I came across the most wonderful website today. It's called TED, and you can find it at www.ted.com.
Refreshing, energising, stimulating, expanding, thought provoking, captivating, mind blowing. I'm sure there are more superlatives but it's after 11 and I'm tired, mostly from spending much of the evening stimulating my brain.
You see, TED's tagline should give you a hint. "Ideas Worth Spreading."
I'd like to think of it as a YouTube for people with a 3 digit IQ. I can guarantee you that you won't find anything that remotely resembles "Funniest Home Videos", "Big Brother" or even "Cops". What you'll find is a collection of great minds sharing great thoughts.
Go to TED. Spend a few hours. Expand your brain, your horizons, and your outlook on life. I did, and I've just scratched the surface.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
I just love this ad...
It just makes me smile every time I see it... and for hour, I walk around the house singing "Boomdeeyahdah boomdeeyahdah" in my head.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Invading The Land of the Long White Shroud
Of course, the easiest part about invading New Zealand is that most of them are already here, in Bondi, so one strategically placed low yeild tactical nuke would go a significant way towards getting the job done (and leave some prime beachfront land cleared and ready for redevelopment).
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Woo Hoo! I Won! I Won!
I'm SOOO excited. This came to my inbox this evening...
Microsoft Promotion Award
20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10,
United Kingdom.
Ref No: BTD/976/06
Batch No: 401978G
Dear Lucky Winner
WINNING NOTIFICATION-------Ref No:BTD/976/06---Batch:401978G The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes,we rolled out over 100,000, 000.00 e-ticket for our Monthly Draws.The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers.
Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket numbers 008995727495 with serial numbers SBTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-40-40-47(21) which subsequently won you (£500,000.00)(Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds)as one of the jackpot winners in this draw.
To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to send the below informations to your Claims/Fiduciary Agent.
NAME:.....................
SEX:.....................
AGE:.....................
DIRECT PHONE NUMBER..............
ADDRESS:..................
OCCUPATION:...............
NATIONALITY:..............
COUNTRY.................
CHOOSE MEANS OF RECEIVING YOUR WINNINGS.
1.COURIER DELIVERY
2.BANK WIRING
File your winnings by sending the above informations to our Claims/Fiduciary Agent by Email for the processing of your winnings.
MR DONALD GRAY,
Email : remitclaims_dept@live.com
CALL :+44-704-574-0889
***Reply to this email only***
Mrs.Gloria Bent
(Microsoft Award Coordinator).
Wowee zowee! I didn't even know I'd entered...
...seriously people... does anyone believe this crap? [If answer 'YES' then they deserve whatever's coming to them.]
Microsoft Promotion Award
20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10,
United Kingdom.
Ref No: BTD/976/06
Batch No: 401978G
Dear Lucky Winner
WINNING NOTIFICATION-------Ref No:BTD/976/06---Batch:401978G The prestigious Microsoft and AOL has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes,we rolled out over 100,000, 000.00 e-ticket for our Monthly Draws.The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers.
Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket numbers 008995727495 with serial numbers SBTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-40-40-47(21) which subsequently won you (£500,000.00)(Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds)as one of the jackpot winners in this draw.
To begin the claim processing of your prize you are to send the below informations to your Claims/Fiduciary Agent.
NAME:.....................
SEX:.....................
AGE:.....................
DIRECT PHONE NUMBER..............
ADDRESS:..................
OCCUPATION:...............
NATIONALITY:..............
COUNTRY.................
CHOOSE MEANS OF RECEIVING YOUR WINNINGS.
1.COURIER DELIVERY
2.BANK WIRING
File your winnings by sending the above informations to our Claims/Fiduciary Agent by Email for the processing of your winnings.
MR DONALD GRAY,
Email : remitclaims_dept@live.com
CALL :+44-704-574-0889
***Reply to this email only***
Mrs.Gloria Bent
(Microsoft Award Coordinator).
Wowee zowee! I didn't even know I'd entered...
...seriously people... does anyone believe this crap? [If answer 'YES' then they deserve whatever's coming to them.]
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Second Amendment
It's sometimes difficult for those of us born and raised outside the United States to understand the American love affair with firearms.
Especially when we read stories like these two, pulled from the Fox News website this morning.
Story #1
Man Accidentally Kills Pregnant Wife While Cleaning Gun
Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. — A pregnant woman and her unborn child have died in central Florida after being accidentally shot by the woman's husband, authorities said.
Yailen Abreu, 23, and the fetus died Tuesday at Orlando Regional Medical Center.
Orange County sheriff's officials said Abreu was hit in the stomach while her husband was cleaning his gun late Monday at their Orlando-area home. She was six months pregnant.
The bullet struck 39-year-old Enio Abreu in the hand before hitting in his wife, authorities said.
Seriously tragic.
Story #2
Woman Shoots Herself While Trying to Kill Mice
Associated Press
POTTER VALLEY, Calif. — A Mendocino County woman who was trying to kill mice in her trailer with a gun ended up shooting herself and another person.
The 43-year-old woman pulled out her .44-caliber Magnum revolver after she saw the mice scurrying across the floor of her trailer on Highway 20 in Potter Valley, sheriff's officials said.
But she accidentally dropped the gun, which went off as it struck the floor. The bullet went through the woman's kneecap, bounced off the keys sitting on the belt loop of a 42-year-old man in the trailer and grazed the man's groin before ending up in his coin pocket.
Authorities did not release the shooting victims' names.
The mice escaped the shooting unharmed.
I'm somehow comforted that the mice escaped unharmed.
Especially when we read stories like these two, pulled from the Fox News website this morning.
Story #1
Man Accidentally Kills Pregnant Wife While Cleaning Gun
Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. — A pregnant woman and her unborn child have died in central Florida after being accidentally shot by the woman's husband, authorities said.
Yailen Abreu, 23, and the fetus died Tuesday at Orlando Regional Medical Center.
Orange County sheriff's officials said Abreu was hit in the stomach while her husband was cleaning his gun late Monday at their Orlando-area home. She was six months pregnant.
The bullet struck 39-year-old Enio Abreu in the hand before hitting in his wife, authorities said.
Seriously tragic.
Story #2
Woman Shoots Herself While Trying to Kill Mice
Associated Press
POTTER VALLEY, Calif. — A Mendocino County woman who was trying to kill mice in her trailer with a gun ended up shooting herself and another person.
The 43-year-old woman pulled out her .44-caliber Magnum revolver after she saw the mice scurrying across the floor of her trailer on Highway 20 in Potter Valley, sheriff's officials said.
But she accidentally dropped the gun, which went off as it struck the floor. The bullet went through the woman's kneecap, bounced off the keys sitting on the belt loop of a 42-year-old man in the trailer and grazed the man's groin before ending up in his coin pocket.
Authorities did not release the shooting victims' names.
The mice escaped the shooting unharmed.
I'm somehow comforted that the mice escaped unharmed.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
How Big?
Regular readers will know how much I enjoy the occasional trawl through my spam folder, and today's catch nearly made me blush.
I'm not sure there's any need to explain what this is about...
What you can expect
First month you will notice an increase in size of up to 1/2 inch, you will also notice an increase in sexual desire, stronger erections and more enjoyable sex.
Second month you will notice an increase in size of up to 1 inches, plus an increase in Girth (Width) of 5%, plus all the benefits of the first month.
Third/Forth month you will notice an increase in size of up to 3 inches, plus an increase in Girth (Width) of 10%, plus all the benefits of the first month.
Fifth/Sixth month you will notice an increase in size of up to 4 inches, plus a increase in Girth (Width) of 20%, plus all the benefits of the first month.
Now I'll tell you that wasn't one of the guys standing around in the school change room with a ruler, so I have no point of reference other than my own, but an EXTRA four inches seems like a mighty uncomfortable size for any purpose. Ah well. Maybe if you're going to get sucked in by this spam, it's very very small to start with.
I'm not sure there's any need to explain what this is about...
What you can expect
First month you will notice an increase in size of up to 1/2 inch, you will also notice an increase in sexual desire, stronger erections and more enjoyable sex.
Second month you will notice an increase in size of up to 1 inches, plus an increase in Girth (Width) of 5%, plus all the benefits of the first month.
Third/Forth month you will notice an increase in size of up to 3 inches, plus an increase in Girth (Width) of 10%, plus all the benefits of the first month.
Fifth/Sixth month you will notice an increase in size of up to 4 inches, plus a increase in Girth (Width) of 20%, plus all the benefits of the first month.
Now I'll tell you that wasn't one of the guys standing around in the school change room with a ruler, so I have no point of reference other than my own, but an EXTRA four inches seems like a mighty uncomfortable size for any purpose. Ah well. Maybe if you're going to get sucked in by this spam, it's very very small to start with.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Owen And Emzee
Very occasionally, stuff arrives in my email inbox that's worth sharing. Today, an email with these pics arrived.
Accompanying the email was a story credited to AFP...
NAIROBI (AFP) - A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa, officials said.
The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him.
'It is incredible. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a 'mother',' ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of Lafarge Park, told AFP.
'After it was swept away and lost its mother, the hippo was traumatized. It had to look for something to be a surrogate mother. Fortunately, it landed on the tortoise and established a strong bond. They swim, eat and sleep together,' the ecologist added. 'The hippo follows the tortoise exactly the way it followed its mother. If somebody approaches the tortoise, the hippo becomes aggressive, as if protecting its biological mother,' Kahumbu added.
'The hippo is a young baby, he was left at a very tender age and by nature, hippos are social animals that like to stay with their mothers for four years,' he explained.
I suggested to Dr J that we could adopt the little fella, but she quite rightly pointed out that with two cats and a dog already vying for the available free space on the bed, there probably isn't room.
Accompanying the email was a story credited to AFP...
NAIROBI (AFP) - A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa, officials said.
The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him.
'It is incredible. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a 'mother',' ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of Lafarge Park, told AFP.
'After it was swept away and lost its mother, the hippo was traumatized. It had to look for something to be a surrogate mother. Fortunately, it landed on the tortoise and established a strong bond. They swim, eat and sleep together,' the ecologist added. 'The hippo follows the tortoise exactly the way it followed its mother. If somebody approaches the tortoise, the hippo becomes aggressive, as if protecting its biological mother,' Kahumbu added.
'The hippo is a young baby, he was left at a very tender age and by nature, hippos are social animals that like to stay with their mothers for four years,' he explained.
I suggested to Dr J that we could adopt the little fella, but she quite rightly pointed out that with two cats and a dog already vying for the available free space on the bed, there probably isn't room.
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