Now this is my kind of humor. I can see the weekend update segment playing in my head.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7520343.stm
And now you know.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
Fleece
My favorite part about all this, is that the BBC media player's volume goes to eleven!
And now you know.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
So Typical
This is such a classic Yankee pick up right here...
Go after the washed up old guys! Prove me wrong Richie.
It makes sense though I guess. Get a righty that is proven against left-handed pitchers. Who would have thought the big issue this year would be the bats?
Actually for the most part our pitching has been fine. We could use a hard throwing starting lefty but, the bullpen has been pretty good.
So, looks like Richie Sexson is a Yankee.
And now you know.
Who doesn't like...
Animal Quick Facts
1. Humpback whales create the loudest sound of any living creature.
2. A giant squid’s eyes have a diameter of 15 inches which are the largest of any animal.
3. 3 out of 10 Dalmation dogs suffer from hearing loss due to inbreeding.
4. The African Elephant has a gestation period of 22 months while a short-nosed bandicoot gestates for 12 days.
5. The mortality rate if bitten by a Black Mambo snake is over 95%.
6. A dog’s sense of smell is 1,000 times stronger than humans.
7. Hummingbird’s consume half of their weight in food daily.
8. A cockroach can survive for about a week without its head before dying of starvation.
9. The whale shark has over 4,000 teeth. Each tooth is only 3mm long.
10. Polar Bears are capable of jumping as high as 6 feet and can run as fast as 25mph.
11. The ‘crosshairs’ of gun sights were made of spider web filaments until the 1960’s.
12. Mosquitos are attracted most to the color blue.
13. The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.
14. Some frogs are able to be frozen and then thawed, and continue living.
15. A goldfish is the only animal that can see infrared and ultraviolet light.
16. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
17. There are 701 types of pure breed dogs.
18. The fastest bird, the spine-tailed swift, can fly as fast as 106mph.
19. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
20. A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.
21. In 1872, a virus epidemic killed a quarter of all the horses in the United States.
22. A woodpecker can peck 20 times per second.
23. An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.
24. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
25. Cojo, the 1st gorilla born in captivity, was born at the Columbus, Oho Zoo in 1956 and weighed 3 1/4 pounds.
26. Dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.
27. Every year, $1.5 billion is spent on pet food. This is four times the amount spent on baby food.
28. It takes a lobster about seven years to grow to be one pound.
29. Large kangaroos can cover over 30 feet with each jump.
30. Of all known forms of animals life ever to inhabit the Earth, only about 10 percent still exist today.
31. On average, pigs live for about 15 years.
32. Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. They are immune to every type of disease including cancer.
33. A chameleon’s tongue is twice the length of its body.
34. Male seahorses produce offspring.
35. Giraffes have no vocal cords.
36. Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die.
37. An albatross can sleep while flying.
38. A mosquito has 47 teeth.
39. Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
40. The sex organ on a male spider is located at the end of one of its legs.
41. Armadillos, opossums, and sloth’s spend about 80% of their lives sleeping.
42. The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.
And now you know.
1. Humpback whales create the loudest sound of any living creature.
2. A giant squid’s eyes have a diameter of 15 inches which are the largest of any animal.
3. 3 out of 10 Dalmation dogs suffer from hearing loss due to inbreeding.
4. The African Elephant has a gestation period of 22 months while a short-nosed bandicoot gestates for 12 days.
5. The mortality rate if bitten by a Black Mambo snake is over 95%.
6. A dog’s sense of smell is 1,000 times stronger than humans.
7. Hummingbird’s consume half of their weight in food daily.
8. A cockroach can survive for about a week without its head before dying of starvation.
9. The whale shark has over 4,000 teeth. Each tooth is only 3mm long.
10. Polar Bears are capable of jumping as high as 6 feet and can run as fast as 25mph.
11. The ‘crosshairs’ of gun sights were made of spider web filaments until the 1960’s.
12. Mosquitos are attracted most to the color blue.
13. The heart of a shrimp is located in its head.
14. Some frogs are able to be frozen and then thawed, and continue living.
15. A goldfish is the only animal that can see infrared and ultraviolet light.
16. A snail can sleep for 3 years.
17. There are 701 types of pure breed dogs.
18. The fastest bird, the spine-tailed swift, can fly as fast as 106mph.
19. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
20. A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.
21. In 1872, a virus epidemic killed a quarter of all the horses in the United States.
22. A woodpecker can peck 20 times per second.
23. An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.
24. Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
25. Cojo, the 1st gorilla born in captivity, was born at the Columbus, Oho Zoo in 1956 and weighed 3 1/4 pounds.
26. Dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.
27. Every year, $1.5 billion is spent on pet food. This is four times the amount spent on baby food.
28. It takes a lobster about seven years to grow to be one pound.
29. Large kangaroos can cover over 30 feet with each jump.
30. Of all known forms of animals life ever to inhabit the Earth, only about 10 percent still exist today.
31. On average, pigs live for about 15 years.
32. Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. They are immune to every type of disease including cancer.
33. A chameleon’s tongue is twice the length of its body.
34. Male seahorses produce offspring.
35. Giraffes have no vocal cords.
36. Elephants have been known to remain standing after they die.
37. An albatross can sleep while flying.
38. A mosquito has 47 teeth.
39. Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
40. The sex organ on a male spider is located at the end of one of its legs.
41. Armadillos, opossums, and sloth’s spend about 80% of their lives sleeping.
42. The ears of a cricket are located on the front legs, just below the knee.
And now you know.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
Fast Cars
For those of you who know me, know that I love my car. I spent quite sometime looking high and low for her...
Lorraine, my beautiful baby:
Mercedes Benz 300 TE
From time to time, I dream about a 2 or 3 car garage and wonder what type of car I would put next to her. (Given I had an endless supply of cash of course!).
For this post, I am going to focus on fast cars that have caught my eye.
When I was younger it was the 911/ 912, but forget all that... this is the one:
Porsche 928 s4
If Steve McQueen drove one, then you know it was as fast as it was cool:
Ferrari 250 GT Lusso
Had to show you the back side of this one... (This one also gets points for the model lettering. Wink.) :
MG C GT
Not just because I hale from New Jersey either. This car is not playing. Plus remember the late 90's when all cars looked like pain reliever gel capsules? This is a 96. They kept these lines through 2000.) :
Cadillac Eldorado ETC
Man oh man how I do like those Benz:
Mercedes Benz 280 SL
And now you know.
Lorraine, my beautiful baby:
Mercedes Benz 300 TEFrom time to time, I dream about a 2 or 3 car garage and wonder what type of car I would put next to her. (Given I had an endless supply of cash of course!).
For this post, I am going to focus on fast cars that have caught my eye.
When I was younger it was the 911/ 912, but forget all that... this is the one:
Porsche 928 s4If Steve McQueen drove one, then you know it was as fast as it was cool:
Ferrari 250 GT LussoHad to show you the back side of this one... (This one also gets points for the model lettering. Wink.) :
MG C GTNot just because I hale from New Jersey either. This car is not playing. Plus remember the late 90's when all cars looked like pain reliever gel capsules? This is a 96. They kept these lines through 2000.) :
Cadillac Eldorado ETCMan oh man how I do like those Benz:
Mercedes Benz 280 SLAnd now you know.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Sound of Color
Has anyone else heard of this?
I stumbled across it searching for The Raveonettes on You Tube.
The idea is 5 bands do a song based on color and then 5 different directors do videos for the tracks.
I guess the Gap and Rehab commissioned this, but I kind of had to do a little detective work to find them all. (www.soundofcolor.com gave me no response!)
So, if you haven't checked this out already, here is the Sound of Color...
(My fave is The Raveonettes take, so I'll start there.)
And now you know.
I stumbled across it searching for The Raveonettes on You Tube.
The idea is 5 bands do a song based on color and then 5 different directors do videos for the tracks.
I guess the Gap and Rehab commissioned this, but I kind of had to do a little detective work to find them all. (www.soundofcolor.com gave me no response!)
So, if you haven't checked this out already, here is the Sound of Color...
(My fave is The Raveonettes take, so I'll start there.)
And now you know.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Art Omi
Last week I went upstate NY to an artist's compound on an old farm called Art Omi.
There is a newly built visitor's center there, complete with a nice little cafe.
The sculpture park spreads out over several acres and the pieces are built into every nook and cranny of the land.
I was up there helping to reinstall a piece, so I only had so much time to check out the other works, but here is what I saw:
the visitors center
the piece I was helping to reinstall
buckshot on suspended metal
a planed tree that stretched out into the swamp (unfortch the water has rotten out sections hindering any safe distance)
clever use of space and time
some good
some bad
some irreverent (I love it)
and the plain ole cheeky
this is right out in front of the visitor center. interesting how its form seems to change according to your perspective.
this is from inside.
from behind it reminded me of an evening gown.
no?
These are just a few of the things to see up there. I probably only saw like 30% or so. Also they do artist residencies.
If you have any free time, I would say its worth it to take a nice little day trip there. Pack a picnic and head upstate!
Art Omi
And now you know.
There is a newly built visitor's center there, complete with a nice little cafe.
The sculpture park spreads out over several acres and the pieces are built into every nook and cranny of the land.
I was up there helping to reinstall a piece, so I only had so much time to check out the other works, but here is what I saw:
the visitors center
the piece I was helping to reinstall
buckshot on suspended metal
a planed tree that stretched out into the swamp (unfortch the water has rotten out sections hindering any safe distance)
clever use of space and time
some good
some bad
some irreverent (I love it)
and the plain ole cheeky
this is right out in front of the visitor center. interesting how its form seems to change according to your perspective.
this is from inside.
from behind it reminded me of an evening gown.no?
These are just a few of the things to see up there. I probably only saw like 30% or so. Also they do artist residencies.
If you have any free time, I would say its worth it to take a nice little day trip there. Pack a picnic and head upstate!
Art Omi
And now you know.
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