This and That

Smell and Memory
The sense of smell is closely linked with memory, probably more so than any of our other senses (Proven, by Proust’s À La Recherche du Temps Perdu). So, no surprise: when nostalgia led me to try a squirt of English Leather, I felt 13 again.
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Denzel Washington Motivational Speech
Thank you Rae, for this Denzel Washington speech. “Say thank you for grace, thank you for mercy, thank you for understanding, thank you for wisdom, thank you for parents, thank you for love, thank you for kindness, thank you for humility, thank you for peace, thank you for prosperity. Say thank you in advance for what’s already yours.”

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Clothing Terms
New Humor from Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe: Levite: one who wears jeans religiously.
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First of May
Saturday was May 1. Herb Caen had this annual doggerel: "Hooray, Hooray, it's the first of May. Outdoor screwing begins today." What would Herb have made of 2020? Covid cuties and masked masters, among other things, I suspect. I miss him still.