Break

I will only be posting periodically during the next 2 weeks to allow for plenty of time to visit with a certain Aussie FFB while she is in LA.

So there you have it, and Bob's your uncle.

Celebrate

So today is the last day of International Friend Week and is also a part of National (USA) Pancake Week. So, um call a friend and go out for pancakes.

Basically, I had a great 'actual' blog to write for today about the meaning of friendship, respect, integrity and etc, but I am too tired and so I am wimping out and you'll just have to wait more for any real actual intimate personal disclosure, muah-ha-ha-ha-haA!
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I have no idea what to say, so here's a picture of a rabbit with a pancake on it's head.

Dieting Tips

Having trouble dropping that last 30lbs of 'Holiday Winter Weight'? Just tape these to your fridge.


Hello America, This is why you're fat.


Start the day with a DD Sausage, Egg & Cheese on a Glazed Chocolate Donut.



Pick up a little street vendor Hamburger Wrapped Hotdog Wrapped in Bacon for lunch.



Hit the Tombstone Deep Dish Pizza Vending Machine
during the mid afternoon coffee break.






Grab a quick dinner of Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf with Mac & Cheese Filling.












Before meeting the gals for drinks and ending the day with a McNuggetini, A McDonald’s chocolate milkshake with vanilla
vodka, rimmed with BBQ sauce and garnished with a chicken McNugget.


Some good motivation to eat our veggies and hit the gym. IJS©

Blog on Blog Action 2

My dear friend L referred me to this hilarious (and deffo NSW) blog Why Women Hate Men.

This blog is written by a guy and features real internet personal ads actually posted by guys who are pretty much clueless assclowns.

A sample of the acerbic and piercing wit:
'Philipe holds the weighty erotic appeal of an impotent meerkat with chronic back acne.'
'For his first magic trick, Erin will enter a convention hall full of ladies listening to erotica for women, and instantly transform their moistened vaginal walls into Triscuits.'
'P*ssy is so foreign to him he'd probably try to feed it potato chips.'
'P*ssy is an exclusive Hollywood nightclub Tom, and you're Bill Gates in a Thriller t-shirt and a Member's Only jacket standing outside the velvet ropes with a bag of glowsticks and a hula hoop wishing you knew what it felt like to be inside.'

So, um, yeah. If any of you fellas were a tad bit confused about how to do a personals ad, this blog gives you PLENTY of examples of what NOT to do.

Musical Flying Saucers

The Hang means "hand" in the Bernese language (pronounced "hu-ng") is a young musical instrument. It was created in Bern, Switzerland in 2000 by Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer of The PANArt Company after many years of research on the steel pan and numerous other resonating percussion instruments from around the world such as Gong, Gamelan, Ghatam, drums, cowbells, and musical Saw.

This percussion instrument is comprised of 2 metal hemispheres bonded together: the top side contains 8 tone fields which together form the 'tone circle' (scale or mode). The circle surrounds the central dome, or DING, which sounds like a Gong. The bottom side has a hand sized hole, the GU, for resonance, which can be played like an udu or used to modulate the sounds of the DING (either with a hand or a wooden damper, a DUM).

The Udu-like sounds are produced with the air resonance, the sounds of the clamped shallow shells sound like bells or harmonically tuned steelpans. The inner note on the bottom dome is the bass note, and when played in a dampened way allows change in pitch like a talking drum. Seven to nine notes are tuned harmonically around a central deep note. The hemispheres are hardened by a process known as gas-nitriding (a thermal treatment process in which nascient hydrogen atoms diffuse into the steel and form nitride compounds with many of the alloys in the steel).

The Hang is typically played resting on the player's lap with the palms of the hand, thumbs and fingertips instead of mallets, so the sound is soft and warm. Depending on how it is played the notes can sound like a harp, bells, or harmonically tuned steelpans.

The PANArt Company was offering a number of Hang models and encourages each purchaser to participate in the design their own instrument since each Hangis tuned individually, which allows each person to choose their personal 'tone circle'. Word is that currently the creators are taking a break from making Hangs, so if you want to buy your own you may contact them via mail to be placed on the waiting list or hope to stumble on someone selling theirs.

PANArt Hangbau AG
Engehaldenstr. 131
3012 Bern/Switzerland
Phone international: +41 31 301 33 32
E-Mail: info@hang.ch



Hang

For more Hang vids see The Art of Fusion or Davide Swarup.

Blog on Blog Action

Since I'm too lazy to actually write anything this funny or interesting today, I will share a blog someone else wrote that I find amusing, accurate and informative.

All about 'The 20 Male Poses of Facebook'.

lol

Watch: Coraline 3D

Went to see Coraline today, it was very entertaining, but definitely NOT kid friendly. I recommend that you make it a point to see this in 3D, it really added to the experience.


Coraline