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The Bike Ride: A Long, Sad Journey to Heartbreak
Just how far would you ride your bike to visit your old girlfriend, who might or might not want to see you? "The Bike Ride" tells the seemingly simple tale of one guy's long 50-mile bike journey to pay a surprise visit to his girlfriend. And indeed, she's very much taken by surprise! It's a dreamlike, dizzying head trip, which very sadly ends in heartbreak.
This piece includes great images, as well as the humorously bittersweet animation, "The Bike Ride." Just how far would you ride your bike to visit your old girlfriend, who might or might not want to see you? "The Bike Ride"... more -
Hippie apes make war as well as love, study finds
Despite their reputation as lovers not fighters of the primate world, bonobos actually hunt and eat other great apes, German researchers said Monday.
Their findings, the first direct evidence of hunting by the so-called "hippie" apes, show that such behavior is not linked to male dominance as females rule bonobo society and also go on hunts.
"We always have this view that hunting is a male business," said Gottfried Hohmann of the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. "What our study shows is this is not necessarily the case.
"This has implications for models on early humans that people have proposed how humans have evolved," said Hohmann, whose findings are published in Current Biology.
Bonobos, chimpanzees and orangutans, collectively known as the great apes, are the closest genetic relatives to humans and scientists study their behavior to learn more about our own evolution.
The apes are generally considered more peaceful than their close cousins, the chimps, and have a reputation for free-loving ways because sex plays a major role their society, being used for greetings, conflict resolution and reconciliation.
Scientists had thought bonobos, found in the lowland forest south of the river Congo, only ate small animals such as squirrels, forest antelopes and rodents they encountered.
But over five years of observing a group of bonobos the researchers recorded about 10 instances when a group of the apes set out on hunting trips in search of chimpanzees.
Each time the bonobos silently crept through the woods on the ground, trying to get underneath a group of chimps before clambering up a tree in a sudden attack, the researchers said.
The bonobo hunts were successful on fewer than half the excursions and in some cases shared the meat, evidence they were willing to share to encourage group hunting, Hohmann and colleagues said.-----------------this is our follow up to the monkeys serving drinks(: Despite their reputation as lovers not fighters of the primate world, bonobos actually hunt and eat other great apes, German researche... more -
Artists all over the world got their freak on... Gotta see it. Too bad I can onl...
I wanted to pick at least 10 pictures for this. Many are borderline porn, but are art.
How about everyone pick your fav and post it below? That could be fun. I wanted to pick at least 10 pictures for this. Many are borderline porn, but are art. ... more -
Book of Tao # 27 ~ Compassion
Tao #27 ~ Compassion
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experienced travelers leave no trace
as they move along the way
seasoned speakers do not lose face
when the words seem to slip away
good accountants don't need computers
to help them find the balance
a good door needs no latch
to remain closed
a good bond
does not need a rope
Wise ones lift the people up
and don't let people down
wise ones do not turn their backs
upon the pain that is around
wise ones are filled with love
not needing gloves
to dive into the work of kindness
they are unafraid of age or time
teaching those who need to learn
giving even the slow a turn
helping them up the ladder
to the heart of the matter
value your teachers,
value your students
those who do not value wisdom
live in delusion
perceive
the mystery
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Another Version
Tao #27 ~ Compassion
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Experienced travelers leave no trace
as they move along the way
seasoned speakers do not lose face
when the words seem to slip away
good accountants don't need computers
to help them find the balance
a good door needs no latch
to remain closed
a good bond
does not need a rope
Wise ones lift the people up
and don't let people down
wise ones do not turn their backs
upon the pain that is around
wise ones are filled with love
not needing gloves
to dive into the work of kindness
they are unafraid of age or time
the wise teach the foolish
fools are lessons for the wise
value wisdom
or live a lie
this is the answer
to the riddle of life Tao #27 ~ Compassion Ф experienced travelers leave no trace as they move along the way seasoned speakers do not lose face ... more -
Book of Tao - Extremes
Tao #9 ~ Extremes
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Going to extremes is never wise
treasure attracts envious eyes
a bowl filled to the brim
easily spills its contents
a knife sharpened to excess
quickly dulls and loses its edge
when filling your rooms with gold
whispering of luck and the Jade you've sold
you cannot protect your miser's hoard
hubris invites its own reward
the braggart's voice is always proud
it is better to be soft than loud
do not strut your credentials
or identify yourself with titles
When you have reached your goal
be satisfied to walk away
time to take a holiday
this is truly heaven's way Tao #9 ~ Extremes Ф Going to extremes is never wise treasure attracts envious eyes a bowl filled to the brim ... more -
Book Of Tao - Intuition
Tao #12 ~ Intuition
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light reveals colour
but intense light can blind
music is beautiful
yet can deafen
with loudness and time
taking delight in subtle flavours
we all love to taste and savour
yet constant intensity can rob us of pleasure
constant grasping dulls the mind
too much seeking and one does not find
the wise do not judge by appearances
but look deeper into the heart
seek the kingdom within
know your heart as a friend Tao #12 ~ Intuition Ф light reveals colour but intense light can blind music is beautiful yet can deafen ... more -
Book of Tao - Labels
Tao #1 / Labels
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Labels
words, verbs and lines
serve to define
that which can be named
yet infinity cannot be charted
eternity cannot be corralled
uncircumcised presence
centered everywhere, within without
cannot be defined
with the scribing of a line
bare of name
source of creation
bearing names
mothers gives birth
in the beginning one
from one to two
one becomes another
thus a mother
feeling separate
reaching outward
for union found within
reaching inward
union remains
movements still
freed of desire, fulfilled in Unity
filled with desire manifesting reality
form is defined
thought needs mind
letting go of thought
we move beyond space and time
no piece, know peace
these two are the same
through unfoldment
in appearance different
the secret Mystery
divergent unity
gateway doorway reality Tao #1 / Labels Ф Labels words, verbs and lines serve to define that which can be named yet infinity cannot be charted ... more -
"A hopeless attempt to escape from inevitability"
"A splash of color"
Someone's reaction...
I am sad when I watch this photo.
All is unavoidable.
A drop has fallen. It will not rise back.
That bounce up, "action and reaction", when caught as a slice in in the dimension of time, is a hopeless attempt to escape from inevitability.
The tiny column of water will fall down and then push up a similar hope.
Temporary. Sad... Colours are sharp and crude. Nothing subtle. Almost like black and white, only multidimensional.
This is why it is so BEAUTIFUL. So CRUEL !!! "A splash of color" Someone's reaction... I am sad when I watch this photo. All is unavoidable. ... more -
Alternative ways to understanding Statistics (funny)
After applying some simple algebra to some trite phrases and clinches a new understanding can be reached of the secret to wealth and success.
* Here it goes. Knowledge is Power
* Time is Money and as every engineer knows,
* Power is Work over Time.
* So, substituting algebraic equations for these time worn bits of wisdom, we get: K = P (1)
* T = M (2)
* P = W/T (3)
* Now, do a few simple substitutions: Put W/T in for P in equation (1), which yields:
* K = W/T (4)
* Put M in for T into equation (4), which yields: K = W/M (5).
* Now we've got something. Expanding back into English, we get: Knowledge equals Work over Money.
* What this MEANS is that: 1. The More You Know, the More Work You Do, and
* 2. The More You Know, the Less Money You Make.
* Solving for Money, we get: M = W/K (6)
* Money equals Work Over Knowledge.
From equation (6) we see that Money approaches infinity as Knowledge approaches 0, regardless of the Work done.
* What THIS MEANS is: The More you Make, the Less you Know.
* Solving for Work, we get W = M K (7)
* Work equals Money times Knowledge
From equation (7) we see that Work approaches 0 as Knowledge approaches 0.
* What THIS MEANS is: The stupid rich do little or no work.
Working out the socioeconomic implications of this breakthrough is left as an exercise for the reader. After applying some simple algebra to some trite phrases and clinches a new understanding can be reached of the secret to wealth and s... more -
Alternative ways to understanding sociological ideas.. (funny)
This is a list of sociological thinkers that was created by Mike Goodman (with some input from Tom Conroy and Andrew Miller (see the Sociology Server for details.)
Karl Marx
Life's not fair, let's all share!
Emile Durkheim
You get the ankles, I'll get the wrists.
Max Weber
All work and no play...
Georg Simmel
I feel like I am ze Country Mouse in ze Zitty, Ja?
Jurgen Habermas
Why can't we all just get along?
Talcott Parsons
I have a diagram that explains EVERYTHING!
Pierre Bourdieu
Kids, stay in school.
Michel Foucault
Er... donnez-moi le gagball.
Erving Goffman
Where's that #$@%!! waiter?
Jean Baudrillard
Real=fake; life=Disneyland
Robert Merton
Sometimes things happen for bad reasons and sometimes we can't see the reasons right away.
Herbert Blumer
It's all in your mind.
Louis Althusser
It's not in your mind.
C. Levi-Strauss
Myths are cool.
Amitai Etzioni
C'mon people now, smile on your brother, everybody get together, we've got to love one another right now.
Clifford Geertz
Ooh, look, a cock fight! How Shakespearean!
Randall Collins
(sung) Let me entertain you...
Rational Choice Theory
Choose, or lose.
British Cultural Studies
It's not so bad to spend time in front of the telly.
DISCLAIMER: The original authors (and moi) take NO responsibility for the following:
* Failed exams as a result of your referring solely to this list for a study guide.
* Rejected papers as a result of quoting these gems in an attempt to "set up a theoretical framework."
* Boos and hisses at the ASA meeting for using these gems in your presentations. This is a list of sociological thinkers that was created by Mike Goodman (with some input from Tom Conroy and Andrew Miller (see the S... more -
All I Ever Learned, I Learned from Real Anime - funny but true.
All I Ever Learned, I Learned from Real Anime - funny but true.
Edited due to limited space. All spaced at random.
War sucks.
You CAN have too many women.
Smart people wear glasses.
Music foreshadows plot.
The less you care about sex, the more opportunities you'll get.
(Inversely, the harder you try, the less you'll get.)
When you die, make a long speech, and don't finish the last sentence.
Snow means love.
Girls have excellent aim with small objects.
Vengeance with a sword is the sweetest revenge of all.
Honor is sexy; villainy is irresistible.
Women are attracted to losers; men are attracted to ANYTHING.
The coolest weapon is still the sword.
The hero is never really mad until they hurt his girlfriend.
A show without sexual tension isn't worth watching.
Love knows no race, species, or logic.
If it's homemade but tastes bad, grin and bury it (discreetly).
Never trust a huge corporation.
Romance never comes simpler than in a triangle.
Never fall in love with a psychic.
Sweating is a sure sign of stress.
Daydreaming leads to accidents.
Everyone wants to conquer Japan.
Cherry blossoms mean nostalgia.
Always take gravity into account.
Losing your temper can be therapeutic.
You can never have too many subplots.
If she sings, she's doomed.
Hot water has innumerable benefits.
No matter how much blood is lost, no one can die by a nosebleed.
(The same theory above applies to vomiting.)
If a sister falls in love with her brother, somewhere down the line you will discover that they're not blood related.
It is possible to incorporate martial arts into any aspect of life.
You can do anything to the human body as long as you hit the right pressure point.
The martial arts expert is always defenseless against a slap from the girl who loves him.
The fate of the planet rests in the hands of the seemingly normal high school student.
The heroine must shred her clothes while transforming into something to fight the bad guys.
True evil can never be destroyed, only banished to some nether realm where it awakes after a few hundred years.
Never love a Gundam pilot : you're just destined for disappointment (or a funeral).
All high school principals in Japan are clinically insane.
All people with esp powers give off multicolored auras.
A samurai sword can cut through anything.
Any love interest will always be possessed by a demon.
Any truly evil person who changes sides for the woman he loves will die in that episode.
You CAN do it, but only when it's funny or REALLY important. All I Ever Learned, I Learned from Real Anime - funny but true. Edited due to limited space. All spaced at random. War sucks. ... more -
Friends don't give friends seven orgasms. (MORE below)
One picture is 1k words... but can once sentence can be a story?
One Sentence is about telling your story, briefly. Insignificant stories, everyday stories, or turning-point-in-your-life stories, boiled down to their bare essentials.
The idea was born from a blog entry several years ago that got 14 million responses.
Here are a few more...
As my friend was trying to explain to the 911 operator that we needed an ambulance at a biking trail named "Who's your daddy," I realized that I would be laying on the ground for a long time before being rescued.
As I stood shivering and topless outside 7-11 at 3 in the morning with a strange woman who was just let out of jail, I wondered whether it was a sign to stop drinking or a suggestion to drink more. (wonder if this was a chick that wrote this? a.s.)
When my three year old said that all "towel heads are evil," I knew it was time to explain how grandpop was a racist.
(This one is deep, kinda sad. But powerful. I almost didn't include because it wasn't funny, but it is well done. a.s.)
Three were raped, one abused, one is forever unsatisfied with who she is, two, maybe three are cutters, one truly believes she's a slut by nature, one is seventeen with the mind of a ten year old, one is an orphan, one is as mental as I am, and I wouldn't trade any of them for all the perfect friends in the world.
After your twin brother got me pregnant, I was relieved that the baby would still look like you.
Walking downtown, holding hands with my long-haired boyfriend, I often wondered how many people who saw us from behind thought we were lesbians.
When you said I wasn't allowed to say anything at the funeral because it would be "improper," I knew I hated you.
You know you live in a hippie commune when you go to bed alone and wake up with three other people and think this is normal.
As I woke up from my nap to find written on my feet "This is my momma and you can't have her," I realized that my child is very, very strange.
I lost my virginity in a fraternity bunk bed, I lost my dignity on the fire escape the next morning, and I lost my sanity buying the pregnancy test the next month.
After stealing his email password, I figured I'd find he was cheating on me with several women in several cities, but instead found he was cheating on me with lots of men in lots of cities.
On that note.. I'm sure we have better here. One picture is 1k words... but can once sentence can be a story? ... more -
Top 25 reasons to cheat on your partner
If you're in a loving, monogamous relationship where trust is the top priority, congratulations - your relationship is a rarity in the 21st century!
A recent survey in Germany revealed that 38.9 per cent of women and 37.1 per cent of men have cheated on their partner.
Loyalty and longevity are no longer top priorities in many modern relationships and sometimes the temptation to cheat is just too great. And to be honest, for some people it doesn't take all that much of an excuse to play away from home, does it?
From an impending mid-life crisis to the motto 'anything goes at Oktoberfest', BILD presents the top 25 reasons to cheat: If you're in a loving, monogamous relationship where trust is the top priority, congratulations - your relationship is a rarity i... more -
Blind man sees wife and kids for the first time!
He had loved her voice since he first heard it in 1984. He had kissed her face a thousand times and held her hand. But he had never seen her - until now.
Michael May (54) had been blind since childhood. Then a miracle operation gave him back the gift of sight and his first ever look at his wife, as well as his two kids!
He lost his sight at the age of three. While playing with a powder he had found on the grounds of a chemical factory, it exploded and damaged his eyes.
But Michael never gave up hope. He learned quickly. He studied and founded an electronics firm. He’s a dedicated skier, and has won gold three times at the Paralympics.
He met his wife Jennifer (49) at a reception. She fell in love with him despite his disability and the couple now have two sons, aged 13 and 15.
One day, Michael accompanied Jennifer to her optician as she needed new contact lenses. More as a joke than anything, Michael also had his eyes examined.
But there was an amazing discovery - a new procedure (repairing the retina with stem cells) could be used to cure Michael’s eyes. The complicated operation was a success.
“A torrent of white lights” is how he described the moments directly after the bandages were taken off. Slowly, he began to make out shapes and colours. His heart raced as he began to discern more.
Then came his first view of Jennifer. First he could only make out her pullover: “Oh Heavens, that’s blue.” Then he saw her tender face, her hair. “So that’s what blonde looks like,” he thought. She was just like he had always seen her in his heart, only more beautiful.
He didn’t want to break down and cry because he was frightened of losing the picture.
Michael still has to train his brain to be able to deal with the new flood of images.
He is as happy as ever with Jennifer. Even though he might now and then look at other women on the street! He had loved her voice since he first heard it in 1984. He had kissed her face a thousand times and held her hand. But he had never se... more -
Holocaust survivors tell love story
In the beginning, there was a boy, a girl and an apple.
He was a teenager in a death camp in Nazi-controlled Germany. She was a bit younger, living free in the village, her family posing as Christians. Their eyes met through a barbed-wire fence and she wondered what she could do for this handsome young man.
She was carrying apples, and decided to throw one over the fence. He caught it and ran away toward the barracks. And so it began.
As they tell it, they returned the following day and she tossed an apple again. And each day after that, for months, the routine continued. She threw, he caught, and both scurried away.
They never knew one another's name, never uttered a single word, so fearful they'd be spotted by a guard. Until one day he came to the fence and told her he wouldn't be back.
"I won't see you anymore," she said. "Right, right. Don't come around anymore," he answered.
And so their brief and innocent tryst came to an end. Or so they thought.
Continued... In the beginning, there was a boy, a girl and an apple. ... more -
How to live and love online
It has often been said that opposites attract but research suggests that initial spark of attraction soon fades and does not make for a long and happy married life. It has often been said that opposites attract but research suggests that initial spark of attraction soon fades and does not make for ... more
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Artist faces jail time for writing "Love" on his own mural
Artist Ed Stross prepares for jail time after Detroit municipality convicted him of violating "signage" variance by writing "LOVE" on his own mural. Artist Ed Stross prepares for jail time after Detroit municipality convicted him of violating "signage" variance by writing ... more
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ART & MIRACLES
Akiane Kramarik is a young prodigy from Sandpoint, Idaho,
who has been drawing and painting lifelike artwork since she was
4. Akiane (pronounced ah-KEE-ah-nah) says she first met God when she was 3. And now she's hoping to use her amazing gift to help feed needy children around the world.
"It all began to happen when she started to share her dreams
and visions."Prior to that time, Forelli had been raised as an
unbeliever, in an atheistic family from Lithuania
."And my husband was a former Catholic and did not share
in the family beliefs.
We didn't pray together, there was no discussion about God,
and we didn't go to church.
Then all of a sudden, Akiane was starting to talk about God."
" Although she was 3 at the time, she'll always remember
God's first message to her.
"He said, 'You have to do this, and I'll help you.'
He said, 'Now you can help people.' I said, 'Yes, I will.'
But I said it in different words in my mind.
I speak through my mind to Him." Akiane Kramarik is a young prodigy from Sandpoint, Idaho, who has been drawing and painting lifelike artwork since she was ... more -
Cirque de Soleil and Beatles nostalgia
The movie All Together Now, which looks at the circus acts' show Love combining acrobatics and Beatle music, uses Fab four nostalgia to hold viewer's interest. The movie All Together Now, which looks at the circus acts' show Love combining acrobatics and Beatle music, uses Fab four nostal... more
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British teacher leaves home for life with African tribesman
A British teacher is giving up her life in Southampton to live in a hut in a remote African village, after falling in love with a tribal elder.
Carole Woolgar, 51, said she immediately fell for Amri Shimata, a Porgoro tribal elder, when she visited Tanzania in 2003.
Having visited Shimata regularly over the past five years, Woolgar is set to swap her comfortable home for a tin-roof hut and no electricity or running water. The village's only lavatory is a "long drop", which is nothing more than a hole in the ground, and all the cooking is done on an open fire or a charcoal stove.
She said: "Since meeting Amri for the first time I have been back to the village two or three times a year - and our romance just blossomed. It had just become harder and harder to say goodbye to Amri when I came to leave so I decided I had to do something. I have no kids to worry about so that made the decision easier."
Miss Woolgar, who has never been married, has been taking lessons in Swahili so she can fit in with the close-knit community, but says the hardest thing will be giving up her "creature comforts". She said: "The village is tiny but the people are so friendly. They have absolutely nothing - you go to a house and people are sleeping on an old mat with a few plastic plates and cups to eat and drink from. They get up as soon as it is light, work in the fields and then go to sleep when it gets dark - but they are so, so welcoming. The thing I'm going to miss the most is my washing machine. The women have to walk to fetch water in buckets and then wash everything by hand. I have been trying to learn Swahili but luckily Amri speaks very good English - he even beats me at Scrabble when we play. He's a very intelligent man." A British teacher is giving up her life in Southampton to live in a hut in a remote African village, after falling in love with a trib... more
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