Blog Day 2008 - 31 August

Blog Day 2008 - 31 August

What is BlogDay?

BlogDay was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. On that day Bloggers will recommend other blogs to their blog visitors. With the goal in mind, on this day every blogger will post a recommendation of 5 new blogs. This way, all blog readers will find themselves leaping around and discovering new, previously unknown blogs.

What will happen on BlogDay?

one long moment on August 31st, bloggers from all over the world will post recommendations of 5 new Blogs, preferably Blogs that are different from their own culture, point of view and attitude. On this day, blog readers will find themselves leaping around and discovering new, unknown Blogs, celebrating the discovery of new people and new bloggers.

BlogDay posting instructions:

1. Find 5 new Blogs that you find interesting

2. Notify the 5 bloggers that you are recommending them as part of BlogDay 2008

3. Write a short description of the Blogs and place a link to the recommended Blogs

4. Post the BlogDay Post (on August 31st) and

5. Add the BlogDay tag using this link: http://technorati.com/tag/BlogDay2008 and a link to the BlogDay web site at http://www.blogday.org

Celebrate!

What The Customer Really Wanted

hat The Customer Really Wanted

Target: Manufacturing Industry

Small things amuse large minds

YES! I'd LOVE some help writing my letter!

Some people get all the best Ideas

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Times Fantasy Football - The Worlds First Underground Stadium

Times Fantasy Football - The Worlds First Underground Stadium - Times Online

The World's First Underground Stadium

If all goes to plan, 'The Wall' stadium in Doha, Qatar's capital city, will claim two firsts: The world's first underground stadium and the world's first open-air, air-conditioned stadium. There's a long way to go however and the stadium is not due to be completed untl 2010 at the earliest, however if the finished product looks anything like the plans released by MZ & Partners Architects then paying spectators are in for a treat.

After looking at the stadium from above you can immediately see why The Wall has already gained the nickname 'The Laptop'. The stadium's main stand sits upright, the majority of its height emerging from the underground pitch as if having been lifted opened by an enormous referee. There will be no traditional floodlights, a feature the architects seem to be quite proud of, as all lights will be embedded within the surrounding architecture, adding to the stadium's mystical feel.

So why underground? Obviously it's a great coup to have the world's first underground stadium but there's one invaluable benefit, especially in a climate such as Qatar's: temperature control. A subterranean stadium should ensure that the pitch and its spectators retain a cool, bearable atmosphere naturally without the need to spend millions of pounds on air-conditioning.

The stadium is apparently part of Doha's forthcoming bid to host the 2018 World Cup and if the location was decided purely down to stadium architecture, they may have a chance. The one concern? The Wall will only be able to seat 11′000 people.

The 100 year forecast

Three Simple Wishes

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Cenqua: Introducing the PairOn

So you do XP huh?

Introducing the PairOn



Welcome to Extreme XP

Cenqua have partnered with Herman Miller, makers of the legendary Aeron, to produce the ultimate must-have for Extreme XPers: The PairOn.

Key Features:

• Fully unit-tested in our ego-free ergonomics lab
• Essential office furniture for any eXtreme XP Pair (XXPP)
• Fully adjustable via individual or pair control
• can be levered to standup-meeting height
• 40-hour-week alarm buzzer built in
• Available in a range of attractive colours

Update: Order Now to avoid eXtreme disappointment^*

The deluge of orders we've had for the PairOn since it's launch this morning has been staggering. So much corporate money, so easily well spent! Unfortunately we've sold out of our initial batch of 5000 to ThoughtWorks. But fear not! We've doubled our manufacturing capacity and hope to fill all orders placed in quick time.

Skirt Wrestling in Bolivia

Skirt Wrestling in Bolivia : Wacky Archives

Skirt Wrestling in Bolivia

I often get sick of watching WWE and their steroid fighters, that fake almost the entire show. So let us head to a new wrestling craze that's sweeping Bolivia, South America and hopefully making its way to other continents. The Bolivian version of the American wrestling, known as cholitas luchadoras, is a freestyle wrestling that provides some distraction from the daily routine for just $1. Cholita is a term used to refer to the indigenous women in shiny skirts, filigreed jewelry and bowler hats. So here's a show worthy of American television.

As he turns 50, is this what Michael Jackson should really look like?

 

What could have been: An experts' image of Jackson (left) and how he looks today after surgery (right)

My first thought was: '.. somebody spent time on this'

Pretty deep shit that.

only in new york: Emotionally, to me, living in New York means living in Manhattan

Well then, sign me up for some of that.

http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk/

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I’m looking for a rich old man but my sister Elisangela, 31, would prefer someone younger.

COLORS ISSUE #68: AMAZON

"There's a story that during World War II Manaus hosted several foreign military bases. The story goes that when the bases organized big parties with live music they hung a sign outside saying "For All" to invite everyone. Forr– is also the name of a popular rhythm from the Northeast, and scholars say the name is of African origin. But thanks to the servicemen it's also a word that means "dance party". Almost all the songs are about love, so if you don't arrive with a partner you need to find one. "To find a partner, wear tight trousers or a very short skirt and a top that doesn't leave much to the imagination," says Juce, 21, from Manaus.

I knew pencils could be phallic symbols.I didn't know they could be... what's the word...yonic?

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Though the phallic and yonic tendencies seem to be opposites, it may be noted that their union often brings about pleasing results.

Image via Wikipedia the opposite of phallic
Long Definition:

A yoni is like a phallus, only female.

Anything vaguely oblong appears phallic to our post-Freudian eyes. Anything with a hole may legitimately be called yonic. Donuts, for example, are yonic. In fact, any significant indentation qualifies. Thus, bellybuttons are yonic too.

Though the phallic and yonic tendencies seem to be opposites, it may be noted that their union often brings about pleasing results.

Notes for further study:

Actually the more exact male analog for the yoni is the lingam, but I didn't think you'd recognize that word. Yoni and lingam are Sanskrit words that have made their way into English usage. They refer to representations of the female and male sex organs used in the worship of Siva and Sahkti.

Alphabetic principle - Guess English is a difficult language.

Alphabetic principle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Example of English's famously complex alphabet abound, as in the following poem, often reprinted and anonymously written: 

I take it you already know,
Of tough and bough and cough and dough.
Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, laugh and through.
Well done! And now you wish, perhaps,
To learn of less familiar traps.
Beware of heard, a dreadful word,
That looks like beard and sounds like bird.
And dead - it's said like bed, not bead,
For goodness' sake, don't call it 'deed'!
Watch out for meat and great and threat,
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt).
A moth is not a moth in mother,
Nor both in bother, broth in brother.
And here is not a match for there,
Nor dear and fear for bear and pear.
And then there's dose and rose and lose –
Just look them up – and goose and choose.
And cork and work and card and ward,
And font and front and word and sword.
And do and go and thwart and cart –
Come, come, I've hardly made a start!
A dreadful language? Why man alive!
I'd mastered it when I was five.

The Colonoscopy

I went into my proctologist's office for my first rectal exam. His new nurse, Evelyn, took me to an examining room And told me to get undressed and have a seat Until the doctor could see me . She said that he would only be a few minutes.

After putting on the gown that she gave me

I sat down While waiting I observed that there were three items on a stand next to the exam table:

A Tube of K-Y jelly,

A rubber glove

and a beer .

When the doctor finally came in I said, 'Look Doc, I'm a little confused

This is my first exam . I know what the K-Y is for and I know what the glove is for,

But can you tell me what the BEER is for?

At that Doctor Paul became noticeably outraged and stormed over to the door

He flung the door open and yelled to his nurse .. . . . . .

Darn it Evelyn!!!

I said I wanted a " BUTT LIGHT"
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Real skill comes without effort

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Surprise: New iPhone Comes Loaded with Photos of the Girl Who Made It

New iPhone Comes Loaded with Photos of the Girl Who Made It

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Because It's Better to Be Alone Than to Wish You Were!

It all came so close to never happening. This life came so close to never happening.

LIVR -Learned, Impartial and Very Relaxed

Image by tubbynj via Flickr BBQ RULES
We are about to enter the summer and BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity, as it's the only type of cooking a 'real' man will do, probably because there is an element of danger involved.

When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:

Routine...
(1) The woman buys the food.
(2) The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.
(3) The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill - beer in hand.

Here comes the important part:
(4) THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.

More routine....
(5) The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.
(6) The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is burning.He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he deals with the situation.

Important again:
(7) THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.

More routine....
(8) The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces, and brings them to the table.
(9) After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.

And most important of all:
(10) Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.
(11) The man asks the woman how she enjoyed 'her night off.' And, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there's just no pleasing some women...