Last Meals: weird requests

Interesting choices from prisoners on death row......

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8186685/Last-meals-weird-requests-on-death-row.html?sms_ss=email&at_xt=4d0587e49b79526d,0

Steve Wozniak: 'We've lost a lot of control'

Interesting thoughts from Steve Wozniak who cofounded Apple about the "digital lifestyle"....An insight on what is to come perhaps?

"We're dependent on it (computers) and eventually, we are going to have it doing every task we can in the world, so we can sit back and relax. All of a sudden, we've lost a lot of control, we can't turn off our internet; we can't turn off our smartphones; we can't turn off our computers. You used to ask a smart person a question. Now, who do you ask? It starts with g-o, and it's not God,"

U.S. Orders Diplomats to Stop Telling Truth Until Further Notice

Fallout from WikiLeaks Mess

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In the first major policy fallout
from the WikiLeaks disclosures, the State Department has ordered all
U.S. diplomats to “cease and desist telling the truth until further
notice.”

“We are working overtime to try to make sure that leaks like these
don’t happen again,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told
reporters. “But until we’ve got the leaks plugged, it’s incumbent on
all our diplomats to put on their lying caps.”

Secretary Clinton noted that since many US diplomats are major
political donors with long careers in the business world, “this
shouldn’t be a reach for them.”

But for those career diplomats who came up through the Foreign
Service, the State Department will be holding a series of “truth
avoidance seminars,” led by executives of Goldman Sachs.

Additionally, Secretary Clinton said, the State Department would
install on all diplomats’ computers new software called CandorShield™,
which automatically translates truthful language into a less
embarrassing truth-free version.

For example, she explained, the software would translate the phrase
“two-faced weasels” into “trusted Pakistani allies” and would delete
all references to French President Nicolas Sarkozy as “Monsieur Shorty
Pants.”

Elsewhere, Interpol issued this statement about its pursuit of
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange: “We will find Julian Assange, and
then we will hire him.”

Family's Fall from Affluence Is Swift and Hard

How to blow through $14 million.....

http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/111434/familys-fall-from-affluence-is-swift-and-hard

German Zoo Forces Gay Vultures to Mate With Females

German zookeepers are forcing two male vultures who prefer nesting together to mate with females, sparking outrage from gay rights activists who accuse the zoo of discriminating against birds of a different feather....

http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/german-zoo-forces-gay-vultures-to-mate-with-females/19734614?test=latestnews

Rush to Judgement - Motor Trend Car of the Year

I'm sure many of you have heard of the Chevy Volt. It recently won Motor Trend's car of the year. There has been a fair amount criticism around this vehicle but any way you look at it, it's truly revolutionary technology.

Anyway, this article is funny. Basically a response from Motor Trend defending it's choice for car of the year against a certain conservative talk show host. I am not politically motivated but I honestly thought this was funny and wanted to share.

http://blogs.motortrend.com/rush-judgment-5957.html

How Google Docs won me over

Great article on Google docs. I think it's the future of word processing as Google continues to fine tune the product.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20023084-264.html?tag=topTechContentWrap;editorPicks

Dinosaur the size of a giraffe could fly across continents

Pretty amazing...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/dinosaurs/8132327/Dinosaur-the-size-of-a-giraffe-could-fly-across-continents.html

Village ravaged by cancer in Turkey's Cappadocia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101104/ap_on_sc/eu_turkey_cancer_village

10 year-old gives birth in Spain

This is an interesting story......

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/8105960/10-year-old-gives-birth-in-Spain.html

Silence

The Power of Silence


Speech needs company,


Silence needs solitude.


Speech wants to conquer others,


Silence helps conquer oneself.


Speech makes friends or foes,


Silence befriends all.


Speech demands respect,


Silence commands it.


Speech is earth-bound,


Silence is heaven-bound.


Speech educates,


Silence exalts.


Speech is subjective,


Silence is objective.


Speech has regrets,


Silence has none.


Speech has limitations,


Silence is boundless.


Speech needs effort,


Silence a lot more.


Speech is human,


Silence is Divine.


While speaking you are heard by creatures,


In silence you hear the creator.


Silence leads to a stillness of the mind, 


Then to introspection,


Then to self-cleansing,


Finally to liberation.

Fascinating Fact - The biggest known Star

The Biggest Known Star

"The biggest star is VY Canis Majoris, a red hypergiant 5000 light years from the Solar System. It has been estimated at around 2000 times the radius of the Sun, but only around 30 times more massive. Since it’s very difficult to imagine something that size, I’d recommend watching this animation that compares the Solar System planets to the Sun, and then these much bigger stars such as Pollux, Betelgeuse and VY Canis Majoris"

1 light year is the distance light will travel in 1 year. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second. The fastest rocket ship at this time only travels at 30,000 miles per hour. So if we suddenly found a way to travel at the speed of light, it would take us 5,000 years to reach VY Canis Majoris. Of course we would be incinerated long before we reached the star but just to provide some perspective.....

Please allow the page a few seconds to load animation. It's worth the wait because it will show how very very small we really are.......

Why men shouldn't write advice columns

Why men shouldn't write advice columns.......

This is from an actual newspaper clip in South Carolina:

Dear John -

I hope you can help me. The other day, I set off for work, leaving my husband in the house watching TV. My car stalled, and then it broke down about a mile down the road, and I had to walk back to get my husband’s help. When I got home, I couldn’t believe my eyes. He was in our bedroom with the neighbor’s daughter!

I am 32, my husband is 34 and the neighbor’s daughter is 19. When I confronted him, he broke down and admitted they had been having an affair for the past 6 months. He won’t go to counseling, and I’m afraid I am a wreck and need advice urgently. Can you please help?

Sincerely, Sheila

Dear Sheila,

A car stalling after being driven a short distance can be caused by a variety of faults with the engine. Start by checking that there is no debris in the fuel lines. If it is clear, check the vacuum pipes and hoses on the intake manifold and also check all grounding wires. If none of these approaches solves the problem, it could be that the fuel pump itself is faulty, causing low delivery pressure to the injectors.

I hope this helps,

John

Poetry competition

These are entries to a WASHINGTON POST competition asking for a two-line rhyme with the most romantic first line, and the least romantic second line:

1. My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:

Marrying you has screwed up my life.

2. I see your face when I am dreaming.

That's why I always wake up screaming.

3. Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;

This describes everything you are not.

4. Love may be beautiful, love may be bliss,

But I only slept with you 'cause I was pissed.

5. I thought that I could love no other

-- that is until I met your brother...

6. Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.

But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's

empty and so is your head.

7. I want to feel your sweet embrace;

But don't take that paper bag off your face.

8. I love your smile, your face, and your eyes

Damn, I'm good at telling lies!

9. My love, you take my breath away.

What have you stepped in to smell this way?

10. My feelings for you no words can tell,

Except for maybe 'Go to hell.'

11. What inspired this amorous rhyme?

Two parts vodka, one part lime.

Who says poetry is boring??

Fascinating Fact - Antartica

If Antarctica's ice sheets melted, the worlds oceans would rise by 60 to 65 metres (200 - 210ft) -everywhere......