Friday, October 31, 2008

Virtues of Dressing Up

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Most of us remember how fun it was growing up and either dressing up in our Mother's clothes or for Halloween. It was a perfect escape, unleashing our fantasies through clothing and imagination. Dressing up with your lover or mate can add an exciting element to your intimate encounters. Since it's Halloween, dressing up is a fun way to put a little sexy into an old childhood favorite.



Here are the Virtues of Dressing Up:
  1. It brings out a secret or hidden side of your personality

  2. Adds fun and excitement to trysts

  3. Lets you pretend that you're someone else for the evening

  4. The perfect alibi..."Catwoman made me do it!"

  5. Adds playful aspect to life, bringing a youthful approach to it

  6. Act out your fantasies

  7. "Wonder Woman made me do it!"

  8. Intimate clothes transform a person's feelings and view of herself

  9. It can be a confidence booster

  10. "Zena Warrior Princess made me do it!"

What is the perfect panty to wear with the Catwoman suit on this post?

Commando panties in either briefs, boyshorts, or thongs. It's up to you, but either way it'll look and feel as if you're going commando.

Image on this page (above middle) is from the 1992 Batman Returns with Michelle Pfeiffer playing Selina Kyle (aka: Catwoman).

Debora Salvalaggio

Debora Salvalaggio was born on Sunday, June 09, 1985 in Italy.
Country : Italia
Height: 176 cm
Bust: 88 cm
Waist: 60 cm
Hips: 89 cm

She won the 2nd place of Miss Italy 2003. She took part at "Il Processo di Biscardi".

She has also worked for Chiara Boni, Renato Balestra.

Magazine Covers: Italy: 'Ragazza Moderna' - January 2004; 'Ragazza Moderna' - July 2004; 'Fox' - May 2006; 'Maxim' - September 2005;


Debora Salvalaggio dated Matteo Ferrari and amongst other amorous encounters was Simone Inzaghi.

She appears on TV shows in Italy, where she was Max Calendar's 2008 model.

I know you don’t need any justification for this one, but Debora Salvalaggio dated Super Bobo. And Super Pippo. And she no only knows (as she says) a lot about football, but also used to host a show about it. And still finds time to do nudie calendars! (She’s a hero.) And she’s gorgeous. So, enjoy.






























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Have a wonderful weekend and go Celebrate Your Inner Eves, my dear Lingeristas!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

A Library Vlog ...

The clerk at the library was obviously checking to make sure I wasn't stealing any books. So I decided to vlog about it.



Direct link to my videos HERE.

And if you don't know who Knight is, go over to her blog and say hello. She rocks.

GTA IV PC Requirements & Review

Rockstar Games finally released the official PC requirements. Even though these specifications aren’t surprising for game like this, many PC owners will still be disappointed with such high requirements and the fact that their “Iron Beast” wouldn’t be able to handle it.

Unfortunately it was also confirmed that the PC release date of Grand Theft Auto IV has been pushed back to the 2nd of December.
Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz, AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4Ghz
Memory: 1.5GB, 16GB Free Hard Drive Space
Video Card: 256MB NVIDIA 7900 / 256MB ATI X1900

Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows Vista - Service Pack 1 / XP - Service Pack 3
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz, AMD Phenom X3 2.1Ghz
Memory: 2 GB (Windows XP) 2.5 GB (Windows Vista)
18 GB Free Hard Drive Space
Video Card: 512MB NVIDIA 8600 / 512MB ATI 3870
People at IGN had a chance to test GTA IV for PC and see the difference with their own eyes. You can read their thought on the game below.
Have you played Grand Theft Auto IV yet? No? Well, on December 2nd the game's coming out on PC with some extra features and enhanced graphics, something we got to check out at a recent event in San Francisco. We didn't get the opportunity to actually install the game on our own computers; Rockstar had it set up on their own rig, so we can't say much about performance, other than what we saw and played at the demo.

According to Rob Nelson, producer at Rockstar Toronto, the PC version has been working on GTA IV PC since January with a team of around 50 members. He gave us some perspective as to why the PC version is coming out later than with Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions. "The earlier PC versions of Grand Theft Auto (since III) have always been put into production as soon as the console versions were complete; in this case, we've been working in concert with the console teams, and even a little before. The reason we're releasing six months later is due to the fact that we are building this as a pc game from the ground up and adding additional features to an already massive experience."

So what's been added since? There'll be custom match filtering for multiplayer games, though it sounds like there might be something else in the works. "At this time, all we're talking about is the custom match filtering," said Nelson. "You'll be able to create a multiplayer match with any number of specifications, and others can search for something that is just right." Players also get a built-in video editor to splice together replays, more control options and, as you might expect, better graphics.

But what about the downloadable content on the way for the Xbox 360 version? "The downloadable content is exclusive to the Xbox 360," said Nelson.

As far as content goes like missions and storyline, nothing's really changed with the single-player for the PC version. You'll still get the same kind of open-ended experience playing as protagonist Niko Bellic as, fresh of the boat, he prowls the streets of Liberty City, instigating chaos, committing crimes, and stumbling his way up from the metropolis's seedy underbelly. With the PC version, you naturally get a different input, the mouse and keyboard. If you want, though, it's entirely possible to play through with a gamepad. For our demo, an Xbox 360 controller was hooked up, and it along with the mouse and keyboard were active at the same time, meaning we didn't have to go into a control menu to swap between which input devices were active. This way, you can use the mouse and keyboard for aiming and the controller for driving, or whatever you prefer.

We can say that aiming, as might be expected, is far easier in the PC version. Making precision shots while barreling through crowded streets to blow out tires and the brains of drivers was far more practical, and should hopefully make for some more entertaining high-speed pursuits as you're more easily able to pull off desired actions. There's also a slider in the PC version to dramatically increase traffic density, which can lead to traffic jams of thirty or so cars. If you've got some explosives on you, like for instance a rocket launcher, this can lead to some serious fireworks that should be sure to please those gamers that play GTA games more for the random cop chases than the storyline and missions.

Even with all the graphics options cranked and the resolution set at a ridiculous 2560 x 1600 the game still ran well as we sped through the city and blew up as many things as possible. We checked out the specs on the rig and it turns out there was some pretty powerful hardware in there: a Core 2 Extreme X9650 CPU, GeForce GTX 280 graphics card, and 3 GB of RAM. At this setting, the game definitely looked better than the console versions, particularly with regards to the extended draw distance and less pop-up, though that shouldn't be all that surprising.

The one major difference with the PC version is the addition of a replay editor. At any time during play offline or on you're able to hit a key, F2 as default, to record a 30 to 60 second clip of gameplay. The length is determined by what's going on onscreen. You can hit F2 as many times as you want, and the game will record overlapping clips, so no worries about interruption. There's no limit on how many clips you can record, just basically as many as you've got room for on your hard drive. Once you think you've captured something you like, you can pop out to the replay editor to start customizing your clips.

The seems like a pretty useful tool, as it lets you do things like cut up and splice together different bits of clips. So if you've got five different explosions and want to string them together into a montage, you just load up each clip, set ins and out and, through a seemingly easy to use interface, string them together. For each clip you can also set a whole range of visual filters and camera angles to get the best view of the action. This way you can show shootings from the point of view of the victim, overlay a green-tinted or sepia toned filter, maybe adjust the audio levels, and add in some custom text for an added effect. Like, when the cop car explodes, you can have text pop up with some creative witticism such as "Look, this cop car is exploding."

Better draw distances, less pop-in.In addition to setting your own camera angles, it's also possible to have the camera perform movements while a scene plays out. If you want the view to orbit around Niko Bad Boys II-style while he's unloading clips or set the camera to a shaky handheld setting while he's running and gunning, that's entirely within your power. Then you can slap on a song from the soundtrack for some music accompaniment, touch up whatever else you feel is necessary, and move on to exporting the final file in 640x480, 720p, and 1080p sizes to the Rockstar Social Club where others can take a look at your creation.

Overall it seems like an easy to use but powerful editor, and something that should definitely be pretty nice for players who want to capture those chance moments in the game that seem like they'll never happen again. You'll just have to remember to hit F2.

For multiplayer, the game uses Games for Windows -- Live, the integration of which Nelson was willing to elaborate on. "Achievements for single-player, friends lists, voice communication, multiplayer anti-cheating technology, and distributed worldwide servers for robust online play... you will have the exact same achievements available from the single-player and multiplayer on the consoles."
Source: ign.com

Theatre Settings as Art

Okay. So – you know – I’m directing this production of Blithe Spirit, a comedy by British playwright Noel Coward.

(And it’s going well, by the way. I’m working with very talented people who aren’t constantly falling over their own egos. Do you know how rare that is? Trust me. It’s rare.)

Anyway …

A play – any play, needs a setting, a location. In our case, it’s the British equivalent of an American family room, slightly off the main drag of the house. On one wall is a fireplace. On the opposite wall are French doors overlooking the moors. Directly at the back of the room is a large doorway, leading to other parts of the house.

Ya with me so far?


Here’s what the set looked like when the walls were first set in place on the stage. Eventually everything would be painted white – the walls, the fireplace, the French doors, even the floor. (It’s my set. I can paint it any color I want.)

I took some flack about the color, actually. “Nobody paints a set white,” I was told. “Nobody paints a FLOOR white.”

But I did.


Here’s the fireplace, right after it was constructed, and before it was painted and decorated.



Here it is, finished.



The mantle and fluted front is routed and carved Styrofoam. Nobody is going to dance on them. (Yes. I know. The candle is broken. It's part of the story, okay? Gimme a break.)

On the other side of the stage is where the French doors will go.



And here they are. Opened …




… and closed. Above the doors is …




a stained glass transom, constructed just for our set. We spared no expense. Sort of. (Our extravagance actually cost less than twenty bucks – eleven dollars for the Plexiglas, and eight dollars and change for the translucent paint.)




Here’s our hallway


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What you see as the wall is actually blanket-like material, stretched over a frame. I found a roll of the stuff in the attic of the theatre. Nobody knows how it got there. Nobody will remember where it went.




And this is the finished set. I like it.




If this was a room in a real house, I could be quite happy here.


And how was your day?

JB

Joe Biden the Math Idiot

I have never been a big fan of Joe Biden. In fact, I'm not even a little fan. Ever since he ran for President and was plagiarising speeches, I lost all respect for him.

In grad school, if you plagiarise, you are expelled from the program with absolutely no hope of ever getting into another college to continue your pursuit. It's that serious. Unfortunately, in politics, you just throw out some rhetoric about how you want to be get back to doing the business of the people and stand up for the hard working middle classes folks.

I hear so much crap about the middle class that it almost makes you think that they don't give a flying poop about the poor. And they imply that they're damning the rich, when in fact, most politicians are rich themselves, their friends are rich, and their donors are rich.

"Pssst. Hey, Bob. I know you're rich, but in my speech tonight I'm going to talk about how you need to pay more taxes and how I'm really looking out for the middle class. Just wanted to let you know ahead of time that I don't really mean that. You and me are buddies. I've got your back!"

This is the conversation that politicians are having with rich people.

So anyway, back to my point. I was watching CNN at the gym yesterday and Joe Biden was giving that aforementioned speech. He said that the failed economic policies of Bush and McCain have hurt over 100 million middle class American families. 100 MILLION middle class American families. That's a lot!

Wait a minute! If the average family has 3.5 people in it, that's 350 million people. And considering that there are 300 million people in the United States, that's quite an accomplishment! Bush hurt more people in one category than there are people in the whole. So, according to Joe Biden's math skills, there are no poor or rich people in America. We are all middle class.

Perhaps Garrison Keillor is a speech writer for the Democratic Party now. Who knows. But Joe, we're not ALL that stupid. Some are. But not all.

Joe the Tree Trimmer

We hear a lot about Joe the Plumber these days. According to Obama, Joe the Plumber does not make $250,000, so his "Tax the shit out of the rich people" plan won't affect Joe the Plumber. Well I disagree.

Assuming Joe the Plumber works alone or works for someone else, yes, this may be the case. However, let's think about this realistically. I will use my brother-in-law's business as an example. So instead of Joe the Plumber, we have Joe the Tree Trimmer.

My BIL makes over $1 million per year. Sounds awesome, doesn't it? Oh, wait. He has 12 employees. Let's say they average about $45,000 per year. That's $540,000 per year in salary. Half of his money is gone!

Let's not forget about unemployment compensation that he has to pay for each employee. And payroll taxes. And then there's the gas for the 6 trucks that runs about $6000 per month. And when he takes down a big tree he has to rent a crane. You can't exactly go out and buy a million dollar crane when you're Joe the Tree Trimmer. And disposing the debris, yes, he has to pay for that, too.

By the time all is said and done, he's way under $250,000. And because Obama refuses to provide any details about any of his plans, we are not really sure how his taxes would affect small businesses. Therefore, if you are a small business owner, be scared. Be very scared. Obama plans to run you out of business. He wants to stick it to you so that you pay your fair share.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Getting Super Service ...

One of the advantages to living in a small town is you sometimes get better service from service stations and tire repair places. Mainly because in a small town like this one, there are a pretty high number of service stations and tire repair places competing for a small market, so they can’t really afford to piss off too many people. Especially considering that pissed off customers tend to tell EVERYBODY about crappy service.

So as I stood looming over my flat tire earlier this week … OH! Here was the culprit for the flat tire …
screw

Anyway, as I was saying I looked at my flat tire and I came up with a clever plan. I don’t trust those flimsy little jacks they always put in cars. And I don’t know anyone with one of those really awesome hydraulic jacks, (and it was freaking freezing!) so I decided to take my mother’s car and drive down to Harold’s Super Service and see if they would let me borrow one of their portable air tanks. Pretty clever idea huh?

Speaking of Harold’s, a quick story for you. Back in the day, when I was in High School, Harold’s Service Station was located right there close to the high school. This was brilliant on Harold’s part, because we all know that most high school kids drive really shitty cars. So he got tons of business from all of us whose cars wouldn’t start, or whose cars were making a mysterious thumping noise and pumping out smoke like a fog machine in a strip club. Or they were right there to help on those occasions when someone’s tires got slashed. These things happen, ya know.

Anyway, it was pretty much running joke when I was a senior, that anytime someone was having car trouble, we would yell “Better go get Harold!” Then one day sombody, and I really think it was me, but a couple of other people, Chris W. and Matt B, have also taken credit for this, so I’ll say we all started calling Harold’s “Harold’s Super Service.”

Hey look, we were high school goobers, we thought it was funny.

The only reason I tell you that story is because a couple of years after the new high school was built, Harold bought a new place and moved his business away from that original location to a new spot in town. And he renamed his business “HAROLD’S SUPER SERVICE!”

And that grumpy old man never even said “Thank You.” Asshole.

Anyway, were was I?

Oh yeah, I went down to Harold’s Super Service and asked to borrow their portable air tank. And without my having to sing any piece of paper, leave a copy of my ID or even pay a deposit he let me borrow that air tank.
air tank

Seriously, the guy down there didn’t even know my name. You only get service like that in a small town. Or at least I’ve never experienced that kind of service in bigger cities. Of course it also could have just been my charm and boyish good looks that won him over immediately too.

Anyway, I aired up my flat tire and drove right back down to Harold’s and after a few minutes of waiting my turn and $5.33, later Joe the Tire Fixer had fixed my flat and I was on my way.

Seriously, the name on his nametag was “Joe.” Yeah, I’m sure his name was probably actually Bobby Joe or Billy Joe or Jimmy Joe or Donnie Joe or whatever, but his nametag did say “Joe.”

Of course when I worked for the Highway Department during the summer after my senior year of high school we all wore work shirts with a fake name on them. We did this because people were always so annoyed at being inconvenienced by having their roads improved to make their lives easier, they would call into the state complaint line and bitch about people on road crews. So, we wore shirts with fake names on the nametags so when our local offices got the complaints, nobody knew who the complaint was really about. Clever huh?

But, since Joe works at this place every single day and has been there for some time, I doubt he’s using a fake name. I’m sure you feel better about that now.

So uh .. anyway .. uh what was I talking about? Oh yeah, I got my tire fixed for about 5 bucks and didn’t have to put the spare on myself. That made me happy so I thought I’d share. Cause I figure that whatever makes me happy, makes you happy too.

Kelly Brook in Glamour






Elmer Gantry

I just finished reading Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis this week for the simple reason that Frank DeFilippo referenced it in one of his opinion articles on WBAL.com and I had no idea what he was talking about.


If you have never read a Sinclair Lewis book, you are in a good situation. When I informed a coworker that I was reading the book he told me to put it down and just go watch the movie. This is one of the few cases where the movie is WAY better than the book. I haven't seen the movie, but I already agree.


Sinclair Lewis' style of writing is not very literary. It's more sequential and matter of fact. And the sequence is not fluid. In one chapter I read about Gantry in college in great detail. The next thing you know he's hob-nobbing with important people. Then a couple chapters go by that elapse many years of his life. Then all of a sudden we have several chapters dealing with the same era. It's like only 5 different years of Gantry's life were important and there is no need for much transition between the years.


So if you are wondering who Elmer Gantry is, he is a arrogant religious zealot with dreams of running the world in his ultra-conservative style, yet he is ultimately flawed with the characteristics that he condemns, especially his sexual appetite for young ladies. That's really all you need to know. Now you can tell all your less-educated friends that you know all about Elmer Gantry.


To use him in context, if you hear about Obama endorsing abortion or liberal social agendas, you can say, "Boy, Elmer Gantry would not have agreed with that." All of your friends will will turn to look at you with awe and respect you for your well-rounded educated opinion.

Câinii vagabonzi

Câinii vagabonzi au caracteristicile unor găşti de cartier, şi numai simpla prezenţă în zona lor e îndejuns să fi atacat... mai ales când binefăcătorii umani sunt prin preajmă, e interesul lor să arate că-şi merită resturile ce le sunt aruncate de riverani...
Dacă până acum nu aţi văzut pe unul care să alerge câinii, ăla sunt eu...

Din propria experienţă, atacat de câteva ori de astfel de haite de câini:
- foarte important să nu fugiţi
- să nu întoarceţi spatele la nici un câine adică
- să nu vă lăsaţi înconjuraţi, încercaţi să faceţi o breşă ca să- puteţi avea pe toţi în faţă, foarte important e să aveţi contact vizual cu toţi membri haitei
- să nu vă aplecaţi după pietre dacă presupuneţi că v-ar putea ajunge dintr-o săritură
- să studiaţi terenul dacă nu puteţi evita contactul, să ştiţi de unde puteţi lua obiecte/pietre de pe jos şi mai ales să identificaţi alfa-ul sau măcar unul din locotenenţii lui.
- să vă concentraţi toată energia/furia spre acel câine dominant (alfa) sau care credeţi că dă tonul... eu de exemplu' caut să-l muşc primul.

Am avut cel puţin 3-4 întâlniri cu astfel de haite de la 5 în sus şi nu am ieşit şifonat, o singură dată în viaţă m-a muşcat un câine după ce trecusem de el fără nici o atenţionare, ăştia-s cei mai periculoşi, stătea jos liniştit m-a urmărit câţiva metri şi pac, noroc că erau blugi, de atunci nu am încredere în nici un câine chiar dacă pare liniştit...

Câinii vagabonzi sunt bulversaţi dacă te dai la ei, mai ales dacă faci zgomot mai mult decât ei..., ţipă, înjură, urlă, strigă băăăăă vă omooooor... varsă andrenalină că ai o scuză în sfârşit să o faci de unul singur fără să fi pe stadion... Ai liber să faci ce vrei, chiar şi să-i omori.

Dacă reuşeşti să speri oamenii din preajmă fi sigur că bieţii câini deja sunt îngroziţi... priveşte-le cozile ele recţionează invers cu coada ta.

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Cum adică câinii nu sunt un pericol pentru copii ?! Sufletul tău de tată te-ar lăsa să zici şcolarului:

"Fiule du-te tu înainte pe lângă haita aia că am citit undeva că sunt imbecil dacă cred că te vor muşca..."

Vrei senzaţii tari pentru copilul tău ?! Vrei să vezi cum văd copii câinii ?! Vrei să vezi cum văd câinii vagabonzi copii ?! Mergi în 4 labe sau ciuci şi atunci când colţii lor sunt la înălţimea capului tău să vezi senzaţii tari... Imaginează-ţi că treci pe lângă o haită de câinii cât nişte cai de mari, aşa văd sărmanii copii haitele...

Iar câinii au un curaj fenomenal să atace chestii de înălţimea lor... Dacă eşti atacat de câini te invit să te pui jos, în fund, ciuci, în 4 labe, la înălţime au unui copil şi să-ţi spui "ce imbecil sunt, nu trebuie să-mi fie frică, câinii nu atacă copii !"

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Să vă spun ultima: La coşurile noastre de gunoi era un scingur câine masiv, arătos, păr lucios. Destul de tupeist, când duceai gunoiul mai că te atingea, trăia pe picior mare şi-şi păzea teritoriul de alţi vagabonzi, pisici cu agresivitate.

Nu am avut probleme cu el până mi-am dat seama că este un caracter imprevizibil şi mai ales că se consideră "alfa" şi peste copii.

Erau vrei 5-6 copii şi câinele printre ei tot îi lingea pe mâini, pe faţă iar mamele tot încercau să-l alunge dar cu o jumătate de gură pentru că le era frică, nu puteau decât să se interpună între el şi copii nu aveau curaj să-l alunge... Limba aia din gunoaie... Deja eram pregătit să mă iau în gât cu el dacă se apropie de copilul meu...
Nu am mai apucat, un copil mai mic decât el la înălţime, cred că avea 3 ani, avea ceva de mâncat în mână, eugenie, napolitană, nu mai ştiu... acesta a refuzat să-i de obolul şi când s-a văzut refuzat de piticania aia a lătrat la el, toţi copii s-au speriat de lătrătură inclusiv fiu-miu... Deja mi se urcase sângele la cap dar nu puteam să mă desfăşor ca să nu sperii şi mai mult copii..."Tati, stai aici puţin cu copii că mă duc să gonesc câinele !"... L-am luat cu "Marş, ţiba, etc" uşor cât să-l depărtez.

Nu vroia cu nici un chip să cedeze teritoriul, lătra, venea spre mine păstra distanţă de 2 m şi era prea periculos să mă aplec să iau o piatră... Foarte important era ca atacul meu să coincidă cu o retragere a lui că altfel dacă distanţă scădea sub 1 m deja mă muşca efectiv, numai că se mişca lateral avea experienţa din luptele cu ţiganii gunoieri, l-am studiat odată în acţiune ştiind că vreodată poate o să am probleme cu el.... Am simulat că arunc cu ceva ştiind că la aşa ceva toţi câinii se retrag puţin ca să vadă dacă chiar arunci cu ceva, aşa s-a şi întâmplat.

Atât mi-a fost de ajuns distanţa dintre noi s-a mărit destul cât să mă pot apleca după pietre şi să dau spre el, dar era multe maşini şi nu puteam arunca convingător şi-a dat seama şi a început din nou să scurteze distanţă. Mi-am dat seama că aşa nu merge şi deoarece încă mai aveam distanţă destulă pentru un sprint agresiv spre el dar nici prea repede ca să-i dau timp să se retragă niţel, trebuia să evit contactul, nu aveam de gând să vadă copiii un om mare muşcat de un câine, iar fi speriat pe viaţă... Astfel încet încet eu acceleream el se retrăgea din ce în ce mai repede până am spart punctul critic şi-a dat seama că nu-i merge şi a început să fugă... l-am alergat în jurul blocurilor când oboseam iar venea spre mine să mă muşte dar nici eu nu renunţam iar îl fugăream până a cedat şi nu a mai făcut nici un gest de urmărire...

L-am mai alergat câteva zile după aceea până mi-a cedat gunoaiele mie iar eu le-am pasat la ceilalţi câini vagabonzi şi pisicile care într-adevăr respectau locul de joacă al copiilor...

L-a marcat pe fiu-miu în mod pozitiv acţiunea.

Câinii vagabonzi

Câinii vagabonzi au caracteristicile unor găşti de cartier, şi numai simpla prezenţă în zona lor e îndejuns să fi atacat... mai ales când binefăcătorii umani sunt prin preajmă, e interesul lor să arate că-şi merită resturile ce le sunt aruncate de riverani...
Dacă până acum nu aţi văzut pe unul care să alerge câinii, ăla sunt eu...

Din propria experienţă, atacat de câteva ori de astfel de haite de câini:
- foarte important să nu fugiţi
- să nu întoarceţi spatele la nici un câine adică
- să nu vă lăsaţi înconjuraţi, încercaţi să faceţi o breşă ca să- puteţi avea pe toţi în faţă, foarte important e să aveţi contact vizual cu toţi membri haitei
- să nu vă aplecaţi după pietre dacă presupuneţi că v-ar putea ajunge dintr-o săritură
- să studiaţi terenul dacă nu puteţi evita contactul, să ştiţi de unde puteţi lua obiecte/pietre de pe jos şi mai ales să identificaţi alfa-ul sau măcar unul din locotenenţii lui.
- să vă concentraţi toată energia/furia spre acel câine dominant (alfa) sau care credeţi că dă tonul... eu de exemplu' caut să-l muşc primul.

Am avut cel puţin 3-4 întâlniri cu astfel de haite de la 5 în sus şi nu am ieşit şifonat, o singură dată în viaţă m-a muşcat un câine după ce trecusem de el fără nici o atenţionare, ăştia-s cei mai periculoşi, stătea jos liniştit m-a urmărit câţiva metri şi pac, noroc că erau blugi, de atunci nu am încredere în nici un câine chiar dacă pare liniştit...

Câinii vagabonzi sunt bulversaţi dacă te dai la ei, mai ales dacă faci zgomot mai mult decât ei..., ţipă, înjură, urlă, strigă băăăăă vă omooooor... varsă andrenalină că ai o scuză în sfârşit să o faci de unul singur fără să fi pe stadion... Ai liber să faci ce vrei, chiar şi să-i omori.

Dacă reuşeşti să speri oamenii din preajmă fi sigur că bieţii câini deja sunt îngroziţi... priveşte-le cozile ele recţionează invers cu coada ta.

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Cum adică câinii nu sunt un pericol pentru copii ?! Sufletul tău de tată te-ar lăsa să zici şcolarului:

"Fiule du-te tu înainte pe lângă haita aia că am citit undeva că sunt imbecil dacă cred că te vor muşca..."

Vrei senzaţii tari pentru copilul tău ?! Vrei să vezi cum văd copii câinii ?! Vrei să vezi cum văd câinii vagabonzi copii ?! Mergi în 4 labe sau ciuci şi atunci când colţii lor sunt la înălţimea capului tău să vezi senzaţii tari... Imaginează-ţi că treci pe lângă o haită de câinii cât nişte cai de mari, aşa văd sărmanii copii haitele...

Iar câinii au un curaj fenomenal să atace chestii de înălţimea lor... Dacă eşti atacat de câini te invit să te pui jos, în fund, ciuci, în 4 labe, la înălţime au unui copil şi să-ţi spui "ce imbecil sunt, nu trebuie să-mi fie frică, câinii nu atacă copii !"

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Să vă spun ultima: La coşurile noastre de gunoi era un scingur câine masiv, arătos, păr lucios. Destul de tupeist, când duceai gunoiul mai că te atingea, trăia pe picior mare şi-şi păzea teritoriul de alţi vagabonzi, pisici cu agresivitate.

Nu am avut probleme cu el până mi-am dat seama că este un caracter imprevizibil şi mai ales că se consideră "alfa" şi peste copii.

Erau vrei 5-6 copii şi câinele printre ei tot îi lingea pe mâini, pe faţă iar mamele tot încercau să-l alunge dar cu o jumătate de gură pentru că le era frică, nu puteau decât să se interpună între el şi copii nu aveau curaj să-l alunge... Limba aia din gunoaie... Deja eram pregătit să mă iau în gât cu el dacă se apropie de copilul meu...
Nu am mai apucat, un copil mai mic decât el la înălţime, cred că avea 3 ani, avea ceva de mâncat în mână, eugenie, napolitană, nu mai ştiu... acesta a refuzat să-i de obolul şi când s-a văzut refuzat de piticania aia a lătrat la el, toţi copii s-au speriat de lătrătură inclusiv fiu-miu... Deja mi se urcase sângele la cap dar nu puteam să mă desfăşor ca să nu sperii şi mai mult copii..."Tati, stai aici puţin cu copii că mă duc să gonesc câinele !"... L-am luat cu "Marş, ţiba, etc" uşor cât să-l depărtez.

Nu vroia cu nici un chip să cedeze teritoriul, lătra, venea spre mine păstra distanţă de 2 m şi era prea periculos să mă aplec să iau o piatră... Foarte important era ca atacul meu să coincidă cu o retragere a lui că altfel dacă distanţă scădea sub 1 m deja mă muşca efectiv, numai că se mişca lateral avea experienţa din luptele cu ţiganii gunoieri, l-am studiat odată în acţiune ştiind că vreodată poate o să am probleme cu el.... Am simulat că arunc cu ceva ştiind că la aşa ceva toţi câinii se retrag puţin ca să vadă dacă chiar arunci cu ceva, aşa s-a şi întâmplat.

Atât mi-a fost de ajuns distanţa dintre noi s-a mărit destul cât să mă pot apleca după pietre şi să dau spre el, dar era multe maşini şi nu puteam arunca convingător şi-a dat seama şi a început din nou să scurteze distanţă. Mi-am dat seama că aşa nu merge şi deoarece încă mai aveam distanţă destulă pentru un sprint agresiv spre el dar nici prea repede ca să-i dau timp să se retragă niţel, trebuia să evit contactul, nu aveam de gând să vadă copiii un om mare muşcat de un câine, iar fi speriat pe viaţă... Astfel încet încet eu acceleream el se retrăgea din ce în ce mai repede până am spart punctul critic şi-a dat seama că nu-i merge şi a început să fugă... l-am alergat în jurul blocurilor când oboseam iar venea spre mine să mă muşte dar nici eu nu renunţam iar îl fugăream până a cedat şi nu a mai făcut nici un gest de urmărire...

L-am mai alergat câteva zile după aceea până mi-a cedat gunoaiele mie iar eu le-am pasat la ceilalţi câini vagabonzi şi pisicile care într-adevăr respectau locul de joacă al copiilor...

L-a marcat pe fiu-miu în mod pozitiv acţiunea.

Tantalizing Trivia ~ The First Breast Implants


In the 1940s, during World War II, breast implants started in Japan's underground. Japanese prostitutes found that American GIs loved large breasted women and would pay more for an endowed woman. Since the majority of Japanese women are not naturally large breasted, many prostitutes had their doctors inject fluid into their breasts. The first fluids tried were saline and goat's milk. Unsuccessful, saline and milk quickly leaked into the body.

What were the other two fluids that were injected into women's breasts, leading the way for the modern day breast implant?

Were they...
  • Paraffin Wax

  • Vaseline

  • Gelatin

  • Silicone

Scroll below for the answer.

Information for our Tantalizing Trivia is from Sexy Origins & Intimate Things by Charles Panati. I picked this book up from Coco de Mer's large selection of books on erotica. For more on Coco de Mer, click on Eve's October Boutique of the Month.

Images on this page are from the film, Memoirs of a Geisha. Geisha and prostitutes were seen in a very different light in Japan.

ANSWER:

You are correct if you answered Paraffin Wax and Silicone.

Wax and silicone had mixed results. There were painful and lumpy results with the wax. However, most lasting effects were achieved with silicone. Panati says in his book that, "Determined to have 'American tits,' the girls allowed their doctors to inject Dow Corning's hottest new product, 'insert' liquid silicone, directly into their breasts. Silicone, however, had U.S. military applications, as an insulator, lubricant, and sealant, so the precious chemical was available only on the black market.

Silicone injections worked. The girls' breasts were immediately larger, still soft and pliant, and the fluid did not seem to leak away from the breast tissue into the body (like with saline and milk). By the mid-1940s industrial-grade silicone had become the hottest black-market item in Japan. Large drums of the chemical were mysteriously disappearing from U.S. military bases. The girls' profits were up, GIs were happy. Word got back to U.S. plastic surgeons that silicone was being used in Japan for cosmetic enhancement. Some American surgeons, most notably in Hollywood, began offering silicone injections to film stars and moneyed socialites."

Thus began the hot trend and controversy surrounding breast augmentation.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Achieving Mediocrity ...

So here are the results of this week’s fantasy games…
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And here are the current standings …
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As you can see, the No Names, owned by M over at Rumblings and Bumblings has opened up a two game lead on the rest of the league. She’s been kicking some pretty serious ass all season long and is starting to look unstoppable.

But, you can also see that the Deatheaters are continuing their long, steady march to mediocrity. We’re now 4-4 on the season and have put ourselves into position to at least have a shot at making the playoffs. But, it’s not going to be easy. We’ve got some tough match ups coming up. We’re going to be playing some good, well coached teams. So everybody is going to have to stay focused and dig down deep and give it all they’ve got!

Oh and, if you guys could refrain from assaulting women and testing positive for banned substances for a few weeks, I’d appreciate it. Mkay?

Anyway, since we’re still winning I’m still adding to the cheerleading squad. I decided to add these two this week …
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Then I saw this chick and decided she can be on my cheerleading squad anytime …
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And the player of the week this week is Brian Westbrook …
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Brian is coming off back to back injuries earlier in the season, a high ankle sprain and a couple of cracked ribs. But, he sucked it up and produced 32.9 points for the Deatheaters. That’s pretty macho dude.