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Monday, June 26, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
Listening to:
Thinking of:
Sat here in an airconditioned room after several hours on a bike saddle is extremely comforting. Poland is intrinsic in nature with different influences from various countries it borders. Yet, the thing that's captured me most were 2 one year old Pyrene Mountain Dogs who were taller than me on their hind legs and had the friendliest face and the softest lushest fur.
Thinking of:
Sat here in an airconditioned room after several hours on a bike saddle is extremely comforting. Poland is intrinsic in nature with different influences from various countries it borders. Yet, the thing that's captured me most were 2 one year old Pyrene Mountain Dogs who were taller than me on their hind legs and had the friendliest face and the softest lushest fur.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
When you're getting the Low Down
OST The Jungle Book
Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
Old Mother Nature's recipes
That brings the bare necessities of life
Wherever I wander, wherever I roam
I couldn't be fonder of my big home
The bees are buzzin' in the tree
To make some honey just for me
When you look under the rocks and plants
And take a glance at the fancy ants
Then maybe try a few
The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!
Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
That's why a bear can rest at ease
With just the bare necessities of life
Now when you pick a pawpaw
Or a prickly pear
And you prick a raw paw
Next time beware
Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw
When you pick a pear
Try to use the claw
But you don't need to use the claw
When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw
Have I given you a clue ?
The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!
So just try and relax, yeah cool it
Fall apart in my backyard
'Cause let me tell you something little britches
If you act like that bee acts, uh uh
You're working too hard
And don't spend your time lookin' around
For something you want that can't be found
When you find out you can live without it
And go along not thinkin' about it
I'll tell you something true
The bare necessities of life will come to you
Heh, love the Jungle Book... Never fails to put a smile
Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
Old Mother Nature's recipes
That brings the bare necessities of life
Wherever I wander, wherever I roam
I couldn't be fonder of my big home
The bees are buzzin' in the tree
To make some honey just for me
When you look under the rocks and plants
And take a glance at the fancy ants
Then maybe try a few
The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!
Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
That's why a bear can rest at ease
With just the bare necessities of life
Now when you pick a pawpaw
Or a prickly pear
And you prick a raw paw
Next time beware
Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw
When you pick a pear
Try to use the claw
But you don't need to use the claw
When you pick a pear of the big pawpaw
Have I given you a clue ?
The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you!
So just try and relax, yeah cool it
Fall apart in my backyard
'Cause let me tell you something little britches
If you act like that bee acts, uh uh
You're working too hard
And don't spend your time lookin' around
For something you want that can't be found
When you find out you can live without it
And go along not thinkin' about it
I'll tell you something true
The bare necessities of life will come to you
Heh, love the Jungle Book... Never fails to put a smile
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Noodles of Contention
Listening to:DIA, Billy Corgan
Thinking of:
"You put egg into noodles?! That's disgusting!"
"Hate noodles!"
the list goes on...
How can someone not understand the fascination of long stringy bits of flour cooked to perfection, adante. Purist will tell me to hold up and explain to me the subtle and distinct differences between pasta and noodle types. True, they're not always interchangable but the fact of the matter is that noodles play such an important role in culture and civilization.
To illustrate my point, in 18th century England, macaroni was a synonym for perfection and excellence. That's why, for example, the feather in Yankee Doodle's cap was called "macaroni." In fact, the word "macaroni" means "dearest darlings" in Italian. That said, I always thought it was weird to have macaroni on one's hat... but I'll admit to attempting a Yankee Doodle when I was a lot younger.
Paranthetically, contrary to popular belief, Marco Polo did not discover pasta. The ancient Italians made pasta pretty much the same way as we do at this day and age. Although Marco Polo wrote about eating Chinese pasta at the court of Kubla Khan, he probably didn't introduce pasta to Italy. Quoting from pasta fanatics' webpages, "...there's evidence suggesting the Etruscans made pasta as early as 400 B.C. The evidence lies in a bas-relief carving in a cave about 30 miles north of Rome. The carving depicts instruments for making pasta - a rolling-out table, pastry wheel and flour bin" And further proof that Marco Polo didn't "discover" pasta is found in the will of Ponzio Baestone, a Genoan soldier who requested "bariscella peina de macarone" - a small basket of macaroni. His will is dated 1279, 16 years before Marco Polo returned from China.
Anyhow, noodles for breakfast might not be for everybody but they're not in away a bad thing!
Thinking of:
"You put egg into noodles?! That's disgusting!"
"Hate noodles!"
the list goes on...
How can someone not understand the fascination of long stringy bits of flour cooked to perfection, adante. Purist will tell me to hold up and explain to me the subtle and distinct differences between pasta and noodle types. True, they're not always interchangable but the fact of the matter is that noodles play such an important role in culture and civilization.
To illustrate my point, in 18th century England, macaroni was a synonym for perfection and excellence. That's why, for example, the feather in Yankee Doodle's cap was called "macaroni." In fact, the word "macaroni" means "dearest darlings" in Italian. That said, I always thought it was weird to have macaroni on one's hat... but I'll admit to attempting a Yankee Doodle when I was a lot younger.
Paranthetically, contrary to popular belief, Marco Polo did not discover pasta. The ancient Italians made pasta pretty much the same way as we do at this day and age. Although Marco Polo wrote about eating Chinese pasta at the court of Kubla Khan, he probably didn't introduce pasta to Italy. Quoting from pasta fanatics' webpages, "...there's evidence suggesting the Etruscans made pasta as early as 400 B.C. The evidence lies in a bas-relief carving in a cave about 30 miles north of Rome. The carving depicts instruments for making pasta - a rolling-out table, pastry wheel and flour bin" And further proof that Marco Polo didn't "discover" pasta is found in the will of Ponzio Baestone, a Genoan soldier who requested "bariscella peina de macarone" - a small basket of macaroni. His will is dated 1279, 16 years before Marco Polo returned from China.
Anyhow, noodles for breakfast might not be for everybody but they're not in away a bad thing!
Friday, June 02, 2006
Flickr Me, Aperture Priority!
Listening to:Glow and Glare, Jazzanova
Thinking of:
-Prague by the evening, Summer 2004-
Thinking of:
-Prague by the evening, Summer 2004-
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Spank to the tune of 6g's
Listening to:Shh, Frou Frou
Thinking of:
The thought of bringing up a kid is a pretty daunting task, not to mention ridiculously expensive! The fun begins when they start talking and running, essentially wrecking all sense of sanity and cohesion in the family, not to mention the parent's sex lives. (I'm quite certain all the frustration between the parents stem from the lack of "boom boom" time).
Nuture them they say, teach them and show them who's boss! But here's a reminder about who's gonna have to pay their university fees. On top of the bill kids cost their parents (after all, isn't love unconditional?) a badly behaved child can cost up to 6 grand a year extra. First, their trips to casualty, then comes extra classes to sort them out and possibly trips to the therapist!But by far the heaviest part of the burden is shouldered by the parents. Repairing damage to the home, taking extra days off work and ensuring that the tearaways are constantly supervised costs £4,637 a year. Oh those little bundles of joy!
In numbers:
Two fifths of children in a study have been admitted to hospital in the previous year, for an average of eight days.
This was usually after reckless demeanor leading to injuries such as scalds, burns, car accidents or concussion. A further quarter had been taken to casualty in the previous year — most of them more than once — after having accidents.
Two thirds of parents have made extra use of supervision provision and a third of the children required the assistnace of an educational psychologist. A fifth had needed intervention by social services.
An estimated extra eight hours a week is spent on further household tasks as a result of delinquant behaviour. Some parents were forced to take days off work when the child was sent home from school.
A value was set on these extra hours of work. If mothers were unemployed, their hours was assessed at £5.57 (the cost of a child carer). If they worked, the figure used was their hourly rate in employment. The average was £4,526 a year.
-times online and british journal of psychiatry-
However, the paper concluded was almost certainly wrong to blame the environment, saying there was a strong genetic component in antisocial behaviour. At this point, I highly recommend them to roll it up and stuff it up their sizeable behinds.
Anyway, how I came to this topic was that I found my beloved stolen bicycle under a huge townie arsehole in tatters and I couldn't do a single thing about it. Please feel free to contribute to "Kelvin's bicycle fund." I accept cash, cheques and all major credit cards.
Thinking of:
The thought of bringing up a kid is a pretty daunting task, not to mention ridiculously expensive! The fun begins when they start talking and running, essentially wrecking all sense of sanity and cohesion in the family, not to mention the parent's sex lives. (I'm quite certain all the frustration between the parents stem from the lack of "boom boom" time).
Nuture them they say, teach them and show them who's boss! But here's a reminder about who's gonna have to pay their university fees. On top of the bill kids cost their parents (after all, isn't love unconditional?) a badly behaved child can cost up to 6 grand a year extra. First, their trips to casualty, then comes extra classes to sort them out and possibly trips to the therapist!But by far the heaviest part of the burden is shouldered by the parents. Repairing damage to the home, taking extra days off work and ensuring that the tearaways are constantly supervised costs £4,637 a year. Oh those little bundles of joy!
In numbers:
Two fifths of children in a study have been admitted to hospital in the previous year, for an average of eight days.
This was usually after reckless demeanor leading to injuries such as scalds, burns, car accidents or concussion. A further quarter had been taken to casualty in the previous year — most of them more than once — after having accidents.
Two thirds of parents have made extra use of supervision provision and a third of the children required the assistnace of an educational psychologist. A fifth had needed intervention by social services.
An estimated extra eight hours a week is spent on further household tasks as a result of delinquant behaviour. Some parents were forced to take days off work when the child was sent home from school.
A value was set on these extra hours of work. If mothers were unemployed, their hours was assessed at £5.57 (the cost of a child carer). If they worked, the figure used was their hourly rate in employment. The average was £4,526 a year.
-times online and british journal of psychiatry-
However, the paper concluded was almost certainly wrong to blame the environment, saying there was a strong genetic component in antisocial behaviour. At this point, I highly recommend them to roll it up and stuff it up their sizeable behinds.
Anyway, how I came to this topic was that I found my beloved stolen bicycle under a huge townie arsehole in tatters and I couldn't do a single thing about it. Please feel free to contribute to "Kelvin's bicycle fund." I accept cash, cheques and all major credit cards.
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