Posted on Mar 25, 2008 - 1:25am by John P. in Environment, Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Politics - 50 Replies
Folks, I’m neither a Democrat, nor a Republican. But my mom asked me to give her an unbiased, factual rundown on the political platforms – so what my mother wants, my mother gets! Here you go Mom…
I’m making the presumption that the two candidates who are going to actually be running for President are Barack Obama, and John McCain. So, below I’ve taken the liberty of narrowing down all the data to these two guys. What you need to do is line up as many of your political ideal matches and then you can rationally choose who you are voting for.
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Posted on Mar 17, 2008 - 1:11am by John P. in News, Politics - 3 Replies
Wow! This is incredible! In Italy you’ve got a license to lie and cheat in a relationship all you want! Why? Because having an extra-marital affair is wrong, and it would damage your ‘honor’, so clearly it should be lied about if you do it!
Hmmm. Let’s see… So if I murder, rape and pillage, those things must damage my honor as well. So it won’t be long before it’s legal to lie about that too! Pretty soon all of Italy will be lying their asses off – but at least they’ll all be honorable!
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Posted on Mar 05, 2008 - 1:33am by John P. in Art, Photography - 9 Replies
When I first encountered Juan Francisco Casas’ art I was stunned. Sure, there are a lot of artists out there that can draw lifelike figures. But how many of them work with nothing but a blue Bic pen? And draw photographs up to 10 feet tall? As far as I know – exactly one.
Here is what the Daily Mail had to say:
They may look like pin-sharp photographs – but these amazing pictures are actually drawings created with the humble ballpoint pen.
The stunning pictures, measuring up to 10ft high, were drawn by a rising star of the art world, Juan Francisco Casas.
Casas, 31, can use up to four 14p ballpoint pens for a canvas and his works are already a sell-out at exhibitions.
Formerly a traditional painter, Juan began the drawings three years ago based on photographs of nights out with his friends.
Posted on Jan 28, 2008 - 1:37am by John P. in Videos - 4 Replies
What is the point of this video? I don’t know! But I found it mesmerizing nonetheless.
Did you see the movie Minority Report with Tom Cruise? Well, this video reminds me of the scenes where they are looking at the future. Kind of surreal and blurry, although the events are crystal clear.
These women are just kind of floating around in the water striking poses as if they were supermodels. Meanwhile, they water all around is completely black and their skin looks ghostly white. It’s just very, very interesting videography.
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Posted on Jan 17, 2008 - 1:33am by John P. in 10 Best, Health & Fitness, Videos - 92 Replies
Ok. I’ve got a question for everyone. At what point does female bodybuilding reach the peak of the “sexy” plateau and begin going back downhill from there?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of healthy female bodies (like the “fitness trend” towards pole dancing), but at some point it seems to me these ladies (generously assuming they are all ladies) cross a threshold and simply no longer look good.
I guess the real question is, at what point are these women no longer “hot”?
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Posted on Dec 31, 2007 - 1:32am by John P. in Health & Fitness - 6 Replies
In 1946, Walt Disney produced an animated film called “The Story of Menstruation“. At the time, Disney was hurting for cash because World War II killed the European market, which cut off a significant source of Disney’s revenues. At home “Fantasia” was a major commercial failure, draining more money from the company treasury. Disney was in desperate need of new funds, so he began to take for-hire assignments.
During this time, Disney opted to take a commission from the International Cello-Cotton Company for an educational film designed to be shown in health education classes. What resulted was “The Story of Menstruation,” a 10-minute animated film covering an area where Disney’s films never went before. Indeed, “The Story of Menstruation” is the first film which uses the word “vagina” (both in the narration and in an on-screen demonstration).
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Posted on Aug 09, 2007 - 12:40am by John P. in Health & Fitness, News - 3 Replies
Ok, I know what you’re thinking. The answer to this question is soo obvious… But you’d be wrong!
A paper published to the Web in July 2007 by two University of Texas psychologists, Cindy M. Meston and David M. Buss, entitled Why Humans Have Sex lists 237 distinct reasons! And they run the whole gamut of human emotions ranging from altruistic (‘‘I wanted the person to feel good about himself/herself’’) to vengeful (‘‘I wanted to get back at my partner for having cheated on me”).
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Posted on Jun 21, 2007 - 12:21am by John P. in Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Thoughts - 12 Replies
First of all, NO… my blog is not digressing into another porn site! Actually it’s sad, but I really debated about reporting this because nudity is involved. But I decided that it was for the common good and that the vast majority of my readers would probably appreciate the link…
The popular women’s magazine Jane has launched a Breast Health Guide, and a related Boob Blog called Show Us Yours!
The blog encourages regular women to send in a photo of their own breasts and a description about what they like about them. A LOT of women have taken up the challenge and they range from small to very, very large, and also including brave women with mastectomys, the site proves that boobs come in all shapes and sizes and that the most important thing is not what they look like, but that you are loved for who you are.
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