At the moment I am lacking something that I really want to write about, so I have indulged in “Google image searches” instead 
There is a heap of funny stuff out there in Intenetland and I found some signs that i found amusing. Some are meant to be funny, while others probably was put up in all sencerity – making you wonder what the people that put up the sign without checking it thoroughly are really thinking..
Newspapers, and especially tabloids, have a tendency to overdo everything, to catch your attention and basically sell more papers. Also, many headlines are decided upon by the desk, and not the actual journalist who wrote the piece, and sometimes that, combined with deadlines and a hectic work environment, results in funny headlines.
I have added a few of them below, and you can find more on the Internet. I have seen many of these labeled as “Best headlines of 1997″, “Best headlines of 2002″ etc, and the only thing that is for certain is that somebody claimed that they were real headlines at one time or another, but I can not vouch for that .
I find many of them rather funny:)
If you have any more suggestions or other compilations of headlines, please feel free to post them in the comments.
While on the subject, I did a quick check for more newspaper related stupidity, and found the following headlines and clippings. Its amazing that some of this stuff was actually passed by whoever passes stuff.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.
- Albert Einstein
Color challenged square
According to Times Online, there is a shift in language on the way, particulary in the public sector, as everybody eager to be most politically correct. A number or names and descriptions, sayings and the like is now, per se, viewed upon as racist or ethnically demeaning. I am not writing about the normal racial slander you would expect, various organisations have decided, out of the kindness of their heart I guess, to limit or ban the use of certain words – as they are sexist, racist or carry with them a “hierarchical valuation of skin color”. I assure you that I am not making this up!
Lets have a look at some of the examples of this:
Black day – Use “miserable day” as the color black is expressed as bad and therefore it indicates that the skin color black is bad.
Ethnic minority – Minority is something small, therefore less than the majority, and thus “smaller or less important”.
Gentlemans agreement – Potentially offensive to women, one should use “unwritten agreement” or “an agreement based on trust”.
Master bedroom – Indicating a man, and threfore bad and sexist against women.
Black sheep of the family, black looks and black mark – Does not really have anything to do with skin color, but makes “black” out as something less desireble and therfore reinforce the badness of “black”. Equally, everything “white” is positive and therefore bad.
The stupidity of this is almost beyond me, and I foresee great challenges in the future. If we can not use any colors that may have some resemblance to any ethnicity, how can we say “what a horrible black sweater”, “I got a sun burn and now I am all red and terrible”, “He is yellow (cowardly)” and so on? One should always fight racism and bigotry, but this is not the way to do it.
Whats your opinion on the subject, if any?
Inspired by my own blog post yesterday about texting while driving, I decided to check out some road safety commercials on youtube. I have seen many more traffic accidents up close and personal than I would like to think about, and in most cases -- they were completely unnecessary.
Most people, and perhaps myself included, have a nonchalant view on driving and rarely thinks about the consequences of being on the road. One thing is what can happen to your car, loosing your license etc, few of us think about the harm we can cause others. The legislation in most countries have specific laws on accidents caused by negligence or intentionally, and most do not really know how low negligence will go when the ifs and buts of the accident are discussed in court months later. Its probably enough to be texting on your phone, driving 20 km/h above the posted speed limit, the fact that you had bad tires or brakes, was drunk, was overloaded your car and the list goes on.
Since I spend quite a lot of time on the road, and try to buckle up my seat belt, drive safely and responsible -- I too am relying on that all the rest of you are doing the same. From my previous experience, I know that many are not. Anyway, enough morals, please have a look at some road safety films that I found, and they should all make you think how you drive. If not, you are downright stupid and should have your license revoked. That last bit is not a joke, btw..
A few days ago I posted some images of Matt Damon from the period he was filming the movie “The Informant!“. Many of these, well all actually, showed a relatively fat and unfit Matt Damon, as the part he was playing was just that, fat and unfit. Being the method, or at least dedicated, actor that he is; he got fat to be able to play the part better.
End of story? Eh, no..
Today I received a complaint! Someone I know contacted me off blog, in what adults call the real world, or IRL for short, and complained about just posting pictures where Matt Damon looks less hunky than his normal self. To please this person and stop the yelling and crying, I had to promise to post some pictures where he looks good too, so here is – for your viewing pleasure – a sexier Matt Damon
As the title indicates, this is more of Matt Damon. Not necessarily more information or many more images – but certainly a Matt Damon that is more by himself. I am a big fan of Matt Damon, so I am not trying to put him down or anything, I just find it interesting how some actors will go through just about anything to fit the part in movies that they play in. The images below are taken while Matt was filming The Informant. Luckily he is now back to his attractive, hot and slender looking self
If you would like another, and more extreme, example of transformations, have a look at the things Christian Bale has gone through for his movies.
The movie poster for the Informant
Matt Damon is by many viewed as one of the sexiest men alive, but he will still adjust his body to fit any part he plays in a movie. In the Bourne trilogy he was athletic and buffed, in the upcoming movie “The Informant!” – he is downright fat. According to Damon he gained 30 pounds (13.6 kg) to play the role of the company vice president turned whistleblower, Marc Whitacre.
“I definitely got doughy” sais Damon, now back to his leaner, slimmer self, according to EW. “I started eating like crazy and drinking dark beer. Between meals on set, I’d eat a No. 1 Value Meal at McDonald’s and then Doritos on top of it. It was absolute heaven.”
Well, many of us do exactly that, but more for pleasure than high profile roles in movies, and many of us have problems getting back too..
Anyway, have a look at the trailer for the movie “The Informant!” – I am looking forward to it this September.
The renowned fashion blogger Facehunter recently visited Oslo to get an overview of what Norwegian street fashion is like. He visited during the annual “Fashion week” but spent more time photographing people on the street, as trends surface there first. Below is an interview with Yvan Rodic and his experiences here. Parts of the video is in Norwegian, but you get the point anyway.
The new holy grail of music is Spotify, the streaming program for virtually all music ever made digital. The program is currently in beta/limited availability – and music lovers all over the world are craving to get in and share the bliss. I have been using this program since last fall, and its addictive Most of the music you listened to when you had time to listen to music is there, along with lots of new, and still for you, undiscovered artists.
Once you get the hang of it, you can share the play lists you have created on sharemyplaylists.com or download somebody else’ compilation of music. Its a great way to expand your musical horizon.
The program has both a free and paid model and for a reasonable prize per month (€ 10/£ 10/Nkr 99) you will not have to endure the commercials plaguing the free version. When I first started using this program the commercials were few and far apart, but I have noticed that they are coming more and more often – something that is understandable if you have a product to sell, and a great product at that. The guys at Spotify are currently not giving access to the program for other countries than the UK and Sweden, and if you want to listen to great music with great quality – you have to cheat.
I will try to explain how its possible to register with Spotify from another country than the two that are currently given access. I don’t want to do anything illegal, so if this trickery is illegal in any way, this post will be removed.
Try this:
With any luck you should now have a valid UK user account with Spotify and can download the client. Registering spotify with this method is done at your own risk and may be immoral in some sense of the word.
Spotify should open up their service to everyone asap so stuff like this would not be necessary.
Feel free to comment if this worked for you, and Good luck
Everybody needs motivation from time to time, but more often than not, demotivation is much more to the point and funnier. Below is a tiny collection of some of the motivational and demotivational posters that are floating around the Internet for you to get upset about, humored, annoyed or fascinated by- if not irritated over. Still, emotional numbness is not good for you, so have a look and see if any of them strike a chord with you. If you don’t believe me, ask your physician
