From Denny: Yesterday, the country of Chile experienced a mind-numbing 8.8 magnitude earthquake. It tore apart over 1.5 million homes, bridges and highways in central Chile. Over 90 aftershocks followed. The 8.8 earthquake was felt 1,800 miles away in Sao Paulo, Brazil to the east.
In the capitol city of Santiago, 200 miles away and to the northeast from the epicenter (which was out at sea off the coast), there was damage:
Santiago airport with smashed windows, collapsed walkways, torn ceilings
Fine Arts Museum, badly damaged
several hospitals, no details as to damage
Chile's main seaport, in Valparaiso about 75 miles from Santiago:
two oil refineries shut down production - to restart large plants like this can take a month.
copper mines shut down production
The city of Concepcion was hardest hit along with the major port city of Talcahuano. With a major port damaged like this it could be difficult to get supplies to those most in need.
Haiti's was a 7.0 magnitude. The point spread doesn't sound like much until you realize that the difference is 500 times greater in ferocity. It's amazing any buildings are standing and more people were not killed. Right now that's about 708 in estimates because the Chilean Navy did not warn coastal villagers of an impending tsunami right after the earthquake. They did not have time to flee to the hills and many died needlessly.
Chile's coastal areas devastated by the large waves:
San Juan Bautista village on Robinson Crusoe Island
The port of Talcahuano
Vichato in the BioBio region
The surge of Pacific Ocean water affected 53 nations as they posted tsunami warnings. Hawaii dodged the negative effects of tsunami waves but they were prepared. They warned and evacuated for the "just in case" scenario. Hilo International Airport was closed as a precaution because it is located on the shore.
By today, it was estimated that over two million people have been displaced from their homes. They have not yet given figues on how many businesses are shut down and how many people are out of work. Like in Haiti, these may prove to be dire times for Chile. Why does the President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, not accept immediate help from other countries like America who are standing by with rescue teams and relief efforts? As it has proven difficult in Haiti to setup and feed three million displaced people, so it will prove a problem in Chile in the coming weeks. It's best to jump on that problem now rather than wait.
For those with electricity in Chile, this is the news they awoke to find about the earthquake, raw news footage:
Assessing the damage done to historical sites:
From ITN News an aerial view of the devastation:
Here is video of looting. Do you think these people watched all the news coverage about Haiti and realized it will be weeks - if ever - before help arrives? Most people would loot for food and supplies too, knowing help may not come in time.
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Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Funny Best of the Week Political Cartoons 27 Feb 2010
From Denny: Every week I collect the best political cartoons and roll them into one funny post. To best enjoy them on a wider blog template that displays well, go here:
Funny Political Cartoons: Political Olympics, Broken Government, Lampooning Toyota - 27 Feb 2010
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Funny Political Cartoons: Political Olympics, Broken Government, Lampooning Toyota - 27 Feb 2010
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Funny Talented Dancing Traffic Cop
From Denny: You are going to enjoy this talented guy. He finds ways to chase away the boredom of the job - and stays in shape doing it!
This video comes from CBS Sunday Morning show. They had profiled the Rhode Island, USA, traffic officer back last summer. CBS followed up with comedian Mo Rocca interviewing him this past Christmas season.
Here I am in February - and still laughing!
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This video comes from CBS Sunday Morning show. They had profiled the Rhode Island, USA, traffic officer back last summer. CBS followed up with comedian Mo Rocca interviewing him this past Christmas season.
Here I am in February - and still laughing!
Watch CBS News Videos Online
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
16 Funny Blissful Sleepers Photos
From Denny: Writing posts requires good photos, right? Got a little over inspired yesterday and went through over 2,500 photos over at flickr for my Cheeky Quote Day post at The Social Poets. It also took 9 hours to pull the post together, whew! Well, as long as I was at it I thought I might as well share on this blog too.
These are the best photos from the Creative Commons area, some who made the cut for the larger post and those who didn't. I loved them all! :) From animals to people we all have sleep in common. And the way we look while we sleep sometimes... soft and sweet to just plain silly. Take a look!
Sleeping lion Photo by travlinman43 @ flickr
Polar bear asleep on edge of a cliff Photo by wili_hybrid @ flickr
Sleeping boy at the table where sometimes sleep wins out over food Photo by indi.ca @ flickr
Sleeping toes Photo by therapycatguardian @ flickr
Sometimes sleep is an elusive fantasy Photo by Ashikin Abdullah @ flickr
Working hard all day and finally at rest Photo by Meanest Indian @ flickr
Belly up and asleep in total abandon cat Photo by kaibara87 @ flickr
Father and son asleep Photo by jessicafm @ flickr
Baby asleep on "2 sleep" Photo by treehouse1977 @ flickr
Sleeping Beauty capnapping Photo by Clearly Ambiguous @ flickr
Asleep on the keyboard Photo by Scott McLeod @ flickr
Let my body art do the talking while I catch some Zzzzs Photo by malias @ flickr
Fishermen asleep, caught up as much in their nets as in their dreams Photo by wili_hybrid @ flickr
Cat blissfully squeezed between 2 chairs photo by Leonid Mamchenkov @ flickr
Two heads are better than one when asleep; we dream more Photo by B*2 @ flickr
Cat asleep in a frying pan Photo by dominiqs @ flickr
*** To see the post that went with these funny photos and to enjoy a lot of great funny sleep quotes, go here:
Funny Make You Grin in Your Sleep Quotes - Cheeky Quote Day 24 Feb 2010
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These are the best photos from the Creative Commons area, some who made the cut for the larger post and those who didn't. I loved them all! :) From animals to people we all have sleep in common. And the way we look while we sleep sometimes... soft and sweet to just plain silly. Take a look!
Sleeping lion Photo by travlinman43 @ flickr
Polar bear asleep on edge of a cliff Photo by wili_hybrid @ flickr
Sleeping boy at the table where sometimes sleep wins out over food Photo by indi.ca @ flickr
Sleeping toes Photo by therapycatguardian @ flickr
Sometimes sleep is an elusive fantasy Photo by Ashikin Abdullah @ flickr
Working hard all day and finally at rest Photo by Meanest Indian @ flickr
Belly up and asleep in total abandon cat Photo by kaibara87 @ flickr
Father and son asleep Photo by jessicafm @ flickr
Baby asleep on "2 sleep" Photo by treehouse1977 @ flickr
Sleeping Beauty capnapping Photo by Clearly Ambiguous @ flickr
Asleep on the keyboard Photo by Scott McLeod @ flickr
Let my body art do the talking while I catch some Zzzzs Photo by malias @ flickr
Fishermen asleep, caught up as much in their nets as in their dreams Photo by wili_hybrid @ flickr
Cat blissfully squeezed between 2 chairs photo by Leonid Mamchenkov @ flickr
Two heads are better than one when asleep; we dream more Photo by B*2 @ flickr
Cat asleep in a frying pan Photo by dominiqs @ flickr
*** To see the post that went with these funny photos and to enjoy a lot of great funny sleep quotes, go here:
Funny Make You Grin in Your Sleep Quotes - Cheeky Quote Day 24 Feb 2010
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Wednesday, February 24, 2010
8 Funny Advice Quotes About Sleeping
Sleeping lion Photo by travlinman43 @ flickr
From Denny: Here's a sampling of the funny quotes about the subject of sleep for you to get a chuckle of the moment. For the full huge post of funnies with great photos over at The Social Poets for Cheeky Quote Day, go here.
The best Life advice:
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. - William Blake
Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help you sleep at night. - Marian Wright Edelman
Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian. - Herman Melville
Sleeping boy at the table where sometimes sleep wins out over food Photo by indi.ca @ flickr
Best Interesting Observations:
Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone. - Anthony Burgess
From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them. – Paracelsus
We are not hypocrites in our sleep. - William Hazlitt
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death. - Arthur Schopenhauer
There is only one thing people like that is good for them - a good night's sleep. - Edgar Watson Howe
*** For the full huge post of funnies with great photos over at The Social Poets for Cheeky Quote Day, go here.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
42 Funny Cartoons: Olympics, Obama, Obstructionists, Obesity and You - 20 Feb 2010
From Denny: Lots of funny cartoons this week by cartoonists using the Olympic theme as a metaphor for politics and more. Plenty of grins!
Unfortunately, on this blog's template these very wide cartoons don't display well, cutting off about 20% on the right - often where the joke line is depicted. Since you don't want to miss out on all the fun from the best of this week's political humor from some of the best cartoonists in the world, I'm providing a link to those blogs with wider templates to view these cartoons properly.
Yeah, I know, why don't I just shrink them? Can't. You aren't allowed to change the original embed code. One of these days these guys will realize they need to offer two sizes for bloggers. Until then you can enjoy them over at The Social Poets every Saturday! :) (I do keep a regular link on this blog over to The Social Poets in case you forget.)
The Social Poets - 42 Funny Cartoons: Olympics, Obama, Obstructionists, Obesity and You - 20 Feb 2010
Additional blogs where the cartoons are featured for this week:
Dennys Funny Quotes
Visual Insights photo blog
Unusual 2 Tasty food blog
Ouch Outrageous Obnoxious And Odd
Take a look at two of this week's offerings:
See Cartoons by Cartoon by David Fitzsimmons - Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com - Email this Cartoon
Obama meeting with the Dalai Lama enraged the control freak Chinese:
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42 Funny Cartoons: Olympics, Obama, Obstructionists, Obesity and You - 20 Feb 2010
Additional blogs where the cartoons are featured for this week:
Dennys Funny Quotes
Visual Insights photo blog
Unusual 2 Tasty food blog
Ouch Outrageous Obnoxious And Odd
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Unfortunately, on this blog's template these very wide cartoons don't display well, cutting off about 20% on the right - often where the joke line is depicted. Since you don't want to miss out on all the fun from the best of this week's political humor from some of the best cartoonists in the world, I'm providing a link to those blogs with wider templates to view these cartoons properly.
Yeah, I know, why don't I just shrink them? Can't. You aren't allowed to change the original embed code. One of these days these guys will realize they need to offer two sizes for bloggers. Until then you can enjoy them over at The Social Poets every Saturday! :) (I do keep a regular link on this blog over to The Social Poets in case you forget.)
The Social Poets - 42 Funny Cartoons: Olympics, Obama, Obstructionists, Obesity and You - 20 Feb 2010
Additional blogs where the cartoons are featured for this week:
Dennys Funny Quotes
Visual Insights photo blog
Unusual 2 Tasty food blog
Ouch Outrageous Obnoxious And Odd
Take a look at two of this week's offerings:
See Cartoons by Cartoon by David Fitzsimmons - Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com - Email this Cartoon
Obama meeting with the Dalai Lama enraged the control freak Chinese:
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42 Funny Cartoons: Olympics, Obama, Obstructionists, Obesity and You - 20 Feb 2010
Additional blogs where the cartoons are featured for this week:
Dennys Funny Quotes
Visual Insights photo blog
Unusual 2 Tasty food blog
Ouch Outrageous Obnoxious And Odd
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Saturday, February 20, 2010
Evidence of the Afterlife: New Book Offers Proof
From Denny: There's a new book out with research from a study and recounting near death experience stories. It's from an author in my part of the country, Louisiana, Dr. Jeffrey Long who researched this subject and the new book is called "Evidence of the Afterlife."
Reincarnation, near death and after life experiences are often controversial, especially to those who have not experienced the phenomenon. Previously, medical researchers tried to explain away those experiences by declaring the brain was on overload while dying and that explains "the light." What they should have said is "I don't really know." One person's truth is not always someone else's truth - until it happens to them.
I applaud this doctor, a radiation oncologist, for daring to step out there and investigate this subject. He collected more than 1,300 stories from people all over the world.
He offers this book up as proof the afterlife exists, writing there are at least nine lines of evidence and here are two of those lines of proof:
1. People blind from birth have visual near death experiences.
2. His study was with young children with no previous knowledge of the subject, ages 5 to 9, and their near death experiences were identical to that of older children and adults.
Mary Jo Rapini recounts her experience in this video. Previous to her near death experience she had been a skeptic who worked with dying cancer patients who repeatedly told her of their experiences.
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Reincarnation, near death and after life experiences are often controversial, especially to those who have not experienced the phenomenon. Previously, medical researchers tried to explain away those experiences by declaring the brain was on overload while dying and that explains "the light." What they should have said is "I don't really know." One person's truth is not always someone else's truth - until it happens to them.
I applaud this doctor, a radiation oncologist, for daring to step out there and investigate this subject. He collected more than 1,300 stories from people all over the world.
He offers this book up as proof the afterlife exists, writing there are at least nine lines of evidence and here are two of those lines of proof:
1. People blind from birth have visual near death experiences.
2. His study was with young children with no previous knowledge of the subject, ages 5 to 9, and their near death experiences were identical to that of older children and adults.
Mary Jo Rapini recounts her experience in this video. Previous to her near death experience she had been a skeptic who worked with dying cancer patients who repeatedly told her of their experiences.
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Springs New Ruffle Loose and Sophisticated: 4 Ways to Wear It
From Denny: The weather is starting to cooperate and turn a bit warmer, melting all that annoying snow here and there. Your mind turns to "maybe I can wear real clothes now instead of piling on the winter gear." The clothing trend this Spring is frilly! Not to worry, it isn't weird or too girly but all grown up and sophisticated is the fashion take designers took on ruffles this year.
Designers have been playing with fabric like your toddler does with toys and having great fun. The result of their creativity is the modern update for ruffles is that the ruffle is longer, looser, even twisted and turned, creating very relaxed and easy to wear styles. For the unexpected are those nonperfect puckers that come across as elegant. The beauty of this modern take on ruffles is their versatility so you can dress them up or down: to work or on the weekends with jeans.
4 Styles of Frilly this season
Fashion-forward frills
Normally, the traditional ruffle is so excessive in its flourish that it is not considered work appropriate. However, the new abstract take this season on the ruffle makes it wearable to the office. If you are in a conservative environment with menswear-inspired as the rule this year's ruffle can give you a bit of a feminine twist for your wardrobe.
This new take on ruffles are larger folds that lie flat but add depth and movement yet without feeling frilly. Asymmetrical layers like these ruffles help soften structured suits and skirts and carve out some curves in all the right places. Make sure to add a belt to tame that possible volume on cardigans and blouses.
Featured in the video: Ruffled wrap top, $49, Loehmann's; Tiered ruffle skirt, $89.90, Zara.com
Pretty and preppy
Sometimes, casual wear can look just too plain vanilla and uninspired. This season focus on smaller details and update some of your casual cotten and easy knits to give them some flair with visual interest. Those tiny elements of texture on a simple T-shirt or a menswear button-down shirt with a tuxedo-like ruffle trim can do the trick without resorting to accessories.
Even this season's accessories are getting into the act with ruffles, puckers and pleats! Remember to keep your total look in mind and moderate just how much you embrace any new trend. A few touches of a good thing often create more stylish impact than too much flourish. Leave the excess to when you come down to visit me in south Louisiana and we blow it out over at the New Orleans Mardi Gras! :)
Featured in the video: Cascading Rose T-shirt, $45; Jcrew.com, Slim fit white jeans, $59.90, Mango.com; Deux lux ruffle handbag, $68, Urbanoutfitters.com
Trendy tiers
Some of the harsher, edgy and sharply tailored looks like biker jackets, knee-length boots and studded handbags are getting ruffles this season. Even if you might normally wear a very sleek look, a few items from this season's offerings can give your wardrobe that fluid flowing benefit that only a soft item can provide.
These new long layers look easy and modern, pairing well with tough fabrics and sharp tailoring, making you more approachable. Who wants to scare off a possible great mate? :) The reverse is true of the sharply tailored looks: they help balance soft flowing lines, taming a billowy look. I'm a big fan of contrast to create balance in a wardrobe. It keeps things interesting and people asking, "Where did you get that?"
Featured in the video: AK Anne Klein Blouse, $29.99, TJMaxx.com; Faux leather blazer, $24.95, Hm.com
For children: Look 1 — Kiddo USA ruffle tank, $8, Tjmaxx.com; denim leggings, $18, Macys.com; Sneakers, $30, Zara.com; Look 2 — Scooter Brown T-shirt, $7, Tjmaxx.com; denim jacket, $37.50, sequin scarf, $10, Macys.com; ruffle skirt, $20, Zara.com; leggings, $9, Oldnavy.com; Skechers Twinkle Toes sneakers, $39.99, Jcpenney.com
Dressy and delicate
In the Fall season we embraced structured, architectural styles. Well, this Spring season we all need a breather, something more whimsical and a bit softer. Don't even allow your mind to go to the typed cast vision of ruffles: little girls in pink poufy party dresses. This season ruffles grew up: think more classic muted tones like blush, rose and palest blues. Sophisticated colors build a stage for those perfect subtle details to be a stand out.
Check out how layered ruffles from delicious fabrics like lace and chiffon weave this airy transparency. It's those raw edges that give these vintage-inpsired versions their modernity. Even a trench coat gets cascading edges or a wonderful wrap gifts drama to a very simple classic black dress for that special occasion.
Featured in this video: Ruffle dress, $129, Zara.com; Silk ruffle trench, $228, Anntaylor.com
Check out how there are four different ways to wear this season's new take on frilly from style editor Bobbie Thomas who is also author of The Buzz column for In Touch Weekly. Explore with her new ways to embrace this textured trend!
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Designers have been playing with fabric like your toddler does with toys and having great fun. The result of their creativity is the modern update for ruffles is that the ruffle is longer, looser, even twisted and turned, creating very relaxed and easy to wear styles. For the unexpected are those nonperfect puckers that come across as elegant. The beauty of this modern take on ruffles is their versatility so you can dress them up or down: to work or on the weekends with jeans.
4 Styles of Frilly this season
Fashion-forward frills
Normally, the traditional ruffle is so excessive in its flourish that it is not considered work appropriate. However, the new abstract take this season on the ruffle makes it wearable to the office. If you are in a conservative environment with menswear-inspired as the rule this year's ruffle can give you a bit of a feminine twist for your wardrobe.
This new take on ruffles are larger folds that lie flat but add depth and movement yet without feeling frilly. Asymmetrical layers like these ruffles help soften structured suits and skirts and carve out some curves in all the right places. Make sure to add a belt to tame that possible volume on cardigans and blouses.
Featured in the video: Ruffled wrap top, $49, Loehmann's; Tiered ruffle skirt, $89.90, Zara.com
Pretty and preppy
Sometimes, casual wear can look just too plain vanilla and uninspired. This season focus on smaller details and update some of your casual cotten and easy knits to give them some flair with visual interest. Those tiny elements of texture on a simple T-shirt or a menswear button-down shirt with a tuxedo-like ruffle trim can do the trick without resorting to accessories.
Even this season's accessories are getting into the act with ruffles, puckers and pleats! Remember to keep your total look in mind and moderate just how much you embrace any new trend. A few touches of a good thing often create more stylish impact than too much flourish. Leave the excess to when you come down to visit me in south Louisiana and we blow it out over at the New Orleans Mardi Gras! :)
Featured in the video: Cascading Rose T-shirt, $45; Jcrew.com, Slim fit white jeans, $59.90, Mango.com; Deux lux ruffle handbag, $68, Urbanoutfitters.com
Trendy tiers
Some of the harsher, edgy and sharply tailored looks like biker jackets, knee-length boots and studded handbags are getting ruffles this season. Even if you might normally wear a very sleek look, a few items from this season's offerings can give your wardrobe that fluid flowing benefit that only a soft item can provide.
These new long layers look easy and modern, pairing well with tough fabrics and sharp tailoring, making you more approachable. Who wants to scare off a possible great mate? :) The reverse is true of the sharply tailored looks: they help balance soft flowing lines, taming a billowy look. I'm a big fan of contrast to create balance in a wardrobe. It keeps things interesting and people asking, "Where did you get that?"
Featured in the video: AK Anne Klein Blouse, $29.99, TJMaxx.com; Faux leather blazer, $24.95, Hm.com
For children: Look 1 — Kiddo USA ruffle tank, $8, Tjmaxx.com; denim leggings, $18, Macys.com; Sneakers, $30, Zara.com; Look 2 — Scooter Brown T-shirt, $7, Tjmaxx.com; denim jacket, $37.50, sequin scarf, $10, Macys.com; ruffle skirt, $20, Zara.com; leggings, $9, Oldnavy.com; Skechers Twinkle Toes sneakers, $39.99, Jcpenney.com
Dressy and delicate
In the Fall season we embraced structured, architectural styles. Well, this Spring season we all need a breather, something more whimsical and a bit softer. Don't even allow your mind to go to the typed cast vision of ruffles: little girls in pink poufy party dresses. This season ruffles grew up: think more classic muted tones like blush, rose and palest blues. Sophisticated colors build a stage for those perfect subtle details to be a stand out.
Check out how layered ruffles from delicious fabrics like lace and chiffon weave this airy transparency. It's those raw edges that give these vintage-inpsired versions their modernity. Even a trench coat gets cascading edges or a wonderful wrap gifts drama to a very simple classic black dress for that special occasion.
Featured in this video: Ruffle dress, $129, Zara.com; Silk ruffle trench, $228, Anntaylor.com
Check out how there are four different ways to wear this season's new take on frilly from style editor Bobbie Thomas who is also author of The Buzz column for In Touch Weekly. Explore with her new ways to embrace this textured trend!
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Check Out Funny Fat Tuesday Afterglow Photos and Quotes
*** Mardi Gras and New Orleans is a quick tutorial in the Four D's: Debauchery, Decadence, Denial and Diets!
*** This is an excerpt from the full post over at my blog called The Social Poets. Be sure to check out the many great videos of Mardi Gras in New Orleans and more hilarious photos and great quotes: Funny Fat Tuesday Afterglow - Cheeky Quote Day 17 Feb 2010
From Denny: New Orleans has a particular fondness for lampooning the politically incorrect taboo subjects of sexuality, religion and death. This year they went at it full tilt and certainly did not disappoint.
These tacky photos will definitely make you laugh out loud. If you suffer from sexual prudishness you probably don't read my blogs but just in case, look away. Actually, it's pretty tame - but tacky stuff, not good taste - which is what New Orleans Mardi Gras is all about.
Anyway, I was doing that "wondering thing" about how to follow up the big party blowout of Fat Tuesday the day after when the thrill is gone. Of course, the Christian Lenten season has officially begun, a time to think of dialing it back on the excess meter and tuning ourselves to more inner reflection.
What better bridge than to laugh at the Four D's to get folks over their embarrassments from Mardi Gras that even their grandchildren will never hear the tales? The Four D's are Debauchery, Decadence, Denial and Diets. Enjoy the funny quotes, laugh 'til you fall off your chair Mardi Gras photos and news videos about the festival!
To keep your game face on, remember there is hope for the perpetual party person because this is the progression:
Debauchery is what you climb out of to get up to the next level of Decadence. You know, it's called graduating college and leaving behind your partying ways. So, you enter the oh, so adult life of Decadence known as credit cards, mortgages, shiny new cars, deep in debt and a few children dotting the backyard suburban landscape.
Before you know it you are done with Decadence after a decade or so and step up into the new house of Denial. Denial is when you experience Empty Nest Syndrome, hoping those screaming kids you so wanted to leave a few years earlier decide to come home to roost and make the house interesting again. Denial is also about figuring you might one day actually get to afford to retire. In those hopes you begin the process of trimming down your debt as your employer trims down your salary.
Eventually, you wake up and figure out you have to leave it all behind and go on a Diet to purge yourself of so much happy excess in order to function in life. What do you do? You retire, picking out your favorite destination and then go on perpetual holiday in New Orleans to begin the partying life all over again. And that, my friends, is why they call it the fast track Life Cycle... Oh, where did all the time go? :)
Debauchery Quotes
* May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching, screw like its being filmed, and drink like a true Irishman. - Anonymous
* To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love. - George Santayana
Green makeup almost nude by Infrogmation @ flickr
* My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. - Errol Flynn
Decadence Quotes
* Decadence Definition: America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. - Oscar Wilde
* Decadence is wonderful. - Jack L. Chalker
Mardi Gras feathers by Infrogmation @ flickr
* A decadent civilization compromises with its disease, cherishes the virus infecting it, loses its self-respect. - E. M. Cioran
Decadence Quotes
Unique grocery - I'll say! - photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
* I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it. - Garrison Keillor
Denial Quotes
Mardi Gras alien by Infrogmation @ flickr
* Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. - Mark Twain
Funny Diet Quotes
Gorilla and woman photo by sfmission.com @ flickr - Well, I'm on the gorilla diet of "eat all the bananas you want and it seems to be working for me... don't you think?"
* I've been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I've lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet. – Erma Bombeck
Some Serious Quotes about Denial to help us happily slide into the reflective mood of the new Lenten season:
* Evil, what is evil? There is only one evil, to deny life. – D. H. Lawrence
*** This is an excerpt from the full post over at my blog called The Social Poets. Be sure to check out the many great videos of Mardi Gras in New Orleans and more hilarious photos and great quotes: Funny Fat Tuesday Afterglow - Cheeky Quote Day 17 Feb 2010
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*** This is an excerpt from the full post over at my blog called The Social Poets. Be sure to check out the many great videos of Mardi Gras in New Orleans and more hilarious photos and great quotes: Funny Fat Tuesday Afterglow - Cheeky Quote Day 17 Feb 2010
From Denny: New Orleans has a particular fondness for lampooning the politically incorrect taboo subjects of sexuality, religion and death. This year they went at it full tilt and certainly did not disappoint.These tacky photos will definitely make you laugh out loud. If you suffer from sexual prudishness you probably don't read my blogs but just in case, look away. Actually, it's pretty tame - but tacky stuff, not good taste - which is what New Orleans Mardi Gras is all about.
Anyway, I was doing that "wondering thing" about how to follow up the big party blowout of Fat Tuesday the day after when the thrill is gone. Of course, the Christian Lenten season has officially begun, a time to think of dialing it back on the excess meter and tuning ourselves to more inner reflection.
What better bridge than to laugh at the Four D's to get folks over their embarrassments from Mardi Gras that even their grandchildren will never hear the tales? The Four D's are Debauchery, Decadence, Denial and Diets. Enjoy the funny quotes, laugh 'til you fall off your chair Mardi Gras photos and news videos about the festival!
To keep your game face on, remember there is hope for the perpetual party person because this is the progression:
Debauchery is what you climb out of to get up to the next level of Decadence. You know, it's called graduating college and leaving behind your partying ways. So, you enter the oh, so adult life of Decadence known as credit cards, mortgages, shiny new cars, deep in debt and a few children dotting the backyard suburban landscape.
Before you know it you are done with Decadence after a decade or so and step up into the new house of Denial. Denial is when you experience Empty Nest Syndrome, hoping those screaming kids you so wanted to leave a few years earlier decide to come home to roost and make the house interesting again. Denial is also about figuring you might one day actually get to afford to retire. In those hopes you begin the process of trimming down your debt as your employer trims down your salary.
Eventually, you wake up and figure out you have to leave it all behind and go on a Diet to purge yourself of so much happy excess in order to function in life. What do you do? You retire, picking out your favorite destination and then go on perpetual holiday in New Orleans to begin the partying life all over again. And that, my friends, is why they call it the fast track Life Cycle... Oh, where did all the time go? :)
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Debauchery Quotes
* May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching, screw like its being filmed, and drink like a true Irishman. - Anonymous
* To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love. - George Santayana
Green makeup almost nude by Infrogmation @ flickr
* My problem lies in reconciling my gross habits with my net income. - Errol Flynn
Decadence Quotes
* Decadence Definition: America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. - Oscar Wilde
* Decadence is wonderful. - Jack L. Chalker
Mardi Gras feathers by Infrogmation @ flickr
* A decadent civilization compromises with its disease, cherishes the virus infecting it, loses its self-respect. - E. M. Cioran
Decadence Quotes
Unique grocery - I'll say! - photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
* I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it. - Garrison Keillor
Denial Quotes
Mardi Gras alien by Infrogmation @ flickr
* Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. - Mark Twain
Funny Diet Quotes
Gorilla and woman photo by sfmission.com @ flickr - Well, I'm on the gorilla diet of "eat all the bananas you want and it seems to be working for me... don't you think?"
* I've been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I've lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet. – Erma Bombeck
Some Serious Quotes about Denial to help us happily slide into the reflective mood of the new Lenten season:
* Evil, what is evil? There is only one evil, to deny life. – D. H. Lawrence
*** This is an excerpt from the full post over at my blog called The Social Poets. Be sure to check out the many great videos of Mardi Gras in New Orleans and more hilarious photos and great quotes: Funny Fat Tuesday Afterglow - Cheeky Quote Day 17 Feb 2010
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
23 Funny Total Debauchery Mardi Gras Photos
From Denny: Fun, frolic and general silly debauchery is what it's all about at the New Orleans Mardi Gras. Take a look at this year's craziness.
Green makeup almost nude by Infrogmation @ flickr
Mardi Gras alien by Infrogmation @ flickr
How 'Bout 'Dem Beads, woman? photo by Infrogmation @ flickr
Coffinmobile three wheeler by Infrogmation @ flickr
Mardi Gras feathers by Infrogmation @ flickr
Jackson Square New Orleans Mardi Gras by Infrogmation @ flickr - someone is in need of a push-up bra or corset...
Photo by Infrogmation @ flickr - Only in New Orleans at Mardi Gras can you walk into a coffee shop without your shirt on if you are female.
Big Chicken parade by Infrogmation @ flickr
Leopard drummers by Infrogmation @ flickr
Blonde Beth photo by Infrogmation @ flickr
Pink bunny and friend photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Unique grocery - I'll say! - photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Santas in the house photo by sfmission.com @ flickr - Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. - VICTOR BORGE
Bike riding lion photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Stimulus check costume photo by sfmission.com @ flickr - The Human Race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. - MARK TWAIN
Welcome to Viagra Falls photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
I have no idea photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Men wearing fake female photo by sfmission.com @ flickr - I wonder what PETA would have to say about this? :)
The whole costumed cast photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Gorilla and woman photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Funny white hairs photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Funny Mardi Gras stripes photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Big Melon Babe Watermelon costume photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
*** Be sure to check out Comfort Food From Louisiana for great Mardi Gras recipes and Mardi Gras funny quotes!
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Green makeup almost nude by Infrogmation @ flickr
Mardi Gras alien by Infrogmation @ flickr
How 'Bout 'Dem Beads, woman? photo by Infrogmation @ flickr
Coffinmobile three wheeler by Infrogmation @ flickr
Mardi Gras feathers by Infrogmation @ flickr
Jackson Square New Orleans Mardi Gras by Infrogmation @ flickr - someone is in need of a push-up bra or corset...
Photo by Infrogmation @ flickr - Only in New Orleans at Mardi Gras can you walk into a coffee shop without your shirt on if you are female.
Big Chicken parade by Infrogmation @ flickr
Leopard drummers by Infrogmation @ flickr
Blonde Beth photo by Infrogmation @ flickr
Pink bunny and friend photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Unique grocery - I'll say! - photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Santas in the house photo by sfmission.com @ flickr - Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. - VICTOR BORGE
Bike riding lion photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Stimulus check costume photo by sfmission.com @ flickr - The Human Race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. - MARK TWAIN
Welcome to Viagra Falls photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
I have no idea photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Men wearing fake female photo by sfmission.com @ flickr - I wonder what PETA would have to say about this? :)
The whole costumed cast photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Gorilla and woman photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Funny white hairs photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Funny Mardi Gras stripes photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
Big Melon Babe Watermelon costume photo by sfmission.com @ flickr
*** Be sure to check out Comfort Food From Louisiana for great Mardi Gras recipes and Mardi Gras funny quotes!
*** THANKS for visiting, come back often, feel welcome to drop a comment or opinion, a big shout out to awesome current subscribers - and if you are new to this blog, please subscribe in a reader or by email!
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