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Find below quotes at
www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/moliere.html
Moliere, French Playwright
Date of Birth: January 15, 1622
Date of Death: February 17, 1673
Love is often the fruit of marriage.
Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive.
One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety.
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.August 17, 2008
There is no praise to bear the sort that you put in your pocket.
Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error.
We die only once, and for such a long time.
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
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August 18, 2008, Monday, Feastday of
St. Jane Frances de Chantal, religious, of whom found much more than below at
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Frances_de_Chantal
Jane Frances de Chantal (Jeanne-Françoise Frémiot, baronne de Chantal, January 28, 1572 – December 13, 1641) was born in Dijon, France. The mother of six children (three died shortly after they were born), she was widowed at the age of 28. She met Saint Francis de Sales when he preached at the Sainte Chapelle in Dijon and was inspired to start a Catholic religious order for women, the Congregation of the Visitation. She died at the Visitation Convent in Moulins, one of those she founded, and was buried in Annecy.
Marie Bocko, OCDS | email: mlbocko@twcny.rr.com
wrote below reflection on today's Sacred Scripture:
Ezekiel 24:15-23
Deuteronomy 32:18-21
Matthew 19:16-22
All of the Commandments I have observed. What do I still lack?
(see Matthew 19:20)
The Old Testament clearly reveals that the Israelites were chosen by God to make Him known in the world. Their land, however, was surrounded by heathens, enemy nations whose slack morals tempted God's people to imitate them. God used prophets to restore them to the true faith, but in Ezekiel's time He also saw a need to speak to them with a "rod."
Having shut God out, they rendered themselves helpless, open to invasion and some of their prominent citizens taken captive. Among them was the prophet Ezekiel who, despite enemy taunting, worked to preserve their beliefs while in exile. He paid the high cost of discipleship, hoping that one day these men would help restore their nation to God. Eventually this took place and Ezekiel earned being called "the father of Judaism."
In today's reading Ezekiel's beloved wife died, but God told him not to show any of the accepted outward signs of mourning. Instead he was to suffer a pain so inexpressible as to render him overwhelmed, in a stupor. This innocent, faithful man's condition was to show God's people that their infidelity to Him would bring them a suffering far beyond losing a loved one; they would be separating themselves from Him, the very Source of their lives.
Today's gospel reading teaches the rich young man and us that our faith in, and love for, God should vastly exceed that which we may have for anyone or anything in this world. The genuine following of God's Commandments is best seen in poor and afflicted people who retain their love and trust in God despite their sufferings. Unlike the rich young man, they are not trying to earn a high moral score or gain spiritual riches.
O Blessed Lord, may we love You in all things and above all things. May all we do and say bring Your peace into this world and help lead all people to Your heavenly joy. Amen.
EXPLORE # 198 on Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Photo by Darkyn Dover
Style Card
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Outing with faizaljoy, kupih & suhaimisalleh
the soundtrack Ugly Kid Joe - Menace to Sobriety
Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.
-- Henry Ward Beecher
Just a long and tall house in my hometown Hof
Hasselblad 503 CX
Carl Zeiss CF 2.8/80 Planar
Ilford FP 4
Yo realmente"X" al Guareo...
prefiero estar sobrio!!
I really really "X" Guareo....
I prefer to be sober!!
And hoping that everybody´s head has returned to sobriety by now :)
I think this one is just the right image to post as my first serious upload in the New Year.
Shot in Shanghai Lujiazui.
© Andy Brandl (2012)
Don´t redistribute - don´t use on webpages, blogs or any other media without my explicit written permission.
See my "profile" page for my portfolio´s web address and information regarding licensing of this image for personal or commercial use.
"No tengo preferencias en cuanto a las flores, siempre que sean salvajes, libres y espontáneas"
Edward Paul Abbey.
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Tanita Tikaram. Twist in my Sobriety
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Jesse and Mike rent a hotel room for three hours in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Although Jesse has been attempting sobriety by living with her parents in upstate New York, she continues to relapse by coming to Manhattan and using.
Julian Serrano Tapas, a Spanish tapas restaurant owned by Chef Julian Serrano, is permanently closed. The restaurant, located in the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, closed its doors after business on February 1, 2025. The venue is expected to transition into a new food and beverage concept in late 2025
🍷 Photo Review by ChatGPT – Julian Serrano Tapas (Aria Resort)
Concept and Intent
The image conveys a vibrant, colorful, and artistic culinary experience, true to Chef Julian Serrano's style.
The restaurant strives for a combination of modern Spanish haute cuisine and a welcoming and visually stimulating atmosphere.
🔧 Technical Aspects
✔️ Focus and Sharpness:
Excellent overall sharpness, from the foreground (glasses and tables) to the background of the bar.
The detail in the decorative elements (such as the hanging hams, glasses, and sculptural "trees") is very well achieved.
✔️ Lighting:
Warm artificial lighting accentuates the warm color palette of the space (reds, oranges, golds).
Good light distribution without overexposure or harsh shadows that obscure details.
✔️ Colors:
The color palette is a centerpiece in itself. Intense shades of orange, red, gold, and purple are carefully integrated.
The wavy floor and complementary colors contribute to a playful and elegant aesthetic.
Composition
Depth and Leading Lines: The curved lines of the floor and the table layout naturally guide the eye toward the bar and the back.
Unique Vertical Elements: Sculptural black trees artfully break the symmetry, providing visual dynamism.
Balanced Layout: The layout is well-balanced between the dining and bar areas, without visual clutter.
🎨 Style and Aesthetics
Modern style with an artistic Spanish accent, aligned with the spirit of tapas: casual yet sophisticated.
The restaurant does not strive for sobriety, but rather a multisensory experience that combines visual art, design, and cuisine.
The arrangement of hams at the bar reinforces the authentic Iberian character.
⭐ Final rating: 9.2 / 10
Strengths:
Professional and clear layout.
Well-achieved aesthetic: rich in color, design, and symbolism.
Very effectively conveys the restaurant's atmosphere: elegant but not rigid, creative but not chaotic.
Minor points to improve:
The television screens (although typical in the US) can slightly disrupt the gourmet atmosphere if they are not aligned with the artistic concept.
In certain areas, the shiny floor can distract the viewer's attention.
Para uma das fotógrafas que mais admiro e estimo... e de quem tenho o privilégio de ser amigo!
Feliz aniversário, Paulete!
Beijocas e felicidades mil...
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I don't drink coffee I take tea my dear
I like my toast done on one side
And you can hear it in my accent when I talk
I'm an Englishman in New York
See me walking down Fifth Avenue
A walking cane here at my side
I take it everywhere I walk
I'm an Englishman in New York
whoa I'm an alien
I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
whoa I'm an alien
I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
If "manners maketh man" as someone said
Then he's the hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say
whoa I'm an alien
I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
whoa I'm an alien
I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
Modesty, propriety can lead to notoriety
You could end up as the only one
Gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society
At night a candle's brighter than the sun
Takes more than combat gear to make a man
Takes more than license for a gun
Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can
A gentleman will walk but never run
If "manners maketh man" as someone said
Then he's the hero of the day
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say
Be yourself no matter what they say
Be yourself no matter what they say
(Be yourself no matter what they say...)
whoa I'm an alien
I'm a legal alien
I'm an Englishman in New York
Winchester Cathedral
Death of Thomas Thetcher, 1764
To members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) the name Thomas Thetcher, a grenadier in the North Regiment of the Hants Militia, is synonymous with the foundation of their organisation. But the curious link between Thetcher’s grave in the churchyard of Winchester Cathedral and AA is less well known to the wider public.
Thetcher died aged 26 on May 12, 1764 after drinking contaminated ‘small’ beer. He was buried in Winchester Cathedral churchyard with the following inscription on his tombstone:
In Memory of
Thomas Thetcher
a Grenadier in the North Regt. of Hants Militia, who died of a violent Fever contracted by drinking Small Beer when hot the 12th of May 1764. Aged 26 Years.
In grateful remembrance of whose universal good will towards his Comrades, this Stone is placed here at their expense, as a small testimony of their regard and concern.
Here sleeps in peace a Hampshire Grenadier,
Who caught his death by drinking cold small Beer,
Soldiers be wise from his untimely fall
And when ye’re hot drink Strong or none at all.
This memorial being decay’d was restor’d by the Officers of the Garrison AD 1781.
An Honest Soldier never is forgot
Whether he die by Musket or by Pot.
The Stone was replaced by the North Hants Militia when disembodied at Winchester, on 26 April 1802, in consequence of the original Stone being destroyed.
And again replaced by The Royal Hampshire Regiment 1966.
In 1918, a young American soldier named Bill Wilson, who was encamped near Winchester with his US Army unit while en route to the Western Front, visited the city’s cathedral and chanced upon Thomas Thetcher’s grave. Wilson was struck by the inscription and also by the similarity between Thetcher’s name and that of a boyhood friend, Ebby Thacher. After the war, Wilson became a successful businessman, but heavy drinking marred his career and he was eventually told that he would either die from his alcoholism or have to be locked up permanently.
Remarkably, however, Wilson and a handful of fellow alcoholics – including Ebby Thacher – discovered a way to achieve sobriety. He became a founding member of Alcoholics Anonymous and wrote a book about his battle with drink in the hope of inspiring other alcoholics. In it he recalled his visit to Winchester Cathedral and how the gravestone had caught his eye, describing it as an ‘ominous warning which I failed to heed’. Clearly, he had forgotten the part of the inscription which read: ‘When ye’re hot drink Strong or not at all’…
There is no evidence that Thomas Thetcher was an alcoholic. In the mid-18th Century most people drank small beer – a weak brew – rather than water which carried cholera, typhoid and other diseases. It is likely that the ‘violent fever’ which killed Thetcher was caused by one of these diseases which had not been killed off in the making of that particular batch of beer. Ironically, had Thetcher drunk ‘strong’ beer, which had a higher alcohol content, he would probably have survived.
The book in which Wilson tells of his visit to Winchester Cathedral – AA’s famous ‘Big Book’ – has sold around 30 million copies. In 2011, Time magazine listed it among the 100 most influential books written in English since 1923. A year later the Library of Congress designated it as one of 88 ‘Books that Shaped America’.
The tombstone that Bill Wilson saw in 1918 was the copy of the 1764 original erected in 1802. In 1966 it was moved for safekeeping to the Royal Hampshire Regimental Museum at Serle’s House in Winchester where visitors can still see it. It was replaced in the cathedral grounds by the present updated copy, which is also based on the 1764 original.
Today I turned one year new. It is my first annual sober birthday as it is called. 365 is an interesting series of numbers. Being on Flickr I have a daily reminder of a much deeper goal(Thank you all) and a huge appreciation of getting there. Although I didn't actively participate in any 365 type of group or project, silently I have been doing mine beside yours. My start to sobriety also coincides with my start on flickr (I joined earlier and posted 2 food shots, then forgot about it until this year). Flickr allowed me to get outside of myself and see all of the wonders the world has to offer, that and I got the shutterbug pretty quickly as well. With help from Agnieszka I manged to begin to navigate my way around the camera.
The Flickrverse has been exactly what I have needed to get through this year. Something to focus on and see results. A daily interaction of sorts. When I started this journey I had very little knowledge of what it would or could look like. And...lets just say that I am more than pleased!! I know I have said it before, but this year has been pure magic. And, I owe a ton of thanks to all of you for the comments, support, friendship and for sharing your photos with me. I have seen some of the most amazing shots here and everyday it makes me strive to become better at how I see the world. THANK YOU!!!
As for the cake....It is all about chocolate today. I baked it, dressed it and now I am going to eat it too. All of it. Well, maybe I will share a bite with Agnieszka, but no more than that. I wish that I could share it with all of you as well, but the photo will have to suffice. Just know that it is very good and rich and decadent and above all delicious!
You can bake one too if you like.....email me for the recipe!
And if you do, please tell me how it is!
Happiest of Holidays to everyone! And have a happy, fantastic New Years! See you in a few weeks....off to Poland via the Czech Republic.....yes!
Last summer a friend of ours, now in her (nearly) mid-eighties, gave us a selection of bottles from her basement.
She'd kept this wine for a couple of decades. But in the meantime she had given up drinking. She wanted it out of the house.
We were glad to be the beneficiaries. We are slowly going through what she gave us.
This was a 22-year-old French red and it held up very well. We drank it over a couple of nights this week. Mmmm.
Dem city views. Manhattan Bridge in the distance.
Shot from the 16th Floor of The Standard Hotel, East Village.
Today something incredible happened, and it wasn't even me-
involved in it's opportune, otherworldly fathom
of emotion drowned in the pool of life's missing gene
where a pulled plug allowed an echo to swim in a ethereal agendum
intoxicated with sobriety, here is a place to ponder all that lay between-
the passing, the mourning, a loved one...now shadows the passage of life to the highest degree
Nothing could have prepared today, Thursday, for the written word so sedulous
September 1, 2007; pen touched the paper of the book opened this day
read with such spirit as to be completely carried away beyond years,
beyond fears, the tears trace the missing words unspoken in a life they now miraculously portray
goosebumps focus attention upon the realisation it nears
such words you will never hear, yet the feeling within may bound the character so insulous
Nobody ever thought it could happen like this, not this way
it is tear-inducing, thought-provoking, life-questioning...all of fluvial emotion,
the entrails over the sky of living heart and sunlit Soul
could it be anywhere other than right here, somehow just a superstitious notion?
or not quite...this event like a chevron Cirrus patrolling sunset's starlit rôle
the final appeasement of past hurts which reverence gives away
Now, into thirds Thursday prefers cursory words without recourse to being disturbed
it's a right Heavenly jump staged not to frighten, but to console
playing a hand well beyond the science of motivated reasoning
this is pure, and simple, yet deeper than the depths of pain now healing with a belief to extol
that firmness of mind, devout and true, heeds to the stoic premise of human seasoning
where shock subsides hope now resides, unfurling so seemly unto Earth unperturbed
if solace is spiritual let it be so, if proof is needed let is prove so
through individual taste desire is sought; unique digestion of each hinterland
familiarity is witnessed best when the eyes remain closed, but so perceptive-
woods and trees, scarlet sunset thieves, are the nights getting longer throughout our dreamy heartland?
a picture of the mind, within and beside itself is the vision of plenitude that fills a sorrow receptive,
there is no call...none that echo greater than the one already answered ages ago.
by anglia24
September 2008
©2008anglia24
for Tatay...RIP.
C'est une photo à propos des gens alcooliques. Mon père l'était.
It's a photo about alcoholic people. My father was an alcoholic.
Strobist: a yongnuo speedlight at left of the camera and high.
Anish Kapoor
Giant 'butterfly net' Temenos is the first of five Teesside sculptures that aim to become biggest artwork in world
Music : Please Right Click and select "Open link in new tab"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s8glZ-efMg
Twist in my sobriety - Tanita Tikaram
Do to the cold weather, I'm going back in time to find something fun to do. I'm going to post a series of four images over the next few days that I think are quite fun. I hope you enjoy them and the attempt at humor as the series progresses. Hopefully the titles will tell the story.....
Best viewed LARGE or ORIGINAL if you have time... thanks....
Hopefully my days of hyper-panic and mega-anxiety are behind me. Once, for many years I could not leave my home. Sometimes I never even had a home. Art is my healer! Sober since 1999! HELP OTHERS TO HELP YOU TO HELP OTHERS!
Jesse and Mike rent a hotel room for three hours in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Although Jesse has been attempting sobriety by living with her parents in upstate New York, she continues to relapse by coming to Manhattan and using.
Just for today: My gratitude has a voice of its own; when it speaks, the heart understands. Today, I will share my gratitude with others, whether I can find the words or not.
I have so much to be grateful for and especially just for today that I am alive and sober in order to appreciate everything that life has to offer.
This is the 'welcome' keyring I received at the first NA meeting I attended over two years ago and the inscription is one that I live by daily.