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Cat vs Dog text messages

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New York judgmental map by Curbed

"Our pals down south in Atlanta came across a map where every neighborhood got labeled according to its (rather offensive) stereotype, and now someone has done the same for NYC. Yay? Untapped Cities points us to this gem cartographical experiment by Joe Larson RBD Enterprises, via an entire blog called Judgmental Maps. (UPDATE: It's a riff on one by Joe Larson that just covered Manhattan.) A section of of the map is excerpted above, with the full version below. To name just a few offensive things: "black people" labeled for Harlem; "international hasidic zone" for South Williamsburg; and "used condoms," occasional gunfire," and "empty bottles of brandy" for parts of southeast Brooklyn. He only includes "the parts that matter," which leaves out most of the Bronx plus Staten island. A few spots are apt and sorta funny, like "Worst Train Station Ever" over the much-maligned Penn. Way to play to the cliches, Larson. (And maybe not such a great idea that you revealed your identity?)"

Source: Curbed.

Why the chicken crossed the road?

In the beginning there was...

By popstrip.

Detroit recovery

I did a quick travel around Detroit using Google maps and took this picture.
Ironic.

Heart vs Brain

Do you remember choosing to be straight?

Men? Women?
- Men.. No! Guess not. Ok! I really like women better!

CNN: most trusted name in news

Bankrupted after watching Dr Oz for six months and medical research is false

I don't know what to do now. I got so excited that bought everything Dr. Oz has advertised in his show.
As you can see at the picture above Dr Oz help us to get skinny which is very important for our health. The skinnier the healthier.

Anyway... My medicine cabinet is full of supplements with all those capsules Dr Oz promote and other treatments.

I also bought all the food he claims that is good for our healthy. I gained a little weight but I'll follow the diet at Dr. Oz' site
I don't understand why some physicians claims that Dr Oz has no scientific proof of some of his theories because it is known that medicine is a fake science and that  "Studies prove most medical research is false".

"Marcia Ansell, Harvard Medical lecturer and previous editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, has cast wood on the fire. Several of her articles including "Industry-Sponsored Clinical Research: A Broken System," published in the Journal of American Medicine, and "Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption," published in The New York Review of Books, tell a story that sounds like a fiction thriller filled with conspiracy, lies, and evil. Ansell contends that because of the corruption, greed, and significant kickbacks to physicians with prescribing rights, "Children as young as two years old are being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and treated with a cocktail of powerful drugs, many of which were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.... 

No one knows the total amount provided by drug companies to physicians, but I estimate from the annual reports of the top nine U.S. drug companies that it comes to tens of billions of dollars a year. By such means, the pharmaceutical industry has gained enormous control over how doctors evaluate and use its own products. Its extensive ties to physicians, particularly senior faculty at prestigious medical schools, affect the results of research, the way medicine is practiced, and even the definition of what constitutes a disease."" (emphasis added)

My problem is that I bankrupted after watching  Dr. Oz for six months.  Now I think that I might not watch the show for  a while because I'll crave to buy all those great foods, capsules... Life is hard!

Clown portrait and something extra

Bush's birthplace sign

You in my shoes?

Image :Anonymous.

The first graffitis in the history of humankind

Each era has it's representational system.

Beauty is overrated

Rowan Atkinson has a label at this blog. Mr. Brad doesn't. Why?
Have a great October!

Polysemy explained with humor

Polysemy refers to a word that has two or more meanings. Now you know!

Multiple meanings of a word.

My Resignation Letter from adulthood

To Whom it May Concern,

I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult.  I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of an 8 year old again.

I want to go to McDonald's and think that it is a four star restaurant.

I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle, skid rocks across the mill pond and make a sidewalk with rocks.

I want to roller skate and play ball in the street, play 'Rover Red Rover', 'Hide and Seek' and ride my iron wheel wagon down the hill.

I want to think M&Ms are better than money because you can eat them.

I want to lie under a big oak tree and run a lemonade* stand with my friends on a hot summer's day.

I want to return to a time when life was simple.  When all I knew were colors, most of my multiplication tables, and a few nursery rhymes.  All I knew was to be happy and I was blissfully unaware of all the things that should make me worried or upset.

I want to sleep in a tent in the back yard without worry or fear.

I want to think the world is fair.  That everyone is honest and good.

I want to believe anything is possible.

I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again.

I want to live simple again.  I don't want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor's bills, gossip, illness, and the loss of loved ones.

I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, kind words, truth, justice, peace, dreams, imagination, mankind, and making angels in the snow.

So here is my check book and my car keys, my credit card bills and all my statements.  I am officially resigning from adulthood.

And if you want to discuss this further, you'll have to catch me first, cause...
Tag! You are it!

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The five birds

Hmm...