July 2010

mmafighting.com: 70-Year-Old MMA Fighter John Williams Got in the Cage to Feel Alive Again

“The point of life is living it. And I tell you, I got in that cage and I felt alive. I felt human again. You get that thing over your head, people think you’re 70 and you don’t know [expletive]. They don’t bother to get to know you. I like Eminem. I like rap music. …Mentally, I feel the same as I did when I was 30. I like the same kind of cars and the same kinds of women. Nothing’s changed for me, but there’s this stereotype. You don’t change, but they try and make you fit a mold and be something you don’t want to be, which is an old person. Not me. I’ve been a fighter all my life.”

Age is just a number.

Update:
Interesting interview @ Bleacherreport.com: Dr. John Williams: 70-Yr-Old MMA Fighter Setting Guinness World Records

NYTimes.com: Giant South Dakota Hailstone Breaks US Records

The size- 8 inches in diameter weighing nearly 2 pounds.  Seeing hail that size falling would make me feel like I was seeing the end of the world.

Saw these magnets while out shopping.  Looks like icons from the iPhone, right?  If you look closely at the icons and compare them to the ones on the iPhone, they’ve all been changed to avoid copyright issues.  Still looks pretty good!

Get your own App Magnets at Amazon.com

It’s kind of hard to believe but it’s back to school time at the stores.  Target is helping out with their “College Essentials 2010”.

Let’s see what Target thinks is essential this year.
Garbage cans, memo note holders, pen cups, desktop Buddha.
It’s been a while since I was in college, but a Hulk colored Buddha is a college essential?  Maybe if you’re Buddhist.  But, if you’re Buddhist, I’m doubting that you’re buying this cartoonish looking Buddha from Target.  I must have missed the bright orange desktop Christ.

NYTimes.com: Japanese Village Creates Art From Hues of Rice

A Japanese village creates art using rice paddies as their canvas.  Amazing.

Seattle Times: Seattle City Council passes ban on cadaver exhibits like ‘Bodies’

The Seattle City Council has voted to effectively ban the cadaver exhibit “Bodies … The Exhibition” from returning to the city. The ordinance that now goes to Mayor Mike McGinn would bar commercial displays of human remains that don’t have proof of consent.

When Bodies the Exhibition was in Cincinnati I protested it primarily because the bodies were Chinese individuals that were displayed without any consent.  It has been show that these bodies are often purchased on the black market.

Boycott Bodies the Exhibition Page.

This is a clever breast feeding ad from the Brazil Ministry of Health.  I wonder if the FCC would allow a television ad like this to run here in the U.S.For those who don’t get this, look closely at the picture.

I came to my office/warehouse today and found that my air conditioner compressor had been stolen.  Just ripped off its pedestal.  Thieves are stealing anything that has metal to strip and resell. Unfortunately, for the $100 dollars of metal that the thieves got, the replacement costs for me are going to be over $1000.  After I get it replaced, I think I’ll be putting a metal cage over it to protect it.