cowabunga!!!!

at long last, after a long period of lusting and drooling after it, i have finally gotten my grubby hands on Nikon's D90 DSLR... and at a scarcely unbelievably good price to boot...the street price of the package would have been around 1500, i reckon but i picked it up at 300 bucks less!

my old D40 has served me well, but this upgrade will definitely fuel my continued interest in this hobby and hopefully enable me to take even better photos in time to come...waaaheyyyy!!

read more about the D90 HERE and HERE.

i think...

...a drive or a ride in one of these two would probably render me a drooling idiot, abound in ecstasy...man oh man...the Enzo Ferrari and the McLaren F1...i wan i wan!!!!!

astounding car control

...displayed by the driver of this Caterham during this gymkhana competition...mind-blowing!!!

i'm listening to...

....SWEET AND LOW by san diego (soft) rockers Augustana...very very hummable...so much that it's been running around endlessly in my head for the last 5 hours...yikes...

enjoy!

Augustana - "Sweet and Low" Music Video
Uploaded by AstridQ

Augustana Lyrics
Sweet And Low Lyrics

stunning photo

...of Vancouver in fog taken by a friend just yesterday morning around 0630 hrs...due to a peculiar temperature inversion, the fog coalesces close to ground level but at higher elevations, there is brilliant sunshine...

aiyoh soooooo nice!!!

i'm listening to...

...Swedish 4-piece indie band The Mary Onettes (wordplay!) sing EXPLOSIONS...they sound really 80s new wave alt rock...very cool, romantic and surreal...just fabulous music...

their website is HERE.



I picture you in black and white
Falling through
through the night
you're not even scared,
but don't forget to breathe
i wish you've been the way i do
all wrapped up
things to do
but I cant stand to see we forget to breathe

and it can make your heart stop
it can make your heart stop
and it can make your heart stop

we're all shake when the feeling comes
we're all fade towards the dawn
but you were never scared
no you were never scared

its time to let the explosions in my heart
leave me out to meet you in the end

and it can make your heart stop
it can make your heart stop
it can make your heart stop
it can make your heart stop
and it will make your heart stop
if we ain't make it through the night
and it will make your heart stop
yea it will make your heeeaaaaart stop
(it will make your heart stop)
(it will make your heart stop)

theres nobody else taking you through this
nobody else taking through this

nobody else nobody else
nobody else but you

then the fight started...

I tried to talk my wife into buying a case of
Miller Light for $14.95.

Instead, she bought a jar of cold cream for
$7.95.

I told her the beer would make her look better
at night than the cold cream.

And then the fight started….

Barry O.

Barack Obama was inaugurated at noon (ET) on 20th Jan as the 44th American President.

It's a huge watershed for an African-American to take on the highest office in the land, where so much so long ago was built in the shoulders of his forefathers who toiled in abject slavery.

He's got a lot on his plate...the transition from the Bush administration to the Obama administration has to go smoothly and he has to hit the ground running hard...what with so many critical issues facing him in the form of the economic crisis, the tentative Israel-Hamas truce in the Middle East, the unfinished war in Iraq, the conflict still raging on in Afghanistan...so on and so forth.

In his inaugural address, what struck me most was his capability for plain speaking and restraint. Without much verbal flourishes and rhetoric, it was an refined and speech that showcased his gravitas and determination without revealing too much of his passion. He spoke clearly, concisely and (I felt) from the heart.

Watch for yourself below.



The full text is HERE.

NSFW! the chav chev is back!

i thought it (the first instalment of CRANK) was hilarious and totally over-the-top but that didn't stop me from enjoying the ride...evidently enough profit (gross of about us$39 million on a budget of us$12 million) was made to convince studio heads that a second instalment would perhaps do the same...

i dunno man...it's just more of the same thing and i reckon audiences now (in this economic crisis) may not be so forgiving...all the same, let's see how it goes in april...i might catch this...cos i luuuuurrrve amy smart...she hawt!

this trailer is the redband one...it was subsequently pulled by the studio after it inadvertently released it online...watch it while you still can eh?

oh hello...

...they're back! Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reprise their respective role from 2001's The Fast and The Furious...except this time, the "The"s are missing...should be fun...

i thought the second and third instalments of F&F were rather pathetic and derivative...this looks like one with a bigger budget and more classy production values, so i am anticipating a better movie...

come april 9, hear the engines rev in FAST & FURIOUS...

hmmm, seems they're not always...

...that dumb!?!!!

A redneck was stopped by a game warden just north of Kentucky’s Lake Cumberland recently with two ice chests of fish.

The game warden asked the man, "Do you have a license to catch those fish?"

"Naw, my friend, I ain't got no license. These are my pet fish."

"Pet fish?"

"Yep. Every night I take these fish down to the lake and let 'em swim 'round for a while. Then I whistle and they jump right back into this ice chest and I take 'em home."

"That's a bunch of hooey! Fish can't do that!"

The redneck looked at the game warden for a moment and then said, "It's the truth. I'll show you. It really works."

"Okay, I've GOT to see this!"

The redneck poured the fish into the river and stood and waited. After several minutes, the game warden turned to him and said, "Well?"

"Well, whut?" said the redneck.

"When are you going to call them back?"

"Call who back?"

"The FISH!"

"What fish?"

irony

wrong to to be worry about, woman!

a rude awakening...

Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch,
grabbed the dog, and slipped quietly into the garage.

I hooked up the boat up to the truck, and
proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour.

The wind was blowing 50 mph, so I pulled back into the
garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the
weather would be bad all day.

I went back into the house, quietly undressed,
and slipped back into bed.

I cuddled up to my wife’s back, now with a different
anticipation, and whispered, ‘The weather out there is
terrible.’

My loving wife of 10 years replied, ‘Can you
believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that?’

And then the fight started …

anyone for live ocky?

today's the day...

on 4th november 2008, the american people spoken...and a historic collection decision was "made"...

today Barack Obama assumes the leadership role of the USA...a walking wounded giant, the sole superpower remaining in this world, a country that has been laid low by the current economic crisis, and one bereft of a moral compass (so to speak)...

it is my hope that the first african-american president will be able to turn things around...it may be a long-drawn out, painful process but things will get better, i'm sure...

he will encounter a lot of pressing issues but by all accounts, he's set to hit the ground running...and running hard, so the days and weeks to come will be interesting times...both for the country and the rest of the watching world...

hope springs eternal...

inhumane behaviour...

why do these celebrities saddle their poor progeny with horrible wacked-out names??? some of them are gonna be seeing therapists for years on end because of this...

the horror!!!

just a selection...

* Elijah Patricius Bob Guggi Q - Bono
* Jermajesty - Jermaine Jackson
* Fifi Trixibelle - Paula Yates & Bob Geldof
* Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily - Paula Yates & Michael Hutchence
* Bronx Mowgli Wentz aka BMW - Ashlee Simpson & Pete Wentz
* Mandla Kadjaly Carl Stevland - Stevie Wonder
* Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa - Lisa Bonet

113 more HERE.

this, from hicksville...

Billy Bob’s pregnant sister was in a terrible car accident and went into a deep coma. After being in the coma for nearly six months, she wakes up and sees that she is no longer pregnant. Frantically, she asks the doctor about her baby.

The doctor replies, “Ma’am, you had twins! A boy and a girl. The babies are fine and your brother came in and named them.”

The woman thinks to herself, “Oh no, not my brother… he’s an idiot!” Expecting the worst, she asks the doctor, “Well, what’s the girl’s name?”

“Denise,” says the doctor.

The new mother says, “Wow, that’s a beautiful name! I guess I was wrong about my brother. I like Denise.” Then she asks, “What’s the boy’s name?”

“Denephew.”

tech support people...

...sometimes have to be the most patience people in the world, judging from the below...

Customer: "I've been ringing 0700 2300 for two days and can't get through to enquiries, can you help?"
Operator: "Where did you get that number from, sir?"
Customer: "It was on the door to the travel centre".
Operator: "They're our opening hours".

===

Caller: "Can you give me the telephone number for Jack?"
Operator: I'm sorry, sir, I don't understand who you are talking about".
Caller: "In the user guide it clearly states I need to unplug the fax machine from the wall socket and telephone Jack before cleaning. Can you give me his number?"
Operator: "I think you mean the telephone point on the wall".

===

Caller: Does your European Breakdown Policy cover me when I am travelling in Australia?"
Operator: " Doesn't the name of the product give you a clue?"

===

Caller: "If I register my car in France, do I have to change the steering wheel to the other side of the car?"

===

Caller: "I''d like the number of the Argoed Fish Bar in Cardiff please".
Operator: "I'm sorry, there's no listing. Is the spelling correct?"
Caller: "Well, it used to be called the Bargoed Fish Bar but the 'B fell off".

===

Then there was the caller who asked for a knitwear company in Woven.
Operator: "Woven? Are you sure?"
Caller: "Yes. That''s what it says on the label: Woven in Scotland".

===

On another occasion, a man making heavy breathing sounds from a phone box told a worried operator: "I haven't got a pen, so I''m steaming up the window to write the number on"."

===

Tech Support: "I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop".
Customer: "OK" .
Tech Support: "Did you get a pop-up menu?"
Customer: "No" .
Tech Support: "OK. Right-Click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?"
Customer: "No" .
Tech Support: "OK. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?"
Customer: "Sure. You told me to write 'click' and I wrote 'click'".

===

Tech Support: "OK. In the bottom left hand side of the screen, can you see the 'OK' button displayed?"
Customer: "Wow. How can you see my screen from there?"

oops

A defendant was on trial for murder. There was very strong evidence indicating guilt, but no corpse had been found. In the defense's closing statement the lawyer, knowing that his client would probably be convicted, decided to try a trick.

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have a surprise for you all," the lawyer said as he looked at his watch. "Within one minute, the person presumed dead in this case will walk into this courtroom!"

He looked toward the courtroom door. The jurors, somewhat stunned, all looked, eagerly. A minute passed. Nothing happened.

Finally, the lawyer said, "Actually, I made up the previous statement. But you all looked on with anticipation. I therefore put it to you that there is reasonable doubt in this case as to whether anyone was killed and insist that you return a verdict of not guilty."

With that, the jury retired to deliberate. But after only a few minutes, they came back and pronounced a verdict of guilty.

"But how?" the lawyer asked. "You must have had some doubt. I saw all of you stare at the door."

"Oh, yes," the jury foreman replied. "We all looked - but your client didn't!"

i wonder...

...if he peed his pants?

is that the new tiefighter...

...being test-driven?

*choking*

LMAO!!!

too strange, this...

man, this is just too weird...

Boy, 7, has never eaten a meal

In almost every sense he is a normal seven-year-old boy. He plays football, swims and goes to school every day, but there is one major difference separating Wester Hailes youngster Tyler Mill from his friends – food has never passed his lips.

Ever since his birth the youngster – who is known to friends and family as TJ – has refused food, and relies on a tube to feed him every night. His mother, Arlene Mill, 41, has told she has spent years attempting to find a solution. She is hoping that by highlighting his case, she may finally find the key to persuading her son to eat.

The full-time mother said that after a series of tests, medics confirmed the problem was entirely psychological. "There isn't really anything we haven't tried," said Ms Mill, a single mother who lives with Tyler and his older sister Robin, 12, in Hailesland Gardens. We've been to so many doctors and psychologists, tried forcing him to eat, breaking things up – I always thought he would just snap out of it and eat, but he never has." She added: "I just hope for the day he'll decide to eat and get on with it, but it hasn't happened yet. There's no problem with the swallowing mechanism, it's all in his head."

For years Tyler had a tube going into his nose to feed him, but Ms Mill along with medical experts opted for a night-feed machine, which means he does not have to eat throughout the day with the machine supplying him with high-fibre, high calorie milk during the night.

full story HERE.

wow!

precocious little twerp ain't he?

Marko Casalan, 8, is officially world's youngest IT whizz

While the other elementary school pupils skim through their comics in the break between classes, Marko Calasan takes out his copy of Implementing and Administering Security in a Microsoft Windows Server Network for a light read.

At the age of 8, Marko has become the world’s youngest certified computer system administrator and was deemed the Mozart of Computers by the press after passing exams for IT professionals with the computer giant Microsoft. In theory, he could now get a job maintaining complex office computer networks, even though he has not yet completed the third grade in his native town Skopje, in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

“The Microsoft officials gave me computer games and DVDs with cartoons when I passed the exams because I am a child. That was nice, but I’m not really interested in those things,” young Marko said. “I’d like to be a computer scientist when I grow up and create a new operational system.”

Marko learnt to read and write at the age of 2 and started working on computers immediately. The news of his extraordinary achievement turned him into a local celebrity and he has even had an audience with the Macedonian Prime Minister, Nikola Gruevski, who presented him with an IT lab with 15 computers to practise on.

His parents, who are IT experts and run a computer school for children, are considering sending Marko abroad to a specialised institute of learning for gifted children, as none exists in Macedonia.

more HERE.

hmmm...

it depend to a large extent on whether the woman is doing the hump and bump with her wealthy partner or getting her "servicing" from outside "contractors", right??

Wealthy men give women more orgasms

Scientists have found that the pleasure women get from making love is directly linked to the size of their partner’s bank balance. They found that the wealthier a man is, the more frequently his partner has orgasms.

“Women’s orgasm frequency increases with the income of their partner,” said Dr Thomas Pollet, the Newcastle University psychologist behind the research. He believes the phenomenon is an “evolutionary adaptation” that is hard-wired into women, driving them to select men on the basis of their perceived quality.

The study is certain to prove controversial, suggesting that women are inherently programmed to be gold-diggers. However, it fits into a wider body of research known as evolutionary psychology which suggests that both men and women are genetically predisposed to ruthlessly exploit each other to achieve the best chances of survival for their genes.

more HERE.

that seems to be a pretty damned...

...good idea!

priorities

An applicant to the Bloomfield, New Jersey’s Sheriff’s Office was being interviewed for the job.

The Deputy doing the interview says: “Your qualifications all look good, but there is an attitude suitability test that you must take before you can be accepted.”

Sliding a service pistol across the desk, he says:

“Take this pistol and go out and shoot six illegal aliens, six meth dealers, six Muslim extremists, six crack heads, and a rabbit. “

“Why the rabbit?”

“Great attitude,” says the Deputy. “When can you start?”

i'm listening to...

...The Killers' NEON TIGER...fabulous song!




The Killers Lyrics
Neon Tiger Lyrics

the obamamobile

The new presidential limousine is officially called Cadillac One, but everyone already knows it as the Obamamobile. It was built by General Motors.

The company refuses to give precise details of how it will perform its primary purpose - protecting the president. But bulletproof glass and armourplating are standard throughout and the car is hermetically-sealed to withstand chemical weapons. As with previous presidential limos it is packed with electronic communication systems to allow Mr Obama to keep in contact with the outside world.

Cadillac One debutted at the inaugural parade on Tuesday, 13 Jan 2009.

more HERE.

smart or dumb...

...depends on perspective, i guess!

A butcher watching over his shop is really surprised when he sees a dog coming inside the shop. He shoos him away. But later, the dog is back again. So, he goes over to the dog and notices it has a note in its mouth. He takes the note and it reads “Can I have 12 sausages and a leg of lamb, please”. The dog has money in its mouth, as well. The butcher looks inside and, lo and behold, there is a ten dollar note there. So he takes the money and puts the sausages and lamb in a bag, placing it in the dog’s mouth.

The butcher is so impressed, and since it’s about closing time, he decides to shut the shop and follow the dog. So off he goes. The dog is walking down the street, when it comes to a level crossing; the dog puts down the bag, jumps up and presses the button. Then it waits patiently, bag in mouth, for the lights to turn.They do, and it walks across the road, with he butcher following him all the way. The dog then comes to a bus stop, and starts looking at the timetable. The butcher is in awe as the dog stops a bus by pulling its left leg up and gets in it.

Then, without waiting for the bus to stop completely, it jumps out of the bus and runs to a house very close to the stop. It opens the big Iron Gate and rushes inside towards the door.

As it approaches the wooden door, the dog suddenly changes its mind and heads towards the garden. It goes to the window, and beats its head against it several times, walks back, jumps off, and waits at the door. The butcher watches as a big guy opens the door, and starts shouting and swearing at the dog.

The butcher surprised with this, runs up, and stops the guy. “What in heaven’s name are you doing? The dog is a genius. He could be on TV, for the life of me!”

The guy responds: “You call this clever? This is the second time this week that this stupid dog’s forgotten his key.”

HUGE mistake...

...just how does one mistake a burrito for a baby????????

precision driving indeed...

*speechless*

GYMKHANA - Ken Block - 530whp Impreza WRX
GYMKHANA(jim-kah-nuh)- A mix between "Autocross" and "Drifting"-This is Ken Block: 2005 Rally American Rookie of the Year, 2006 Rally American Championship 2nd Place Overall...4 sets of tires were burned up in the making of this video. If you love cars and people who know how to handle them then you will definitely enjoy this.