Dimitri the lover

27 06 2008


REAL voicemail left for some poor woman!

Dimitri, Dimitri, Dimitri. I am ashamed that I have to share this fine city of Toronto with skum like you. Even though you have now provided millions of people with a good giggle, it doesnt change the fact you should be burned on the stake. To think I was at Rancho Relaxo last night and perhaps shared the same air to breath as you discusts me.

Ladies, please listen to the voicemails and read the articles below.
Men, take note. If you ever see a REAL MAN poster for a convention downtown – Dont go. But if you do… please take pictures. Im curious to see what this slime ball really looks like.

Pathetic.

http://www.blogto.com/tno/2008/04/dimitri_the_lover_models_the_real_man/

http://www.eyeweekly.com/city/features/article/22843
http://www.dimitrithelover.com/
http://www.pirate4×4.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8410775
http://gawker.com/tag/dimitri-the-lover/?i=5020090&t=voicemail-from-the-worst-pickup-artist-ever

FOLLOW UP: His real name is James Sears. Here is another article about this shaddy practices from CTV
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1115167462268_11/?hub=CTVNewsAt11

Ive also attached some of his “quotes” from his website as a comment on this post. They are soooo crude I didn’t want them right out in the open. *shudder*

Oh yeah, and he also goes by the name “Joseph the Lover”





Alas, I am perplexed

26 06 2008

So. I started this blog about a year ago because I have allot to say. I don’t know if anyone wants to HEAR any of it, but either way I wanted to make my thoughts/stumble upon/opinions available for those who DO.

Now I have reached a crossroads. Im starting to recieve a significant amount of hits, however feel my blog is…. tacky. Kind of cluttered. It is filled with a multitude of different ideas, topics, niches… its a mess.

What I’m considering now is a cleansing. Perhaps create a new blog solely dedicated to music I like. Perhaps another one which contains design tips, tricks and resources? Maybe even a few more which focus on Movie blogging, funny things found on-line, people I know. Maybe even my life itself.

But would anyone care? Is it easier to “channel surf” through the Tasmanian devil like mess I have created in search of that rare gem which would spark your interest? Or would that be to time consuming and frivolous. You want what you want. Concise. To the point. Weed out the rest of the bullshit.

I’m at… maybe 5 blog posts a day now. Hoping to double that number by next week – then platow for awhile.

Its judgement day. But I could use some advice. This is a call out to you (few) visitors, do you want an easily tracked/organized resource? Somewhere you could SPECIFICALLY go to read about my day – if you don’t care about what new trailer was released. Somewhere else you could go if your a music buff and are tired of your play-list on repeat. Need to shake up the airwaves – cause some chaos to the electric signals travelling to your brain.

Thoughts? Suggestions? Please share!

p.s. big images distracting and make the site cluttered?/or/catch your interest?





Ben Kingsley…

26 06 2008

   

… is an amazing, talented, and versatile actor. I could rant on and on for pages how “amazing” he is, or you could just check him out and see for yourself.

Here are some recommendations; 

Sexy Beast
House of Sand and Fog
Lucky Number Slevin
Gandhi
Schindlers List

UPCOMING
The Wackness
Elegy
Prince of Persia





Hilarious Mr. Lube Commercial

26 06 2008

Hopefully SOME people (cough – Alana) will understand now what i’m spoofing when I go “whats on my head?!” and hit my sunglasses onto the floor!





RockNRolla Trailer

26 06 2008

I love Guy Richie, you love Guy Richie. Who doesn’t LOVE Guy Richie. Directorial brilliance. I bet he pisses brilliance. And only goes wee wee on a gold toilet. If not now he will be soon, seeing how his soon to be divorce to Madonna will be a dirty bare-knuckle fight.

Its reported that Madonna has just hired Paul McCartney’s lawyer from his recent Heather Mills split.
One point Madonna.
However Guy never signed a prenup.
100 million points for Guy!

Like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels? (When you dance with the devil, you wait for the song to stop.)
Perhaps better known Snatch? (In the quiet words of the Virgin Mary… come again?)
Your going to cream your pants over this one.

Ya I’m lude and crude. What you gunna do about it?





Obviously Barack Obama is a Jedi!

26 06 2008

George Lucas testified in front of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet to back the Universal Service Fund. Lucas called on lawmakers to create a free, “third Internet” that would be used only for educational use. Of course, Lucas’ appearance was mocked by several members of the committee.

Pennsylvania Republican Mike Doyle: “The universal service fund needs to be blown up like the Death Star.”

Rep Lee Terry: “Rick Boucher and I are the Luke Skywalkers riding in to save the universal service fund by those who want to destroy it, the Darth Vaders.”

Massachusetts Democrat and subcommittee chairman Edward Markey: “The e-rate became law when Congress enacted it as part of the Telecom Act, and we’ve defended it with political light sabers ever since.”

Lucas refused to answer a question about “Who is President Bush more like: Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader?”, but insisted that Barack Obama would be a Jedi.

“I would say that’s reasonably obvious,” he said.

Yes, so very obvious. Lucas did not however attempt to argue that a refrigerator could protect a human being from a nuclear blast, because, well, that’s just a ridiculous thought.

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Snippit of the day

26 06 2008




Design Resources

26 06 2008

Here are some links to GREAT design resources.

Im always looking for inspiration, helpful tutorials, plug-ins for adobe, guides and tricks of the trade. Not to mention that they post some amazing inspirational inventions! Real and/or just imagined.

Check out the link! Have some of your own? Let me know, id love to visit them!

BEST RESOURCE www.smashingmagazine.com 

Amazing business card designs
20 websites for web developers
19 things not to do when building a website
One page websites
Orange websites
Design Inspiration
Top ten websites for designers
Top 40 weekly website designs
Weekly best websites
Adobe colour scheme creator
Navigation Menu Trends
Colour Scheme Generator
Typographic Posters
Visually mapping ideas/info
Colour mapping tool
Inspiring Poster Designs
Philculator (design ratio calculator)
Photoshop tutorials
Beautiful Product Designs





Who’s That Hiding In My Fox 5 News Logo?

25 06 2008

“The more familiar we are with people, faces, colors, geometrical shapes, odors, foods, and many other things, the more we like them (for a review, see Bornstein 1989). Robert Zajonc termed this phenomenon the mere exposure effect to indicate that the mere repeated exposure to an object suffices to increase one’s liking for it (Zajonc 1968). It now appears that mere exposure to an object is especially likely to increase liking for that object when people are unaware of this exposure (Bornstein 1989; Bornstein and D’Agostino 1992). More on IntelStrike

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UFO sightings prompt demands for inquiry

25 06 2008

A flurry of UFO sightings (in the UK) have led to calls for the Ministry of Defence to launch an official inquiry.

UFO experts believe the incidents, which happened in Shropshire, south Wales and Worcestershire earlier this month, are “particularly significant” because they included observations made by the crew of a police helicopter and military personnel.

The MoD confirmed today that it had been handed footage captured on a mobile phone by a corporal on guard duty at Tern Hill barracks, near Market Drayton, Shropshire, on June 7.

Corporal Mark Proctor told The Sun he witnessed a “fleet” of objects objects zig-zagging across the sky at about 11pm.

The 38-year-old soldier, a member of the 1st Battalion Irish Regiment, said: “I was on duty in the guard room when the other boys outside began shouting.

“I went out to see what the commotion was about and could see 13 craft in the skies. They were like rotating cubes with multiple colours.”

Metro.co.ukNewScientist.com - Cult of the Dead Fish





Trailer Update!

25 06 2008

Im wayyy behind on posting some ex-cell-ent-ee trailers for some good flicks coming out. Enjoy. Hopefully I’ll have more time to post them as I find them. Not post them 2 months later after most people have seen them and the movie is about to be released. How not cool is that? 

Burn-After-Reading - case and point. Red Band (R-rated) trailer.
Step Brothers - Red Band.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button- There is Oscar buzz already!
Fringe - (TV) New JJ Abrams show. Filmed in Toronto. I was lucky enough to meet a bunch of the crew/producers!
The Wackness _ I heart Ben Kingsley.
Son of Rambow - Already in theatres, but a must see!
Pineapple Express - Looks like another Judd Aptaow hit with Seth Rogan!
The Visioneers - Quirky hit or miss.

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Comic-Movie mashup overload!

25 06 2008

I’ll lay it right on the table to start. Im a nerd. Not only am I aware, but I embrace this element of my personality. I feel the need to announce this fact in order to prevent the numerous comments I expect to recieve labelling me as so. Beat you to the punch.

Ive seen many good comic book movie crossovers lately… Batman begins, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk to name a few. Those films in combination with my endless obsession with movie blogs and overall buzz snooping has me fixed on the edge of my seat for the many more adaptations on the brink of production/being announced/released.

The Dark Knight - the endless stream of viral marketing has kept me quite occupied throughout the last year
The Green Hornet - Seth Rogan as Britt Reid. Pure genius. Only question is if I can wait until 2010!
Wolverine - X-Men Origins… or whatever. Doesn’t matter. All that does it Hugh vs Liev, tres exciting!
Hellboy 2 - Ill admit, I cant even recall what happens in the first one. Guillermo del Toro is why I will watch.
Watchmen - Get a glimpse of the limited production photos released. Looks like great casting!   
Justice League - casting is not up to date/limited. Hopefully they release head to head with the Avengers!
The Avengers - Breakdown HERE
Hancock – Will Will be an 8-hit wonder?
Gi Joe - Alot of big names are cast. Brendan Fraser, Sienna Miller, Chanum Tatum. High expectations!
The Spirit - Yes, its based of a graphic novel. Yes, very similar feel to Sin City. Samuel L Jackson in Comic book movie number #546781
Wanted - This ones going to kill the box office. Hopefully its success convinces Ange to sign onto Sin City 2!

And then there are those others which should be halted in their tracks:

The Sub – Mariner; a glorified-jacked up-merman-aquaman ripoff
Shazam! - Captin Marvel is a lame version of Superman. The rock (sorry Dwayne Johnson) as the villain, who would have thought! haha.
Luke Cage – Tyrese Gibsonas a superhero? God help us.
Thor – umm… great idea for a member of The Avengers… not so much as a solo.
The Green Lantern – The writer’s credits include Dawsons Creek. Enough said.
Ant-Man - Could this be made as anything but a comedy? Although, if Simon Pegg plays Hank it would surely be a home run!
Spiderman 4 - Enough is enough.

Wanna know more? Did I miss a film? Want to see production photos, hear spoilers, casting, or online buzz? Im your resource (OR you could just use slashfilm.com)! Message me or comment and ill send you a gagle of links.

Have an opinion of your own? Comment and share!





How a 730-Ton Ball Kept the Second Tallest Building From Falling During the Chinese Earthquake

25 06 2008

The recent Sichuan Earthquake in China was so intense, tremors were felt all the way over in the tallest completed building in the world—the Taipei 101 building in Taiwan—a whole eight minutes after the quake originated. (The title of tallest building period was taken by the Burj Dubai back in May.) What’s interesting about the 101 is that it has a gigantic suspended tuned mass damper, or hanging ball, which takes up four stories and works like this to prevent the building from falling over and tragically crushing office workers. This 730 ton sphere looks intimidating when still, but wait until you see it in motion during the earthquake.

ARTICLE





Poor Kanye…

25 06 2008

As this is the first many pre/post Lollapalooza posts, I felt it was it was important to start with a Bang. As you can very obviously tell below, Kanye West is upset. Very upset. This ‘rant’ is in regards to his recenty show at Bonaroo where people threw things on stage and were very upset that he started two hours late.

” I am sick of negative people who just sit around trying 2 plot my downfall… Why???? I understand if people don’t like me because I like me or if people think tight clothes look gay or people say I run my mouth to much, But this Bonnaroo thing is the worst insult I’ve ever had in my life. This is the most offended I’ve ever been… this is the maddest I ever will be. I’m typing so fucking hard I might break my fucking Mac book Air!!!!!!!! Call me any name you want…. arrogant, conceited, narcissistic, racist, metro, fag whatever you can think of…. BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN’T GIVE MY ALL! NEVER SAY I DIDN’T GIVE MY ALL! THIS SHOWS NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY TO BE GOOD AT SOMETHING THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THERE TO LIE ABOUT YOU AND BRING YOU DOWN! LIKE WAYNE SAYS PLEASE DON’T SHOOT ME DOWN CAUSE I’M FLYING! I’M FUCKING HURT BY THIS ONE. ALL I CARE ABOUT ARE THE FANS. JUST SAY THIS OUT LOUD IN A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE, “KANYE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT GIVING A GOOD PERFORMANCE.” CAN ANYONE HONESTLY SAY THAT ????????? HAS ANYONE EVEN TAKEN THE TIME TO AT LEAST DO THE MATH??? BONNAROO SHOULD HAVE RELEASED A STATEMENT IN MY DEFENSE BUT SINCE THEY HAVEN’T LET’S BREAK DOWN THE WALLS ON THIS TRUMAN SHOW AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY OCCURRED!!! FOR OVER A MONTH WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON WETHER OR NOT WE COULD EVEN FIT MY STAGE AT THE FESTIVAL. ONE DAY THEY WOULD SAY YES… WE’D SEND THEM OUR SPECS THEN THEY THEY’D SAY OK… THEN THEY WOULD SEND SPECS BACK THAT DIDN’T FIT THE STAGE. WE WERE OBVIOUSLY DEALING WITH FUCKING IDIOTS WHO DIDN’T REALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REALLY PUT ON THIS SHOW PROPERLY. THEY TRIED 2 GIVE ME A TIME SLOT WERE IT WAS STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE … I HAVE A FUCKING LIGHT SHOW DUMB ASS, IT’S NOT CALLED GLOW IN THE DARK FOR NO REASON SQUID BRAINS! MY PEOPLE WORKED OUT A COMPROMISED STAGE PLOT AND A 3AM TIME SLOT AND I AGREED. FAST FOWARD TO THE DAY OF THE SHOW. MY PRODUCTION MANAGER TRIED TO LOAD IN FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE I WENT ON STAGE BUT THE FESTIVAL WOULDN’T ALLOW US TO DO ANYTHING UNTILL PEARL JAM LEFT THE STAGE. PEARL JAM ENDED ONE HOUR
LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT THAT POINT WE’RE RACING AGAINST THE SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT 4:20AM DON COMES BACK 2 THE BUS AND TELLS ME, ” IT WOULD TAKE 45 MORE MINUTES TO PUT ALL YOUR PYRO IN!” I SAY I HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE . I HIT THE STAGE AND PEOPLE HAD BEEN THROWING SHIT ON THE STAGE AND HAD ACTUALLY HIT THE JANE SCREEN WITH, I GUESS BOTTLES OR SOMETHING AND HAD BROKEN MY FUCKING SCREEN. REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A SHORTY AND WATER WOULD HIT THE TV?????? WHEN I GOT 2 “THROUGH THE WIRE” I STEPPED ON THE FRONT PART OF MY STAGE AND THERE WAS SO MUCH LIQUID ON THE STAGE I COULDN’T MOVE WITHOUT SLIPPING. I HAD TO ADJUST MY WHOLE PERFORMANCE STYLE BECAUSE OF IT. A FEW MORE SONGS IN AND THE SONG WAS ON IT’S WAY UP.. I CUT A FEW SONGS FROM THE SET BECAUSE I WANTED PEOPLE 2 EXPERIENCE STRONGER WHILE THERE WAS STILL SOME DARKNESS TO PERFORM IT IN. I’VE STRUGGLED WITH STRONGER FROM IT’S CONCEPTION. REMEMBER LAST SUMMER WHEN I CANCELED SOME TV APPEARANCES. IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT TO PERFORM STRONGER IN THE DAYTIME. ANYONE WHO CAME TO THE GLOW TOUR CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I WANTED PEOPLE TO SEE IT PROPERLY. IT BROKE MY HEART THAT I COULDN’T GIVE THESE FANS STRONGER IN IT’S GREATEST FORM… BY THE TIME I GOT TO STRONGER IT WAS DAYTIME AND IT BROKE MY HEART. I’M SORRY TO EVERYONE THAT I DIDN’T HAVE THE ABILITY 2 GIVE THE PERFORMANCE I WANTED TO. I’M SORRY… SOMETIMES I GO 2, 3 DAYS W/O SLEEP WORKING ON MY PERFORMANCE… I HAVE TO ICE MY KNEES AFTER EVERY SHOW AND THEY HURT WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE AIRPORT… HAVING AN EXPENSIVE STAGE CUTS MY PAYDAY IN HALF… CALL ME WHAT YOU WANT BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN’T GIVE MY ALL!!!”

WOW. This has officially helped me make up my mind concerning the NIN vs Kanye head to head at Lolla. Kanye it is, hands down. I have a feeling his Glow in the Dark preformance will be one not to miss. Perhaps I can catch Trent at the end of his set… but even if not, I have a feeling I wont be missing out on much.





Aziz Ansari Joins The Office Spin-Off/WEEDS REVIEW

20 06 2008

Trackback/slashfilm.
“We don’t post a lot of TV news but we couldn’t let this kidney stone of bananas pass us by. Aziz Ansari of the Human Giant clan (and fellow /Film reader) has joined NBC’s spin-off to The Office. Ansari is the first cast member to be announced for the top-secret comedy series. At this point it’s believed that the cast will consist of an all new line-up, though rumors persist about the involvement of Rashida Jones, who played Karen Filippelli, Jim’s ex-flame, on the original U.S. series. Yes, that’s the first “ex-flame” I’ve ever typed.

What’s more, the super-talented Paul Feig of Freaks and Geeks fame just boarded the show’s writing staff, which includes Dan Goor (Conan O’Brien, The Daily Show), Alan Yang (South Park), and Charlie Grandy (SNL, The Daily Show). Nice. Executive producers Michael Shur and Greg Daniels say they’re still deciding on a premise for the untitled show, set to premiere after next year’s Superbowl and thereafter in the timeslot following the ongoing trials of Jim, Pam and Michael. Yeah, you could say we’re excited…in advance. And congrats to Ansari.

In other TV news, the new season of Weeds premieres this Monday on Showtime, while the hotly anticipated second season of Mad Men premieres July 27th on AMC. via Variety /E!”

DONT KNOW WHO AZIZ ANSARI IS? WATCH THIS!

-WEEDS SPOILERS AHEAD-

I watched the first episode of new season of Weeds lat night. NOTES:
-Loved that Ceilia is getting F*#$ed. About time (not literally though).
-What was with the “dad” pissing away at Nancy then being like “ok, you can stay in the house.”
-Hilarious when Doug and Dean are high as a kite and Doug says “Issabelle is cool, shes basically already one of the guys”. And Dean responds “Im waiting until shes finished puberty to make that decision.”
-Wow. Has Silias ever grown! Hot hot hot.
-BRING BACK MARY KATE.
-So Majestic …or Agrestic.. is gone. Burned. Is the house burned though? WHO KNOWS. I dont think so. That would be a cop out…too easy.
-Nancy as a smuggler over the border eh? Is it just me or does the lack of security personnel seem quite questionable.
-Please do not let the conversation between Nancy and Andy seem like a setup for a Drunken/Emotionally moment driven sexual encounter in the near future. Let us hope not.





me to the capital T.

20 06 2008

I am a self professed nerd. Not ONLY a nerd, but specifically a film nerd. I browse blogging sites like slashfilm all day long, and the first person with up and coming information about obscure movies and viral marketing campaigns currently in progress. If its a buzz worthy movie, ive probably heard of it. I watch… over a dozen a week usually. I pride myself on all of this – I embrace it.

Starting a movie related conversation with me? Beware. I dont know my own limits. I dare you to try.





its that kinda day…

20 06 2008





Sweedish Sensation

19 06 2008

Lykke Li

This little songstress performed at the Mod Club about a month back.

At the time I was quite unenthusiastic about sticking around to catch the whole show and subsequently ended up leaving halfway through the show.
What a mistake. Since she has invaded my playlist with requital obliterating all other would be combatants.

VIDEO for “Little Bit”

VIDEO for “I’m Good, I’m Gone”

Listen to Kleerup – Until We Bleed (with Lykke Li)

BIO -  Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson (born March 18, 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden), better known by her stage name Lykke Li, is an indie singer.

She was raised by artistic parents (her mother was a photographer, her father is a musician); she lived in Portugal for five years and spent winters in Nepal and India. At one point, she worked as a dancer on Swedish TV.

Li released her first album, Youth Novels on LL Recordings in the Nordic region on 4 February 2008, prior to a wider European release this June. The album was produced by Björn Yttling (of Peter Bjorn and John) and Lasse Mårtén. It will be released in the United States on 6 May 2008.

The 2007 EP “Little Bit” had some success on its release. Stereogum named her an artist to watch in October 2007, describing her music as a mix of soul, electro and powdered-sugar pop.





Robert Mugabe’s militia burn opponent’s wife alive

19 06 2008

The men who pulled up in three white pickup trucks were looking for Patson Chipiro, head of the Zimbabwean opposition party in Mhondoro district. His wife, Dadirai, told them he was in Harare but would be back later in the day, and the men departed.

An hour later they were back. They grabbed Mrs Chipiro and chopped off one of her hands and both her feet. Then they threw her into her hut, locked the door and threw a petrol bomb through the window.

The killing last Friday – one of the most grotesque atrocities committed by Robert Mugabe’s regime since independence in 1980 – was carried out on a wave of worsening brutality before the run-off presidential elections in just over two weeks. It echoed the activities of Foday Sankoh, the rebel leader in the Sierra Leone civil war that ended in 2002, whose trade-mark was to chop off hands and feet.

ARTICLE





2057 – The City

19 06 2008

Educational video about what scientists and technology developers have accomplish and plan to have accomplished by 2057





Banksy is that you?!

19 06 2008

“Kissing couples, beautiful models and aspiring celebs have all come under ‘the East London decapitator’s’ knife; their beautiful heads replaced by bony, blood drenched stumps. His artworks are defined by the media as culture jamming or sub-vertising, which Wikipedia describes as, ‘the practice of making spoofs or parodies of corporate and political advertisements in order to make a statement,” thus their appearance has been predominantly on fashion and film posters such as the recently tagged Uniqlo t-shirt campaign.”  ARTICLE





You’re a Sneaky One, Lehman Brothers

19 06 2008

“It’s one of the most bizarre twists of the financial mess of the past year. On the day when market rumors surfaced that it would raise more capital, Lehman did practically the exact opposite: It bought back its own shares.”

Article





The wife U.S. Republican John McCain callously left behind

19 06 2008

‘ Now that Hillary Clinton has at last formally withdrawn from the race for the White House, the eyes of America and the world will focus on Barack Obama and his Republican rival Senator John McCain.

While Obama will surely press his credentials as the embodiment of the American dream – a handsome, charismatic young black man who was raised on food stamps by a single mother and who represents his country’s future – McCain will present himself as a selfless, principled war hero whose campaign represents not so much a battle for the presidency of the United States, but a crusade to rescue the nation’s tarnished reputation.

McCain likes to illustrate his moral fibre by referring to his five years as a prisoner-of-war in Vietnam. And to demonstrate his commitment to family values, the 71-year-old former US Navy pilot pays warm tribute to his beautiful blonde wife, Cindy, with whom he has four children.

But there is another Mrs McCain who casts a ghostly shadow over the Senator’s presidential campaign. She is seldom seen and rarely written about, despite being mother to McCain’s three eldest children.

And yet, had events turned out differently, it would be she, rather than Cindy, who would be vying to be First Lady. She is McCain’s first wife, Carol, who was a famous beauty and a successful swimwear model when they married in 1965.

She was the woman McCain dreamed of during his long incarceration and torture in Vietnam’s infamous ‘Hanoi Hilton’ prison and the woman who faithfully stayed at home looking after the children and waiting anxiously for news.

But when McCain returned to America in 1973 to a fanfare of publicity and a handshake from Richard Nixon, he discovered his wife had been disfigured in a terrible car crash three years earlier. Her car had skidded on icy roads into a telegraph pole on Christmas Eve, 1969. Her pelvis and one arm were shattered by the impact and she suffered massive internal injuries.

When Carol was discharged from hospital after six months of life-saving surgery, the prognosis was bleak. In order to save her legs, surgeons

had been forced to cut away huge sections of shattered bone, taking with it her tall, willowy figure. She was confined to a wheelchair and was forced to use a catheter.
Through sheer hard work, Carol learned to walk again. But when John McCain came home from Vietnam, she had gained a lot of weight and bore little resemblance to her old self.

Today, she stands at just 5ft4in and still walks awkwardly, with a pronounced limp. Her body is held together by screws and metal plates and, at 70, her face is worn by wrinkles that speak of decades of silent suffering.

For nearly 30 years, Carol has maintained a dignified silence about the accident, McCain and their divorce. But last week at the bungalow where she now lives at Virginia Beach, a faded seaside resort 200 miles south of Washington, she told The Mail on Sunday how McCain divorced her in 1980 and married Cindy, 18 years his junior and the heir to an Arizona brewing fortune, just one month later. ‘
Trackback -> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-callously-left-behind.html





A Tiny Fruit That Tricks the Tongue

19 06 2008

‘…The miracle fruit, Synsepalum dulcificum, is native to West Africa and has been known to Westerners since the 18th century. The cause of the reaction is a protein called miraculin, which binds with the taste buds and acts as a sweetness inducer when it comes in contact with acids, according to a scientist who has studied the fruit, Linda Bartoshuk at the University of Florida’s Center for Smell and Taste. Dr. Bartoshuk said she did not know of any dangers associated with eating miracle fruit.

“You pop it in your mouth and scrape the pulp off the seed, swirl it around and hold it in your mouth for about a minute,” he said. “Then you’re ready to go.” He ushered his guests to a table piled with citrus wedges, cheeses, Brussels sprouts, mustard, vinegars, pickles, dark beers, strawberries and cheap tequila, which Mr. Aliquo promised would now taste like top-shelf Patrón. ‘

Trackback - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/dining/28flavor.html?ex=1369713600&en=b2206b4ef510a6ba&ei=5124&partner=digg&exprod=digg

www.flavortripping.wordpress.com





Cooking for Engineers

19 06 2008