Weekends 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).
Tell us where you are if you want to be found
August 4th, 2009
There’s this amazing new restaurant,it’s local, has good prices, atmosphere and excellent food. The only problem is the marketing. They advertise in Australia when the business in England . And the cook lives in Peru .
You may snort with derision and say that nobody is that stupid but this is exactly what people do with their websites.
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The joy of games
April 12th, 2008
When I’m not busy doing all the other stuff that fills up my day, I like to play adventure games. I can’t shoot, I’m rubbish at kicking and catching so the adventure game is my thing. A much more sedentary but cerebral activity. It is something you can do at your leisure, picking up where you left off and trying that locked door again in the vain hope it has become unlocked since you last played.
So what is an adventure game? The heart of any good adventure game is the puzzles. Marooned on in a desterted city, following the trail of a murderer, deciphering ancient codes or simply getting out of the room, the adventure game requires the player to think, to solve the puzzle and reveal more clues. And that all there is to it. The methods employed my require manipulating a lock, setting levers, talking to a others or collecting objects but they all lead to the solution of puzzles.
The very earliest adventure games were printed. You read a scenario and chose your next move. This took you to another page in the book and a new scenario. The wrong selection often resulted in you killed in some way or ending up back at rthe beginning.
The advent of computers changed all this. You could still die but you had more options. You could type instruction and the computer would respond, usually with ‘you can’t do this right now’. But ask the right question and you could move on.
Then came Myst. A revelation in adventure games – the first real point and click adventure game. The graphics were astounding, the puzzles mind boggling and the story unique. It set the standard and ever since then the the genre has just developed in complexity.
Some games require long conversation with other characters, some require the collection of endless objects. Other games are just one gigantic puzzle. It is this last type that I enjoy the most. I’m not too fussed about the storyline or the graphics as long as the puzzles are fiendish.
Anyway, if this sort of thing takes you fancy then Gameboomers is probably a good place to begin. If you want to discover mare about the games that I enjoyed then here’s my games site..
Hope you find something to keep you amused.
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!
