Link. Thanks to Jessperson for the tip.

By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 11/20/2009

Simpsons’ lampoon of Sarkozy sudden French web hit

Thousands of French Internet users flooded video sharing websites Friday to enjoy a lampoon of their glamourous first couple, almost a week after they appeared on the US show the Simpsons.

Cartoon caricatures of President Nicolas Sarkozy and first lady Carla Bruni starred in an episode of the Fox network animated show in the United States on November 15 in an episode entitled “The Devil Wears Nada”.

Their cameos passed largely unnoticed in France until Friday, when news websites started linking to pirated clips of the episode, creating a buzz which saw more than 117,000 fans linking to the DailyMotion site alone.

In the show, bungling paterfamilias Homer Simpson and his colleague Carl Carlson visit Paris and bump into Bruni, a cigarette-smoking femme fatale in a stylish ballgown, at a high society reception.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries the Bruni character throws herself into Carl’s arms and declares: “I want to make love, right now.”

Later, after Carl threatens to have Homer sacked, the hero declares: “You know that woman you’ve been playing ‘hide the baguette’ with? That’s the first lady of France, Carla Bruni!

“If you fire me I’ll call President Sarkozy and he’ll be all over you like Truffaut on Hitchcock,” Homer warns, in a dig at French cinema’s supposed debt to American models.

When Carl doubts the threat, Homer calls Sarkozy’s office and we see the French leader at his desk with a portion of camembert and his sultry wife. “You’re getting cosy with Sarkozy,” he says as he answers the phone.

This is not the first time that the Simpsons has mocked the French — the show famously popularised the taunt “cheese-eating surrender monkey” — or leading world figures.

But while Britain’s former prime minister Tony Blair and Fox owner Rupert Murdoch recorded their own voices for their appearances and escaped with a gentle ribbing, the harsher Sarkozy parody appeared without their consent.

Homer Simpson et son pote Carl à Paris, ça balance. Une Carlita chaude comme de la braise – raccord avec les “rumeurs” circulant dans certains milieux (médiatiques notamment) basées sur des indiscrétions sur les coulisses élyséennes  -, et un Sarkozy en petit  standardiste du château, le camembert à portée de main. Rajoutez la clope et le rouge, et le tour est joué. L’épisode des Simpsons diffusé ce 15 novembre aux USA propose une caricature plus parlante (et fidèle) que certaines analyses sur les coulisses du pouvoir au Sarkoland et les images mises en avant au service de sa stratégie de com’ (on attend un enfant pour 2011 non ?).

Nicolas Sarkozy et Carla Bruni dans les Simpson !
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Which fighter would win?

the current pound-for-pound king…

the former pound-for-pound king…

or  the pound-for-pound Donut King?…

I don’t know about you guys, I love Manny for being a Philippine Pride and all, but I’ll go for Homer… hahaha

There’s always truth in comedy.  This is evidenced in The Simpsons.  America’s most captivating fat-dad might be a lazy dumbass but he does show proper reverence for the simpler things in life–perhaps none more so than today’s great thing.  We can all take a lesson from Homer Simpson and rekindle our love affair with the great, the mighty, the hooptacular, the donut.  (Or doughnut)

107.  Donuts

When you're right you're right.

There’s a lot of ground to cover when discussing donuts.  But I think I need to start with some regional differences.  Donuts taste different over here in the UK than they did back home.  I think it’s mostly because they don’t really market my favorite type of donut much over here.  I like heavy cake-y ring donuts.  (Not the puffy airy style ring donuts.)  Do you know what I mean?  There’s definitely a difference.  Please, allow me to show you pictorially.

This.......................Versus............

.............this.

There.  Does that make sense?  The style up above is seen MUCH more frequently over here.  It’s a rare and beautiful moment to find a good old fried-cake-ring here in Manchester.   Now, don’t get me wrong.  I’ve got nothing against the donut in the first picture.  But, if given the choice, I’m going to go cake donut.  I suppose it’s more of a North Atlantic and Great Lake region of America sort of thing as even the Krispy Kreme franchise of the American South specializes a bit more in the airy and puffy donut on the left.

Donuts have a bit of a convoluted history with a few different folks claiming credit for the hole-in-the-middle-style-fried-cake that we know and love as the ‘donut’.  All sorts of countries CLAIM credit for them.  But, most people agree that this fatty delight, in its current popularized form at least, is undoubtedly American through and through.  Ownership of one of the world’s least healthy food belonging to America?  Who knew….France?  Germany?  You can try to outlard us, but you’ll never win.  Bwahahaha!

Though, I will give credit where credit is due.  I did consume a magnificent beignet in France when I visited Paris.

A real American hero...

Finding the best donut in your town is a noble mission that every citizen of every nation should undertake.   It also gives you an excuse to eat a different donut perhaps every day of the week.  I found a pretty thorough rundown of donut shops in NYC here:  Good Eats

One of my favorite NYC snacking haunts, The Doughnut Plant, gets a mention here.  Whenever I’m in town I make a pilgrimage to the lower east side, where it lives, and get the chocolate blackout donut and the tres leches as well.  I would like to live here…

Whilst on Doughnut Plant’s homepage, I just saw an ad for a new Broadway play called Superior Doughnuts by Tony Letts.  It takes place in a doughnut shop in Chicago.  Doughnuts on sale during intermission!  Mmmmm….high art…..

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Sorry, I just blanked out there thinking about donuts.

At any rate, it’s true in New York and I think it holds true elsewhere…I find the best donuts aren’t out of the chain outlets but the local American bakeries.  (Nothing against the big chains but I don’t think they always represent the best that we, as fatasses, can produce.)  In Erie, we have Mighty Fine and Jack Frost.  We were mostly a Mighty Fine clan and a visit to the shop after Sunday mass was a family mandate.

Home sweet home...

If I could choose five donuts from Mighty Fine right now (and NO I wouldn’t eat them all at once…I’m not that fat…I’d savor them like Gollum cherishes the ring in Lord of the Rings), I’d choose the following, in order of preference:

5.  A Chocolate frosted cream filled:  Why is this magnificent power-house of a donut number five?  Because I’m getting on in years now and my teeth get a bit sensitive from time to time.  After a few bites, my molars on the right hand side would be singing in pain.  Still, I’d want those few sickly bites.

4.  Plain fried-cake:  Back to basics.  Also, would take the edge off of the #5 pick.

3.  Powdered sugar:  For whatever reason, maybe the fluffy sugar dusting helps preserve them, these donuts always feel the softest and warmest.  Word to the wise, don’t eat this variety too quickly or you risk inhaling the powdered sugar and experiencing a bit of a choking fit.  That would be the worst obituary ever…choked to death on a sugared donut.

2.  Maple glazed:  A bit of tree blood flavoring.  Yum.

1.  Chocolate cake with glaze:  Please note, this is not a chocolate frosted ring.  It’s actually chocolate cake dough.  After frying, it’s glazed.  So beautiful.

I wish I had more time to go on about donuts.  I haven’t even cracked open the issue of donut holes yet.  I mean, how awesome are they?  It’s like you don’t ever have to make up your mind about what donut you want.  Plus, it’s more hygienic than just taking bites out of each donut in the box.

We’ll close where we began.  Enjoy this classic clip from The Simpsons…

Parce qu’il n’y a pas que les cainris connus qui méritent leur Yellow Carpet, voici en exclusivité le prochain sac à dos Kanye West en authentique cuir de chèvre, collection 2010, dispo au shop Louis Vuitton de Dakar.

Parce qu’il n’y a pas que les cainris connus qui méritent leur Yellow Carpet, la conscience professionnelle de cette voyageuse qui se fond littéralement dans la ligne 13 du métro parisien mérite toute votre attention. Surtout si vous êtes fan des personnages de SNK.

Parce qu’il n’y a pas que les cainris connus qui méritent leur Yellow Carpet, voici en exclusivité le protoype de caddie chinois testé actuellement à Pékin. Une version deux places de 35 cm de large est également en cours de développement.

Parce qu’il n’y a pas que les cainris connus qui méritent leur Yellow Carpet, Pascal aussi a le droit à son moment de gloire et de répit. Même si ça le distrait et que deux petits sont en train de s’embrouiller derrière lui sans qu’il s’en aperçoive.

Parce qu’il n’y a pas que les cainris connus qui méritent leur Yellow Carpet, voici en exclusivité la publicité censurée du jeu vidéo “Alone In The Dark“, jugée raciste. Je vois pas pourquoi, mais bon.

Parce qu’il n’y a pas que les cainris connus qui méritent leur Yellow Carpet, j’ai voulu rendre hommage aux hommes de l’ombre, en l’occurrence au cuisinier personnel de Mariah Carey, que lui avait suggéré Eminem à l’époque. Un orfèvre de la cuisson comme on en fait plus.

Parce qu’il n’y a pas que les cainris connus qui méritent leur Yellow Carpet, voici en exclusivité la prochaine veste King Kong par A Bathing Ape, collection 2010, dispo au Marché des Voleurs de Hong Kong.

Parce qu’il n’y a pas que les cainris connus qui méritent leur Yellow Carpet, les gâteaux d’anniversaire de la petite Brenda, 3 ans, fan inconditionnelle de Paris Hilton qui pousse le mimétisme jusqu’à adorer elle aussi les chevaux, méritent largement (et longuement) leur place.

Parce qu’il n’y a pas que les cainris connus qui méritent leur Yellow Carpet, voici en exclusivité les images de la sextape du frère jumeau de Chris Brown, qui date d’avant son régime protéiné qui lui a fait perdre 45kg. Ouh, sexy.

Parce qu’il n’y a pas que les cainris connus qui méritent leur Yellow Carpet, j’en profite pour vous faire découvrir ce pyjama Bob l’Eponge, que j’ai trouvé super mignon.

Parce qu’il n’y a pas que les cainris connus qui méritent leur Yellow Carpet, voici en exclusivité la grande gagnante du “Concours International des Fans des Simpsons – Edition 2009“, couronnée pour son amour inconditionnel de la série. Bravo mademoiselle.

Parce qu’il n’y a pas que les cainris connus qui méritent leur Yellow Carpet, je n’ai pas pu résister à l’envie de vous faire partager le tournage de l’émission Spéciale Afrique de “Pascal le Grand Frère”, sur lequel TF1 m’avait invité en tant que Grand Consultant en Stylisme et Expert en Sapologie Européenne. Habituellement, j’aime pas me vanter mais bon, une fois n’est pas costume.

It’s a Thanksgiving miracle!

Not really.

Even as her friends and contemporaries die around her, Too Good for Dirt Liz can’t seem to take the subtle hint.

Thus I am putting together an online petition and will be gathering signatures urging Ms. Taylor to do the right thing and die of natural causes immediately.

When I have gathered 3 or 4 signatures I will present the petition to her in the guise of some shitty award because thats all that actors and actresses care about.

Jennifer Aniston wouldn’t piss on her mother if she was on fire but she’d use babies for shoes and run down to the food court at the mall to collect the Best Actress….(Oh Sorry We Meant The Dog)…In A Dog Movie award.

Anyway, I’m sick of posting Liz Taylor pics so here’s this.

Amy Sedaris’s homemade cheese balls can be purchased at The Gourmet Garage in Greenwich Village.

I tried a Lil’ Smokey a few years back and it was yummy…..exactly the kind of yummy that Liz Taylor could choke to death on while her assistants silently look on while forming an unspoken pact.

I might suggest leaving a few along the baseboards of Liz’s mansion.

Questo orologio Homer Simpson mi sembra un ottimo regalo di Natale.

Lo trovate qui.

Hoy me he levantado hecho un guiñapo, pero bueno, me encanta esta sensación que hace tanto tiempo que no tengo, la sensación que tienes por la mañana después de pillarte una buena cogorza la noche anterior…

Sí amigos, por fín el valeroso caballero Fonselot ha vuelto a salir por sus dominios, y se ha bebido hasta el agua de los floreros del Punto de Encuentro, acompañado por el Gran Jaime I, su dama y el Lechu, es decir, con los habitantes más distinguidos a este lado del Manzanares.

Y hoy, después de varios meses tengo dos planes entre los que debo escoger, y aunque los dos incluían en un principio ver a “La Roja” contra Argentina,  al final no creo que lo vea, porque puedo volver a salir con los chicos del barrio, pero estoy comprometido a salir con los agentes del NCIS, así que a ver qué pasa, porque se trata más de una visita diplomática que algo que quiera hacer de verdad, pero bueno, hay que ver cómo están las cosas fuera del laboratorio…

Já tem um pessoal, achando que sabe segregar, a dizer que a força caiu porque a usina é paraguaia.

Honestamente, tinha achado que era cagada do porteiro aqui do prédio.

Mas não é nada disso. A baixo a prova do crime.

From: Montgomery Burns [mailto: Mr.Bu...@springfieldnuclearplant.com]
Sent: terça-feira , 09 de novembro de 2009 15:38
Subject: Organizational Annoucement

Dear all,

This morning our employee Homer J. Simpson decided to leave Springfield
Nuclear Plant.
Please join me in wishing good luck in his new role in Itaipu Plant.

Mr. Burns

Dicono che crei allucinazioni, dicono.

Dicono che conduca a una perdita di lucidità canonica in cambio del raggiungimento di una lucidità di visione superiore.

Dicono che guarisca, unisca, pulisca.

Dico (allora) che questo post non dovrei scriverlo di giovedì sera e che domenica potrei avere “raggiunto” maggiori argomentazioni.

::io quando penso al peyote penso alla puntata in cui homer dopo essersi mangiato il c hili più piccante della storia fiisce per farsi quel trip allucinante nel canyon dov c’è l’animale coyote – il coyote gli dice di seguire la tartaruga e passa mondi assurdi finchè nonn vede che si ferma su un gradino molto basso e a un certo punto quel gradino si solleva ed è una torre maya::

“…Su questa base sono state preparate delle classifiche piuttosto interessanti… la scala della felicità individuale…”

Come nella migliore delle scene tratte dai Simpsons. Homer ha uno sguardo attentissimo. Ma scandagliando il suo minuscolo cervello emerge solo un focus. Una ciambella allo zucchero. Io alla ciambella allo zucchero non penso perché sono a dieta. Però penso al weekend, a Roma e al GDM (se vi chiedete cosa sia, mandatemi un’email).

“…Per esempio gli australiani usano questo sistema di misura della felicità… Se sono felici rispondono 10. Gli asiatici felici rispondono 8…”

Penso anche che tornare a Urbino dopo sei mesi di assenza sia una bella prova di calma interiore. Ti domandi quanti arriveranno al prossimo aprile senza soffrire di crisi maniaco-depressive. Ti chiedi se TU ci arriverai. In fondo sei passato dalla condizione di “allievo della scuola di giornalismo” a quella di “stagista”, un balzo vertiginoso nel famigerato mondo del lavoro.

“…è la misura del consumo ambientale da parte della popolazione. Le regioni che consumano meno di un pianeta, uno, due, tre pianeti…”

E già lì è dura, perché tutto è più o meno un’illusione. Non sei un giornalista come Dio comanda. Non sei un ragazzino completamente imbranato. Insomma sai quello che non sei. Ma non sai quello che sei. Quindi ti mimetizzi nella speranza che il tuo capo non si accorga della tua confusione.

“…che poi forse il presidente è felice, ad Haiti, ma la gente no di certo…eh…”

Vabè. Quando ti ambienti, quando stai proprio bene, ti dicono che lo stage è finito. Puff. Devi ripiombare nel Montefeltro. Che per carità, è bello quando la collina è verde e c’è il sole. Due giorni all’anno. Tre se è bisestile. In quei tre giorni tu sei chiuso in classe a lezione di economia.

P.s.: alcuni dei miei professori leggono questo blog. Più che altro cercano di capire se ci sia la minima opportunità che io impari a scrivere. Ovviamente durante le loro lezioni sono attenta davvero. Eh eh.

Most people are concerned about money right now.

I am in need of an IV drip connected to a money bag myself.  The place where I bartend is only scheduling me for 3-4 shifts a week, and like many restaurants, is struggling.

So one part of determining if raw food eating is “worth” it is the dollars spent. I’ll do my best to give a dollars & cents breakdown on what eating this way is costing me and how it compares to when I ate a “normal” American diet.

Another price to pay for eating raw is taking an honest look at the things you give up to do so.  Pizza delivery and cheap beer.  Pitchers of mojitos to wash down some gourmet Cuban cuisine.  Street food (especially TACO TRUCKS!)  BBQ joints…did I mention Taco Trucks?

I knew my moto was back in Cali when I came across this taco truck on a cold night just south of the border. The Oregon border!

Finally, anytime you examine somethings true cost you have to figure out just what the hell you’re getting out of it.  AKA…what are the benefits?

So is it worth it? I’m no expert and I can’t answer this (or any other question) for you.  But let you inside my abnormally large head and show you exactly how I feel at this juncture about the costs of eating raw…

Today (part 1) will focus on the monetary cost.  Tomorrow (part 2) will look at the cost of giving up things you love and are used to…like taco trucks.  And in (part 3) I’ll wrap it up with a snazzy cost/benefits analysis (sorry no charts or Excel spreadsheets) that attempts to explore the sometimes measurable, sometimes intangible benefits of a raw food life.

Part One

IS EATING RAW MORE EXPENSIVE THAN COOKED?

First few times you walk over to the raw “section” at the health food store (you know you’ve become a radical marginal member of society when you are shopping in a specialized section of a specialty store) two things will probably jump to your attention…

My first thought was “This is a really tiny section.  Not really a section actually, more like an end-cap.”

My second thought was, “Holy shit!  $14 for peanut butter!?”

Bulk Items

To make matters worse, a lot of the things you “need” to get started are bulk items. These types of items will probably last you a month, but they require payment in full today.

As an example, I bought a big bottle of spirulina for $43.  Two weeks later I’m only halfway through it.  But when I

Spirulina bringing someone else back from the dead...

was standing there in the store trying to imagine how bad something that grows on top of a swamp might taste, and ruminating on the sad fact that lately I don’t even make $43 some nights, well lets just say it wasn’t easy to hand over the green required to buy the green. (Spirulinas really more blue-green).

My conclusion? These items aren’t in actuality expensive and can actually make raw eating more economical in some instances. At $1.4o per serving, roughly the price of a Coke, instead of corn syrup, chemicals, and an ingredient list that reads more like toilet bowl cleaner than beverage; you get the most concentrated bio-available protein on the planet.

So, score one for the spirulina and other bulk raw items you might want like cacao nibs, hemp oil, and raw honey.

Pre-packaged stuff VS. Produce

When you are new and trying to “adjust” to raw  for the first time you will naturally gravitate to the expensive pre-packaged raw items because they sorta look like what you think foods supposed to look like.

I stood there having a Homer Simpson style conversation with myself that went something like this… “Ahhhh…crackers!  I know what crackers are! This is a peculiarly small little bag with only 6 crackers in it…not exactly a Costco size box of Wheat Thins…but it says here…sun-dried tomato crackers…mmm…sounds yummy…and they are only…let me just turn this little package over and find the price….$9!  WTF!”

I bought them anyways.  Because I was scared of not having what I refer to as “food-food.”  And you know what allows you to psychologically pay NINE BUCKS for SIX CRACKERS?  The little sticker on the package that says “raw.”  And do you know what those crackers taste like, I’ll give you a hint…it’s a 4 letter word…start’s with an “S”…and it’s not sun dried tomatoes!

I’ve been reading a lot of other raw foodists blogs and watching their You Tube channels and tweeting with them and I’m starting to get the feeling that the longer one eats raw, the more likely they are to do almost all of their shopping at a Farmer’s Market, or in a good organic produce section.

My conclusion? Go ahead and buy the pre-packaged stuff.  Try it.  See what you like and what you don’t.  Soon you will save the dehydrated breads and little $4 baggies of superfood trail mix for when you need the convenience or the comfort.  Spend the bulk of your dough on fruits & veggies that are pound for pound, yes even at organic prices, the best value for your food dollar.

11/14 UPDATE!  Went to Farmer’s Market today and loaded up on fresh veggies/greens/and fruit.  I even bought a big jar of raw wildflower honey.  Grand Total = $40  Because I’m 100% raw I also got “free” breakfast out of the deal just walking around enjoying all the samples being handed out.  When I came home I took everything out and put it on the table so I could see what all I bought.  I had to take a picture…amazing isn’t it?  The honey will last a couple weeks and I’m sharing this with my girlfriend, so the real cost to me for the week I estimate to be closer to$25!!!

How Much Are You NOT Spending?

This is really fair question to ask, and the one that pushed me over the edge on the money issue.  Do this little exercise yourself, and be brutally honest about it.

I added up what I spent each week on:

• Coffee. Up to 2 weeks ago I was spending over $6 per day at Starbucks.
• Booze. I’m talking drinks out (w/ tips), drinks in, wine, beer, all of it! For me drinking on the cheap was still costing  me over $70 per week. And that’s with a job where I can have a drink or two for free.
• Cooked food groceries. I love to cook.  Shop pretty smart at Trader Joe’s.  My share of weekly groceries is about $40 per week.
• Eating out. Make sure you include any fast food, lunches out, frozen yogurts, movie popcorn, brunch, all that!  I had really cut back lately.  In the past my girlfriend and I would grab sushi or Mexican food at least 3x per week. But due to lack of work and recently moving, I’m gonna say I was spending about $25 per week eating out.
• Cigarettes. I don’t smoke cigarettes, so this wasn’t an issue with me.  But if you do smoke, we’re talking big bucks here, and you ARE going to stop smoking if you go 100% raw.  Maybe not immediately, but soon.
• Other drugs including prescriptions. In one way or another, to quote Weezer, “We are ALL on drugs.”  I like to party, and think recreational substances have their place. But for arguments sake assume you won’t be spending money on that after you get hooked up to nature’s crack–raw food.  Also include most (not all, like I don’t think eating raw is going to do anything in the contraceptive department) pharmaceuticals.  Especially meds for cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, acid reflux (my GERD is 100% GONE), etc.

So for me…about $200 per week.  What’s your total?

So that’s $200 per week that I can apply to eating 100% raw food, drinking fresh-squeezed vibrant juices, and even eating out every so often in a little raw cafe or gourmet raw eatery.  $200 is A LOT of vegetables and fruit.

Another aspect of how much it really costs to eat raw vegan organic foods that I hadn’t thought of until I read Derek Markham’s blog today…is all the money not spent at the Doctors office.  In his case he acknowledges that as a father he chooses to spend a large portion of his families income on fresh organic food.  Derek says, “Our kids deserve the best fuel for their minds and bodies, and eating this way is our ‘health insurance’.” That blew me away.

What I’m NOT suggesting is that you cancel your health insurance (if you have health insurance) and count that as potential savings if you go raw.  But imagine the money you, your family, and the country would save by having less sick days, co-pays, depression, and chronic illness…

My conclusion? Money should have nothing to do with whether or not someone chooses to go raw.  If anything, I am spending a little less money each week to give my body an abundance of nutrients and delicious food.

Tune in tomorrow if you want to read about some of my misgivings about going (and staying raw long-term), as well as a candid lament about things I’m not sure I can live without (or want to).

Recently, Slate’s John Dickerson solicited readers’ advice in how to most effectively and efficiently follow a to-do list. I did not send in my own counsel regarding to-do lists, reproduced below.

1. Every night, write down everything that you can conceivably accomplish the next day in a large, ringed notebook kept on your nightstand. Included on this list should be basic human activities, such as “Wake Up” and “Shower,” and simple tasks, like “Tomorrow’s To-Do List.” In-between, be ambitious. The last thing you want is to finish your to-do list early, so don’t be afraid to include both “Finish Dostoevsky novel” AND “War and Peace, Volumes I-II.”

2. Feel really good about yourself after completing the to-do list. Say things to yourself like, “There’s no way I’m gonna watch as much TV tomorrow as I did today,” and “Man, I’m really gonna go all-out on this Saturday.” Get yourself really excited—so excited, in fact, that instead of falling asleep in a timely manner, you stay awake considering what else you can do that you haven’t already written on your to-do list. If a good idea pops into your head while you’re in bed, write it down on the list. Don’t turn on the light (it may wake you up a little), unless you think you wrote said new item on the list in especially neat handwriting considering the circumstances, and it’s just too suspenseful to wait until morning to check for sure.

3. When you wake up later and groggier than expected due to the previous night’s excitement, cross off “Wake Up” on the list. From here on out, do not actively consult your to-do list, as it will only remind you of all the things you won’t be accomplishing today.

4. If you feel like it’s an especially unproductive day, make sure not to accomplish anything on the to-do list. This way, it can carry over to the next day with only minor revisions.

5. Revise/make new to-do list, and repeat steps 1-4.

6. When you discover that this bedside to-do list really isn’t working considering your lack of consultation, try Google Tasks. Once you start Google Tasks, type in everything you can imagine accomplishing in the next 3-6 weeks. Feel really excited about it, etc.

7. Once someone engages you in a Google Chat (or Google Talk), close Google Tasks so it doesn’t take up as much space on your monitor. Don’t worry about opening it for the next 3-6 weeks. By then, it’s a fun experiment on your own memory. What did you actually remember to accomplish? And what “bill” was this referring to?

8. When you discover that Google Tasks fails, try an iPhone app like Omni Note. Your first to-do bullet point should be to research, download, and explore all cool iPhone apps. You will spend the next fortnight on this bullet point.

9. When you discover that the iPhone app only tempts you into using other, more fun iPhone apps (“Hey, I’m over 3,000 yards from the hole from here!”), go back to an old-school method with post-it notes. Put them everywhere and in no discernible order around your desk. Eventually, you’ll be so overwhelmed by all these post-its that you’ll come up with the ingenious idea (and to-do list post-it note) to “Organize cluttered post-it notes into single list, perhaps in unused notebook on nightstand.”

10. Return to bedside to-do notebook.

So there you go: Now I can cross “Write To-Do List post” off my list, where it’s resided since, well…did you see when Dickerson’s first article was?

“El primer paso para fracasar es intentarlo”

Homer J. Simpson – Aportado por Converso

Er du  Møllergata kan du jo velge mellem Paragragen og Justisen. Jeg har nok gjort mit valg, men her er lidt om Paragrafen.

Lidt  billigere øl end på Justisen. Det er hårdere en Justisen. Sorte borde, grønne skind bænke, med lav ryg, Grønt brystpanel og stort spejl til sidst på væggen. Der er en forfærdelig burgunder vægge over det grønne. Resten er I stilen til frisørsalonger, med mere mur som er rifla… Der er lille hyggelig bar med 3 stole, flot overbar med gammel boghylde.

Der er et rom som er dekorativ udsmykket en halv trap op, og udenfor er det et rom med gammel pudset mur

De server kun Frydenlund, mit gamle favoritmærke.

De som kommer her, er ofte unge i sorte klæder.

Det ville været ok om med lidt lavere Rock musik.

Dagens Beer Quote:
“All right, brain, I don’t like you and you don’t like me – so let’s just do this and I’ll get back to killing you with beer.”

-Homer Simpson

La obra pintada por Leonardo Da Vinci en el siglo XV es posiblemente uno de los cuadros más conocidos en el mundo. La escena, que muestra a Jesús la noche antes de juicio y traición de Judas, ha inspirado a muchos artistas y fotógrafos quienes han dado a conocer sus propias versiones.

Este post me lo encontré gracias a @Marcos Marín en Facebook, y sin duda me pareció de lo más divertido. El texto original lo retomo de Mitzientertainmen, quienes toman fotos de Popped Culture.

A ver que les parecen:

Versión Zombie

Versión X Men

Versión Galletas

Versión Casino

Versión Cienciología

Versión Comida Rápida

Versión iPod

Versión Popeye

Versión House

Versión Lego

Versión McDonalds

Versión Plaza Sésamo

Versión Los Simpson

Versión Cereales

Versión Los Soprano

Versión Disney-Warner

Versión That 70’s Show

Versión Nintendo

Versión Star Wars

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Damn, E, who knew they made a beer just for you? One and done...but we know you would then drink three

This is a beer for our hero, Homer Simpson, or for the rest of the Too Old crew.  But, we probaly wouldn’t drink it, because you will see the pricetag below….

A controversial Scottish brewery has launched what it described as the world’s strongest beer – with a 32% alcohol content.

Tactical Nuclear Penguin has been unveiled by BrewDog of Fraserburgh.

That is some strong beer. No need for the Boilermakers anymore!

BrewDog was previously branded irresponsible for an 18.2% beer called Tokyo, which it then followed with a low alcohol beer called Nanny State.

Managing director James Watt said a limited supply of Tactical Nuclear Penguin would be sold for £30 each.

This is an extremely strong beer; it should be enjoyed in small servings and with an air of aristocratic nonchalance Tactical Nuclear Penguin label warning

He said: “This beer is about pushing the boundaries, it is about taking innovation in beer to a whole new level.”

Mr Watt added that a beer such as Tactical Nuclear Penguin should be drunk in “spirit sized measures”.

A warning on the label states: “This is an extremely strong beer; it should be enjoyed in small servings and with an air of aristocratic nonchalance. In exactly the same manner that you would enjoy a fine whisky, a Frank Zappa album or a visit from a friendly yet anxious ghost.”

The issue is, who would really follow the directions?  They can have all the commercials that they want to, but people are not going to drink responsibly BECAUSE of the commercial, they will do it because they know it is the right thing to do.  This is just to protect their neck and pass responsibility to the drinker, which is where it should be.

sometimes, it's the cause AND the solution in the same bottle

However Jack Law, of Alcohol Focus Scotland, described it was a “cynical marketing ploy” and said: “We want to know why a brewer would produce a beer almost as strong as whisky.”

Uhmm…because people like to get faded for cheap?  because they can become a cheap date?  pick your reason.  Plus, some people like beer and hate whiskey.  Why should I have to drink a six pack to get my buzz on if one will do the trick?

The beer has been launched on the day alcohol was at the top of the political agenda with the unveiling of the Scottish government’s Alcohol Bill including proposals for minimum pricing on drink.

Meanwhile, BrewDog’s plans for a new headquarters to produce millions of bottles of beer a year have been approved by Aberdeenshire Council.

The decision was taken at a full council meeting despite having been recommended for refusal by officers because the site at Potterton, near Aberdeen, is in the green belt.

And in the end, beer wins again!  It’s the best way to get through Black Friday!

O site Worth 1000 é muito conhecido pelas montagens e manipulações de imagens enviadas pelos internautas. Os criadores do site sugerem temas e qualquer pessoa pode mandar a sua montagem para entrar nas galerias que eles criam.

Uma das últimas é “Cartoons Reais” ou “E Se Fossem Reais?”. O resultado é bastante interessante.

Não, este aí de cima não é o Guile do game Street Fighter.

Vi no Jacaré Banguela

Los guionistas de Los Simpsons han puesto grandes lineas de diálogo en la boca de Homer: “No me importa donar mi hígado, puedo vivir sólo con uno” es un buen ejemplo, y otro el del titular: “Todos menos yo tenéis la culpa”.

Lo malo comienza cuando un lehendakari toma esa pose y se dedica, en su primera comparecencia pública tras una dolencia física, a repartir estopa.

Que Patxi López no iba a estar a la altura de su cargo era un presentimiento que teníamos muchos hace meses. Que lo haya confirmado casi cada semana es una noticia pésima no sólo para su equipo de comunicación o su partido, también para todos/as los/as vascos/as.

En fin.

Simplemente, un lehendakari no puede ponerse delante de unos micrófonos para saldar cuentas pendientes con unos y otros, culpar del retraso de una transferencia, defenderse por la inacción en la gestión de la crisis del Alakrana, y celebrar unos arrestos de esa misma mañana.

El lehendakari no dice, hace. Porque la oposición no puede hacer, y debe decir. Pero Euskadi sigue siendo especial, y con las declaraciones de ayer López ha invitado a pensar a los vascos que el que hace es el PNV (que aunque ganó las elecciones no gobierna) y el que dice es el lehendakari (que gobierna sin ganar las elecciones).

¿El mundo al revés? No, sólo es la gestión de este gobierno del cambio la que lo está. Y, o rectifica pronto, o los malos resultados del sociómetro volverán a repetirse, para perjuicio del PSOE y beneficio del PNV y, posiblemente, del PP, que empieza a recoger los frutos de su pacto en Euskadi.

La imagen es del Twitter de Homer J. Simpson, en el que se pueden encontrar algunas de esas estupendas frases.

Se o José Serra fosse um pouco menos Sr. Burns e mais Homer Simpson cairia nas graças do povo rapidamente. O problema é que, ele tem que soltar algumas farpas e ser um projeto de intelectualóide mal desenhado. Afirma o sucesso da política econômica do PT e espeta com antipatia. Menos, Serra. O Fernando Henrique sabia, pelo menos, criticar, ser rude, e ainda ter aquela cara, digamos, simpática. Aprende.

E vê se contrata alguns assessores novos… e bons!

Daniel Pinheiro

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Economia não decide eleição, diz Serra

“Fui lançado candidato a presidente pelas pesquisas, porque estou na frente”

“Ele [Ciro] não vai fazer nada que o Lula não queira. Isso é jogo político”

Fonte: Blog do Fernando Rodrigues – UOL

O governador de São Paulo e mais provável candidato do PSDB a presidente da República em 2010, José Serra, lançou hoje uma tese polêmica. “Economia não decide eleição”, declarou ele ao conceder longa entrevista à rádio Jovem Pan, transmitida em rede por essa emissora paulista e suas associadas para o Brasil inteiro –ao todo, são rádios em 141 cidades, entre elas, 20 capitais.

Serra respondia a respeito do estado da economia e como poderia ser o efeito sobre a sucessão presidencial em 2010. Quase falando como candidato a presidente, Serra deu vários exemplos para refutar a tese (em voga no governo) de que a economia em alta favorecerá à pré-candidata a presidente pelo PT, Dilma Rousseff.

“Em 2006, a economia não vinha bem, mas o Lula ganhou a eleição”, disse Serra. O governador tucano também usou uma metáfora. Se a economia está em boas condições, afirmou, seria como decidir sobre a substituição do motorista de um ônibus que está andando bem. O eleitor terá de decidir sobre quem estará mais apto a continuar a conduzir o ônibus da melhor forma possível.

Indagado sobre a pesquisa eleitoral CNT/Sensus, Serra deu sua resposta padrão: o quadro só vai se definir em abril ou maio de 2010, mas sempre ressalvando: “Eu estou bem adiante nas pesquisas”.

Aproveitou para alfinetar o levantamento CNT/Sensus –na qual ele pontua, aproximadamente, de 30% a 40%, a depender do cenário. Serra acha que essa pesquisa inclui perguntas sobre temas da atualidade que acabam esquentando o eleitor e induzindo a uma resposta mais favorável a um candidato do governo.

De fato, a pesquisa CNT/Sensus pergunta sobre a avaliação do governo Lula para depois falar sobre sucessão presidencial. Como Lula está bem avaliado, em tese, as respostas a favor de Dilma Roussef seriam sempre mais positivas. Um detalhe: a pesquisa CNT/Sensus tem uma metodologia consistente, tendo sido realizada dessa forma há anos, desde o governo FHC.

Serra insiste que o quadro político só será definido em abril e maio de 2010. Embora se dizendo ainda sem definição, o tucano sempre deixa escapar frases que demonstram uma atitude de candidato. “Tenho o panorama do Brasil inteiro, Estado a Estado”, disse ele sobre as eleições do ano que vem.

Lula vai transferir votos para Dilma Rousseff? Fala Serra: “O Lula estava com um prestígio enorme e ele veio aqui [São Paulo] apoiar a Marta [Suplicy, candidata a prefeita pelo PT, em 2008] e o [Gilberto] Kassab [do DEM, apoiado por Serra] ganhou”.

Para Serra, “pesquisa não ganha eleição. É uma referência”. Ainda assim, ele festeja: “Eu fui lançado candidato a presidente pelas pesquisas, porque estou na frente… folgadamente”. E ressalva: “Se você está ganhando uma partida de 4 a 0, você acha que vai ser sempre assim? O resultado eleitoral do ano que vem não vai ser essa folga que as pesquisas mostram. Acho que a gente tem vantagem, mas não vai ser toda essa vantagem que as pesquisas mostram”. Em resumo, é Serra já fazendo um comentário preventivo sobre o aperto da diferença entre ele e Dilma, previsto para o início de 2010. E está mais candidato do que nunca.

Meu ex-presidente é melhor que o seu

Num trecho curioso de sua entrevista à rádio Jovem Pan, Serra foi indagado sobre se a participação do ex-presidente Fernando Henrique Cardoso prejudica o PSDB. Mais especificamente, a pergunta foi sobre o fato de FHC ter recentemente criticado duramente Lula, a quem classificou como representante ou criador de uma espécie de “subperonismo” no Brasil.

E Serra: “Ele [FHC] é um homem que teve muita importância no Brasil. Foi o homem que armou o real. Tem um passado importantíssimo. Pegou situação internacional difícil. Ele dá sua opinião sobre o quadro político. Enriquece o debate e a democracia. Parece que só ex-presidentes que apóiam o governo podem falar. E quem apóia o governo Lula?  Collor e Sarney. Quando o outro fala, não pode falar? O Fernando Henrique não pode falar? O contraditório é saudável”.

Aí, Serra ofereceu uma pergunta: “Se você pudesse votar no passado [num ex-presidente], você votaria em quem? Fernando Henrique, Collor ou Sarney?” Trata-se de uma grande cutucada de Serra, dizendo que se ex-presidente, FHC, é melhor do que os ex-presidentes que apóiam Lula.

Ciro: só faz o que Lula quer

O encontro recente entre o governador de Minas Gerais, Aécio Neves (PSDB), e o deputado federal Ciro Gomes (PSB), também foi abordado. Ciro é desafeto de Serra. “O Aécio é um governador de Minas Gerais, um bom governador. Ele tem liberdade para encontrar as pessoas”, comentou Serra. Completou, um pouco sem convicção: “Vamos estar juntos, vamos estar unidos. Vamos para a batalha do ano que vem somando forças. Eu não tenho inimigos em política. O Aécio tem liberdade e eu não vou fazer juízo a esse respeito [encontro entre Aécio e Ciro].

Mas e o fato de Ciro ter dito que desiste de se candidatar se Aécio Neves concorrer a presidente da República? “Acho que não tem nada a ver. Ele [Ciro] não vai fazer nada que o Lula não queira. Isso é jogo político e não tem consequência nenhuma”. Ou seja, em outras palavras, o tucano Serra está dizendo que Ciro Gomes tem sido apenas um pau-mandado de Lula no atual processo de definições eleitorais para 2010.