Woh yeah! Bacon!

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Reverse Logic (Subtlety, not wisdom)

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AFI's 100 Years of Musicals

Yesterday, we watched (for the 10th or so times) Moulin Rouge! upon the request of Andrea. I also found out that it is included in the American Film Institute's 100 Years of Musicals. It ranked 25th. The only other musical from 2000-present to be included in that list is Chicago at 12th position.

The top 10 are:

1.Singin' in the Rain
2. West Side Story
3. The Wizard of Oz
4. The Sound of Music
5. Cabaret
6. Mary Poppins
7. A Star is Born
8. My Fair Lady
9. An American in Paris
10. Meet Me in St. Louis
(Image is from the Moulin Rouge entry in Wikipedia)

Chris Brown's Forever at Number one

According to MediaBase, as aired on its program American Top 40, the number one song in US for the week ending August 30, 2008 is .... (not much surprise)....

Forever by Chris Brown.

Chris Brown is probably THE artist of the year in terms of number one songs.  For the period covering January 1 - August 30, 2008, he has appeared in three (3) number one songs:

With You (5 weeks, March 22 to April 19)

No Air by Jordin Sparks (1 week, May 3) as featured artist

Forever (August 30 - )

*Chris Brown made his debut in the film "Stomp the Yard".  He is famous among American teens.  In 2007, he won the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Music: Male Artist, and R&B Artist.  This year, he won again in the Teen Choice Awards for R&B Track - "Forever", and for Rap/Hip Hop Track, "Shawty Get Loose" (shared with Lil Mama and T-Pain. 

**Mediabase is a music industry website based on the monitoring of more than 1,800 radio stations across the US and Canada.  

Image here is from the Wren's Nest.  The author said that the person who took this picture is anonymous.  Hence, let me join him in saying thank you to anonymous.

Kitten of war

The intelligence of animals goes beyond our need for war. It is something we will never ever surpass. (Image taken from http://parentsofdeployed.homestead.com)

My favorite movie

Just an expression. This is my favorite movie. From 1995 or so. Picture of the Year. Director of the Year for Mel Gibson. This picture made me realize my path. I am still treading it. And will exchange all the days of my life, for that chance - that one chance - when I will be able to shout to our enemies: You can take my life. But you can never take my Coke freedom!


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Atheist Quotes

Quote Number 1 (of 101) The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality. - George Bernard Shaw

(from http://atheistblogger.com)


Reactions:

1. It is not a fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic. It can be argued, but may not be proved, even by research. How do you operationalize "happiness" or "happier"?
2. Skepticism is not equal to Atheism.
3. This may have inspired the Matrix Awakening.
4. I cannot argue for atheism on such a bad quote. Moving on. Did not hurt the enemy. At all.
5. The previous sentence of mine is intended to be vague. A clear statement does not hide my soberness.

Burger King > Big Mac, or so it says.

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Tropic Thunder is still number one!

(Image is from http://comingsoon.net; The African American, believe it or not, is Robert Downey, Jr.)

For the week ending August 22, Tropic Thunder is still number one in US box office, with a total gross of over US$65.6 Million to date. The movie was released 12 days ago, and stars Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey, Jr. (Data from The-Numbers.com)

Tropic Thunder is Rated R due to its "pervasive language including sexual references, violent content and drug material". Its Rotten Tomatoes rating is currently at 84% or "Fresh".

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my head's in a jam cant take you off my mind
from the time we met i've been beset by thoughts of you
and the more that i ignore this feeling 
the more i find my self believin'
that i just have to see you again

i can't let you pass me by 
i can't let you go but i know 
that im much too shy to let you know
afraid that i might say the wrong
word and displease you
afraid for love to fade 
before it can come true

like a child again
im out and lost for words
how can one define a crush combine with longing
longing to posses oh so dearly
and im obsess with you completely
ill go mad if i cant have you

i cant let you pass me by
i cant let you go let me say
the things and the words to let you know
i would rather say the awkward words than to loose you 
afraid for love to fade 
before it can come true

afraid for love to fade 
before it can come true... 

Old Love

One of the most prolific live solos of all time.  From the Unplugged Album.  Eric Clapton.

Idol = Cook

No words needed.

All We Have To Do

Voltaire, one of the most prolific writers of the Enlightenment, wrote Candide, a story of a man who went through a lot of pain and trouble. On the backdrop are Pangloss, his tutor who obstinately believes that everything is for the best. A parody of Leibniz, this well-loved classic is really a pessimistic attack against blind optimism, understandable only in an age ravaged by wars carried on in the name of religion and pride.

Augustine would have laughed, reading the Enneads at his deathbed during the Vandalic* siege of Hippo.

He was the optimist.

"You must have a vast and magnificent estate," said Candide to the Turk.

"I have only twenty acres," replied the old man; "I and my children cultivate them; our labour preserves us from three great evils--weariness, vice, and want."

Candide, on his way home, made profound reflections on the old man's conversation.

"This honest Turk," said he to Pangloss and Martin, "seems to be in a situation far preferable to that of the six kings with whom we had the honour of supping."

"Grandeur," said Pangloss, "is extremely dangerous according to the testimony of philosophers. For, in short, Eglon, King of Moab, was assassinated by Ehud; Absalom was hung by his hair, and pierced with three darts; King Nadab, the son of Jeroboam, was killed by Baasa; King Ela by Zimri; Ahaziah by Jehu; Athaliah by Jehoiada; the Kings Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah, were led into captivity. You know how perished Croesus, Astyages, Darius, Dionysius of Syracuse, Pyrrhus, Perseus, Hannibal, Jugurtha, Ariovistus, Cæsar, Pompey, Nero, Otho, Vitellius, Domitian, Richard II. of England, Edward II., Henry VI., Richard III., Mary Stuart, Charles I., the three Henrys of France, the Emperor Henry IV.! You know----"

"I know also," said Candide, "that we must cultivate our garden."

"You are right," said Pangloss, "for when man was first placed in the Garden of Eden, he was put there _ut operaretur eum_, that he might cultivate it; which shows that man was not born to be idle."

"Let us work," said Martin, "without disputing; it is the only way to render life tolerable."

(Emphasis mine)

Candide

"Man was born to live either in a state of distracting inquietude or of lethargic disgust".

(Martin, in Candide by Voltaire)

Getting over "love"?

We don't really get over love... either it's just not there to start with - "love's not time's fool....bears it out even to the edge of doom (Shakespeare, Sonnet CXVIII)"

OR

It is there in your life for education:"God is love, and those who live in God lives in love".

We are merely imitating that love that is there in our heart always prodding on to be able to possess what is infinite, eternal and self-fulfilling. But such love cannot be found at the moment. Whether it can be found in eternity in the arms of God WHO IS LOVE is the subject matter of theology.

Suffice it to say that (from our point of view) compared to the infinite, Love is an illusion. Compared to nothingness, it is the most wonderful thing that we have in this world. And when one feels the stigma of being in love, s/he only needs to look beyond the moment of the horizon, and believe that love is just for education of the soul. When love is unfulfilled and unrequited on earth, then it flows back to the person, and makes him/her more noble and capable of loving some more (G. Atento, "On Love and Loving (1995))"

I Wish I Wrote These Songs...

Like A Rolling Stone

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