When I was younger, I was thinking that people can be either artists or scientists. Then i realised that this is a wrong thought as i have met many people who can be both.
Now my question is the following :If we take as granted the fact that scientists tend to be realistic and logical and artists tend to be romantic and utopians, is there more chance to meet a scientist who can appreciate and be inspired by art or an artist who can appreciate and be inspired by science?? Please vote i want to know your opinion about that!
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
the more he heels, the more his dick will never heal...
la french presidente is a head over heels clown. just a few french fries short of a happy meal, his protocol says whoever stands next to him gets the short end of the stick. carla knows she'll never get to see the long end of it so she's made peace with her hormones. what-you-see-is-what-you get releases me from the embarrassment to explain who's the long of it and who's the short of it. let's just appreciate the fact that she's a perfect roll modele for all french men with altitude insecurities. sarkozy serves her a big head on short sticks and steep heels, she shoes him flat and modestly. to cut a long story short, if you're no more than 5'5" arms-stretched, the more you heel the more your dick will never heal. sexy french first wife...you got seriously dick-changed there.
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Courier pigeons for romantic gifts and messages!
If courier pigeons can be relied to carry business data cross country, why not rely on them to carry flowers and a love letter to my girlfriend on Valentine's day and on our anniversary? The developing world makes use of pigeons because they lack basic infrastructure. The developed world can make use of pigeons because we lack romance that's truly original, authentic and utterly imaginative. I see a large new market opening up and great business opportunities for Winston and his family. Some birdie num num for tip would be greatly appreciated by Winston :)
"An IT company in South Africa pitted an 11-month-old courrier pigeon armed with a 4GB memory stick against the ADSL service from the country's biggest web firm, Telkom. Winston the pigeon took 2 hours to carry the data 60 miles - in the same time the ADSL had sent 4% of the data."
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"An IT company in South Africa pitted an 11-month-old courrier pigeon armed with a 4GB memory stick against the ADSL service from the country's biggest web firm, Telkom. Winston the pigeon took 2 hours to carry the data 60 miles - in the same time the ADSL had sent 4% of the data."
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Why don't some people smile when I smile at them?
Look, I have been taught to be polite. So, in my case, if I am at a party with my family, I smile at someone. No harm done, right?
Well, to them-- yes. Some people look at me and just... glare. I mean, what have I done wrong? And then when my younger sister smiles at someone, they have a huge grin on their face.
And then I am there looking dumbfounded, thinking.... What the heck? I don't say or do anything, but merely walk away.
Obviously you guys don't know me, but I'd like to hear some of your theories. If you can come up with any from the little information I have given you.
And if you are going to feed me crap, I'd rather not hear it. And no, I am not fishing for compliments. I don't have time for that rubbish..
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Well, to them-- yes. Some people look at me and just... glare. I mean, what have I done wrong? And then when my younger sister smiles at someone, they have a huge grin on their face.
And then I am there looking dumbfounded, thinking.... What the heck? I don't say or do anything, but merely walk away.
Obviously you guys don't know me, but I'd like to hear some of your theories. If you can come up with any from the little information I have given you.
And if you are going to feed me crap, I'd rather not hear it. And no, I am not fishing for compliments. I don't have time for that rubbish..
http://www.thinkaloo.com
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The Flaws of the college system
Hello everyone. I am here to talk to you about the flaws society has when dealing with the college system. Yes society, us, we have a major flaw in how we view college.
Let me give you an example, There are two students that want a certain job at the same time. Student A went to a 4 year college and got a bachelors degree for that job. Student B went to a 2 year technical school to gain the skills necessary for that job.
Now based on this, who do you think will get the job? Of course almost everyone would say student A. But now why is student A more likely to get the job than the other student? Both students have all the skills needed to work in that job. So why? Is it because student A's college is more prestige then a technical school? It can't be, how famous and renowned a school is would have nothing to do with a person's ability to do the job. Maybe it is because student A can analyze a book and write a 10 page paper on it. Well that can't be it either, if the job has nothing to do with reading books then being able to do that would be pointless. Or is it because student A spent the time and money to pay for an expensive college. Now that would not make any sense, for it should not matter how much money you spent or for how long you it took you to finish. So once again why is student A going to get the job and not student B? The truth is, there is no real reason. Student A is getting the job just because he has a piece of paper that says bachelor's degree on it. So who's fault is it that this is happening? I will tell you, the fault lies within our society. The people as a whole are to blame for this. You have to see that society says people without college degrees are inferior to those that do. Society will openly judge a person based on, if they have a degree or not. Society will completely ignore all of the work experience you gained if you do not have a degree. A person with a degree will even get paid more for doing the same work. I know people that have great jobs but can never leave that job because they will never get hired in the same field because they do not have a degree.
These people have worked very hard without a degree to get to where they are. But since they do not have a degree they are the first ones to get laid off or replaced by others that are fresh out of college. So some of these people have decided to go to college and are wasting 4 or more years of their life just to get a piece of paper labeled degree. Not to mention the thousands of dollars they will spend for classes they do not need. How is this fair? We say we have an equal opportunity market, but only people that have the financial stability to go to college will have greater opportunities. This leaves poor families with no chance to compete when they cannot afford to go to such colleges.
Why does society see college as the only way to have a stable career? Society has to remember the fundamental idea that drives colleges. A college is a business. And what do all businesses want, to increase their profits. Which, by the way, colleges are doing very well at. Colleges are gaining such large profits by using one word.
Requirements. If you only went to college and took the classes that you needed for a particular job then this system would not be so flawed. But colleges use the word requirements to force you to take more classes and spend more money while taking those classes. An example of these requirements is all the liberal arts classes one must take. If you are not going into a career that requires you to write analytically then you are just wasting your time. And yes I do admit that most jobs will need you to write up a paper or a report but you do not need 4 different classes to teach you how to do that, especially when you should have learned that from high school. Basically Just about all the requirements can be covered through high school and middle school, with simple refresher classes provided in college for those that need/want it. I am going to stress the word need because not everyone needs to relearn how to write a paper. This goes back to my first example, where both students have all the skills needed to work in that job, but student A pays more for requirements that are not needed and takes a much longer time to finish with the education. While student A is wasting time with useless requirements student B can be getting real world experience by working. Student B can even go to a different technical school and gain skills for a different career in the time it takes student A to finish college. But even when student B has the skills to do two different careers he/she would be seen as inferior to student A. This is a major reason why the system is flawed.
Now I propose a solution to this problem, I am proposing an idea for a new system to take over how people get degrees. The first thing that would need to be done is to disassociate all degrees from colleges. The next thing to be done is to set a system of exams that would determine whether a candidate is qualified for a certain degree. These exams would be similar to the bar examination and the divers test. The bar exam is a great example because you do not need a college degree by practicing attorney for an extended period of time. Another reason this is a great example is because it should not matter where or how you gained the skills needed for a career, being able to perform the tasks needed of you is all that should be important. I also say these exams would be similar to the driver's test because the driver's test proves that the exams do not have to be limited to pen and paper, but can be a physical exam based on the career the exam is for or even a combination of the both. Think about it, for the thousands of people working that do not have a degree but have the skills necessary for the career they want to spend one day or a week, however long the exam is, and take an exam that would give them the degree or certification that states they are qualified to pursue that career. This allows less fortunate families to find alternate ways to learn the skills needed for good careers. This also allows colleges to keep their study programs and requirements for people that are financially able to pay for, but after graduating from college they would still need to take an exam toward the career they want to be recognized as qualified. With this system everyone can follow their career with enough hard work and not just people financially stable.
This new system sounds great on paper but will mean nothing if it remains on paper. Nothing will change if society does not acknowledge the flawed system we have now.
If you agree with what I have said then please pass this on to others and help them understand what is happening. We are the people and the people have power when we act united as one.
http://www.thinkaloo.com
Let me give you an example, There are two students that want a certain job at the same time. Student A went to a 4 year college and got a bachelors degree for that job. Student B went to a 2 year technical school to gain the skills necessary for that job.
Now based on this, who do you think will get the job? Of course almost everyone would say student A. But now why is student A more likely to get the job than the other student? Both students have all the skills needed to work in that job. So why? Is it because student A's college is more prestige then a technical school? It can't be, how famous and renowned a school is would have nothing to do with a person's ability to do the job. Maybe it is because student A can analyze a book and write a 10 page paper on it. Well that can't be it either, if the job has nothing to do with reading books then being able to do that would be pointless. Or is it because student A spent the time and money to pay for an expensive college. Now that would not make any sense, for it should not matter how much money you spent or for how long you it took you to finish. So once again why is student A going to get the job and not student B? The truth is, there is no real reason. Student A is getting the job just because he has a piece of paper that says bachelor's degree on it. So who's fault is it that this is happening? I will tell you, the fault lies within our society. The people as a whole are to blame for this. You have to see that society says people without college degrees are inferior to those that do. Society will openly judge a person based on, if they have a degree or not. Society will completely ignore all of the work experience you gained if you do not have a degree. A person with a degree will even get paid more for doing the same work. I know people that have great jobs but can never leave that job because they will never get hired in the same field because they do not have a degree.
These people have worked very hard without a degree to get to where they are. But since they do not have a degree they are the first ones to get laid off or replaced by others that are fresh out of college. So some of these people have decided to go to college and are wasting 4 or more years of their life just to get a piece of paper labeled degree. Not to mention the thousands of dollars they will spend for classes they do not need. How is this fair? We say we have an equal opportunity market, but only people that have the financial stability to go to college will have greater opportunities. This leaves poor families with no chance to compete when they cannot afford to go to such colleges.
Why does society see college as the only way to have a stable career? Society has to remember the fundamental idea that drives colleges. A college is a business. And what do all businesses want, to increase their profits. Which, by the way, colleges are doing very well at. Colleges are gaining such large profits by using one word.
Requirements. If you only went to college and took the classes that you needed for a particular job then this system would not be so flawed. But colleges use the word requirements to force you to take more classes and spend more money while taking those classes. An example of these requirements is all the liberal arts classes one must take. If you are not going into a career that requires you to write analytically then you are just wasting your time. And yes I do admit that most jobs will need you to write up a paper or a report but you do not need 4 different classes to teach you how to do that, especially when you should have learned that from high school. Basically Just about all the requirements can be covered through high school and middle school, with simple refresher classes provided in college for those that need/want it. I am going to stress the word need because not everyone needs to relearn how to write a paper. This goes back to my first example, where both students have all the skills needed to work in that job, but student A pays more for requirements that are not needed and takes a much longer time to finish with the education. While student A is wasting time with useless requirements student B can be getting real world experience by working. Student B can even go to a different technical school and gain skills for a different career in the time it takes student A to finish college. But even when student B has the skills to do two different careers he/she would be seen as inferior to student A. This is a major reason why the system is flawed.
Now I propose a solution to this problem, I am proposing an idea for a new system to take over how people get degrees. The first thing that would need to be done is to disassociate all degrees from colleges. The next thing to be done is to set a system of exams that would determine whether a candidate is qualified for a certain degree. These exams would be similar to the bar examination and the divers test. The bar exam is a great example because you do not need a college degree by practicing attorney for an extended period of time. Another reason this is a great example is because it should not matter where or how you gained the skills needed for a career, being able to perform the tasks needed of you is all that should be important. I also say these exams would be similar to the driver's test because the driver's test proves that the exams do not have to be limited to pen and paper, but can be a physical exam based on the career the exam is for or even a combination of the both. Think about it, for the thousands of people working that do not have a degree but have the skills necessary for the career they want to spend one day or a week, however long the exam is, and take an exam that would give them the degree or certification that states they are qualified to pursue that career. This allows less fortunate families to find alternate ways to learn the skills needed for good careers. This also allows colleges to keep their study programs and requirements for people that are financially able to pay for, but after graduating from college they would still need to take an exam toward the career they want to be recognized as qualified. With this system everyone can follow their career with enough hard work and not just people financially stable.
This new system sounds great on paper but will mean nothing if it remains on paper. Nothing will change if society does not acknowledge the flawed system we have now.
If you agree with what I have said then please pass this on to others and help them understand what is happening. We are the people and the people have power when we act united as one.
http://www.thinkaloo.com
Organized Theft!
They call them organized beaches in Greece, "Organized" obviously being an euphemism for stealing your money, an act of organized charity you are made to feel grateful for. Just to enter the premises and sit under an umbrella you pay 40 Euros!! That's Asteras in Vouliagmeni. You hope your 40 Euros buys you something of substance, like coffee, drinks, sunscreen, magazines or whatever will add some comfort to your "organized beach experience"? Forget about it. The only thing your 40 Euros will get you is pretentious posing, thin Attica air and the promise of seeing Vandi or other Greek celebs only Greeks who pay 40 Euros for the umbrella entry know. No thanks! I rather look at myself in the mirror and since I'm a REAL celebrity pay a normal 5 Euro price for umbrella and coffee which is what all those cheap celebs pay anyway in return for luring the crowds to their pretentious "organized" dupe.
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Mute button for my cell
I have the Nokia E71 cell, the guy who sold it to me told me it has everything I need. I'm generally happy with it but I noticed most super phones these days don't come with what I think is a very handy function. I'm surprised designers have totally missed it. When I want to change my profile to mute I have to go through the menu. An external mute button on the side that does the same thing or a shortcut press of existing keys is what's really missing from my cell. When I forget to set it at mute, a call comes in and rings loud. I must either answer, let ring or hang up. With the use of an external button I want to instantly change the ringing tone to mute without going through the menu. It's so easy to make.
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Most Awesome Rollercoaster!
We all love the ride and thrill on the coaster because we are reassured it's safe. Nothing bad will happen. Muahaha. Enhance the adrenaline rush by tricking the emotional system visually, mess up our play-safe expectations and stake false appearances. Deceive the eyes of the uninitiated beholder. Muahahaha. Yes, manufacture it with The Best safety standards in the world. Advertise it as such, have it make it on Guinness records. But make it look shabby, wrecked and crumbling. Rusty railings and clearly broken-looking components. Make it rasp, squeak and creak from the moment you walk in. Most abandoned and derelict, it falls down like thick fog.
Homeless-looking staff ask who's brave to die today. A general air of incompetence enshrouds and ensorcells. Muahaha. Display death certificates for purchase before the ride for those who won't make it. Those who might can later exchange them for ones saying "I-got-lucky-this-time-only". Muahahaha.
Ladies, this is how all decent roller coasters should look like from now on. Muahahahahahaha...
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Homeless-looking staff ask who's brave to die today. A general air of incompetence enshrouds and ensorcells. Muahaha. Display death certificates for purchase before the ride for those who won't make it. Those who might can later exchange them for ones saying "I-got-lucky-this-time-only". Muahahaha.
Ladies, this is how all decent roller coasters should look like from now on. Muahahahahahaha...
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The tagline is Wrong!
I ask for your support to put pressure to change the wording of this commercial. A German charity wants to link Aids with mass murder. Ahead of World Aids Day in December they created an ad that shows a couple having sex, but it is only at the end that the man is revealed as Hitler. The tagline reads: "Aids is a mass murderer." The worry is that people with HIV will be stigmatized. Is it fair to stigmatize people who had safe sex but caught the virus another way, for example by having transfusion of contaminated blood or through drug use? I don't think stigmatizing millions of people with HIV is fair. The tagline should instead be "Unprotected Sex is Mass Murder". We should fight against irresponsible behavior, not stigmatize people with the condition and make it even more difficult for those who have HIV but don't know it come forward and test themselves. Just one wrong word in the tagline and the message gets out the wrong way...
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how to clean laptop screen with household products
1. Create a gentle cleaning solution. The ideal solution is plain distilled water. If more heavy cleaning is needed a 50/50 mix of white vinegar and distilled water can also be effective.
* Manufacturers no longer recommend using any cleaners with alcohol, ammonia or any strong solvents on LCD screens.
2. Put the solution in a small atomizer bottle, the type that you push from the top to get a fine mist. Don't use this, however, to spray on the screen itself.
3. Apply--a minimal amount of--the solution to a cotton cloth, such as an old T-shirt, lint-free microfiber cloth, or some other very soft cloth. A large cloth is best, since it will help to reduce the risk of leaving streaks across the screen from finger pressure. Do not make the cloth wet, only moist. A wet cloth can drip or run when cleaning the screen and the solution can weep behind the bezel and permanently damage your screen!
4. Wipe the cloth against the screen in a circular, or other consistent motion. Rapid circular movements generally eliminate streaks. Apply--a gentle--and even pressure to the cloth. Use only enough pressure to keep the cloth in contact with the screen. Take care not to press your fingers into the cloth or screen. Applying too much force when cleaning the screen can permanently damage the LCD matrix rendering your screen unusable.
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* Manufacturers no longer recommend using any cleaners with alcohol, ammonia or any strong solvents on LCD screens.
2. Put the solution in a small atomizer bottle, the type that you push from the top to get a fine mist. Don't use this, however, to spray on the screen itself.
3. Apply--a minimal amount of--the solution to a cotton cloth, such as an old T-shirt, lint-free microfiber cloth, or some other very soft cloth. A large cloth is best, since it will help to reduce the risk of leaving streaks across the screen from finger pressure. Do not make the cloth wet, only moist. A wet cloth can drip or run when cleaning the screen and the solution can weep behind the bezel and permanently damage your screen!
4. Wipe the cloth against the screen in a circular, or other consistent motion. Rapid circular movements generally eliminate streaks. Apply--a gentle--and even pressure to the cloth. Use only enough pressure to keep the cloth in contact with the screen. Take care not to press your fingers into the cloth or screen. Applying too much force when cleaning the screen can permanently damage the LCD matrix rendering your screen unusable.
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here's a new invention...a solar-powered clothes dryer!!
i suspect every pretentious dimwit out there suddenly wants to find out how it works. don't worry numskulls, i have it all figured out. but let's just say i'm not in the mood to impress every diehard sucker one of you, therefore, i won't give out my hullabaloo engineering hoopla and all that bling until i see some pennies for my thought first. i'll only let you know it's called a...clothes line. NOT! :D
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Rating the state of our economy
The Guru said. Please take a moment to contemplate with me the names of two of our nation's largest and most respected credit rating agencies.
Moody's...Standard And Poor's...Cheeze Everyone, that's the state of our economy.
Toxic, junk and AAA. Our beloved agencies gave the world the magic that turned all the former into all the latter. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world...The 70s saw the end of the gold standard. And now we see the beginning of the poor standard. But Don't worry, the Guru said. The Moody's They Are A-Changin'
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Moody's...Standard And Poor's...Cheeze Everyone, that's the state of our economy.
Toxic, junk and AAA. Our beloved agencies gave the world the magic that turned all the former into all the latter. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world...The 70s saw the end of the gold standard. And now we see the beginning of the poor standard. But Don't worry, the Guru said. The Moody's They Are A-Changin'
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Pickup line for joggers
I was out with my friend and wanted someone to take a photo of us. I asked a cute girl who was jogging to take it. I gave her my camera and instructions how to use it. When I thanked her for taking the photo I told her that I was happy to hand her the camera because I noticed that she is very fit and a good runner but not as fast as I am and that's very important to know before I ask someone to take a photo of me with my camera. She asked why? I told her that's because if she runs away with the camera I need to be able to catch up to her..!! :)
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
Makes my Spartan heart melt...
September 3, 2009
7:20 p.m. - 8:05 p.m., Greece
I had the most memorable evening swim complemented by a very touching and beautiful gesture. A love note on the beach meant for me.
I arrived at the beach on a beautiful sunset around 7:20pm. The place was empty and calm. I could only see two girls a few meters to my right lying on the beach facing the sunset and apparently taking looks at me as I made my way into the water.
I stayed in the water swimming for about half an hour till a beautiful full moon pinned like a silver plate took its turn on the sky.
I come out of the water and take a look around me. No one's there any more. It's getting dark and cold and the girls who were lying nearby are also gone.
I walk towards the spot I left my towel. As I make my way to reach it, I notice this note carefully placed on the towel with a stone acting as paper weight against the wind.
The girls I had seen earlier must have written it and placed it there. They were the only ones around. I didn't take a good look at their faces but they did at mine.
I don't know if they were Greek or foreigners but it doesn't matter. I know they were nice.
And their beautiful gesture proves it!
If you're not one of the girls but you clicked on the photo and read the note, you'll agree it was very nice of them what they did.
Imagine their beautiful gesture for a moment.
They saw me getting into the water and swimming far away from the shore. They must have been observing me even though I didn't notice them doing so. Most probably they spent a good part of their time talking about me while I was in the sea swimming for both of them :)
As they were "living" the beach, they scrapped a piece of paper and wrote those short and very nice words for me to read and remember the time, the place, the chance encounter that never happened, the presence of all of us being there.
No names. No contact details.
Just the memory of it on the paper whose back side hints at some kind of card game they might have been playing.
That was the kind of gesture to make the heart of any Spartan melt.
I'm "living" the place tomorrow so I won't be able to come back and look for them.
But I can return the gesture, I thought, by posting this beautiful note online in the hope that one day one of the girls will stumble upon these lines, see the note and take pleasure from knowing that their thoughts of me were well received and greatly appreciated.
I have my reasons for not mentioning the name of the place.
If they come across this post one day and see their note, they will know it can only have been the sweet boy swimming for them as they were "living" the beach that 3rd of September evening in Greece. Only he could have gotten the note. There was no one else at the beach at the time.
I don't know if they will ever get to read these lines. Even if they do one day, many years may have passed by then. But if the girls who wrote the note and left it on the beach ever decide to contact me, I would know it's them because they will be able to tell me the name of the place.
Whoever you are beautiful-girl-note-droppers, please know that you touched the Spartan's heart.
His only regret is that you weren't around to see the smile on his face as he picked up the note and read it...
http://www.thinkaloo.com
7:20 p.m. - 8:05 p.m., Greece
I had the most memorable evening swim complemented by a very touching and beautiful gesture. A love note on the beach meant for me.
I arrived at the beach on a beautiful sunset around 7:20pm. The place was empty and calm. I could only see two girls a few meters to my right lying on the beach facing the sunset and apparently taking looks at me as I made my way into the water.
I stayed in the water swimming for about half an hour till a beautiful full moon pinned like a silver plate took its turn on the sky.
I come out of the water and take a look around me. No one's there any more. It's getting dark and cold and the girls who were lying nearby are also gone.
I walk towards the spot I left my towel. As I make my way to reach it, I notice this note carefully placed on the towel with a stone acting as paper weight against the wind.
The girls I had seen earlier must have written it and placed it there. They were the only ones around. I didn't take a good look at their faces but they did at mine.
I don't know if they were Greek or foreigners but it doesn't matter. I know they were nice.
And their beautiful gesture proves it!
If you're not one of the girls but you clicked on the photo and read the note, you'll agree it was very nice of them what they did.
Imagine their beautiful gesture for a moment.
They saw me getting into the water and swimming far away from the shore. They must have been observing me even though I didn't notice them doing so. Most probably they spent a good part of their time talking about me while I was in the sea swimming for both of them :)
As they were "living" the beach, they scrapped a piece of paper and wrote those short and very nice words for me to read and remember the time, the place, the chance encounter that never happened, the presence of all of us being there.
No names. No contact details.
Just the memory of it on the paper whose back side hints at some kind of card game they might have been playing.
That was the kind of gesture to make the heart of any Spartan melt.
I'm "living" the place tomorrow so I won't be able to come back and look for them.
But I can return the gesture, I thought, by posting this beautiful note online in the hope that one day one of the girls will stumble upon these lines, see the note and take pleasure from knowing that their thoughts of me were well received and greatly appreciated.
I have my reasons for not mentioning the name of the place.
If they come across this post one day and see their note, they will know it can only have been the sweet boy swimming for them as they were "living" the beach that 3rd of September evening in Greece. Only he could have gotten the note. There was no one else at the beach at the time.
I don't know if they will ever get to read these lines. Even if they do one day, many years may have passed by then. But if the girls who wrote the note and left it on the beach ever decide to contact me, I would know it's them because they will be able to tell me the name of the place.
Whoever you are beautiful-girl-note-droppers, please know that you touched the Spartan's heart.
His only regret is that you weren't around to see the smile on his face as he picked up the note and read it...
http://www.thinkaloo.com
Global Warming Solutions. Eat the sun!
"I eat the sun," Japan's First Lady Miyuki Hatoyama says, raising her arms as if to tear pieces off an imaginary sun. "Like this: yum, yum, yum. It gives me enormous energy. My husband has recently started doing that too."
The land of the Eaten-San is stuck deep in the hole. Creative solutions were desperately needed. We looked around for some unique skills in people to get us out of the mess. Someone whose wife's resume includes being abducted by aliens and a trip to Venus to verify that the grass is green and the girls are pretty sure is the best person you want to hire for the job. I am confident we made the right choice.
So now, if we can all, following the example of our leader, start eating the sun, some of its warmth will go away.
We have it all figured out. If we can just let the people do what's natural to them then Global Warming will go the Kyoto path and global hunger will also be solved!
Here's the trailer for "Mission Impossible 2009: In the land of the Eaten-San", starring, in this life, Miyuki Hatoyama and Tom Cruise.
At least they seem to be genuinely in love. That should count for something, right?
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The land of the Eaten-San is stuck deep in the hole. Creative solutions were desperately needed. We looked around for some unique skills in people to get us out of the mess. Someone whose wife's resume includes being abducted by aliens and a trip to Venus to verify that the grass is green and the girls are pretty sure is the best person you want to hire for the job. I am confident we made the right choice.
So now, if we can all, following the example of our leader, start eating the sun, some of its warmth will go away.
We have it all figured out. If we can just let the people do what's natural to them then Global Warming will go the Kyoto path and global hunger will also be solved!
Here's the trailer for "Mission Impossible 2009: In the land of the Eaten-San", starring, in this life, Miyuki Hatoyama and Tom Cruise.
At least they seem to be genuinely in love. That should count for something, right?
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Global Warming Solutions. Eat the sun!
"I eat the sun," Japan's First Lady Miyuki Hatoyama says, raising her arms as if to tear pieces off an imaginary sun. "Like this: yum, yum, yum. It gives me enormous energy. My husband has recently started doing that too."
The land of the Eaten-San is stuck deep in the hole. Creative solutions were desperately needed. We looked around for some unique skills in people to get us out of the mess. Someone whose wife's resume includes being abducted by aliens and a trip to Venus to verify that the grass is green and the girls are pretty sure is the best person you want to hire for the job. I am confident we made the right choice.
So now, if we can all, following the example of our leader, start eating the sun, some of its warmth will go away.
We have it all figured out. If we can just let the people do what's natural to them then Global Warming will go the Kyoto path and global hunger will also be solved!
Here's the trailer for "Mission Impossible 2009: In the land of the Eaten-San", starring, in this life, Miyuki Hatoyama and Tom Cruise.
At least they seem to be genuinely in love. That should count for something, right?
http://www.thinkaloo.com
The land of the Eaten-San is stuck deep in the hole. Creative solutions were desperately needed. We looked around for some unique skills in people to get us out of the mess. Someone whose wife's resume includes being abducted by aliens and a trip to Venus to verify that the grass is green and the girls are pretty sure is the best person you want to hire for the job. I am confident we made the right choice.
So now, if we can all, following the example of our leader, start eating the sun, some of its warmth will go away.
We have it all figured out. If we can just let the people do what's natural to them then Global Warming will go the Kyoto path and global hunger will also be solved!
Here's the trailer for "Mission Impossible 2009: In the land of the Eaten-San", starring, in this life, Miyuki Hatoyama and Tom Cruise.
At least they seem to be genuinely in love. That should count for something, right?
http://www.thinkaloo.com
UnArmed, UnArmored and Totally EnAmored!!
That's what we should consider calling a "private" guard working for the US Embassy in Afghanistan.
They are private, because they are not ashamed to show their private parts.
They are ferocious and fearless, because they're not afraid to shock the Taliban into retreat by showing up in the line of fire armor-free.
It's always with a great sense of fiction that I read such stories on the news. That can't be real...???
We are daily bombarded with news and opinions about the lack of progress in Afghanistan 8 years after the US, with the help of NATO, kicked the Taliban out of the country.
Hundreds of European and American soldiers get killed there, the Taliban are coming back from Pakistan to reclaim territory and sabotage all progress achieved so far and things are just not working well or as well as we would like them to.
As I follow the news in that part of the world I am always left wondering. Why? Why can't we succeed there? We are throwing military and economic resources in that country, yet we seem to be the ones into retreat 8 years after we supposedly Talibanned the place.
Something just doesn't feel right.
Then I read this news and that something which didn't feel right becomes clear.
"Allegations surfaced last week that contractor ArmorGroup North America allowed mistreatment, sexual activity and intimidation within the ranks of private guards hired to protect the embassy in Kabul. The company and U.S. officials are investigating."
"We've immediately taken several actions," said Ambassador Karl Eikenberry. "First of all, 13 of the employees of ArmorGroup have been terminated from their contracts. That's a combination of some management and any of the individuals that were involved in this very disgusting behavior that occurred."
Two things amaze me in this story. The fact that "management" is involved is the first. The second is the use of the word "disgusting" to describe how WE feel about it.
If it is "disgusting" to us in the West who are supposed to be a little more tolerant of parties, booze, boobs and gays, how are the locals supposed to feel about it?
The irony is that this has nothing to do with the Koran or Islam and the locals' morals, their tolerance or lack of it to things Western. This is us calling ourselves disgusted and us firing the people who we hire to guard us from the people we feel disgust for their hate of us and who we force to change with overwhelmingly superior force which also doesn't seem to bring the results we want.
First it was Abu Ghraib in Iraq. A few years later, Obama wants Guantanamo closed as well. One would expect that "management" of the private guards in the US embassy in Kabul would know by now that this is not the kind of behavior to permit under any circumstances whatsoever anywhere in the world, least of all in fucking Afghanistan.
Unless they really believe that place has been totally fucked up and the hopes for a better outcome there are a pie in the sky, it just doesn't make sense that these incidents still keep happening with the "disgusting" patterned frequency they are happening.
It is one thing when one private soldier does something indecent and a different thing altogether when 13 people, including management are fired for "disgusting" behavior in Afghanistan.
This is a US embassy spokesman referring to the incident NOT using diplomatic language. The most diplomatic of all institutions representing the US government is using emotional language to describe the way WE feel about the way the people we hire to do things we don't want them to do.
This is very unusual and sick. We seem to be at a loss as these incidents are popping up like dots in a pattern we can't seem to be able to put an end to or at least bring under control.
Sure. We fired all 13 of them. But that's only after the news came out and was impossible to cover up. For all we know, orgies are addictive and whoever claims they only took part once or they had to take their shirts off because it was too hot dancing so close to the fire, it's like claiming they smoked the poppy but never inhaled it. Yeah, right!
How on naked earth do we expect that just by firing the privates we can still win the locals' hearts and minds and TaliBan this Fucking Poppyland?
Oh yes, silly me. Of course I should have noticed the naked truth staring at me through the fire like a Talibani imbecile.
The privates' faces in the photo are covered in black ink so they are not exposed.
YES! That's something the Taliban and the locals can appreciate.
Cover Up!
If we can start by covering up the faces, at some point, we will learn to cover up the rest of the body and private parts.
That's the kind of logic we can expect all local Afghanistanis to appreciate.
These guys should really like us. They are so wrong hating us and not welcoming us there with OpenArms, ArmsUp, UnArmed, UnArmored and Totally EnAmored!
In my private parts, I know that's the case. But I'll keep it private for now, for my private pirate code of ethics doesn't allow me to expose all my private thoughts in public.
But I don't mind if You want to!
Yours EnAmored,
JackSparrow
http://www.thinkaloo.com
They are private, because they are not ashamed to show their private parts.
They are ferocious and fearless, because they're not afraid to shock the Taliban into retreat by showing up in the line of fire armor-free.
It's always with a great sense of fiction that I read such stories on the news. That can't be real...???
We are daily bombarded with news and opinions about the lack of progress in Afghanistan 8 years after the US, with the help of NATO, kicked the Taliban out of the country.
Hundreds of European and American soldiers get killed there, the Taliban are coming back from Pakistan to reclaim territory and sabotage all progress achieved so far and things are just not working well or as well as we would like them to.
As I follow the news in that part of the world I am always left wondering. Why? Why can't we succeed there? We are throwing military and economic resources in that country, yet we seem to be the ones into retreat 8 years after we supposedly Talibanned the place.
Something just doesn't feel right.
Then I read this news and that something which didn't feel right becomes clear.
"Allegations surfaced last week that contractor ArmorGroup North America allowed mistreatment, sexual activity and intimidation within the ranks of private guards hired to protect the embassy in Kabul. The company and U.S. officials are investigating."
"We've immediately taken several actions," said Ambassador Karl Eikenberry. "First of all, 13 of the employees of ArmorGroup have been terminated from their contracts. That's a combination of some management and any of the individuals that were involved in this very disgusting behavior that occurred."
Two things amaze me in this story. The fact that "management" is involved is the first. The second is the use of the word "disgusting" to describe how WE feel about it.
If it is "disgusting" to us in the West who are supposed to be a little more tolerant of parties, booze, boobs and gays, how are the locals supposed to feel about it?
The irony is that this has nothing to do with the Koran or Islam and the locals' morals, their tolerance or lack of it to things Western. This is us calling ourselves disgusted and us firing the people who we hire to guard us from the people we feel disgust for their hate of us and who we force to change with overwhelmingly superior force which also doesn't seem to bring the results we want.
First it was Abu Ghraib in Iraq. A few years later, Obama wants Guantanamo closed as well. One would expect that "management" of the private guards in the US embassy in Kabul would know by now that this is not the kind of behavior to permit under any circumstances whatsoever anywhere in the world, least of all in fucking Afghanistan.
Unless they really believe that place has been totally fucked up and the hopes for a better outcome there are a pie in the sky, it just doesn't make sense that these incidents still keep happening with the "disgusting" patterned frequency they are happening.
It is one thing when one private soldier does something indecent and a different thing altogether when 13 people, including management are fired for "disgusting" behavior in Afghanistan.
This is a US embassy spokesman referring to the incident NOT using diplomatic language. The most diplomatic of all institutions representing the US government is using emotional language to describe the way WE feel about the way the people we hire to do things we don't want them to do.
This is very unusual and sick. We seem to be at a loss as these incidents are popping up like dots in a pattern we can't seem to be able to put an end to or at least bring under control.
Sure. We fired all 13 of them. But that's only after the news came out and was impossible to cover up. For all we know, orgies are addictive and whoever claims they only took part once or they had to take their shirts off because it was too hot dancing so close to the fire, it's like claiming they smoked the poppy but never inhaled it. Yeah, right!
How on naked earth do we expect that just by firing the privates we can still win the locals' hearts and minds and TaliBan this Fucking Poppyland?
Oh yes, silly me. Of course I should have noticed the naked truth staring at me through the fire like a Talibani imbecile.
The privates' faces in the photo are covered in black ink so they are not exposed.
YES! That's something the Taliban and the locals can appreciate.
Cover Up!
If we can start by covering up the faces, at some point, we will learn to cover up the rest of the body and private parts.
That's the kind of logic we can expect all local Afghanistanis to appreciate.
These guys should really like us. They are so wrong hating us and not welcoming us there with OpenArms, ArmsUp, UnArmed, UnArmored and Totally EnAmored!
In my private parts, I know that's the case. But I'll keep it private for now, for my private pirate code of ethics doesn't allow me to expose all my private thoughts in public.
But I don't mind if You want to!
Yours EnAmored,
JackSparrow
http://www.thinkaloo.com
Licence to kill
Am I allowed to buy life insurance on someone else's life and also own a licence to kill him? Right. Then why am I allowed to buy a credit default swap (a form of unregulated insurance) on a company whose bonds I own that will pay me shit loads more money if the company goes bust than if I sell the bonds in the market for a profit? If you can't have your pie and eat it too when it comes to someone's life, why allow it when it comes to their money? It's lethal and deadly. Not even the Mafia could collect life insurance on someone else's life, so why are we still discussing allowing the practice on Wall Street?
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Why taking a shit is an intellectual process
You know how some people spend more time in their lifetime reading books in the loo than in a library or study room. Those who spend a lifetime studying in libraries don't give a shit about conducting an intellectual activity anywhere else but the library. Those who spend more time reading books in the loo give way too much shit about conducting their intellectual activity anywhere butt the library. Taking a crap becomes one with the intellectual process. When they don't flush right away, that's trying to retain as much as possible in their memory before it all gets flushed any way...:P:P:P
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