Why are men more interested in women than women in men ?

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Find out which one is the best seller and which one is not...

Different Strokes

Obscene

Obscene.
The word rattled on in my head constantly as I saw that the end was nigh.

Death is foreshadowed by indignity.

Indignity in terms of infirmity,frailty and debility.

Before death, indignity reduces life to gross obscenity.

Moti was a proud dog.

Emphasis on the 'was'.

So proud that even when his legs collapsed he wanted to be taken out so that he could relieve himself.

It was obscene that this once strong and muscular dog was reduced to a bag of bones.

It was obscene strength had drained out only from his body, leaving his mind lucid yet helpless.

It was obscene that all the love and medicines in the world could not help him cheat death, or that we did not allow him to cheat indignity.

Two years ago his kidneys had failed and most of the doctors had written him off, giving a month at the most to live, except mom.

She believed in the power of love and prayer.I was on a ship, so I could not witness a miracle as it happened,but to every ones disbelief, Moti recovered fully.

We tried to recruit love and prayer to work another miracle in our favour, to extend Moti's life beyond the fourteen odd years that he had been with us.

We showered him with kisses and drenched him with all the love we could muster.We fought through the apathy usually reserved for old dogs such as him by doctors and vets alike.

Oh yes we fought through the apathy...

'Put him to sleep, he's just a dog, and an old one at that' was the most common response by professionals who were trained to heal and alleviate pain and suffering of mute creatures.

Apathy, Apathy,Apathy!

At times we were disgusted by the profound lack of sympathy and empathy.

It was obscene that the doctors suggested euthanasia even when he was walking about and eating his food unassisted.

Love did not perform miracles, around this time...or maybe it did, by easing Moti's slowly ebbing existence.                                    I can only speculate on such imponderables.

A few days ago, an overdose by a trusted doctor rendered him paralytic.

It was obscene that the doctor did not think it necessary to apologise or even to care.

It was obscene that once he was paralysed, his body condition  progressively went downhill while his mind was fully functional and lucid.

The fear in his eyes at his own helplessness was obscene.

Our helplessness despite doing everything we could was obscene too.

It was obscene that we didn't know what to do, and even the doctors that we trusted so much,were at best groping in the dark, prescribing different cocktail combinations of antibiotics and medicines, and hoping that something would happen.

Today,yet another cocktail combination of drugs were given, in hopes to regain mobility,regain hope or even regain a little bit of the lost dignity.

He was barely breathing,and moaning as he did.

I had held his hand as the cocktail concoction was intravenously fed into him.His body became damp and cool after sometime.

He started shuddering and then convulsing, losing all control over his bowels and bladder.

It was Indignity, heralding the approach of death...through obscenity.

Then in a silent swoop,death took over.

A pallid calmness set over Moti's face, and his eyes lost their sheen and became milky pale.

Moti had left the building,
But not our hearts.

Hey Moti, you are free now...wherever you are.

 

 

And Moti you were the best dog we've ever had...and we'll keep you alive for as long we can .(If you can se me now, I'm crying as I write this)

Resumes with English names more likely to be noticed

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090522/resume_english_090523/20090523?hub=TopStories
Canadians with English names have a greater chance of landing a job than those with Chinese, Indian or Pakistani names, says a new study

Atheism a Religion!

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45874
A federal court of appeals ruled yesterday Wisconsin prison officials violated an inmate's rights because they did not treat atheism as a religion.

The Kafkaesque streak in Indian politics

http://election.rediff.com/column/2009/may/06/loksabhapolls-the-kafkaesque-streak-in-indian-politics.htm
Read and Weep.
Votebank politics will be the end of us.

1 in 5 Americans Admits Peeing in Pool Or Why I Don't Go Swimming Anymore

One in five people admitted to peeing in a swimming pool, in a recent poll of Americans.

In fact, the survey conducted by the Water Quality and Health Council found that almost half (47 percent) of the subjects admitted to one or more behaviour that contribute to an unhealthy pool.

Here are some of the survey's other findings:

• About one-third (35 percent) say they don't shower before entering the pool.  
  
• 63 percent were unaware of illnesses associated with swallowing, breathing or having contact with contaminated pool water.  
  
• Less than one quarter consider the frequency of pool cleaning and chemical treatment (23 percent) and even less (16 percent) think about chlorine levels to maintain clean pool water.

"Swimming is a fun and healthy activity for old and young alike. Proper water chlorination helps protect swimmers from germs that can make swimmers sick," said Michele Hlavsa, an epidemiologist in the Division of Parasitic Diseases for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). "But swimmers also have role to play in maintaining a clean and healthy pool. Unhygienic behavior brings germs into the pool and makes it harder for chlorine to do its job.”
 
The survey was conducted online between April 30 to May 3, 2009, among a national sample of 1,000 U.S. adults, using the field services of TNS Omnibus. Results were weighted to reflect the adult population based on U.S. Census figures, including age, gender, geographic region, household income and household size. The margin of error for the study was plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

The Water Quality & Health Council is a body of independent scientific experts, health professionals and consumer advocates who serve as advisors to the Chlorine Chemistry Division of the American Chemistry Council, an industry trade association.

The CDC urges pool users to follow these six tips for healthy swimming:

• Don’t swim when you have diarrhea.
  
• Don’t swallow pool water.
  
• Practice good hygiene: Shower with soap before swimming and wash your hands after using the toilet or changing diapers.
  
• Take your kids on bathroom breaks or check diapers often.
  
• Change diapers in a bathroom or a diaper-changing area and not at poolside.
  
• Wash your children thoroughly (especially the rear end) with soap and water before they go swimming.
  

Unclean water can lead to r3ecreational water illnesses (RWI’s) —  diarrhea, respiratory illness, and ear and skin infections. Children, pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems can suffer from more severe illness if infected. According to the CDC, these illnesses are on the rise. Between 2005 and 2006, 78 outbreaks were reported in 31 states — the largest number of outbreaks ever in a two-year period.  Close to 4,500 people were affected.  
 
To check that your public pool is properly chlorinated, the Water Quality and Health Council recommends the use of portable pool and spa testing strips, easily purchased at pool supply stores and discount retailers, in addition to trusting your basic senses.
 
"A smelly pool is a dirty pool," said National Consumers League President Emeritus and Water Quality and Health Council Vice-Chair Linda Golodner. "Look for water that's clean, clear and blue. Check for tiles that feel smooth and clean. Make sure there are no strong odors. Listen for pool cleaning equipment. Using your senses help you recognize the difference between a healthy pool and one that needs cleaning and treatment."

Modern Day Philosophers

When we want to know if what we perceive is the truth,then we (are) become philosophers.

I've always considered myself a Joker-Philosopher.Everything is funny and tremendously sad simultaneously because it is.

          We,the modern day philosophers cull our knowledge from a myriad of unlikely sources:sitcoms,movies,rock songs,old classics,comics,commercialized spirituality,lively water cooler discussions,booze binging sessions,through our excesses like rampant consumerism,though our dreadful and dreary life experiences that refuse to be fathomed-somehow hoping that we've come upon a general consensus that we've stumbled upon the truth

The consensus:

                                                                                Life so far has been a tangled mess of paradoxes and contradictions, and in terms of gratification, a profound dissatisfaction and a major disappointment.

"Is that all there is?" is the du jour question on every body's mind along with apathy and anathema of life itself.

"That life is a trap we've always known:we are born without consent.locked in a body we never chose,and destined to die"

Is that all  there is ?

 

The answer could lie in the so many carelessly uttered "So What(s)" and "I don't care(s)"

Static

Static:               Time is only meaningful when measured through the change that is         observed.In the movie Watchmen,Dr.Manhattan can see his past and the future.Aren't we all partly blessed with that power, by being able to see into our own pasts, real and imagined?

            Humans observe the phenomenon of time only with noticeable change in events.With no change, time seems static,time seems meaningless.The ageless don't seem to age because they retain the quality of sameness with passing time.

Met an old friend recently.

It didn't seem like it was four years since we had last met.Surprisingly there was zero awkwardness between us, even though I was expecting some.

             It is undeniable that we had changed a lot since we had last met,but not enough to push us away.The familiarity was akin to slipping into a well worn shoe;just as comfortable.

            But at the same time we could not disregard the changes in us.Our physical changes were more apparent than the metaphysical ones.I had gained over six kilos since we last met.Our vertical growth had halted a long time ago, while we could not stop our horizontal growth, to quote an old joke about old age.

                                    We weren't old,at least not old enough to stop watching cartoons or stop reading comics (graphic novels, I repeat they are not bloody comics, GRAPHIC NOVELS!).

                  I've been told, forty is the new thirty, and by that new dictum we were still in our teens, fifteen for the time being.But we had grown up, and our metabolisms were telling it to us.

                    Our metabolisms had slowed down and we had lost our boyishness and stepped into the roles of flabby men.

               More so was another friend, who had grown obese over the years...so much that we both wondered how much time had passed since we last saw the now fat and pudgy friend as his former old slim tall self.

                                    For us the transformation from slim to obese of our friend was the true measure of passed time, because how much we changed was a more meaningful measure of time than how long it took in seconds,hours,days,weeks or years.

Cats are boring creatures

Cats are boring creatures

                   Without the funny captions, cats just sit around, shit, and eat foodz.  Dogs are much funner to be around.  They show appreciation, like to play, and will bite the shit out of anyone trying to fuck with you or steal your shit.  In the latter case, a cat will just sit around, whore for attention, and maybe even help the thieves load the truck...

Intelligent women have better sex...or Why you should date a Geek Chick

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1180583/Bad-luck-bimbos-Intelligent-women-better-sex-study-reveals.html
Bad luck bimbos: Intelligent women have better sex, study reveals...Or why you should date a geek!

T2 or T3 :A comparison guide

http://terminatorguide.webs.com/T3special.htm

Kids write the darndest things!

The following were answers provided by 6th graders during a history test. Watch the spelling!

1. Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies and they all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert. The climate of the Sarah is such that all the inhabitants have to live elsewhere.

2. Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea where they made unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredients. Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandments. He died before he ever reached Canada.

3. Solomon had three hundred wives and seven hundred porcupines.

4. The Greeks were a highly sculptured people, and without them we wouldn’t have history. The Greeks also had myths. A myth is a female moth.

5. Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline.

6. In the Olympic games, Greeks ran races, jumped, hurled biscuits, and threw the java.

7. Julius Caesar extinguished himself on the battlefields of Gaul. The Ides of March murdered him because they thought he was going to be made king. Dying, he gasped out: “Tee hee, Brutus.”

8. Joan of Arc was burnt to a steak and was canonized by Bernard Shaw.

9. Queen Elizabeth was the “Virgin Queen,” As a queen she was a success. When she exposed herself before her troops they all shouted “hurrah.”

10. It was an age of great inventions and discoveries. Gutenberg invented removable type and the Bible. Another important invention was the circulation of blood. Sir Walter Raleigh is a historical figure because he invented cigarettes and started smoking. Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world with a 100-foot clipper.

11. The greatest writer of the Renaissance was William Shakespeare. He was born in the year 1564, supposedly on his birthday. He never made much money and is famous only because of his plays. He wrote tragedies, comedies, and hysterectomies, all in Islamic pentameter. Romeo and Juliet are an example of a heroic couple. Romeo’s last wish was to be laid by Juliet.

12. Writing at the same time as Shakespeare was Miguel Cervantes. He wrote Donkey Hote. The next great author was John Milton. Milton wrote paradise lost. Then his wife died and he wrote Paradise Regained.

13. Delegates from the original 13 states formed the Contented Congress. Thomas Jefferson, a Virgin, and Benjamin Franklin were two singers of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin discovered electricity by rubbing two cats backward and declared, “A horse divided against itself cannot stand.” Franklin died in 1790 and is still dead.

14. Abraham Lincoln became America’s greatest Precedent. Lincoln’s mother died in infancy, and he was born in a log cabin which he built with his own hands. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves by signing the Emasculation Proclamation. On the night of April 14, 1865, Lincoln went to the theater and got shot in his seat by one of the actors in a moving picture show. They believe the assinator was John Wilkes Booth, a supposingly insane actor. This ruined Booth’s career

Why Women Hate Other Women

http://www.beyondjane.com/Why-Women-Hate-Other-Women.215387/1
How do I stumble on to such sites?

Today's dating practices can lead to 'Modern Female Dating Anxiety'

                          With symptoms like sweaty palms, shallow breathing and obsessive behaviour, a thoroughly modern epidemic -- Modern Female Dating Anxiety (MFDA) -- has developed and it is by-product of technological communication and casual dating practises, say two leading experts.

Ryan Cassady, a life coach, and his wife Jessica, a clinical psychologist and sex therapist, coined the phrase MFDA in their new book, Stop Wondering if You'll Ever Meet Him.

"There actually are components of mental illness that we see coming into the picture of MFDA (and) we know that these are people who are mentally healthy," News.com.au quoted Jessica, as saying.

According to the couple, the condition most commonly affects self-assured women who lose their cool on the dating circuit.

"They have a sense of confidence and security that somehow becomes absent in the dating situation," Ryan said.

The evolution of "conveniences" like text messaging, social networking and email have created "this illusion of intimacy" that hasn't been formed between people, Jessica added.

She said: "As technology has been brought into the equation people have gotten used to exploring connections in a very fast way. That sense of immediate gratification has confused a process that traditionally followed more of a courtship process. If you're not hearing from someone straight away because they do have that ability to call you, (you) that something must be wrong."

Women also aren't coping well with loosening of formal courtship "codes", a legacy of the sexual revolution of the 1960s.

"The formality of the dating process was kind of tossed out the window and as a result a very casual (method)... arose," Ryan said.

"Hanging out and hooking up" replaced traditional courtship methods, he added.

To get over MFDA, the couple encourage sufferers to channel their "feminine mystique", or charisma, learn some old-school dating practises and "let go" of their "type".

The answer is Bakku-shan KCG!

http://www.cracked.com/article_17251_10-coolest-foreign-words-english-language-needs.html
KCG had posed a question sometime ago .
"What do you call a female who looks good only when viewed from behind?" (or something like that)

The Swine Flu Pandemic–Fact or Fiction? - What you’re not supposed to know

http://www.howtodoitall.co.uk/blog2/?p=235