What to do when you have a "hotdog with No bun"

I was talking to a few of my friends, and i was telling them about this video. I dont smoke, never have, and no menelik(its not on my bucket list). But i was telling them that the alternative ways to smoke if you dont have any thing to roll it in.

My views about it

Currently I'm having an arguement with my girlfriend because she thinks that I'm mad about her smoking.
But no thats not it.. read more to find out my views and the run down of what happened.
Well no im not mad about it. I just think its unattractive for a girl to be holding a blunt up to her mouth, and do it on the regularly (well she said that it was occasional) But that's not the point, its a complete turn off for me, if i were to see it. Now don't get me wrong, girls getting high off of weed, and girls smoking weed, is 2 different things. Getting high off of it, ok thats cool, cant blame you for trying it, actually i cant blame you for doing it period. But...a girl.... Smoking it in a blunt (thats not sexy)..i literally lost my appetite while the guys and i were having lunch. Now i am quite fond of this girl, and she did say that she quit.. but i dont know why this actually bothered me so much... Ive talked to other girls, that have told me that they've tried it, once or twice, and i just said "o cool", and kept going with our conversation. But maybe its the fact that she didn't tell me right off the bat, or lied about it(yall know i cant stand a liar) I talked to a couple of my friends about it, and one of them basically pointed out that i can't have a robot, and i thought that her statement was so interesting, and it hit the situation right on the head. The other couple people i talked to just tried to sugar coat it or brush it off like it wasn't a big deal (hey maybe it isnt)

I dont really think this would have been what it was if i would have let it go. But i was curious about it, so i asked her a few questions about it, and she just blew up about how i keep bringing it up.


Now you said that you're not interested in doing it again, but if you do...just let me know, be willing to talk to me about it, im interested.  I wish you could get high off get high off me, or if that doesn't work out for you, and you feel like you need the weed, dont smoke it... find some other way(be different, get a bowl or something). And i was a little disappointed when you said that you only did it because you wanted to fit in.. first with your cousin. Then you said that you were with your friends and everyone else was doing it... I love that you told me the truth though. But i still dont understand why you kept doing it over and over again, if you "never got into it", but it seems like you did. im not sure if freshmen year was your last time doing it, but i hope it was. Thats terrible to see. I dont want my baby doing that stuff. I never want to look at you and be turned off. But I dont want to not be a part of your life. And if that's apart of your life. I want you to include me in it. And talk to me about it. 

I think it'll be cool in a couple days though. And im writing this on here because i want her to start opening up to me again, and i didnt want to bring it up again, that would start more stuff. So im getting it out here, and in a few weeks, ill burn this posting... I love you Jade.

White Privilege

For those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help.

White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because “every family has challenges,” even as black and Latino families with similar “challenges” are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay.

White privilege is when you can call yourself a “fuckin’ redneck,” like Bristol Palin’s boyfriend does, and talk about how if anyone messes with you, you’ll “kick their fuckin’ ass,” and talk about how you like to “shoot shit” for fun, and still be viewed as a responsible, all-American boy (and a great son-in-law to be) rather than a thug.


White privilege is when you can attend four different colleges in six years like Sarah Palin did (one of which you basically failed out of, then returned to after making up some coursework at a community college), and no one questions your intelligence or commitment to achievement, whereas a person of color who did this would be viewed as unfit for college, and probably someone who only got in in the first place because of affirmative action.

White privilege is when you can claim that being mayor of a town smaller than most medium-sized colleges, and then Governor of a state with about the same number of people as the lower fifth of the island of Manhattan, makes you ready to potentially be president, and people don’t all piss on themselves with laughter, while being a black U.S. Senator, two-term state Senator, and constitutional law scholar, means you’re “untested.”

White privilege is being able to say that you support the words “under God” in the pledge of allegiance because “if it was good enough for the founding fathers, it’s good enough for me,” and not be immediately disqualified from holding office–since, after all, the pledge was written in the late 1800s and the “under God” part wasn’t added until the 1950s–while believing that reading accused criminals and terrorists their rights (because, ya know, the Constitution, which you used to teach at a prestigious law school requires it), is a dangerous and silly idea only supported by mushy liberals.

White privilege is being able to be a gun enthusiast and not make people immediately scared of you.

White privilege is being able to have a husband who was a member of an extremist political party that wants your state to secede from the Union, and whose motto is “Alaska first,” and no one questions your patriotism or that of your family, while if you’re black and your spouse merely fails to come to a 9/11 memorial so she can be home with her kids on the first day of school, people immediately think she’s being disrespectful.

White privilege is being able to make fun of community organizers and the work they do–like, among other things, fight for the right of women to vote, or for civil rights, or the 8-hour workday, or an end to child labor–and people think you’re being pithy and tough, but if you merely question the experience of a small town mayor and 18-month governor with no foreign policy expertise beyond a class she took in college and the fact that she lives close to Russia–you’re somehow being mean, or even sexist.

White privilege is being able to convince white women who don’t even agree with you on any substantive issue to vote for you and your running mate anyway, because suddenly your presence on the ticket has inspired confidence in these same white women, and made them give your party a “second look.”

White privilege is being able to fire people who didn’t support your political campaigns and not be accused of abusing your power or being a typical politician who engages in favoritism, while being black and merely knowing some folks from the old-line political machines in Chicago means you must be corrupt.

White privilege is when you can take nearly twenty-four hours to get to a hospital after beginning to leak amniotic fluid, and still be viewed as a great mom whose commitment to her children is unquestionable, and whose “next door neighbor” qualities make her ready to be VP, while if you’re a black candidate for president and you let your children be interviewed for a few seconds on TV, you’re irresponsibly exploiting them.

White privilege is being able to give a 36 minute speech in which you talk about lipstick and make fun of your opponent, while laying out no substantive policy positions on any issue at all, and still manage to be considered a legitimate candidate, while a black person who gives an hour speech the week before, in which he lays out specific policy proposals on several issues, is still criticized for being too vague about what he would do if elected.

White privilege is being able to attend churches over the years whose pastors say that people who voted for John Kerry or merely criticize George W. Bush are going to hell, and that the U.S. is an explicitly Christian nation and the job of Christians is to bring Christian theological principles into government, and who bring in speakers who say the conflict in the Middle East is God’s punishment on Jews for rejecting Jesus, and everyone can still think you’re just a good church-going Christian, but if you’re black and friends with a black pastor who has noted (as have Colin Powell and the U.S. Department of Defense) that terrorist attacks are often the result of U.S. foreign policy and who talks about the history of racism and its effect on black people, you’re an extremist who probably hates America.

White privilege is not knowing what the Bush Doctrine is when asked by a reporter, and then people get angry at the reporter for asking you such a “trick question,” while being black and merely refusing to give one-word answers to the queries of Bill O’Reilly means you’re dodging the question, or trying to seem overly intellectual and nuanced.

White privilege is being able to go to a prestigious prep school, then to Yale and then Harvard Business school, and yet, still be seen as just an average guy (George W. Bush) while being black, going to a prestigious prep school, then Occidental College, then Columbia, and then to Harvard Law, makes you “uppity,” and a snob who probably looks down on regular folks.

White privilege is being able to graduate near the bottom of your college class (McCain), or graduate with a C average from Yale (W.) and that’s OK, and you’re cut out to be president, but if you’re black and you graduate near the top of your class from Harvard Law, you can’t be trusted to make good decisions in office.

White privilege is being able to dump your first wife after she’s disfigured in a car crash so you can take up with a multi-millionaire beauty queen (who you go on to call the c-word in public) and still be thought of as a man of strong family values, while if you’re black and married for nearly twenty years to the same woman, your family is viewed as un-American and your gestures of affection for each other are called “terrorist fist bumps.”

White privilege is being able to sing a song about bombing Iran and still be viewed as a sober and rational statesman, with the maturity to be president, while being black and suggesting that the U.S. should speak with other nations, even when we have disagreements with them, makes you “dangerously naive and immature.”

White privilege is being able to claim your experience as a POW has anything at all to do with your fitness for president, while being black and experiencing racism and an absent father is apparently among the “lesser adversities” faced by other politicians, as Sarah Palin explained in her convention speech.

And finally, white privilege is the only thing that could possibly allow someone to become president when he has voted with George W. Bush 90 percent of the time, even as unemployment is skyrocketing, people are losing their homes, inflation is rising, and the U.S. is increasingly isolated from world opinion, just because white voters aren’t sure about that whole “change” thing. Ya know, it’s just too vague and ill-defined, unlike, say, four more years of the same, which is very concrete and certain.

White privilege is, in short, the problem.

Which do you prefer??

I have six honest serving men
They taught me all I knew
There names are What, and Where and When;
and Why and How and Who.
- Rudyard Kipling

Whats the point???

The Point: Question everything

New energy in hip hop!

This weekend proved to be pretty swell for me musically. First, there was the unanticipated Goo Goo Dolls concert at the rodeo, which turned out to be pretty cool.., then I found Charles Hamilton’s "Well Isn’t This Awkward" mixtape, as well as Blu’s Her Favorite Colo(u)r mixtape. I also threw Theophilus London’s This Charming Mixtape into rotation and had a nice little solo party. Hanging with the guys, I got reacquainted with The Cool Kids…I really enjoy them.

What does this have to do with anything? It’s good music. From artists that aren’t mainstream yet. Their creativity is in tact. Their movement is strong. And they’re all young and making their name in an oversaturated market. I’m inspired to move forward with my movement. Passion=purpose, yeah? I’m about to find a way to travel the world. It also made me happy because hip hop, for me, was kind of dead for a while. I like this new energy.

Quote of the day

“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect.
It means you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.”
- Anonymous

Are you happy???

Why not.. Reconsider heartache

“If you believe yourself unfortunate, because you have “loved and lost,” perish the thought. One who has loved truly, can never lose entirely. Love is whimsical and temperamental. Its nature is ephemeral, and transitory. It comes when it pleases, and goes away without warning. Accept and enjoy it while it remains, but spend no time worrying about its departure. Worry willnever bring it back.

Dismiss, also, the thought that love never comes but once. Love may come and go, times without number, but there are no two love experiences which affect one in just the same way. There may be, and there usually is, one love experience which leaves a deeper imprint on the heart than all the others, but all love experiences are beneficial, except to the person who becomes resentful and cynical when love makes its departure.

There should be no disappointment over love, and there would be none if people understood the difference between the emotions of love and sex. The major difference is that love is spiritual, while sex is biological. No experience, which touches the human heart with a spiritual force, can possibly be harmful, except through ignorance, or jealousy.

Love is, without question, life’s greatest experience.”

- Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

Very cool headset

Last year Wieden + Kennedy London launched the Nokia Music Almighty Headset Competition, which invited entrants to design a Nokia Bluetooth headset, inspired by their favourite piece of music. The winning designs have now all been made into fully functioning headsets, some of which are more wearable than others…

This image released by Russian advertising agency Voskhod shows a smiling, cartoonish black man flashing a V-for-Victory sign in front of the US Capitol building, along with the Russian slogan: “Everyone’s talking about it: dark inside white!”

Action is required for success

Decide what you want out of life. Then set your goals high. For the world will turn aside and let you pass if you know where you are going.

The greatest mistake you can make is to be afraid of making one. The earlier you make those mistakes the better. Don’t be afraid to try. The difference between greatness and mediocrity will be ...how often you try. No one has ever possessed enough power, prestige, or knowledge to always win. It’s fundemental to life that you’ll win some and you’ll lose some.

Turn your possibilities into reality by simply taking action.

So is this a solution or an encourager??

The British Government is so concerned about the teenage pregnancy soar in the country that they’ve decided to change their politics and let abortion clinics advertise on TV and radio, as well as allow condom manufacturers to broadcast ads at any time of the day or night according to TheDailyMail.co.uk.

Two points to consider…

“The problem is that the Government strategy on teenage pregnancy, based on condoms, the morning-after pill and abortion, has failed. Allowing the advertising of abortion services is not dealing with the real problem. This is the approach of having the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff to deal with the casualties,” Dr Peter Saunders, of the Christian Medical Fellowship, said. “The whole approach from Government and officialdom creates an atmosphere where it is seen as acceptable for teenagers to indulge in recreational sex without regard to the very serious consequences in terms of physical and emotional health.”

“It is a step forward for sexual health services to be able to advertise and clearly state what they do. It can be very confusing for a woman if she doesn’t know which organisation will refer her for an abortion,” proponents of the provision say.

Personally, I’m all for having more information in order to make a better decision, yet this does spark some interesting questions. What will the “call-to-action” be in these ads? Will they offer any specials? Will the advertising rule apply to make the message sexy. I literally can’t imagine it!

So what do you think…can this be done and support both perspectives???

Zyou may not have known, but Advertisers know exactly what YOU want!!

In the 2002 film Minority Report, audiences were shocked by scenes in which public advertisements could scan star Tom Cruise’s profile and pitch him ad content based on his tastes. This was pure Hollywood of course, but even avowed sci-fi geeks wondered if it was a signal of a new invasive age in advertising.

The Nielsen media family is widely considered a relic from a bygone era of billboards and TV spots, but the company is still at the forefront of compiling ad metrics. Their most prized tool is Ad*Views, a software program that provides current and historical metrics on 17 different media types in over 200 markets.

Nielsen has partnered with Sony Computer Entertainment in developing a measurement system to track data from advertising embedded in video games. Though still a nascent market, both Google and Microsoft have started ventures to help them compile gaming ad metrics. Last year, Nielsen announced Mobile MRI, a joint-venture with Mediamark Research and Intelligence, to track users by detailed behavioral, psychographic, demographic, and product information.

And Nielsen is not the only company to have latched on to your everyday activities. While video games certainly offer a host of possibilities, social networks could be on their way to become one giant petri dish of metrics. Roughly 80 million Americans visit a social networking site once a month and the most popular of those sites, Facebook, offers demographic and profile information on users who click on site ads making for potentially a massive pool of advertising information.

It’s not just new media either. A group of traditional billboard advertisers headed by Clear Channel have adopted a new system in which cameras are used to track the duration viewers look at outdoor advertisements. Around the corner is even a technology that will allow advertisements to scan the Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones of passersby. With that prospect, the reality signaled in Minority Report might not be that far off.

Privacy Battles Promotion on the Facebook of Our Lives

Privacy as we knew it in the days of paper and pens is gone, and it isn't coming back. Short of withdrawing from our dominant means of communication, i.e., the one you're using right now, there's little we can do to keep ourselves to ourselves.


The inaugural fuss over President Obama's desire to continue using his Blackberry points directly at the problem. Since a breach of the President's privacy could have world-changing consequences, he was told he had to remain insulated from the incessant electronic banter that he, along with the rest of us, had come to take for granted. He resisted, as most of us would do.

In the President's case, a high-security compromise was reportedly reached. Most of us don't need extreme security, though, and it would probably make things too inconvenient for us anyway. For the average netizen, a Pentagon-grade Blackberry is pretty low on the list of priorities.

I'm not concerned here with whether all the openness the internet provides is a good idea. I'm concerned with the facts: social networking sites and protocols are not particularly secure or private, and that's by design.They are about communication, and more specifically, about sharing. Platforms like Facebook and Twitter are successful because they work with, not against, human nature, and human nature is--for most of us--inherently social. We are a group-based species, not recluses.

But what will become of the blogs, tweets, and Facebook updates we post today when the platforms that carry them are replaced, merged or compromised? Facebook and Twitter don't know and we users certainly don't know. But one thing we can safely assume is that these traces of our lives won't be gone. They'll be out there in some digital form forever.

We unknowingly accept more and more incursions on the privacy we used to value and the pace is accelerating. RFID chips in our passports, videocameras on our streets, cookies on our computers, electronic toll collection units in our cars, purchase-tracking supermarket club cards: one by one our private places and movements are opened permanently to inspection. And while on some level we retain a healthy mistrust of governments and large corporations, we tend to sigh and give up under the pressure. Our private realms have shrunk to the walls of our own homes -- and that's only when our computers are switched off, if they ever are. But where's the outcry?

In most circumstances, we don't care. Privacy is outweighed by the instinct to be social for most of us. Witness the millions of citizens signing up for social networking sites where privacy is practically, if not officially, an afterthought. To some extent we're guilty of not educating ourselves when we jump on the latest technological bandwagon, but we also just don't care enough to worry about it. The question of whether we should, seems academic—especially as we succumb to increasing surveillance without putting up much of a fight.

Economist Predicts Recession Will End This Summer!

Premium Hype presents a new series from leading global economists: When Will the Recession End?
A death knell for investing, the end of easy credit, the emergence of a regulatory government, socialism. However it's spun, the media frenzy surrounding the recession is as exhausting as the recession itself.

The recession offers all kinds of epistemological questions about our rapacious needs and desires. But there are few more fundamental propositions right now than the most obvious one: when will the recession end?

Big Think recently approached five leading American and international economists for their best predictions on when we will be out of this mess. Watch for their commentary in the Big Think blog in the coming days. After you get their takes, you can start X-ing days off the calendar.

The first prognostication is from Daniel S. Hamermesh, the Sue Killam Professor in the Foundations of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. Hamermesh's work on macroeconomics has spanned forty years. He has lectured at over 200 universities in 46 states and 27 foreign countries. His seminal text, Labor Demand, was published in 1993. In his 2006 title, Economics Is Everywhere, Hamermesh pens 400 vignettes to illustrate the ubiquity of economics in everyday life. He is also a regular contributor to the freakonomics blog at the New York Times.

When will the recession end?

"The average U.S. recession, from peak to trough, has lasted only about 12 months since the 1940s. Even the double recession of the early 1980s was from January 1980 to November 1982, and that included a significant recovery after July 1980. So I would be very surprised if the economy keeps sliding beyond this summer, since the recession began in December 2007.

That doesn't mean, though, that things will improve greatly. The stimulus package might help accelerate things, but even that depends on when, and whether, and how, all the funds are spent. More important would be whether financial markets--markets for lending--unplug themselves, so that businesses and individuals can borrow more readily. When that happens, then things should start improving.

Overall, though, I would be very surprised if we get back below 5.5 percent unemployment any time before 2011, if even then."

Follow up: Leaders 1354 vault opening date!

Yep... Apirl 10th is day of the Leaders 1354 fitted cap vault reopening... Be There!!!!

Word of the Day

Theif
Noun
-one that steals especially stealthily or secretly ; also : one who commits theft or larceny

Quote of the day

"Save a thief from the gallows and he will cut your throat.”
-French Proverb

Sooooo... Why do people steal?

I was talking to someone and they told me that they were at a store, and one of their friends stole some bracelets... I say.. "ok, that sucks, they should probably beef up their security", then the next store they go in.. My friend deceides to steal something as well... Why? I really dont like theives and this really didnt sit too well with me, especially knowing the fact that i know she could afford the item stolen. So i sat down, and thought about something... Why do people steal?.. Because humans are conformist? We follow the crowd even when we dont know it? The thrill? Or maybe to just test your luck?...
Shoplifting some say is immoral & wrong, but some would say that it was a necessary way of life. We ask ourselves why someone would take something that doesn't belong to them. We also ask ourselves how people are able to go on day by day knowing that they have cheated someone or some company of money and profits earned by hard work. Well there is no answer to that question; there are only things that we can assume may be a reason for someone to want to do these things.


There are more reasons than anyone could ever come up to explain why someone shoplifts. We are not going to try and name them all just enough to give you an idea.


The first of many reasons is for money. On the black market you can sell an item for 50% of its value--possibly even more if the item is popular in the community at the time. For example, in the winter season a thief will go into a store and steal something like Tylenol Cold medicine. Why? Tylenol Cold costs about $6 dollars retail. On the street it would sell for about $3 dollars. These items are small and very easily concealed. So, a person could take anywhere from 50 to 100 at a time. The street value would be around $300 which is equivalent to a full time job paying 7.50 an hour. This type of thief is known as a professional.


The second most common reason people steals is obsession. They can't help themselves and they steal just to get the rush. This type of thief will take anything they can get there hands on because they just do it to see if they can get away.


Last but not least the third most common reason that people steal is for survival. This type of thief steals things that he/she needs to survive. Most of the time they take things like clothing for their children or medicine, baby formula and sometimes food. This type of shoplifting you can understand, but the act still wrong and illegal.


No matter which of the three reasons a person has for stealing, it is still wrong. This is the reason that retail prices can be so out of control. Shoplifting can cause a 15% to 20% increase in prices over a 2 year time period. This also decreases the bottom line profits of a company. The bottom line is what is left of the profits after all the expenses are paid. From the bottom line employees get raises, bonuses, profit sharing, and all the other things that are based entirely on profit.


There many types of criminals and for every criminal there is a different method of stealing. Once a shoplifter finds a particular method that works, they tend to stick to it. Now this works both ways. Because once a loss prevention officer figures out how someone is stealing, they now know what to look for and eventually will catch them. Shoplifters are creatures of habit. This means once they have found a store they can steal from successfully, they will continue to steal from that store. Not only will they continue to steal, but they will take more and more each time.


In addition to greed shoplifters also have no conscience. This allows them to steal and not feel guilty about it. They actually believe that they are doing nothing wrong.

Branding Yourself

What happens when you type your name into Google? How about when you click the ‘images’, ‘news’ and ‘blogs’ buttons? If you don’t know the answer, it may be time for you to take control of your personal brand.



You might not know anything about manipulating Google, but if you’ve applied for a job or met with a prospective client or even gone on a date, you can bet that the person you met with took a few minutes to Google your name. It’s an increasingly common practice and what they find could make or break the relationship you’re trying to create—whether it be personal or professional.

No Press is Bad Press, But Let’s Aim for Good
Julia Allison is hands down the best example of someone who knows personal branding in and out. Type her name into Google (go ahead, try misspelling it if you’re not convinced) and you’ll find oodles of links about her. She’s been called an “internet celebrity,” a status she’s achieved by putting herself out there – both on the Web and in the real world. She gets bad press from time to time — as all celebs do — but the point is her name is very well known across the Web. She was featured on the cover of Wired magazine, has been on multiple talking-head TV programs – and has transcended the digital divide to the tangible world. And she hasn’t done anything that noteworthy to get there. So how can you get yourself out there, but skip the bad press? Glad you asked.

The Basics: Facebook and LinkedIn
Facebook and LinkedIn are the two primary social media applications you can use to mold your personal brand. Facebook is a bit of a quandary when it comes to your professional life so it’s good to keep your profile private, untag bad photos and only “friend” people you’re actually friends with. But it can be useful if you write a blog or belong to professional/volunteer groups because you can create a page about your blog and ask your FB friends to follow you. This will become important later on.

If you walk dogs for a shelter on the weekends, you can show your support via a FB group and add a link to this page from your blog. We’ll get more into linking later in this series, but adding links is key to controlling your personal brand online because it gives Google more information about you by connecting the digital bits and piece that pertain to you.

LinkedIn is a vital tool for showing off your professional skills. It takes very little updating and it is first and foremost your digital resume. I can’t tell you how often I learn about someone I’m writing about from their LinkedIn page. Be sure to keep your info updated and public (if you’re comfortable with that). Also, before you upload a personal photo, be sure to label it your_name.jpeg (gif, tiff, etc). Now when someone Google image searches your name, this photo should show up.

Going Deeper: Blogging and Twitter
By now you have probably heard of Twitter, and you undoubtedly know about blogging. Using these tools in conjunction, and linking to your Facebook and LinkedIn pages, can greatly increase your Google standing (meaning when someone searches your name, it’s more likely that something you’ve put on the Web will show up, not a picture of you from high school looking disheveled). Blogging is one of the best ways to tell people about what you know, and make yourself look like an expert in your field in the process, or at least give the impression that you’re so into what you do that you blog about it. Employers love that kind of thing -if you go into a job interview and tell the hiring manager you’ve written about his/her company, you’ll immediately get points.

Writing regularly about something you love (preferably within your line of work) can provide a framework for Google to build on, too. For example, I write about advertising on a blog called AgencySpy. I post 5-10 times per day, which is a lot, but you can probably do 3-5 posts a week without spending too much time. If I applied for a job at an advertising agency, I could send them a story I’ve written about something they’ve done. It’s a way to show I’m interested and knowledgeable about a particular company. It’s very easy to send someone a link, so the blog is a great way to get noticed. I recommend Tumblr or Wordpress – both are very simple to use and take a few minutes to get your first post going.

Twitter is a relatively recent addition to the social media world. You can create an account and find your friends (Twitter can scan your e-mail if you allow it to and find people you know who are also using the service), follow them, and let them know what you’re up to. Why is this valuable? Twitter lets you write 140 character messages, including hyperlinks, which when sent pop up on the screens of everyone who follows you. You can very easily share your thoughts (blog posts) with a number of people all at once.

Following people who you find interesting is easy, too. Let’s say you can’t get enough New York Times – follow their Twitter feed and you’ll actually be connected to the paper. I tend to follow what I call “thought leaders,” people who have interesting ideas and share links I might also like—like the experts on Big Think—or people who write entertaining messages.

Amplifying Your Brand
The last aspect of growing your personal brand is getting mentioned by others in your field. Traditionally this was the role of trade publications. Maybe you’re not the top dog walker for the Humane Society, but odds are you have a friend of colleague who is also interested in what you do who writes a blog (you’d be surprised!). Ask to interview them and see if they’ll do the same for you. Then send the link to your interviews around to other people you think might be interested. If there’s a trade publication (or blog), send it to them – editors are always looking for new, fresh content. The point is getting content about you out there. We’re not talking about personal diary type stuff, rather your thoughts on the best techniques for grooming a shorthair Schnauzer (using the dog theme).

This might feel like cooking with an Easy-Bake Oven, but trust me it’s not. By adding content to the Web you increase Google’s ability to define who you are digitally. And the more people that see the grooming story, the higher Google will rank it and it will become more visible to people who search your name. In future posts, Big Think will more fully explain ways to take advantage of our unique idea-creation technology to promote your big ideas to other thought leaders and throughout the web.

How community partnerships could create the University of the future..

In the media’s continuing coverage of how the economy is ruining all the best laid plans of higher education, the New York Times asks, how many public research institutes does the nation truly need?



Have universities like Arizona State, in their drive to become prominent research institutions, lost focus on their public mission to provide solid undergraduate education for state residents? What can public universities do to weather these economic conditions, and at what cost?

Historically, public universities have been at the mercy of state funding, cutting back or spending more depending on whether it’s been a good year or not. In drought years like this one, universities are faced with increasing tuition across the board while reducing faculty and staff and implementing enrollment caps. But while these measures are designed to fix immediate budgetary problems, public universities are unlikely to survive intact if they fail to change their underlying funding structures from an untenable system of competition for limited resources to one of broad, cross-disciplinary collaboration.

The financial mess that public universities find themselves in has been building steadily over the last 10 years. After unprecedented growth during the 1960’s of the state university system, by the 90’s those same systems began to topple under the weight of their own enormity as the increased number of universities within state systems was forced to compete for declining state funds. In 1998 former UC-Berkeley chancellor Robert Berdahl sounded the alarm on the peril large state systems would find themselves in if they tried to build too many expensive flagship universities.

Berdahl argued then that, “The competition for resources and the criticism directed at research universities have combined to create a political dynamic that puts many of the best public institutions at risk.” Berdahl acknowledged the failings of large public universities whose desire to become top ranked institutions had led to devaluation in the quality of undergraduate education, advising, and public service.

Berdahl’s predictions have all but come true for most state universities, and especially so for the University of California system. As the state of California reports an $8 billion budget shortfall in addition to the existing $41 billion deficit, the University of California system must find a way to eliminate $450 million from its budget. With ten campuses statewide—compared with eight campuses in 1998—the University of California system must inevitably contract to survive this budget nightmare.

How can public universities wean themselves off of reliance on state funding? Necessary changes have already been implemented as individual departments and faculty members compete for more stable sources of funding through organizations like the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). But not surprisingly, these funding opportunities are highly competitive and alone cannot account for university budget shortfalls. Likewise, while external funding is being more widely invested in profitable fields like biotechnology or pharmaceutical research, more traditional fields like History or English are faced with even fewer funding options as existing funds from limited sources like alumni donations dry up. Under the existing system of survival of the fittest, the public university may potentially look much more like a corporate sponsored research laboratory in the near future. Comparative Literature departments may very well be a thing of the past.

But it hasn’t come to that—yet. President of Ohio State University E. Gordon Gee believes state systems can weather the storm not by hunkering down, but by radically reforming the fundamentals of higher education. Gordon calls for increased cooperation among various state system schools and communities, creating local and global research partners and encouraging collaboration instead of competition. He sees it as the responsibility of higher education “to seek new kinds of collaborations – with business and industry, government, and advocacy groups of all kinds.” I think Gordon is onto something, especially as more and more public universities have opened dialogues allowing students, faculty, and staff alike to have a potential role in creating this change. But Gordon’s plan also face enormous challenges—business, industry, and government don’t always have the community’s best interests at heart.

Is it pure idealism to hope that by investing in community partnerships, public universities can transform into the new University 2.0? Can more localized funding in the form of collaboration with local businesses create a sustainable university?

Can you see it:Imagining a City of Lights

In an attempt to mend tenions between city and suburb, the president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, unveiled his massive urban planning effort last week. Will "Grand Paris" serve as a blueprint for cities of the future?




For many Parisians, the les banlieues evoke a grimace or at best a shrug of apathy. The maligned suburbs encircling Paris consist primarily of working class, poor and immigrant communities and the social divide between the city and the suburbs has created a host of problems for the region.

Sarkozy solicited 10 renowned architects to research and plan what he has modestly dubbed “Grand Paris,” and each returned with ideas more grand than the last. Still in the fantasy stages, the makeover would potentially demolish the city’s two largest train stations, construct an elevated high-speed Metro line along the capital’s periphery and establish vast new hectares of parkland. The price tag is in the billions, and it would take 30 years to complete.

Sarkozy’s plan would mark the city’s first redesign since Haussmann was hired by Napoleon III in 1852, and, like Haussmann’s modernization, Sarkozy’s plan could have an enormous ripple effect on les banlieues.

Suburban renewal is rumored to be Sarkozy’s attempt to make up for his aggressive reaction to the 2005 immigrant riots. At the time, Interior Minister Sarkozy responded to the unrest calling the young participants “scum." He maintained the problems were not born out of social ills but a “thugogracy.” The unrest left the nation questioning whether poor immigrant communities could ever be successfully integrated into the metropolis.

Some Grand Paris architects have consulted economists, sociologists, and philosophers to gain a better idea of how to use architecture to unite social groups. Richard Rogers, a London architect working on the project, said Paris's ethnic makeup must be considered if the plan is to be successful.

“The great unwritten and unsaid is that residents tend to be of similar ethnic origin. It’s not a mixed system. Monoculture is one of Paris’s biggest problems,” Rogers said, explaining that his plan will bring mixed populations to the outlying regions.

Jonathan Glancey, architecture critic for the Guardian, wrote "what is needed is a way not just of improving the look of the poorer parts of the city, and linking them to the centre with parks and green avenues, but also of creating and nurturing the education, the jobs, the businesses and the way of life that will allow Paris to develop humanely."

One of the biggest obstacles standing in the way of Grand Paris is the fragmented nature of Parisian government. Broken into 20 city districts and seven suburban regions, the capital region will have difficulty reaching a consensus on any redesign. The Socialist Party is already suggesting that Grand Paris is a political move from Sarkozy's conservative camp to blunt power on the left.

Billions of euros, a massive planning effort and political fragmentation---perhaps France will need a bit more than 30 years to bring Grand Paris to fruition.

President Obama making his first public steps towards New World Order

President Obama may have gone on Jay Leno last night to reach out to the everyday American, but this week the Administration has been quietly reaching out to the rest of the world and, at least ceremonially, starting the U.S. on a path toward rejoining the world community.




This morning the New York Times reports that Obama recorded a video message talking directly to the people of Iran, offering to move the two countries' relationship in a new direction after decades of hostility and mistrust, and 30 years after the U.S. broke off diplomatic relations.



Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad made waves when he visited New York in 2007 and laughably asserted that there were no gay people in Iran. But while his ongoing persecution of homosexuals is more bark than bite, the Obama Administration has at least moved America's policy into the 21st century. On Wednesday the United States formally endorsed the United Nations resolution that homosexuality should be universally decriminalized, something our evangelical-pandering former President refused to do.



And while the United States has lagged behind our peers in climate science, censoring scientists' findings and refusing to ratify the Kyoto Protcol, that might be changing too, at least symbolically. The muzzle is now off our government scientific agencies, and this week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a host of other organizations released Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science , a pamphlet explaining the ins and outs of climate science and why it can be so complicated.



Certainly videos, declarations and pamphlets are only first steps. But at least we're walking in the right direction again.

The Vault opening soon!!

Are you missing out on some old Leaders Fitteds?? Well the vault will be back open soon... Stay tuned for more info....

Racism with Bill Maher

Word of the Day

wherefore

\WAIR-for\ adverb
: *1 : for what reason or purpose : why
2 : therefore

Quote of the day

Trust in the process of life!

Reassess your wealth in qualitative terms

Some of the most amazing things in life have to be random and stumbled upon. Above is a picture inside of Pharrell’s In My Mind album. Today I found an blog post called “10 Reasons You Are Rich” with the following:



. You didn’t go to sleep hungry last night.
2. You didn’t go to sleep outside.
3. You had a choice of what clothes to wear this morning.
4. You hardly broke a sweat today.
5. You didn’t spend a minute in fear.
6. You have access to clean drinking water.
7. You have access to medical care.
8. You have access to the Internet.
9. You can read.
10. You have the right to vote.

Thanks for the reminder.

Do It yourself deity

Can you construct the perfect God? In an attempt to resolve any disagreement surrounding the meaning of the word “God”, you are invited to select from the list below the attributes which you believe God must have (or the attributes that a being deserving of the name God must have). You may choose as many, or as few, attributes as you wish.
1. Omnipotent (all-powerful, able to do anything)

2. Omnibenevolent (all-loving)

3. Omniscient (all-knowing)

4. The Creator (of all that exists)

5. The Sustainer (if God ceased to exist, so would everything else)

6. Perfectly Free

7. Eternally Existing (will go on and on and on…)

8. A Personal God (a being with whom one can have a personal relationship)

You can learn anything from anyone..

This is a great story that I came across that should give you some insight on how to better sell yourself…

When I was younger, quarters were precious, i thought they could buy anything.

One day, I’m walking down the street and a guy comes up to me and says, “Do you have a dollar for four quarters?” He held out his hand with four quarters in it.

Curious, I engaged with him. I took out a dollar bill and took the four quarters.

Then he turned to me and said,
”can you spare a quarter?”

What a fascinating interaction. First, he engaged me. A fair trade, one that perhaps even benefited me, not him.

Now, we have a relationship. Now, he knows I have a quarter (in my hand, even). So his next request is much more difficult to turn down.

If he had just walked up to me and said, “can you spare a quarter,” he would have been invisible.

Too often, we close the sale before we even open it.

Interact first, sell second!

In life... Most times its not about the destination, but more about the journey...

There is a teahouse located on the top of a mountain in China and to reach the actually location of the teahouse, one must first take a tram up to the start of the “trail”. And since there isn’t any proper path to the top, one must navigate along the side on a mountain with very little room for mistake. And even though there’s a high risk of falling to your demise, the teahouse maintains a steady stream of customers, all eager to enjoy their favorite cup of tea!
I guess Location wasnt too imortant for the owner...

So Amazing!!!

I like this video for sooo many reasons…mostly because it has two of my favorite people…

Im Extremely tired of seeing these ads!!

Has anyone else noticed a correlation between the decline of the average national IQ and the quality of CL for sale ads? For those clueless people who are confused why their stuff doesn't sell, here are some free tips. Turn off CSI, unplug your MP3 player, hang up your cell phone and concentrate...

1. List what you're selling! Trust me, neglecting to tell us what you are selling is a real confidence killer. I'm not the Great Kreskin you know. I don't enjoy wasting my time trying to figure out what the hell you have. Here's a post that illustrates my point. Subject line: "running,low miles and there is nothing wrong". OK, now I know you have something running and you think nothing is wrong. If it is your nose or your genitals, there is definitely something wrong, call your doctor immediately. Description: "I HAVE THIS BEAUTY OF A CAR, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE AIR BLOWS COLD WHEN THE CAR CRANKS YOU CAN'T HEAR THE ENGINE EVEN AFTER YOU TURN THE AC ON. IT HAS A NEW FUEL PUMP AND FILTER, THE ALTERNATOR IS NEW, THE AIR WAS JUST SERVICED,THE TIRES ARE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE, THE PAINT IS NEW AND IT IS POWER EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING WORKS PERFECT. THERE IS NO BODY DAMAGE." Well now I understand that you have a car with tires and paint, an air conditioner, a quiet muffler and some new parts. That narrows it down to 39 makes and 1,182 models including engine and transmission options. Is it too much effort to narrow it down a little more for us, or are you really not sure what car you own? That's OK, if I buy your mystery car I'll just give you some bills. Doesn't really matter what numbers are printed in the corners does it? 2. Skip the theatrics. "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!WOW!!!!!!!!!!LOOK!!!!!!!!!YOU GOT TO HAVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!LOOK!!!!!!!!!!!WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Some subject lines read like a Saturday morning infomercial. "ACT NOW!!! DON'T DELAY!!" Are you dumb enough to believe a breathless or obnoxious subject line will somehow persuade me to call you? It just convinces me that you are the sleaziest used car salesman in town. One ad actually included the phrase "call me so I can tell you why you will buy my car today!" Give me a break. If you really think "in your face" is how to sell, go back to hawking carnival games. 3. Check Your Spelling. Just for the record, a tacometer is not a gauge, it's a Mexican dish. A Beatle is not a German car, it's a famous pop singer. Cars do not have redial tires, tilt weels or all-whell-drive. Corola and Iuszu are not Japanese cars. Chevy never built a Maliby and your iPod is not 3 moths old. A Blazier is a burger, not a truck. You don't live on the Soutshide. the Wetside or Flaming Island. Santa does not ride a sliegh. Expoxy is not a glue and this is definitely not Craigslits. If proper English eludes you, take my advice. There is a wonderful invention called a spell checker. It makes you appear much smarter than you really are. Use it and you mite akchuuly sel somthink. 4. Learn grammar. Some people post ads like they talk. Unfortunately. Here's an example: "I have a used Tiger Shack, it still look new, but need to rebuild before it work. It would not started, it has same problem with engine... local pickup is perfect, ship is find but it in your own cost". Oh yea, I'll definitely call you Long Dong! Descriptions like these are real turnoffs: "must sail" (what, are you in the Navy?), "just lower the price" (OK, I will if you say so), "truck is running but not register" (so you can't ring it up then?), "I don't no the miles" (I don't no two), "For times I place the add" (know times I call), "it drive good" (Mongo like sheriff Black Bart). A spell checker cannot correct grammar errors. Only paying attention in English class or a literate friend can. If you "know spoke god gramma", ask someone who does to write your ads. Remember, prepositions are our friends. 2 ALL U IM BF: "PDTFARBPMATARA" (Put down that f@cking Amp/Red Bull/Pepsi Max and type a real ad!) Text messaging is not a primary language dude! 5. Post pictures. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But with some people I really need some pictures because you couldn't describe your way out of a wet paper bag (see tips 3 & 4). I know it's drudgery to learn to use that digital camera that's been in your dresser drawer since Christmas. You actually have to read the manual. (It's OK to move your lips if you have to). And it's like real work to import pictures to your PC then post them in a CL ad. But nobody said effective selling was for dummies. Use the picture option, it's free for God's sake. So if writing is not your forte, try snapping instead. It only takes your buger finger to make a picture. BTW, avoid taking a picture of your iPOD from two blocks away. And DON'T be a sleaze ball, DO post a picture of YOUR car, not a picture from a sales brochure you downloaded online. We can tell the difference. You don't date the super model standing next to your car and you didn't drive to the Golden Gate Bridge to get the shot. Duh. 6. Follow the rules. Like most buyers, I size up a seller along with their item. I've learned that sellers who cheat the system are more than willing to hose me. Over posting an ad nearly every day is cheating. Does it improve your odds of selling an item? Just the opposite Einstein. It pisses us off to have to sort through all your ads after we decided not to call you from the very first one. I came across an ad for a car I was looking for that immediately turned me off due to the obnoxious subject line, the bad description and the faked picture. When I did a search for the same model, this jerk had posted 18 different ads for the same car in 20 days! Do you think I will buy your car just because you tried to block me from finding other legitimate offers? Think again dickweed. Show honorable intentions and you'll win sales. And if you neglect to delete your ad after your item sells, I will track you down because you are the same doofus who leaves garage sale signs up for months! Well, that's all I have to say. I hope I did some good. If I pissed you off, great. Maybe I got you thinking. If I made you sad, you're probably my fifth grade English teacher who tried harder than your salary justified. Sorry Ms. Martin. If I just confused you, great. Maybe I made you wonder why you are wasting your time posting on CL. Now get back to CSI before you miss another exciting episode.

What happened Young??

Sooo, ive been to plenty of whitney youngs basketball games, and to tell you to the truth, ive never seen them lose a game... When i got to the state championship i expected this game to be no different. I was pretty unhappy at the half when Freshmen Morgan Tuck had more points than the whole whitney young team. I felt that the only player that wanted another ring was Porsha Harris, she gave it her all. But she couldnt do it alone, the rest of the team was a slacking. But in the last 47 seconds, Coach Corry decided to throw the becnh into the game, i felt that they were playing alot more agressive than the raider,and probably should have been playingt a long time ago..Personally, i feel that this was their last chance at a ring, for a while.. Unless chanise jenkins can carry them,which i dont think she can do it alone.
Freshman Morgan Tuck scored 17 points and added eight rebounds as Bolingbrook ripped Whitney Young 53-29 Saturday in an unexpectedly lopsided Class 4A girls basketball championship showdown.

Playing in a title game for the fourth straight year, the Raiders (25-4) avenged a 2008 championship game loss to the Dolphins.

Bolingbrook jumped ahead midway through the first quarter on Tuck's baseline drive and steadily extended its lead at Redbird Arena.

Whitney Young (33-2) made just 12-of-45 from the field (26.7 per cent) and had 19 turnovers.



Mercedes Griffin and Satavia Taylor each added nine points for the Raiders while Porsha Harris led the Dolphins with nine points.

Bolingbrook has reached state five straight times and last won a championship in 2006.

Whitney Young gives gneva their first loss.

Im down in Bloomingon,Illinois for the IHSA girls basketball state champiaonships. And Last night my favorite hgh school girs basketball team gave Geneva their first loss.
Not that they needed any, but the Geneva girls basketball team had a little extra motivation against defending state champion Young Friday night in the Class 4A semifinals.

A quote from Young sophomore Chanise Jenkins made the rounds in the Geneva locker room before the game.

"She said she had no concerns about us," Geneva coach Gina Nolan said.

With 2 minutes, 30 seconds left in the third quarter, Jenkins, a sophomore guard, and Young suddenly became quite concerned.

Taylor Whitley's layup brought the Vikings all the way back from a 13-point first half deficit, giving them their first - and as it turned out, only - lead of the night.

Young responded like the fourth-ranked team in the country should, dominating Geneva over the final 10 minutes to win 63-42.

The Dolphins (31-1) will go for their second straight state title Saturday night against Bolingbrook (24-4) while Geneva (32-1) plays for third place at 6:30 p.m. against Wheeling (32-2).

"I think there were some teams, probably the team we faced, that doubted we belonged here," Nolan said. "I think we proved we belong. I'm real proud of the comeback in the first half."

Down the stretch, the Vikings got a taste of what they have been giving teams all year. Active hands on defense, pressuring every dribble and pass. On offense, constantly attacking the basket, resulting in layups and second-chance points.

The result was a 23-4 Young advantage on second-chance points, and 42 of their 63 points coming in the paint. Geneva battled, pulling down 37 rebounds led by 14 from Lauren Wicinski, but Young grabbed 49.

The Vikings stayed tied through the first media timeout, 4-4 on layups by Taylor Whitley and Kat Yelle. But there were signs of what was to come, with 2 turnovers and 2 misses under the basket.

Young closed the first quarter outscoring the Vikings12-1. Geneva couldn't keep the Dolphins off the offensive glass while the Vikings missed several close shots they normally don't.

"We were rushing a little, they were the best team we played," Yelle said. "But then we got into it a little more."

Geneva played its best in the second quarter. Down 20-7, the Vikings ran off 10 straight, led by Whitley. The senior drained a pair of 3-pointers and also muscled in a basket inside. Yelle split two free throws with 29 seconds left, leaving Geneva within 22-21 at the break.

Geneva had 5 chances to take the lead in the third quarter, missing a variety of layups, free throws with a turnover. The Vikings kept the pressure up, and when Kelsey Augustine came up with a steal, fed Yelle who hit a streaking Whitley for a layup and Geneva's first lead of the game, 31-30 with 2:29 left in the third quarter.

"We pushed the ball and I think that really helped us," Whitley said. "They definitely are the quickest team we have played so far."

Geneva's comeback seemed to light a fire in Young, especially 6-foot-1 senior Porsha Harris. She came into the game averaging 13.6 rebounds a game, and she had a pair of putback baskets in an 11-2 Young burst to end the third quarter up 41-33.

The Dolphins didn't let up to start the fourth, scoring the first six points for a 47-35 lead. After taking the 31-30 lead, Geneva went cold at the wrong time, scoring just a Wicinski bucket on their next 10 possessions while the Dolphins broke the game open.

Harris finished with 14 points and 17 rebounds. Ashlee Anderson also had a double-double (18 points, 11 rebounds) while Jenkins, with the quote that fired up Geneva, scored 13 points to go with 6 assists.

"They were a good team and they gave us the fight we expected," Young coach Corry Irvin said. "We finally put it all together in the fourth quarter-we found good shots and limited the touches of their players that we wanted to."

Whitley led Geneva with 25 points but nobody else scored more than 7 - the rest of the team combined to shoot 7 of 36. Yelle had 5 steals, and Emily Hinchman 5 assists.

"We didn't have the balance in scoring we've had most of the season," Nolan said. "That definitely hurt us."

New Leaders Tees!!

We've got another round of Leaders Tees, they are defeinately hot, cheack out all of the designs...

http://www.leaders1354.com/?p=3295

Storytellers: Kanye West

Did you watch VH1's Storytellers with Kanye West tonight? I did. And I thought it was very well put together. Amazing stage and lighting concept. Stark, sleek and very shiny. The set was conceived by Es Devlin and Martin Philips. Most recently, Devlin designed the show for the Pet Shop Boys at the BRIT Awards, and Philips is mostly known for his work with Daft Punk and his design of the LCD pyramid.


Devlin and Philips most definitely added a very entertaining dimension to Kanye's show. The emcee performed some of his biggest hits, including "Amazing," "Flashing Lights," "Stronger," Hearthless," "Say You Will" and "Robocop." In between songs he told stories about his songs with a little rant here and there.

Some quotes that I caught tonight.

"A lot of the things you learn are wrong, don't be an asshole too long."

"If a rich man would run into a poor man, what would they learn?"

"If a black man that came from Chicago and was taught to stand far away from gay people because you don't want to be accused of being gay. [What would happen if he'd run into a gay man] What's the talk? What would he learn, what would I learn? I learned that people in Chicago were wrong and I been an asshole all along."

"God chose me. He made a path for me (. . .) I am God's vessel."

"My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live."

Somebody really should start a blog with Kanye quotes. Whatever he rants, raves and hollers is sometimes genius, sometimes insane, but always entertaining. (And big kudos for Kanye for bringing up the gay topic, which is still not positively discussed in hip hop.)

Let fools be fools...

Fellow thinker, Douglas Adams said, “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

That quote really rings true to me! It reminds me of a recent conversation with a colleague about how it’s senseless to try to satisfy the fools of the world. Most fools tend to be never satisfied mainly because they don”t know any better. A fool by defintion means deficient in judgment, sense, or understanding. I think attempting to satisfy a fool makes about as much sense as attempting to drain the Atlantic Ocean.

So the next time you get caught up trying to satisfy someone that you’ve defined as a fool, ask yourself, “uhmm…and the bigger fool is _________?”(its you... For all those fools that just didnt get it.)

We are all monkeys

Great video! I thought it was very insightful as well as entertaining…HOWEVER I do want you to keep in mind a quote by fellow thinker Buddah which says, “Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”

And for the record, I think this is very disrepectful to monkeys…LOL!!!

Word of the Day

I also promised the Word of the Day....

incarnadine
\in-KAHR-nuh-dyne\ adjective
1 : having the pinkish color of flesh
*2 : red; especially

Quote of the day

So... I promised you all a quote and word of the day, Here we are..
You either die a super hero, or you love to become the villian.
-Kanye west, Orginal quote from spiderman i believe

Toykyo Flash's Kisai Sensai Watch

Today the good folks at TokyoFlash launched the the fourth design in the Kisai series, dubbed the “Sensai”. And yes I haven’t the slightest idea what “Sensai” stands for, but it’ll definitely look good on your wrist. With a topography consisting of positive shapes and negative lines, TF says the Sensai has been intricately designed on different levels to create a look that takes the Kisai series to the next dimension.
I havent exactly figured out how totell time on this thing, but if you like this watch, don’t hesitate to get it from TokyoFlash for $260, in either of it’s four color variations…

Why do men objectify women?

Now before all the female readers make egregious claims about misogynistic statements, unfair representation, and any other social inequities that plague our society, I want to preface the article with this. We are all creatures that were created, for all intensive purposes to replicate. To create more of ourselves so to speak. We are biological entities that respond unconsciously for a need to procreate, regardless of any learned knowledge. We tend to forget this as we run through life emulating an existence that inherently drives our lives progressively. Now this is a personal belief,one created by intelligence, and lots of random thoughts put together. But this CNN article backs up my theory with sound empirical evidence.

New research shows that, in men, the brain areas associated with handling tools and the intention to perform actions light up when viewing images of women in bikinis. The research was presented this week by Susan Fiske, professor of psychology at Princeton University, at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
“This is just the first study which was focused on the idea that men of a certain age view sex as a highly desirable goal, and if you present them with a provocative woman, then that will tend to prime goal-related responses,” she told CNN. Although consistent with conventional wisdom, the way that men may depersonalize sexual images of women is not entirely something they control. In fact, it’s a byproduct of human evolution, experts say. The first male humans had an incentive to seek fertile women as the means of spreading their genes.

So ladies, when you catch your man giving another woman the look down, and he responds “Im a man” , give him a break. There actually are subconscious impulses occurring that he cant control, if anything its indicative of a healthy vivacious male homosapien.

Back to the future Delorean Model

No, unfortunately it won’t allow your “action figures” to take trips to the past like “Indian in the cupboard”, but you will get a nice remembrance of one of the best movies ever, with this 1:18 scale, Back To The Future Delorean replica (I'm still waiting on a hover-board). The Delorean also comes with authentic sounds from the movies, as well as light-up features like headlights and the famous flux capacitor. Find out how you can get your hands on one of these models flying or non flying.


You can pre-order in two versions from from BigBadToyStore.com for $33.99 (flying and non-flying), but the flying version above will be much rarer according to WizardUniverse.com.

Very important message from the Global Entertainment Industry!