tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8420510829187410362024-03-08T12:01:05.631-08:00www.girlssecretroom.com*FREEYOURMIND : a room that blongs to the girls which is full of fun and sharing. ps: don't tell boys!funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-73218581227013930692007-09-29T13:58:00.000-07:002007-09-29T13:59:49.208-07:00Eva Mendes: Eating For Two?<a href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/images/photos/eva-mendes-pre-natal-yoga.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/images/photos/eva-mendes-pre-natal-yoga.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Her movie “We Own The Night” is coming out in less than two weeks, but </span><a style="COLOR: #ff5aad; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/category/C102"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Eva Mendes</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> may have some news that would eclipse even a blockbuster at the box office.<br />There are preliminary reports that the “Hitch” actress is expecting. And Hollywood is abuzz with the news that the 33-year-old could be a mommy soon.<br /></span><a href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/eva-mendes-eating-for-two-202079/#blog"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">continued...</span></a></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-90131817658855347212007-09-29T13:56:00.001-07:002007-09-29T13:57:05.625-07:00Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony Kick Off Joint Tour<a href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/images/photos/jennifer-lopez-trup-taj-mahal.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/images/photos/jennifer-lopez-trup-taj-mahal.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a style="COLOR: #ff5aad; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/category/C17"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Jennifer Lopez</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> and </span><a style="COLOR: #ff5aad; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/category/C3"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Marc Anthony</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> took the Etess Arena stage at Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City last night (September 28).<br />The first of two sold-out Jersey shows marked the start of a nationwide tour for the husband-and-wife pair, who are both promoting new albums.<br /></span><a href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/jennifer-lopez-marc-anthony-kick-off-joint-tour-202084/#blog"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">continued...</span></a></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-84702226548240233592007-09-29T13:53:00.001-07:002007-09-29T13:54:42.205-07:00Jessica Alba Dismisses “Sexiest” Polls<a href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/images/photos/jessica-alba-sandwich-house-shopping.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/images/photos/jessica-alba-sandwich-house-shopping.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">While many Hollywood starlets will go out of their way for attention and compliments, </span><a style="COLOR: #ff5aad; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/category/C83"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Jessica Alba</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> has been flowered with such high praise for her looks that she’s forced to try and disprove its validity.<br />The Into the Blue actress, who was spotted out yesterday </span><a style="COLOR: #ff5aad; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/jessica-alba-can-wiggle-with-the-best-of-them-201776/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">continuing her search for a new house</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">, recently commented to press about not letting the “Sexiest” polls go to her head.<br /></span><a href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/hollywood/jessica-alba-dismisses-sexiest-polls-202086/#blog"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">continued...</span></a></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-1079935882780931232007-09-29T08:16:00.000-07:002007-09-29T08:19:31.968-07:00More Bad News For Britney Spears<a href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/images/photos/britney-spears-starbucks-tummy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/images/photos/britney-spears-starbucks-tummy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">She’s been spending more time in the courtroom than in the recording studio, and now </span><a style="COLOR: #ff5aad; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/category/C5"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Britney Spears</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> may have yet another legal problem to deal with.<br />Reports tell that </span><a style="COLOR: #ff5aad; TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/celebrities/category/C40"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Kevin Federline’s</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> attorney met with Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon on Thursday morning in an in-chambers ex-parte hearing. And while the details of the meeting haven’t been disclosed, there’s plenty of speculation pointing out possible reasons. </span></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-80897699530498731842006-10-17T04:51:00.000-07:002006-10-17T04:53:45.459-07:00windows are world<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1068/102789438832854/1600/26[1].jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1068/102789438832854/320/26%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-55625733240266025182006-10-13T14:07:00.000-07:002006-10-13T14:08:43.445-07:00the twins<a href="http://www.geocities.com/ihatebobbywilliams/FUNNY_FAT_KIDS_008.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.geocities.com/ihatebobbywilliams/FUNNY_FAT_KIDS_008.jpg" border="0" /></a>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-56067388360153249622006-10-13T13:49:00.000-07:002006-10-13T13:51:56.921-07:00jimi hendrix<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-WwB84z_fTA"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-WwB84z_fTA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-33631026241827034832006-10-12T04:55:00.000-07:002006-10-12T04:58:50.510-07:00Liam Kemp, The 3d master<a href="http://www.this-wonderful-life.com/f070extracam(forest).jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.this-wonderful-life.com/f070extracam(forest).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Liam Kemp is great cg artist who makes hiper realistic 3d model girls. He has also a well known short film named ' This Wonderful Life'. just visit the site and check out what you find. </span><a href="http://www.this-wonderful-life.com/index.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Link</span></a></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-49057347467980694302006-10-11T03:35:00.000-07:002006-10-11T03:36:34.397-07:00some fresh drawins<a href="http://www.ftw-design.com/images/dessins/nb/bjork_dessin.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.ftw-design.com/images/dessins/nb/bjork_dessin.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">a good place to see some fresh drawn pictures. </span></div><div> </div><div><a class="postlink" href="http://www.ftw-design.com/best-of-creations.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">http://www.ftw-design.com/best-of-creations.php</span></a></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-18449570391166218872006-10-10T05:14:00.000-07:002006-10-10T05:15:18.083-07:00Worms Wrote "Hi" on Woman’s Tomato<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1068/102789438832854/1600/worms-write-hi-tomato.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1068/102789438832854/320/worms-write-hi-tomato.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Phyllis Smith is waging a war with worms in her tomato garden. She’s clearly losing the battle, as she recently found a "hi" message from the worms on one of her tomatoes:</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><em>"We got down and was pruning and got down there and just pulled open those tomato vines," Smith said. "There was a message that that bold bug had left on that tomato, and it said, ‘hi.’ And it just blew our minds. I laughed so hard."<br /></em></span><a href="http://www.nbc10.com/news/9416279/detail.html#"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><em>Link</em></span></a></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-85444552784432189372006-10-10T05:11:00.000-07:002006-10-10T05:13:02.292-07:00Ground to Ground Lightning Bolt<a href="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-07/arc-lightning.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-07/arc-lightning.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">From Earth Picture of the Day:</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><em>The above photo showing a bizarre arc of lightning was captured near in southeastern France, near Menton, on May 10, 2006. Since the ground is charged opposite that of a cloud base, and will not discharge to itself, it’s likely that this picture is showing two cloud-to-ground strokes. Perpsective makes it appear as though a single lightning bolt is arching above the hill top.<br /></em></span><a href="http://epod.usra.edu/archive/epodviewer.php3?oid=313088"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><em>Link</em></span></a></div></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-88839757690577643832006-10-10T05:07:00.001-07:002006-10-10T05:07:26.911-07:00Bollywood Thriller<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ll8Qm8yDj-8"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ll8Qm8yDj-8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />The funniest music video you’ll see today (if you haven’t seen it already! It’s making the rounds on the InterWeb - and deservedly so.) It’s the new King of Pop! (Not sure if it is Bollywood, though) Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-24516701294675594042006-10-10T04:55:00.000-07:002006-10-10T04:56:35.282-07:00Old Chinese Propaganda Posters<a href="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2005-11/chinese-propaganda-poster.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2005-11/chinese-propaganda-poster.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> Stefan Landsberger has a massive collection of over 1,700 Chinese propaganda posters made since 1949 till present day. </span><a href="http://www.iisg.nl/%7Elandsberger/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Link</span></a>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-33802358742734262212006-10-10T04:52:00.000-07:002006-10-10T04:53:31.571-07:00China’s Internet Addicts<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1068/102789438832854/1600/china-internet-addiction.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1068/102789438832854/200/china-internet-addiction.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The Internet is taking China by storm, and as a result, there is a growing number of internet addicts - and treating these internet addicts is becoming a booming business!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /><em>Wang Yiming, 21, is a self-confessed internet addict, one of a growing number in China. He used to spend hours online each day, often going without food or sleep. His face is drawn and sallow.<br />A month or two after I started surfing the internet, I failed some of my school tests, but I was too afraid to tell my parents. When my father found out, he was very angry.<br />"But I couldn’t control my addiction. Friends were also telling me that I was on the net too long, but I thought: ‘It’s my life, I can do what I want.’ I became a real loner, was withdrawn, and wouldn’t listen to anyone."<br /></em></span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4327258.stm"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><em>Link</em></span></a></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-88753297703089445132006-10-10T04:50:00.000-07:002006-10-10T04:51:23.787-07:00Man Lives in Tree After Fight with Wife<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1068/102789438832854/1600/man-lives-in-tree-after-domestic-spat.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/1068/102789438832854/200/man-lives-in-tree-after-domestic-spat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Man skipped doghouse after domestic dispute, opted instead for treehouse.<br />Kapila Pradhan, 45, a resident of Nagajhara village in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, left home after an apparent tiff with his wife.<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><em>"My son and daughter-in-law quarrelled constantly after their son was born and their relationship soured day by day," says his mother Sishula. "One morning I found my son had left the house while everybody was still asleep."<br />A month later, villagers found him deep in the forest living in a tree.<br /></em></span><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4643678.stm"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><em>Link</em></span></a></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-56497930812359772002006-10-10T04:47:00.000-07:002006-10-10T04:49:50.868-07:00Nepal’s Boy Buddha<a href="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2005-12/nepal-buddha-boy.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2005-12/nepal-buddha-boy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-01/nepal-boy-buddha.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-01/nepal-boy-buddha.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Tens of thousands of people have visited the site, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Nepalese Buddha Boy - and a cottage industry selling pictures, CDs, etc. of Ram Bamjan has sprung up around this phenomenon (with proceeds going to rebel Maoist, said gov’t officials).<br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The screen that was erected to shield him from view has been taken down, but there is still no resolution to the claim that Ram has not eaten or drunk anything since he began his meditation 8 months ago.<br />(Does this matter? The 16-year old has been meditating for 8 months! I couldn’t sit still for 5 minutes when I was that age)<br />Nepalese eKantipur website’s got the latest news:<br /></div></span><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><em>‘The biting cold has had no effect whatsoever on him so far," says priest Prem Lama…<br />…claims that the news of Bomjon’s "godly power" began to spread after two dumb people started speaking after visiting the meditation site. </em></span><a href="http://www.kantipuronline.com/feature.php?nid=63824"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><em>Link</em></span></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Ram Bahadur Bamjan’s friends said that he has been meditating without drinking water for 6 months, and will carry on for another 6 years until he attains enlightments.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /><em>"Bamjan has spoken only a few times since he began the meditation, according to Prem Lama.<br />He said the first time Bamjan spoke was when a snake bit him around a month ago.<br />Bamjan took the incident as his second test, which he must overcome, Prem Lama said."<br />This has people calling him Buddha-reincarnate. Now, scientists are gathering to see whether he indeed can meditate for so long without drinking any water.</em></span><br /></div><div></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-5247119242181348532006-10-10T04:45:00.000-07:002006-10-10T04:46:13.453-07:00Scary Viking Teeth<a href="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-02/viking-groove-teeth.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-02/viking-groove-teeth.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> Caroline Arcini of Sweden’s National Heritage Board discovered that:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /><em>Viking warriors filed deep grooves in their teeth, and they likely had to smile broadly to show them off, according to new finds in four major Viking Age cemeteries in Sweden. </em></span><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060123/vikingteeth_arc.html?source=rss"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><em>Link</em></span></a><br /><div></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-60044464886191168432006-10-10T04:43:00.001-07:002006-10-10T04:43:37.262-07:00Wild Men in Schleicherlaufen Festival<a href="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-02/wild-men-schleicherlaufen-telfs.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-02/wild-men-schleicherlaufen-telfs.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> "Wild Men" in tree lichen costumes celebrating Schleicherlaufen, a festival of winter’s end, in Telfs, Austria. </span><a href="http://www.sagen.at/doku/schleicherlaufen/inhalt_schleicherlaufen.html"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Link</span></a><br /><div></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-27204987950885649832006-10-10T04:41:00.000-07:002006-10-10T04:42:14.337-07:00Pillow Fight Club<a href="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-02/pillow-fight-club.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-02/pillow-fight-club.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">The first rule of pillow fight club is, you do talk about pillow fight club…. On Valentine’s Day, a thousand people showed up to pummel each other with pillows. </span><a href="http://laughingsquid.com/2006/02/14/san-francisco-pillow-fight-photos/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Link</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> </span></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-41737379518944233352006-10-10T04:40:00.001-07:002006-10-10T04:40:48.631-07:00Bride of Chucky Wedding Cake Topper<a href="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-02/bride-of-chucky-wedding-topper.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-02/bride-of-chucky-wedding-topper.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Why settle for that boring and blah wedding cake topper? Go with these awesome weird wedding cake topper. </span><a href="http://www.caketoppers.com/ppw642.htm"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Link</span></a></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-35338140788836788752006-10-10T04:35:00.000-07:002006-10-10T04:36:53.039-07:00List of April Fool’s Jokes<a href="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-04/spaghetti-tree.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-04/spaghetti-tree.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Today is the right day to visit Museum of Hoaxes’s famous list of </span><a href="http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes of All Time</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">.</span></div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><div><br />At no. 1 is 1957 The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest, where BBC news show Panorama announced that very mild winter and elimination of the spaghetti weevil had created a bumper crop for Swiss spaghetti tree growers.<br /></div><div>A huge number of viewers called in to ask how they can grow their own spaghetti tree - to which the BBC responded "place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best."<br /></div></span><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Check out the rest of the list: </span><a href="http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Link</span></a></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-83660792831450079332006-10-10T04:30:00.000-07:002006-10-10T04:32:43.709-07:00Fantasy Coffins from Ghana<a href="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-04/ghana-coffin.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-04/ghana-coffin.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Why be buried in a boring coffin, when you can get handmade coffins that look like a Mercedes Benz, lobster, onion, shoe, beer bottle, even a cigarette?<br /></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">From the website:</span><br /></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">For the Ga tribe in coastal Ghana, funerals are a time of mourning, but also of celebration. The Ga people believe that when their loved ones die, they move on into another life — and the Ga make sure they do so in style. They honor their dead with brightly colored coffins that celebrate the way they lived.<br />The coffins are designed to represent an aspect of the dead person’s life — such as a car if they were a driver, a fish if their livelihood was the sea — or a sewing machine for a seamstress. They might also symbolize a vice — such as a bottle of beer or a cigarette.</span></em></span></div></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-54685671510563344172006-10-10T04:28:00.000-07:002006-10-10T04:29:46.183-07:00Gil Azouri’s Li River Cormorant Fisherman<div align="center"><a href="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-04/azouri-cormorant-fisherman.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-04/azouri-cormorant-fisherman.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> <span style="font-family:arial;">See more of Gil’s fantastic photos at: </span></span><a href="http://www.pbase.com/gilazouri"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;">Link</span></a></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">Using cormorant to fish is an ancient practice in Japan and China. In Japan, </span><a href="http://www.city.gifu.gifu.jp/kankou/08_eng_01.html"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">cormorant fishermen</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> puts a tethered steel ring around the bird’s neck (to prevent them from swallowing the fish). One fisherman usually handles ten to twelve birds at a time.<br />In China, the cormorants are more like beloved pets to the fisherman - he would train the bird to catch the fish and release it to him instead of swallowing it.</span><br /></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-34977275968012824632006-10-10T04:24:00.000-07:002006-10-10T04:26:05.103-07:00Child Bride of Afghanistan<div align="center"><a href="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-07/child-bride-afghanistan.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-07/child-bride-afghanistan.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-size:78%;">Stephanie Sinclair / NY Times</span> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">From a very interesting NY Times article by Barry Bearak and Stephanie Sinclair: </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /><em>The drought has since passed, but the poverty remains, as does the widespread custom of early marriage. Some Afghans readily use their daughters to settle debts and assuage disputes. Polygamy is practiced. A man named Mohammed Fazal, 45, told Sinclair that village elders had urged him to take his second wife, 13-year-old Majabin, in lieu of money owed him by the girl’s father. The two men had been gambling at cards while also ingesting opium and hashish. …<br />On the day she witnessed the engagement party of 11-year-old Ghulam Haider to 40-year-old Faiz Mohammed, Sinclair discreetly took the girl aside. "What are you feeling today?" the photographer asked. "Nothing," the bewildered girl answered. "I do not know this man. What am I supposed to feel?"</em></span><em><br /></em></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-842051082918741036.post-14006074997533797062006-10-10T04:16:00.000-07:002006-10-10T04:18:05.920-07:00World’s Smallest Teddy Bear<div align="center"><a href="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-09/world-smallest-teddy-bear.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.neatorama.com/images/2006-09/world-smallest-teddy-bear.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">German artist Bettina Kaminski’s "Mini the Pooh," at just 5 mm tall, is the world’s smallest Teddy Bear!</span><br /></div>funtimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13698652535669664866noreply@blogger.com0