safely insert and remove the hot dish, and then turn the oven off.
2. It is helpful to write down the time that you put the food in the oven, and write down the time that you are supposed to take the food out of the oven.
3. The supplies that are necessary to use an oven are: casserole dish or baking pan and oven mitts or potholders. Then, just follow the directions on the package of food (like frozen egg rolls and burritos), heat the food, and enjoy!
4. In America in the 1950's, Home Economics classes taught women how to cook. If you learn how to cook this way, then cooking is easy!
5. Using an oven is as easy to use as a microwave or other home appliance. Ask others for help if you need additional suggestions on how to cook food in an oven.

11:00am - 12:00am
1. Incense that I recommend for others are: Cedar, Frankincense and Myrrh, Nag Champa Agarbatti, and Sandalwood.
2. Discusses the presence of impressive Buddhist and Hindu structures across the globe.
3. If birds and other wild animals scout out the area where they live, then they can learn helpful information about it.
4. If birds are migrating then it can be helpful for them to be able to communicate with each other at all times.
5. Birds and other wild animals can make the hollows of trees their temporary, or permanent home.
6. Birds and other wild animals can eat edible leaves and plants that are in the area.
7. Birds and other wild animals can drink from ponds, lakes, or other bodies of water that are in the area, if the water is safe to drink.

10:00am - 11:00am
The Jewish War, Josephus
1. Even though the town was invaded, some of the citizens were able to talk the soldiers into setting them free.
2. The men were on a roof, and they lowered one man down the roof with a stretcher and rope, in order to get him to the bottom.
3. The senator called a meeting of senior officers to plan the assault.

9:00am - 10:00am
The Jewish War, Josephus
1. Even though the man was in jail, prisoners had good food and accomodations, and were treated fairly.
2. In an attack, either go indoors, and if you already are indoors, then stay indoors.
3. On the beach, the conditions were suitable to certain species of birds.



Monday, April 14, 2025 -- 11:30pm

11:00pm - 12:00am
1. The man asked for gifts of cash from the treasurer. --The Arabian Nights

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. "Favorite Notes & Food Ideas" page, updated with several items.



Sunday, April 13, 2025 -- 3:00pm

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. Omitted.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. PAGE ADDED/UPDATED: "Favorite Notes & Food Ideas," a page dedicated solely to favorite notes and practical ideas about food. This is now the second page on this blog.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. If there is information on this site that you want to share with others on Facebook, then feel free to copy it to your Facebook page, just give credit to the source.

7:00am - 8:00am
1. Ensuring happiness and survival in the lives of patients is a main goal of doctors and physicians.
2. Hippocrates was an ancient Greek physician and philosopher who is often called the "father of medicine". Many of Hippocrates’ writings are available in libraries or bookstores.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. Additional Medical Information, updated on "Book Reviews XIII: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care..."
2. I can't recall specific examples of times, but generally speaking, we had good times together, it was a good relationship, so we stayed together happily. -- Sorrows, Johann Goethe
3. Put a cigar leaf on the skin to heal a cut or wound.
4. Use medicated lotion on the skin to heal a cut or wound.



Saturday, April 12, 2025 -- 4:15pm

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. Exercise on the elliptical machine for a few weeks, in order to lose weight, before undergoing complicated weight-loss surgery.
2. If your coach or trainer is good and teaches you how to safely use the elliptical, then it can be a helpful machine.

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. People who have brain injuries can heal, if they use thinking exercises and physical exercises to heal their brain and body. The brain is an organ just like any other organ in the human body, and like other organs, it too can heal.
2. People who have brain injuries and difficulty walking should do exercises for leg agility and strength.

10:00am - 11:00am
1. Do judges have the authority to hold formal or informal hearings on the phone, with our neighbors, without our permission? Can we get more information about this?
2. "I will tell you all the information, all the information relevant to my side of the case." --The Bible

9:00am - 10:00am
1. Since many people have body odor, burning incense to eliminate it is acceptable.
2. Do the police have a new policy/procedure where they get on the phone with neighbors and try to mediate conflicts? Can we get more information about this?

2:00am - 3:00am
1. Book Reviews XIII: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care & Additional Medical Information, updated with the table of contents from Dr. Spock's book.
2. It is acceptable for a black American to light incense in his home, beacause incense is sold in the black community and used frequently or infrequently by friends or family.



Friday, April 11, 2025 -- 10:00am

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. Sandalwood is a valuable wood in the Middle East. It is the wood that was used to transport the ark of the covenant. Sandalwood incense smells good also. --The Arabian Nights
2. Since forests are huge and cover so much space, cutting down a few trees to build homes for human beings is acceptable.

10:00am - 11:00am
1. The woman wore different color wigs and makeup, to enhance her appearance, even though she had lost most of her hair. --A book that I've read.

5:00am - 6:00am
1. "Why (Due to the Lies and Inaccuracies about It,) I Don't Believe the Story about the Slave Trade" -- post title changed.

1:00am - 2:00am
1. Orange drink and orangeade are great drinks that neutralize toxins in the air.



Thursday, April 10, 2025 -- 11:45pm

11:00pm - 12:00am
1. Since they take brain vitamins, if we take brain vitamins also, them we'll be like them.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. With a chamber pot or bedpan, you keep it in your room. Put a little clean water in it before using it.
2. After using it empty it in a dirt hole or real toilet and then clean it with water and cleanser like ammonia to use again.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. Everyone should drink orange juice. Add sugar to it to sweeten it, or dilute it with water if it's too strong. Fruit juice is good for you!

1:00pm - 2:00pm
1. If a building collapses with people inside of it, then the people's families should be awarded financial compensation, as well as additional answers.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. The motion of coloring fast is like the motion of writing fast, which is good.

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. Get a box of chalk and color, outside or on construction paper, fast, to cover as much area as possible. And color with the right hand and color with the left hand.
2. Color with crayons or chalk on a wooden cutting board, which is reusable.
3. Use any reusable wooden object shaped like a crayon, and any reusable wooden surface for paper, and color as long as you like. And color with the right hand, and color with the left hand.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. "The Physics of Consciousness in the Quantum Field," book for future review.
2. "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio," by Pu Songling, are available on Project Gutenberg.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. Many ideas take a long time to express and learn about. --The Ramayana
2. Sleep is proportional to each individual.
3. It is through the reflection of certain themes that we understand certain ideas. --The Tibetan Book of the Dead
4. The nature of mankind is not to stagnate and waste away, but rather it is to grow and learn new things.
5. We can feel sensations through our teeth.

7:00am - 8:00am
1. The Buddhist priest used prayer beads to accompany his prayers.

3:00am - 4:00am
The Talmud: A Selection, Penguin Classics
1. Most Americans eat a bland regular diet which includes cheeseburgers and French fries.
2. A big person needs more money than a small person. A cheeseburger costs 2 dollars. A small person needs only one cheeseburger, but a big person needs more cheeseburgers, and more money.
3. If a person is hungry, then he can be irritable.
4. Ispargos is a mixture of wine and asparagus, anapak is unmixed wine.
5. Omitted.
6. Determine the ingredients in different alcoholic drinks.
7. "You can drink alcohol here, this is a safe place."

2:00am - 3:00am
1. Book Reviews XIII: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care & Additional Medical Information, added, Item I. 88.
2. Am I dreaming? Am I still sleeping? --The Arabian Nights
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
3. After a conspiracy against the senator was discovered, a panel of established senators held hearings to investigate, and then jailed several people.



Wednesday, April 9, 2025 -- 6:00pm

6:00pm - 7:00pm
1. "It's the big ideas in life that matter, not the small ideas." --The Analects, Confucius

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. Book Reviews XIII: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care & Additional Medical Information, update to Item I.

1:00pm - 2:00pm
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
1. Since the senator behaved improperly, he was demoted, and assigned to lower job by his superiors.
2. The government operated in strict military fashion toward each other instead of being easy on each other.
3. A conspiracy against his life was either discovered or imagined, and the other senators acted quickly to address this.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. The men sang work songs such as “Heave, Ho,” to pull the wall down.

11:00am - 12:00am
1. The man played video games to teach him about war and other subjects. He would frequently write this information down, discuss it with others and research it more to learn more about it. --The Jewish War, Josephus
2. Video games are modeled after popular literary or social subjects.
3. The men attached ropes to a column of the wall, and then cooperated together and pulled it down.
4. Even though the border was heavily patrolled, the people crossed it at night, were not detected, and successfully got across.
5. When the men went to work on the wall, it was at night, they brought food with them, and they had guards along to protect them.
6. In order to light his cigarette, the man held it in his mouth, cupped his hand and then lit it with a match. —James Joyce

10:00am - 11:00am
1. The King of England and the Tsar of Russia have historically been the head of a royal family, and this characteristic has been looked favorably upon by other world leaders. It is clear that belonging to a royal family is a characteristic that all world leaders should possess.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. If you're lame, and have trouble walking, but you can still get from Point A to Point B, then you should not be discriminated against in the workplace or in public. --Penguin Hebrew Verse, T. Carmi
2. Sage and thyme are two fragrant spices that can neutralize bad odors.
3. Sage or thyme sprinkled on drool stains, can neutralize the odor.
4. The women of some Arabic tribes wear face coverings that resemble masks for war. —The Arabian Nights
5. In the land of the Arabs, some wars involved weapons such as swords and maces. --The Arabian Nights

5:00am - 6:00am
1. Book Reviews XIII: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care & Additional Medical Information, updated with Items II. and III.

4:00am - 5:00am
1. One of my goals in life is to read and review as many books as possible.
The Talmud: A Selection, Penguin Classics
2. If a person smells, and they try to clean themselves, but they still smell afterwards, then people shouldn’t be mad at them, because they tried their best.

3:00am - 4:00am
The Arabian Nights
1. Even though the man had only one eye, it was as though he could see with two.
2. …the God of Abraham His friend, the Omnipotent from Whom nothing is hidden, the One, the All-Powerful, Whom no eye can see.
3. Refers to a woman named Mahdiya.
4. The stupid person behaved one way, and the smart person behaved another way. --Book on Dharma
5. It was hard for the man to watch his friend get treated badly.

2:00am - 3:00am
1. Jaundice is a condition that doctors should help patients determine the causes, symptoms and cures.



Tuesday, April 8, 2025 -- 9:00pm

9:00pm - 10:00pm
The Arabian Nights
1. Sorrel is a cure for jaundice.
2. When they were home, the man got some ropes and tied up his friend.
3. He admired the beauty of the valley, and how the trees were standing in groups and or alone in isolation.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. In a relationship, money is helpful, but intellectual and spiritual pursuits, and other things that you two have in common, are also helpful.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
The Talmud: A Selection, Penguin Classics
1. In a paternity claim, both fathers should get money. If the unnatural father gets money regularly from a source, then the biological father should also get money regularly from that source.
2. A judge should consider several factors when reaching a decision, including a person's social and economic status.
3. A man committed two crimes. Both crimes were similar, but not exactly the same.
4. A person should not be over-occupied with the law, because human beings should enjoy life.
5. I said several good things, and I said one bad thing in the end, but even though I said one bad thing in the end, you shouldn't let it make you forget all of the good things that I said.
6. Some restaurants serve a better quality of food than other restaurants, in the same category.
7. ...They served him three seahs of greased wafers. How did you know I was coming? he asked. They replied, Are you more important to us than he is?
8. If you're wearing a suit and tie, then you shouldn't do physical labor, beacause that could ruin your suit and tie.
9. A wealthy person is okay, if you judge the person's wealth based on the person's social status in the past.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. After smoking, many marijuana smokers like to "come down," or kick their nicotine fix, and smoke a cigarette.

8:00am - 9:00am
The Talmud: A Selection, Penguin Classics
1. Since some clothing is "criminal-looking" and scary, should wearing it should be forbidden?
2. Since men wearing some clothing is effeminate, or less masculine, should wearing it be forbidden?
3. If a business earns a lot of money, then should it give some of the money (or its products) to the poor?
4. If a person is working really hard at their job, then someone should say, You're working really hard, let me help you, or he should be allowed to take a break.
5. Every seventh year you shall practice remission of debts. This shall be the nature of the remission: every creditor shall remit the due that he claims from his fellow; he shall not dun his fellow or kinsman, for the remission proclaimed is of the Lord. You may dun the foreigner; but you must remit whatever is due you from your kinsmen. (Deuteronomy 15:1-3 JPS)
6. When asked a simple question, the man gave an elaborate and complex answer.
7. If you have to cut down trees to house the poor then it is okay, but if you have to cut down trees to house the rich, than is it a problem?
8. All of the fields in a town should look the same.
9. The farm told the customers how long their fruit took to ripen.
10. Produce of the seventh year is for eating, drinking, and annointing; that is, for eating that which is normally eaten, drinking that which is normally drunk, and annointing with that which is normally used as ointment; you may not annoint with wine or vinegar, but only with oil.
11. You and your cattle and the beast in your land may eat all its yield.
12. Why is there division of states on a land? What do these divisions mean and why?

7:00am - 8:00am
1. If you examine a map of the area, then you can give birds general directions for migrating or finding a new home.
The Talmud: A Selection, Penguin Classics
2. You should have a license to run a business.
3. The foods treated most leniently in respect to demai are wild figs, the fruit of the Christ's thorn jujube, sorbus fruits, white figs, sycamore fruits, dates unripened on the tree, late grapes and caperberries; in Judaea also the sumach-fruit, Judaean vinegar and coriander.
4. When someone undertakes to be a haver, he may not sell either liquid or dry products to an 'am ha-aretz, nor may he purchase liquid products from him; he may not accept hospitality from an 'am ha-aretz, nor offer him hospitality if clothed. Rabbi Judah says he should not raise sheep and goats, nor be given vows or frivolity, nor defile himself for the dead, and he should attend to the needs of scholars in the House of Study.
5. The argument against discrimination versus the argument to each according to his own ability and needs.
6. Mentions the economic structure of Palestine.
7. ...translates as if the woman or servant formally accepts the new status; if this is correct, it would be in the presence of the husband or master, not before the assembled fellowship.
8. When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not completely reap the corners of your field...nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. (Leviticus 19:9)
9. The father stated to his son what he expected of him.
10. ...but this is to do with the psychology of perception and does not imply any special Israelit mystique or power of consecration; Israelites do not perceive field boundaries differently from other people.
11. Due to inherent differences in businesses, the same law may not apply to the same business.
11-B. Rabbi Yose says, There is a marked difference between tobacco and other crops.
12. If a man builds a farm on some land, and the crops destroy the land, then the farmer should build another business on the land.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. Refers to a character named Eudoxia. --The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon

5:00am - 6:00am
1. Updated with medical information: Book Reviews XIII: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care & Additional Medical Information.

3:00am - 4:00am
The Arabian Nights
1. The manager said that he would give bonuses to workers who were especially hard-working. These bonuses were either cash, clothing, or jewelry.
2. Refers to diving birds, birds that are skilled at diving.
3. The young men were entrusted to a faqih to be given religious instruction, and later to Arab champions who were to teach them athletic skills.
4. At the wedding there was a feast.
5. "My name is Gharib, the hero of my clan;
Few though my men may be, I have no fear.
6. He went to his pavilion and his clansmen began to praise Gharib, saying: 'Had it not been for him, emir, no one in camp would have escaped.' Mirdas renewed his thanks.
7. The prince speaks with the shaikh, and the shaikh feels disrespected. Then the shaikh and his army chase the prince out of the town, and in the desert, the prince meets his own army.



Monday, April 7, 2025 -- 6:00pm

6:00pm - 7:00pm
Faust, Johann Goethe
1. Studying Nature's sacred cyclic laws. He practiced in the laboratory, mixing,
by this or that strange recipe, elements in an ill-assorted brew.
2. The very thing one needs one does not know,
And what one knows is needless information.
3. Evening has come, our sun is westering now--
But it speeds on to bring new life elsewhere.
4. But the pursuit of intellectual things
From book to book, from page to page--what joys that yields!
How fine and snug the winter nights become,
What sweet life courses through one's veins.
5. Division tears my life in two.
One loves the world, it clutches her, it binds
Itself to her, clinging with furious lust;
The other longs to soar beyond the dust
Into the realm of high ancestral minds.
Are there no spirits moving in the air,
Ruling the region between the earth and sky?
6. Give me a magic cloak to carry me
Away to some far place, some land untold...
7. Their spiteful ears are open to obey
Our summons, for they love to harm and cheat...
Is false, their lisping voice is sweet.
8. Different breeds of dogs have different characteristics.
9. There is some other rendering,
Which with the spirit's guidance I must find.
We read: 'In the beginning was the Mind,'
Before you write this first phrase, think again;
Good sense eludes the overhasty pen.
10. Can it be happening naturally?
Is it real? Is it a dream or not?

5:00pm - 6:00pm
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
1. Since all of the countries had built up cities or military-cities, the entire earth was covered with cities and a grand civilization, and all the people lived peacefully and happily ever after.
2. The goal of the group was to build up more and more cities, and the goal of the individual was to increase his education and wisdom.
3. Refers several times to frankincense.
4. It was the opinion of the physician that his patient should stay away from cow's milk.
5. Many of the Arab people had impressive beards and spoke an impressive language.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. Here's a serious story: my neighbor gets people I know on the phone. These people do not talk to me directly, but they try to get me to eat, or swallow. This makes my throat lock up and hurt, and then I want to shout, which will get me into trouble. It's a silly way of making me feel uncomfortable and I wish that it would stop. Additionally, I tell this story because it can help others who are experiencing the same thing.

10:00am - 11:00am
1. Leave a cup of grape juice out to ferment into wine, and then drink it, if you’re in a place where wine is not available.
2. The people make palm wine or coconut wine in some places in Africa. --Chinua Achebe
3. If sugar is a main crop in Africa, then distilling alcohol should be easy there. This could make a lot of money.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. The modern-day people of the original tribes of the land should get the resources of the land, i.e. food and housing for free: Germanic tribes in Germany, Celtic and Gaelic tribes in Ireland, Aryan tribes in Russia, Nordic tribes, etc.

7:00am - 8:00am
The Talmud: A Selection, Penguin Classics
1. sicarii -Latin sicarius, 'dagger man,' 'murderer' - used here of terrorists who appropriated land by threatening to kill, or more specifically of the Zealots.
2. Chapter 5 - In the time of the war slain, there were no sicarii in Judaea; since the time of the war slain, there have been sicarii in Judaea.
How does the law operate? If someone purchased land from a sicarius and then from the rightful owner, the sale is void; if he purchased from the rightful owner and then from the sicarius, the sale is valid.
3. This was the original Mishna. A later court decreed that if someone buys land from a sicarius, he must pay the rightful owner a quarter of its value by way of compensation. This is only if the rightful owner is not in a position to buy back the land himself, but if he is in the position to do so, he has priority over anyone else.
4. Rabbi Judah ha-Nasi convened a court that voted that if land had remained in the possession of the sicarius for twelve years, whoever then purchased it had the right to retain it, on condition that he pay the rightful owner a quarter of its value.
5. When soldiers are killed in war, the military should be held liable in court and offer compensation to these families.
6. Gemara - If there were no sicarii during the time of the war slain, how come there were sicarii after the time of the war slain? Rav Yehuda said, The Mishna means that during the time of the war slain, the law regarding sicarii did not operate, but after the time of the war slain, it became operative. As Rabbi Assi said, There were three successive decrees: The first was whoever does not kill a Jew will be killed; the middle was whoever kills a Jew will receive four zuz; the last was whoever kills a Jew will be killed. Under the first and iddle decrees, a Jew would agree to relinquish his property rather than lose his life; under the final decree he would think, let him take the land now, but then I will sue him in court.
7. Reference uncertain. Rashi says it refers to 'the war of Titus,' i.e. the First Revolt.
8. This is because the rightful owner may not have agreed to the sale.
9. She may not have agreed to the sale of the land mortgaged to her ketuba or land to which she had a personal claim.

2:00am - 3:00am

Faust, Goethe
1. Some dogs are faster than others.
2. Let a dog lie down on a cushion or pillow as a bed.

1:00am - 2:00am
1. Book Reviews XIII: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, updated with several items.



Sunday, April 6, 2025 -- 11:45pm

11:00pm - 12:00am
1. Book Reviews XIII: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, updated with several items.

8:00pm - 9:00pm
The Talmud: A Selection, Penguin Classics
1. During her childbirth, the doctor said, “I’m going to reach in and feel for the head and body, and then pull it out from there.”
2. Much of America’s New England states are religious based.
3. If someone purchased land from a dealer instead of the rightful owner then the sale is void.
4. As human beings, we all have family and friends.
5. A wife shouldn’t only be a health care aide for her husband.
6. The physical beauty of a worker should factor in to her paycheck.
7. Prenatal Information post, updated from Prenatal Advice.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
The Talmud: A Selection, Penguin Classics
1. Due to her morals and principles, the woman did not wear revealing clothing.
2. When the temple was destroyed, the officers gathered information to determine who did it.
3. Isolationism in relationships is bad.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
The Talmud: A Selection, Penguin Classics
1. Some people have scary names.
2. When handling money in school, be careful, because children are known to steal.
3. Some people's names reflect their appearance or their occupation.
4. The school's treasury has thousands if not millions of dollars.
5. The old police officer was up against a younger, more athletic man.
6. There was a governing body of three or four treasurers.
7. All important government offices were run by a group of governing officials, instead of just one person.
8. The families of Rabban Gamaliel and Rabbi Hanina the high priest used to bow in fourteen places, the extra one being near the wood store; they had a tradition that that was where the ark was concealed.
9. A priest was once busy in the area and noticed that the floor was different from the adjoining areas. He went to tell his friend, but fell down dead before he managed to complete his statement; then they were sure that that was where the Ark was concealed.
10. Before a court case begins the attorney should have know what the judge wants and have a clear strategy.
11. He is responsible for any harm that may accrue to himself.
12. Literally, 'see the street'.
13. Rav Yosef says, A king may break down fences to make a road for himself and no one can stop him.
14. Third Tractate: people should be clean and presentable.
15. Discusses how to mediate disputes between husbands and wives.
16. The rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous (Psalm 125:3 KJV).
17. Since foreigners have different language and ways, they should be treated differently than natural born citizens in court.
18. He prays without lifting the hands, he dances without moving the body.
19. Even though human sacrifice may have been practiced in the past, it is not right, because it involves harming a living creature.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Holy Bible, The Dead Sea Scrolls & The Talmud" with several items from The Talmud.

3:00pm - 4:00pm
The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse, T. Carmi
The Innkeeper's Love Song, Immanuel Francis
1. There may be times in our lives when things happen that we don't understand.
To His Gadabout Wife, Immanuel Frances
2. Try to lead a simple, instead of complex life.
The Doctor who Fell Prey to Love, Ephraim Luzzato
3. A beautiful girl, very much in love, came to the doctor's house, seeking a cure. These many days, she said, her soul had been in pain and even at night peace had eluded her.
4. Now, as this queenly girl stood beside him, he put his hand out to discover if she had a fever. And, suddenly, a flame was kindled in his heart. He, too, fell in love, and into the pit.
5. The gentleman was overcome and dumbstruck, until the patient again spoke up discreetly: 'Please, sir, is there no cure for my complaint?'
6. Then he: 'O my dearest, do not hold back! You dress my wound, for this once - I am not the doctor, but the patient.'
5. Due to the weather, our days may be difficult during the winter time. --From the Winter Songs, Hayim Nahman Bialik
A Twig Alighted, Hayim Nahman Bialik
6. Illustrates the cycle of a man's experience in a land.
7. The eagle loves to fly free. --Eagle! Eagle Over Your Mountains, Saul Tchernikhovsky
8. Three asses trudge down the road, three asses plodding from Beersheba to Dan: one brown, one black, one white. --Three Asses, Saul Tchernikhovsky
9. The bubonic plague, known as the Black Death, which devastated much of Europe in the middle of the fourteenth century, was not widespread in the ghettos. The Jews were accused of having poisoned waters and some 300 communities were destroyed. In several cities, the Jews set fire to their own houses and died in the flames.
The Shulammite, Jacob Fichman
10. You are the Shulammite. A bird forgotten in a vineyard; a heart that flowered in a desolate land. And, lost among the spicebearing mountains, heartsick, you seek your lover.
11. Are you so overwrought because your brothers shamed you? So hurt because the shephers sneered at you? You only, with your innocent charm, like a sword, split the heart of the world. You are loved.
Like Two Beasts of Prey, Jacob Steinberg
12. Like two beasts of prey, lost in the night and stricken by thirst, who had scurried about, panting for the vapour of sweet waters, then dropped beside the banks of a soundless pool...
13. ...and overhearing something in the darkness, desperate and wary in the same breath, they only let their tongues gently lick the edges of the still waves, for an instant, then stop...
14. Not an Enclosed Garden, Jacob Steinberg
Don't be Afraid, David Vogel
15. Don't be afraid, my child, those are only two mice, jumping down form the table to the chair. They are smaller than you and couldn't gobble you up. Don't be afraid, my child, that's only the rain's finger tapping wetly on the window. We won't let it in.
16. Hide deep inside me, I am your mother. We'll pull the dark night over our heads and no one will find us.
My Childhood Cities
17. My childhood cities, by now I've forgotten them all, and you in one of them.
You still dance for me in a puddle of rainwater - but surely you're already dead.
How quickly I galloped out of my distant childhood, until I reached the white palace of old age, and found it wide and empty.
I can no longer see my road's beginning; I cannot see you or the self that I was.
The caravan of days, from afar, will move on its way, from nothingness to nothingness, without me.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
The Arabian Nights
1. There was a woman. She led a unique life of touring and traveling. One day her advisors said, "Why don't you continue leading this life forever, and never settle down?"
2. She said, "I don't like this life, I want to settle down." So they said Okay, and she eventually settled down.
3. The two brothers with their hundred men attacked their enemies, and Gharib, growing angrier and angrier, started his own attack. Then entered al-Hamal, who freed the prisoners and rode back to camp.
4. This is the reward for hard work?
5. His men replied with a single shout, "Sons of Qahtan!", a cry which echoed around the mountains until the enemy thought that the whole Qahtanid tribe had attacked them. They all snatched up their weapons and fell on each other.
6. He was talking to his advisor, and his advisor suggested that he should ask Gharib for something beyond his powers.
7. The shaikh told him, this creature is a supernatural being. 'Even if you had ten thousand men, you could not defeat him. He is known as the ghul who eats men, God preserve us from him. He is one of the descendants of Ham, and is the son of Hindi, who colonized India, which is named after him.

1:00pm - 2:00pm
The Arabian Nights
Night 623
1. The next morning the king summoned a meeting of his court, which was attended by both high and low. The shaikh al-Islam was there, in addition to other officials.
2. The king offered bonuses of money or other gifts for hard-working employees.
3. After the king built a city, he named it after himself.
4. The soldiers said, "We will take you as our ruler."
5. The senator's advisors advised him when he drew up his marriage contract.
6. He turned out to be strong-minded and a sound thinker who, in addition to his learning, was eloquent and distinguished as a philosopher, associating with men of learning, and filling his father with pride.
7. Every region was subject to him, all his subjects obeyed him, and so for five months he gave judgements, commands and prohibitions, until one night he saw a dream which left him startled and afraid.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
1. Military life consisted of simple daily chores in addition to soldierly duties.
2. After the first military-city was setup in Africa, additional military-cities were also setup in African countries.
3. A significant portion of the Roman military occupation of Africa was the project to build up the new military city from the ground up.
4. Sometimes the Roman soldiers would go to the capital city in small groups.
5. Belisarius spoke the language of truth. The surviving Vandals yielded, without resistance, their arms and their freedom: the surrounding area in Africa welcomed his presence, and was also impressed by his victory.
6. In addition to Roman soldiers, on the military-city in Africa were also domestic workers such as clerks, messengers, assistants, cooks, engineer, carpenters, teachers, merchants, and priests.

11:00am - 12:00pm
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
1. Because of the Roman troops in Africa, trade between Africa and Rome flourished. Valuable goods from Africa were shipped to Rome, and food, clothing and other items from Rome were regularly shipped to Africa.
2. The inhabitants, instead of deserting their houses, or hiding their food, supplied the Romans with a fair supply. The civil officers of the province continued to exercise their functions in the name of Augustus, and the government installed an emperor who was friendly to Rome.
3. The city that was closest to the camp had the honour of the trade between Romans and Africans. In addition to this, sometimes there were games or concerts held on the occupied country, to increase unity between Romans and Africans.
4. After a few years, the Roman troops would either leave the country or end the war on peaceful terms and continue building up the city which they had begun.
5. As a result of a partnership with the Roman government, some of the businesses in the Roman military-city in Africa were stores that were actually popular in Rome.
6. The Roman occupation of Africa was conducted with the cooperation of the friendly African country where the Romans first landed.
7. Furniture and bulding supplies were also imported from Rome.

10:0am - 11:00am
1. The man was moving away with his wife, and his neighbors were nice to them and gave him gifts, and they were nice to their neighbors and gave them gifts in return, and everyone was happy.
2. "Talking to yourself," is when someone talks, but no one is around, and talking to yourself is a sign of a mental illness.

6:00am - 7:00am
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
1. The first thing that the Roman soldiers did when they reach the African country was setup a camp. This process was quickened by the help of friendly African soldiers, who were on the side of the Romans.
2. Two other countries also were involved in this war in a similar fashion.
3. Setup an American-type city on military land in the Middle East: buildings, restaurants, homes, stores, etc.
4. The Roman camp in Africa had a leader and officers similar to the government of Rome itself, which was led by the Roman government in Rome.
5. The soldiers overseas had a schedule for meals, a schedule of times to pray, a schedule for instruction in different subjects, and a time for recreation and rest.
6. The Roman military camp in the African country was essentially a fully-functional city of its own.
7. While Rome had occupied one country in Africa, Sardinia and Spain were occupying two other countries in Africa with similar military-cities.

5:00am - 6:00am
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
1. As a result of a great deal of conquest, the Roman empire established several colonies in other countries. Sometimes, as a group, these colonies would petition the Roman government for various changes, and these changes encompassed a wide range of topics.
2. One time, the emperor waged a costly and unprofitable war against the Persians. The war involved costs for weapons, housing and feeding the troops.
3. During one political campaign, the goal was to get more people involved in different areas of social life: health, religion, the arts. Then, the people who showed promise in these areas were chosen to lead their own businesses. This would then contribute to the country as a whole.
4. One office in government was established to educate the citizens about new or existing laws or policies.
5. Due to their high rank, officials were exempted from prosecution. They had to be taken to a special court established only for government workers.
6. The Roman war in Africa involved a great deal of money spent on housing and providing food and supplies for the troops.
7. Due to the presence of Roman soldiers on Afrian soil, the people of the country invaded benefited in some ways by their occupation. Since the Romans required a great deal of food and supplies, the people of Africa received some of these items as well.
8. The Roman war in Africa was more of a peacekeeping mission, although there were soldiers, there were very few, if any casualties.
9. One of the goals of the Roman soldiers in Africa was to build homes, schools and businesses for the Africans, and structure a society there which resembled the Roman government.




Saturday, April 5, 2025 -- 9:30pm

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. Sigmund Freud conducted research and invented philosophies, just like many other doctors, and Freud's philosophies can be also disputed, just like all other philosophies. --T. Carmi

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. The couple rubbed fruit on their body parts to arouse each other.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. "Some men really need to learn how to treat a woman."

8:00am - 9:00am
The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse
Death and the Lover

7:00am - 8:00am
The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse, T. Carmi
The Moon-Poet, Joseph Jedidiah Carmi
1. ...look down from heaven and behold: the moon which you set in place and then looked kindly upon -- how its face has turned blacker than soot, and its harp has been tuned to a dirge
2. What more can I say, my Rock, since my moon has turned into a moan, my globe into a glob, my crescent to putrescence. But Yours is the right of redemption.
Song for the Minor Day of Atonement, Judah Aryeh Modena
3. On this day, may the weight of all my sins dwindle to nothing like the crescent moon. Today, may the sum of my merits alone grow and bud and blosom.
Oh, I am aware of my insolent heart, my threads of wrong and my web of wickedness...And through your great love, my King, you will arise and have mercy on our holy Zion.
4. Rise up, dispatch urgent couriers to your hell, and issue an edict to all the provinces of your kingdom, commanding them to buy tar, kerosene, brimstone, and logs in plenty.
5. Scorch him with flames, and do not lose heart when you recall that, only yesterday, he filled the depth of your abyss with souls. --Jacob Frances
The Triumph of Wine, Jacob Frances
6. My friends, let us sing, in honour of these two lovers, drunk with wine.
7. Let our praise and acclaim go to the choice wine which has no dregs at all.
8. Then let me sing lustily: Long live wine! It has triumphed over love. It is worthy of awe and praise. It works wonders!
The Lover Recants, Jacob Frances
9. Friends, let me praise the goodness of my sleep, for in a dream it showed me my beloved. Truly, my mistress showered me with goodness, when, with this vision, she brought me back to life. But when I am awake, she does nothing but wear me out. If only I could sleep and never wake!
10. May my dream return and make me dream again. Then I shall call her slumber 'my queen' for it is she who gives me life and heals me(11).
11. A play on the root halom, which means both 'to dream' and 'to heal'.
For His Brother's Marriage, Jacob Frances
12. Leave off, you poetasters, leave off your singing! Pooh, pooh to you pooh and a thousand poohs! Enough! You have already broken my head with your empty rhetoric. When you hear my words, words coated with gold, you will take a rope and hang yourselves out of envy.
13. Then you will concede that your wit and I are beyond compare. Even my shoe knows more than all of you put together.
14. Let me now proclaim that this lover is, in all things, a real man: his face is like a sun untouched by eclipse; he is God-fearing and devout, and for the sake of a good deed would grow wings and fly as far as Calicut(15). He is wise beyond the wisest, and his mind -- but, mark you, not out of emptiness -- has given itself to poetry. In short: he is the father of all insight, a good man, a mild man, a man worth his weight in gold.
15. His bride is a beautiful woman, but she is also difficult to please.
16. The artist painted a perfect painting of a beautiful woman, and when the woman saw it, she said, "What is this crap?" Then she ripped the portrait to shreds, threw it away and walked off.
17. The prince kissed sleeping beauty to wake her, and then she woke up. When she woke up and saw the prince, she asked him "Why did you do that? I didn't ask to be woken up, because I was getting some good beauty sleep."
18. Lose Your Temper, and You Lose Your Bet by Italo Calvino, is an Italian folktale about two brothers who play a game. They work together, and tell each other stories, and whoever gets mad first loses the game.

6:00am - 7:00am
The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse, T. Carmi
Sabbath Song
1. Old and grey as I am, I hurry forth on Friday, filled with love, to meet the Sabbath. My joy approaches, my grief disappears and I sing out: 'Welcome!'
For love of this day, I purify my soul, I bless the Lord. I leap and dance, 'Yes, this is it! A foretaste of the world to come!'
Make the words of the seers come true, my God. Hasten the advent of King, Priest, and Prophet. Then, rearing up like lions, we shall go up to Zion and build the Temple, majestic in splendour.
2. The Star, Anonymous - The comforting star is sent by the friend who has gone on a voyage. The comforting star looked down and shone into his room, when he was sad...star-light touched his face and brought him joy. Knowing that he was sick at heart, the star sent him this balm of kindness to help him. May God send the friend blessings all the days of his life, and may his light shine forever. May He guide him, in abundant peace, to his desired haven, and may he flourish like a palm-tree.
3. Let God do the job of God, and let man do the job of man. --You and I, Anonymous
4. ...Do not let the evil spirit incite you, let him not encroach on your domain.
5. Now leave the pit of exile(6), spurn the screech owl and the fisher owl(7).
6. Lit. Be'er-Sheva, 'the well (pit) of seven (countries) into which the world was divided.
7. 'Unclean' birds, representing foreign cultures.
8. Set aside a tithe as holy to the Lord, and give the priest his gift of dough before you eat the bread.
9. My soul longs for the candle and the fragrant spices; won't you pour me a cup of wine for havdalah(10)?
10. The ceremony, employing a cadle, spices, and wine, which marks the end of the Sabbath. --Song for Havdalah, Sa'adiah

A Wedding Song, Shalem Shabazi
11. The wise and pure of heart are assured of a good name, for they firmly rule their passions. Their desire to do good prevails. They will go up to the Garden of Eden and inherit everlasting life. All the love in my soul surges to the goodness of God. Blessed is He who rewards each and every workman! May peace flow over my flock like a river, over old and young, over all the little children.
12. Refers to 'the terrible one,' an epithet for Daughter-Zion.
The Seal, Shalem Shabazi
13. His mother brought her lips to his face, and kissed him.
14. Once, she kissed him until he almost fainted, and and then apologized for this.
15. She said, "Son, I love you very much; more than the sun and the moon and the stars."
16. Away, you foreigners, leave my land, flee before the sword that breaks vengeance...The angels will break into songs of praise as the lovely daughter hymns his glories. Kings and rulers will be devastated by divine judgement and smitten bt the right hand of the Lord.
17. As they were when Israel marched through the desert (e.g. Numbers 2.2).
18. The Garden of Nut Trees - An epithet for the Land of Israel.
19. May peace be yours, my soul, and a long life of piety, singing psalms of joy. Now, in my dream, I kiss the faces of my elect companions with the letters of my song. These shall be for us like a seal [of friendship].

5:00am - 6:00am
The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse, T. Carmi
1. It is wrong to wage war on an entire people, based on the acts of only a few individuals. --The Famine in Jerusalem, Israel Najara
2. It is important for the people of the famine in Jerusalem to remain optimistic and keep hope alive.
3. Sleep deserts my eyes and I toss like a ship in the sea of my yearning for You as I imagine these things....I would long to serve you, I would never choose freedom. --If I Were, Israel Najara
4. What have the the righteous been doing? Have you been awaiting my return? --God's Beloved, Anonymous
The Seduction of Shalom
5. You will sleep upon the bed which I have perfumed with burning sticks of myrrh. I have sprinkled the choicest spices on the bed of my beloved Shalom.
6. Do not be afraid of me, for I am of noble lineage. My father was a prince in days gone by. Know this and you will understand, Shalom.
7. This girl shines with a brightness like the sun's.
8. Come, my friend, let us drink together. Let me have my fill of fresh wine.




Friday, April 4, 2025 -- 8:30pm

8:00pm - 9:00pm
1. "Research in Law and Psychiatry:" updated and reorganized.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. Alcoholism has historically been a problem on American Indian reservations.
2. It can be entertaining to watch live tv: the news and sports.
3. The information contained on this blog can lead to popular certificates and degrees offered at local colleges or universities.
4. "Alcoholics Anonymous Guidebook," added to Research in Law and Psychiatry.
5. Removed: the personal profile on this blog.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. Since we're dressed up nicely today, we should go to a museum and a restaurant. --The Arabian Nights
2. In the military camp, they would often watch tv throughout the day while drinking from a can of a six-pack of beer.

3:00pm - 4:00pm
The Talmud
1. Where do we learn that the Shechinah rests even upon one who studies the law?
2. A single law cannot answer for a hundred men.
3. Laws may be too general.
4. The law did not only affect one man, but it affected other people. It also influenced the future of the country.
5. Not many days after, it is related, this Rabbi was aprehended and thrown into prison.
6. Judge, how can I convince you to rule in my favor? What do you want to hear? I believe that my client is innocent.
7. What is the probability of us winning this case?
8. When a man is dangerously ill, the law grants dispensation...
9. Not one single thing has God created in vain.
10. The individual man was up against the supreme business owner.
11. One day for a year is counted for a whole year.
12. One wins eternal life after a struggle of years; another finds it in one hour.
13. For the sake of one righteous man the whole world is preserved in existence, as it is written.
14. If any man vow a vow by only one of all the utensils of the altar, he has vowed, even though he did not mention the word in his oath.
15. Balaam was lame in one foot and blind in one eye.
16. The judge saw that she was crying, so he said, 'I see that you are weeping, so I am not going to punish you, and I am going to set you free.'
17. In one instance, a different judge stepped in to help the original judge, and in another case, the judge enlisted the help of another judge.
18. "Even though your sentence is 15 years, you can get released earlier if your behavior improves."
19. One wins eternal life after a struggle of years; another finds it in one hour.
20. Whosoever destroyeth one soul, Scripture counts it to him as though he had destroyed the whole world, and whoso preserveth one soul of Israel, Scripture counts it as though he had preserved the whole world.
21. The code of the streets is like a religious code.
22. "The History of the Church," by Eusebius, "Buddhist Scriptures," by Donald Lopez, and "The Apocryphal Gospels," by Simon Gathercole are some books for future review.
23. This legal text, The Talmud, is available for free online at Project Gutenberg.

9:00am - 10:00am
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
1. The banks of the Danube were crowded on either side by with spectators, who gazed on the military pomp, anticipated the importance of the event, and diffused through the adjacent country the fame of a young hero...

8:00am - 9:00am
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
1. Gratitude forbade Maximim to serve under the assassin of Caracalla.
2. Honour taught him to decline the effeminate insults of Elagabulus. On the accession of Alexander he returned to court, and was placed by that prince in a station useful to the service, and honourable to himself.
3. The senator had an understanding of each office that was under his care.
4. Some qualities of the citizens of Thrace were strength and toughness.
5. The circumstances surrounding his death are numerous. The reasons could not be confirmed definitively, so the case was closed.
6. The senator's biography was edited to include only his good deeds.
7. A series of senate hearings were held, to discuss new legislation and policy that existed.
8. The senators held meetings to discuss any subject or topic that interested them.
9. But the human character, however it may be exalted or depressed by a temporary enthusiasm, will return by degrees to its proper and natural level, and will resume those passions that seem the most adapted to its present condition.
10. The senators sought to understand the principles on which each office in government was based.
11. The senators sought to understand each office in government, and if necessary change them to fit in with modern day society.

7:00am - 8:00am
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
1. Sometimes, sessions of senate were held outdoors, in parks or during feasts.
2. To select people for government, it is easy. Just select all of the straight-A students in the schools.
3. One of the senators was known for his youthful age and appearance.
4. Even though the country was young, it was based on the model of older more established countries.
5. Chardin says, that European travellers have diffused among the Persians some ideas of the freedom and mildness of our governments.
6. The division of Europe into a nuumber of independent states, connected, however, with each other, by the general resemblance of religion, language, and manners, is productive of the most beneficial consequences to the liberty of mankind.
7. Sometimes sessions of the senate were held in stadiums in different cities.
8. In honor of the old republic, many of the laws remained in place in the new republic.
9. Many of the senators were intent on improving the government.
10. There were revolutionary factions in each state.
11. The concept of hereditary rule implies family-based education and training.
12. Hereditary rule can be discriminatory in cases where outsiders have displayed merit, but because of their lineage, cannot rule. The debate of hereditary rule.
13. One of the older senators assigned a younger staff member to represent her office during sessions of congress.
14. Sometimes there were convicted felons representing themselves in senate sessions.
15. Sometimes crowds of people would be present at the senate meetings.




Thursday, April 3, 2025 -- 10:00pm

10:00pm - 11:00pm
1. In one funny episode of the old Laurel and Hardy show, the two men have to push a heavy piano up a steep hill. They go through a lot of comedy pushing the piano up the hill. The fat guy doesn't want to push it because he says he has cramps because he ate too much. So the skinny guy pushes it up most of the hill, but once or twice, he drops it on the fat guy because he is so skinny. Then, once the men get to the top of the hill, finally, the owner of the piano tells them that they bought the wrong piano, and they have to do it all over again.

8:00pm - 9:00pm
1. A tattoo artist should be honest towards his customers.
2. I updated my user profile with my most recent picture.

10:00am - 11:00am
1. Birds can learn basic communication through signals and sounds. It can also be helpful for birds to learn 'separate' to stay apart, and 'together' to stay together.

How Wild Animals Survive Winter
I. Hibernation:
1. Some animals, like bears, groundhogs, and chipmunks, enter a state of dormancy called hibernation to conserve energy during the cold months.
2. During hibernation, their body temperature drops, breathing slows, and heart rate decreases, allowing them to survive on stored fat reserves.
3. Hibernation is not a deep sleep but a state of reduced metabolic activity.
II. 1. Utilizing Natural Features
2. Caves and Rock Crevices
3. Hollow Trees: Hollow trees provide safe and secure shelter for various animals.
4. Rotting Logs: Some animals seek shelter under or inside rotting logs.
5. Burrows: Animals like rabbits and foxes dig intricate tunnel systems underground for protection and temperature regulation.
6. Source: Google
7. When he was outside, he used material that had absorbed water, and then manipulated it for drinking.

6:00am - 7:00am
Sorrows of Young Werther, Johann Goethe
1. He had not changed in so short a time, he was the same man Werther had known from the beginning and had so esteemed and honoured.
2. Living himself in an eternal discontenment, the state other people were in also seemed to him more worrying and confused.
3. Love and fidelity are the finest human feelings.
4. With the greatest liveliness, passion, and truth he spoke.
5. ...sometimes he would break off the conversation or change topics.
6. I swear this to you in a way that is pure, holy, and brotherly.
7. Tell my mother to pray for her son and that I ask forgiveness for all the trouble I have caused her.
8. The man got sick from urine retention. --The Arabian Nights



Wednesday, April 2, 2025 -- 4:00pm

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Sorrows of Young Werther, Johann Goethe
1. The children were playing, dressing their toy doll.
2. What is this thing, the vaunted demigod, a man?
3. I have made it my business to gather exact information from the mouths of those who could have a good knowledge of his story -- which is straightforward, and except in a few trivial details all versions of it tally.
4. Werther was unhappy. The harmony of his mind was quite destroyed, an inward heat and vehemence, which wrought up and disarrayed all his natural energies, causing the most unpleasant reactions in him, exhausting him, and by his efforts to rise up again his courage was sapped even more than by the troubles he had fought against so far.

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. "Seagram's Escapes are flavored malt beverages, known for their fruity flavors, vibrant colors, and a light, refreshing taste, often marketed as a way to 'escape' to a tropical paradise."

8:00am - 9:00am
1. Axe body wash, body spray, and deodorant, are good products to make men cleaner and smell better. So are Old Spice body wash, body spray and deodorant. I recommend these products for other men.

7:00am - 8:00am
The Jewish War, Josephus
1. The soldiers destroyed the enemy's camp when the enemy was out marching.
2. Josephus saw the inevitable end awaiting the Jews...so he wrote a detailed appreciation of the situation for the Jerusalem authorities, without either exaggerating or minimizing the strength of the enemy, and thereby reviving their hopes just when they were having second thoughts.
3. Josephus "led the army to the north of the town and pitched his camp on rising ground three quarters of a mile from the walls, trying to make himself as conspicuous as possible in order to demoralize the enemy."
4. When the city was invaded, some of the citizens pretended to sympathize with the enemy in order to escape.
5. All day long they were locked in battle till night parted them.
6. Since the fort was situated on the top of a mountain, when it was winter time, the soldiers would sometimes ski down the slope.
7. The general dug undergound bunkers to protect against air attacks.
8. This protected the builders worked in safety day and night. They raised the wall, built towers on it, and completed it with a parapet.
9. During this time, the invading army had to fight off exhaustion and starvation.
10. The soldiers were instructed to cover their backs with sheepskins, so that if anyone did see them they would be mistaken for animals.
11. The people of the city as well as scouts were told to tell the generals any information that they observed or learned, that could help their army.
12. Yes, the general had seen a lot during this war.
13. The general anticipated the enemy's next attack, and then ambushed them.
14. The first blows may be ineffective, but no wall is so thick that it can stand up to a prolonged battering.
15. The Romans pushed forward their catapults and other artillery and began to bombard them.
16. They used claws, or hooked devices, to attach to the wall and then drag it down.
17. The claws were attached to the higher portions of the wall, which were weaker.
18. They also tried attaching reaping-hooks to the ends of long poles, against the wall.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. Sports are hard to watch, because you have to see brothers compete.
2. A rhododendron is a valuable plant in North America.

5:00am - 6:00am
1. If you pass Step A, then you proceed to Step B, if you pass Step B, then you proceed to Step C, and so on...
2. The goal of many professions is to help as many people in the group as possible, even if this is to the detriment of a few.
3. Greek literature (Josephus, Polybius, Thucydides) discusses a great deal of military history and tactics.
4. Before coming home from the hospital, the baby's parents should have the knowledge and material at home, necessary for the baby's survival.
5. The doctor who delivered the baby was like a military drill sergeant.




Tuesday, April 1, 2025 -- 9:00pm

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. A person should also be able to perform other health-related activities in proportion to their age, height, and weight.
2. The more successful you are at performing these activities determines your ability to perform certain jobs or social duties.
3. The man told his dog, “Act like a human, don’t be afraid to act like a human.”

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. If you cannot sing your favorite song, for 3-minutes, then you know that you need exercise like walking. —Laurel and Hardy
2. You should also be able to lift weights in proportion to your body type and age.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
The Jewish War, Josephus
1. The manager hired helpers, people whose job it was to help him out with his work.
2. If there is enough housing and food available in America, then more people should live in America.
3. Cities on the coast should have a boardwalk and other seaside attractions.
4. The army regularly held drills, intended to simulate real-life situations.
5. The army was not only used during times of war, but it was also employed in the daily activities of the country.
6. Soldiers in the army were trained to use all kinds of weaponry.
7. ...go to their tribunes, and the tribunes accompany all their superior officers to headquarters, where the commander-in-chief, in accordance with routine, gives them the password and other orders to communicate to their subordinates.
8. In the morning the trumpet sounds 'Stand to march!' At once every one jumps out of bed and takes their places like runners waiting for the day to begin.
9. Basic training operated on an honor system instead of being based on fear.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
I. Learning how to entertain each other, is an important element of a relationship. This can include: reading, music, food, walking, and talking together.

II. Hebrew
Aba - father
Akh - brother
Akhot - sister
Beit - home
Beit kholim - hospital
Beit kneset - synagogue
Beit sefer- school
Ben - son
Boker - morning
Bakar - beef
Yod - letter in alphabet
Bet - letter in alphabet
Vet - “”
Chet - “”
Gimmel - “”
Lamed - “”
Tof - “”
Nun - “”
juk - cockroach

11:00am - 12:00pm
The Jewish War, Josephus
1. ...the leading citizens, including some of the magistrates, were moved by jealousy to send money secretly to John, so that he could improve his army.
2. The elderly and home-stricken should still be able to serve in church and in government.
3. There was no dishonorable discharge. If you were a soldier who did completed his term, then you were discharged, period.
4. When he was at sea, he sailed at night, and took a long route instead of the straight route, to attack the enemy's ships.
5. Sometimes, the general used two or more boats at one time to attack the enemy's main ship.
6. The army attacked the enemy when they were tired and near the end of their march.
7. The defenders were composed of a unit on foot and one soldier on horseback.

10:00am - 11:00am
The Jewish War, Josephus
1. The big ship on the sea received damage to its hull from the enemy, and then was destroyed.
2. When the army was marching, the enemy ambushed them from behind, attacked their rearguards, and then a firefight ensued.
3. During one mission, the army destroyed the enemy's means of transportation.
4. The general anticipated the next attacks of the enemy, and then relocated the citizens to safer areas in the city.
5. Sometimes this involved crowding people together in one apartment.
6. The rest of the country was deserted.
7. He divided the soldiers into different units and divisions, under the command of the superior officers. He taught them how to pass on signals, how to sound the advance and retreat, and how a victorious unit could relieve one in difficulties and assist any other unit.
8. The general also often made speeches criticizing the enemy for their attacks on his city.
9. He chose men for missions based on their athleticism, intelligence, and military experience.
10. Even though the safe-apartments were sometimes crowded, the general did his best to ensure that the people were fed well and got the other things that they needed.
11. He formed a council of apartment residents.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Holy Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.
2. LSD, or acid - when people nearby use lsd or acid, it can make others feel nervous or anxious, as though their blood is shaky. That is, when others inhale lsd being used by people in the area.




Monday, March 31, 2025 -- 4:00pm

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Sorrows of Young Werther, Johann Goethe
1. Her health is ruined and for that reason she has no delight in anything on God's earth.
2. He felt as though his life was a slow agonizing existence.
3. They were talking about trivial, unimportant things, such as what was on the news, for example.
4. She talked of something else so that I wouldn't develop my theme.
5. She does not see, she does not feel that she is preparing a poison that will be the undoing of me and of her...
6. She tried to speak as quietly as possible.
7. It seems that I shall never recover myself. Everywhere I go I have encounters that utterly discompose me.
8. Thank God that he has got to be only as bad as this.
9. They tried to help the sick man get better.
10. The man had a passion for her which sent him raving mad.




Sunday, March 30, 2025 -- 8:00pm

8:00pm - 9:00pm
1. Our Parents and Our Independence - Me and my friends from the old neighborhood in Brooklyn all had parents. Well, after we turned 17 or 18, our parents stopped cooking for us, and made us get our own food, and live on our own. My mother was too old to cook for me every day, so she made me cook for myself. This was a hard lesson to learn, but it taught me necessary independence and survival skills.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. Posters on your wall of your favorite movies, remind you of the movies when you look at your wall. This works with postcards of your favorite movie as well.
2. The man tore out pages from magazines and posted them on his wall. --Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. "The Wild Duck," by Henrik Ibsen, is a popular story about a Muskovy duck.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. Acts 28.28,29 — The men began talking about business, but then they got into a fierce argument with themselves and called off all talks.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
1. Let’s get government to mimic memorable past eras (within reason).
2. No more old families in government, let’s get some new faces in government.
3. More foreign language speakers in government.
4. They were making a calm and peaceful citizen look like a hostile and dangerous criminal.

10:00am - 11:00am
1. Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Holy Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. Acts 4:23 - As soon as Peter and John had been set free they went back and told the others everything that had happened to them.
2. During days of antiquity, it was common for people to live well over a hundred (120, 130, 150) years.
2-B. So if you're a senior citizen, don't give up, you can live many more years -- get some exercise, take care of yourself.
3. Some of the men in the town were hired to start a riot in the town.
4. Questions why some people eat animals that are unclean and not fit to eat.
5. He was talking senselessness, nonsense.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. Acts 5:32 - Sharing Possessions - The group of followers all felt the same way about everything. None of them claimed that their possessions were their own, and they shared everything they had with each other.
2. The group was kidnapped, in a modern sense. They were isolated from family and friends, and situated in an area that did not have the same comforts of a home. Eventually however, they were rescued by a heroic man. --The Holy Bible

5:00am - 6:00am
1. Traits that all humans share are: faith in themselves, faith in their friends, and faith in the future. --Sorrows..., Johann Goethe

3:00am - 4:00am
1. The answer to misogynists is simple, have a morality that is good.




Saturday, March 29, 2025 -- 7:00pm

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. By relocating, or moving, the homeless from a poor city, to a city that has more housing, you can help eradicate homelessness.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
1. A leaf can be used to make a simple bed or nest for birds.
2. A leaf can be used as the base for a bird's nest, "along with long grass gently twisted, and flexible plant stems like straw or bendy reeds."
3. Omitted.
4. The bird used its beak, its wings, and its talons, to defend itself against the attacker.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. Birds and wild animals can eat green leaves and plants in the area, which are like the flowers that they enjoy. They can at least try these green leaves and see if they like them.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. All tribes, and all cities and states are equal. If one city has more housing available, then it should give housing to people from poorer cities. This is a way to be fair and equal to all people, and combat poverty.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. Before he went on the second expedition against the Germans, he read lectures of philosophy to the Roman people during three days.
2. The two Antonines governed the Roman world forty-two years, with the same spirit of wisdom and virtue.
3. Just as with tribes, with American states or cities, if one state or city is doing good, then it should help out poorer states or cities.
4. For example, if one city has dozens of restaurants, and another city only has a few restaurants, then the city with many restaurants should give food to the city with few restaurants.

7:00am - 8:00am
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
1. One of the politicians was too old fashioned, and needed to be more modern.
2. One of the politians focused too much on administrative duties.
3. One of the politicians was well-rounded, and was loved by the public.
4. One of the politicians might have committed crimes, but because of his wisdom and hard work, he was not prosecuted.
5. Refers to the Greek statesman Nerva.
6. One of the politicians was particularly cantankerous, or quarrelsome.
7. One of the politicians was materialistic and vain.
8. One of the politicians was comical and funny.
9. These are qualities that defined each politician.
10. One of the politicians called Caesar a coward and a fool.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. Many competitions for a mate are prejudiced because they only focus on physical skills and do not focus on intellectual, spiritual or other qualities.




Friday, March 28, 2025 -- 5:30pm

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. Keep experimenting with these ideas because the basic concept works.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. A laundrybag pillow over a yoga block, or on top of two yoga blocks, is a great device to sleep on.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. Many people's lives include simple adventure tales, where a few characters go on an journey, like The Fairie Queene, by Edmund Spenser.
2. Misogynistic authors such as Arthur Schopenhauer, express intense distate for women in their works, but the moral is that we should respect all people, and we should treat all living things good in life.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. Sandalwood is a valuable wood in the Middle East. Sometimes it is used to light fires for cooking.
2. A man received an injury, his eye was knocked out, and he was a one-eyed man. But he asked for compensation for his injury, and was paid well.
3. The man made friends with a group of people in another country, and then they convinced him to move there.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. When the appointed day arrived she put on her finest clothes, adorning and perfuming herself, and then spreading all kinds of splendid carpets in her room before sitting down to wait for her visitors.

5:00am - 6:00am
The Arabian Nights
1. When the woman had visitors to her home, she would regularly go into her bedroom to perfume herself.
2. The man owned a dog, who he gave treats to. The dog enjoyed getting the treats, so it always followed the man around the house hoping to get a treat.
3. This trick works for cats too.
4. African hair shops can entertain customers with folktales and information about the history and culture of Africa.




Thursday, March 27, 2025 -- 7:00pm

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. One of the men got a handful of dirt from the ground, and fetched a sieve for it and then tried to find gold in it.
12. "You should also note the saying of Almighty God in the Quran: 'Great are the wiles of women.'"
3. There are acceptable and unacceptable ways of conveying a message.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
1. Classical music is entertainment by listening to musical instruments.
2. The king spoke to his son the prince about his relationship with his wife, who he was angry at. The king advised the prince to keep away from his wife for a whole year, not even speaking to her.
3. Even though there are many wild animals in Africa, they live separately and from the people of Africa and rarely attack humans.
4. There was a man who bought a parrot. The parrot often spoke to him and was very intelligent.
5."A boy was swimming in the river. One day while the boy was swimming, his arms grew tired and he sank. Seeing this, his father jumped in and swam towards him, but when he had managed to get hold of him, the boy clung to him, with the result that both of them were drowned. In the same way, your majesty, if you do not stop your son and revenge me on him, I am afraid that both of you will drown."
6. "This man wants to kill me or arrest me, and I don't know what I have done wrong."
7. "You have rescued a Muslim from death. He was out of his mind and panting in fear of death as that man came running up as fast as he could behind him, holding a drawn sword."
8. "At that the king changed his mind about having his son killed, but on the third day the girl came back..."
9. Despite all this, the king renewed the order to have his son executed. But one of his viziers advocated for the young man's life, highlighting his intelligence and work ethic.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
The Arabian Nights
1. The men enter a village. The village has new homes and businesses. When the men enter the buildings however, they find that the people in the buildings are all dead.
2. In the king's palace were several rooms. In the upper room was treasure, gold, silver and gems.
3. One man's home was decorated like a museum.
4. The floor of the man's house "looked like flowing water, and as it gave the impression that whoever tried to pass through it would slip, Musa told Abd al-Samad to scatter something on it that would allow them to walk over it."
5. There was a woman. "She was wearing a dress decked with fine pearls; on her head was a crown of red gold and a jewelled band, while a jewelled necklace, with gems sparkling from its centre, encricled her throat, and on her forehead were two jewels that shone like the sun."
6. Some of the men knew how to start riots in their city. --The Holy Bible
7. In Africa the sun is hot, but not hot enough to kill the Africans.
8. Life is rough, and physical problems only make life rougher. --Book on Dharma

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. Fly-food, fly-water, fly-looong.
Fly-Florida, fly-Mexico, fly-sunnn.
Fly-roads, fly-good-better-home, fly-roads.
--Songs for Birds (Simple).
2. The more food, water and shelter are available for birds, the happier and healthier their lives are.
3. Amazingly, sometimes horse meat was used in addition to beef and pork, in order to make sausages in ancient Greece and Rome. --Edward Gibbon

8:00am - 9:00am
1. As adults, the majority of the progress has already been made in our lives, and we only have to do minor things daily to survive.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. He tried to understand the origin, or starting point, behind his behavior and the behavior of others.
2. When I met with the family, they raised their eyes, and presented their nostrils in the most aristocratic manner.
3. ...I thought, that's why they're looking at you. It was like venom in me.
4. Sometimes it is inappropriate to go into details, and it is better to speak generally.
5. As a boy, I enjoyed picking flowers and throwing them into the stream, and then watching them being taken downstream by the current.
6. Maybe the main story has already ended, and we're just daily playing out after-episodes.

5:00am - 6:00am
Sorrows of Young Werther, Johann Goethe
1. Examines the competitive personality versus the non-competitive personality.
2. The competitive personality feels very often that he or she lacks this or that.
3. "He took a great interest in me and we knew that we understood each other."
4. Many a king is ruled by his minister and many a minister by his secretary. Who then is the top man?
5. Other people were living through the man's memories.




Wednesday, March 26, 2025 -- 9:00pm

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. A blanket or a sheet filled with pillows, can take the place of a laundry bag filled with pillows, which can be used like one big pillow. Any kind of soft things can be used in the place of pillows.

8:00pm - 9:00pm
1. Foreigners can make money in America, and then build homes in their home country for them and their family and friends to live in. These homes can be stocked with regular shipments from American stores.
2. Old cookbooks, or cookbooks from the 30s or 40s are good.
3. If you find a way to build apartments on land for you, your family and friends, then you will live a happy life.

1:00pm - 2:00pm
1. All kinds of incense get in your throat in some way or another, in pleasant ways.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
2. Burning cedar incense smells good. It makes your nose and throat feel better when you inhale it; it's like a eucalyptus scent.
3. Some stores actually sell Eucalyptus incense, as well as other unique kinds of incense.

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. A New Television Program Idea - Since the news is simply people reading information, and the news is popular on television today, then people reading books or magazine articles should also be popular. This is a new form of television program where people simply read popular books or magazines, and in the end, may give their opinion. A good idea, and a good way to teach people.




Tuesday, March 25, 2025 -- 7:00pm

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Holy Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.
2. If you bury a bone in shallow soil, then your dog might enjoy digging it up.
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1. Acts 3 - There was a lame man who couldn't walk, and Peter and John healed him. Then he jumped up and started walking, walking and praising God.
2. Acts 4:23 - As soon as Peter and John had been set free, they went back and told the others everything that had happened to them.
3. A goal of life is to live an easy life; work easy and live easy.

11:00am - 12:00pm
The Sorrows of Young Werther, Johann Goethe
1. The conflict between people who want us to make noise, and people who want to stay quiet.
2. Simply living and breathing are reasons to be happy. I'm happy just to be alive on God's green earth.
3. I like the glow of the sun.
4. Each day is different, and we can also feel different each day.
5. I don't know, and let us not worry each other with analogies, Wilhelm.
6. Human nature has its limits. It can bear joy, sorrow, pain to a certain degree and founders when that limit is exceeded.
7. So now I recite the whole thing in a sing-song voice, which is quite entertaining.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. American Indian Tribes (2) - if your members like living in RV's, Campers, and Motorhomes, then you can invite your friends to live with you!
2. Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Holy Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.

2:00am - 3:00am
1. American Indian Tribes - if your members like living in RV's, Campers, and Motorhomes, then consider buying land used exclusively for these kinds of homes.

1:00am - 2:00am
1. Refers to the progression of good and the progression of evil.
2. The symbol of good has representatives all over the world, and the symbol of evil also has representatives all over the world.

12:00am - 1:00pm
Faust, Johann Goethe
1. A good friend stands by you in good times as well as bad times.
2. This evil being, he eats entire forests, consumes entire planets, entire solar systems. He will not stop unless the angelic figure of good is victorious.




Monday, March 24, 2025 -- 11:30pm

11:00pm - 12:00am
1. One dance, a walz, involved linking and interlocking of the arms.
2. One element of being a good friend is increasing the happiness of our other friends.
3. Sometimes we're in a good mood, and sometimes we can be in a bad mood.
4. He saw life through his own eyes, instead of through the eyes of another man.
5. Many times, psychiatrists' theories are drawn from literary sources.

10:00pm - 11:00pm
Sorrows of Young Werther, Johann Goethe
1. Learn how to enjoy your life.
2. If they're your friends, then you're happy around them.
3. Determine if your moral views and your lifestyle match or are compatible with the area that you live in.
4. She believed that he was an unstable young man.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. If you're in a place and you don't have toilet tissue available, then use any available paper: copy paper or looseleaf paper, etc., and then dispose of it in a garbage bag.

10:00am - 11:00am
1. Biographical books or films about the lives of government officials would be good.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. During senate meetings, in addition to official government business, there was sometimes entertainment where the senators displayed their personal gifts and talents in public speaking, drama, music, or art.
2. The legions discovered three rebellions, but suppressed them in a few months without the hazard of a battle.
3. When personally moved, the lead senator would sometimes pardon prisoners.

5:00am - 6:00am
1. In order to build the new cities, the senators established the infrastructure first, and then built up from there.
2. The senators repealed many inconvenient laws.
3. The citizens were polled, or interviewed, so that the senators could tell what worked and what didn't work in society and government.
4. The government adapted easily to the needs of the people.
5. Such an assembly of the senate, consisting of some five or six hundred people, was always welcomed by the people. Sometimes however, only a few leaders from the senate were chosen to make all of the final decisions for the entire group.

4:00am - 5:00am

1. As a result of the reading university-level books, different and new approaches to law and psychiatry have been revealed.
2. People should not be punished for learning new approaches to law and psychiatry. We should be encouraged to learn because learning empowers us and makes us stronger.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
1. The senators established a committee to abolish old laws and introduce new ones (regarding term limits in government, for example).
2. The senators built several new cities in order to pour money into the country's economy.




Sunday, March 23, 2025 -- 8:30pm

8:00pm - 9:00pm

I. 1. If an elephant, or other large animal dies, then dig a hole for it and then bury it there, covering it with soil. --The Arabian Nights
2. Some recurrent themes in our lives include people trying to have other people arrested or prosecuted for the smallest of things.


II. Research in Law and Psychiatry:

I. Research in Law:

1. The dimensions of society and the dimensions of the individual contribute to our behavior. Additionally, many people face problems in their lives, including problems of the inner city and the ghetto. These problems include poverty, homelessness, and peer pressure.
2. Many people's actions involve several different elements.
3. Determine the reasons for committing the act instead of looking simply at the act itself.
4. The Bible reminds us that man is flawed, that is, that man has faults.
5. "Often in life, you have to make mistakes in order to learn the right way."
6. In nature, sometimes animals fight, and human beings also fight sometimes in their lives.
7. I understand that someone died and a life was lost, but that doesn't make it right to take the life of this person in repayment or punishment.
8. “Sometimes we have to make mistakes as children, in order to learn the right way as adults.”
9. Many people were raised in military households.
10. "The further he got, the more each word seemed to give rise to another word, which at once gave rise to a third, a third to a fourth and so on, so that his mouth was full, and the words came out in the most picturesque order." --Fyodor Dostoevsky

II. 1. "Some laws contradict human nature."
2. Human nature can sometimes conflict with society's laws.
3. "Sometimes our emotions can control us more than our sense of reason."
4. If a person makes "empty threats," out of anger, which have no real basis, then he should not be prosecuted.
5. It is normal to have angry, evil feelings towards a person who has disrespected, insulted, or offended you.
6. "White-collar crimes are different than criminal crimes. White-collar crimes do not involve physical harm, for example.” -- Victor Hugo
7. Some laws are more abstract and imaginary, and some laws are more real and concrete.
8. If a person is fined by the state, and cannot pay the fine, and has in the past been mistreated by the state, and has contributed to the prosperity of the state, then he should not be prosecuted.
9. If a person has made an agreement, then that agreement should not be cancelled due to a mere technicality.
10. "House of the Dead", by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a novel about the horrors of prison life.
11. People who have been to jail have endured considerable suffering, and other people should show them compassion and sympathy for that.

III. 1. "This courtroom is being too formal, judge. Lighten up please."
2. Some court proceedings and legal documents are more abstract than concrete. In this instance, plain English explanations are helpful.
3. "The courtroom is your friend, attorney's should feel comfortable and at home in the courtroom, and an attorney should take his time when defending a client, especially when the case looks good for them." --Cicero
4. Determine the reasons why police officers do what they do.
5. Sometimes police officers have to make split second decisions, based on several factors.
6. "Objections to heroism as taking into account fear, the harms that can happen to a human being, and public safety." --Cicero
7. Police officers (and other workers) or their families should be compensated for injuries that they receive on the job, including death.
8. "Jails and prisons should be held accountable when inmates get injured or die in altercations while in their custody. This could involve financial compensation, prosecution of any guilty parties, and prison reform."
9. If a person dies then his family should be compensated according to how much he would earn over his lifetime. Compensation should be proportionate to one’s injuries instead of being too excessive.
10. Due to administrative red tape, the case was delayed for a long time.
11. The senators kept lines of communication open between them.

IV. 1. The death penalty should only be used in extreme cases of hatred or terror.
2. Determine if his crime was serious enough to impose the death penalty.
3. Generally speaking, it is unclear what subjects are protected by the freedom of speech and what subjects are not.
4. If a man has been put to death unjustly, then his family may be entitled to compensation.
5. "The Senator was tried by other Senators." --Herodotus
6. People shouldn't go to court over a small bump that causes little or no damage, in a car crash.
7. In court, people are entitled to an experienced, wise judge. They are also entitled to representation that considers their cultural and social background.
8. Human beings from different world cultures naturally travel, or migrate for trade or to find a better life, in spite of political boundaries.
9. "My kingdom is big enough to hold all peoples, I won't turn anyone away," the king said.
10. Sometimes, when people commit crimes, it is because they really need the money.

V. 1. ⁠The prisoner didn’t want to talk about the crime. The officer drew the words out of the prisoner’s mouth, for the confession, and then arrested him.
2. A gag order, issued by a judge means that within reason, try not to talk to someone — within reason.
3. ⁠Extradition, or a prisoner swap, is a process that involves continuing communication between two countries.
4. There should be a limit to how much time a person serves in jail — say, 5 years maximum.
5. How do judges determine the length of a person’s prison sentence?
6. In cases of capital punishment, the death penalty, there should be a minimum required number of years to be served, say 10 or 20, before final punishment, to ensure that no errors were made in the case.
7. Happiness, sadness, anger, romantic feelings, etc., are our emotions. Emotions are normal for a human to have.
8. A goal for the court was to ensure that every citizen received fair and equal treatment under the law.
9. "It is normal for people to oppose tyrannical governments.”



Research in Psychiatry:

VI. 1. One job of psychiatrists is to interpret human emotion and behavior.
2. Many disciplines or fields are flawed.
3. Problems are normal for people to have. Maybe it's wrong for doctors to say that people are mentally ill (schizophrenic, bipolar), just because they have problems. This makes life more complicated, and humans like simplicity.
4. "How did this strange mental disorder come about?" --Voltaire. Here, he questions the origin of mental disorders in people.
5. "Sure, we can talk, I have nothing to hide." -Henrik Ibsen.
6. Charles Dickens and Gabriel Garcia Marquez suggest that many medications are like poison. Maybe psychiatric medications make people feel bad.
7. "Sometimes, medication makes people feel like they're going to faint." --Anton Chekhov
8. "Medication might help your mind, but it poisons your body." --Honore de Balzac
9. "Does it really matter if someone is on medication?" Here, Voltaire questions whether medication actually changes someone's behavior in any noticeable way. It's like, if you put enough sedative medication in anyone, it will change their behavior, but it will also incapacitate them."

VII. 1. "Mental illness refers to a disease in the brain that requires medication as a remedy." --Alexander Dumas
2. A. Voltaire, in Philosophical Dictionary, questions whether medication actually cures you.
B. Blaise Pascal suggests that medicines do no good unless they heal you at some point in time.
3. The decision to take medication, involves considerable moral conflict.
4. Due to a multitude of reasons, perhaps one should adopt a moral objection to medication.
5. The following information is contained on Trivial Pursuit cards:
A. Depression is known as "the common cold of mental illness." I guess some mental illnesses are more common than others.
B. Placebo is the P-word that is defined as an inert substance administered instead of a drug. If psychiatric drugs are ineffective placebos, then why distribute them at all?
C. Maybe psychiatric drugs are totally useless. The "miracle drug" Krebiozen, supposed to cure cancer, was ultimately found to be totally useless.
6. Maybe over 48 hours is too long to be detained in a psychiatric hospital.
7. "Often, doctors play the role of accountant and attorney. Doctors are also just doing a job, and time is money." --Ivanov, by Anton Chekhov
8. "Sometimes, doctors work under emergency settings, and patients are not supposed to be frightened of their health care worker." --The District Doctor, Ivan Turgenev
9. "Should you treat someone with medication and therapy, and ignore philosophy and religion?" --Anton Chekhov
10. "To help someone, instead of seeking professional treatment, just let time take its course." --Voltaire

VIII. 1. “She spoke to me automatically, distant and impersonally. I had to remind her that I was a human being.”
2. "Some people can find fault with anyone, no matter how good, or normal they are." --Homer
3. Voltaire, praises the virtues of tolerance, and reminds us of our freedoms, and of liberty.
4. Mental health classes are flawed because after attending them for months, or even years, students are not cured. And Charles Dickens suggests that mental health classes should give students education on subjects such as English, Math, Art, and Music, etc., and go on field trips.
5. If you want a rewarding way to occupy the time, sometimes it's best to just stay home.
6. Overreliance on doctors causes us to lose our independence.
7. ”Really? There’s no cure for disorganized thoughts? Schizophrenia? Just change your way of thinking. That’s what we go to school for. Seems simple enough to change, simple enough to cure."
8. There is a difference between speaking generally and going into detail.
9. "We don't want to be worried to death." --Fyodor Dostoevsky
10. "If you can't see it or feel it, then it's not a serious illness." --James Joyce

IX. 1. “Take life lightly, you’re being too serious.”
2. "The argument was so flawed, it was hard not to laugh."
3. "I have the right not to answer your questions at all; I choose not to comment."
4. "Psychiatrists should follow established rules and procedures." --The Hippocratic Oath
5. If you have a joy of life, then seeking psychiatric help might contradict this.
6. Maybe some people don't need psychiatric help at all.


X. 1. Happiness, sadness, anger, romantic feelings, etc., are our emotions. Emotions are normal for a human to have.
2. A psychiatrist shouldn’t humiliate or make his patient feel uncomfortable.
3. There is a difference between speaking generally, and going into every detail about a situation.
4. Psychiatrists should give patients simple, plain English explanations, instead of complicated medical language.
5. Encourage the psychiatrists to explain themselves and talk more.
6. Ensure that your psychiatrist has fully assessed and evaluated you as a patient.
7. How do blood tests, blood pressure results, etc., factor in to our psychiatric care?
8. Overly repetitive testimony is not good for a courtroom.
9. Delays due to technicalities or technical language are not good for a courtroom.
10. I do not believe that most Americans have schizophrenia. I believe that most Americans have normal, organized, and logical thoughts.

11. Government shouldn't unnecessarily encumber its citizens.
12. A psychiatrist's statements should be based on evidence and existing research.
13. Verbal statements are as legally binding as written statements.
14. He was driven to commit suicide by another man.
15. A new, modern law should not outweigh a history of old, established laws. Additionally, it can be useful to learn more about new laws, in order to understand them.
16. One of the doctor's looked more experienced and wise than the other doctor.
17. His family was willing to have him arrested in a second, for the smallest things.
18. Deception is wrong. Psychiatrists shouldn't use deceptive practices against patients.
19. Poverty is a legal defense. If a person grew up dirt poor, and he commits a crime, then he shouldn't be punished to the fullest extent of the law. --The Torah
20. If you grow up poor, then you're bound to get into trouble sooner or later. --Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
21. The words were taken in their most literal and absolute sense.

XI. Steps for Psychiatric Independence/Settlement:
1. Request written documentation about your diagnosis, treatment, etc. from your psychiatrist.
2. This information will have the psychiatrist's attacks on your behavior.
3. Defend yourself point by point against the psychiatrist's attacks on your behavior.
4. Since you have proven the psychiatrist to be in violation of established procedures, The U.S. Constitution, and your basic human rights, you may be entitled to independence from doctors and a settlement in a court of law.
5. Do this for every psychiatrist you’ve seen in the past.


5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. The people from some world cultures hold dances outdoors, in fests for example. --Sorrows, Johann Goethe

10:00am - 11:00am
2. City and state garbage dumps should consider burning the garbage, as was the practice in biblical times. They dug a deep hole, put the garbage in it, burned it, and then covered it back up with soil.

9:00am - 10:00am
3. Too Much Brainstorming - Some people go too far with certain ideas; they magnify an idea into too many concepts.




Saturday, March 22, 2025 -- 6:00pm

6:00pm - 7:00pm
6. The affection and simplicity which she displayed charmed me. --Sorrows, Johann Goethe

5:00pm - 6:00pm
The Faerie Queene, Edmund Spenser
1. The knight and the group encounter the fair princess.
2. The knight and the princess have slight disagreements.
3. Overall, they enjoy the company of each other.
4. Find out how different wild animals survive in the wild, and then teach them this in order to remind them, if necessary. --Les Miserables, Victor Hugo

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. Buy a card deck and play simple arrangement games of Solitaire with the card deck. 
2. Buy a card deck and build a house of cards with it.
3. Buy a set of dominoes and set them up and then collapse them.
4. Some people are obsessed with making other people feel jealous or insecure about their romantic relationships.

10:00am - 11:00am
17. I can't be bought, there are some things I just won't do. I won't do some things for all the money in the world. No. --The Holy Bible
18. I tickled the children fast and then let them go. --Sorrows of Young Werther, Johann Goethe
19. This was a joyful moment with the children.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. Dogs and cats can drink fruit juice.

4:00am - 5:00am
2. Sometimes she put fruit juice in the baby's bottle.
3. You might cure blindness through medication and drilling a hole near the oozing area and then using a suction device to suck out the ooze-like liquid.
4. Or drill two holes on each side of the head that can make sucking the ooze easier. Drill a total of four tiny holes for this procedure.

1:00am - 2:00am
5. He used old newspapers, old magazines, or old books as a pillow.
6. They used their coats as blankets.
7. Refers to Thenardiers and Montfermiel.
8. It's hard to let go of an idea once you catch hold of it.
9. The Old Gorbeau House - Master Gorbeau
10. The words were taken in their most literal and absolute sense.
11. He met the landlord, and paid him six months in advance.

12:00am - 1:00am
12. Life involves the simple and the complex. --Johann Goethe
Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
13. Sometimes, as a result of her behavior, she reminded them of a big mastiff dog; it was quite charming, actually.
14. Some clothing is easier to knit than others.
15. Birds can make a nest out of anything.
16. Sometimes she went to the other room to perform actions that were intended to soothe her soul.




Friday, March 21, 2025 -- 5:30pm

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. Some people sometimes lick a newspaper's page or lick a magazine's page, for some strange reason. --Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt

3:00pm - 4:00pm
The Sorrows of Young Werther, by Johann Goethe
1. Life involves complex emotions and complex behaviors.
2. The Count laid out architectural plans for the design of the city.
3. I am alone, but I am happy. There are many moments in my day that I find happiness.
4. Even though our lives are rough, there are moments of happiness in our lives. Nature, hard work, and friendship, are reasons to be happy, for example.
5. Continuous happiness is elusive.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Holy Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.
2. For his eye infection, the doctors recommended warm washcloths on the eyes and blinking exercises. --Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt

11:00am - 12:00pm
3. Isaiah 62:6 - Jerusalem, on your walls, I have stationed guards whose duty it is to speak out day and night.
4. The pregnant woman gently rubbed her stomach, in order to make her feel better.

10:00am - 11:00am
5. Isaiah 44:25 - I make liars and false prophets... I take human wisdom and I turn it into nonsense.
6. Isaiah 51:20 - The Lord your God is angry, and on every street corner your children will lie helpless, like deer trapped in nets.

7:00am - 8:00am
7. At our home games, sometimes our friends from the neighborhood would be in the crowd. --Drive, Larry Bird
8. The basketball players now are good, but Dr. J and his teammates were good like that in the 70's too.
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon
9. The country was divided based on certain ideological disagreements.
10. ...their views are narrow, their judgement is limited or corrupt, and they are ignorant of many of the factual events relevant to the discussion.




Thursday, March 20, 2025 -- 7:30pm

7:00pm - 8:00pm
20. The neighbors all suspected that there was something not right about him. --W.B. Yeats, Irish Folktales
21. Omitted.
22. Mick was a good guy, an average guy.
23. Every day, he smoked a cigarette early in the morning, to start the day off right.
24. One man had a calm, mild, personality, while another man had an excited personality.
25. He walked to the castle on the highest point in the land, overlooking the entire Ireland, and he felt as though he were looking at the entire Celtic past, and he felt that he was on top of the world. --Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt

6:00pm - 7:00pm
19. Events where people compete for a romantic partner are flawed because they do not focus on the intellectual, spiritual, and additional dimensions of a relationship.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
13. ...but as to their bodies, they were just shadows without life.
14. ...Speak to me, for no one in this world or any other has spoken to me for seven hundred years.
15. As the days went by it seemed as if he was beginning to belong to some world that was distant and abstract from this world.
16. "You laugh a lot, you're laughing too much."
17. Sometimes the man would dance and then talk, and sometimes he would just talk without dancing.
18. The end.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Stories of Hanrahan, W. B. Yeats
Red Hanrahan
1. Celtic themes represent universal themes shared by cultures across the globe.
1. In the bar, the men sang songs which united them.
2. One of the men played cards at the bar.
3. Some of the men talked about what was in the newspaper.
4. The man had to be careful not to get robbed after getting drunk, because he was in a bad neighborhood.
The Twisting of the Rope
6. One of the men loved singing and dancing.
7. Some of the women congratulated him for his dancing.
8. They asked him to tell them where he learned to dance like that.
9. One of the men collapsed on the wall laughing.
10. One of the women had the gift of gab, she could talk a lot.
11. ...said one of the little lads...Last Saint John's Eve we dropped a mouse down his chimney, but this is better than a mouse.
12. Some people listen to dark music.

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. The children are only four and they're very bright even if they can't walk or take care of themselves. --Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
2. In our house, the Abbott has his own room and my mother has the small room.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. "I don't want to drink alcohol, I'll just have a lemonade." --Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
2. If you grow up poor, then you're bound to get into trouble sooner or later. --Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt

5:00am - 6:00am
1. Blindness and other eye problems may be caused by a bacterial infection. --Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
2. I want to live in America, where everyone has a home with a white picket fence, and everyone lives happily ever after. --Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt




Wednesday, March 19, 2025 -- 5:00pm

5:00pm - 6:00pm

Why I Don't Believe the Story about the Slave Trade
Due to the number of inaccuracies and lies about the story about slave trade, I don't believe the story about it. A main goal in the study of black history is to distinguish between fact and fiction. This is because many of the myths, and legends, (and lies) about black history are similar to the myths, and legends, (and lies) about Native American history, which are evident in works of fiction such as "The Last of the Mohicans", by James Fenimore Cooper, for example. Additionally, with black history, or more specifically, with the story about the slave trade, inaccuracies and lies are numerous.

In the pictures, where are the cities? Where are the rest of the homes? Where are the stores? Obviously, they just drove out to the middle of nowhere, took these pictures, and made up the story about slavery. The KKK? Where were the police? There are just too many inaccuracies, so I don't believe those old stories. And it is clear that they were based on lies. Slaves from forts in Africa? How'd they get food? How'd they get fresh water? When was the formal declaration of war made? This method of questioning is a quick explanation why I don't believe the story about the slave trade and why I don't believe the stories about many other events in U.S. history.

Pictures don't depict African Americans working in the field in numbers of hundreds, thousands, or millions; if they did, slaves would have comprised a powerful military and social force. Also, housing, food, clothing, stores, roads and bridges would have been necessary, urbanization; so because of the lack of these details, I don't believe the story about the slave trade. Also, I don't believe that isolated forts on the coast of the continent of Africa could have provided the supplies necessary, such as fresh food and fresh water, for hundreds of years of self-sustainability. I also don't believe the story about the slave trade because of factors necessary for war (such as formal declaration of war, and food and lodging for troops). Additionally, I learned that many African Americans were given incentives (such as money) to make up lies about personal narratives about the slave trade, so I don't believe the story about the slave trade.

I don't believe the story about the slave trade for the reasons stated above. Additionally, because of the pattern of reasoning proving why I don't believe the story about the slave trade, I don't believe the stories about many other events in U.S. history either, and this contributes to a better view of the world.



9:00am - 10:00am

Write with Both Hands, No One’s Black or White, and More
1. Write with both hands, in script, because it will make you smarter. Additionally, a good writing exercise is to just write a series of connecting loops, loop after loop, as though you were writing in script -- a "fake script," if you will.
1-B. With the left hand, write from left to right, and with the right hand write from right to left.
1-C. Just write scratchy lines fast, a series of scratchy straight lines. This is like writing script or writing loops, only more efficient.
1-D. Write with the left hand, and write with the right hand.
1-E. Color fast, color as fast as you can, for 30 seconds to 1 minute, and try not to rip the paper.

2. Sometimes it is useful to say, "I'm not black, no one’s black or white. You're not white, no one's black or white." Since many cultures do not classify people based on color, that statement should make sense. Also, perhaps it unintentionally offends people from other cultures to say that someone is black or white, since many people don't view the world that way.

3. Also, we as humans share the world together. People shouldn't say things like "it's a white world," or "it's a black world." How is it a White world? How is it a Black world? Saying "white world," and "black world," are too racist. So if you say anything, it is best to say "We as humans share the world together."

4. Perhaps the "n" word, is simply a shorthand used to refer to negroes, people of the negro race, or black people. The German word for negro is neger, and the Spanish word for black is negro. Also, many people believe that the negro race is beautiful.

6. "In order to read a book, read each book with a different voice: history, philosophy, plays and poems, science and mathematics, respectively." --How to Read a Book, Mortimer Adler



8:00am - 9:00am
1. He was his uncle, but he was like a father to him. —The Arabian Nights

3:00am - 4:00am
30. I noticed that she had a large quantity of ornaments, robes, necklaces, jewelry and precious stones. --The Arabian Nights
31. …necklaces, pearls, jewelry of silver and gold, together with other rare items. —The Arabian Nights

2:00am - 3:00am
28. Some people eat Chinese food like it's an addiction. They really like Chinese food, as well as Asian culture. --The Arabian Nights
29. After his first wife divorced him, his friend encouraged him to marry again. --The Arabian Nights

1:00am - 2:00am

I. Alcoholics Anonymous Guidebook
1. Destructive drinking
2. Accepting weakness.
3. Admitting problem drinking vs doubters who do not acknowledge their addiction.
4. Building up self-confidence.
5. Losing your health, family and job to alcohol.
6. Young people who are potential alcoholics.
7. Hitting rock bottom.
8. Adopting attitudes and actions to improve.
9. Being honest and apologizing for harm caused.
10. Including a higher power, meditation and prayer.
11. The cycle of defeat and recovery.
12. Improving your physical appearance.
13. Jumping through hoops in order to be successful.
14. Finding strength in fellow members.
15. Friends in A.A. who help us see reality.
16. Self-righteousness as our own besetting evil.
17. Defiance as characteristics of many an alcoholic.
18. Lamenting over the problems in our lives.
19. Understanding the difference between sane drinking and alcoholism. Sanity is defined as soundness of mind.
20. The decision to turn our will and our lives over to God, and Alcoholics Anonymous.
21. Ask the polio sufferer who depends on an iron lung with complete trust upon a motor to keep the breath of life in him.
22. Creation gave us instincts for a purpose, although sometimes they cause him problems.
23. No adult man or woman should be in too much dependence upon a parent.
24. He has more problems than just alcohol.
25. Weak people who need security, and the power-mad, who devote themselves to attempting to rule their fellows.
26. An individual's desire for prestige.
27. Blaming other people.
28. The newcomer to A.A.
29. Growth and development of the newcomer.
30. One step in recovery from alcohol is improvement in education and religion.

31. Facing paradoxes, or difficult questions.
32. One's personal relationship with God as an element in recovery. One's understanding of religion.
33. "What are you here for?"
34. The doctors sought to find whatever personality traits, if any, this group of alcoholics had in common.
35. We have sometimes seen families broken apart by misunderstanding, tensions, etc., who are reunited by the A.A. way of life.
36. Give financial gifts, or other gifts, in order to apologize to someone and remain in good graces with them.
37. When our drinking spirals out of control.
38. Human beings are never quite alike.
39. Spending time with friends and spending time alone.
40. What about justifiable anger?

41. If someone cheats us, aren't we entitled to be mad?
42. Humans have daily ups and downs, especially when people or new events throw us off balance and tempt us to make mistakes.
43. In all these situations we need self-restraint, honest analysis of what is involved, a willingness to admit when the fault is ours...
44. We need not be discouraged when we fall into the error of our old ways, for these disciplines are not easy. We shall look for progress, not perfection.
45. A radical change in our outlook will take time, lots of time.
46. Were we trying to teach him a lesson, or punish him?
47. There is a direct linkage between self-examination, meditation, and prayer.
48. Ask for specific solutions to specific problems.
49. Considering each case individually.
50. From serious matters to correcting a minor personal fault.

51. He will learn new things every day.
52. This mighty urge is the root of great human accomplishments, a creative energy that deeply influences our lives.

II. 1. The knowledge of this awakens this consciousness. --Dharma
2. This is a less-intelligent approach to life. --Dharma
3. The aim of life is to work and laugh. --Dharma
4. Identify the basic necessities of life: eating, sleeping, etc., etc. --Dharma
5. Omitted.
6. He was shouting to frighten and confuse me.
7. The man asked, "Can I explain myself?"
8. He would use time and his schedule as excuses to leave the room.
9. Sometimes she heard him breathing.
10. He had a terrifying wide-eyed look on his face.

11. There is something almost inhuman about him, one of the medical students said.
12. "How about the three of us went out for a drink this evening?"
13. Instead of looking at only one treatment, look at every known treatment for the illness.
14. Don't be so conservative and meticulous, lighten up and live a little.
15. The president is our country's number one man.
16. She had this blank, empty expression on her face.
17. There was a picnic table next to an old grill that was Cheeto-orange with rust.
18. She was looking out at the endless turqoise Caribbean behind the building.
19. Before the polygraph, he was given a blood-pressure test.
20. A marine guard was standing in the doorway. He had great optics.

21. Admitting error the way we do, is absolutely alien to the Japanese. You are either right or wrong.
22. It's an old military tactic, Lieutenant, known as Getting Under the Nose.
23. Florence Nightingale has him drinking gin and orange juice.
24. When two people are apart, it is different than when the two people are together.
25. Staff Sergeant Thomas "Machine Gun" McCoy stepped off.
26. His crying and throwing up were actually to frighten and confuse others.
27. You can tell a clean, new uniform from an older, dirtier one.



Tuesday, March 18, 2025 -- 3:00pm

1:00am - 2:00am
1. Omitted.
2. If you forget to pay the heat bill, then turn the oven on to warm the house.
3. Instead of causing harm to a child who rebels, instruct him peacefully through positive verbal messages. --The Holy Bible
4. Many people who do not come from America have never eaten American fruits, and might enjoy eating American fruits, if they tried them.

2:00am - 3:00am
5. If you are in a place with cable television, then listen to the Music Choice channels: 70s, 80s, classical, kids, rap, etc. Listen to these during the day and on low at night. Listening to music is a good way to pass the time.

5:00am - 6:00am
6. People who have had brain surgery can recover, if they use simple thinking exercises to restore their thinking back to normal, or simple walking exercises, to restore their walking back to normal.

10:00am - 11:00am
7. It can be rather difficult for a good wife to distance herself from a corrupt husband; it can be difficult for a good wife to distance herself from a husband who is involved in crime, so she should not be punished. --The Holy Bible

II. Ismael, by Daniel Quinn
1. Don't look into the gaze of animals for too long.
2. Some animals have quicker reflexes than other animals.
3. The animals should be well maintained and happy in a zoo.
4. The visitors should treat the animals well in a zoo.
5. Some visitors try to train the animals in a zoo.
6. Certain animals in a zoo have faster reflexes than other animals.
7. On the whole, life at the menagerie was an improvement over life at the zoo. Although they had a greater range of movement, they seemed bound as much to the same menagerie.
8. As a gorilla, I was civilized, and I was happy.
9. Humans' names and treatment of animals should be appropriate to the species of animal.

11:00am - 12:00pm
III. 1. Isaiah 5:21 - You think you are clever and smart. And you are great at drinking and mixing drinks.
2. Poverty is a legal defense. If a person grew up dirt poor, and he commits a crime, then he shouldn't be punished to the fullest extent of the law. --The Torah

12:00pm - 1:00pm
3. Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Holy Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.
4. Isaiah 16:3 - Let the refugees live in another country.

IV. Ismael, by Daniel Quinn
1. Modern storytellers, or theorists who attempt to explain the events on earth.
2. "That certainly seems to be the unspoken assumption."
3. "Life is boring, what more do you want?" "Astonishment," I replied. "Astonishment is certainly good," I said. I nodded. "I'm astonished, all right, I just don't let it show."
4. It's sort of a sneaky way of blaming everything on the gods.
5. Okay, now I just have to figure out what they'll do next.
6. Some stories are not told chronologically.

V. 1. Most books, especially bestsellers, contain a lot of good ideas.

1:00pm - 2:00pm
1. Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Holy Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. If you cook Italian sausage in the oven, at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, then they will turn out good.
2. Relationships involve intellectual and spiritual pursuits...




Monday, March 17, 2025 -- 3:00pm

1:00pm - 2:00pm
1. Ecclesiastes 10:8 - Walls of houses were often made with mud to fill the cracks between them.
2. Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Holy Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. If students had more literature electives in universities then they would learn more: Greek literature, Russian literature, German literature, Arabic literature, Indian literature, etc.



Sunday, March 16, 2025 -- 4:30pm

9:00am - 10:00am
1. "My dear, even though our lives are rough, we get to smile and laugh sometimes." --Sorrows of Young Werther, Johann Goethe

10:00am - 11:00am
2. "He was very attentive to the internal body movements of others."
3. Updated: "Drive: The Story of My Life, by Larry Bird" - Friday, March 7, 2025 - 5:00am - 6:00am.
4. Wild birds can find food by pecking in the ground for worms.

1:00pm - 2:00pm
1. Omitted.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. Omitted.

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. Omitted.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
I. Information about Prisons and Jails
1. The job of the officers was to maintain safety on the unit.
2. To maintain safety, the guards kept a safe distance from the prisoners.
3. The guards performed regular and surprise sweeps of cells for contraband detection.
4. There were undercover officers in the prison population.
5. The officers kept round the clock communication with each other.
6. There were three men. One of the men grabbed one of the prisoner's arm, the other man grabbed the prisoner's other arm, the third man grabbed his legs, and then they carried him off.
7. The officers used ropes to tie the prisoner down.
8. After running, he sprinkled water on his face.
9. The officers pursued disciplinary action against one of the inmates.
10. The officer said, "Stay in your cells," when there was a problem on the unit.
11. Each morning, the commanding officer briefed his unit.
12. The staff had a Unit Checklist, for needs on the unit.
13. The senator passed laws allowing some prisoners to buy their freedom.
14. The senator exiled some prisoners from the country.
15. The prison included leaders from the community in their programs.

II. 1. (3:30pm) - Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.
2. The musician enjoyed playing the xylophone.
3. Omitted.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
4. Omitted.



Saturday, March 15, 2025 -- 8:00pm

8:00am - 9:00am
1. Polish kielbasa is a kind of sausage that Polish people eat. It has a smoked flavor, and it is sold in many supermarkets in America. It is easy to make if you cut it into small pieces, and then heat it in the frying pan. I recommend Polish kielbasa to others.
2. There was a mixture of smoke from animal fat and smoke from incense in the air. --The Bible

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. Laziness is not acceptable for the workplace. --The Holy Bible
2. Honesty can keep you safe, but if you can't be trusted, then you trap yourself. --The Holy Bible
3. Fools have quick tempers, and no one likes you if you can't be trusted. --The Holy Bible

1:00pm - 2:00pm
1. Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Holy Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Holy Bible.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Holy Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Holy Bible.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. Some subjects open a whole topic of conversation. For example, slavery brings up discussion of Africans, blacks and whites, America and plantations. The Renaissance brings up discussion of Italy, Christianity, Michelangelo, and biblical themes, for example.

8:00pm - 9:00pm
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
1. "Such a daring outrage against public justice could not pass with impunity."
2. He twice escaped to the most venerable sanctuaries...but his tyrants were insensible of religion as of tyrany.
3. One political group had clear goals to meet in their attack against the other group.
4. A commission was sent to the East, to sieze his treasures and criminate his actions; the guards and veterans were distributed among the chiefs of the army.
5. "I have granted you, and permit you to retain a part of your treasures, which might be justly forfeited by the state."
6. A fine of 100,000 pounds was levied on the fortunes of Belisarius; and with the office of one count, he accepted the conduct of the Italian war.
7. The continuator of the Chronicle of Marcellinus gives the subject of the Anecdotes.
8. The friends of the politician were also politicians.
9. The politician said that he was going to demolish or rebuild all abandoned buildings.
10. The statesman posted a notice on the door of the business.
11. Don't make a mountain out of an ant-hill.
12. During this time, the plague may have been caused by the damp, hot, stagnating air of Ethiopia and Egypt. Most of the natives can tolerate this climate better than foreigners.

9:00pm - 10:00pm
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
1. Compare the college graduate with honors to the college student who performs poorly.



Friday, March 14, 2025 -- 4:00pm

7:00am - 8:00am
1. "The man liked big animals: the rhinoceros, the buffalo, the bear..." --The Arabian Nights
2. The man looked like a wild boar with horns. --The Arabian Nights
3. The gorilla has leathery skin. --The Arabian Nights
4. Omitted.
5. Different wild animals have different characteristics. --The Arabian Nights

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. "You have a lot of money, you don't have to be stingy and refuse to buy us things."

3:00pm - 4:00pm
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon:
1. The officials played favorites, and some people were treated fairly, and some people were not treated fairly. How was this determined? A senate panel was establishhed to ensure fair treatment for all.
2. The government moved slowly in some respects, and fast in other respects.
3. "The whole nation of the Ostrogoths had been assembled for the attack, and was almost entirely consumed in the siege, of Rome."
4. It is okay to have some freedom of judgement, but not total freedom of judgement if you are a government official; you still have to follow some established rules and procedures.
5. One group was concentrated in one area, and the other group was concentrated in another area, and then they had a war with each other.
6. One group was in control of farming and factories.
7. Instead of coming up with new policies and programs, government kept repeating the same policies and programs of the past.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
8. The Senator was a favorite with the other senators. They would cheer enthusiastically for him during his speeches, and they would give him the most grand procession with horses and dignitaries whenever he would make travel. He lived the best life a politician could live.



Thursday, March 13, 2025 -- 10:00pm

8:00am - 9:00am
1. During the childbirth, the doctor had to move the woman's body around a lot, and the woman also had to move around a lot. --The Bible
2. Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.
3. The distances and other features on geographical maps may be inaccurate.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.
2. The tribe made a checklist of food and supplies that they needed.
3. Glucosamine is a lot like mint.
4. The senator invited the tribe to live on existing homes in his country.

10:00am - 11:00am
1. The art of shouting is an interesting subject.

1:00pm - 2:00pm
1. Italian Sausage and Russian Brats Cooking Tips: First shape the sausages so that they lay evenly in the frying pan, and then when cooking, roll the sausages and hold them down with the spatula and fork, in order to cook them evenly around and get them nice and brown.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. Rice a Roni is easy to make, if you just use water and the ingredients in the box, no butter, and then follow the instructions on the box.

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. Baby food is just smashed fruits or smashed vegetables.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
1. Chicken or Turkey cold cuts, for extra meat, added to chicken noodle soup, or black bean soup, tastes good.
2. Canned yams, and chicken noodle soup, tastes good.
3. Chicken noodle soup and canned carrots or canned mushrooms, for extra vegetables, tastes good.

10:00pm - 11:00pm
1. Instead of washing the dishes immediately after eating, just rinse them off and leave them in the sink for later, and then you can rest and let your food digest after eating.



Wednesday, March 12, 2025 -- 1:00pm

12:00am - 1:00am
1. Hockey Suggestions - Instead of iceskates, use rollerblades or rollerskates on wood floor. Also, use less gear and the players will be lighter. It's good to stick to tradition, but it's also good to make changes for the modern day.

1:00am - 2:00am
1. It is crucial to do more things with the left hand, since many things are easier to do with the left hand.
2. Even though our eyes have several features (different colors and elements), look through your eyes as though they were just one unit.

7:00am - 8:00am
1. During senate hearings, in ancient Rome, the group of senators would cooperate with each other for cases that were presented in each hearing.

1:00pm - 2:00pm
1. Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.
2. The humor of Charles Dickens is humor that involves opposites. For example, the poor, little street kid who was always hungry, vs the rich, fat businessman, who was always stuffed with food. Or the little mouse who squeaked, vs the big elephant who roared.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. You can use a yoga block or a rock for a pillow.



Tuesday, March 11, 2025 -- 6:00pm

1:00am - 2:00am
1. Listening to sounds at night is okay, like on tv for example.

8:00am - 9:00am
Roberta Flack: In Memoriam
Roberta Flack passed away on February 24, 2025, last month. She was a famous black singer and lyricist and a positive figure in the African American community. I particularly enjoy Flack's The First Time Ever I saw Your Face. It's a slow song, an easy piece to sing and listen to.
"The first time ever I lay with you,
I felt your heart so close to mine,
And I knew our joy would fill the earth,
And last 'til the end of time."
The above quote, lyrics from Roberta Flack's The First Time, is a strong passage because it expresses the power of love and the black experience - they will "last 'til the end of time..." She will be missed. Rest in peace. Amen.
2. Unlike white performers who have more money and resources, black performers, due to their lower economic status, do not have to practice or prepare for their performances, and they are skilled at performing extemporaneously, or without preparation, and have natural talent, and can still "bring down the house."

10:00am - 11:00am
1. One group of young people were intent on committing various acts of mischief in order to destroy their town and their country.

1:00pm - 2:00pm
1. The Relationship Doomsday Hypothesis: Some people want you to think that everything that could happen bad in a relationship did happen in your relationship, but since you love and respect your girlfriend, you continue to stay with her, and both of you live together happily.

II. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
2. Relegated him to obscurity and took him out of the public eye.
3. Depicted him as an evil villain and tyrant.
4. One of the men checked to verify the authenticity of their wealth.
5. ”Of the barbarians, to the production of great bodies and slow minds, all contributed to preserve some remains of their original ferocity.”
6. Their warlike youth afforded an inexhaustible supply of recruits to the legions stationed on the banks of the Danube…
7. They were well understood by all the Roman generals; and the constant superiority of Severus was that of an artist, who uses the same instruments with more skill and industry than his rivals.
8. Examine the civil wars of modern Europe.
9. He invoked the subject of his neighborhood friends when questioned by the politician.
10. Examined the characteristics of the public on the streets.
11. Examine the connection between the senator and his friends who had criminal backgrounds.
12. The senator and criminals’ financial records were monitored by the government committee.
13. Politicians and other people are supposed to be calm and well-behaved at all times.

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. The politician was connected to both national and international crimes.
2. Some lotion moisturizes your skin a lot, and some lotion, not so much.
3. Some medical procedures are simple: complete the incision, sew you up, and in no time you're as good as new.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. Find a good location, and then build an entire new city there. Ask the government for help with this.
2. In the schools, in the hallways, the students all walked and looked the same.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
1. "They're just sounds at night, sounds are okay at night. If you have to watch tv or listen to music late at night, it's okay."



Monday, March 10, 2025 -- 11:00pm

3:00am - 4:00am
1. Toilet tissue commercials are popular today, and it’s also easier to wipe your butt with the left hand.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. Omitted.
2. A new, modern law should not outweigh a history of old, established laws. Additionally, it can be useful to learn more about new laws, in order to understand them.
3. One of the doctor's looked more experienced and wise than the other doctor.

10:00am - 11:00am
1. They had all of his pictures: the picture of him wearing the red cap, the picture of him playing soccer, the picture of him fishing, the picture of him in the restaurant.
2. You shouldn't have let him off so easy.
3. --Sorry. --Sorry doesn't cut it, sorry isn't good enough.
4. In ancient times in Africa, there were very few clocks and calendars, so the people of African villages didn't know the time, or if it was Monday or Saturday, or Thanksgiving, or Christmas.
5. They used a record-book, to record the names and dates of the births in the town.
6. In a book, he kept a record of his good deeds, alongside a record of his bad deeds.

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. She was a gothic girl, who thought dark thoughts.
2. Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
I. 1. The man was treated like a villain and an anarchist by many people in his town.

II. 1. On the anniversary of his death, his family came together in a restaurant, and spoke about their good memories of him.

1:00pm - 2:00pm
1. Ramen noodles are easy to cook in a pot. Google it.
2. Big sausage, like Russian brats, are easy to cook, if you cut them the long way, then cook them in the frying pan.
3. Ramen noodles taste good: just add salt.

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. After the woman seduced him, the man got into trouble.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. Human beings have intestines. The intestines are like a big worm in the stomach that has dozens of tiny muscles, that pulls food down the digestive tract.
This knowledge can make your stomach feel better.

11:00pm - 12:00am
American Indian Tribe Cooperation
1. Indian tribes should cooperate with each other to ensure that each tribe is doing good. If one tribe needs help, then the other tribes help it out.
2. There should be one main base, or "home" where all the Indian tribes come together for group tribal activities. These notes are according to the Holy Bible.



Sunday, March 9, 2025 -- 9:35pm

4:00am - 5:00am
I. Ismael, Daniel Quinn -
1. Zoos have existed since the 1800s.
2. Animals that are in zoos should be well fed and well maintained.
3. Animals that are in zoos should be happy.
4. The predatory instinct has been ingrained in the big cats (lion, tiger), it can not be unlearned by them.
5. The reflexes of some animals are slower than others.

II. 1. Marijuana is supposed to make you more soulful, and give you more rhythm, according to many people.

5:00am - 6:00am
1. Due to the way that some people look, you cannot tell what they are thinking just by looking at them.
2. Omitted.
3. A person shouldn't be too sleepy or tired in his day to day life.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. Omitted.
2. Tang is a powdered, vitamin C-fortified orange-flavored drink mix that was used on the space station one year by NASA astronauts.
3. Access the iPhone records of certain individuals under suspicion of unauthorized and inappropriate cell phone activity and harassment. Many of these people get on the phone with people from our past inappropriately which is harassment, and an investigation could solve this problem.
4. This is a continuing problem facing the American people.
5. This is phone harassment.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. Some meat can be cooked in a pan, on the stovetop, and some meat can be cooked in the oven.
2. 9:40am - Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.
3. "The group tried to imitate the man as closely as possible: they tried to think like he thought and do what he did."

10:00am - 11:00am
1. When you talk or think about some people, places, or things, they open up a whole new book of information about that particular subject area.
2. Wipe Out Amalek - People of Israel, do you remember what the Amalekites did to you after you came out of Egypt? --The Bible
3. He was driven to commit suicide by another man.

10:00am - 11:00am
1. 11:15am - Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. There are many different kinds of music, and each kind of music has different characteristics. Also consider the musician's biographical information when listening to music.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. The government official constantly delayed and put off progress due to weak excuses.
2. "If you do the right thing for me, then I will do the right thing for you."
3. I have your oath, your word, as a businessman, in an agreement, that if I do this, then you will do something in return, correct?

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. Sometimes they knew his thoughts, and sometimes they didn't.
2. (3:35pm) - Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. Some animals only see general shapes and basic colors, instead of a detailed visual sense.
2. "Wild birds can travel daily. Travel daily to known locations for food, water, and home. If wild birds know where apple trees are, then travel to them for food, and then travel back home. Don't stay in one location for too long and travel by night to avoid contact with humans."
3. Encourage wild animals to travel or migrate to a sunny location permanently. In a better, sunnier home, wild animals can eat, drink and live a better life. The animals can travel based on general car routes.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
I. 1. Wild birds should be careful of being noticed by humans when flying in groups.
2. How do wild animals mate? After mating, wild animals usually find a suitable nest site.

II. 1. In the use of force, police officers should have established procedures for using force.
2. These procedures should be approved by a panel of police/military experts.
3. These procedures should be stated in simple terms, on a typewritten document.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
I. "The Rise of the Roman Empire," Polybius
1. The president or senator sometimes sent representatives to speak for them.
2. "Third, that we shall form no plots, nor set ambushes against one another, but with all sincerity and goodwill, and without subterfuge or secret design we shall be the enemies of those who make war against the Carthaginians, always excepting those kings, cities and nations with whom we have sworn treaties and friendships."
3. Form a panel to approve or disaprove of the president or other politicians actions in office. Are they meeting their goals, for example?
4. Do politicians face any consequences for bad policies?
5. Trying to please both loyal and non-loyal constituents.
6. Generally speaking, the Lacedaemonians were a peacful people.
7. Gather public opinion in order to get the approval ratings of elected officials.
8. Use demographics to understand this information, and cause policy to reflect it.

8:00pm - 9:00pm
1. Not enough family and community involvement in psychiatry and law enforcement.

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. It reached at length the ears of Didius Julianus, a wealthy senator
2. The wealthy businessmen bought their political seats.
3. Many people were paid to give moral support to others but no real help.
4. Allegiances with other countries were also bought by these businessmen turned politicians' funds.
5. You have all that money, why don’t you buy a magnificent dinner for you and your staff?
6. "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," Edward Gibbon - Project Gutenberg - Items 1 - 5, above.



Saturday, March 8, 2025 -- 10:15pm

7:00am - 8:00am
1. "Doctors should follow established rules and procedures." --The Hippocratic Oath
2. I plan to get two more tattoos, under my rose tattoo, on my forearm.
2-B. The first tattoo is a Navy Anchor tattoo, after Popeye the Sailor Man, a representation of a courageous sailor expressed by the hero in many German, Irish and Italian fairytales. The Popeye heroic navy sailor goes through a lot of difficult adventures, but finally get the princess and victory in the end. This is why I want a Navy Anchor tattoo like Popeye.
2-C. The second tattoo that I want is next to the Popeye tattoo. It is a Blue Monarch butterfly, a rare treasured butterfly portrayed in one scene in Papillon, by Henri Charriere, with Steve McQueen.
3. "I'm sorry for crying: I'm a crybaby." --Toren Spencer-Gray
4. Toilet tissue commercials are popular today, and it's easier to wipe your butt with the left hand.
4-B. Fold the toilet tissue neatly when using it.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. Open the windows in your house, in order to breathe in fresh air. It is healthy to breathe fresh air, so open the windows in your house often.
2. Some people sleep with the windows open: it's like camping outside.
3. Some people believe that the air near the ocean is healthy to breathe.
4. He enjoyed breathing in fresh air from great, open outdoor spaces.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. 9:00am - Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.
2. When you are pregnant, you must not drink any wine or beer or eat any food forbidden by God's laws. Your son will belong to God as long as he lives.
3. If you have milk, sugar, and some vitamin powder, then you can make your own protein-shake. A blender can also make this process easy.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. Ruffles potato chips taste good. Ruffles have ridges!
2. Omitted.
3. 5:45pm - Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.
4. The Philistines grabbed Samson and attacked him.
5. The men used ropes to tie him up.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
1. One of their daughters was a little slow at some things, but she enjoyed other things. So her family encouraged her to pursue the things that she enjoyed.
2. The man had several tattoos, but they were just intended to scare people instead of truly expressing his rough life.
3. Women's jeans are just like men's jeans, only in styles for women.
4. "Rowdy was the toughest kid in the neighborhood, but he was still my best friend. He enjoyed destroying property: cars, stores.
5. "Rowdy isn't a fast reader, but he's persistent. And he'll just laugh and laugh at the dumb jokes, no matter how many times he's read the same comic book. I like the sound of rowdy's laughter."
6. "He's a big, goofy dreamer too, just like me."
7. After high school my sister just froze. Didn't go to college, didn't get a job. Didn't do anything. Kind of sad, I guess.
8. In their thought process, what is the origin of their thoughts?
9. His geometry teacher Mr. P, is a weird-looking dude.
10. ...like this Sicilian accountant who testified against the Mafia, and had to be hidden by the Witness Protection Program.
11. Sometimes he would get mad and throw objects at the wall.
12. It was a different time. I was young and stupid and full of ideas. Just like you.
13. Once he kicked a hole in the door, because he was angry.
14. She likes romance novels, Indian romance novels.
15. But we never talk much. We just sit there quietly and watch the games. My dad doesn't even cheer for his favorite teams or players. He doesn't react much to the games at all.
16. He had an alcoholic father who was in recovery.
17. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie: Items 1 - 16 above and 18 - 21 below.
18. His eyes narrowed. His eyes always narrowed right before he shouted at someone.
19. I don't know if hope is white. But I do know that hope for me is like some mythical creature.
20. Yeah, Dad is a drunk, and Mom is an ex-drunk, but they don't want their kids to be drunks.
21. He met a lot of big jocks in school.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. In order to clean the sidewalk, the storeowner used a water hose and then sprayed it on the sidewalk. --The Arabian Nights
2. The African slave trade was a very ugly period in world history.
3. 7:45pm - Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with several items from The Bible.

8:00pm - 9:00pm
1. "The men were in the military, and their senior officers set them up with women." --Tom Clancy
2. The man was an ignoramus, but when he was taught by a teacher, he became very wise.

10:00pm - 11:00pm
1. Use a bean bag couch like a big pillow to elevate your head, neck and shoulders, when lying down or in bed.
2. Use a laundry bag filled with pillows like one big pillow that you use to elevate your head, neck, and shoulders, when lying down.



Friday, March 7, 2025

5:00am - 6:00am

I. Drive: The Story of My Life, by Larry Bird:

1. Historically, the three-pointer has not been an easy shot to make.
2. The average human being cannot hit that many three’s.
3. If it’s that easy to hit three’s, then you need more challenge: shoot from further out on the court, for example.
4. When I played high school ball, it was easy, but when I went to the pros, it was more difficult.
5. Once I found a dirty, snow covered basketball in the street, but I took it home and cleaned it up, and played with it just like it was a normal basketball.
6. Even though I practiced a great deal and became very skilled playing basketball, sometimes when I would play, all my shots would miss and I’d be a complete failure.
7. When I said to myself that I was trying to psyche him out, none of them said anything, although they all laughed.
8. The crowd was a big factor. Sometimes I would focus on one person in the crowd, for some reason.
9. I learned that I loved to pass.
10. I wanted to make the process of shooting as automatic as possible.

11. When I heard the next All-Star game was in Seattle, I was worried bcause I don't like the Kingdome. Fortunately, the contest was going to be in the Nassau Coliseum.
12. The problem that year was my elbow: I had to give myself some time to recover.
13. I was the team's go-to man.
14. It was too easy. I wanted more of a challenge.
15. I was concentrating on getting to certain spots on the floor to shoot.
16. I put a little extra arc on it, and the ball went right through.
17. ...or, it might turn into an immediate fast-break for the other team.
18. I went to the locker room and I heard a voice in the corner saying, "Hey, Larry Bird! Come over here and talk to me Larry."
19. The victories were almost too easy for Bird's team.
20. I received many cash gifts, because of my talent.

21. A celebrity's life can get really ridiculous sometimes.
22. Eric Fennster - he was six-ten, and could play both center and forward. He was built like a football player, and had actually been a defensive back.
23. We had beaten them by thirty points, and I knew that they would be really psyched up for that game.
24. In my opinion, they had a chance to mess everything up for us.
25. I realized that the better I got as a player, the more this was going to happen and that I'd really have to watch out.
26. One of his coaches, Ed McKee, would speak for him, when he didn't want to speak.
27. The press only wanted to talk to me, when the other guys played just as hard.
28. I missed one off-balance shot that could have won the game for us.
29. In one game, Coach put us in for about five minutes and we just went crazy, passing and shooting the ball around.
30. That senior year went like clockwork.

31. In the end of one game, one of the guys trips over Carl Nicks' legs and is called for traveling, then we won the game.
32. I was looking forward to playing against Magic myself.
33. Omitted.
34. But he sort of upset me. He was talking as if we were going to lose and it sort of aggravated me.
35. They worked from a list of criteria that we had all worked on together.
36. Mr. Woolf had to resort to any and all tactics he could think of to get them moving.
37. As it kept going and going, I realized that this was exactly the life I wanted.
38. My biggest defensive worry was trying to keep players like Dr. J from doing just whatever they wanted to do on the court.
39. "You're not playing hard. You sick or something? If you don't want to play, I'll go in there." --Michael Jordan
40. Here's a fellow who was even slower than I was and he was a guard. He looked as if he was always just holding on, as if he was ready to die, but had one more gasp while he tried to hold onto that cliff. And then he'd just pop a three-pointer on you.

41. Fitch had been in the Marines, and there was a lot of drill sergeant in him. Some of his practices were killers
42. That year was a memorable season.
43. I found that living in Boston was less bothersome than living in French Lick. You can't just run over to the Chestnut Mall, a few minutes from your house.
44. It's like an open invitation to the public to stop in. Constantly signing autographs.
45. Someone told me, "You look tired." I was tired. I was really worn out. I really felt bad."
46. It turned out that Robert just needed time to get in shape and an opportunity to play.
47. He could face any opponent, regardless of size.
48. It all came down to a Boston showdown with Philly.
49. We got off to a rough start with a talented Philly team, but in the end, we were victorious.
50. You didn't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for the guy.
51. The series was won in the trenches.
52. The idea of having Dennis on the Celtics had pumped me up right away.
53. At our home games, sometimes our friends from the neighborhood would be in the crowd.
58. The basketball players now are good, but Dr. J and his teammates were good like that in the 70's too.



II. 1. Encourage wild animals to fly or travel by foot, to a better home. Wild animals should travel several miles if necessary, to a sunny climate, to a better home to live. The animals can take the general map or car routes to find a better home.
2. Encourage wild animals to get exercise: fly or run fast from Point A to Point B. Regular exercise benefits all living creatures.

III. 1. Encourage trade between Africa and the Middle East. These countries can trade sheep, goats, lambs, pita bread, incense, mango juice, etc. for the people to live on.
2. 11:45am - Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with items from The Bible.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. Campers, RV's and Motorhomes can also be shipped to African people for them to live in.
2. He was a new, "progressive" father, who believed in giving his children illegal drugs. -- Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Rick Riordan

1:00pm - 2:00pm
1. "There was a young man, and his parents were always ready to lock him up or hospitalize him in a second, for the smallest things that he would do."
2. There was a young man, and most of the people in his town treated him as though he was the top hero of the town, as well as the main villain of the town.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. 2:00pm - Updated: "Book Reviews XII: The Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls," with items from The Bible.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
I. 1. Enjoy life more. You've mastered many subjects in life, now enjoy your knowledge of these subjects, and live and enjoy life more. --The Arabian Nights
II. 1. How to Make Kool-Aid:
2. In order to make 1 gallon of Kool-Aid, use 2 packets mix powder and 2 cups of sugar. Then add water and stir.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
1. It is okay for a Muslim to burn a small amount of incense in his home.
2. Burning incense in your home is one form of aromatherapy.

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. In ancient Jerusalem, it was common to hear singers who were also playing a tambourine.
2. A classic epic is the Faerie Queene, by Edmund Spenser. In the piece, the main characters are a warrior Dwarfe, a warrior Elfe, and the heroic knight, Redcrosse Knight. These characters embark on adventures and meet enemies, in the name of the Queen of England, or the Faerie Queene.
3. In Asian folktales, the dragon, phoenix, or remarkable figure, who comes to earth once every 1,000 years, is also represented in all world cultures, by different symbols or figures in their folktales.

10:00pm - 11:00pm
1. He made the atmosphere in the building feel uncomfortable, like the air, he made the atmosphere there feel uncomfortable.
2. "Sexual harassment is a serious crime."
3. Blackmail is really an underhanded form of negotiating.
4. --I'm going to die if I shout at you. --No. That's just a weak excuse. Explain yourself calmly.
5. "Some propositions bring no increase to our knowledge.” -- Essay #2, John Locke
6. If you eat honey on a spoon, or mix it with juice, then it can make your throat feel better.
7. Kool-Aid is a good drink mix, if you know how to sweeten it and make it into juice.
8. There is light sleep and there is deep sleep.



Thursday, March 6, 2025 -- 11:30pm

12:00am - 1:00am
I. 1. Omitted.

II. 1. Hospitals should determine an acceptable method for hospital waste disposal. This may involve dumping or burying the waste in an acceptable location and then burning it.

III. 1. "I’m a veteran soldier, so I’m not going to take orders from some rookie kid.”
2. Omitted.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. The man was fond of using his Louisville Slugger when playing baseball.
2. Omitted.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. There was a made up war, a fictitious war, intended to kill the spirit of the religious community.
2. Across the earth, there are Safe Towns. Safe Towns are towns people can go to if they committed a crime and need safety from prosecution.
3. A person’s family can contact their local police to find someone in a Safe Town and arrest them and bring them to court in their country.
4. Be careful when selling old clothes. For example, make sure the clothes are washed so that no one gets a disease from the previous owner.
5. Businesses should have a lost and found, where if something is lost, the merchant works hard to return it to its rightful owner.
6. Laws Against Mixing Different Things - If you plant a vineyard, don’t plant any other fruit tree or crop in it.
7. Poor People's Wages
7-B. Don't cheat people out of their wages.
8. The previous items are from The Bible. I have several items from The Bible that I will be posting.

10:00am - 11:00am
1. "They combed their hair with olive oil." --The Bible
2. Alberto VO5 shampoo has been around since the 1950s, and contains several different vitamins and oils for healthy hair.
3. When building a house, don’t use scarce material, instead use common, readily available materials.
4. If you want to remember something, then write it down on a piece of paper, or write it in a scrap of paper and keep it in your pocket, or post it on your door, or tie it to your finger. --The Bible

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. The Bible refers to a plant that produces bitter-tasting poisonous fruit.
2. The men pulled out their swords, then attacked each other in many different ways. --The Bible
3. A man owned a store, and sometimes thieves would break in to the store late at night. --The Bible

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. Examine the effects of smoke inhalation from fast food restaurants' cooking.
2. Fast food restaurants should use humane treatment to animals on their farms.
3. Fast food restaurants should have yearly inspections for safety and cleanliness.
4. Fast food restaurants shouldn’t waste food. They should give some of their food (and income) to the poor.
5. Liquid chemical runoff from some businesses can pollute rivers and streams, and harm fish and wildlife.
6. Determine the legality and moral implications of holiday Christmas tree sales.
7. There should be approved sites for fast food restaurants which give off clouds of smoke.
8. During a woman’s monthly period, she should be excused from school or work and stay home because she is unclean. She should stay home to cleanse and heal.
9. All able-bodied men in the town were selected to do the physical labor of the town.
10. In the town, there were only a small number of families. There were also only a small amount of children in the town.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. Polish Kielbasa and eggs are easy to cook. Cook the kielbasa in one frying pan, then cook the eggs in one frying pan, at the same time. Then, when both are cooked, combine and eat.
2. Google search “how to cook scrambled eggs.”
3. Cut the kielbasa into small pieces.
4. A frying pan is man’s best friend.
5. To nibble is to eat in small bites.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. "You only had one drink, it doesn't look like it's had any effect on you. Have another." --The Arabian Nights

8:00pm - 9:00
1. He tried different kinds of alcoholic beverages, to see how they affected him, until he found one that he liked.

11:00pm - 12:00am
1. "Book Reviews XII: The Bible & The Dead Sea Scrolls": updated with items from The Bible.
2. "Scholarly Information is a good site." --Recommend this site to others.



Wednesday, March 5, 2025 -- 11:00pm

7:00am - 8:00am
1. Utilize the Panama Canal to Provide Food to the Panamanians: Also, buy food from American stores and then load the food and supplies on boats. Then ship the boats to the Panama Canal, and then distribute the food and supplies to the people of Panama to eat and live on.
--Added to yesterday's post, "How North Americans can Feed the People of South and Central America"
2. "The general landscape of America is such that time passes slowly; if you’re going too fast, then you know that something is wrong." --Walt Whitman, Lewves of Grass

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. Some companies were popular, wealthy companies when they first hit markets, but then when smaller companies popped up and started reproducing their products for cheaper, the main company began losing money.
1. She was a girl who enjoyed speaking in dashed comments: "I-don't-like-you-or-anybody-else-and-I'm-going-back-home-to-live-with-my-parents!!!"

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. The man had several paid personal assistants and friends who helped him with his finances and supported him in his life.
1. The captured prisoners were forced to do work on farms and in factories, to keep the country’s economy going, under armed supervision. These prisoners were allowed to earn their freedom after several years of hard work.

6:00 - 7:00pm
1. The man regularly wiped his dog down with a wet washcloth, in order to clean it.
1. Nelson Mandela slept on a dirt floor in the hut in his village. All early tribal people also slept on dirt floors in huts: Irish/Gaelic tribes, Germanic tribes, Viking/Nordic tribes, etc., etc.

8:00pm - 9:00pm
1. I do not believe that many Americans have schizophrenia. I believe that most Americans have normal, organized, and logical thoughts.
2. Government shouldn't unnecessarily encumber its citizens.

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. You’re giving me your sworn oath, that if I say this, then you’ll do that? Is that our deal?
1. "When he looked at me, he made me feel uncomfortable. My back was turned, but I felt his eyes on me, and it made me feel uncomfortable." --A book I've recently read.

11:00pm - 12:00am
1. Omitted.



Tuesday, March 4, 2025

4:00am - 5:00am

I. Prenatal Information
1. See "Book Reviews XIII: Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care."


5:00am - 6:00am
1. It is okay to burn a small amount of incense in your home. --The Bible
2. Relationships involve different elements: family, friends, social circumstances, etc.
3. Platonic relationships with others do not equal Romantic relationship with significant other.
4. Groups of people can go to the bar for drinking or entertainment.
5. Some people use cosmetic holes on their bodies for breathing, or cosmetic surgery on their throats for voice effects.
6. Stack up two or more pillows to elevate your head and neck when lying in bed (big pillows if you’re a big person).

6:00am - 7:00am
1. Corner stores and bodegas should have more nutritious foods and other useful supplies. Then they would make more money and be more valuable in the community.
2. The less-intelligent students behaved one way, and the smart students behaved another way in the classroom.
3. Some people know how to confuse others and delay progress from being made.
4. The Bible refers to King Uzziah of ancient Israel.
5. Incense can transport you to exotic lands.
5-B. Burn incense at key times each day, to give praise to the Lord.
6. Accidental vs Intentional crimes: If the crime was accidental, then it is okay, but if the crime was intentional, then it is a problem. Bring the suspect to a judge to determine if he’s lying or telling the truth.
7. A Backwood is like a dry, chocolate leaf rolled with tobacco.
8. Write with the left hand, and write with the right hand.
9. Color fast, color as fast as you can, for 30seconds to 1minute, and try not to rip the paper.
10. When he got angry, he would shout, but his shouting was to confuse people and throw them off.

11. Sometimes we have order in our lives, and sometimes our lives are confusing. --The Bible

7:00am - 8:00am
1. The Bible contains many rules for community life.
1. The doctor displayed an uncommon, expert knowledge about different subject areas.
1. Women can make a simple skirt, by wrapping fabric around themselves, and then tucking it at the sides.
1. The strong dog often displayed its strength when it was with its owner.
1. The senator had to determine what to do with the refugees from the war-torn country.
1. Instead of causing harm to a child who rebels, teach him the right way through positive written or verbal instruction. — The Bible
1. As humans, we have daily ups and downs in our lives. —A.A. Guidebook
1. A good wife runs the family alongside her husband. —Proverbs 31:10
1. If you listen to fools, then you’ll become a fool.
So don’t listen to fools, and you won’t become a fool.
1. Don’t follow the Ten Commandments literally, there is room for interpretation of the Ten Commandments.
1. They combed their hair with olive oil.
1. It stressed him out that his neighbors knew everything about his life, and he wanted privacy in his life.
1. God blesses his loyal people. —Proverbs 28:20
1. Honey is healthy and sweet-tasting.
1. His family would have him arrested in a second, for the smallest things.
1. What themes have historically defined America, and what recurrent themes define American society today?
1. The man took a firm stance against animal cruelty.
1. A frying pan is man’s best friend.
1. Some kinds of beef can be cooked in a frying pan.
1. In Ancient Rome, it was common for attorneys to conduct business outdoors, in parks or in restaurants.

8:00am - 9:00am
Steps for Psychiatric Independence/Settlement:
1. Request written documentation about your diagnosis, treatment, etc. from your psychiatrist.
2. This information will have the psychiatrist's attacks on your behavior.
3. Defend yourself point by point against the psychiatrist's attacks on your behavior.
4. Since you have proven the psychiatrist to be in violation of established procedures, The US Constitution, and your basic human rights, you may be entitled to independence from doctors and a settlement in a court of law.
5. Do this for every psychiatrist you’ve seen in the past.

1. Happiness, sadness, anger, romantic feelings, etc., are our emotions. Emotions are normal for a human to have.
2. A psychiatrist shouldn’t humiliate or make his patient feel uncomfortable.
3. There is a difference between speaking generally, and going into every detail about a situation.
4. Psychiatrists should give patients simple, plain English explanations, instead of complicated medical language.
5. Encourage the psychiatrists to explain themselves and talk more.
6. Ensure that your psychiatrist has fully assessed and evaluated you as a patient.
7. How do blood tests, blood pressure results, etc., factor in to our psychiatric care?
8. Overly repetitive testimony is not good for a courtroom.
9. Delays due to technicalities or technical language are not good for a courtroom.

1. As a drill sergeant, I’m going to be tough on you. I’m not going to kill you, but I’m not going to baby you either.
1. I can be a nice guy, or I can be a pain in the butt, it all depends on you.
1. Government shouldn’t unnecessarily frustrate citizens.
1. Spandex was a popular product for women when it was first released. —Trivial Pursuit
1. Some candies have powerful fruit or mint flavors.

1. “I’m 6’4, 250 pounds, and I’m Italian. I’m trying to be a nice guy, but it’s kind of hard to do this under the present circumstances." --T. Carmi, Hebrew Verse
2. “Now be a good boy and make your bed and do your homework and say your prayers…you don’t want to be a bad boy because then you’ll have a lot of problems." --T. Carmi, Hebrew Verse
3. I can claim ancestry in my family dating back to the Prophet Muhammad. --T. Carmi, Hebrew Verse

9:00am - 10:00am
1. Incense can be burned either indoors or outdoors.
1. Different types of alcoholic beverages can effect people differently.
2. Wine is simply fermented grape juice.
3. Sometimes, his father would leave an open can of beer in their refrigerator.
4. He drank occassionally, but not to get drunk.
5. He drank to forget his worries.
6. Asian alcoholic drinks are increasingly popular.

1. Bulldoze and demolish old homes, and then build new ones, to improve the neighborhood.
2. Bulldoze and demolish old streets, and then build new streets, with new homes and businesses, to improve the city.
3. Bulldoze and demolish old cities, and then build entire new cities, to improve the country.
4. Find a good location, and then build an entirely new city there. Ask the government for help with this.


10:00am - 11:00am

How North Americans can Feed the People of South and Central America:
1. Buy food from American stores (Walmart, Target).
2. Put the food on trucks, and then drive the trucks down to South American countries. Then distribute the food and supplies to the people of these countries, to feed and supply the people.
3. Utilize the Panama Canal to Provide Food to the Panamanians: buy food from American stores and then load the food and supplies on boats. Then ship the boats to the Panama Canal, and then distribute the food and supplies to the people of Panama to eat and live on.
4. People from Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puert Rico, Jamaica, can also receive food from American stores which are then shipped to them on boats from Miami Florida, or other ports.
5. These countries can also receive shipments of RV’s, Campers, and Motorhomes, from American stores, for the people to live in.
6. Consider relocating the entire population of these territories, to areas that have more food and supplies.
7. "All tribes have equal share in the total resources of the land, even if one tribes homeland does not have many resources itself.”

III. 1. In some businesses, the man felt as though he should have had his attorney by his side at all times.
2. A group of people got together, and took the dishonest businessman to court, in a class action lawsuit.
3. The woman blackmailed the man, using secret information that she had obtained about him.

12:00pm - 1:00pm

I. 1. A business should use honest practices towards its customers.
2. A business shouldn't use unfair practices.
3. As Chistians, we are supposed to treat each other kindly and with respect.
4. As Christians, we are not supposed to harm other creatures.
5. I have a mouth, so I talk, God gave me arms, so I work, and God gave me legs, so I walk.
6. As Christians, we are not supposed to hold a grudge, or stay angry at someone.
7. The Lord hasn't turned his back on his children. --The Bible

II. Items for Storeowners to Stock in their Stores:
2. Canned fruit, canned soup, and canned vegetables.
3. Candy bars, fruit candy, and mint candy.
4. Books and magazines.

1. Ideas for Restaurants:
2. Restaurants should have simple, easy to make items on their menus, like popular fast food restaurants. This is more efficient and can bring more profit.

III. 1. The woman was a tomboy, who was actually pretty tough, and sometimes she could also be a bad influence on her friends.


1:00pm - 2:00pm
1. The woman wrote a contract for their relationship, which involved a lump sum monthly for her services, and set boundaries for the relationship, which were to be followed, or else she would leave the relationship. --Honore de Balzac
2. The woman was with her husband four days out of the week, and back home with her parents for the rest of the week.
3. The woman didn’t want her children anymore, so she gave them away to her friends, based on a financial agreement which included visitation.

1. Two or three slices of turkey cold cuts, one slice of Kraft cheese, wrapped together, dipped in Bbq sauce, is a nice cold cut and cheese wrap.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. The men used a blowtorch to melt the fence and then got on the other side of it.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. "Being a police officer is in my blood. I come from a long line of police officers. My father, grandfather, and great-grandfather were all police officers...even dating back to our homeland of Ireland."

6:00pm - 7:00pm
1. Philosophy Notes about the Soul:
2. Each human being has a soul. Our soul is unique, based on our voice, appearance, and experiences.
3. All living creatures have souls.
4. The soul is invisible, it exists, but it cannot be seen.
5. A human’s soul is responsible for movement and thought.
6. Two souls can communicate in a room, even if their bodies are not both in that same room.
7. When a person dies, his body loses movement, but his soul is set free on earth for eternity. This is the immortality of the soul.
8. In death, the soul of the dead and the soul of the living might communicate. —St Alphonsus
9. In order to benefit the soul, stay close to nature.
10. A positive education can benefit the soul. For example, the art of the Italian Renaissance, and the biblical and universal themes that it represents.

1. Strawberry daiquiris and similar cocktails are popular in the tropical islands.

7:00pm - 8:00pm

1. Pork and Beans is easy to cook. Cook the cut up franks in one frying pan, and cook the beans in another pot, and then just combine them all and eat.

11:00pm - 12:00am
Indian-White Scenario, James Fenimore Cooper
1. Two Indians make friends with a white family. They are all in the house together.
2. The Indians wander upstairs and find a chest, which contains a large amount of paper.
3. The Indians have never seen paper before— they don’t understand it. They roll the paper into balls, and step on it to clean their moccasins.
4. The white woman, the owner of the chest with the paper suddenly comes into the room. She looks surprised to see what the Indians are doing with the paper.
5. She says, “What are you guys doing? Those are my families treasured documents, in deeds and bank notes, to all of my family's wealth. You Indians have ruined the papers and destroyed them. Now our family’s fortune is lost— we’re broke now — oh no!!”
6. The Indians still don’t fully understand what she’s telling them. They look at each other and look around in disbelief and they're like “Uh….?”
7. The end.

1. The numerical ordering and labeling for items on the page are arranged by relevance, more so than chronology.
1. Added: Item 4, to today's 6:00pm - 7:00pm post.
1. The old house was an eyesore in the neighborhood - it looked like a haunted house - it needed a new paint job as well as work to maintain the overgrown weeds on the front lawn.





Monday, January 13, 2025 -- 6:06pm

12:00am - 1:00am
1. Omitted.

2:00am - 3:00am
1. In instances of catastrophic events which damage property and displace people from their homes, a task of our government is to help relocate the people and help them find new homes. Move them to friendly neighboring states or countries which can house them. Find temporary housing for them -- hotels, rv's motorhomes, campers. The government should have the funds for these available in the treasury.
1-B. After these events, government should help people rebuild the damaged area and construct new homes.
2. Human beings are contending with the forces of nature, when they try to control floods, earthquakes, fires, and storms.

6:00am - 7:00am
1. In America, after the Civil War, blacks moved from the south to the north, and their music styles changed, so now, blacks from the south have different styles than blacks from the north.
2. Rap music began in the 1980's in NYC. Rap music, or hip hop (the terms can be used interchangeably,) is in the language of and about the experiences of African American inner city youth during this time.

10:00am - 11:00am
The Dead Sea Scrolls
1. Members of a church or congregation should be encouraged to talk as much as possible with their pastor. Tell him how you're doing in the present, and any future goals that you might have. This will lead you toward the path of holiness.
2. It is the job of the pastor of a church to ensure that sick members are visited in the hospital and receive adequate care.
3. There are certain rules for proper behavior in a church.
4. When the woman is pregnant, the couple should refrain from certain behaviors.
5. A person shouldn't be asked to do a job that he is not strong enough to do.
6. When a high-ranking official dies, then his wife must be widowed, and not remarry for several years if ever, and his office must look after her.

1. Every substance on Earth is composed of one or more of the items on the Periodic Table of Elements.

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. See Item 6, The Dead Sea Scrolls, above.
2. Doctors should have evidence to back up their medical research.
3. Doctors should know how to speak in plain English.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. "Basketball is a black man's sport." --Larry Bird
2. Larry Bird was a popular basketball player for the Boston Celtics, in fact, in many games, he was the "Great White Hope" for the team, leading them to victory with his three point shots.
3. The Rastafarians are a respected group of people in Jamaica. Rastafarians worship Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia. They also worship the Coptic Christian church, as well as the Ark of the Covenant and other religious symbols. Rastafarians, like Bob Marley, smoke weed, or ganja, as part of their religion. The Rastas also worship Jah, a representation of Jehova. Rastafarians do not cut their hair, as stated in a passage of the Bible.
3-B. The language, or slang that the Rastafarians speak is respected worldwide. The Rastafarians themselves are also respected worldwide, for their struggle against poverty and racism.
3-C. During Bob Marley's life, the Trenchtown ghetto of Jamaica was one of the toughest places on Earth.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. "It is honorouable and noble, to shed your own blood on the streets of your homeland."
2. If a senator breaks a small rule, that should not overshadow his history of good service and cause him to be removed.
3. The prospect of irreparable disaster brought together the leading citizens, the chief priests, and the most prominent Pharises to discuss the crisis. They decided to try an appeal to the insurgents and summoned a public meeting.
4. The Romans asked senators from other countries to intervene.
5. While they pleaded thus they brought forward priests with expert knowledge of the traditions, who testified.
6. When the barber gives you a haircut, and finishes, two checks is enough, more than two checks is uneccesary.
7. But the Romans wouldn't listen, so the citizens requested help from their allies overseas.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
8. Agrippa, equally concerned for the rebels and their opponents, sent to the help of the people 2,000 horsemen from Auranitis, Batanaea, and Trachonitis under Darius the cavalry commander and Philip, son of Jacimus, the general.
9. Thus encouraged the leading citizens, the chief priests, and all the peace-loving section of the populace occupied the Upper City.
10. Don't slaughter with guns, people who throw stones from a hand sling.
11. Wood was used as fuel for the fire.
12. The men were up against a dividing wall, so they dug under the wall with sophisticated equipment, and went under the wall.





Sunday, January 12, 2025 -- 7:06pm

5:00am - 6:00am
The Jewish War, Josephus
1. When one man committed a crime, the senator punished him and his family.
2. A pediatrician is a doctor who has special training in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases and injuries in children.

6:00am - 7:00am
3. But he had foreseen this disturbance, and had made the soldiers mix with the mob, wearing civilian clothing. He gave the signal from the tribunal and the Jews were cudgelled, so that many died from the blows, and many were trampled to death as they fled.
4. One of his domestics was enraged and had Agrippa locked up, keeping him in rigorous confinement for six months until his own death.
5. When the appeal was not accepted, he petitioned as many high ranking officials for help as possible.
6. In one area there is a large river, and a large number of ships dock around in various spots on it.
7. The Jews with their wives and children massed on the plain near the city, and appealed to Petronius first for their ancestral laws and then for themselves. He yielded to the demands of such a formidable crowd, and left the army and the statues in Ptolemais.
8. They pleaded their Law and ancestral customs and explained that it was not permissible for a graven image of God, much less of a man, to be placed in the Temple of their country. "I too am bound to keep the law of my sovereign lord: If I break it and spare you, I shall perish as I deserve. It will be the Emperor who will make war on you, not I. I am subject to authority just as you are."
9. When he had secured silence Petronius asked: 'Willl you then go to war with Caesar?'
10. The Jews replied that for Caesar and the people of Rome they sacrificed twice a day. But if he wished to set up the images in their midst, he must first sacrifice the whole Jewish race.
11. This reply filled Petronius with wonder and pity for the unparalleled religious fervour of these brave men and the courage that made them so ready to die. So for the time being they were dismissed with nothing settled.
12. During the next few days he got the leading men together privately and assembled the people publicly, and tried first persuasion and then advice.
13. ...adding that unless he wished to destroy both the men and the land they tilled, he must let them keep their law and withdraw his instructions.
14. To this dispatch Gaius replied in no gentle terms, threatening Petronius with death for his slowness in carrying out his orders.
15. One of the prisons was particularly savage and harsh.
16. As it happened that Agrippa was then on a visit to Rome, the Senate sent and invited him to discuss the situation with them, and at the same time Claudius summoned him to his camp to assist him as occasion arose.
17. He added that he would carry on the government like a good popular leader, not like a dictator; for he was satisfied with the honour of the imperial title, and on every matter at issue he would follow the wishes of the people.
18. The Senate answered that they relied on the army and on wise counsels and would not voluntarily submit to slavery.
19. The father said that he didn't want to see the brothers fight.
20. One of the soldiers said, "Look here, you fellows; why should we think of killing our friends and attacking men just like ourselves who happen to be with Claudius? We have an emperor with nothing against him, and the closest ties with those we are proposing to march against."
20-B. With these words he strode though the middle of the Senate with his entire unit behind him. Left in the lurch the patricians immediately panicked; and as they could find no means of escape they went the way of the soldiers and hurried off to join Claudius.

7:00am - 8:00am
1. Web research is as simple as going to Google.com, and searching for a topic. Search, or Google "How to cook scrambled eggs." to learn more about this topic, for example.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. After the revolt, the senator requested a unit of armed guards to restore order and protect the city.
2. Once police were brought in, a functional government was established.
3. After this, the country requested help from its allied countries, and restored normal, day to day life.
4. He further instructed to sail to Rome and report to Claudius what had occurred.
5. He then turned his attention to his most eminent subjects. The final degree of his madness landed him on the stage of a theatre.
6. Felix captured the bandit chief Eleazar, who had been plundering the country for twenty years, with many of his men, and sent them as prisoners to Rome.
7. The country was divided into several separate territories, or lands, each of which was governed by independent governments, which had representation in a larger governing body.
8. More terrible than the crimes themselves was the fear they aroused, every man hourly expecting death, as in war.
9. They watched at a distance for their enemies.
10. The whole population rallied to the defence of their brother country.
11. A senatorial body was established to sort out differences between Arabs and Jews. This body agreed to never advocate violence, and always use peaceful methods.
12. As the rioting continued, he picked out the leading men of both communities and sent them as ambassadors to Nero, to argue the merits of the case.
13. He allowed those imprisoned for crimes by local courts to be bought out, or freed by their friends, and then the money went to fund programs in the local government.

3:00pm - 4:00pm
1. He and his friends looked like a group of criminals or thieves. They might have been guilty of committing crimes in the very area where they were seen.
2. He was always thinking about committing crime, this was almost an obsession for him.
3. He stated his intentions and his ways of getting them.
4. He stated how he had contributed to his country.
5. The criminals crimes were exposed one by one.
6. Many people left their homes and fled to foreign provinces.
7. The people crowded round, imploring him to pity the nation in its distress and shouting against Florus, the ruin of their country.
8. The senators agreed that they would all confer with each other, before going to war with another country.
9. The Greeks further insulted them by beginning to build a factory right up to the dividing line, thus making it easy to get weapons on the battlefield.
10. He emptied the chamber-pot in a hole dug in the dirt, and then covered it with more dirt.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
11. He actually arrested these men but freed them from prison, on the condition that they live in exile from the country.
12. This shocked Agrippa, but he discreetly turned his indignation on the Jews, whom he inwardly pitied, wishing to humble their pride and, by refusing to see that they had suffered any wrong, to damp their ardour for revenge.
13. When the soldiers clashed with the crowd, they were instructed to use humane methods in subduing the people.
14. There too the Jews' chief priests, with the leading citizens and the Sanhedrin, arrived to welcome the king. After paying homage they began to bewail their own calamities and to describe the savagery of Florus.
15. But once set on foot, war cannot easily be either broken off or fought to a conclusion without disaster.
16. But our ancestors and their kings, with material, physical, and mental resources far superior to yours, faced a mere fraction of the Roman army and put up no resistance.
17. Alexandria was similar to Rome in size and population, but the two countries also had many differences.
18. The soldiers of the armies of the world are essentially similar.
19. This third of the whole world, whose nations could hardly be counted, bounded by the Atlantic and the Pillars of Hercules, and supporting the millions of Ethiopia as far as the Indian Ocean, is subdued in its entirety; and apart from the regular crops which for eight months of the year feed the whole population of Rome, these peoples pay tribute of every kind, and for the needs of the Empire willingly submit to taxation; and unlike you they take no offence when given orders, though only a single legion is quartered in their midst.
20. Let us examine Egypt. She stretches as far as Ethiopia and Arabia; she is the port for India; she has a population of seven and a half million. But she does not repudiate the rule of Rome - yet what a stimulus to revolt she has in Alexandria with its size, its population and its wealth.
21. Guards were dispatched, to protect the shipment of corn.
22. "We will involve our allies, both on the continent and overseas."
23. Fruit and vegetable crops were grown all across the globe, and imported and exported, in order to feed people worldwide.
24. They set up bonfires, to keep them warm in the cold weather.
25. One of the men was a high-ranking official in his country.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. There were no laws against officials receiving gifts or contributions from foreign sources.





Saturday, January 11, 2025 -- 11:17pm

12:00am - 1:00am
The Arabian Nights
1. The men met a woman, and then paid her to be their servant.
2. “Brother, what are these two tombs and why are you sitting weeping between them?”
3. There was a woman, she left her husband, left her children, and moved back home with her parents.
4. She didn’t like the way her family was treating her, so she left them.

1:00am - 2:00am
1. It was the people’s destiny, since the beginning of time, to endure certain hardships.
2. He was known as Butch the Butcher.
3. They sewed a pocket into the lining of their coats, and then hid goods in them.
4. If a medical hospital is guilty of negligence to a patient, then the patient is entitled to financial compensation.

2:00am - 3:00am
1. Then a stallion scents the mare and comes out of the sea. It looks around and when it sees nobody, it mounts her and then gets down.
2. If a person dies, then the goods that he owned, belong to his family.
3. He went to a man’s house. The man had several servants.

7:00am - 8:00am
1. "There are not enough beautiful women in science." --Women in Science, H. J. Mozans, Ph.D.
2. "What was the purpose of elementary, middle school and high school, in our lives?" --St. Augustine
3. Ultimately, Indian tribes can update their reservations by building apartment buildings on the land.
4. When she left her husband and children, and moved in with her parents, she took care of her mother and father, and went back to school.
5. "And in all was a mist, intercepting from me, O my God, the brightness of Thy truth; and mine iniquity burst out as from very fatness." --St Augustine
6. There was a group of friends, and when they would drink, they would do mischevous things.
7. Since he was a politician in the state, he felt that he was immune from its laws.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. She lived a much happier, joyful life, once she moved home with her parents.
2. Different crimes have different levels of severity.
3. The newspaper had been spreading a smear campaign, to tarnish the image of the politician in the eyes of the public.
4. "And now I was chief in the rhetoric school, whereat I joyed proudly, and I swelled with arrogancy." --St Augustine
5. For not as I now speak, did I feel when I turned to those Scriptures; but they seemed to me unworthy to be compared to the stateliness of Tully: for my swelling pride shrunk from their lowliness, nor could my sharp wit pierce the interior thereof.

9:00am - 10:00am
6. Entrust Truth, whatsoever thou hast from the Truth, and thou shalt lose nothing; and thy decay shall bloom again, and all thy diseases be healed, and thy mortal parts be reformed and renewed, and bound around thee: nor shall they lay thee whither themselves descend; but they shall stand fast with thee, and abide for ever before God, Who abideth and standeth fast for ever.
7. "The last whit of warmth was drawn off by the setting sun."
8. And I lied to my mother, and such a mother, and escaped: for this also hast Thou mercifully forgiven me, preserving me, thus full of execrable defilements, from the waters of the sea, for the water of Thy Grace; whereby when I was cleansed, the streams of my mother's eyes should be dried, with which for me she daily watered the ground under her face.
9. The wind blew and swelled our sails, and withdrew the shore from our sight; and she on the morrow was there, frantic with sorrow, and with complaints and groans filled Thine ears.
10. As if any enemy could be more hurtful than the hatred with which he is incensed against him; or could wound more deeply him whom he persecutes, than he wounds his own soul by his enmity.
11. "He placed most confidence in the extraordinary skill of Irenaeus the orator." -- Josephus
12. In Rome all the relatives, who detested Archelaus, transferred their allegiance to Antipas. Their first preference was for autonomy under the protection of a Roman official.
13. Officials in government shouldn't be mocked by the television or the media.
14. He had concede to the people everything for which they had petitioned him as king, and had released men whom his father had imprisoned for shocking crimes.

10:00am - 11:00am
15. ...that in the daytime he assumed an expression of grief and at night indulged in drunken orgies.
16. Herod had never given him the least hope of succeeding to the throne till his mind became more decayed than his body, and he was incapable of logical thought as contrasted to when his health was good and his mind unimpaired.
17. His friends and family believed that his health was failing, and that he was unfit to rule by his illegalities, when he had put so many to death.
18. As soon as he had gone, Sabinus arrived and promptly gave the people an excuse for sedition.
19. In order to affect the enemy, the soldiers destroyed the bridge to the city, recognized for both size and magnificence.
19-B. The enemy conducted negotiations in order to prevent destruction of similar structures.
20. The officials said, "Either build a better building for our meetings, or we'll strike, and not appear at work."
21. One of the government officials prided himself on his large stature and physical strength.
22. There were four of these physical officials, who presided over a particular area.
23. Sometimes, these physical officials would speak aggressively at meetings.
24. The smaller officials would often mediate these situations.

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. Caesar pardoned most of them, but some of the prisoners he sentenced to death for having fought against a king of their own blood.
2. They had become so caught up in the administrative process, that there was rarely concrete change in government.
3. They advocated a unity of Arabs and Jews, in a unified country.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. Some of the rich citizens smuggled some of the refugees out of the war-torn city.

8:00pm - 9:00pm
1. Junior high schools and high schools in the inner city should focus more on gym, phys. ed. class -- sports like running and boxing for students.

10:00pm - 11:00pm
1. Some people were smuggled out of the country under an agreement that they work to earn their citizenship and livelihood.
2. In some instances, large groups of people were smuggled out of the country.
3. He observed differences in his face, and noticed that his body was tougher than before.
4. One race of Jews select other men's children while still pliable and teachable, and fashion them after their own pattern.
5. One race of Jews are obsessed with perfection -- they were not satisfied unless a task was completed perfectly.
6. After this they wash all over with cold water.
7. Their rule is that novices admitted to the sect must surrender their property to the order, so that among them all neither humiliating poverty nor excessive wealth is ever seen, but each man's possessions go into the pool and as with brothers their entire property belongs to them all.
8. They possess not one city but everywhere have large colonies. When adherents arrive from elsewhere, all local resources are put at their disposal as if they were their own, and men they have never seen before entertain them like old friends.
9. When they travel they carry no baggage at all, but only weapons to keep off bandits.
10. In every town one of the order is appointed specially to look after strangers and issue clothing and provisions.
11. They show devotion to the Diety in a way all their own. Before the sun rises they do not utter a word on secular affairs, but offer to Him some traditional prayers as if beseeching Him to appear.
12. After breakfast he offers a second prayer; for at beginning and end they give thanks to God as the Giver of life. Neither shouting nor disorder ever desecrates the house: in conversation each gives way to his neighbour in turn. To people outside the silence within seems like some dread mystery; it is the natural result of their unfailing sobriety and the restriction of food and drink to a simple sufficiency.
13. Showing indignation only when justified, they keep their tempers under control; they champion good faith and serve the cause of peace.
14. For a whole year a candidate is excluded, and when he has given proof of his temperance during this period, he gains more privileges.
15. Each institution has an advisory board, which can expel members from their post. In trying cases they are most careful and quite impartial, and then they reach a verdict. When they reach a verdict there is no appeal.

11:00pm - 12:00am
16. During proceedings, each member from the panel asks questions one at a time, and then they retire to consult with each other, and then one member delivers their verdict. They are careful to keep a respectful environment.
17. They dig a hole a foot deep with a small shovel, and then squat over it, and then put the excavated soil back in the hole. The spot chosen is more secluded and out of the way. After doing this, they wash after, to remain clean
18. After he fired up the mob, they burned the town.
19. When the police faced the mob, the officers in march formation aimed their weapons on the crowd. They opened fire on the crowd, then when the remainder of the mob rushed the officers, the soldiers engaged in hand-to-hand combat with them.





Friday, January 10, 2025 -- 11:49pm

4:00am - 5:00am
1. He blamed another person for his actions. He kept playing the blame game.
2. “Stop lying and be straight with me.”
3. “So what are you trying to say? What are you getting at? What are you accusing me of?" —Alexander Dumas

5:00am - 6:00am
1. The victim, in cases of rape, should remember that she did nothing wrong; she was overpowered by a stronger adversary who had broken the law.
2. Humans' personalities involve a great deal of depth, and their lives involve many different elements.
3. Many foreigners are somewhat obsessed with American culture.
4. Many people travel to foreign countries to party and have fun.

11:00am - 12:00pm
1. Even though some people say that you're going too fast, after you've written fast, you're really not going fast or doing anything, they're just remembering how you went fast in the past.
2. Kool-Aid is easy to make: 2 packets of Kool-Aid powder mix, 2 cups of sugar, a gallon pitcher, a measuring cup, a wooden stirring spoon, water, and refrigerate.
2-B. I have 3 pitchers of different Kool-Aid juice flavors in my refrigerator at all times.
3. He nibbled the cheese, until it was all done.
4. He nibbled away at a donut, until it was all done.
5. Lemon or mint candy taste good, they are like throat lozenges.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. There should be competency tests that have to be passed, in order for a person to own a gun.
2. Rookie police officers should have to work under a veteran officer, who teaches them the right things.
3. Judges should have to be reviewed by a panel of veteran judges, in order to remain on the bench.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. Omitted.
2. Omitted.
3. Omitted.
4. "The passion she shares with you, she could share with any man."

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. Omitted.
2. If you have a joy of life, then seeking psychiatric help contradicts this.

11:00pm -12:00am
1. "Germinal," Emile Zola - Etienne Lantier, an unemployed railway worker, is a clever but uneducated young man with a dangerous temper.
2. "The Female Quixote," Charlotte Lennox - The Female Quixote, a vivacious and ironical novel parodying the style of Cervantes, portrays Arabella, the beautiful daughter of a marquis, whose passion for reading romances colors her approach to her own life and causes many comical and melodramatic misunderstandings among her relatives and admirers.





Thursday, January 9, 2025 -- 9:34pm

12:00am - 1:00am
1. Kool Aid and other kinds of drink mix powder, allow people to easily make a large quantity of juice at home, which contain essential vitamins such as Vitamin C, and taste great. Developing countries such as in Africa and and Asia, should use drink mix powder in order to let their people make juice at home. These countries can import drink mix powder from countries where this product is readily available.
2. All you need are 2 cups of sugar, 2 packets of Kool Aid powder mix, a gallon pitcher, a measuring cup, a wooden stirring spoon, and water, in order to make drink mix powder (such as Kool-Aid) into juice.
2-B. In order to make one gallon of Kool Aid, use 2 cups of sugar, 2 packets of Kool Aid powder mix, and one gallon of water, stir, and refrigerate.
3. Vitamin C, found in oranges, grapefruit, or chewable vitamins, are good for preventing a cold in the winter.

7:00am - 8:00am
1. Even though there are many negative influences and problems in the inner city and the ghetto, these do not have to define us; there are also positive intellectual and spiritual pursuits.

8:00am - 9:00am
1. People traveling in America can even buy drink mix powder (such as Kool Aid) in bulk, and then bring them to people in developing countries, so that they can make juice easily, at home. Drink mix powder is commonly sold in many stores.

9:00am - 10:00am
1. Standing lamps, tall lamps, in addition to smaller lamps, are good for light at night.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. Grapefruit sprinkled with sugar is a good snack -- it's loaded with Vitamin C!
2. "By constantly keeping a low haircut, you feel cleaner." --The Arabian Nights
3. "Slight changes in health from day to day is normal."
4. The tribe needed money to expand, so they asked the senator to ask the treasurer for the funds.
5. American Indian tribes can update the homes on their reservation with campers, RV's, and motorhomes.
6. The men built sturdy ladders, to get over the wall. These ladders were much wider, and had more secure steps for footing, than normal ladders.
7. The senator set a peace agreement which stated that the opposing country had to pay money to rebuild the country they had damaged in the war.
8. The carpenter was skilled at using stationary and moveable metal joints in order to build things.
9. There was a Greek philosopher who was fond of taking partial baths, and cleaning only certain parts of the body. Additionally, he took several baths a day.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. The army moved under the cover of night, during the night, so as not to be noticed by the enemy.
2. The general liked fast ships, because they move at a rapid speed in the ocean. These rapid ships could also outmanouvre and evade slower ships.
3. The soldiers knew the route the were traveling. It was a straightforward and easy route, in contrast to more circuitous and complicated routes.
4. "We're only going on a sightseeing trip in our boat, we're not doing anything illegal."
5. It is better to negotiate for money or food in a peace agreement, rather than fighting or causing damage.
6. The military had a 1:1 ratio of troops to citizens of the town, in order to protect it best.
7. Since the enemy defeated the first unit of troops, the general sent in three more units, an increased amount of additional soldiers.
8. Since there was heavy crime, the general stationed a command unit of soldiers on every corner of the area in the city, in order to reduce it.

6:00pm - 7:00pm
1. If you click on the three horizontal bars icon on Scholarly Information's main page (the top portion), then you can acces my updated user profile.

7:00pm - 8:00pm
1. Since I have a big and healthy stomach/gut, I want a vitamin for it, probably a probiotic.
The Arabian Nights
2. "I know how he travels, I know how he moves, I know how he thinks."
3. The man met a religious monk. The monk said, "First, read what is written in the scrolls, and then decide what you're going to do next."

8:00pm - 9:00pm
4. There was a wall protecting the army's base, and the enemy laid siege to it and attacked it, shooting it with guns and missiles, and eventually destroyed the wall.
5. "There was a very old monk who lives in the mountains and who is obeyed by birds, beasts and jinn because of his many conjurations."

9:00pm - 10:00pm
1. Janshah was overcome with drowsiness and he now fell asleep on the peak.
2. His father and mother said, “What you did was not lawful in the sight of God.”
3. They were overjoyed to hear this and the king ordered all his servants to come out to meet him. He himself rode out with jinn, ‘ifrits and marids.
4. All of a sudden, the hand of Allah swooped down and brought punishment to the sinners.




Wednesday, January 8, 2025 -- 6:06pm

7:00am - 8:00am
1. In order to cook canned vegetables, just empty the contents into a pot, and then heat it on the stovetop.
2. "Since he didn't want his dog anymore, he sold it for money, and he was able to visit it a few times a year." --Miguel de Cervantes

8:00am - 9:00am
1. He had studied cases of male prostitution in his city.
2. "Military life is not easy."
3. The government had representatives from each ethnic group.
4. Antibacterial soap can benefit your health.
5. Your health can be visible in your complexion.
6. A good doctor can assess his patient's health visually, simply by looking at him.
7. "His doctor asked him a lot of questions."
8. African farmers should grow oranges, grapefruit, watermelon, canteloupe, strawberries, blueberries, and other fruits and vegetables that are not native to Africa, but are popular worldwide.
9. They cleared a plot of land, and then planted seeds, in order to grow fruits and vegetables.
10. Television shows and movies should have representative amounts of ethnic groups from the population in their presentations: blacks, whites, Asians, Indians, etc.
11. Colonial powers might have a responsibility to provide food or supplies, to the countries they've colonized.
12. A solution for a large group of people who are experiencing hardships, such as war or starvation, is to relocate, or move the entire population to a stable area.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
1. "Jade possesses magical properties." --Confucius
2. "China vases, or porcelain pottery is valuable. They contain impressive hand-stenciled imagery." --Jane Austen
3. Schools should give students instruction in all kinds of music: classical, soul, rock and roll, etc.

2:00pm - 3:00pm
1. Omitted.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
1. Axe Dark Temptation Body Spray and Body Wash are products which have good thick musk scents for men.
2. Old Spice Classic, Original Scent deodorant, is a product with a good masculine scent for men.
3. Nivea Cocoa Butter lotion is a good product.
4. Glade Plug Ins Cashmere Woods is a good musk scent for your home.
5. Powder deodorants are great: they contain powder which washes away in warm water.
6. When you put deodorant on, make sure that your underarms are dry.
7. You can use a dry paper towel, to pat off excess deodorant, if you've put too much on.
8. You can wash your underarms, and then add more deodorant, if you need to.
9. Electric hairdryers are inexpensive and have been around since the '30s.

5:00pm - 6:00pm
1. Different forms of music have different characteristics. Gospel comes from the church. Soul music is overwhelmingly a black form, from the 1960's and 1970's and discusses the civil rights struggle, the Vietnam war, and the problems that blacks faced in the inner city and the ghetto of America. Rap music originated in NYC in the 1980's and is in the language, and about the experiences of a group of talented inner city youth. Rock and Roll is very similar to Soul music, except it involves whites, instead of blacks.
2. The blues is a music form which is deliberately slow, in comparison to jazz or pop. If the blues was faster, then it would be a different form altogether.
3. Marvin Gaye grew up in the Baltimore/D.C. area. He was fond of listening to music, and sometimes, when he would listen to his favorite artists, such as The Orioles, tears would stream from his eyes, and he would cry like a baby. Gaye admired control in an artist, or how artists would sing, and display impressive control of their timing and vocal skills.
4. Certain locations in America are hotspots for crime, and some locations even get the designation "Murder Capital of the World."
5. One of Al Green's band members was trying to encourage him to sing. He told Al, "Just sing man, you're talented, don't worry about how you hit one tone or note, your gifted man, just sing!"

6:00pm - 7:00pm
6. Al Green is a popular soul musician. He came from a poor family in Memphis Tennesse. Like many soul musicians, Al Green's songs express what blacks were experiencing at that time, such as the tumultuous events of the late 60's and 70's, which include the civil rights movement and the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the race riots, and the breakup of the Black Panther Party. Green is also a modern love balladist, who discusses themes of love and romance in his songs.





Tuesday, January 7, 2025 -- 5:00pm

1:00am - 2:00am
Miscellaneous Notes
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3:00am - 4:00am
2. "The captured soldiers were forced to do work, to keep the country's economy going."
3. With the left hand, write from left to right, and with the right hand write from right to left.
3-B. Just write scratchy lines fast, a series of scratchy straight lines. This is like writing script or writing loops, only more efficient.

4:00am - 6:00am
4. She was a dancer, and she was paid a full-time salary, in addition to tips.
5. The dancers had a large hall built for them, which included areas for food and drink.
6. The dancers made sure to drink a lot of fluids, and take breaks for rest, so that they did not get exhausted.
7. The dancers delegated a single person, to collect their tips, so that they wouldn't have to keep interrupting their work by picking them up.
8. He took her to court for a paternity claim. He asked for payments and visitation for a child of his who she had hidden from him.
9. Because of the tricks they played on him, he pressed criminal and civil charges.
10. Due to the severity of the medical procedure, he thought that he might die from the pain

11. "There is no set recipe for survival." --Mencius
12. "In life, sometimes, we are faced with circumstances that we do not know how to respond to them."
13. If you decorate your home with cards and photographs of movies and movie stars, then you will enjoy yourself when you look at them.
14. Some comparisons can't be made: for example, the black Rocky Marciano.
15. Some people display signs of abnormal behavior, as well as illogical reasoning. Sometimes this behavior rights itself on its own.
16. Sometimes, the human race goes through problematic times, but humanity is strong, and goes on with daily life.
17. "Don't fight the world, let the world affect you as it will." --Mencius
18. "When the sultan got drunk, he would come on to young men, and encourage them to hang out with each other. He also spoke admirably of men who like women." --The Arabian Nights
19. He was a sensitive man, who cried and was emotional, but instead of his friend being mean to him, she talked to him, and encouraged him.
20. What to you is an epic presentation, to me is just a simple children's fable, a fairytale, something that people tell each other over the fire.
21. Criminal justice is a good subject.
22. Military theory is a good subject.
23. Developing nations can import food and supplies from American stores. Have the supplies shipped or flown in.
24. In order to cross a river, use a series of floating boats, as a bridge.
25. Omitted.
26. The members of the town, asked the store owners to provide grants and scholarships to the community, in order to maintain a good relationship with them.
27. Musk is a good scent on a man.
28. If you can't do something with the right hand, then you should be able to do it with the left hand.
29. "The climate of Ireland is very cold in the winter." --Frank McCourt
30 "When he was in jail, he made friends with Guard Dennehy." --Frank McCourt
31. "It was a story that had a happy ending." --James Joyce
32. "It's normal for a young man to have sexual feelings." --Frank McCourt
33. Take lessons from my life: on a moderate income, I live well and eat well, instead of the worry involved with running around working 5 days a week.

6:00am - 7:00am
34. As we age, or grow older, our bodies change, and we have to make changes in our lives.
35. Outdoor events should provide the crowd with food, drink, and protection from hot the cold.
36. America was built on blue-collar jobs: coal mining, farming, factory work.
37. "In math, two checks are enough, more than two checks are uneccesary." --The Arabian Nights
38. "It's okay to be funny sometimes, but being funny all the time is inappropriate." --The Arabian Nights
39. "It's best to walk at a moderate pace in public, not too fast, and not too slow." --The Arabian Nights
40. Proper body language is good in public.
41. Palmolive or Dawn dishwashing liquid make cleaning up dirty pots easy.
42. With a pair of clippers and an extra full-sized mirror, to use for seeing the sides and back of your head, shaving your head is easy.

43. He owned a lot of property, and she encouraged him to sell it, so that they could share the cash.
44. During a blackout, the country hired foreign engineers to fly in and restore the country's power.
45. The military supervised food distributions.
46. The police provided armed and unarmed officers.
47. The police set up a command center on each block of the crime-plagued area, in order to reduce crime.
48. During the funeral, either several people spoke, each about the noble deeds of each person, or one person spoke, about the noble deeds of the whole group.
49. The senator threw a big feast, or dinner, with food and drink, and fed the whole city. This feast included song and dance. Sometimes, these feasts would last for several days.
50. Parades should have culturally relevant activities, such as food and speeches.
51. Chiquita Banana was a symbol of the trade between North America and South America.
52. If several people are injured, and the city is at fault, then the people should receive compensation.
53. Sometimes, we are faced with difficult decisions.
54. In life, essentials include shelter and food, as well as culturally relevant pursuits.

10:00am - 11:00am
1. Unfortunately, some people are giving their dogs injections of sedatives. This statement is based on observations of several dogs going into a pet store fast and lively, and going out of the pet store slower and less livelier.
2. "I endure another day on this alien Earth." --Dante Alighieri
3. "Every 1,000 years, a dragon, phoenix, or remarkable person comes to earth." --Lao Tzu
4. "A group of different creatures came together, and went on a journey in the name of the Queen of England." --Edmund Spenser
5. "A group of the best students 'linked up,' or came together, to work on a big project." --Confucius
6. A good police officer gathers information from both sides, in order to solve a case.
7. Police officers are supposed to use force only as a last resort.
8. Police officers are supposed to use humane methods at all times.
9. Homeopathic medicine is different than western medicine. Homeopathic medicine involves folk methods and less invasive methods than western medicine.
10. Robley Dunglison is a famous physician. Many of Dunglison's books are available online.
11. Omitted.
12. A person shouldn't give blood too often, because it can reduce the amount of blood in a person's body and damage his health.
13. Giving blood can damage your skin and veins.
14. Medical books on home remedies are very popular.

11:00am - 12:00pm
15. "He ate a light breakfast, and then went to work."
16. The Hippocratic Oath is an oath of ethics historically taken by physicians. Books by Hippocrates are available in bookstores.
17. Prison inmates should walk around the yard, when they're outside, because a schedule of brisk walking or running can improve your breathing and overall health.
18. Life involves a great deal of depth, and many different levels.

12:00pm - 1:00pm
19. The Fairie Queene, by Edmund Spenser, is an adventure tale, like Dungeons and Dragons, which include an assortment of characters, engaged in various events, in the name of a higher good, such as the Queen of England and the Christian religion.
20. "Buttery mashed potatoes, mashed potatoes with a lot of butter and salt and pepper, is a good dish." --Frank McCourt

3:00pm - 4:00pm
21. It is fun to see a display of athletic skill.
22. He was caught up in a life of thieving. Even though he had a great deal of money, he wouldn't leave the life of thieving.
23. Omitted.
24. The dog kept giving him little bites.
25. He used a facial wand, a stick for massaging the face.
26. The Genoese gentleman was in the habit of exporting large quantities of silver ingots to Genoa.

4:00pm - 5:00pm
27. Leaving Estramadura they entered La Mancha, and gradually traversed the kingdom of Murcia. In all the villages and towns they passed through, they had matches at ball-playing, fencing, running, leaping, and pitching the bar; and in all these trials of strength, skill, and agility Andrew and Clement were victorious, as Andrew alone had been before.
28. He enjoyed sweet concord grape juice.
29. After they had given security in that place, according to custom, by the deposit of some silver vessels and ornaments, Preciosa and her grandmother, Christina and two other gitanillas, Clement, and Andrew, took up their quarters in an inn, kept by a rich widow, who had a daughter aged about seventeen or eighteen, rather more forward than handsome.
30. Andrew, like a wise man, determined to get out of her way, for he read in her eyes that she would willingly give herself to him with matrimonial bonds, and he had no wish to find himself engaged foot to foot and alone in such an encounter; accordingly, he requested his comrades to quit the place that night.
31. Carducha, seeing that Andrew was going away and half her soul with him, and that she should not have time to obtain the fulfilment of her desires, resolved to make him stop by force, since he would not do so of good will. With all the cunning and secrecy suggested to her by her wicked intentions, she put among Andrew's baggage, which she knew to be his, a valuable coral necklace, two silver medals, and other trinkets belonging to her family.
32. The gipsies halted, and all swore that they had no stolen property with them, offering at the same time to let all their baggage be searched. This made the old gipsy woman very uneasy, lest the proposed scrutiny should lead to the discovery of Preciosa's trinkets and Andrew's clothes, which she preserved with great care. But the good wench Carducha quickly put an end to her fears on that head, for before they had turned over two packages, she said to the men, "Ask which of these bundles belongs to that gipsy who is such a great dancer. I saw him enter my room twice, and probably he is the thief."
33. It was not, however, till the next day that he was removed thither, and meanwhile he was loaded with abuse and maltreatment by the alcalde and all the people of the place. The alcalde, moreover, arrested all the rest of the gipsies he could lay hands on, but most of them had made their escape, among others Clement, who was afraid of being seized and discovered.
34. Preciosa was a beautiful woman. The news of her loveliness reached the corregidor's lady, who being curious to see her, prevailed on her husband to give orders that she should not enter the prison to which all the rest of the gipsies were committed.
35. I give you my word, which is based on my code of honor and moral principles.
36. As for the old gipsy, he assured her that he forgave the injury she had done him in stealing his treasure, since she had more than made atonement by restoring it. The only thing that grieved him was that, knowing Preciosa's quality, she should have betrothed her to a gipsy, and worse than that, to a thief and murderer. "Alas, señor mio," said Preciosa, "he is neither a gipsy nor a thief, although he has killed a man, but then it was one who had wounded his honour, and he could not do less than show who he was, and kill him.
37. Preciosa was married in her house. The city made a festival on the wedding-day, there was food, parade and dancing. Everybody was happy, and lived happily ever after.
38. The Deceitful Marriage, by Miguel de Cervantes, is the source of the above notes.

The Generous Lover
1. He ate bread and sugar-paste, sprinkled with cinnamon, with a glass of milk on the side, as a snack.
2. Add more entertainment elements, such as music and speeches, to boring events (such as in government).
3. The prisoner wanted his freedom.
4. "'Such a sight as that might well move you to tears,' said the Turk."
5. What do you want? What is the remedy for this problem?
6. However, I will do what I may and as time allows. Let me ask you, in the first place, if you knew in our town of Trapani, a young lady whom fame pronounced to be the most beautiful woman in Sicily? A young lady, I say, of whom the most ingenious tongues, and the choicest wits declared that her beauty was the most perfect ever known in past ages or the present, or that may be looked for in the future. One, of whom the poets sang that she had hair of gold, that her eyes were two shining suns, her cheeks roses, her teeth pearls, her lips rubies, her neck alabaster; and that every part of her made with the whole, and the whole with every part, a marvellous harmony and consonance, nature diffusing all over her such an exquisite sweetness of tone and colour, that envy itself could not find a fault in her.
7. Her parents and relations were aware of my affection for her, and never showed signs of disapproving it, for they knew that my designs were honourable and virtuous.
8. Classical music is good for a garden party.
9. Dost thou imagine that this boy, puffed up with his wealth, vain of his looks, presuming upon his birth, inexperienced from his youth, can preserve constancy in love, or be capable of estimating the inestimable, or know what riper years and experience know? Do not think it. One thing alone is good in this world, to act always consistently, so that no one be deceived unless it be by his own ignorance. In extreme youth there is much inconstancy; in the rich there is pride; in the arrogant, vanity; in men who value themselves on their beauty, there is disdain; and in one who unites all these in himself, there is a fatuity which is the mother of all mischief.




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