Showing posts with label Strange But True. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Strange But True. Show all posts
Sunday, July 23, 2017
The Story of Naked Ken
My Daughter, who writes for HuffPost and her popular blog 'The Pearl Curriculum' recently shared a short video (filmmaker future?) about naked Ken. Enjoy!
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Denim Sky and The Celestial Events March 2015
Today is an interesting day
An eclipse
Spring Equinox
Super Moon
and
my "Denim Sky"
Find it here.
A Supermoon, or perigee moon, happens
when the full or new moon does its closest fly-by of the Earth,
making it look bigger than it normally does.
And the spring equinox refers to the time of the year
when the day and night are of equal duration,
mid-way between the longest and shortest days.
The solar eclipse refers to a phenomenon
where the sun and moon line up,
so that the latter obscures the former.
And while it won’t be affected by the two other events,
it is rare that the three events happen even individually.
PFXO
Patti Friday, reporting from inside 'The Art Dept.' at the international 'Embassy of Ideas'
Thursday, October 30, 2014
My Queasy Jian Ghomeshi Disappointment
We might act like it does not take a leap of courage to get naked (or partially undressed) and physical with another human, but the truth is, it does. It's an act of faith and trust. We are vulnerable. Each person trusting the other with tenderness, love, physicality, physical nurturing, a union of sensual instinct; a chemical calling - a sexual experience. Privacy. Confidentiality. Loyalty.
I'm queasy over all the news about Jian Ghomeshi. With a capital 'Q'.
Why oh why did this have to be Jian? Ladies and Gentlemen, you know we think he's hot. Sexy. Smart. We have listened in and thoroughly enjoyed him. We marvel in his talent. Canadians, we were (ARE) so proud to call him our own.
My post today is not whether we all believe or disbelieve. (You can read Jian's comments below and all the current Jian news here.) It's about how disappointed I am that women continue to be hurt sexually, physically, financially, emotionally and verbally - everywhere every day.
Consent or not.
And they are afraid to come forward. Nervous about 'telling'.
I am sickened by it. Nauseous.
When we give ourselves to another it's because we feel something. Something good.
Please stop fucking with this.
Queasy,
Patti
This is the very short post from Jian Ghomeshi's Facebook Oct. 30, 2014:
I want to thank you for your support and assure you that I intend to meet these allegations directly.
I don’t intend to discuss this matter any further with the media.
This is the post from Jian Ghomeshi's Facebook Oct. 26, 2014:
Dear everyone,
I am writing today because I want you to be the first to know some news.
This has been the hardest time of my life. I am reeling from the loss of my father. I am in deep personal pain and worried about my mom. And now my world has been rocked by so much more.
Today, I was fired from the CBC.
For almost 8 years I have been the host of a show I co-created on CBC called Q. It has been my pride and joy. My fantastic team on Q are super-talented and have helped build something beautiful.
I have always operated on the principle of doing my best to maintain a dignity and a commitment to openness and truth, both on and off the air. I have conducted major interviews, supported Canadian talent, and spoken out loudly in my audio essays about ideas, issues, and my love for this country. All of that is available for anyone to hear or watch. I have known, of course, that not everyone always agrees with my opinions or my style, but I've never been anything but honest. I have doggedly defended the CBC and embraced public broadcasting. This is a brand I’ve been honoured to help grow.
All this has now changed.
Today I was fired from the company where I've been working for almost 14 years – stripped from my show, barred from the building and separated from my colleagues. I was given the choice to walk away quietly and to publicly suggest that this was my decision. But I am not going to do that. Because that would be untrue. Because I’ve been fired. And because I've done nothing wrong.
I’ve been fired from the CBC because of the risk of my private sex life being made public as a result of a campaign of false allegations pursued by a jilted ex girlfriend and a freelance writer.
As friends and family of mine, you are owed the truth.
I have commenced legal proceedings against the CBC, what’s important to me is that you know what happened and why.
Forgive me if what follows may be shocking to some.
I have always been interested in a variety of activities in the bedroom but I only participate in sexual practices that are mutually agreed upon, consensual, and exciting for both partners.
About two years ago I started seeing a woman in her late 20s. Our relationship was affectionate, casual and passionate. We saw each other on and off over the period of a year and began engaging in adventurous forms of sex that included role-play, dominance and submission. We discussed our interests at length before engaging in rough sex (forms of BDSM). We talked about using safe words and regularly checked in with each other about our comfort levels. She encouraged our role-play and often was the initiator. We joked about our relations being like a mild form of Fifty Shades of Grey or a story from Lynn Coady's Giller-Prize winning book last year. I don’t wish to get into any more detail because it is truly not anyone's business what two consenting adults do. I have never discussed my private life before. Sexual preferences are a human right.
Despite a strong connection between us it became clear to me that our on-and-off dating was unlikely to grow into a larger relationship and I ended things in the beginning of this year. She was upset by this and sent me messages indicating her disappointment that I would not commit to more, and her anger that I was seeing others.
After this, in the early spring there began a campaign of harassment, vengeance and demonization against me that would lead to months of anxiety.
It came to light that a woman had begun anonymously reaching out to people that I had dated (via Facebook) to tell them she had been a victim of abusive relations with me. In other words, someone was reframing what had been an ongoing consensual relationship as something nefarious. I learned – through one of my friends who got in contact with this person – that someone had rifled through my phone on one occasion and taken down the names of any woman I had seemed to have been dating in recent years. This person had begun methodically contacting them to try to build a story against me. Increasingly, female friends and ex-girlfriends of mine told me about these attempts to smear me.
Someone also began colluding with a freelance writer who was known not to be a fan of mine and, together, they set out to try to find corroborators to build a case to defame me. She found some sympathetic ears by painting herself as a victim and turned this into a campaign. The writer boldly started contacting my friends, acquaintances and even work colleagues – all of whom came to me to tell me this was happening and all of whom recognized it as a trumped up way to attack me and undermine my reputation. Everyone contacted would ask the same question, if I had engaged in non-consensual behavior why was the place to address this the media?
The writer tried to peddle the story and, at one point, a major Canadian media publication did due diligence but never printed a story. One assumes they recognized these attempts to recast my sexual behaviour were fabrications. Still, the spectre of mud being flung onto the Internet where online outrage can demonize someone before facts can refute false allegations has been what I've had to live with.
And this leads us to today and this moment. I’ve lived with the threat that this stuff would be thrown out there to defame me. And I would sue. But it would do the reputational damage to me it was intended to do (the ex has even tried to contact me to say that she now wishes to refute any of these categorically untrue allegations). But with me bringing it to light, in the coming days you will prospectively hear about how I engage in all kinds of unsavoury aggressive acts in the bedroom. And the implication may be made that this happens non-consensually. And that will be a lie. But it will be salacious gossip in a world driven by a hunger for "scandal". And there will be those who choose to believe it and to hate me or to laugh at me. And there will be an attempt to pile on. And there will be the claim that there are a few women involved (those who colluded with my ex) in an attempt to show a "pattern of behaviour". And it will be based in lies but damage will be done. But I am telling you this story in the hopes that the truth will, finally, conquer all.
I have been open with the CBC about this since these categorically untrue allegations ramped up. I have never believed it was anyone's business what I do in my private affairs but I wanted my bosses to be aware that this attempt to smear me was out there. CBC has been part of the team of friends and lawyers assembled to deal with this for months. On Thursday I voluntarily showed evidence that everything I have done has been consensual. I did this in good faith and because I know, as I have always known, that I have nothing to hide. This when the CBC decided to fire me.
CBC execs confirmed that the information provided showed that there was consent. In fact, they later said to me and my team that there is no question in their minds that there has always been consent. They said they’re not concerned about the legal side. But then they said that this type of sexual behavior was unbecoming of a prominent host on the CBC. They said that I was being dismissed for "the risk of the perception that may come from a story that could come out." To recap, I am being fired in my prime from the show I love and built and threw myself into for years because of what I do in my private life.
Let me be the first to say that my tastes in the bedroom may not be palatable to some folks. They may be strange, enticing, weird, normal, or outright offensive to others. We all have our secret life. But that is my private life. That is my personal life. And no one, and certainly no employer, should have dominion over what people do consensually in their private life.
And so, with no formal allegations, no formal complaints, no complaints, not one, to the HR department at the CBC (they told us they’d done a thorough check and were satisfied), and no charges, I have lost my job based on a campaign of vengeance. Two weeks after the death of my beautiful father I have been fired from the CBC because of what I do in my private life.
I have loved the CBC. The Q team are the best group of people in the land. My colleagues and producers and on-air talent at the CBC are unparalleled in being some of the best in the business. I have always tried to be a good soldier and do a good job for my country. I am still in shock. But I am telling this story to you so the truth is heard. And to bring an end to the nightmare.
Editor's Note: I enjoyed this article from Jannie Robinson - Why the Jian Ghomeshi case could be a blessing in disguise.
Patti Friday, Photojourno, reporting from inside 'The Art Dept.' at the international 'Embassy of Ideas'. Reading. Listening. Learning. Improving. Hanging out with successful people. Photographer. Pirate. Bubby. CANADA @pattifriday
I'm queasy over all the news about Jian Ghomeshi. With a capital 'Q'.
Why oh why did this have to be Jian? Ladies and Gentlemen, you know we think he's hot. Sexy. Smart. We have listened in and thoroughly enjoyed him. We marvel in his talent. Canadians, we were (ARE) so proud to call him our own.
My post today is not whether we all believe or disbelieve. (You can read Jian's comments below and all the current Jian news here.) It's about how disappointed I am that women continue to be hurt sexually, physically, financially, emotionally and verbally - everywhere every day.
Consent or not.
And they are afraid to come forward. Nervous about 'telling'.
I am sickened by it. Nauseous.
When we give ourselves to another it's because we feel something. Something good.
Please stop fucking with this.
Queasy,
Patti
This is the very short post from Jian Ghomeshi's Facebook Oct. 30, 2014:
I want to thank you for your support and assure you that I intend to meet these allegations directly.
I don’t intend to discuss this matter any further with the media.
This is the post from Jian Ghomeshi's Facebook Oct. 26, 2014:
Dear everyone,
I am writing today because I want you to be the first to know some news.
This has been the hardest time of my life. I am reeling from the loss of my father. I am in deep personal pain and worried about my mom. And now my world has been rocked by so much more.
Today, I was fired from the CBC.
For almost 8 years I have been the host of a show I co-created on CBC called Q. It has been my pride and joy. My fantastic team on Q are super-talented and have helped build something beautiful.
I have always operated on the principle of doing my best to maintain a dignity and a commitment to openness and truth, both on and off the air. I have conducted major interviews, supported Canadian talent, and spoken out loudly in my audio essays about ideas, issues, and my love for this country. All of that is available for anyone to hear or watch. I have known, of course, that not everyone always agrees with my opinions or my style, but I've never been anything but honest. I have doggedly defended the CBC and embraced public broadcasting. This is a brand I’ve been honoured to help grow.
All this has now changed.
Today I was fired from the company where I've been working for almost 14 years – stripped from my show, barred from the building and separated from my colleagues. I was given the choice to walk away quietly and to publicly suggest that this was my decision. But I am not going to do that. Because that would be untrue. Because I’ve been fired. And because I've done nothing wrong.
I’ve been fired from the CBC because of the risk of my private sex life being made public as a result of a campaign of false allegations pursued by a jilted ex girlfriend and a freelance writer.
As friends and family of mine, you are owed the truth.
I have commenced legal proceedings against the CBC, what’s important to me is that you know what happened and why.
Forgive me if what follows may be shocking to some.
I have always been interested in a variety of activities in the bedroom but I only participate in sexual practices that are mutually agreed upon, consensual, and exciting for both partners.
About two years ago I started seeing a woman in her late 20s. Our relationship was affectionate, casual and passionate. We saw each other on and off over the period of a year and began engaging in adventurous forms of sex that included role-play, dominance and submission. We discussed our interests at length before engaging in rough sex (forms of BDSM). We talked about using safe words and regularly checked in with each other about our comfort levels. She encouraged our role-play and often was the initiator. We joked about our relations being like a mild form of Fifty Shades of Grey or a story from Lynn Coady's Giller-Prize winning book last year. I don’t wish to get into any more detail because it is truly not anyone's business what two consenting adults do. I have never discussed my private life before. Sexual preferences are a human right.
Despite a strong connection between us it became clear to me that our on-and-off dating was unlikely to grow into a larger relationship and I ended things in the beginning of this year. She was upset by this and sent me messages indicating her disappointment that I would not commit to more, and her anger that I was seeing others.
After this, in the early spring there began a campaign of harassment, vengeance and demonization against me that would lead to months of anxiety.
It came to light that a woman had begun anonymously reaching out to people that I had dated (via Facebook) to tell them she had been a victim of abusive relations with me. In other words, someone was reframing what had been an ongoing consensual relationship as something nefarious. I learned – through one of my friends who got in contact with this person – that someone had rifled through my phone on one occasion and taken down the names of any woman I had seemed to have been dating in recent years. This person had begun methodically contacting them to try to build a story against me. Increasingly, female friends and ex-girlfriends of mine told me about these attempts to smear me.
Someone also began colluding with a freelance writer who was known not to be a fan of mine and, together, they set out to try to find corroborators to build a case to defame me. She found some sympathetic ears by painting herself as a victim and turned this into a campaign. The writer boldly started contacting my friends, acquaintances and even work colleagues – all of whom came to me to tell me this was happening and all of whom recognized it as a trumped up way to attack me and undermine my reputation. Everyone contacted would ask the same question, if I had engaged in non-consensual behavior why was the place to address this the media?
The writer tried to peddle the story and, at one point, a major Canadian media publication did due diligence but never printed a story. One assumes they recognized these attempts to recast my sexual behaviour were fabrications. Still, the spectre of mud being flung onto the Internet where online outrage can demonize someone before facts can refute false allegations has been what I've had to live with.
And this leads us to today and this moment. I’ve lived with the threat that this stuff would be thrown out there to defame me. And I would sue. But it would do the reputational damage to me it was intended to do (the ex has even tried to contact me to say that she now wishes to refute any of these categorically untrue allegations). But with me bringing it to light, in the coming days you will prospectively hear about how I engage in all kinds of unsavoury aggressive acts in the bedroom. And the implication may be made that this happens non-consensually. And that will be a lie. But it will be salacious gossip in a world driven by a hunger for "scandal". And there will be those who choose to believe it and to hate me or to laugh at me. And there will be an attempt to pile on. And there will be the claim that there are a few women involved (those who colluded with my ex) in an attempt to show a "pattern of behaviour". And it will be based in lies but damage will be done. But I am telling you this story in the hopes that the truth will, finally, conquer all.
I have been open with the CBC about this since these categorically untrue allegations ramped up. I have never believed it was anyone's business what I do in my private affairs but I wanted my bosses to be aware that this attempt to smear me was out there. CBC has been part of the team of friends and lawyers assembled to deal with this for months. On Thursday I voluntarily showed evidence that everything I have done has been consensual. I did this in good faith and because I know, as I have always known, that I have nothing to hide. This when the CBC decided to fire me.
CBC execs confirmed that the information provided showed that there was consent. In fact, they later said to me and my team that there is no question in their minds that there has always been consent. They said they’re not concerned about the legal side. But then they said that this type of sexual behavior was unbecoming of a prominent host on the CBC. They said that I was being dismissed for "the risk of the perception that may come from a story that could come out." To recap, I am being fired in my prime from the show I love and built and threw myself into for years because of what I do in my private life.
Let me be the first to say that my tastes in the bedroom may not be palatable to some folks. They may be strange, enticing, weird, normal, or outright offensive to others. We all have our secret life. But that is my private life. That is my personal life. And no one, and certainly no employer, should have dominion over what people do consensually in their private life.
And so, with no formal allegations, no formal complaints, no complaints, not one, to the HR department at the CBC (they told us they’d done a thorough check and were satisfied), and no charges, I have lost my job based on a campaign of vengeance. Two weeks after the death of my beautiful father I have been fired from the CBC because of what I do in my private life.
I have loved the CBC. The Q team are the best group of people in the land. My colleagues and producers and on-air talent at the CBC are unparalleled in being some of the best in the business. I have always tried to be a good soldier and do a good job for my country. I am still in shock. But I am telling this story to you so the truth is heard. And to bring an end to the nightmare.
Editor's Note: I enjoyed this article from Jannie Robinson - Why the Jian Ghomeshi case could be a blessing in disguise.
Patti Friday, Photojourno, reporting from inside 'The Art Dept.' at the international 'Embassy of Ideas'. Reading. Listening. Learning. Improving. Hanging out with successful people. Photographer. Pirate. Bubby. CANADA @pattifriday
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Death of a Camera Part II
The story goes like this and it's not a fish story, nor is it embellished as some may have you believe I tend to do with tang and giggles:
I killed a second camera.
Truth. I was scoping shot locations for an upcoming wedding. Juggling my big cam, baby pro cam and mobile cam. (I've been practicing this skill and actually, I'm pretty darn good.)
The grass was dewy, slightly overcast; the sun making all efforts to appear. Click. Click. Then I reached for my baby pro cam - my oxygen, my favorite child, my lover, my confidante - my anti-depressant - and could not find her.
Panic set in. Eyes quickly darting in the vicinity of green. Nothing.
Heart races. Chest tightens. Tears well up. Oh. My. God.
Foot Stomp.
Loud, very loud f-word.
The story continues:
I say (out loud)
"God. You don't want me to be a Photographer do you?"
"God! Twice!!!"
"God. Are you sending me a message?"
"God. My creative output is really, really flowing well lately. Come on!"
"God. I'm pretty pissed off at you lately. Middle East! Airplanes! Tornadoes!"
"God. Are you punishing me?"
"Dear God. Maybe if people really do love my work, they may chip in to help me get another one quickly."
"God?"
Well, the camera landed in Walters Falls. Depression has set in.
Maybe you would like to help.
UPDATE:
You have funded 72% of my $600 goal in 1 day! Thank You So Much!
GOAL: $600 by August 18, 2014
HERE are some images I have created with my beloved compact pro cam.
Patti Friday, Photojourno, reporting from inside 'The Art Dept.' at the international 'Embassy of Ideas'. Reading. Listening. Learning. Improving. Hanging out with successful people. Photographer. Pirate. Bubby. CANADA @pattifriday
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Garden and Gun Magazine
Maybe it's because I always felt that I lived
in the South
in a past life
(oh yes, I've made friends suffer through hours of this ponderment)
or maybe
I just adore the art direction
the covers
Maybe it's articles about
The Bayou Mama of Lafourche Parish
Cajun cuisine's best-kept secret. Reservations required—if you can get one
or
Oh Lawd
their food articles
Don't even get me started on the
or the
You know I hate guns
but this magazine may have
converted me
(I love converting. Habit of doing this)
I actually think I want to shoot a gun now.
I love Garden & Gun magazine.
Patti Friday, Photojourno, reporting from inside 'The Art Dept.' at the international 'Embassy of Ideas'.
Monday, June 10, 2013
No Pets Allowed
Discover an exciting and educational outdoor adventure at the Elmvale Jungle Zoo. Walk along shaded and winding trails. View majestic lions, tigers and jaguars. Delight in the playful antics of monkeys and lemurs. Watch the mischievous baby animals play. Admire the beauty of rare and exotic birds and other wildlife in the natural surroundings of the park's 25 acres.
The original site, established in 1967, was on two acres exhibiting mainly birds and reptiles. Over the years, the zoo has grown to include more than 300 animals from around the world, such as Australia, South America, Africa and Asia.
Bring your camera! - Don't miss their live interactive presentations of reptiles and other exotic animals. You can learn interesting facts and even touch a python!
Children will love to touch and feed animals in their petting area. Watch the rainbow trout jump as you feed them. Graceful swans and other colourful waterfowl inhabit their pond.
(Smile)
(Smile)
Patti Friday, Photojourno, reporting from inside 'The Art Dept.' at the international 'Embassy of Ideas'.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Pants On Fire
Have you ever felt mega-betrayed and if yes, how did you handle it? I have an opinion and it goes like this:
When someone wrongfully implicates another in a lie eventually 'enough will become enough'. That's when Karma shows up and gives back exactly what is deserved.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Un-Bloggy Cake
Do you live a messy bloody life or a perfectly edited Bloggie life? Do you know what I mean? I'm just sayin'. It's good to strive for visual perfection and presentation, but sometimes life is oddly spontaneous and rushed and real. (and should we still not share it?) My cake yesterday was spur of the moment delicious and incredibly authentic. If other Bloggers poo-poo your weird and cluttered world, just wink at me and say with a smile, 'Let them eat cake.'. PFXO
Friday, June 15, 2012
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Off The Record
Actually, go ahead. You may quote me. (and here are my favorite quotes)
Photography is a verb. - Patti Friday
Rey.- Patti Friday
(Reyson and Reyhaneh).
A camera is my oxygen. - Patti Friday
I am often asked why 'The Statue of Liberty' is my personal brand icon and I explain that freedom of speech, expression, thought, love, choices, movement, creation and human rights are all ingredients for a life well-lived. Many Bloggers in UN-free lands are detained, arrested, imprisoned, tortured or worse. Now you know why she is my girl. - Patti Friday
Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.
-- Buddha
I adore my Facebook Friends. I call them 'Fireworks'. - Patti Friday
To the other men that respect what I do please accept my shine. - Beyonce
Ironically she began to hate the very words that made her a Writer. For they were barren empty collections of letters with no promises or truth behind them. - 47 Tangier Boulevard (Patti Friday)
You take all the wind out of my sails; leaving the hull stuck in the muck. Why don't you go find another ocean to play in? - The Pirate Code (Patti Friday)
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it because what the world needs is people who have come alive. – Howard Thurman
Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you. - Mother Teresa
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition for they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” ~ Steve Jobs
A woman in my place has two faces; one for the world, and one which she wears in private. - Kingdom of Heaven
Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. – Andy Warhol
In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories. - Law & Order
'Hockey is ballet performed on knives by passionate beasts.' - Patti Friday
"People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descend like fine weather if you're fortunate. But happiness is the result of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly." - Elizabeth Gilbert
Yom Sheini 13 Sivan 5719 (My Date of Birth)
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. - Buddha
Om anandamayi chaitanyamayi satyamayi parame
(O Thou full of bliss, full of consciousness, full of truth, supreme)
-Kelly Cutrone via The Mother via Sri Aurobindo via India
Night time is really the best time to work. All the ideas are there to be yours because everyone else is asleep. - Catherine O'Hara
It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs but what a ship is... what the Black Pearl really is... is freedom. - Pirates of The Caribbean
JOLLITUDE - Patti Friday
"When I sit before you, stranger,
I know how much time you'll need
to bury the distance between us.
You are at the peak of your intelligence
and I am at the peak of my banquet.
...You are deliberating how to begin flirting with me,
and I, under the curtain of my seriousness,
am already done devouring you."
- Joumana Haddad
"If I make a painting, it should be seen for what it's set out to do too. A lot of the things that I do, it's not all art. Some of it's design, some of it's illustration, some of it's graphics, some of it's concept, some of it's business and some of it, hopefully, is art." - Ken Done
Desiderata
Go placidly amidst the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
I love photographing food. It suits my taste. - Patti Friday
"Beware of artists-they mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous" - Queen Victoria
half my life's in books' written pages
live and learn from fools and from sages
you know it's true
all the things come back to you
- Dream On
“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” - H.L. Mencken
“I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.” – Estee Lauder
“I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” – Estee Lauder
“Trust your instincts.” – Estee Lauder
I said I was amazing, not that I'm a Mason. - Jay Z
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Originality, Arrogance and Snobbery
But can you be original? That is the real question. For there is a difference between flogging others' genius and showcasing your own. - Patti Friday
When you feel humiliated, less-than or talked down-to by others online, know their condescending behaviour and arrogance will be their downfall in the end. - Patti Friday
Editorial segregation, elitism and blogging snobbery has no place on the net any more. Power to the people, not the select few inside the imaginary private club who have chosen themselves as the new media Gods. - Patti Friday
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Canadian Polymer Dollars
Secure, durable and innovative notes. Very strange to 'the touch'. Not something you are used to. It takes time to grasp, fully, that they are 'real money'. Shiny. Modern. The Bank of Canada done well. Yes. Indeed. Canadian currency has come a long way. And it's going even further. The new polymer notes look and feel quite different, but they're a good change for Canadians. The Bank of Canada issued its first notes in 1935, and they included $25 and $500 notes. Before that, notes were issued by governments, banks (like the Molsons Bank, operated by the same family as the brewery), and even some businesses.
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