Something Different Posts
Statistics
May 9th, 2010
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. (Hardly seems worth it).
A pig’s orgasm lasts for 30 minutes. (In my next life I want to be a pig) (How’d they figure this out, and why?).
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. (Still can’t get over that pig thing) (Don’t try this at home…maybe at work?).
Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure. (Is that why Flipper was always smiling?) (And pigs get 30-minute orgasms? Doesn’t seem fair).
Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do. (If you’re ambidextrous do you split the difference?).
The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated. (From drinking little bottles of…?).
(Did taxpayers pay for this research??).
Polar bears are left handed. (Who knew….? Who cares? How’d they find out, ask them?).
The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds. (What can be so tasty on the bottom of the pond?).
The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It’s like a human jumping the length of a football field. (30 minutes…can you imagine?? And why pigs?).
A cockroach will live nine days without it’s head, before it starves to death. (Creepy) (You’ve got to wonder about the sick sadist who found this out).
The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male’s head off. (Honey, I’m home. What the….) (Well, at least pigs get a break there…) .
Some lions mate over 50 times a day. (In my next life I still want to be a pig…quality over quantity).
Butterflies taste with their feet. (Oh, geez) (That’s almost as bad as catfish).
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than it’s brain. (I know some people like that).
Starfish don’t have brains. (I know some people like that too)
(After reading all these, all I can say is…….Lucky Pigs).
Probably the most dangerous path in the world
April 15th, 2008
I’ve climbed and walked along some pretty treacherous pathways over the years but this is somewhere you really don’t want to be unless you really need to go there:
Not today thank you…
Tai Chi
March 30th, 2008
I’ve been doing Tai Chi for a few years now and it has changed my life. Not in the earth shattering way a traumatic experience does but in a much more agreeable way. The form of Tai Chi that I and many thousands of others practice helps to counteract the pressures of modern life and to cultivate health.
And it’s not difficult. OK so it is not something you can learn in 5 minutes in front of a DVD but like every endeavor if you practice regularly then the benefit soon become apparent. I not longer creak when I get up in the morning, don’t get colds and sniffles, smile a lot more and stress is a thing of the past.
So what’s it all about? There are many forms of Tai Chi, this video clip shows a style very similar to the one that I practice as taught by the Taoist Tai Chi Society.
The actual exercise is built around a set of 108 moves. It takes about 6 months to learn the set and the rest of your life to refine your technique. Even a simple move requiring a simple twist of the hand takes time to learn because we live such sedentary lifestyles that our tendons, joints and muscles are stiff and lazy.
Here’s an example of how Tai Chi can improve your health. Stand in front of the mirror and look at your feet, if they point out to the sides it means the tendons round the back are too tight. Some of the Tai Chi moves gently stretch these tendons and over time you will be able to stand with you feet pointing forwards, reducing pressure on your knees and making walking much easier.
If you live in the UK, £16/month is all it costs, and for that paltry sum you can attend as many classes as you like anywhere in the world. And you get a cup of tea with a biscuit. Bargain!
