Mastodawn

Happy anniversary to Saint Etienne’s album, ‘Good Humor’. Released this week in 1998. #saintetienne #goodhumor #fairfaxhigh #sylvie #thebadphotographer

Was blessed to see them perform the album live to promote the 20th anniversary.

nojarama Apr 20

Happy anniversary to Saint Etienne’s single, “The Bad Photographer”. Released this week in 1998. #saintetienne #thebadphotographer #goodhumor #goodhumour

WIST Quotations Mar 5

A quotation from Josh Billings

Every time a man laffs he takes a kink out ov the chain ov life, and thus lengthens it.

[Every time a man laughs he takes a kink out of the chain of life, and thus lengthens it.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-07 (1871 ed.)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1871-07 (1871 ed.) | WIST Quotations

Every time a man laffs he takes a kink out ov the chain ov life, and thus lengthens it. [Every time a man laughs he takes a kink out of the chain of life, and thus lengthens it.]

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WIST Quotations Feb 11

A quotation from Colette

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.

[Il n’est pas mauvais que les enfants remettent de temps en temps, avec politesse, les parents à leur place.]

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954) French writer
My Mother’s House [La Maison de Claudine], “The Priest on the Wall [Le curé sur le mur]” (1922) [tr. Troubridge/McLeod (1949)]

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Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle - My Mother's House [La Maison de Claudine], "The Priest on the Wall [Le curé sur le mur]" (1922) [tr. Troubridge/McLeod (1949)] | WIST Quotations

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place. [Il n’est pas mauvais que les enfants remettent de temps en temps, avec politesse, les parents à leur place.] (Source (French))

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WIST Quotations Feb 11

A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Kindness is invincible, if it be sincere and not hypocritical or a mere facade. For what can the most insulting of people do to you if you are consistently kind to him, and, when the occasion allows, gently advise him and quietly put him on the proper course at the very time when he is attempting to do you a mischief. “No, my son, we were born for something other than this; it is not I who am harmed, it is you, my son, who are causing harm to yourself.”

[τὸ εὐμενὲς ἀνίκητον, ἐὰν γνήσιον ᾖ καὶ μὴ σεσηρὸς μηδὲ ὑπόκρισις. τί γάρ σοι ποιήσει ὁ ὑβριστικώτατος, ἐὰν διατελῇς εὐμενὴς αὐτῷ καί, εἰ οὕτως ἔτυχε, πρᾴως παραινῇς καὶ μεταδιδάσκῃς εὐσχολῶν παῤ αὐτὸν ἐκεῖνον τὸν καιρὸν ὅτε κακοποιεῖν σε ἐπιχειρεῖ: ῾μή, τέκνον: πρὸς ἄλλο πεφύκαμεν. ἐγὼ μὲν οὐ μὴ βλαβῶ, σὺ δὲ βλάπτῃ, τέκνον.᾿]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 18 (11.18) (AD 161-180) [tr. Hard (1997 ed.)]

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