Thought Provoking Questions Part 2

Hello. Hope you are doing well today. 
I am joining in with Sunday Stealing and I hope you will as well.

Thought Provoking Questions Part 2

1. If you had to teach something, what would you teach?

Anthropology and archaeology with a view of Genesis thrown in. It isn't what many people think.

2. What would you regret not fully doing, being or having in your life?

Having someone to love.

3. Are you holding onto something that you need to let go of?

Yes.


4. When you are 80-years-old, what will matter to you the most?

I don't know because I am not 80.



5. When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards and just do what you know is right?

Every time.

6. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?

20

7. Would you break the law to save a loved one?

Yes,of course.

8. What makes you smile?

Funny things.

9. When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?

Probably yes.

10. If you had the opportunity to get a message across to a large group of people, what would your message be?

That  the history of the world you have been taught is mostly a lie.

11. If the average human lifespan was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?

I  don't really know but I doubt most people would do things very differently.

12. What do we all have in common besides our genes that makes us human?

A  different spirit placed in us by God that sets us apart from other beings whose spirits are unique to them but not a human spirit.

13. If you could choose one book as a mandatory read for all high school students, which book would you choose?
 The Closing of the American Mind

14. Would you rather have less work or more work you actually enjoy doing?
More.

15. What is important enough to go to war over?

 General Smedley Butler said that war is a racket. I think he is right and that there is probably nothing worth going to war over since most war is contrived. Every war is a waste in the end. 

16. Which is worse, failing or never trying?

Never trying

17. When was the last time you listened to the sound of your own breathing?

At night

18. What’s something you know you do differently than most people?

Think.

19. What does ‘The American Dream’ mean to you?

A chance to progress without much hindrance.

20. Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton?

A worried genius who would learn to relax and go with the flow thus ending the worry.

The Fool on the Hill... Saturday 9

Saturday 9: The Fool on the Hill (1968)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

Chosen because Monday is April Fool's Day.

1) As an April Fool's prank, Taco Bell once announced they had purchased The Liberty Bell and renamed it The Taco Liberty Bell. Describe your perfect taco.

Make some  Navajo Fry bread, fry or toast it crisp or, use a corn tortilla fried crisp. Fill with my home made taco seasoning, chopped tomato, chopped sweet onion, shredded cheese, sour cream and some salsa... Eat!

2) Similarly, as an April Fool's prank, the Ford Motor Co. was supposed to wipe out the national deficit by purchasing the naming rites to a beloved monument, renaming it the Ford Lincoln Mercury Memorial. What model car do you drive?
 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander SUV.


3) In 1998, Burger King got in on the April Fool's Day fun by promoting a special "Left-Handed Whopper," designed to be easier for a leftie to hold. Describe your perfect burger.

Ground Sirloin,well done, on a bun and topped with tomato, mushrooms, fried onions, ketchup, mayonnaise and Kosciusko mustard .

4) In 1962, when color TV was still new, a Swedish station pranked viewers by telling them they could convert their black/white sets to color by cutting up a nylon stocking and stretching it across the screen. Of course, in 1962, more women wore nylons and screens were smaller. How big is your TV? Are there any nylon stockings in your home?

My TV is 38 inch flat screen.  No, there are no nylons or pantyhose in my house. I don't like wearing them,

5) In 1957, the BBC ran an April Fool's story about how the Swiss were enjoying a "bumper spaghetti crop," with spaghetti literally growing on trees. Viewers who called the station, asking how to grow a spaghetti tree of their own, were told to place a sprig of spaghetti in a can of tomato sauce and hope for the best. Have you ever fallen for an April Fool's prank?

I don't think so, no.

6) When Crazy Sam was growing up, her mother would surprise her on April Fool's Day by slipping a rubber worm or plastic spider in her lunch box. When you were in school, did you more frequently brown bag it or buy your lunch in the cafeteria line?
For most of my school life I went home for lunch. Only during the last 2 years of high school did we have a cafeteria to eat in.  I brought a sandwich from home that my mother made.

7) This week's song was an international hit for Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66. Because of the song's bossa nova arrangement, everyone assumed the lead singer, Lani Hall, was Brazilian. She was a folk singer from Chicago. Sergio Mendes discovered her at a charity benefit. Can you think of a time when doing good really paid off for you?

I think there are a few things that I got opportunities on because of ability or etc.  
 
8) In 1968, when this record was popular, Pierre Trudeau became Prime Minister of Canada. Today his son holds that office. When did you most recently visit our neighbor to the north?

It has been over 10 years now...too long really. I love Canada.

9) Random question: Name three websites you visit every day.

Just 3? I visit the websites of all those who visit here. I do this almost daily.
I visit YouTube to see news and documentaries and things I find interesting.
I look at news aggregation sites to get links to major news stories. 

I will see you tomorrow for Sunday Stealing!

Spring

Hi friends and welcome!
It was a cold, sunny, beautiful day today. How about where you live?
I am sharing just a few photos this week for Friday Foto Friends and Sky Watch Friday.
Join in!
After you see the photos, there is a short video from a lady who makes little houses from objects that would otherwise be thrown out as trash. I loved it and hope you will enjoy it as well. I think I will try this project myself.

 I like mugho pines that grow by the water.

Canadian geese are beginning to raise their families.

 Cedars and pines touching the sky.

March Winds and TV Delights

Hello Friends and welcome.

It is so sunny and windy today as March comes to a close. The wind has driven away clouds and it is clear and crisp and clean outside. My wind chimes are singing their hearts out.
It reminds me of the old English proverb that "March winds and April showers bring forth May's flowers."

Morning Visitors

Toni does a meme every Monday for posting on Tuesday.   Here is my entry for this week.

Isn't the graphic adorable?

TV Delights
1.   Favorite TV Chef To Watch And Learn From:  I dislike cooking shows Just no interest in them.  There is really nothing I watch on TV regularly at all. It hardly goes on anymore.
I will be watching Pretty Little Liars once again in its new incarnation but no cooking there!

2.   Favorite TV Cooking Personality: None. I avoid programs like that like the plague. Just not interested at all. I really don't even know who TV cooking personalities are.

3.   Favorite Frozen TV Dinner (Yes Or No Reply And Why): I don't eat them at all so I don't have a favorite.  I cook my own food all the time.

4.   Favorite Watching TV Movie Snack To Munch On: There are really no foods I can have between meals.    But I do sometimes make hot air popped corn and put unsalted butter and Brewer's yeast  or powdered garlic on it since I don't like salt.

Thinking.. Sunday Stealing

Hello, Friends,

Its bright and sunny out today with temperatures in the mid 50'sF. The sound of weed whackers is in the air though I am not sure what they are finding to whack since nothing is growing yet.
Welcome to another edition of Sunday Stealing! Let's jump right in!







These are from a site called Thought Provoking Questions..

1. When was the last time you tried something new?

Just the other day.    New Merle Norman mascara, my first time trying it and some changes in hair.

2. Who do you sometimes compare yourself to?

God.  Surprised? Well God is the only one you should compare yourself too, not other people, so that you can see where you need to change,  improve and grow!  Of course, there is no comparison at all, but, if I compare the compassion and mercy of God , His wisdom and concern and power to my own, I can see how deficient I truly am and how much I need to be in contact with Him!

3. What’s the most sensible thing you’ve ever heard someone say?

There are far too many sensible things I have heard said and it would take volumes to mention them all.

4. What gets you excited about life?

Being alive and having things to enjoy, thoughts to think, people to be with, outdoors to spend time in, a little cottage to live in.

5. What life lesson did you learn the hard way?

That people are often not what they represent themselves to be and you can even be married to someone who isn't who you think they are.

6. What do you wish you spent more time doing five years ago?

 Exercising.

7. Do you ask enough questions or do you settle for what you know?

I am always asking questions and learning things. I think it might annoy those around me but I want to know how, why, when,where and etc. I want to know the origin of things, how they work, how they run, what the history is, etc. When people say something is this way or that way I instantly must go research the subject and find out why or what the truth is and/or the story  behind it. 

8. Who do you love and what are you doing about it?

I love my family and what I do about that is to love (Verb) them. Love in that sense is a verb and something you do to and for someone.

For instance, a man told his psychologist that he no longer loved his wife.

"Well, then love her!"said the doctor.

"But I don't love her," replied the man.

"Then start loving her!"was the psychologists answer.

You love a person by doing things for and with them. You care not by saying you 'care' but by doing things that provide care and help.  Love is an active thing that you do.

You love your child by providing for them, keeping them clothed, fed, healthy and happy. Being available for someone is love. Changing diapers is love. Cooking good food is love. Working to support someone is love. Listening, answering, helping, all are ways to love.

9. What’s a belief that you hold with which many people disagree?

My religious beliefs, my view of history and anthropology.

10. What can you do today that you were not capable of a year ago?

I really can't think of anything specific that would interest anyone.

11. Do you think crying is a sign of weakness or strength?

This question has no definitive answer. It depends on who it is that is crying, why they are crying, and many other variables too numerous to list.

12. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?

I only worry about one judge, not people judging.  People have no right to judge anything except themselves.

13. Do you celebrate the things you do have?

In what way?  If it means to appreciate them, I do that by taking care of them.

14. What is the difference between living and existing?

It is a judgement call. Existing is living and living is existing.  The other use this is referring to, "don't just exist, live!" is really one of those pious platitudes I dislike a lot.

15. If not now, then when? Another over used statement that has little meaning.

16. Have you done anything lately worth remembering?

It is all worth remembering to me. I don't know how someone else would view it.

17. What does your joy look like today?

I have no idea  and I really don't much care what it "looks" like.

 
18. Is it possible to lie without saying a word?

Sure, absolutely and many do with smiles etc.

19. If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow this person to be your friend?

 There is no way to know since every person is different and not cut out with a cookie cutter. You never know how people will respond.  If I was spoken to as I speak to myself I would be my own friend forever! I like people who get to the point.

20. Which activities make you lose track of time?

 Painting, play piano, being by the water.

 

Young & Beautiful, saturday 9

Saturday 9: Young and Beautiful (2013)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.


1) Lana Del Rey wrote this song for the soundtrack of The Great Gatsby. She wanted it to reflect the feelings of Daisy Buchanan. Have you read The Great Gatsby?
Yes and books about F. Scott Fitzgerald and that sad generation of writers.

2) In the 1970s, Robert Redford portrayed Jay Gatsby. In the 2013 version, Leonardo di Caprio played the part. In real life, both "Gatsbys" have helped raised funds for the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council). Are you careful about recycling and conserving water/electricity?



I recycle.

3) Lana Del Rey admits that she dropped out of college because she simply could not get the required math credits. When confronted with basic addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, do you do it in your head? Reach for pencil and paper? Or do you take advantage of the calculator that's on your desktop or phone?

 Head and paper and pencil.


4) She enjoys Kurt Cobain, Eminem, Elvis and Sinatra. Which of those four gentlemen did you listen to most recently?



None of them!

5) Speaking of Sinatras, she has described her high maintenance look -- big hair, long nails, elaborate eye makeup, full lips -- as "Gangster Nancy Sinatra." How long does it take you, on an average day, to prepare to face the world?


About 10 minutes or so.


6) She's a big soccer fan, and her favorite team is Liverpool FC. Here in the US, college basketball fans are currently obsessed with March Madness. What's the last sporting event that you watched?


 Lacrosse game.

7) Her younger sister, Caroline, studied photography and is responsible for some of Lana's publicity pictures. Have you ever gotten a job because of a relative?

No.

8) In 2013, when this song came out, Pope Francis became the first pope from a Latin American country. Latin America generally includes Mexico, most of Central and South America, and in the Caribbean, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. What's the farthest south that you've ever traveled?


Key West, Florida

9) Random question -- What button would you prefer your life to have: rewind, fast forward or a pause?

 Rewind for sure.

Into the Weekend

Hello, Friends
I hope your week has been a good one.
Yesterday was rain all day and most of the night and very cold outside too. March is known for winds and sure enough it was very windy and is windy, cloudy, cold and damp today!


For Friday Foto Friends and Sky Watch Friday, let's look around outside, which is where I love to be.

Tomorrow is Saturday 9 and I usually like to participate.
See you then.

Help!

Hello, Friends!

We are just nearly at the Spring Equinox and I know so many of you are looking forward to that.
 I hope that spring doesn't disappoint anyone. I am praying for a cool summer this year. and a chilly,lovely autumn.  I don't pray for one season to hurry away. That is wishing life away and I think that is wrong. I do pray for seasons to be what they should be without extremes of weather.  

Today, which is Monday as I write this, I am making wasp nest deterrents from little brown paper lunch bags which I do every year. They work 100% to keep wasps and hornets from building nests in your yard.  The instructions are  HERE . 
 Toni Titled this one HELP!
Which got me singing this today:

Toni puts up a meme on Tuesdays and I love to join in. I hope you will as well as she puts some work into these.

Help! S.O.S.
1.   If you were trapped in a cellar, who would you want to rescue you and why?
A single, handsome, beautifully built man , that's who.   My house has no cellar since we are so close to the water and the water table is too high. Digging a cellar would be digging a swimming pool!

2.   If you had a flat tire on a lonely road how would you handle it?
I would call AAA. I can no longer change a tire because of my spine. And women can't really get the lug nuts tight enough to be safe either.

3.   If you were behind an isle in a store where it was being held up what would you do?
Hide. If I was armed, I might do more but unarmed and untrained, you probably would be more of a hindrance than a help and might get someone killed. It is better to let the store be robbed than to get someone killed.

4.   If you saw someone being attacked would you run away, call 911, or try to help?
It depends on how they are being attacked. One time in a big chain store I witnessed the manager abusing his wife through the open door of the back room. I stepped in and said something. It got him to stop. He threatened to throw me out of the store and I said, good, call the police so I can tell them you are a wife abuser. A friend was with me so there were other witnesses but it was evident the wife would not stand up to him so it would be useless.
If it was a mugging I will call 911 and do what I could to end the attacks if possible.

As a kid of about 10, when a neighbor girl was attacking and abusing my dog, I beat her up, something she'd been deserving for a long time.  She also lied and told her mother and a policeman that my tiny Cocker Spaniel had attacked her.  Umm.. No. Not in this lifetime.  I and another person saw what was going on proving her a despicable liar.
 She was  poking my dog in the eye and other places with a sharpened stick , kicking her and throwing rocks at her. My dog was bruised and crying and was locked up in her dog run!
A sitting target for that evil girl. 
. And that evil girl had taken the time to sharpen a stick just to do this! She would have killed my dog had I not acted.
 I am not sorry  to have beaten her up and feel it probably wasn't enough.  If you think it is wrong to fight, then you are wrong. It is better to stop someone from doing evil than to allow them to continue and compound their crimes.
So, I got her to stop and to tell the truth. My little pup,  Buttons ,was shaking in fear and so glad that I saved her from that evil wench that she jumped into my arms and cried.
I brought Buttons home with me from a friends house when I was in afternoon kindergarten.  It was in September and I didn't know my way home but, somehow we got there! Buttons was no bigger than a minute.
She was with us until her death in my senior year of high school. She was a passive, loving, sweet animal and that horrid kid was abusing her in an awful manner.  I will never regret stopping her.

Thanks for the meme Toni!

Until later, have a happy and productive day ahead.

Monday....

Hello, Friends!
We had a wonderful time last night having a friends and family meal. Any holiday is a good excuse to
have people over to share food and a good time,as far as I am concerned.
We had cottage pie and colcannon and cupcakes for dessert. Everyone loved the food and over ate!
 Cottage pie is ground beef , celery, onion and gravy made from beef stock,  a tablespoon of tomato paste and  one of Worcestershire sauce . Some add carrot as well. You cook that and then top it with mashed potato and cheese, I use dairy free cheddar  and bake for about half an hour until the potatoes are brown and crisp on top and cheese nicely crisp and melted.
I will put the recipe on my Rock & Roll Cafe blog.
Colcannon is the Irish version of Bubble and Squeak. It is mashed potatoes mixed with cabbage. People thought they wouldn't  like it until they tried  it and none was left over! I will also work on posting that recipe as well.

The weather has been very sunny with few clouds and though chilly, it does seem that spring is on the way.  The equinox is March 21^st.

fool proof !

I am busy today making wasp and hornet nest deterrents. And here is the link where I showed you how to do that a while ago.  Yes, they work 100% and you will not have wasp or hornet nests near your home if you hang them where you do not want those critters to be!

What are you up to today?