Sunday, January 30, 2011

silence

The man who in his work finds silence, and who sees that silence is work, this man in truth sees the Light and in all his works finds peace.

Bhagavad Gita 4:18

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Veronika Fasterová



a.k.a. Verunka Katie, Veronika, Veronika Fasterova, Veronique, Veronique A, Viki, Nika, Victoria Gold, Vicky, Judy Jade, Verona, Beatrice, Veronica F, Beata K, Vicky Fast

Birthdate: 08-10-1987
Birthplace: Czech Republic
Height: 171 cm
Weight: 48 kg
Measure: 84 - 61 - 85

Friday, January 28, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011

between death & marriage

When you're dead, you don't wish you were married.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

lifestyles


surfing

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Sunday, January 23, 2011

thinking like a mountain,
wishing like the sea

Someone asked Xuedou, "What is the living meaning of Zen?" Xuedou said, "The mountains are high, the oceans are wide."

—Thomas Cleary
Zen Essence: The Science of Freedom

Saturday, January 22, 2011

record lady



She’s got the cutest little cartridge
That you’ve ever seen
She’s a phonographic dream

—Lyle Lovett

Friday, January 21, 2011

pin-up of the week


"Yara"

Thursday, January 20, 2011

academics

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

#78


fancy

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Friday, January 14, 2011

pin-up of the week


Stormtrooper

Thursday, January 13, 2011

political science for dummies

DEMOCRAT

You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
You feel guilty for being successful.
You push for higher taxes so the government can provide cows for everyone.

REPUBLICAN

You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
So?

SOCIALIST

You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.

COMMUNIST

You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk. You wait in line for hours to get it.
It is expensive and sour.

CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE

You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.

BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE

You have two cows. Under the new farm program, the government pays you to shoot one, milk the other, and then pour the milk down the drain.

AMERICAN CORPORATION

You have two cows. You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one.
You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead.
You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses.
Your stock goes up.

FRENCH CORPORATION

You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows. You go to lunch and drink wine.
Life is good.

JAPANESE CORPORATION

You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.
Most are at the top of their class at cow school.

GERMAN CORPORATION

You have two cows. You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour. Unfortunately, they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.

ITALIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows but you don't know where they are.
You break for lunch. Life is good.

RUSSIAN CORPORATION

You have two cows. You drink some vodka.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You drink some more vodka. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.

TALIBAN CORPORATION

You have all the cows in Afghanistan, which are two.
You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's private parts. You get a $40 million grant from the US government to find alternatives to milk production but use the money to buy weapons.

IRAQI CORPORATION

You have two cows. They go into hiding.
They send radio tapes of their mooing.

POLISH CORPORATION

You have two bulls. Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.

BELGIAN CORPORATION

You have one cow. The cow is schizophrenic.
Sometimes the cow thinks he's French, other times he's Flemish. The Flemish cow won't share with the French cow.
The French cow wants control of the Flemish cow's milk.
The cow asks permission to be cut in half.
The cow dies happy.

FLORIDA CORPORATION

You have a black cow and a brown cow. Everyone votes for the best looking one. Some of the people who actually like the brown one best accidentally vote for the black one. Some people vote for both. Some people vote for neither. Some people can't figure out how to vote at all. Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which one you think is the best looking cow.

CALIFORNIA CORPORATION

You have millions of cows. They make real California cheese. Only five speak English. Most are illegal.
Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

who's that girl?

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Monday, January 10, 2011

gimme some peace

Sunday, January 09, 2011

everything to come

8 However many years a man may live,
let him enjoy them all.
But let him remember the days of darkness,
for they will be many.
Everything to come is meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 11:8
New International Version

Saturday, January 08, 2011

the scent of a woman



The room was stuffy, smelling of woman and alcohol.

—Richard Stark
The Score
"A Parker Novel"

Friday, January 07, 2011

Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Sunday, January 02, 2011

last year's harvest

10 You will still be eating last year’s harvest when you will have to move it out to make room for the new.

Leviticus 26:10
New International Version

Saturday, January 01, 2011

New Year's Day