Solitude....................in the North

Solitude....................in the North
Originally uploaded by LeFion.

lost in the myst..

OTTO

cutest cat ever? :D

19.11.08 With the up-most sorrow and regrets I have to inform you all that Otto has disappeared from home almost an a year ago :-s THOU SHALT be missed!! May you have lived a better life..or at least had ..an easy death :|

Fun @ work :D

TODAY: Sheep related:)

death..a normal and in some cases a welcome process :D

May he, his friends ..and his ART..forever rest in peace ..AMEN!

without number..without number :D

more on birthdays!

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18 August 1981

Your date of conception was on or about 25 November 1980 which was a Tuesday.

You were born on a Tuesday
under the astrological sign Leo.
Your Life path number is 9.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 6 & 9.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 1 & 5.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 7 & 11.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 4, 8 & 22.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2444834.5.
The golden number for 1981 is 6.
The epact number for 1981 is 24.
The year 1981 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/5/1981 and ending 1/24/1982.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Rooster.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Salmon; your plant is Raspberry.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Paopy, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 18 Av 5741.

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 19 April 1981.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 26 April 1981.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 4 March 1981.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 7 June 1981.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 14 June 1981.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 29 September 1981.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Sunday, 19 April 1981.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 3 March 1981.

As of 8/29/2006 3:04:15 AM EDT
You are 25 years old.
You are 300 months old.
You are 1,306 weeks old.
You are 9,142 days old.
You are 219,411 hours old.
You are 13,164,664 minutes old.
You are 789,879,855 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Malcolm-Jamal Warner (1970) Edward Norton (1969) Erik 'Everlast' Schrody (1969)
Christian Slater (1969) Patrick Swayze (1952) Martin Mull (1943)
Robert Redford (1937) Roman Polanski (1933) Rosalynn Carter (1927)
Shelley Winters (1922) Meriwether Lewis (1774)

Top songs of 1981
Physical by Olivia Newton-John Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes
Endless Love by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie Arthur's Theme by Christopher Cross
Kiss On My List by Daryl Hall & John Oates Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield
I Love a Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbitt 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton
Private Eyes by Daryl Hall & John Oates Rapture by Blondie

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 3.57808219178082 years old. (Life's just a big chewy bone for you!)

There are 354 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 26 candles.

Those 26 candles produce 26 BTUs,
or 6,552 calories of heat (that's only 6.5520 food Calories!) .
You can boil 2.97 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1981 there were approximately 3.6 million births in the US.
In 1981 the US population was approximately 226,545,805 people, 64.0 persons per square mile.
In 1981 in the US there were 2,438,000 marriages (10.6%) and 1,219,000 divorces (5.3%)
In 1981 in the US there were approximately 1,990,000 deaths (8.8 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1981 the population of Australia was approximately 15,054,117.
In 1981 there were approximately 235,842 births in Australia.
In 1981 in Australia there were approximately 113,905 marriages and 41,412 divorces.
In 1981 in Australia there were approximately 109,003 deaths.


Your birthstone is Peridot

The Mystical properties of Peridot

Peridot is used to help dreams become a reality.

Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Sardonyx, Diamond, Jade


Your birth tree is

Cedar, the Confidence

Of rare beauty, knows how to adapt, likes luxury, of good health not in the least shy, tends to look down on others, self-confident, determined, impatient, wants to impress others, many talents, industrious, healthy, optimism, waiting for the one true love, able to make quick decisions.


There are 118 days till Christmas 2006!
There are 131 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waning gibbous.


--check link for your details!--

Speak your mind (but not everything that comes into it!)

We can't be an expert on everything. All of us are supremely ignorant about some things. One thing that makes an individual wise, though, is the knowledge that we all know actually very little in the whole scheme of things. Of course, advertising our own ignorance is still something we'd like to avoid doing, especially when speaking publicly. Yet still worse than not knowing is thinking (or posing) that we know or understand something but demonstrate, through our explanation or presentation, that we do not. Is it not unforgivable to pretend to know what we are talking about when we do not? Is it not professional suicide to try to fake it, digging a hole so deep and filling it with so much redundant, contradictory nonsense that we lose all credibility to speak on the issue again?


We always talk about how to become a better speaker, but the first step to becoming a better speaker is becoming a better listener. And to do that requires us to slow down and to remain silent so that we may hear. Remaining silent is quite hard for many of us, yet we learn very little while speaking; we learn when we listen. By listening more and speaking less we can be better performers when it is our chance to openly articulate our message.

Do not speak unless it improves on silence

No matter how good of a speaker we may think we are, there are times — many times in fact — when it's wise to keep quiet. Perhaps you've heard this line before:

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

Saving the World, One Video Game at a Time

..dedicated to the times games make for a reality


"if you are going to play games, why not learn something important in the process?”

quatro de cuba

quatro de cuba
Originally uploaded by Mr. Mark.

Listen to Buena Vista Social Club! Listen to Lhasa! Listen to Gotan project..music of the soul..

"I tell people I'm not blind," he says. "I just can't see."

Blind since age 3, Ben Underwood skateboards, shoots hoops and plays video games. How does he do it? Just like bats and dolphins..

A lifestory about challenges and conquerings..

Quest for order

what do u think of this?
http://www.1-900-870-6235.com/



it seems "This is a rough sketch of a more advanced knowledge map that has never been drawn." - R.B.Wild

Leo - king of the farm:)
for more stuff on stars and signs check out
http://www.usno.navy.mil/library/artwork/jamieson.htm

Bare with me

I don't see in commenting daily happenings something so spectacular. I know, that is what a blog usualy contains, but..I prefer only mentioning them with few but more complex exprimations..
a few examples of people who go by every moment of their life and describing it..
*more comments later
http://twistedbyjessicazafra.blogspot.com/
http://davidweiss.blogspot.com/
and a gay guy :)

The road to graduation..

For those of you who have seen the movie "Ice Age", you may or may not have noticed a nut-obsessed little squirrel named Scrat. For those of you that have, think for a moment: Scrat=grad student, Nut=thesis. For those of you that don't remember, or haven't seen the movie "Ice Age", RUN! Run to the video store, rent it, watch and laugh! While we were trying to graduate.. one might have noticed that we were a bit... squirrley... so to speak. :D

Step 1: find your nut

Of course the first phase of grad graduating is finding a project(your nut). Once you have found your project you must learn to love it. LOVE IT!

Step 2: don't EVER let go!

Now that you have your nut, you will begin to realize the perils of the world that could cause you to loose your nut. You must never let go! The nut is your life.

Step 3: catastrophe

No matter what you do, something will go wrong. Probably often.

Step 4: survival

Despite disaster, you have survived. Months, even years have passed... your friends have moved on with their lives and have real jobs. But, it's a beautiful day and you're still alive... just don't forget to hang on to the nut!

Step 5: graduation... yes, graduation

So your nut didn't turn out to be quite what you wanted... make the best of what you have. So celebrate with some popcorn.

I have Brazilian roots, bloody roots :D

click the title!

Brazil wasn't what it was expected at this world champs..but still..who wouldn't like a T-shirt like this? :D

Other related links to WC, especialy to Zidane's "fight":D from the final
(finaly we can return to our lives):

Zidane hit Zizou fun

Your birthday's hit!

Check it out!

Date Engine
On 18th Aug 1981 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Shakin' Stevens - "Green Door"

The Number 1 album was:
Royalty - "The Official BBC Album Of The Royal Wedding"

For Number 1 album over the subsequent years Click Here

Born on 18th Aug:
1944 - Carl Wayne ( bassist, vocalist, The Move )
1949 - Nigel Griggs ( guitarist, bassist, vocalist, Split Enz )
1950 - Dennis Elliott ( drummer, Foreigner )
1971 - Aphex Twin ( real name Richard James )

make you mine

4 8 15 16 23 42

A tribute to the the first online hit series (for me at least) :D
yeah..it got softer at the end..

http://mapgallery.esri.com/2006/414/85121816138512.jpg
(for fans)

DM

Depeche mode Bucharest 2006..a lifetime of waiting, 3 months before with a ticket, or how to get from B to A by lie and deceit :)
hope u got a good view Adi :P

Saccarine

Saccarine
Originally uploaded by Fun with tape.

This reminds me of my grandpa's garden..and yellow is beautiful..

/slash

A long day at work just browsing Flickr ..I just want to add two prints dedicated to all my friends appreciating good music (Hello, Bug! :) ..u can comment on this page, u know?!

"You've got the magic touch, don't you know?" (Aerosmith).

Waterbike

Waterbike
Originally uploaded by bakpacker.

Don't drink and ride..this COULD happen to you..just like it probably happened here..or maybe somebody just gave up drinking..and his bike :)

Sunset on fire

Sunset on fire
Originally uploaded by LynchburgVirginia.

for many who are like me sunsets are mornings :)
mornings? a little sunbath

Shall We Walk Unto Darkness

Shall We Walk Unto Darkness
Originally uploaded by Nocturnales.

Simplicity, touching.

d-composure

To keep things clear..
The complete structure of the female body..from an engineer's pointofview :)

The Mission - FatBoy Slim
5 August, ora 18:00 la Ultima Playa, Mamaia
COME! :)

A few pictures from my hometown's summer "fest".. pe meleaguri manelistico-mioritice.. Excuse the cloud, the sad faces and the decadence..focus on the pitoresque?! :)

ECHO: "Bubulina: Da, si ce daca, nu mai are nimeni oras ca al nostru"

*@work..I should be

The United States of total paranoia

Jeremy Clarkson, 3-07-2006

I know Britain is full of incompetent water board officials and stabbed Glaswegians but even so I fell on my knees this morning and kissed the ground, because I’ve just spent three weeks trying to work in America.

It’s known as the land of the free and I’m sure it is if you get up in the morning, go to work in a petrol station, eat nothing but double-egg burgers — with cheese — and take your children to little league. But if you step outside the loop, if you try to do something a bit zany, you will find that you’re in a police state.

We begin at Los Angeles airport in front of an immigration official who, like all his colleagues, was selected for having no grace, no manners, no humour, no humanity and the sort of IQ normally found in farmyard animals. He scanned my form and noted there was no street number for the hotel at which I was staying.

“I’m going to need a number,” he said. “Ooh, I’m sorry,” I said, “I’m afraid I don’t have one.”

This didn’t seem to have any effect. “I’m going to need a number,” he said again, and then again, and then again. Each time I shrugged and stammered, terrified that I might be sent to the back of the queue or worse, into the little room with the men in Marigolds. But I simply didn’t have an answer.

“I’m going to need a number,” he said again, giving the distinct impression that he was an autobank, and that this was a conversation he was prepared to endure until one of us died. So with a great deal of bravery I decided to give him one. And the number I chose was 2,649,347.

This, it turned out, was fine. He’d been told by his superiors to get a number. I’d given him a number. His job was done and so, just an hour or so later, I was on the streets of Los Angeles doing a piece to camera.

Except, of course, I wasn’t. Technically you need a permit to film on every street in pretty well every corner of the world. But the only countries where this rule is enforced are Vietnam, Cuba, North Korea and the United States of America.

So, seconds after breaking out the tripod, a policeman pulled up and demanded that we show him our permit. We had one that covered the city of Los Angeles . . . except the bit where we were. So we were moved on.

The next day I was moved on in Las Vegas too because the permit I had didn’t cover the part of the pavement I was standing on. Eight inches away was fine.

You need a permit to do everything in America. You even need a passport to buy a drink. But interestingly you don’t need one if you wish to rent some guns and some bullets. I needed a 50 cal (very big) machinegun. “No problem,” said the man at the shop. “But could you just sign this assuring us that the movie you’re making is not anti-Bush or anti-war.”

Also, you do not need a permit if you want — as I did — to transport a dead cow on the roof of your car through the Florida panhandle. That’s because this is banned by a state law.

Think about that. Someone has gone to all the bother and expense of drawing up a law that means that at some point lots of people were moving dead cows about on their cars. It must have been popular. Fashionable even.

Anyway, back to the guns. I needed them because I wished to shoot a car in the Mojave desert. But you can’t do that without the say-so of the local fire chief who turned up, with his haircut, to say that for reasons he couldn’t explain, he had a red flag in his head.

You find this a lot in America. People way down the food chain are given the power to say yes or no to elaborately prepared plans, just so their bosses can’t be sued. One expression that simply doesn’t translate from English in these days of power without responsibility is “Ooh, I’m sure it’ll be fine”.

And, unfortunately, these people at the bottom of the food chain have no intellect at all. Reasoning with them is like reasoning with a tree. I think this is because people in the sticks have stopped marrying their cousins and are now mating with vegetables.

They certainly aren’t eating them. You see them growing in fields, but all you ever find on a menu is cheese, cheese, cheese, or cheese with cheese. Except for a steak and cheese sandwich I bought in Mississippi. This was made, according to the label, from “imitation cheese”.

Nope, I don’t know what that is either but I do know that out of the main population centres, the potato people are getting fatter and dimmer by the minute.

Today the average petrol pump attendant is capable, just, of turning on a pump when you prepay. But if you pay for two pumps to be turned on to fill two cars, you can, if you stare carefully, see wisps of smoke coming from her fat, useless, war losing, acne-scarred, gormless turnip face.

And the awful thing is that you don’t want the petrol anyway, because it’ll simply get you to somewhere else, which will be worse. A point I shall prove next week when we have a look at what happened in Alabama. And why the poor of New Orleans will sue if the donation you make isn’t as big as they’d hoped for.

Just got back from the sea..for the second weekend in a row..a bit darker at skin, with a slick haircut, and a bigger smile :D lost some friends along the way, but they'll be back..
this is me and Bug fighting the waves after the storm.excuse me I must go pour yogurt on my back now!

this seems to be Caracal..the City of Wonders, the Legend, the whatever...

me, the cat lover

FIL2166
Originally uploaded by Gringo the moose.

thought of a nice start for my blog, and I found this a bit older picture with me and Hitler right there :D
I saw pictures from contests of men and their pets looking almost alike..I think this one can participate too, no?

13 Iunie (astazi) in istorie

In 323 i.C., moare Alexandru cel Mare.
Alexandru cel Mare, tanarul geniu militar al Macedoniei, care a faurit un imperiu ce se intindea din estul Mediteranei pana in India, moare in Babilon, in Irakul din prezent, la varsta de 33 de ani.
Nascut in Macedonia, fiul regelui Filip al II-lea si al reginei Olimpia, Alexandru a primit o educatie clasica din partea faimosului filosof Aristotel si o educatie militara din partea tatalui sau. La varsta de 16 ani, Alexandru a condus pentru prima oara trupele in lupta, iar doi ani mai tarziu a comandat o mare parte a armatei tatalui sau si a castigat Batalia de la Chaeronea, aducand Grecia sub dominatie macedoneeana. In 336 i.C., Filip al II-lea a fost asasinat, iar Alexandru a urcat pe tron. Doi ani mai tarziu, tanarul Alexandru a condus o mare armata in Asia Mica, pentru a aduce la indeplinire planul tatalui sau de a cuceri Persia. Depasiti numeric in lupta de superioara armata persana, Alexandru a demonstrat o intelegere fara precedent a planificarii strategice militare si a manevrelor tactice. Nu a pierdut nici macar o batalie, iar pana in 330 i.C. a cucerit intreaga Persie si Asia Mica. In cadrul imperiului sau, a intemeiat orase marete, cum ar fi Alexandria din Egipt. De asemenea, a implementat schimbari politice si economice majore, bazate pe modelele grecesti, pe care le invatase in copilarie. Desi Alexandru a controlat cel mai mare imperiu din istoria lumii, a inceput o noua campanie in est, imediat dupa ce s-a intors din Persia. Pana in 327 i.C., cucerise Afghanistanul, Asia Centrala si nordul Indiei. In anul urmator, armata sa, epuizata dupa opt ani de lupte, a refuzat sa mearga mai departe. Dupa aceea, Alexandru i-a condus intr-o calatorie dificila spre casa, prin Desertul Makran.
Ajungand in sfarsit in Babilon, Alexandru a inceput sa construiasca o imensa flota, pentru a-si duce armata inapoi in Egipt. Totusi, in iunie 323 i.C., chiar cand construirea vaselor se apropia de sfarsit, Alexandru s-a imbolnavit, dupa ce a participat la o orgie prelungita. Probabil din cauza faptului ca el se credea zeu (cum de altfel credeau si o mare parte din supusii sai), Alexandru nu-si alesese un succesor si la doar un an de la moartea sa, armata si imperiul lui Alexandru s-au faramitat intr-o multitudine de factiuni rivale. Ulterior, corpul sau a fost adus in Alexandria, unde a fost inmormantat intr-un sicriu de aur.