tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28843646682878584602026-05-25T11:43:28.159-05:00My Joie de Vivre MagazineMy Joie de Vivre MagazineTreathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.comBlogger396125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-34242557579244340392026-05-25T11:19:52.353-05:002026-05-25T11:43:28.159-05:00Entertainment : Review of TV Drama Series : "Small Island" (2009)
"Small Island" is a two-part drama adapted for television, included in the BBC Masterpiece Classic Collection, based on a novel by the same title written by Andrea Levy.
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“Small Island” is a BBC Masterpiece Theater presentation. The name of the main character is Hortense, an idealistic “proper” young Jamaican woman who dreams of living in England and she will fulfill Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-62576386257998895452026-05-23T23:29:35.429-05:002026-05-23T23:29:35.429-05:00Deepfakes Are a Dirty Trick: Why This Technology Crosses the Line ~ Using Mr. Generic Journalist as an ExampleHello! In view of the cancellation of Stephen Colbert's show, Trump's constant insults when reporters ask him questions, and a whole bunch of crap that's been going on ever since January 20, 2025, I decided to have a hard conversation with a free AI tool.AI image using free toolI'm a subscriber to The Parnas Perspective. I receive detailed articles via eMail, although most of the time I listen toTreathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-49583082491218770462026-05-22T01:08:38.912-05:002026-05-22T01:08:38.913-05:00What is the Sacred Tree in Korean Folklore?In
a popular Korean drama based on a webtoon titled “Mystic Pop-Up
Bar”, the female lead was so distraught by the injustice her family
suffered that he committed suicide. She hung herself on the Sacred
Tree. If she had picked another tree, perhaps her afterlife would
have been different. But her death on the Tree caused the deaths of
several other innocent souls. The spirits of the underworldTreathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-8435535985106142752026-05-20T14:16:14.869-05:002026-05-20T14:16:14.892-05:00The Economy: Who Needs Leprechauns When They Have Capitalism and Corruption?
There are several legends, myths, or fairy tales about leprechauns. But the story that almost everybody knows is the one about catching these wicked, tricky little guys and forcing them to give you their pot of gold, which is at the end of the rainbow. The tale is supposedly a warning against greed or being greedy, that clearly … everybody ignores!(NOTE: Content published in 2022, but Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-16828768600170828292026-05-12T15:29:00.003-05:002026-05-13T11:17:09.956-05:00How AI Data Centers are Pushing America’s Electric Grid to Its Limits ("Just the facts, mam.")They
say “ignorance is bliss”, but that's not really true. Everybody
knows it's not a good thing to bury your head in the sand. No matter
how uncomfortable or painful the truth is, IF you need to know THEN …
YOU NEED TO KNOW!
When I was very young, my mother had a habit of
answering my questions with “You'll understand it when you get
older.” Her answer was frustrating, but guess what? When ITreathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-46117956038742185182026-05-11T11:31:00.000-05:002026-05-13T16:46:05.086-05:00Life Lessons: Three (3) Shakespeare Quotes To Live By
Have you often wondered if Shakespeare's pen was sharpened by his own
personal life experiences, or if he was just a guy who was gifted with
an extraordinary writing style, was extremely witty, and just had a
way with words?
At any rate, most of his quotes are memorable, and many can be applied to everyday living. Some people find Shakespeare difficult to read. No problem. Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-63354538944528554422026-05-10T13:58:15.140-05:002026-05-10T14:34:36.228-05:00Change the Constitution? Yeah right! Like That's Gonna Work!TODAY is May 10, 2026, and it's the second Sunday in May when Americans traditionally celebrate and honor
mothers. This isn't the news I expected to hear first thing on Mother's Day, but … I can't pass it by. I gotta say something!NEWS FLASH! The current North Korean
Leader (what's his name) has amended the country's Constitution, and
it now states that if he is assassinated, “a nuclear strikeTreathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-45141148219387863322026-05-10T10:30:00.002-05:002026-05-10T12:57:29.133-05:00Artists I Fancy : Claudia Tremblay
Do you love artwork that honors women and womanhood? Lovely portraits of women, mother-and-daughter or mother-and-child, sisters, young girls, mature women, etc.?
If so then you will love paintings by Claudia Tremblay.
She is a self-taught artist who began her career painting Mayan women when she worked for an NGO in Guatemala. Her inspiration is derived from the “beauty, serenity, Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-42300351576973624972026-05-10T10:25:00.000-05:002026-05-10T10:25:55.175-05:00Dates to Celebrate Mother's Day Around the WorldIn the USA and Canada, Mother's Day is celebrated every second Sunday in the month of May. Below are the Mother's Day dates in other countries for the year 2021.Image credit: Mom Gifts for Mother's Day and other special ocassions
- February 14: Norway
- March 3: Georgia
- March 8: Albania, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria,
Uzbekistan,Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-31757795118105509532026-05-10T10:21:00.000-05:002026-05-10T10:21:50.138-05:00‘What If’ They Called Your Mother a Witch (True Story)‘What If’ is often used for theorizing or hypothesizing about an event or scenario that has not happened. But this “What If” did happen, and this is what the son did.Across cultures, insulting someone’s mother is universally provocative. Unkind words about a mother are not jokes; they are fighting words. This truth frames the tragic story of Katharina Kepler, mother of famed astronomer Johannes Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-22201452909487452026-05-09T12:43:00.001-05:002026-05-09T12:47:03.045-05:00Echoes of the Past: How Sungkyunkwan’s Legacy Shapes Modern KoreaK-drama lovers have probably watched this delightful
series titled “Sungkyunkwan Scandal”. For me, Korean dramas are both educational and entertaining. It turns out Sungkyunkwan is not
fiction; it's real. It is an educational institution that still
exists today, and it survives in two forms:
(1) Old Sungkyunkwan, the historic Confucian academy, founded in 1398, still stands in Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-29110024015791685832026-05-09T10:02:00.000-05:002026-05-09T10:02:28.776-05:00A Character Study of Florence NightingaleIn 1859, Florence Nightingale was the first to set out guidelines for ethical nursing practice. She wrote: “It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a Hospital is to do the sick no harm …”Image credit: Wikimedia Commons(NOTE: It's not a strange principle. It's a sad principle. Some strange people need a guideline expressed in very plain language in the Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-76553724043004598282026-05-06T10:38:00.000-05:002026-05-06T10:38:18.655-05:00Balsam: For Priests, Kings and Everyday People ~ Six Interesting FactsBalsam or balm has been very important since ancient times. Here are six (6) interesting facts.(1)- Balsam was an ingredient in the anointing oil of the Jewish priests.(2)- The Queen of Sheba brought balsam as a gift to King Solomon.(3)- Ishmaelites were traders who sold slaves, spices, myrrh, and balm (or balsam).(4)- Common names for the balsam tree are the balm of Gilead, balsam of GileadTreathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-82411141377112535312026-05-05T17:12:00.001-05:002026-05-05T17:12:52.551-05:00Pentagon News You Need to KnowThe Pentagon doesn't typically announce
eight contracts in a single day. But they did!In a single coordinated announcement, the Department of War signed agreements with eight major AI firms to deploy their models on the most highly classified military networks in the country.
Amazon Web ServicesGoogleMicrosoftOpenAISpaceXNvidiaOracleReflection AI (a 2-year-old start-up).
They
can operate insideTreathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-46373579014100617032026-05-01T07:39:00.001-05:002026-05-01T07:39:00.127-05:00Psychology and Mental Health: 𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓮? Let's Take a Look"Pleasure is a broad class of mental states that humans and other conscious animals experience as positive, enjoyable, or worth seeking. It includes more specific mental states such as happiness, entertainment, enjoyment, ecstasy, and euphoria." (Wikipedia)
I have to say that I think the Wikipedia definition is spot on. I would like to add that the list of things to do that you Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-31566203114237765772026-04-27T16:51:00.002-05:002026-04-27T17:00:00.458-05:00Psychology, the Zodiac and Dominant Personality TraitsDo you like quizzes? Like those personality quizzes geared at enlightening you as to the kind of person you really are.
I like taking those kinds of quizzes. Strictly for amusement. Not to explore my inner self and learn new things about me, because having spent 6 decades on this planet, if I haven't figured out who I am by now, I might as well stop wasting time and put that “project” on the Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-41730636095727989952026-04-22T18:11:00.000-05:002026-04-22T18:11:11.189-05:00Happy Earth Day!Today is April 22, and it's Earth Day. To celebrate, I am recommending that my blog readers subscribe to Mother Nature Network. If you love planet Earth, you'll love the MNN publication. They are a constant and consistent reminder of the celebration of life on this wonderful planet that we take for granted. A life which, no matter what the space explorers and scientists or Nostradamus tell you, Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-71364475237515916372026-04-17T16:46:00.001-05:002026-04-17T17:05:19.998-05:00The Resurrection. It's All About FAITH.Recycling a post from my Facebook profile. Every Easter (which is correctly termed "Resurrection Day"), many people who say they are believers celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Faiithful Christians celebrate this event every day of their lives. Specifically, they observe His memorial (death, burial, and resurrection) by partaking of the Lord's Supper, every first day ofTreathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-87758980691661422782026-04-16T18:29:00.003-05:002026-04-16T18:29:38.876-05:00T is for Throwback Thursday and TulipsHappy Thursday!
In some social networks or communities, people participate in something called “throwback Thursday”. Ever heard of it? It’s when you share a memory (or something that provokes a memory) of something way back or a throwback to your past.
Most of the time my shares are music videos. But I found this lovely photograph on Tumblr. Photographer Ellen Ericsson shared a picture of Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-615986736357973242026-04-16T15:54:00.001-05:002026-04-16T15:54:37.341-05:00The Book is For All PeopleBelievers and non-believers may argue and debate about the facts presented in the Book aka the Bible, but both groups agree that the scriptures are fascinating reading.Believers and non-believers have argued and debated about the facts presented in the Book, aka the Bible, for thousands of years. Is it true or is it false? No consensus has ever been reached. But both groups agree that the Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-87032160303747195322026-04-15T12:24:00.005-05:002026-05-01T16:26:34.238-05:00Cathedral de Notre Dame de Paris ~ The Past and the FutureOn April 15, 2019, a fire broke out, and the building many of us know as the sanctuary for the gypsy Esmeralda was ablaze! The Cathedral de Notre Dame de Paris was in flames. It was an unbelievable sight to see! The world was rocked and shocked by the fire that destroyed this iconic structure. The fact that the fire happened during the week before Easter Sunday made the event Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-90939926215214644462026-04-14T14:42:00.000-05:002026-04-14T14:42:32.777-05:00Did Sister Maria Talk in Code or Speak for the Devil?In 1676 A.D., a nun, Sister Maria, who claimed she was “possessed,” wrote a message she claimed came from the Devil. However, nobody could read it because it was written in cryptic symbols that nobody knew how to translate. 340 years later, in 2017, a team of computer scientists based at the LUDUM Science Center in Catania, Italy, managed to unravel the mystery. They used a decryption Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-49234982804861277862026-04-12T16:18:00.006-05:002026-04-12T16:45:07.082-05:00Fringed Mariposa Lily: A Rare Wildflower Most People Have Never Heard OfCalochortus fimbriatus, sometimes called the Fringed Mariposa Lily, is a little‑known wildflower native to the Santa Ynez Mountains of California.🌼 FUN FACT: The petals of this flower are covered in tiny, silky hairs that actually glitter in the sunlight — almost like the flower is dusted with gold. These hairs aren’t just for show; botanists believe they help attract Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-77271829665140527312026-04-09T17:37:00.000-05:002026-04-09T17:37:27.729-05:00Artists I Fancy : Succulents (Canvas) by Oliver Gal at Gilt (Plus Gardening Tips)
Succulents (Canvas) by Oliver Gal at Gilt
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NOTE: Oliver Gal is not a single artist, but a female‑founded art studio based in Miami, created by sisters Ana and Lola Sánchez. They produce contemporary, fashion‑inspired wall art, often featuring bold colors, glam themes, and pop‑culture motifs. Their work spans Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2884364668287858460.post-35579735950784303822026-04-07T16:02:00.003-05:002026-04-07T16:04:44.099-05:00Interesting Reading. What Are 'Guardian' Apps? The beauty of social media posts is the other "voices" that are NOT in my head. Many account holders freely share their thoughts and also share links to insightful articles. We, or at least me ... I have already accepted that AI (artificial intelligence) is here to stay NOW! So the next step is to try to keep up! I am active on Bluesky, and someone shared a link to Treathyl Fox aka cmoneyspinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189784640040376567noreply@blogger.com0