- I took this picture Wednesday at 4pm. Next year, there will be towers of condos here. (At the empty lot at Thiemens and Cavendish for those of you who live here.)
- The more benefits your company offers, the harder you can be expected to work. (I teach at a company where the employees are treated to two massages per month at work. Sounds nice, eh? They are the most stressed out students I have.)
- The real trick to making a nuclear bomb is very similar to designing a can of beer that won't explode in the freezer. (I betcha didn't know that!)
- Since the mind stores dream memories in exactly the same way as "real" ones, how do we know our memories are "real"?
- If there were a food that smelled like diesel exhaust, I would eat it. I don't know why, but I adore that smell.
- I think if the word "them" didn't exist in our language (only "us"), we would view the world very differently.
- One of the things I appreciate most about new cars these days is the little symbol indicating which side the gas cap is on.
-I don't feel safe when bus drivers blab on their cellphone but I don't have the balls to confront them when they do it. I'm certain it's against regulations.
- I don't pay much attention to lyrics and (perhaps consequently) I listen to lots of music in different languages. Screw the poetry, I'm looking for genius in melody, rhythm and chord progression.
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Absolutely drivers can't talk on their cell phones. Phone it in to the transit authority (in Toronto you can do that - I don't know about Montreal) - from your cell, of course.
I'm the same way with music although I often do look up the lyrics after the fact.
I love listening to music in a foreign language! You can focus more on the intonation and soul of the voice (and instruments).
I can't remember lyrics to a song to save my life. So, like you, I don't listen to them much.
I have to pay attention to the lyrics when I understand the language (though I am also happy to listen to music in languages that I don’t understand (which is any other than English)).
I can understand the diesel thing. The smell of gasoline when filling up my car always attracts me. Then again, don’t people actually get high off of that? Wait – What?
If you like diesel exhaust, you should move here! Every second vehicle on the road is a 3/4 ton diesel truck! Personally, it makes me gag...but that's a throwback from my pregnancy days.
I pay attention to lyrics, although sometimes I mis-hear the lyrics. I realized the other day that I have been singing the wrong words to Benny and the Jets for thirty years!
"If there were a food that smelled like diesel exhaust, I would eat it. I don't know why, but I adore that smell."
You must really like bio-diesel, the diesel made from vegetable oil.
The smoke is going out of your brain, must be something like that, it's getting clear there :)
too bad about the beautiful field...
i believe dreams and our memories of them to be as real as the memory i'll have 2 minutes from now, of leaving this comment.
i like the smell of gasoline, but i've never differentiated between "regular" and diesel. however, i'm not fond of the rumbling noise a diesel engine makes.
my current car is a "rightie" in terms of the gas tank. people still give me dirty looks when i pull in the "wrong way" to get gas.
i'm a fan of your snippets.
- Since the mind stores dream memories in exactly the same way as "real" ones, how do we know our memories are "real"?
I have, many times, had a conversation with someone who has no idea what I'm talking about because I had previous conversations with them in a dream. (see, "us" wouldn't work in that sentence)
I prefer the smell of gasoline over exhaust. It's divine.
Love the last "them"/"us" post - may we also add taking out "I" and using only "we"...
I was walking downtown last night as a city bus stopped on the same corner I was standing on - I too LOVE the smell of diesel exhaust... also love gas before it went unleaded - guess that explains a lot!
RE : Gas tanks. I recently drove up to the gas pump in my own car, after driving a rentla car for two weeks. I pulled up on the wrong side, in MY OWN CAR. I needed one of those idiot lights to remind me.
RE : Bus driver. Call the transit folks and complain - get the drivers name. On the other hand if you tell them the day / time and the route, they'll probably know who the driver is.
I don't listen to lyrics either, at least not for a loooong time. Then I eventually do pay attention to them and end up loving the song even more. It's kind of a double payoff option. I don't know anyone else who does this.
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