"Winter's end" by Paul Gauguin
Style: Post-Impressionism
Accompanied by "Impromptu in E major (Allegro ma non troppo)" by Clara Schumann [https://youtu.be/K7g-VeD2kkU?t=25m4s]

["Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush." — Doug Larson]

#art #mastodonart #PaulGauguin #gauguin #ClaraSchumann #Schumann #DougLarson #ClassicalMusic #Music #Winter #PostImpressionism

Wisdom versus talking

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk.

~ Doug Larson

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#DougLarson #InspirationalQuotesBookReviewed_ #Listening #Quotes #Wisdom

"Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible." — Doug Larson — — — #DougLarson #quote #quotes #French #courage #quip #eat #snails #culinary #humor #humorous #joke #edible

"A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows." — Doug Larson — — — #DougLarson #quote #quotes #weed #survival #tenacity #humor #humorous #funny #joke #plant

Judge Arthur #Engoron warned Donald #Trump …at his #NewYork #civil #fraud trial to keep his voice down Wed after TFG threw up his hands in frustration & spoke loudly to his lawyers while real estate appraiser #DougLarson witness was testifying against him.

#TrumpTrial #WitnessIntimidation #WitnessTampering
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/judge-warns-trump-to-keep-quiet-as-witness-testifies-against-him-in-civil-fraud-trial

In the afternoon, #Trump's atty cross-examined #DougLarson, the appraiser, on his professions' minutiae: the difference between market value & investment value, & whether appraisals & valuations were different.

Larson said appraisals MUST COMPLY w/ #USPAP.

Trump left the court soon after, ~1hr before proceedings concluded.

#law #civil #conspiracy #fraud #TrumpOrganization #NYAG #LetitiaJames #TrumpTrial

"It's inappropriate & inaccurate," said the #appraiser, #DougLarson.

#Trump heard testimony on how a weekly internal #cash report was made. Then, an #accountant currently working at #TrumpOrganization said she was instructed by an exec to value a bldg as if all of its units were rented, bc at some point maybe they would be.

Later, the accountant was shown a series of emails related to lease agreements allowing #IvankaTrump the right to purchase 2 apts — one for $8.5M, & the other for $14.2M.

"Computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog." — Doug Larson — — — #DougLarson #quote #quotes #humor #humorous #computers #blame #technology