A Box of Chocolates

With the democratic conventions almost culminating and the republican convention in a few days, hopefully, the tensions should get a notch down.  The nominees will be official and so they can concentrate on the issues again.  We have been bombarded with bickerings over the past few weeks and they have diverted from the issues that concern our daily living.  These issues include health care, safety, mortgage and gas prices.

The conventions are full of speeches but at the end of the day, all that matters is that we all solidify our stands and come to terms that this election is not really all about who is better but what will be the changes because we are in dire need of them.

The conventions for both the dems and the republicans are just days away.  The democratic convention will be held from August 25-28 at Denver, Colorado while the republicans’ convention will be from September 1-4 at St. Paul Minnesota.  Obam and McCain will be officially declared as the nominees for the presidential seat on November.

It is also expected that they will also introduce their picks for Vice-President.  The news circulating on who will be chosen is so confusing as they look like they have a new option every other day.  The most pressing national concerns have been shoved in the corner and all they talk about is the prospective VP or incapable the other candidate is.  These attitudes clearly shows a bit of how they will behave if they get to seat at the Oval office as head of state.

They better behave at their respective conventions as these events will be a sort of their pre-State of the Union address.

It’s not everyday that the elections are going to be held, but what one can see everyday is the endless political bickerings.  But this throwing of bad publicity is getting worse and nonsense.  I, for one, am fed up watching the news as I will only see the latest polls, surveys,and speeches.  Commentaries by the candidates’ supporters  seem irrelevant to me anymore.

Digging deep into the issues seems to have resorted to personal life revelations.  Ok, their personal lives do reflect in some ways how they will tackle the issues but then, do we really need to know how much allowance their kids get? Come on.  Enough.  It’s not about the country’s issues anymore, it’s about gaining attention.

Life is a stage, we have to break a leg, but we don’t have to lose a limb.

As the election nears,  so as the negative bickering arises between the presidential wannabees, so as the skeletons in the closet are also being thrown out.

The book entitled, The Case Against Barack Obama, is a bio of the Democratic nominee written by David Freddos.  In the book, he recounts how the lawmaker from Chicago turned as the first potential African-American president failed to take on the Chicago machine, listened to the more radical advisors, and supporting doctrinaire liberal causes from teachers union to abortion rights.

The author did not compared Obama to Spears and Hilton,good thing.  I bet this book will stir controversy as it may reveal certain information that may or not be true about Obama.  But then again, it’s really hard to know what to believe anymore.

There are numerous kinds of food all over the world. Most of these may be influenced by the culture of a certain country. In this light, it is quite obvious that there are foods in some countries that may just not be acceptable for people in other countries because of the difference in cultures. The list below shows a few of the grossest foods actually served and eaten by people in different countries:

1. Cow Testicles
In some parts in the States, there are some restaurants that serve Calf Fries served with marinara sauce. It may sound like just any other ordinary food. When one sees it, it even looks like fried breaded mushrooms. But this is just another name for fried cow testicles! According to people who have already tasted this, it was not really so bad but had a slight taste of sweat. It was soft and kind of spongy.

2. Monkey’s Brain
In China and in a few other countries, restaurants actually serve monkey’s brain as food! There are even some that would have a hole in the center of the table where the live monkey is placed and is paralyzed. The body of the monkey will be under the table, while the head is the one that protrudes on top of the center of the table. And when the top of its skull is cut with a knife, it will then serve as a bowl where the people dining will be getting the monkey brain from.

3. Squid Ink Ice Cream
Everybody would surely know that there are tons of different flavors of ice cream. But in Japan, there is such thing as Squid Ink ice cream! As the name connotes, this ice cream flavor is made out of squid ink. So naturally, the color of this ice cream would be the same color of a squid ink, which is black.

4. Baby Mouse Wine
In China, and some parts of Korea, they have wine that is infused with baby mice! This is prepared by placing about two to three day old mice into a bottle of rice wine and leaving it there to stew for at least a year. Some people use this as an alternative medicine.

5. Centipede Whisky
Just like the Baby Mouse Wine in China, the Vietnamese have the Centipede Whisky. Both are similar in the sense that there are living creatures actually submerged into the alcoholic beverage. But in this case, a centipede is used.

Everyone is already familiar by now that there are just people who eat the weirdest of things, which people who were raised in different cultures would find really gross. But there are still a few who, instead of calling it gross, would see it as exotic food, and would love them! So, it would probably be safe to say that whether the food is gross or not, as long as it is really edible, then it is still food. Heck, some people would even eat insects and have found ways of incorporating them in recipes (an example of calling this smoothly, is the Mealworm Chocolate Chip Cookies)!

We, Humans are very lazy. We would do everything just not to do anything. Contrasting statement, right?

Here is a video proof that humans, are geniuses but sadly, we are really lazy.

We invent things to make a simple life, simpler!

Have you ever wondered what you can do when a banana goes bad? Do you recycle it? Mash it to and apply as fertilizer to the ground or just throw it away? Strangely, these people shout at it! Find out why.

We are planning to surprise our mother this Sunday. It is her birthday. I do not want to disclose her age so let’s just keep it that way.

We are going to make her breakfast in bed. The menu? Eggs Benedict with a nice sparking red wine. Sounds weird? Nope! We do that from time to time.

To me, wine is as important as the food. It adds up to the entire taste created by what you are eating. Well, for one, drinking red wine occasionally is good for the health.

Any more ideas? just pop a comment!

I really love cars, even though I am a girl. This is actually is my motivation to find greater success in me. If I have tons of extra funds, I’d definitely buy myself the new 2008 Ford Mustang. Patriotic, huh?

I’ve been watched the Fast and The Furious trilogy and I think there will be a fourth one. Of course, the first one is the best for me. This is one of the greatest racing flick of all time and most of us watch, especially car lovers, because of the flashy looking cars. Here are 4 new automobiles that should be included in the next Fast and The Furious flick:

1. Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X

Fast and the Furious is about Japanese cars with a blend of American muscle cars. Never had I seen Porches and Ferrari’s used by the lead cast. But of course, the film has to have the modified version because this beauty has only a 2.0 engine -turbocharged!

2. Toyota Supra

I do not understand what is in that magazine but I see the words 350z. Nissan? That won’t be included in the list because the Nissan 350z was already seen in Tokyo Drift. This would remind you of the green turned orange Toyota Supra from the first film.

3. Nissan Skyline

This super power from Nissan definitely will remind us of 2 Fast 2 Furious. They can definitely race, drift, and amaze people with this one. This must appear!

4. Mazda RX9

If Vin Diesel will show up on the next one (I think he would), he should use this sleek Mazda RX9 because he reminds us of his quote after winning versus the green Supra. “It doesn’t matter whether you win an inch or a mile. Winning is winning!”

We all know that everyone can make mistakes. And apparently, even the comic book writers of this well known comic book, Marvel, are not exempted from this. Mistakes just like these can be caused by many things. I personally think that these bloopers were probably caused by tight deadlines. But readers must give credit to these writers, because despite those tight deadlines, they were able to meet them. And these writers surely did an incredible job of laying the groundwork for the high quality comic books we have today. And even with all the bloopers, Marvel comic books are still popular and we all have our favorite Marvel characters! Although it is quite possible that most of the people reading the comic books don’t even notice these details, as they are so engrossed with the story. Here are a few of top Marvel bloopers:

1. Looking at this comic clip, it is pretty clear who the marvel superhero is. But then if you start reading through it, notice the villain calling Spiderman, Superman! Since when did Superman look like that? And why in the world would Superman talk about his web (does he even have one?)?

2. This comic clip shows Captain America getting ready for a fight. If you read through the lines, you will notice him saying that only one of them will survive, and that it won’t be him? Does this mean that Captain America is already accepting defeat, even before the fight starts? If this is the case, he sure knows when to give up…

3. I’m sure everyone who at least watched the Spiderman movies would know his real name. You don’t have to be some sort of Spiderman fan to even know this! But in this comic clip, Spiderman’s name has become Peter Palmer, instead of Peter Parker. Can you imagine trying to root for a guy named Peter Palmer?

4. This comic clip was taken from the Hulk, which shows Captain Barracuda. Notice something with the drawings? If you look at it closely, he peers into the periscope using his eye covered with an eye-patch! How is it possible that he can actually see through the periscope? Trying to look through it with the eye covered by his patch could be a desperate cry for help! He could be seeking attention for his disability, or maybe he was just too embarrassed to admit his mistake.

5. This comic clip shows Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four falling off a building. The blooper in this clip probably wouldn’t be as obvious as the rest. To be able to see it clearly, there is a zoomed up image in the lower left. Do you see it? Mr. Fantastic sure is super, because apparently, he’s got 2 right hands! Just check out the hand that should have been a left foot high up in the window. Not only was a hand drawn in the place of a foot, but a right hand was used for a left foot!