Quote & Fact...

Jun. 27th, 2025 12:36 am
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Quote:

"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."

"The place between your comfort zone and your dream is where life takes place."

~ Helen Keller


Facts: Wine

1.) Wine, it’s good for your heart. Although the effects of wine on the heart are still being researched, studies show that the antioxidants in wine can help prevent coronary artery disease and increase high density lipoproteins (the ‘good’ kind of cholesterol). It also may lower your risk of having a stroke. Of course, wine in moderation is the best way to reap the benefits, though, so stick to one glass a day. (Personally, I will be sticking to none. Wine gives me a migraine. Not enjoyable.)

2.) Wine can be made from more than just grapes; other fruits like apples, plums, and cherries can also be used. (Okay, so I always considered those as cordials. My mother once accidentally made one when trying to make Mulberry Jelly. Imagine kids drunk off of peanut butter and mulberry jelly sandwiches! My mother tried, but she wasn't a good cook.)

Quote & Fact...

Jun. 26th, 2025 04:27 am
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Quote:

"Art, in the widest sense of the word, is the instrument Hellenism has used and would use for that purpose. All the arts, poetry, music, ritual, the visual arts, the theatre, must work singly and together to create the most comprehensive art of all, a humanized society, and its masterpiece, the free man."

"I wonder whether art has a higher function than to make me feel, appreciate, and enjoy natural objects for their art value?"

~ Bernard Berenson


Facts: Random

1.) Babe Ruth out-homered every American league team. The first time that this happened was in 1927. This totaled to around 35 different pitchers that Ruth had out-homered. (They were just built different back then.)


2.) Coca-cola was originally green. However, the company itself said that this may be due to the green bottles they once used. New marketing techniques switched to plastic bottles instead of glass later on. (Just another reason for me not to drink Coke. I've never been fond of ANY cola drink. When I drank soda it was a Dr Pepper, lemon-lime, cream or fruit soda. Peach being my favorite.)

aha!

Jun. 26th, 2025 01:30 am
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I have been watching 'Elementary' the past week or so, especially during the heat dome of the last few days, and throughout the first three seasons Holmes' father is mentioned a few times but never shows up.

He finally does show up early in season 4, and from the first moment I saw him I kept thinking, 'where do I know this actor from'? His face, older and lined, was like many other actors, but that voice was singular.

So I looked him up.

He played Denethor in LOTR, the bad father who tried to burn his younger son to death and immolate himself on the fire as well -- the worst of the fathers in LOTR.

Tone down the madness, make him a high-level businessman with a finger in every government, and you have Sherlock's father. Pretty good casting.

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