Page II: Favorite Notes & Food Ideas

Updated 5/1/2025 - 12:30am
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FAVORITE NOTES

I. 1. 🍄 Magic (poisonous) mushrooms make you shout, they are a talkative drug. Psilocybin (Sylosibin,) and Psilocin (Sylosin) are mushroom medications, and a mycophagist is a person who eats shrooms.
2. Some people have never smoked weed before. Everyone hasn't smoked weed. "Marijuana is supposed to make you more soulful, and give you more rhythm."
3. Cannabis oil and cbd edibles are popular today.
4. A Backwood is like a dry, chocolate leaf rolled with tobacco.
5. Acid/lsd tabs also make a person shout, and when a person is with someone else who takes acid/lsd, it can make them feel nervous or wobbly, like their blood is shaking.
6. Stack up two or more pillows to elevate your head, neck and shoulders when lying in bed (big pillows if you’re a big person). You can also use a rock or a yoga block covered with blankets as a pillow.
7. Use a laundry bag filled with pillows like one big pillow that you use to elevate your head, neck, and shoulders, when lying down.
8. If you don't have pillows available, you can stack up clothes, sheets, or blankets to help you elevate in bed. And it can also be useful to put a towel on top of the pillow.
*9. A bale of hay, or a bag or two of wood mulch, dumped in a laundry bag, can be used as a good pillow.
10. Sit up in bed as much as possible.
11. Lamps are great at night, and sometimes you can leave your lamp on all night.
12. Standing lamps, tall lamps, in addition to smaller lamps, are good for light at night.
13. Lanterns, candles, and old fashioned lamps have historically been used at night.
14. The night is not just for sleeping, it is also a good opportunity to read or do other constructive things.
*15. A furry rug can be used as a blanket or comforter. Early tribal people used similar animal hides as blankets.

16. Some people use cosmetic surgery to appear healthier than they actually are. Some people even get cosmetic holes drilled in their body for breathing, or cosmetic surgery on their vocal cords to affect their voices in different ways.
17. Sometimes, our neighbors get on the phone with their friends, and they are quiet, and this frustrates us.
18. William Wordsworth enjoyed collecting pebbles as a boy. Three different kinds of pebbles, arranged three different ways, which represent three different foods, eaten at three different times.
19. "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
*20. When you're reading a book, take notes about the book you're reading for future review.
20. "You can learn the Greek alphabet if you first learn the vowels, then learn the consonants." --George Eliot
21. "Look at the art of different cultures." --Voltaire
22. Since someone fed his pet dog poison, it died unfortunately.
23. "Black music originated in Africa." --James L. Collier
*24. Men can use shaving cream as regular facial wash, and aftershave lotion as regular lotion for their face. --'Tis, Frank McCourt

II. 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.
2. With the left hand, write from left to right, and with the right hand write from right to left.
3. Just write scratchy lines fast, a series of scratchy straight lines. This is like writing script or writing loops, only more efficient.
4. Write with the left hand, and write with the right hand.
5. Color fast, color as fast as you can, for 30seconds to 1minute, and try not to rip the paper.
6. Get a box of chalk and color, outside or on construction paper, fast, to cover as much area as possible, and try not to rip the paper.
7. Color with crayons or chalk on a wooden cutting board, which is reusable.
8. 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. 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.
10. 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."

11. 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.
12. Some people just know how to talk, I don't know, they like to talk.
13. Roku tv's are fun -- in addition to hundreds of cable channels, they allow you to access Youtube and watch music videos on your smart tv!
14. Many cable companies have music channels that you can watch on your tv.
15. It can be entertaining to listen to sounds at night, such as those on the cable music channels (70's, 80's, Classical) on tv.
16. Cee Allah is a positive African American friend of mine. Visit his channel on Youtube to learn more about him.
17. It is okay to burn a small amount of incense in your home. --The Bible
18. Incense transports you to exotic lands, and you can burn incense inside or outside.
19. There was a mixture of smoke from animal fat and smoke from incense in the air.
20. Life involves both the simple and the complex.
21. Sage and thyme are two fragrant spices that can neutralize bad odors.
22. Sage or thyme sprinkled on drool stains, can neutralize the odor.
23. 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.
24. 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.

*Information about Pet Dogs 🐕‍🦺
24. People fed their pet dog human food, before pet food existed.
25. A pillow or folded comforter can also be used as a dog bed.
26. You can clean your dog by wiping him down with damp paper towels.
27. Different dog breeds have different characteristics.
*28. A healthy dog is happy and energetic when it's with its owner.
29. The man taught his dog how to bite, growl, and jump on people who he didn’t like.
30. 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.

III. 1. Yes, you lost the fight, but you’re still a man with courage and heart. --The Iliad 🤼‍ 🤼‍
2. In one fight, one man was quicker and more skilled. -- The Odyssey 🤼‍ 🤼‍
3. If one soldier didn't fight one man, he would have had to face ten. -- The Odyssey
*4. “The crowd were bloodthirsty savages, and would have cheered for anything.”
5. “Examine the case of bullies, who beat up on people weaker than them."
*6. “Certain people, due to their physical ability, are better equipped for certain sports.”
7. I'm taunting you about your loss because I want your spirit, that's what I want.
8. You kids shouldn't be fighting anyway, behave yourselves.
9. Many popular movies are based on fables and folktales from different cultures.
10. The captured soldiers were separated, housed, and forced, under arm supervision to do work in factories to continue the trade of the country.

11. 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.
12. Even though the man was "a little gay," his friend was not mean to him, she talked with him and was kind to him.
13. Some people are slow walkers, and some people are fast walkers. --Jane Austen
14. In ancient Greece, horse meat was often used to make sausages, in addition to chicken and beef.
15. Omitted.
16. When the man was questioned, sometimes he would shout, but his shouting was only to confuse and scare people.
17. Ancient texts cite instances of people mounting animals, or different beasts of the land.
18. Powder deodorants are great: they contain powder which washes away in warm water.
19. Electric hairdryers are inexpensive and have been around since the '30s.
20. When you put deodorant on, make sure that your underarms are dry.
21. Pat off excess deodorant with a paper towel, if you've put too much on.
22. Add more deodorant after the first round of deodorant has worn off, after washing your underarms, to smell better.
23. The man owned houses and land, and one day he sold them all for cash value.
24. Since the man stocked his store with as much food and as many supplies as possible, he made more money and was more valued in the community.

IV. Love and Relationship Advice: ❤️
1. Relationships involve different elements: family, friends, social circumstances, etc.
2. Platonic relationships with others ≠ romantic relationship with significant other.
3. Some people just know how to lie, they can lie about anything. "I did this to your ----, I did that to your ----." "No, you didn’t do anything to my anything, you just know how to lie.” —Henrik Ibsen
4. "Remember that in a relationship, your partner is also your friend." --Homer
5. The prince "lightly scolds his girlfriend," Princess Tanya, in one scene of Eugene Onegin, by Alexander Pushkin. He talked to her calmly at all times.
6. "You're taking my words too literally, you're putting too much meaning on my words -- they're just words."
7. "You can control the memories of a previous relationship, if you work on them in your current relationship." --Henrik Ibsen
8. Even though you may have bad times in a relationship, since you love and respect your girlfriend, you continue to stay with her, and both of you live together happily.
9. A good relationship involves intellectual and spiritual, health and wellness, diet and nutrition, as well as romantic pursuits.
10. "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

11. Even though we may have rough times in our relationship, it is important to find ways to be happy together.
12. In a good relationship, a person is not traumatized.
*13. Happiness includes finding: faith in ourselves, faith in our friends, faith in the future, faith in nature, and faith in religion. --Sorrows, Johann Goethe
14. You can say “I love you,” and mean it, even though you express it differently than someone else.
*15. I promise you that I am telling the truth. I swear it, I swear it by everything I stand by.
16. 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
17. The woman gave her children away to her relatives, based on a financial agreement which included visitation.
18. The woman was with her husband four days out of the week, and back home with her parents for the rest of the week.
*19. The man had two wives, one was easy-going, and the other was tough, and each wife had a marriage contract drawn up with him.
*20. The woman didn't like all men, and she liked some men more than she liked others.

21. Every man looking for love can find a woman who is his match. --W.B. Yeats
22. Refers to a Greek figure who 'accidentally' killed his partner during a sexual encounter. --Josephus
23. In a healthy relationship, you are supposed to treat each other good and kind.
24. Most relationships involve a great deal of work, because our lives aren't perfect.
25. 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
*26. 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


V. 🎀༘⋆ּ❀ ྀི Cosmetology Notes
1. Many women's hairstyles are easy to create, and once you have a nice hairstyle, clothing, and overall appearance, you can gain employment in a competitive field, make a lot of money, and live happily ever after.
2. Build a resume, schedule an interview, and you may get the job that you want.
3. The woman's hairstyle matched her appearance and personality.
4. The woman taught herself how to use makeup and other cosmetics.
*5. In order to powder her face, the woman just applied powder to her face as necessary until she was satisfied.
6. The woman used powder on her face to make her look more attractive.
7. The woman lived near the sea, and sometimes she wore fishnet stockings, which were like fishing nets on her legs.
*8. The woman used certain products to make her hair look thicker and fuller.
8. The ponytail is derived from an ancient tribe of beautiful half-women, half-horses.
9. The woman had nice clothing and fragrant perfume, to match her nice hairstyle.
10. Experiment with different makeup and hairstyles, until you find what works for you.
11. It was easy for the woman to kick back and relax, even though she had a nice hairstyle.
12. The woman frequently wore scarves.
13. The woman owned several wigs to make her look more attractive, even though she had lost most of her hair.
14. A nice hairstyle and appearance can imply wisdom and experience, and it is also pleasing to look at an attractive person.
15. Physical beauty is a sign of good genes.
16. Spandex was a popular product for women when it was first released.
17. There are many different shapes and styles of women's jeans.



VI. Notes about Alcohol and Drinking: 🍻🍻
1. Some drinks have low alcoholic content, and some drinks have high alcoholic content. --James Joyce
2. One man sipped his drink slowly, while the other man gulped his down quickly. —James Joyce
3. When he got drunk, he would curse people out and shout.
4. He drinks alcohol diluted with water.
5. Different types of alcoholic beverages affect people differently.
6. Wine is simply fermented grape juice.
7. In the military camp, they would often watch tv throughout the day while drinking from a six-pack of beer.
8. Seagram's Escapes are known for their fruity flavors, and often marketed as a way to 'escape' to a tropical paradise.
9. I don't want to drink alcohol, I'll just have a soda. --Frank McCourt
10. Some people are good at mixing drinks.

11. "He drinks water scented with alcohol, or beverages which contain only a few drops of alcohol."
12. "After drinking, he pretended to be drunk."
*13. After drinking, his friends sent him to the store, and then he got into a lot of trouble.
14. "Use food coloring and water, to make it look like an alcoholic beverage."
15. "After drinking, he went to sleep."
16. "I don't know, it came like this from the factory." --James Joyce
17. "Why are you drinking alcohol to begin with?"
18. “The man drank all day and all night long.”
19. Alcoholic drinks from Asia are popular today.
20. “The caliph gave orders that Abu be given drink until he became drunk."

21. Beer, whiskey, or wine, he would drink anything.
22. Sometimes their father would leave an open can of beer in their refrigerator at home, even though he told everyone else not to drink it.
23. The researcher studied the effects of alcohol on people when they drink it.
*24. People can drink in a bar, or listen to music, watch movies, or eat food there.
25. Groups of people can go to the bar for drinks, or just entertainment.
*26. She bought a bottle of wine, and then poured out the wine and replaced it with grape juice, and then she went to the party with it. --Laurel and Hardy
27. He learned how to mix food coloring and other liquids, in order to give the appearance of beer, rum, and other alcoholic drinks.
28. Alcoholic beverages can be mixed with sugar, soda, or fruit juice, to make them taste better.
29. In the bar, the bartender had a fake liquor bottle, with water in it that looked like liquor, as well as real liquor in bottles.
*30. The man replaced the whiskey that was in the bottle with iced tea, which was the same color.
31. There are different types of alcoholic drinks, which match different tastes of people.
32. Books about drinking wine, beer, whiskey, etc., are available for free online at Project Gutenberg.
33. Most large countries produce their own kinds of alcohol.


VII. 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 art of shouting is an interesting art.
3. He was a new, "progressive" father, who believed in giving his children illegal drugs. -- Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Rick Riordan
4. "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."
5. Since you're reading my book, you've awakened the words of a 700 year old man. -- W.B. Yeats
6. "It is unlawful to hunt without a hunting license, or fish without a fishing license, or even cut down a tree without a license or permit, and much of the 'free' land in America belongs to the government or Native American tribes." --James Fenimore Cooper
*7. "Our country will cooperate with your country, if your country provides our government officials with food and supply shipments regularly, so that we can then distribute them to the people." --Greek literature
8. There was a big man who had to use a small toilet, and all the kids laughed at this. --Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
9. The woman was a tomboy, who was actually quite strong. She was also a bad influence on her friends sometimes.
*10. 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
*11. 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. If you shoot a gun outdoors, it should be in a safe area, so as not to damage a tree or other living creature.
13. Step boxes (for aerobics) can help shorter people reach high places. They are sold in most sporting goods stores.
*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
14. The men who had problems behaved one way, and the normal men behaved another way.
15. When you say some people's names or mention some places, you start a chain reaction of multiple thoughts and ideas.


VIII. 1. With a pair of clippers and an extra full-sized mirror, to see the sides and back of your head, cutting your hair is easy.
2. If you always keep a low haircut, then you will always feel cleaner. --The Arabian Nights
3. There are many different music forms, and each music form has its own definition.
4. Classical music involves listening to people playing musical instruments.
5. To get knowledge of music, listen to classical and jazz. --Jane Austen
6. In the class, the less-intelligent students behaved one way and the smart students behaved another way.
7. In the building, the abnormal and irrationally functioning people behaved one way, and the normal and rationally functioning people behaved another way.
8. “Life involves patience, patience, and patience.” --Jane Austen
9. "It is important to be polite, and not be rude." --Jane Austen
10. During WWII, the U.S. Army issued its female soldiers brown underwear. -Trivial Pursuit

11. "You can learn through observation, rather than through spoken commands."
12. Cut and paste, and copy and paste, are great computing commands, they make transferring text easy!
13. It was easy for him to put two and two together. -- Jane Austen
14. "It is okay to be simple and plain, and not entertaining."
15. "Many times, slight problems resolve themselves in a matter of seconds or minutes."
16. Many characters in popular books are not simply good or bad, but are multidimensional.
17. "Many languages are spoken by native speakers with errors, that is, without keeping strict grammatical form."
18. There are a limited number of colors in the world.
19. “Sometimes it’s best to speak in short, simple sentences.”
20. "Men should do all the hard work because women are built smaller."

IX. 1. "He expects you to go straight at full speed, in which case, you should go left or right." --Honore de Balzac.
2. “So what are you trying to say? What are you getting at? What are you accusing me of?" --Alexander Dumas
3. "You should only trust the judgment of experts." --Victor Hugo
4. "He is a man, what do you expect him to do?" --Honore de Balzac.
5. One person blamed another for his actions.
6. "What is time, in the face of eternity?" -Alexander Pushkin.
7. "Some things cannot be described in words."
8. "Try to describe a picture in words."
9. "It is good to talk, to talk about anything, to discuss what's in the newspaper, for example." --Henrik Ibsen.
10. During most of the day, he didn't clench down on his jaw.

11. "A deck of playing cards can be entertaining. Simple games of Solitare can be played by yourself."
12. "Don't do a thing backwards."
13. "Become familiar with all the works of the great classical composers." --Honore de Balzac
14. Friendship is important. --Alexander Dumas
15. "I did all I could do; I couldn’t do any more.” --James Joyce
16. "Some people try to talk to other people who are 100 miles away, a world away."
17. Learn what a crossover is in basketball.
18. "No one looks good sleeping."
19. "Sometimes, acts of disrespect, insults, or petty disputes, have influenced historical events." ---Elizabeth Gaskell
20. "Even though she was not his daughter, he loved her as though she was, and even though he was not her father, she loved him as though he was." --Leo Tolstoy

X. 1. "If you're in danger and you need help, don't be silent, make noise, say something." --Alexander Dumas.
2. "The supermarket is not just for shopping, it is also for socializing." --S.A. Akintoye.
3. "Even though some people may look like they're master builders, they are not actually master builders." --Henrik Ibsen.
4. "It is important to remain calm at all times, and use calm language at all times."
5. A big person needs a big car, a big house, has a big appetite, etc. --Leo Tolstoy. Tolstoy was known for writing comic stories for a newspaper he worked for.
6. “No one ever said that life would be easy.” --Nelson Mandela. In his village, he had to collect water from the river every morning and sleep in a dirt floor in a hut.
7. “Cucumber slices on the eyes feel good."
8. "You can not express all of the world's history and wisdom in only three sentences."
9. "Good job kid, you made your money, don't spend it all in one place."
10. "Don't believe everything you read, and don't believe everything you hear." --Leo Tolstoy
11. In the past, it was common to educate children at home.
12. "Some people are rabble rousers who know how to fire up a crowd."
13. "For centuries, wild animals have survived cold winters." --Samuel Taylor Coleridge
14. "He was fond of buying trinkets for his wife." --Miguel de Cervantes
15. Item moved.
16. Since posters and cards of movies allow you to enjoy yourself when you look at them on your wall, they are good decorations for your home.
17. Sometimes people display signs of abnormal behavior and illogical reasoning.
18. Sometimes the human race goes through problematic times, but the human race is strong, and survives.
19. Developing nations can import food and supplies from American stores. Have the supplies trucked, shipped or flown in and then distribute them to the people to live on.
20. In order to cross a river, use a series of floating boats, as a bridge


XI. 1. In America after the Civil War, blacks moved from the south to the north, and they adopted different styles, so now blacks from the south have different music 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.
3. If you have a headache, rub your head, if you have stomachache, rub your stomach, then you will feel better.
4. For some reason, the man would sometimes lick the pages of a newspaper or magazine. --Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt
5. When the woman was dressing, she handed her boyfriend her dress, and she asked him to put it on.
6. Even though she had lost most of her hair, the woman wore several wigs as well as makeup.
7. Item moved to III. 11.
8. When playing baseball, the man was fond of using his Louisville Slugger.
9. Spandex was a popular product for women when it was first released. --Trivial Pursuit
10. Tang is a powdered, vitamin C-fortified orange-flavored drink mix that was used on the space station by NASA astronauts one year. --Trivial Pursuit

11. Alberto VO5 shampoo has been around since the 1950s, and contains several different vitamins and oils for healthy hair. --Trivial Pursuit
12. "In math, two checks are enough, more than two checks are uneccesary." --The Arabian Nights
1. "It's okay to be funny sometimes, but being funny all the time is inappropriate." --The Arabian Nights
14. "It's best to walk at a moderate pace in public -- not too fast, and not too slow." --The Arabian Nights
15. Good body language is appropriate in public.
16. Item moved.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. The woman owned clothes and jewelry, and sold some of it used, for cash value.
20. "Since we're dressed up in such nice clothes, we should go to a concert and a restaurant."

21. Parades should have different culturally relevant activities, such as food and speeches.
22. If several people are injured, and the city is at fault, then the people should receive compensation.
23. "I endure another day on this alien Earth." --Dante Alighieri
24. "Every 1,000 years, a dragon, phoenix, or remarkable person comes to the earth." --Lao Tzu
25. "A group of different heroes came together, and went on a journey in the name of the Queen of England, or the Faerie Queen. One of the characters was the courageous Redcrosse Knight." --The Fairie Queene, Edmund Spenser
26. "A group of the best students in the school 'linked up,' or came together, to work on a big project." --Confucius
27. A good police officer gathers information from both sides, in order to solve a case.
28. Police officers are supposed to use force only as a last resort.
29. Police officers are supposed to use humane methods at all times.
30. "Slight changes in health from day to day are normal."
31. "I don't care what happens to my possessions when I'm dead, because when I'm dead I won't be able to use them anyway. --Leo Tolstoy
*32. 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
33. The man enjoyed smoking a cigar or two occasionally.
*34. Smokers of cigars are slow, thoughtful smokers.
35. 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.
36. 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
37. 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
*38. The Tibetan Book of the Dead explains how to deal with difficult people.


XII. Philosophy Notes:
1. An education positively influences our behavior.
2. Every 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 present 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.

11. There are five elements: air, fire, water, earth, and another factor that exists but cannot be named, an unnamed factor. This unnamed factor is the soul. --Aristotle
12. 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.
13. Memory, or the brain's ability to retain and retrieve information works in such a way that we do not fully understand it, but still, we can be certain that it works. --Aristotle
14. A person is not always thinking. --Aristotle
15. There are simple ideas and complex ideas, and simple ideas make up complex ideas. --John Locke
16. You don't have to reduce sentences down to word meaning and sentence structure in order for someone to understand you, just talk. --Aristotle
17. We can only have three or four ideas present in our minds at a time (we can have a cluster of multiple ideas, but these represent one main idea.) --John Locke
18. With certain ideas, you're going to keep coming to the same point of disagreement with some people. With some ideas, you're never going to agree with certain people. --John Locke
19. The author is also the philosopher.
20. Establish an order-of-importance in your daily tasks. --Immanuel Kant

21. A person cannot stay mad forever, and after a good deal of debate or discussion, a person always returns to a starting-point, or a beginning-point.
22. A goal for mankind is simply to roam the Earth. --Aristotle
23. "Our thoughts have an origin, usually a person."
24. The recipes for many foods have existed since antiquity. --Voltaire.
25. Our sense of the days are based on man, not the earth. In the past, in places where the people did not have clocks or calendars, they did not know what day it was.
27. Each successive generation is better than the previous generation. --Aristotle
28. “All animals are furnished to eat, sleep, voice, etc., and compare this to the lives of humans. A horse was made to pull things, an apple was made to be eaten, humans were made to walk and talk and live.” —Aristotle
29. Preparation for death includes the knowledge that whether there is an afterlife or not, doesn’t depend on your actions at the exact time of death. For example, you don't have to declare belief in god at the time of death in order to be admitted into heaven.
30. “Some things are easier to do than others.” —Ancient Egyptian philosopher
31. God gave man a mouth, so man can speak; God gave man arms, so man can work; and God gave man legs, so man can walk.
32. In ancient Egypt, when a person died, it was common to remove the organs, and replace them with cedar and pine, then burn and bury the body.
34. "In death, we may lose some of the desires that we had in life." --St. Alphonsus


XIII. Drive: The Story of My Life, 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 for that game.
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. But he sort of upset me. He was talking as if we were going to lose and it sort of aggravated me.
34. They worked from a list of criteria that we had all worked on together.
35. Mr. Woolf had to resort to any and all tactics he could think of to get them moving.
36. As it kept going and going, I realized that this was exactly the life I wanted.
37. My biggest defensive worry was trying to keep players like Dr. J from doing just whatever they wanted to do on the court.
38. "You're not playing hard. You sick or something? If you don't want to play, I'll go in there." --Michael Jordan
39. 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.
40. Fitch had been in the Marines, and there was a lot of drill sergeant in him. Some of his practices were killers

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

XIV. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie:
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, and often laughed with her.
2. His family taught him how to throw a baseball.
3. 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.
4. Sometimes he would get mad and throw objects at the wall.
5. Once he kicked a hole in the door, because he was angry.
6. He had an alcoholic father who was in recovery.
7. His eyes narrowed. His eyes always narrowed right before he shouted at someone.

XV. 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 (lions, tigers), it can not be unlearned by them.
5. The reflexes of some animals are slower than others.
6. Discusses the existence of modern storytellers, or theorists who attempt to explain different events on earth.
7. "That certainly seems to be the unspoken assumption."
8. "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."
9. It's sort of a sneaky way of blaming everything on the gods.
10. Okay, now I just have to figure out what they'll do next.
11. Some stories are not told chronologically.



XVII. FOOD IDEAS
* 🌮 1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Russian brats are sausages that are easy to cook in the oven: 400°, 20 minutes.
4. Polish kielbasa is easy to make, if you cut it into small pieces, and then cook in the frying pan.
5. Ground beef, formed with your hands into hamburger patties or meatballs, or used to make tacos, will allow you to enjoy eating more.
6. Rice a Roni, Perdue chicken, tomato slices, & mayonnaise sauce, is a good dish.
7. Rice a Roni is easy to make, if you just use water and the ingredients in the box, no butter or margarine, and then follow the instructions on the box.
8. Perdue chicken seasoned with curry powder tastes good.
9. Some kinds of beef are easy to cook in a frying pan on the stovetop, with stir fry sauce.
10. Turkey, Black Bean, and Yam Soup is easy to make if you buy the ingredients, heat them, and then combine them.

11. Make it a Stove Top night, have stuffing for dinner.
12. 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.

13. I have 2-3 pitchers of different Kool-Aid juice flavors in my refrigerator at all times.
14. It is useful to have a pen and notebook handy when cooking, to write down time in and calculated time out of the oven.
15. Cold cuts dipped in dipping sauce taste good.
16. 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.
16. Cold cuts on pita bread taste good.
17. The Master Confucius ate ginger slices with every meal.
18. Toasted sandwiches taste good.
19. “Soup broth is good for you.” —Jane Austen.
20. Chicken noodle soup with chicken or turkey cold cuts for extra meat tastes good.

22. Canned yams and chicken noodle soup, tastes good.
23. 🍅 Tomato slices with salad dressing on them taste good. It can be helpful to learn how to cut a tomato.
24. If you buy a bag of lettuce from the supermarket, then you can add it to tomato slices for a quick salad.
25. Ranch dressing tastes good, it's like eating dressing on vegetables that were made on a ranch. Ranches are rustic farms in different states in America.
26. Tomato slices with salt on them also taste good, that is, a tiny sprinkle of salt on tomato slices tastes good - keyword: tiny sprinkle.

XVIII. 1. Canned sweet peas and canned beets taste good. A sweet pea is a good tasting vegetable, and so is a beet.
2. Canned yams and canned collard greens taste good.
3. "Yams are eaten as snacks in many African villages." --Chinua Achebe
4. Green Bean Casserole (soup) is easy to make in a pot, on the stovetop.
5. Canned corn cooked is boiled corn, which tastes good.
6. Season canned corn with bouillon cubes, or ramen noodle seasoning.
7. Canned vegetables are easy to cook, just empty the contents into a pot, and then heat it on the stovetop.
8. Frozen french fries taste good after you put them in the oven.
9. Plastic bags or storage containers can be used to store leftovers.
10. Franks and Beans are 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. Google search for the instructions for it, if you don't know how to cook it.
12. Rice with sweet sauce tastes good.
13. "He ate rice sweetened with sugar."
14. Chicken and vegetables is a good dish.
15. "Buttery mashed potatoes, mashed potatoes with a lot of butter and salt and pepper, is a good dish." --Frank McCourt
16. When cooking meat, you know when the meat is cooked by the smell. If the meat smells burnt then you know that it's been overcooked.
17. Pasta is easy to make -- just boil it in water.

XIX. 1. You can eat soup, if you first eat some of the broth, and then eat the noodles.
2. You can eat beef soup, if you view it as beef stew.
3. "Beef tea, or tea made from beef bouillon, is good for a cold." --Frank McCourt
4. Ramen noodles taste good, just add salt.
5. Cereal tastes good, just keep replacing it, because it gets stale fast.
6. A variety of potato chips is good, different kinds of potato chips are good.
7. He nibbled the cheese, until it was all done. To nibble is to eat in small bites.
8. "He ate a light breakfast, and then went to work."
9. Item moved.
11. Orange soda is good, it contains vitamin C, and is similar to orangeade and sherbet.
12. "He enjoyed eating sherbet." --The Arabian Nights.
13. 💧 Room temperature or warm water, is good to drink, if you don't want to drink cold water.
14. Juice diluted with water is good to drink, if it is too strong to drink juice plain.
15. Many people enjoy drinking tea all year round.
16. "Homemade lemonade is simply a mixture of lemons, water, and sugar." --Charles Dickens
17. Fruit salad tastes good.
18. Grapefruit sprinkled with sugar is a good snack -- it's loaded with Vitamin C!
18. He nibbled away at a donut, until it was all done.
20. Soy milk and almond milk taste good - they go down silky smooth.

XX. 1. He ate bread sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon as a snack.
2. Cream cheese's different flavors on white bread tastes good.
3. Jam (cherry, blueberry) on white bread is a good snack.
4. Iced coffee is easy to make at home, and different kinds of coffee have different potencies.
5. Lemon and mint candy taste good.
6. "Happiness can be increased by eating more fresh fruits and vegetables." --Horace
7. A meal is different than just one course of food.
8. Palmolive or Dawn dishwashing liquid make cleaning up dirty pots easy.
9. A frying pan is man's best friend. --Charles Dickens
10. "It's better to use the stove or oven instead of the microwave."
11. Sea Food 🦐
12. Sardines and tomato slices (with salad dressing) is a good dish.
13. Canned sardines are a good serving of fish.
14. New England Clam Chowder, with two extra cans of canned clams, tastes great!
15. Old Bay Clam Chowder tastes great, it's like a fragrant stew or bouillabaisse with fragrant peppercorns, bay leaves, potatoes and clams.
16. A Kraft Mac & Cheese Cup and a Tuna Pouch makes Tuna casserole.
17. A variation of this only contains pasta, Tuna, mayonnaise, and a little bit of relish.
18. The generous amount of food in our supermarkets is great!

XXI. 1. If people use the oven to heat food (like frozen egg rolls or frozen 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. Then, just follow the directions on the package of food (like frozen egg rolls or frozen burritos), heat the food, and enjoy!
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. 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!
4. 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.
5. The oven is better than the microwave for heating food.
6. Old cookbooks from the 1950s are good.
7. 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.
*8. Store frozen french fries, frozen egg rolls and frozen burritos in your freezer at home, because they taste good after heating them in the oven.
*9. One ancient race of people ate only meat and fish because they had no agriculture.

XXII. Instructional Food Images
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 images for making Turkey, Black Bean, and Yam Soup:
A. Image 1. Click here.
B. Image 2. Click here.
6. Instructional image for making Kool Aid:
A. Image 1. Click here.


XXIII. 1. Help others: link to Scholarlyinformation.com from your site.
2. "Scholarly Information dot com is a good blog." --Recommend this site to others.
3. 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.
4. One of my goals in life is to have over 1,000 children with different females, and then we'll live happily ever after.
5. I am like the hero in many popular world folktales, because I am known to display impressive physical and mental skills.



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