Tomorrow is Blog Action Day – the initiative to help rid the world of poverty. I am following Jacob Cass’ lead (he of Just Creative Design fame) in “doing my bit by leaving it up to you guys to decide how much I will donate.”
I will donate 10cents for every comment posted in the next 24 hours – starting from the time of this post. Leave a comment saying “I’m helping to rid the world of poverty”.
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ever stood on the roof of an apartment building to look at the lights?
it’s been quite a day in the south of Taiwan. people from near and far dressed up to parade through the streets of Donggang (TungKang) and pay their respects at every single temple en route. i went to take some pictures at a temple near my home and was amazed at the unfamiliarity of it all.
later, trying to capture some fireworks from the roof – the encroaching shadow i’ve been trying to shake all week, finally caught up with me.
my cycles are slow, but consistent. even on the other side of the planet – Fall flips the switch in my head. I can feel my ‘Cold Mind’ setting in.
i notice that i am paying more attention to the darkness – and yearning for silence…
i could really do with a cigarette right now.
http://youtube.com/v/NgSRwOZtDQ8
Project 10ˆ100 is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.
submission deadline in 10 days – so click on through, baby!
You gotta love this guys explanation of Hell…
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term.
The answer by one student was so “profound” that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well:
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let’s look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle’s Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, “It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,” and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct… leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting “Oh my God.”
This Student Received The Only “A”.
do you know your responsibilities as well as you know your rights?
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights from Seth Brau on Vimeo.
Nerdy guy: I don’t understand what the significance of the number 69 is. Can someone explain it to me?
Girl: You go to NYU and you don’t know that?
(nerdy guy shakes his head)
Girl: To put it bluntly, it’s two people giving each other head.
Nerdy guy: Wait, but what does that mean?
Girl: Oh my god…I can’t tell you that now. You’re the most innocent guy here. It would be like killing a unicorn.
–Kimmel Center, NYU
last night’s 8th graders’ conversation class got me thinking (again).
the topic of our class was: “I want a job that lets me travel”. i asked each student to name the top 3 identifiers of their dream jobs, which i listed on the white-board. afterwards, we discussed each student’s answers, their personalities and what we know of them and “chose” their ideal occupation. it looked pretty much as follows:
Andy:
1) help people
2) lets me play
3) not 9 to 5
Peter:
1) easy
2) lots of money
3) nice office
Tom:
1) work from home
2) lots of free time
3) creative
i was astounded – as by the end of the evening i realized that i had:
1 philanthropic, professional basketball player,
1 writer and
1 arms dealer in my class!
it got me thinking though… i’m probably not going to be TEFL for the rest of my life – so what would my list look like?
i’ve come up with the following identifiers (in no particular order) – what would you suggest?
i’m such a gemini, aren’t i.
i took the cue from warrior scout over at kickin tina:
this is a meme that’s been around, but i thought some pictures might be good today. everyone is tagged if they choose to be..
how old on your next birthday?
31
Where would you like to travel?
i’d like to go back to Spain – this time doing it like Polly Evans in “It’s not about the tapas”
What is your favorite place?
Transkaroo restaurant in Great Brak River: great food, good friends and memories
What is your favorite food?
chicken
What is your favorite pet?
Poepies, my jack russel
What is your favorite color combination?
red and black, at the moment
What is your favorite piece of clothing?
denims
What is your favorite song?
Gabriella’s Song (Sa som I Himmelen O.S.T.)
What is your favorite tv show?
Queer as Folk
What is the name of your significant other?
Peter
Name the town in which you live.
Donggang
What is your screen name?
absolutwillie
What is the first job you had?
land surveyor’s assistant
What is your dream job?
creative director
What is your greatest fear?
being alone
Name one thing you want to do before you die.
see the feature film based on my life
What is the first thing you would do if you win $1,000,000.00?
settle some debts
i nearly wet myself laughing at the cuteness of it all: Peugeot’s new, green concept car is a thing of beauty, called Loop. which is an Afrikaans verb describing the most ecologically friendly mode of transportation ever ;0)