barcelona (2)

this shutter jumped out. I love it. Maybe with all the stores going into administration, there'll be more of these appearing...?

provoke me

this appeared in the Zurich Hauptbahnhof quite a while ago, and I don't think it's yet been removed. When statements like these are written randomly around the city, i really believe it adds to the culture and humanity of the place.


translation: it's not just your hairdryer that makes you beautiful...courage does too

back[ing]track

whilst pottering around on the internet I found these great beats - courtesy of brothers TheLoes - which are the backing for Traintownbeatz, a new hip-hop collective from Zug, CH.
Beat14 is like an upset Ludovico Einaudi/Beat10 is like the closing credits of GossipGirl/Beat17 is dark but uplifting.
For me, I like these tracks without any lyrics on top.
peace out

flying artwork

I think this is possibly the most beautiful aircraft I've ever flown on. Well done Swiss. Just, please stop with the cheese sandwiches.

parody done good

Jon La Joie is a Canadian comedian who likes being ironic, silly and well, funny. His music video, "Everyday Normal Guy" takes on those cliche rap songs which go on about how superlative their lifestyle is, how many b*tches they can do and just how amazing in general they are. My favourite line has to be, "and I'm pretty good at making paper planes". WARNING: there's swearing. So if you don't like bad words...don't press play.

he does it again

the pope has gone and done it again. In his end-of-year speech, he advocated a return to clearly delineated and defined gender roles . Oh look....there's a dinosaur walking past. Progress, much?

dancing filipino prisoners

after the viral success of an earlier attempt (see the third video) at large choreographed dance...well,greatness...these inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Centre actually take requests as to what they should learn next.

"low" by flo-rida ft. T-Pain


Soulja Boy / MC Hammer!


The greatest...Michael Jackson's "Thriller". Genius.

amazing things come from small places

I love snowboarding even though I suck (I have been laughed at on the piste...no joke) and what I really love are the amazing graphics you can get on your board - artwork you can put to good use. In the Swiss city of Zug (the small place of the title) there's a small shop full on big ideas... -Welcome Sports- that, as well as selling sweet bags and bindings and blahblahblah, also make their own snowboards - with brilliant designs: like this one. Beautiful. <-

unusual jobs

Being part of the Caviar Squad sound like fun? Then you may wish to get your head checked...

bad names for shops (1)

would you go to a hairdresser with this name?

being happy is not a crime

linking back to this post , yipppee some progress has been made in terms of decriminalising homosexuality...maybe . Around 60 states have signed up to a ahem...'non-binding' declaration, that homosexuality is not illegal. Yes, it's mostly the Western world that are the signatories, and, yes, as expected, many African and Arab states have declared their opposition to it. And surprise, surprise, the USA declined to take part.

My favourite bit was Syria's response, shrieking that "oh no! If we sign up to this...we...um....legalise paedophilia too!" Of course, yes, I'd forgotten, all paedophiles are gay. Just like all Jews have hook noses and like money. What?!

But...it's a start. Big respect for those living under threat of persecution and death for simply following their heart.

uncyclopedia

if you haven't yet discovered the treasure trove of absolute nonsense and ridiculosity that is Uncyclopedia , go now. Right now.
Did you know, for example, that physics doesn't actually exist? Nope, it's gnomes playing tricks on us.
Or even more fascinating is how in Germany , the Autobahns are made of chocolate.
Austria (not-Australia) , Switzerland (also known as Sweden) and England also get the Uncyclopedia treatment.

To give an insight into how uncyclopedia works, here's a little excerpt from the entry about "England"....
"In more recent times, England invented the 1960s,1970s, and the first half of the 1980s. Although owing to an administrative error the copy-write on these decades expired, and The United States now owns all of them, much as it rules the rest of time, space and you.

the ninja turtles were onto something...

Pizza is indeed a crime-fighting weapon...

how idiots rule the world

by being named Robert Mugabe
by spreading lies that poor, desperate people could easily believe since they have no alternative option
by having only TWO other African leaders declare you the illegitimate ruler (thankyou Seretse Ian Khama and Raila Odinga [though Odinga isn't exactly a paragon of everything good and light in the world either)...the rest...well...
by wrecking your once proud country so that really, staying alive is more important than politics.
(and for a little light relief, here's 'Robert Mugabe's' personal homepage - or maybe just written by someone who still has a sense of humour and hopefully is still alive)

blow it...then eat it. i'm talking about vegetables by the way

First up, we have the the "broccoli ocarina"


and now, a cucumber trumpet...


and finally, the radish slide whistle...


this guy is nuts. if only i had that much time on my hands...

man oh man

whilst women are forcefully encouraged to rid themselves of hair from wherever possible, some men try to keep it there as long as they can. if only this place wasn't their head. when they're balding. Joy of joys, may I present the comb-over photo gallery. Look at it and weep...and promise never to do anything so stupid yourself.

where did this come from

men / skirts
how to make your own "toilet radio" to boost your intellectual side whilst you poop
yowser. all about plastic bottles and recycling.

happy international human rights day

it rubs off

if you're happy...
you're making someone else happy.
sweet, huh?

those things you never knew you never knew

(to quote pocahontas)

like...um.... how to make your very own digestif "to snap you out of a food coma" or perhaps...

how to untangle your arm whilst spooning for when blood flow has ceased and you really need to pee

what your rights are if you end up under arrest (oops)

or maybe how to cook some food in your hotel room because eventually it gets boring eating out at restaurants the whole time...um...
really?!

wrong wrong wrong

I thought my blog would focus on light-hearted things, colour, photographs and stupidity. but i didn't think it would be this kind of small-minded stupidity. I always wonder why people can't open their eyes to the bigger picture and see how much personal (perhaps inconsequential) actions impact on the world. Smile at a random person in the street - you feel better, they feel great.

"Stand up for what you believe in, even if it means you're standing alone" - whilst I wholeheartedly agree with this, it has to be balanced with the fact that if what you stand up for means people die (see link above), it's time to remove your blinkers, use your judgement, and find a way to make the world a better place.

world AIDS day

Today is World AIDS Day.
Each day, around 8500 people die as a result of AIDS.
We can all do something to help bring this number down. Inform Yourself. Try and resist your urge to scream or hit something when you read what the Pope has been saying. Have a go at these quizzes . Speak up, speak out. And always use a condom.