Monthly Archives: November 2008

Play Hard. Work Hard. Live Hard.

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It was reported that the oldest woman alive, Maria Esther de Capovilla of Ecuador, was found in her bedroom yesterday. She had passed on into the halls of eternity. What a run, eh?

She was born in 1889! Can you imagine all the things that she saw? Two World Wars, man landing on the moon, the tail end of the Industrial Revolution. She was an elderly widow in 1949!

What was her drive, I wonder. Her dreams and aspirations. To live all those years, you must have a reason to live, or at least think that you do. She ate healthily, according her relatives, eating regular balanced meals. Played hard. Worked hard. Lived Hard.

I think I’m going to make a t-shirt with her picture, with that caption “Play Hard. Work Hard. Live Hard.” Do this and you will last for at least an age. Like Maria Esther de Capovilla.

Chinese Democracy Denied!

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Imagine the following scene…a scene at a school’s (doesn’t matter what level of institution, but preferably higher like high school or college) political science class…

(A TEACHER walks to the front of the class. She dresses with a propriety that is expected from someone who is scholastically employed.)

Teacher: Attention class! We are now beginning. Now, for today’s current event, we are covering a controversial topic. To start, I would like a show of hands for people who are fans of the rock ban Guns N’ Roses?

(A good portion of the students raise their hands.)

Teacher (disappointed): Now class, I don’t want you to lie to me. How many of you are Guns N’ Roses fans?

(The same portion of students raise their hands, except this time they’re unsure as how to what the appropriate response is.)

Teacher (aggravated): No, you’re not! Because if you were…(TEACHER holds up a Guns N’ Roses CD.)…you would have raised your middle finger at me instead of your hands!

(TEACHER turns on boombox beside her desk, which starts blaring “Sweet Child O’ Mine“. Her, and the students, began dancing.)

Since this is a family friendly site, I won’t pontificate much further what happens in that scene. But let me assure you of two things:

1) It is a work of fiction.

2) This scene does have some relevance.

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No-Doz Fighting Irish and the One Ring

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Yesterday, the world was shocked to hear that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and it’s once mighty and heralded football program fell to the Syracuse Orangemen, one of the worst teams in all of college football. Yes, this was quite devastating for the Irish faithful, and according to many of the media publications, it was the biggest fall of an empire since the Romans lost half of their empire to the Turks.

I mention Rome because, like Notre Dame, the only place you can read about their success is in historical archives. Seriously, when was the last time Notre Dame has had a team of any national importance? Sure, they had a spurt several years ago that lasted for about two years, but Northwestern University can say the same thing, right? No, I suspect the last great Notre Dame team anyone has seen was the one in the 1993 film Rudy. In case you don’t remember, that’s the movie where they carry Samwise Gamgee (from Lord of the Rings fame) off the field at the end.

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Bomjam, Buddha, and Barrels

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On the news wire, there have been reports in the last several months of a fellow by the name of Bomjam, who has reached a certain fame in Nepal as a “Buddha reincarnate”.

Reincarnation[v. ree-in-kahr-neyt; adj. ree-in-kahr-nit, -neyt] – (verb) to give another body; to incarnate again. (adj.) incarnate new.

If this true, then we may perhaps be seeing a phenomenon that, like many things in this world, remain unexplained. However, there is something else that is unexplained. Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, lived around the 5th century BC, and Bomjam is only 18 years old, meaning he was born in 1990 AD.

So one question I pose is what was Buddha’s spirit doing from the 5th century BC to 1990 AD? That’s 2,500 years that’s unaccounted for. A lot of people like to hypothesize what Jesus Christ did the first 30 years of his life, so why not wonder what Buddha’s been up to the past two and a half millennium?

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Cleaning on the Spot for a Party That’s Gonna be Hot!

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They say that Rome wasn’t built in a day. However, if you’re throwing a party tomorrow, and your house isn’t clean, you can’t afford to be Rome!

Several weeks ago, I went to a friend’s house for a party she was throwing. Not only was it a great catching up with some people I haven’t seen in awhile, I couldn’t help but notice how clean her house was, and I commented on it. My friend let out a laugh and told me I should have seen the place the day before.

After recovering from the initial shock, I was inspired to discover on how someone could organize their space in such a quick amount of time. Cleaning your pad for guests may seem like an insurmountable task; however, if you stick to the following principles, cleaning won’t seem that arduous. Heck, it may even be fun!

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