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Friday, February 27, 2009
World's Longest Ear Hair
KANPUR, India -- A man in northern India has been recognized by Guinness World Records as having the world's longest ear hair.The tufts coming out of the man's ears measured more than 5 inches when he set the record in 2003.The hair has now grown to nearly 10 inches.In fact, the hair is so long he has to shampoo and comb it.He was granted a certificate from Guinness to certify him as the record-holder.However, he complained that too many people consider his feat foolish and said the Indian government isn't treating him with the respect he deserves as a world record-holder. More images after the break...
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
I've got the music in me
Music has always been the most important element in my life (well maybe after love & sex).
My parents both have good singing voices & my mother played flute. The Spokane public school system tested all students in the 3rd grade for musical ability & then made a recommendation to the parents as to what that child should or should not study (this was in the early 60s). I am quite sure they don't offer this service now. It is just wrong that schools have continued to cut The Arts from curriculum.
I had started piano at age 6 & studied until my junior year of high school. The school district's recommendation was for me was to play drums, but my parents said no to that. I wanted to play flute like my Mother, but she thought that playing flute would make me a homosexual...& we all know how that turned out. I started with trumpet & then I got braces. I switched to cello. I played cello until Jr. High when the conductor asked me to switch to String Bass because no one played it. I thought it was a great way to be first chair with little effort. I guess I was pretty good. I played in the Spokane Junior Symphony & had a scholarship at 14 to Tangelwood.
I gave up being an instrumentalist my sophomore year of high school to concentrate on being on stage. I was able to use my musical training as an actor a few times. I played the cello when I played Henrik in A Little Night Music (the pit cello usually played & the actor mimes) & I played the bass in Pump Boys & Dinettes (R thinks that it was my best show ever).
One of my favorite blogs- Deep Dish, challenged readers to name their 35 most influential songs.
Here is my entry:
Once In A Lifetime- Talking Heads
Beyond The Sea- Bobby Darrin
Waters Of March- Antonio Carlos Jobim
Every Breath You Take- The Police
God Only Know- The Beach Boys
Shiver Me Timbers- Tom Waits & Bette's version
If I Had A Boat- Lyle Lovett
Naive Melody- Talking Heads
My Hand Over My Heart- Marc Almond
I Get Along Without You Very Well- Frank Sinatra
Vivaldi's Song- Michael Franks
Train in Vain- The Clash & the Annie Lennox version
Things Have Changed- Bob Dylan
The Windmills Of Your Mind- Dusty Springfield
Fly Me To The Moon- Frank Sinatra (& others)
Take Me To The River- Talking Heads & the Annie Lennox version
One For My Baby- Frank Sinatra
I Get A Kick Out Of You- Jamie Cullum (& lots of others)
One- U2
Mack The Knife- Bobby Darrin (& lots & lots of others)
Little Red Corvette- Prince
Let's Dance- David Bowie
I Will Survive- Gloria Gaynor
I Remember- Stephen Sondheim
Every Day I Write The Book- Elvis Costello
Every Time We Say Goodbye- Annie Lennox
Crying- k.d.lang & Roy Orbison
Older- George Michael
Cigarettes & Chocolate Milk-Rufus Wainwright
Across The Universe- The Beatles
The Ballad Of Lucy Jordon- Marianne Faithfull
God Give Me Strength- Elvis Costello
Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most- Julie London
Anyone Can Whistle- Stephen Sondheim
End Of The World - Matt Alber
Care to contribute yours?
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
World's Oldest Animals
Jonathan the tortoise and Mischief the cat may have hit the headlines for their longevity, but there are plenty of other creatures giving them a run for their money in the age stakes.
Mischief, the world's oldest cat, is 100 Photo: SWNS.COM Jonathan the tortoise was already well into his 60s at the end of the 19th ceremony Photo: EPA
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Mischief, the world's oldest cat, is 100 Photo: SWNS.COM Jonathan the tortoise was already well into his 60s at the end of the 19th ceremony Photo: EPA
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How to Drink More Water
Water is the most needed chemical compound of our body. Without the daily necessary amount of water our body functions would be forced to shut down. The human body is anywhere from 55% to 78% water depending on body size. To function properly, the body requires between one and seven liters of water per day to avoid dehydration; the precise amount depends on the level of activity, temperature, humidity, and other factors. Most of .......Saturday, February 21, 2009
Canines
This is Junior. He is the 5th dog that we have had in our little family. He came to us in August 2007.
He was a rescue dog. Junior was found in the country, outside of Portland, tied to a tree with a piece of rope. The first couple of days he was with us we hardly saw him. I would spy him out of the corner of my eye as he scampered to find a place to hide.
Our vet thought he was about a year old & was Jack Russell & maybe Rat Terrier. His tail had not been docked & he still had dew claws & had not been "fixed". He has the cutest set of nuts...
I know, I know, we need have him neutered, but they are just one fine pair of balls.
He gradually became less shy & has easily become a major player in our household.
Our first dog was a terrier mix that we named Baby. At the time we were living in the Pike Place Market in Seattle. Baby had to go out our door, down a hall, out another door, down an elevator & down a hall to another door just to get outside... & yet she was house trained in about 5 weeks. She was a very cute puppy & as an adult she was a broad. Baby was the canine equivalent of Joan Blondell. She died at 13 of Cushing Disease. We had her put down at home. Her Daddies wailed & cried like Mexican women at the Feast Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe.
Next came a little Jack Russell that we named- Sister, because we had been telling Baby that we would get her a little Sister. Baby hated Sister & I think never really forgave us for bringing her into the house. Sister was a tiny 12 pounds of total alpha dog. She would climb into trees to try & get squirrels. Sister made the move with us to Portland. At the end of her life she was deaf & senile. She would walk in circles for hours & could not find her way out of a corner. She died when she was 16. We had her put down at home. Her daddies wailed & cried like Mexican women at the Feast Of Our Lady Of Guadalupe. She was 16.
After Baby died we got a rescue dog- our first male dog, a Jack Russell that we named Butch.
Butch & Sister got along well. Butch was the best & nicest dog we ever had. He was calm (for a terrier) & sweet natured. Butch got along with everyone. He broke his foot once & we didn't realize it for days. He was so stoic that he never even whimpered. He died very suddenly. I had taken him to the vet because he seemed to be having some trouble. After a couple of hours of testing, our vet said-"get this dog to Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital as soon as possible... he has almost no red cells in his blood & needs a transfusion!" At Dove Lewis I was told that it would be $3000-$5000 just to get a diagnosis. This was not possible for us & we felt incredible pain that we couldn't do everything to keep him going. He died at the hospital at 16. He was so loved & I can still cry when I think about him. He is pictured here (at the top) towards the end of his life.
Larry is another rescue Jack Russell. He is kind of a shit head. Larry is fat & bossy & he demands food when he wants it. He has been know to stare at the drawer in the kitchen that holds the biscuits for hours at a time. He is pictured here with Junior.
The husband & I love dogs...
Baby May 18 1985-February 11 1998
Sister July 11 1989- November 17 2005
Butch December 22 1991- August 10 2007
Larry May 28 1997
Junior ???
Friday, February 20, 2009
Dalmation Cycling - Dog Video
Wow! It was in Japan, a Dalmation riding on a tricycle. That’s unbelievable. I wondered how much time does the owner used to train his doggy.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Katy Perry - Thinking of You Promos
Here’s something that so many people have been waiting for and it’s certainly been worth the wait. Katy Perry’s “Thinking of You” promos are certainly.......
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Nokia N86 8MP Slider Phone
Nokia announced the new N86 8MP, the company’s first 8 Megapixel mobile phone, at the MWC 2009. The N86 8MP is a dual slider that can.......
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Monday, February 16, 2009
42 Tip Desain Rumah Minimalis
Tip 42 Desain Rumah Minimalis (2): Dari Renovasi Fasade ke Interior Design, Sekali Lagi Ada yang "A State of Mind"
30 April 2008 di Annahape, Desain Arsitektur, Desain Interior, Desain Rumah Minimalis, Interior Apartemen, Interior Rumah Tinggal, Rumah Minimalis, gambar rumah | Tags: desain rumah, Interior Rumah, Bangun Rumah, Desain Interior, Interior Rumah Tinggal, Annahape, rumah minimalis, Desain Rumah Minimalis, Desain Rumah Impian, Interior Design Jakarta, Interior Designer, gambar rumah, desain rumah
(Lanjutan dari Tip 41) Tidak sedikit calon klien yang menghubungi saya menyampaikan permintaan ini: Saya ingin merenovasi rumah atau fasade muncul menjadi minimal "Atau," Kami ingin mengubah pagar rumah bergaya minimalis. "Sebabnya, kurang lebih mudah menebak. Yakni, karena rumah bergaya minimalis masih nge-tren." Tetangga juga di rumah bergaya minimalis ". Pertanyaan: cocokkah gaya minimalis dengan Anda?
Anda bisa bayangkan bagaimana kacau balaunya tampak asli rumah jika rumah ini penuh dengan perhiasan berukir pilar roma, sementara pagarnya minimalis! Orang yang sering diabaikan adalah: ini bukan merupakan gaya minimalis. Minimalis yang terkait dengan filosofi hidup, tepatnya "a state of mind". Pemikiran atau cara yang ditampilkan dalam arsitektur atau interior rumah. Karena itu, sebagai salah satu cara berpikir dapat dipadukan dengan gaya minimalis, modern dan bahkan retro gaya desain. Jadi, sebelum anda "tindak-ikutan" dengan tetangga Anda akan melihat kembali personalitas Anda. Cocok atau tidak.
Nah, jika Anda merasa sehat, ini merupakan prinsip dasar dari interior rumah yang harus Anda perhatikan:
Oasis keteraturan - Masuk ke dalam rumah karena minimnya Oasis keteraturan, berhadapan dengan dunia yang chaos tidak seragam (cluttered). Itulah mengapa kadang-kadang disebut juga uncluttered desain desain minimalis. Keteraturan yang tidak kaku, tetapi keteraturan rileks, merefreshing. Sebagai keteraturan yang mengundang orang untuk menjadi diam, hiruk pikuk dunia.
Bagaimana cara memulai - Minimalis tidak berarti sama minimal aksesoris. Minimalis lebih berarti bahwa semuanya ada di rumah memiliki fungsi. Dengan mengambil konsep minimalis, segi keindahan diciptakan pertama-tama mengurangi dinding untuk menciptakan lantai yang terbuka. Bila struktur tidak mungkin mengurangi jumlah dinding, Anda dapat menciptkan ilusi minimalis dengan memainkan elemen yang ada di kamar utama - memelihara lebar, dinding batas antara lanti plafon yang bersih tanpa profil, keteraturan dan menghapus hiasan yang tidak diperlukan.
Warna - yang minimalis yang ingin efek dramatis telah dibuat oleh cat warna. Putih, hijau muda dan coral sebagai contoh yang sering digunakan. Sebaliknya, penggunaan efek cahaya pada dinding menjadi lebih putih. Gambar di bawah ini diambil dari hotel Brunswick yang menggunakan gaya minimalis di Glasgow, Skotlandia.
Lebih Sedikit Tekstur - Minimalis berarti meminimalkan tekstur pada dekorasi. Daftar profil di lantai dan plafon dihindari atau diminimalkan. Finishing di dapur kabinet dibuat dengan super high shine, terutama dengan kombinasi kaca dan stainless steel dengan granit atas meja. Well, selamat berminimalis.
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Baca juga Tip 27 (Desain Rumah Minimalis, Filosofinya), Tip 29 (Furniture Minimali
home Modern Minimalis
Interior Design Art Deco house and Modern Minimalis
Saturday, 14 February 2009 7:58 BIMAN3T
Home Design Modern Art Deco
To look neat and well considered, it is up to the house interior diselaraskan with fasad building. If you see the face of art deco, the interior also does not run from that style. Similarly, the model for minimalist home, the interior is designed with style senada. Home Design Modern Art DecoAlthough in its application, not even a second style itu.Untuk interior space, art deco style of the implementation of many rounded ornaments, boxes, or other geometrical shape, just as accents only. For example, only used for display or TV cabinet cabinet lainnya.Sedangkan other furniture such as desks and chairs, a simple model of the selected finishingnya and cocoa brown color (dark brown). When necessary, given the black accent color to look more luxurious. Home Design Modern Art Deco
if minimalist concept, because everything is done completely, thus it does not appear to be empty space should be given a little accent. For example, there was a table or chair tradisional.Material other design accents also can be used, such as products such as handicraft statue (statue), Sculpture, and other accessories that, when visiting the area or result melancong abroad. family rooms, home to art deco model, or minimalist, the better the chocolate color and fiber-fiber wood addition, many people such as wood nyantoh, because the fiber is straight, or slightly reddish mahogany color. While models furniturenya also selected a simple, no-wear carving and engraving profil.Sedangkan tables and chairs in the hall, also choose a simple model. Top of the table is to use wood, you can also use the glass. Wall space is given to eat jewelry, such as Yogyakarta sandstone, glass and mirror boxes (glass solder). Home Design Modern Art Deco
Bedroom design ideas
Saturday, 14 February 2009 7:52 BIMAN3T
bedroom desains
Instead of living room with a dull and boring, why not transform. You can choose from a full transform to give you enough room to put a beautiful face increased. Start by determining your budget, specific ideas, and the number of hours you must devote to the project. For example, if you want to transform a room down to the sick during the long holiday sunday, you can be more limited on what can be done if you do not have the time. Referring to the considerations that will perform the work. If you engage a professional, then you will have to weigh things out of a different if you only do work.
If you want to give you room to put a new gleam and new, which begins with a variety of fabrics, textures, colors and models. Simple to change jobs, change the bed of eiderdown outside, from the window treatments, and the image-model can change all aspects of the room. While working with the cloth, you just remember to measure the printed fabric. The executive of the table can also make a big difference. If you currently have a bedroom that model country in which your images are in a frame decorated with flowers reinforcements from the timber, with the reinforcements to be black, wood, or clear, you can take a glimpse into the contemporary. You may want to be a bedroom, a man with a French flair. Using a huge gold reinforcements will help with the decorations.
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Planning to add a cushion to beds and chairs, or to change the outside cover of the pillow that you have. If you have a good cushion and the amount of interest hives, you can remove hives and sewing a simple sheath, completely change the aspect. Draperies and cornices are also very good by the transformation that will be your bedroom. Rather than use the same cloth as the place of the curtain panels, bed spread or feather-bed, and cloth model that uses the same layout but the color coordination, do not match.
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Even pieces of furniture that can be used to repair the end of the work. If you have a planer and bedhead, built a solid but not the best pieces of furniture at a glance
Room to put a `Remodelling of room to put the idea of` room to put a `` transformation of ideas to improve
Rumah Minimalis
Desain Rumah Minimalis
26 April 2007
Artikel astudio
(foto; geometrica rumah koleksi, didesain oleh astudio)
Desain rumah akhir-akhir ini mengalami perkembangan yang sangat pesat. Kita dapat menemukan berbagai jenis desain rumah yang berkembang di masyarakat, antara lain, desain rumah minimalis, modern, Mediterania, klasik dan sebagainya. Ini merupakan persyaratan sesuai dengan umur, semakin kami menyadari bahwa peran desain arsitek dan desain yang sangat indah untuk rumah kita.Desain rumah gaya minimalis yang berlangsung sangat cepat akhir-akhir ini. Kami menemukan banyak orang dari astudio akan digunakan untuk mengikuti gaya minimalis mode. Biasanya orang-orang yang tertarik untuk menggunakan gaya minimalis adalah mereka yang masih berjiwa muda. Para eksekutif muda menyukai gaya minimalis, gaya yang praktis dan dapat dilihat untuk mewakili gaya hidup modern mereka.
Sumber gambar: dokumen arsip astudio
Sebenarnya, gaya minimalis ini tidak hanya sebuah gaya arsitektur, tetapi di balik itu, gaya ini memiliki waktu respons yang merupakan tantangan untuk mendapatkan 'hasil maksimal dari sesuatu yang minimal'. Hal ini dapat minimal dana pembangunan, atau gaya hidup yang diminimalkan. Seringkali gaya ini dipakai karena keterbatasan dana, namun menjadi sangat menarik karena dengan keterbatasan ini kita masih dapat mengikuti tren fashion terbaru di arsitektur.
Melihatnya, rumah tanpa perhiasan yang berlebihan, menggunakan bahan-bahan material yang diekspos sehingga terkesan jujur dalam penampilannya, tidak berlebihan. Ibaratnya saat melakukan pencarian, sebagai eksekutif muda yang ingin pergi kekantor, dengan pakaian elegan yang tidak berlebihan, bersih dan praktis. Namun, karena ini merupakan mode, kita masih merasa 'memiliki bagian' dari mode yang sedang berkembang saat ini. Untuk banyak orang, ini sangat menyenangkan (mungkin Anda juga senang dengan mode saat ini?)
Gaya minimalis pada dasarnya adalah sebuah respons atas keadaan yang dicetuskan oleh orang-orang yang mengikuti paham minimalisme sebagai protes atas situasi orang-orang yang tidak menghargai sumber daya alam yang terbatas dengan memanfaatkan sumber daya alam untuk hal-hal yang tidak perlu dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Minimalisme adalah gerakan gerakan 'kembali ke dasar' atau kembali ke kesederhanaan, tampaknya gerakan yang timbul di Amerika Serikat adalah suatu hal yang dapat dianggap sebagai gerakan positif dari era modern.
(foto; desain interior di rumah eksekutif muda, didesain oleh astudio)
Gambar di atas adalah salah satu contoh sudut ruangan yang 'minimalis', dimana ruangan ini sama sekali tidak terlihat, tetapi jujur. Namun, dengan desain ini kita akan dapat merasakan kamar yang luas dan lega. Istilah 'tidak ribet'.
Bagi kita yang menyukai gaya hidup modern, gaya ini dapat menjadi pilihan untuk melengkapi gaya hidup sehari-hari kita. Misalnya jika pasangan suami dan isteri dalam rumah bersama-sama untuk bekerja, dan gaya hidup dengan cepat, sederhana dan praktis.
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(gambar: interior design, didesain oleh astudio)
Namun, dalam desain rumah bergaya minimalis, kita perlu memperhatikan cocok dengan iklim. Karena itu gaya minimalis, gaya modern yang sederhana dan tidak berasal dari negara kita, kita perlu mempertimbangkan faktor-faktor iklim tropis seperti hujan dan panas matahari, antara lain dengan membuat rumah kita bisa berhadapan dengan matahari atau panas yang menyengat tampias .
Sunday, February 15, 2009
The Coin Sculptures
Wow that’s cool! This amazing coin work was created by a Russian man and all these work without glue. Take a look at this one above, quarter of it was placed out of the table but they don’t fall down. I wondered what holds it. More pictures after the break...
Isla Fisher Photoshoot
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
Iron and Phone - Video
That’s why you should never put your mobile phone next to iron. Video after the break.
Barack Obama Sand Painting
It is located at Catalan city of Barcelona. Expectation (the project name) was created by art jammer Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, it is a 2.5 acre sand painting of Barack Obama. It is made of.......
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VD!
Happy St. Valentine's Day!
I bought the husband really nice, fancy red underwear from a very cool store in downtown Portland- Under U 4 Men. I bought four different kinds including one made of bamboo by C-N 2 & a sexy, great pair by Andrew Christian. The husband is in his late 50s, but he is 5'11'' & 150 pounds with a 30 inch waist. Sometimes I hate him for it. When we were first together we didn't have a separate wardrobe & we both had 29 inch waists. Things changed for me!
By the way... I rarely wear underwear.
I also got a bottle of champagne & truffles from Teuscher Confiserie.
He usually makes me an original piece of art. I have saved them all. This is our 29th VD.
What did you do for this holiday?
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Mexican Bullfighter's
According to Mexico's National Association of Matadors, Michel "Michelito" Lagravere set the international record at his age for bull calves killed in a two-hour fight watched by more than 3,500 people. More after the break...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Cities
Wow...I started with a bang & just lost momentum right away. How do the real bloggers do this (Kenneth, Joe, Andy, Marc, 3 guys)?
I was watching a bit of The Bachelor last night ( the husband says- "come here quick, The Bachelor is hot & he has his shirt off"!). The show was in Seattle & The Bachelor's house boat is close to where we lived in Seattle.
We both remarked how beautiful Seattle looked & how much it had changed in the 7.5 years since we moved. It made me want to go as a tourist! The Mountains! All that water! The city!
It gave me pause to reflect on how lucky I have been to have lived in such amazing cities. I am a true urban gentleman. I even prefer vacations in major cities.
I grew up in Spokane & left the day I graduated high school. I don't want to say anything too bad about Spokane. My parents still live there & I have friends that remain, but...
I went to college in Boston (B.C.) & Loyola Marymount in LA. I lived in NYC 1975-79 & I lived in Seattle for 20 years. I loved each of these cities.
When we first moved to Portland I thought we had moved to Hooterville. I knew Portland well. We had visited at least once a year all the time we lived in Seattle, but when we arrived, it really did seem SMALL! I have been won over by Portland's many charms, which are considerable. It will probably live here the rest of my life (we often talk about our house as our last). When i lived in Seattle, I used to announce that I would never live anywhere smaller & I would not live anywhere that was not on the coast or a major body of water... so, of course, I moved to Portland!
But...
CITIES I WOULD LIVE IN (given half a chance):
1. Vancouver BC
2. NYC, this time in Brooklyn (maybe Carroll Gardens)
3. Sydney, close to a beach
4. Santa Monica (in a bungalow near the ocean)
5. Chicago
6. Venice
7. Buenos Aires
8. Cape Town
9. San Francisco
10. Amsterdam
The new economy has produced what is known at our house as - The new Austerity Program, & travel is not in the picture right now. But, I can dream about these fabulous cities. Hell, I can spring for a trip to Seattle on Amtrak & I can be a tourist this time.
One of my favortite writers- Brian Bouldrey, rightly claims that travelers ruin the places that they love.
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