The Daily WashUp™

Difference a pair of glasses can do

2011-02-12T10:38:00.004-07:00

Fake Melted Food an Effective and Sociopathic Way to Save Your Seat

2010-08-06T19:16:00.005-06:00

Anywhere you need a seat saved, or just to have a laugh, these can be fun. I always used to scare my mom with a fake spilled milk. lol

What's next from Apple?

2010-08-06T19:03:00.002-06:00

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I like tricks, & I'm a little OCD (& I love CATS)

2010-08-06T18:21:00.002-06:00

bp should take their own advice....

2010-08-06T18:11:00.002-06:00

Seizure City: Club's Crazy LED walls & ceiling

2010-07-08T18:06:00.007-06:00

If there was a place like this near me, I'd probably be there alot...

Scientists Discover New Species Of Handfish. Fish With Hands? Dammit BP!

2010-07-08T17:30:00.003-06:00

"Using its fins to walk, rather than swim, along the ocean floor....the pink handfish is one of nine newly named species described in a recent scientific review of the handfish family."

All of the world's 14 known species of handfish are found only in shallow, coastal waters off southeastern Australia, the review notes.

Even among the previously known species, the fish are poorly studied, the review authors add, and little is known about their biology or behavior.

Weird: Candwich Canned Sanwiches

2010-07-08T16:27:00.001-06:00

Portable Office On Wheels

2010-07-08T16:17:00.003-06:00

Мисс Беларусь 2010 - Miss Belarus 2010 Casting

2010-01-28T20:33:00.001-07:00

Some nice Cat pictures

2010-01-28T19:48:00.019-07:00

CLICK on the pictures to make them bigger

I love cats!

Pepsi Blue Hawaii

2010-01-26T20:21:00.000-07:00

This limited edition Pepsi drink was only released in Japan. I tried googling Pepsi Blue Hawaii and found serveral diferent opinions, most saying it tastes like nothing special ( Yokohama Brad ) However I am somewhat jealous of all the special releases other countries get. I wish I could taste this!

The Path Less Traveled

2009-12-08T17:07:00.000-07:00

Video Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IE&hl=en-GB&v=72rN5zO2T7A&feature=related

Did you Know?? Interesting Little known Facts

2009-11-16T00:05:00.004-07:00

Finally! A Useful, Green Pizza Box

2009-11-15T23:11:00.006-07:00

Pizza box that turns into Plates & Storage Unit

Why Hitler lost the war

2009-11-07T15:52:00.002-07:00

Transparent Desktop Trick

2009-11-07T14:15:00.002-07:00

3.November.2009

2009-11-03T13:19:00.008-07:00

Graphs

2009-10-29T00:38:00.006-06:00

Try heading over to GraphJam.com<<<--It can give you a smile

Difference between Perfect & Almost Perfect

2009-10-21T18:59:00.005-06:00

Just in my opinion.

On the Left: This one is Perfect On the Right: Close, but you see the imperfections

10.July

2009-07-10T17:25:00.001-06:00

If you've ever worked in a Call Center.....

2009-07-07T01:20:00.005-06:00

I think this makes me lagh because I worked in a call center.....

ViA http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=stock_photos

Baby!

2009-07-06T23:33:00.005-06:00

Baby Baby Baby! I really like this video! The group is "Make the Girl Dance"

The Vid is shot in only one take, but most people will be too focused on the nudity to notice the artistry. The video took three women, and had them walk through the center of Paris singing along to a cutsie boombox. In America they’d have been arrested. In Paris – as any European knows – people smile, glance and get on with their day. I like the song too!

HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQGhq0IlVok

Habbitat

2009-07-02T13:06:00.003-06:00

I think my favorite is still Ikea, but this is neat too.

www.habitat.co.uk

Command Sit

2009-07-02T12:35:00.003-06:00

Doesn't look very comfy, but it is interesting

From Here: http://www.duende.jp/PRODUCT/command-sit/

Womens and mens Bathrooms

2009-07-02T11:28:00.001-06:00

I found this here: http://www.swiss-miss.com/2009/03/fun-bathroom-signage.html

Лиза Боярская

2009-06-30T15:17:00.003-06:00

I really like this actress "Лиза Боярская" ....maybe you don't know of here. Now you will:)

This is a screenshot from the movie "Ирония судьбы: Продолжение" ("the Twist of fate: Continuation")

http://realitygirl.ru

2009-06-30T15:02:00.003-06:00

http://realitygirl.ru

Проект www.realitygirl.ru, девушка в центре была выбрана его учатницей, и она правда из Петропавловска-Камчатского!
полная серия у http://podakuni.livejournal.com/430866.html?page=3

Current Music

2009-06-30T13:36:00.003-06:00

jürgen paape - so weit wie noch nie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJOIpqJ2VqA

Le Mont Saint Michel

2009-06-30T13:22:00.004-06:00

I think this is beautiful! take a look......

Le Mont-Saint-Michel -
A rocky tidal island in Normandy, France.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_St_Michel

My Pick of Pics - 30.June

2009-06-30T12:39:00.003-06:00

My Pick of Pics

2009-06-19T18:47:00.003-06:00

Bad Eyebrows 2

2009-01-26T23:10:00.006-07:00

If you have seen earlier post " Bad Eyebrows", then you already know how I can't stand ugly, fake looking brows. I have gathered more pics for you to grind your teeth about....

I really don't understand how they think this looks acceptable!!??

v v v <-----------This girl is cute, but she is ruined her brows!

Friends: Turtle & Hippo

2009-01-26T22:30:00.003-07:00

Chicken Police?

2009-01-25T16:05:00.002-07:00

Gas Station Fail

2009-01-25T15:56:00.001-07:00

Facebook Policy Angers Stupid People

2009-01-02T16:44:00.002-07:00

Jan. 1) - Web-savvy moms who breast-feed are irate that social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace restrict photos of nursing babies. Among the new faces of Facebook are women like Kelli Roman, 23, who last year posted a photo of herself nursing one of her two children.

Facebook removed a photo of Kelli Roman, 23, breastfeeding her daughter Ivy last year, citing its policy against "obscene, pornographic or sexually explicit" images. Roman was outraged and started a Facebook group called "Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!" that now has 97,600 members.
_______________My Take:
Its really irritating when people DELIBERATELY do things they KNOW will cause trouble. Now, I'm not talking about something that they HAVE to do...but something truly optional. Like this foolish woman putting a picture of herself breastfeeding her child. Of course by itself its not bad or wrong. But just like in public they should put a blanket over the child, Facebook is basically "public". Its really a "no brainer". Obviously this woman, in stead of saying to the Facebook people.."Sorry I didnt realize what I was doing"..she complains? Well darling how about I put a picture of a very nicelooking woman in a sting bikini on your husband or boyfriend's website? Come on..nothing wrong with that right?

It is natural to wash a baby's penis or vagina, but should we post it on the net? NO this is sick, keep it private. If she wants to show her boobs, she can go to a strip club.

Google Image Search Adds Search-by-Style Options

2008-12-20T21:56:00.004-07:00

Thyis is awsome! I have needed this in the past, and now here it is! Google adds clip art and line drawings to their image search criteria, in addition to photos and faces.
To restrict your search to either line drawings, clip art, photos, or faces, choose the style criteria from the drop-down on an image results page.

Happy Birthday Vogue Russia

2008-11-16T18:16:00.006-07:00

>>>I love Matryoshki, so I was delighted to hear that for the 10 year anniversary of Vogue Russia, some of fashion’s biggest names designed a Матрёшка (Traditional Russian doll) -the dolls will be auctioned for charity at a super-chic party on November 20. The designers sketches were realized by Russian craftsmen, who hand-painted the 50 centimeter dolls. “Every Matryoshka is unique and a piece of art in itself,” said Alyona Doletskaya, Russian Vogue’s editor-in-chief. “Installation, sculpture, objet d’art - you can call it however you wish.”

"My Pick of Pics" 12.Nov

2008-11-12T16:03:00.001-07:00

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I'm sure You have Probably Seen ....

2008-11-12T15:25:00.005-07:00

...This Picture

.

..BUT...

Have You Seen This Picture???

Avoid Flu Shots

2008-10-25T15:44:00.008-06:00

The AMA is recommending that you should get a flu shot.

But, who would risk getting Alzheimer's disease, a weaker immune system, a possible allergic reaction and the unknown consequences of having Mercury and Aluminum injected into your veins?

The CDC’s 15-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) makes recommendations each year on who should be vaccinated. Almost all the ACIP members who make these recommendations have financial ties to the vaccine industry. The CDC( Center for Disease Control and Prevention) therefore must grant each member a conflict-of-interest waiver.

>>>First, Lets see how effective Flu Shots are:

Randomized controlled trials are the most reliable way to determine the efficacy – and safety – of a given treatment.

In one widely quoted study, Flu shots reduced the absolute risk of contracting influenza by a meager 1% (not 50%, as the "relative risk" portrays it). In actuality, for every 100 people that have a flu shot only one will benefit from it – this, in medical parlance, is the "number needed to treat" (NNT) in order to achieve any benefit from the treatment. A flu shot provides no benefit for the other 99 people – 2 of them will get influenza anyway – and all 100 risk being harmed by the vaccine.

Two-thirds of the vaccines made for the 2008–09 flu season, 100 million of them, contain full-dose thimerosal, an organomercury compound, which is 49% mercury by weight. It is used to disinfect the vaccine. Each one of these 100 million flu shots contain 25 micrograms of mercury, a mercury content that is 50,000 part per billion, 250 times more than the Environmental Protection Agency’s safety limit. Mercury is a neurotoxin, which has a toxicity level 1,000 times that of lead.

>>>Next, Lets see what some risks/side effects could be: (hint: they can be pretty bad!)

(1) There is some evidence that flu shots cause Alzheimer’s disease. This most likely is a result of combining mercury with aluminum and formaldehyde, which renders them much more toxic together through a synergistic effect than each would be alone.

(2)Mercury in vaccines has also been implicated as a cause of autism. Vaccine makers have now removed thimerosal from all childhood vaccines, except flu shots.

Some other acknowledged adverse reactions to the flu vaccine are (3)joint inflammation and arthritis, (4)anaphylactic shock (and other life-threatening allergic reactions), and (5)Guillain-Barré syndrome. Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a paralytic autoimmune disease that fells people several weeks after their flu shot.

One woman with post-vaccination GBS writes:

"I had a flu shot in November, and by December I became weak and continued to get weaker until I collapsed and was taken to the hospital… I was helpless, totally paralyzed with Guillain-Barré syndrome… I was in ICU for three weeks and then transferred to a rehabilitation center. Three months later I was released to come home because I could ambulate approximately 100 feet with a walker. I continued rehabilitation as an outpatient for the next three months until I could walk with hand crutches. Today, I need a cane. I was not forewarned of any possible hazard when they gave me the flu shot."

Another woman, diagnosed with GBS after a flu shot, spent 16 months in the hospital paralyzed on a ventilator and life support. After several subsequent multi-month hospitalizations she writes:
"On my last visit to my neurologist I was able to walk about 6 feet holding his hand, not much but it took years to be able to do that. I scratch my head when I hear them promoting flu shots… Most people that I come into contact with – in the hospital and out (nurses, doctors, and regular people) – after hearing my story, feel that it is better to chance the flu and not get the shot." (These statements are in Vaccine Safety Manual for Concerned Families and Health Practitioners: Guide to Immunizations Risks and Protection by Neil Miller [no relation], pages 84–86.)

The package inserts that come with the flu vaccine note that GBS is a potential complication. There are 1 to 2 cases of GBS per 1 million vaccinated persons. (There were 10 times that many cases of GBS in 1976 with the flu vaccine used that year). Taking a flu shot is essentially the same as buying a lottery ticket for acquiring Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Would you risk being one of the 2 cases?

It's almost always a secondary bacterial infection that invades the airways which have been compromised by the virus.

Star Shower

2008-10-18T15:37:00.002-06:00

The star sower monument in Kaunas, Lithuania. In the daytime this monument doesn’t make any sense, but when night comes down to the city….

"FAiL" Humor

2008-10-16T02:37:00.003-06:00

Herds of Milk-Producing Cows Are Rife With Bovine Leukemia Virus

2008-10-16T00:48:00.001-06:00

Bovine leukemia virus is a cancer-causing microbe in cattle.
Just how many cows have it?
The US Department ofAgriculture reports that nationwide, 89 percent of herdscontain cows with BLV. The most infected region is theSoutheast, where 99 percent of herds have the tumor-causingbug. In some herds across the country, almost every singleanimal is infected. A 1980 study across Canada uncovered alower but none-too-reassuring rate of 40 percent.
BLV is transmitted through milk. Since the milk from allcows in a herd is mixed before processing, if even a singlecow is infected, all milk from that herd will have BLVswimming in it. Citing an article in Science, oncologistRobert Kradjian, MD, warns that 90 to 95 percent of milkstarts out tainted. Of course, pasteurization — when done the right way — kills BLV, but theprocess isn't perfect. And if you drink raw milk, odds are you're gulping down bovine leukemiavirus.Between dairy cows and their cousins that are used for meat (who tend to be infected at lowerrates), it appears that a whole lot of BLV is getting inside us.

A 2001 study in Breast CancerResearch detected antibodies to the bovine leukemia virus in blood samples from 77 out of 100volunteers. Furthermore, BLV showed up more often in breast tissue from women with breastcancer than in the tissue from healthy women. Several medical studies have found positivecorrelations between higher intake of milk/beef and increased incidence of leukemia orlymphoma in humans, although other studies haven't found a correlation. No hard evidence has yet linked BLV to diseases in humans, but do you feel comfortable knowing that cow cancer cells are in your body?

Creative Advertisments

2008-07-22T21:57:00.007-06:00

Mr. Clean - (Italy)

To show how effective Mr. Clean cleaning supplies are, the brand is displaying one line of a crosswalk a brighter and cleaner white than the rest.

Folgers - (New York)

We all knew there was some purpose for those most often disgusting man holes in New York City.
Click pics to Enlarge

Bic Razor

Look @ this Fine american....

2008-07-04T01:13:00.001-06:00

Damn I can't believe this is real & not a joke. Makes me sick.

The next Facebook...for the business world?

2008-06-29T18:47:00.003-06:00

I had never heard of this before, and I will check it out. There is a new player capturing headlines in the social networking world, it's called LinkedIn.
The company is designed for the business and professional world, and is like Facebook.

The more than 23 million registered users represent over 150 different industries. It's a place to swap ideas, best practices and other opportunities. With fresh growth capital, LinkedIn will expand its marketing efforts globally and grow its user list. The user list is the most valuable asset and each member is valued at over $50. LinkedIn was founded in 2002 specifically for the business community.

>>>>>>>>>http://www.linkedin.com/

Another proof to stay true!

2008-06-26T19:40:00.000-06:00

A German scientist has proved that smiling while repressing ones true feelings can harm your health.

Dieter Zapf of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany studied 4,000 volunteers working in a fake call center. Half were allowed to respond in kind to abuse on the other end of the line while the other half had to repress their true feelings and were not allowed to respond in kind to abusive callers.

He found that those able to answer back had a brief increase in heart rate. Those who could not had stress symptoms that lasted much longer.
"Every time a person is forced to repress his true feelings there are negative consequences," Zapf said. "We are all able to rein in our emotions but it becomes difficult to do this over a protracted period."

Myotonic "Fainting" Goats

2008-06-26T19:21:00.001-06:00

These special goats, have a hereditary trait where when they get startled, they just freeze up and fall over. They almost look like they are playing!

Functional/Mod Bag

2008-06-26T18:23:00.003-06:00

I think this Mod Mustard, vegan leather bag is looks nice & is worth checking out!

http://www.mattandnat.com/product/display/123/1

Popular/Hott Shorts in Cali

2008-06-26T18:10:00.004-06:00

These shorts by Eventide are way hot right now all over California. I like em too!!

http://www.standarddeviationny.com/eventide-tap-shorts.aspx

Failed Time travel funny

2008-06-25T12:20:00.001-06:00

Funny video:

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/58baaf7758

What Obama revealed before he was in politics

2008-06-10T11:09:00.008-06:00

In his first memoir, “Dreams from My Father,” Obama wrote:

“I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites,”

Although Obama spent various portions of his youth living with his white maternal grandfather and Indonesian stepfather, he vowed that he would

“never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father’s image, the black man, son of Africa, that I’d packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.”

Obama wrote that in high school, he and a black friend would sometimes speak disparagingly “about white folks this or white folks that, and I would suddenly remember my mother's smile, and the words that I spoke would seem awkward and false.”

As a result, he concluded that “certain whites could be excluded from the general category of our distrust.”

During college, Obama disapproved of what he called other “half-breeds” who gravitated toward whites instead of blacks. And yet after college, he once fell in love with a white woman, only to push her away when he concluded he would have to assimilate into her world, not the other way around. He later married a black woman.

Such candid racial revelations abound in “Dreams,” which was first published in 1995, when Obama was 34 and not yet in politics. By the time he ran for his Senate seat in 2004, he observed of that first memoir:

“Certain passages have proven to be inconvenient politically.”

Thus, in his second memoir, “The Audacity of Hope,” which was published last year, Obama adopted a more conciliatory, even upbeat tone when discussing race. Noting his multiracial family, he wrote in the new book: “I’ve never had the option of restricting my loyalties on the basis of race, or measuring my worth on the basis of tribe.” This appears to contradict certain passages in his first memoir, including a description of black student life at Occidental College in Los Angeles.

“There were enough of us on campus to constitute a tribe, and when it came to hanging out many of us chose to function like a tribe, staying close together, traveling in packs,” he wrote. “It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names.”

He added:

“To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists.”

Obama said he and other blacks were careful not to second-guess their own racial identity in front of whites.

After graduating from college, Obama eventually went to Chicago to interview for a job as a community organizer.

His racial attitudes came into play as he sized up the man who would become his boss.

“There was something about him that made me wary,” Obama wrote. “A little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.”

Primitive Tribe found in Brazil

2008-05-30T14:33:00.004-06:00

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The tribe is among the last on Earth that has had no contact with the outside world, Brazil's National Indian Foundation, or Funai, said.

The photos, taken earlier this month, show "strong and healthy" warriors, six huts and a large planted area. The tribe's camp is in a protected area along the Envira River, near the Peruvian border.

Full Story & more Pics: >> http://news.aol.com/story/_a/rare-indian-tribe-spotted-in-brazil/20080530092909990001?icid=100214839x1203168640x1200114061

Hate your neighbors?

2008-04-29T14:23:00.002-06:00

http://www.rottenneighbor.com lets you rate and review, good and bad neighbors. It's supposed to be for people who want to know BEFORE they move, but I just like it anyway.

Red Square Game

2008-04-29T14:16:00.001-06:00

http://members.iinet.net.au/~pontipak/redsquare.html

Happy Roses!

2008-04-29T14:11:00.002-06:00

Dutch flower designer Peter Van de Werken created this multi-coloured effect by injecting vegetable dye into flower stalks. The pigment is absorbed and travels to the petals where it changes their hue.
>>> http://www.happy-roses.com/

Some Funny pics, most likely u have not seen.

2008-04-23T20:16:00.003-06:00

Click on pics to Enlarge

More Yucki-ness

2008-04-23T20:07:00.003-06:00

I know this is a fake picture, but it captures almost the truth.

A bit creepy but also pretty amazing.

2008-04-06T00:53:00.004-06:00

Ok, this is not one of those stupid annoying pop up monsters. It is just sorta creepy, CLICK HERE!

Preview Pic:

Egg Shell Art

2008-03-25T13:20:00.006-06:00

Think you have the patience to drill 2,500 to 3,500 holes in an egg shell? Slovenian artist Franc Grom does and the results are amazing.

Slovenian artist, Franc Grom creates eggs using an electric boring tool. The results are stunning and as laborious as the finest of craftsmen from centuries past. The eggs that Grom creates have approximately 2,500 to 3,500 holes (he has been known to drill up to17,000 in one piece). The results are simply amazing. Who would have thought that something so delicate could be made even more fragile and precious.

More Story via National Geographic

Pro-USA _vs_ Pro-Europe Point of view

2008-03-24T20:51:00.006-06:00

I have heard different people bring up the fact that Europeans get so much more vacation Americans in the United States. I've heard people say maybe it's because Europeans are so much more “chill” about life (wich is the pro-Europe outlook), or that Europeans are just lazy (the pro-US outlook). I think it’s not the Europeans who are lazy, it's the American workers who are being taken advantage of by their employers, but are too brainwashed to realize it.

In America, your status = more possessions, more money, just more. In Europe, people actually view the ability for long vacations as a sign of status, a source of social esteem. European countries provide less incentive to work more hours because of higher marginal taxes?

Did you know that 9 out of 10 European workers are covered by unions who fought for more vacation, vs. 2/10 in the US?

I think the Europeans have it right, "work to live, don’t live to work!!"

A joke I’ve recently heard: An invetsment banker coming to a paradise island for a few days of holiday meets a fisherman who is sleeping on the sand in the shadow of his small boat. “Hey, what do you do for a living ?” the banker asks. “I swim, I sleep, I make love, I play with my children, when I’m hungry I go fishing…” the man replies.“Ouaaahhh, but you could instead borrow some money to buy a bigger boat, then go for industrial fishing, hire employees, deal with the providers, noegotiate with the banks, the buy anoter bigger boat and ultimately make an IPO and reap millions of $ !!“So what ?” asks the fisherman. “Then when you retire you can spend all your time on a beach, go swimming, make love and play with your children…”This little story makes me think about what is my real interest in life: neither showing off in a brand new ferrari (with a 60 mph speed limit !) nor feeling that I have succeed if I earn 1 million $ by the age of 30. Vacation/Holiday is the best possible period of time when you are not upset, angry, jealous that’s why I enjoy it SOOOOO MUCH !Take care of youselves !
Yes, I know there is as much materialism in the UK as in the US, maybe more. The prestige car culture in the UK far exceeds anything in the US, I think.

I know most have seen this before, but just in case you haven't:

LOL....Fro-Hat

2008-03-18T14:00:00.001-06:00

Thought I'd share this.

I would like to Buy this shirt!

2008-03-18T13:54:00.005-06:00

Unfortunately, I don't remember where on the web I found it:(

2008-03-17T16:12:00.001-06:00

This is how an unfortunate moment becomes a fun accessory. A two part pin made from gold matt finish acrylic that will surely make passers by smile. Just smile back.

CNN: Dr.Ronald Mallett’s Time Travel Machine

2008-03-15T19:47:00.002-06:00

Dr.Ronald Mallett explains his time travel machine on CNN. VIDEO

Got noise? — citysoundproofing.com will sort you out

2008-03-14T16:13:00.001-06:00

A comprehensive guide to the science — and art — of blocking noise.
Home, recording studio, conference room, what have you, noise is a never-ending problem.

"Based in Manhattan, serving the world."

A useful resource.

More Manipulated Model photos

2008-03-10T20:37:00.006-06:00

If you remember my "These Models are not Anorexic" post, I told you about pictures that people continue to think are the real thing, because they don't actually look them up, they just believe what they hear......Well here are some more I dug up........

Happy japanese lunchy!

2008-03-10T13:38:00.007-06:00

>>>>I just found out about the "Bento Diet". Now, I'm not one for fad diets like let's say "The Atkins Diet", but this one seems to fit my imagination/lifestyle quite well!

From Wiki: ""Bento is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine.""
***A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables as a side dish.

***Although bento are easily available in many places throughout Japan, including convenience stores, bento shops (弁当屋), train stations, and department stores, it is still common for Japanese homemakers to spend considerable time and energy producing an appealing boxed lunch.

And on and on. Who knew? There is even Bento TV. Plus a whole Bento community for people who want to receive constructive feedback on their bento boxes to perfect their Japanese lunch box skills and artistry. Wow. I had no idea.

Girl Gets Mad After Getting A new Lexus

2008-02-25T21:48:00.005-07:00

See the Video Here

This girl, cries after her mother purchases a $60,000 Lexus. Her mother didn't give her the car at the 'right time' and has thus ruined her party and life.http://video.aol.com/video-search/id/1425913128Go through the video until the timer on the left says 1:50.Kids espesically AMERICAN Kids these days are going to hell. Most kids don't even get a car on their 16th birthday, and this one cries about getting an expensive one at the wrong time.

Excess, Fat, & The American Dream

2008-02-24T14:40:00.027-07:00

*****As you may know, I do live in America, but I am not all for the "American Dream".
Millions of Americans spend their lives semi-conscious, unable to awaken from the darker version of the American Dream – an endless parade of office buildings, meetings, McDonalds and television commercials.

Instead of pursuing purpose, it's material things: plasma televisions, new cars, and granite countertops. Working at hated jobs only to buy things that are not needed. Always wanting more material things even after achieving a comfortable lifestyle.

_________________________________________

The Fat American

(which I love to hate)

*****Every person throughout history has had to consume to survive, but to consume more than one needs, has traditionally been considered vulgar. Beyond a certain point, possessions, and food do not increase happiness. Of course, it is better that we should live in a land of plenty than in shacks; abundance is good. Excess (not abundance) is not so great, since "excess" (in a sense) voids purpose. Sometimes I think the New American dream is: "excess is barely enough" <<this is what I've come to think

Typical Americans:

"A lawsuit by a group of American teenagers who claim the fast food chain McDonald's is responsible for their obesity". < < Is it the place of the law to protect them against their own excesses?

"The lawsuit, filed by lawyer Samuel Hirsch in a Manhattan federal court, alleges McDonald's violated New York state's consumer fraud statutes by deliberately misleading consumers into thinking their products were healthy and nutritious." < < Well really, how naive can you be? Especially when you see and hear about a million others becoming fat? This makes me sick.

"They developed health problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity from eating its products.
Most of the teenagers lived on a daily diet of burgers and fries from the restaurant."

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^^^Americans are continuing to become obese, and pictures like these show where the problems are.
I can be lazy, but there is a threshold of laziness that I will not even allow myself to reach. The above pictures shatter the allowable threshold of laziness.

All blue eyed people are related to one another

2008-02-21T20:54:00.005-07:00

Originally Posted by Science Daily (31.Jan.2008)

Blue-eyed Humans Have A Single, Common Ancestor

New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye colour of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today.

(Variation in the colour of the eyes from brown to green can all be explained by the amount of melanin in the iris, but blue-eyed individuals only have a small degree of variation in the amount of melanin in their eyes. )

What is the genetic mutation?

“Originally, we all had brown eyes”, said Professor Eiberg from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. “But a genetic mutation fecting the OCA2 gene in our chromosomes resulted in the creation of a “switch”, which literally “turned off” the ability to produce brown eyes”. The OCA2 gene codes for the so-called P protein, which is involved in the production of melanin, the pigment that gives colour to our hair, eyes and skin. The “switch”, which is located in the gene adjacent to OCA2 does not, however, turn off the gene entirely, but rather limits its action to reducing the production of melanin in the iris – effectively “diluting” brown eyes to blue. The switch’s effect on OCA2 is very specific therefore. If the OCA2 gene had been completely destroyed or turned off, human beings would be without melanin in their hair, eyes or skin colour – a condition known as albinism.

Limited genetic variation
Variation in the colour of the eyes from brown to green can all be explained by the amount of melanin in the iris, but blue-eyed individuals only have a small degree of variation in the amount of melanin in their eyes. “From this we can conclude that all blue-eyed individuals are linked to the same ancestor,” says Professor Eiberg. “They have all inherited the same switch at exactly the same spot in their DNA.” Brown-eyed individuals, by contrast, have considerable individual variation in the area of their DNA that controls melanin production.

Professor Eiberg and his team examined mitochondrial DNA and compared the eye colour of blue-eyed individuals in countries as diverse as Jordan, Denmark and Turkey. His findings are the latest in a decade of genetic research, which began in 1996, when Professor Eiberg first implicated the OCA2 gene as being responsible for eye colour.

Nature shuffles our genes
The mutation of brown eyes to blue represents neither a positive nor a negative mutation. It is one of several mutations such as hair colour, baldness, freckles and beauty spots, which neither increases nor reduces a human’s chance of survival. As Professor Eiberg says, “it simply shows that nature is constantly shuffling the human genome, creating a genetic cocktail of human chromosomes and trying out different changes as it does so.”

GUCCI Spring/Summer 2008 Аd Campaign

2008-02-21T16:08:00.013-07:00

If you like NP as much as I do, you will enjoy this. I have already seen these in a Gucci store near me!

Models: Natasha Poly & Mat Gordon

Truth in advertising

2008-02-20T18:32:00.004-07:00

The shirts are right. Now that's truth in advertising if I ever saw it.

ANOTHER American way of making people fat?

2008-02-20T14:11:00.008-07:00

Food & Drink In One Container? It's called the Col-Pop, & you don’t need to carry two separate containers for your drink and for your food.
Another American way of making people fat, but in a more efficiant way.

VIDEO
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Escalator Ad for hair salon

2008-02-20T13:23:00.011-07:00

An interesting ad for a hair salon

These Models are not Anorexic

2008-02-20T10:50:00.023-07:00

Tons of webssites blogs, and media sources, warn of the dangers of Anorexia by showing these photos:

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For Example,Here is a qoute from THIS BLOG
"I don’t know about you, but an emaciated body is not my idea of attractive. If I were dating such a woman, I wouldn’t be able to eat. I’d feel too guilty."

Here is another "Regular Folk" that thinks she is smart:

"That's just GROSS! Why would anyone want to be that skinny? News Flash guys like a little bit of curve (something to hold on to other than Bones!)"

Well well well, aren't these people smart.

hmmmm

If they werent so stupid, and had actually done some research, they would know these pictures are Photoshoped, if you don't know what that is, think Airbrushed.

.......Yes indeed:

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Most "regualar people"* seem to blur the line between Anorexic and "skinny" which annoys me, so I'm here to set the record straight.

*(By "regular people" I mean the common generalists, uninformed, and usually unfamiliar with high fashion.)

I have seen "Reg.people" call a chubby girl thin, and a thin girl anorexic.
(I think this might be because so many Americans are quite fat, when they see a girl who is chubby, they think she's thin.)

People should know by now(like me) that anorexia dosen't sell, but Skinny does.
I personally think Skinny is beautiful and, YES, that Anorexia is ugly.

Bad Eyebrows

2008-02-20T01:10:00.028-07:00

Eyebrows are important, and I can't stand a woman with bad eyebrows. It drives me crazy wanting to fix them, she looks bad, and it makes me want to show you the following pictures. Tell me what you think. Is it just me? Got some to share? I'd love to see them:)

Now, this lady has worse problems than eyebrow problems, but THEY are still a problem...

I don't know whats wrong with this person, but in the mean time, she has bad brows!

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Well groomed eyebrows can transform a face. They are the frame of our eyes, consequently, they have the power to change the look.

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aBest Brows

-Follow natural brow line

-Slightly trimed/plucked

-Has an arch point