NEWS. Twenty kilos of black caviar at 4000 euros a kilo. That is only one item on the expense list that Russian baron Roustam Tariko assembled in organising a party the likes of which had never been seen before in Venice. To celebrate his 45th birthday, he rented the rooms of the Cini Foundation on the island of S. Giorgio, where the guests -- all rigorously masked -- arrived and were greeted by scores of jugglers, actors, and extras. Mr. Tariko, known as "Mister Vodka", controls two-thirds of the Russian vodka market, is one of the richest men in the world, and spared no expense on his personal celebration. By way of example, the vegetables were embellished by spraying them with edible gold, the wine was among the best Tuscan variety (at least 500 euros per bottle) and, in the "sweets room", there were two fountains that flowed with molten chocolate!
Oh well, at this point, I guess we'll just have to try to do that for your 10 year reunion... :-)
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Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Ali G & David Beckham ("Mr. Mohawk"), Taoist Quotes (and Final Exam Suggestions!)
Firstly, FYI... speaking of soccer, there's an interview out there of David Beckham and Posh Spice by Ali G (AKA Sacha Baron Cohen, AKA Borat). It's rude, but Ali G's improv'ed interview with the Beckhams can be a scream... "Respect!" :-)
Then, just a couple of things I didn't get a chance to quote tonight...
Re: simplicity and what Kate was trying to say about the paradoxical difficulty of living simply: "Govern a nation as you would cook a small fish." - Lao Tzu :-)
"To remain whole, be twisted!
To become straight, let yourself be bent.
To become full, be hollow.
Be tattered, that you may be renewed.
Those that have little, may get more,
Those that have much, are but perplexed.
Therefore the Sage
Clasps the Primal Unity [tao],
Testing by it everything under heaven.
He does not show himself, therefore he is seen everywhere.
He does not define himself, therefore he is distinct.
He does not boast of what he will do, therefore he succeeds.
He is not proud of his work, and therefore it endures.
He does not contend,
And for that reason no one under heaven can contend with him.
So then we see that the ancient saying 'To remain whole, be twisted!' was no idle word; for true wholeness can only be acheived by return." - Tao Te Ching
"Do or do not. There is no try." - Tao Master Yoda
As for the Final Exam, finish reading Pooh and review the notes and articles from the class presentations. I personally envision an essay question that mixes the two (like applying one to the other, for example...)
Then, just a couple of things I didn't get a chance to quote tonight...
Re: simplicity and what Kate was trying to say about the paradoxical difficulty of living simply: "Govern a nation as you would cook a small fish." - Lao Tzu :-)
"To remain whole, be twisted!
To become straight, let yourself be bent.
To become full, be hollow.
Be tattered, that you may be renewed.
Those that have little, may get more,
Those that have much, are but perplexed.
Therefore the Sage
Clasps the Primal Unity [tao],
Testing by it everything under heaven.
He does not show himself, therefore he is seen everywhere.
He does not define himself, therefore he is distinct.
He does not boast of what he will do, therefore he succeeds.
He is not proud of his work, and therefore it endures.
He does not contend,
And for that reason no one under heaven can contend with him.
So then we see that the ancient saying 'To remain whole, be twisted!' was no idle word; for true wholeness can only be acheived by return." - Tao Te Ching
"Do or do not. There is no try." - Tao Master Yoda
(and I found more on the Tao of Star Wars here!)
BTW, the most recent estimates of people worldwide who espouse Taoism as their religious belief [which is slightly different from Taoism purely as a philosophy] range from 20 million to 50 million. (from Adherents.com)
As for the Final Exam, finish reading Pooh and review the notes and articles from the class presentations. I personally envision an essay question that mixes the two (like applying one to the other, for example...)
Question of the Day
"If 50 Cent was actually worth 50 cents when he was born in 1975, adjusting for inflation, what would his name be today?"
(from You Don't Know Jack: Online)
UPDATED: Johnson & "How to Draw a Bunny"
Available on DVD and streaming now on Netflix... (Seriously!)
Johnson, I had no idea that your bunnies seem to be revolutionizing 21st-Century Art!
Johnson, I had no idea that your bunnies seem to be revolutionizing 21st-Century Art!
UPDATED: BTW, found this to keep your Devo collection up to date!
:-)
News! The Problems with New Technology!! (Plus Obama on TV tonight!!!)
"A couple years ago, a Carnegie Corporation study reported that the average age of newspaper (print edition) readers was 55. I'm not aware of more recent estimates, but they're not likely to have gotten any lower. Nor will they in the future. The printed newspaper now seems akin to TV network broadcast news (at least here in the U.S.), where you can tell the advanced age of its average viewers because most of the commercials are for pharmaceuticals and other products aimed at an over-50 demographic. That's not good news for either medium..." (more at Where News Consumption Is Heading)
In related Scandanavian news...
And for Harrison, Barack Obama will be on 60 Minutes tonight! :-)
News: "Affluenza - Rampant consumerism erodes us"
Not that 240 people necessarily constitute a scientific sample, but here's some food for thought in today's news anyway... :-)Plus... (speaking of consumerism!) at right, a t-shirt for Jackie (and Johnson!)
:-)
Personally, I like the one at left myself!
Then, in environment news, talk about run-off: Sex-change chemicals in river that runs through US capital!
Lastly but not leastly, "WHAT DO WE CARE ABOUT? On a day when 55 people were killed by bombs in Iraq, the most read story on BBC news was news of a duck who survived gunshot wounds and two days in the fridge. The story was also more popular than Hillary Clinton's announcement to run for President in 2008."
Let's be careful out there! :-)
Studying for your last college finals? Be sure to pace yourself!!
As a public service, the following website will give you your limits for how many caffeinated drinks it'd take to kill ya'! So, keep it under 50 cups of joe, ya'll!! :-)
Energy Fiend - Death by Caffeine
As a public service, the following website will give you your limits for how many caffeinated drinks it'd take to kill ya'! So, keep it under 50 cups of joe, ya'll!! :-)
Energy Fiend - Death by Caffeine
Interesting... Bloggers force Media to stand up and take notice!
You don't have to approve of Stephen Colbert's utterly scathing performance at this past weekend's White House Press Correspondents Association Dinner (video here), but what's very interesting (at least from the media conglomorate perspective) was the nearly complete silence about the whole thing in mainstream media.
That is, until the "blogstorm," both for and against the performance, forced it to appear finally in the New York Times...
What do you think? Whether you approve of Colbert's lambasting of the President or not, was it newsworthy? Should mainstream media have reported more about the heated reactions from all sides sooner than four days later, do you think??
(Humor is a longstanding tradition at this dinner of White House journalists... And so, either way, I have to admit that the hands-down funniest routine was maybe actually that with Bush himself, together with a comedian imitating him and his inner thought processes ... That's the real Bush on the left! Enjoy!!)
That is, until the "blogstorm," both for and against the performance, forced it to appear finally in the New York Times...
What do you think? Whether you approve of Colbert's lambasting of the President or not, was it newsworthy? Should mainstream media have reported more about the heated reactions from all sides sooner than four days later, do you think??
(Humor is a longstanding tradition at this dinner of White House journalists... And so, either way, I have to admit that the hands-down funniest routine was maybe actually that with Bush himself, together with a comedian imitating him and his inner thought processes ... That's the real Bush on the left! Enjoy!!)
Fun with another media "empire"!
Funny news from the dark side with the "Imperial News Network"!
The Emperor is on the hunt for a new job and with a temp agency: Watch the Video!
"The media bias against Imperial government": Watch the Video!
The Emperor is on the hunt for a new job and with a temp agency: Watch the Video!
"The media bias against Imperial government": Watch the Video!
Ironic Times
In our class' continued, long-standing tradition of humorous political commentary, here are headlines from this week's "The Ironic Times"... Enjoy!!
Ironic Times - March 27, 2006
Ironic Times - March 27, 2006
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