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Brighter side of web - September 2006
Inspiration News Video Best of clips from Inspiration News at Sri Chinmoy TV. With several different guest editors.
Very funny in parts.
Including a Joke from Iceland
A man goes to a psychiatrist and says: "My wife thinks she's a chicken" "How long has this been going on for?" - psychiatrist "About a year." "Why didn't you come earlier?" - psychiatrist "O we needed the eggs...."
I was going to watch a local cyclo cross event, but just as it started 1.15pm the heavens opened with torrential rain. When it stopped 30 mins later I went to race which was becoming very muddy. Many people fell off on the treacherous muddy descent.
Ed Silverton of Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team climbing up a muddy bank.
The Problem with political jokes is that
They often get elected
I often fly to New York to visit friends in the Sri Chinmoy Centre. I'm always keen to find the cheapest flight so often end up travelling with Air India.
- My first transatlantic flight to NY was with Air India in the company of my good friend Brian. (Brian, who is aged 67, last season still managed to take 7 wickets in an innings - a demon medium pacer.(cricket)) Anyway we both got a veggie curry. I like to eat my greens so went straight for the "haricot vert" They had placed on top of the curry. Except it wasn't a green bean, but a chilli. Having eating nothing other than mild Korma's, ingesting a whole chilli was too much for my sensitive pallette. I was dying with heat, pain and thirst. Such an experience! Brain couldn't quite grasp the gravity of the situation, thinking it all rather amusing. But lesson number 1 flying Air India.
continued...
First hill climb of the year. I came 1st out of 13. It was at Watlington hill climb, a local club event. My time was 4.15 which is the same as I did 2 years ago I think.
It is the World Cycling Championship, well done to Nicole Cooke GB for finishing 3rd in Womens Road Race.
For the first time there was a team from Bukino Faso in the Championships. I read an interview with the team and they were really enthusiastic and happy to be representing their country.
First Flight. 1903
Image from Picture History
Picture History contains many fascinating photos from our modern era. Includes interesting stories about the picture in question.
The Power Button
- Customer: "My computer won't work. You guys must have broken it when you installed the modem."
- Tech Support: "What happens when you turn it on?"
- Customer: "It won't turn on anymore!!!!!"
- Tech Support: "So you don't see any lights or hear any noise?"
- Customer: "I'm telling you it WON'T TURN ON."
- Tech Support: "Is it plugged in?
- Customer: "OF COURSE it's plugged in, you MORON!"
- Tech Support: "When you push the power button it--"
- Customer: "Power button? This computer doesn't have a power button."
- Tech Support: "Sir, all computers have power buttons. Look at the front of the case, find the word 'power,' and push the button."
- Customer: "YOU FIXED IT!! Thanks!!!!"
more funny computer user stories
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I would just like to say I am very proud of my mother who recently sent me her first email and I know she reads my blog. I look forward to the day when she has her own website and his learning the basics of python programming language :)
See video at Sri Chinmoy TV
Last weekend was Sri Chinmoy's 20th anniversary for weightlifting.
Sri Chinmoy lifted some very heavy weights and honored some well known body builders and weighlifters. Always looking for new ways to lift Sri Chinmoy lifted some unusual objects. One of these lifts involved lifting a huge home grown 882 lb pumpkin with a standing calf raise machine. This huge vegetable, one of the largest ever recorded was grown by a Philadelphia farmer for competition rather than nourishment.
More on Sri Chinmoy Weightlifting
Bradley Wiggins en-route to setting a new competition record of 17:58 in the Wigan Wheelers CC Open 10 at Levens 16/09/2006 (Avg Speed of 33.4MPH)
Photo from Wigan Wheelers Website
Bradley Wiggins won 3 Olympic medals in the 2004 Olympics. Gold in 4KM pursuit. Very good to see a pro riding in domestic British TT scene.
Aries March 21 - April 19
Tomorrow will be the perfect day to curl up in bed with a good book and sob hysterically about how you never properly learned to read.
Cancer June 22 - July 22
It is said that the eyes are the windows to one's soul, which helps explain why so many damn birds keep flying into them.
Pisces February 19 - March 20
While he'll respond to almost every other inquiry, a time traveler from the not-so-distant future will refuse to disclose whether that's your leather jacket he's wearing.
from: onion
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/52707
Although it is extremely difficult
We must realise
That we came into the world
Not to destroy but to illumine
Our enemies
From: 77,000 Service Trees Part 45
Poems on Forgiveness at Poet Seers
Photo of Habranthus
Genesis of the Daleks.with Tom Baker
Many Dr Who aficionados say this is one of the best Doctor Who series. After seeing the “New” Doctor Who series it is quite a shock to see the changing production values. I remember being captivated by Doctor Who when very young. I really did used to go and hide behind the settee when frightened by the monsters, even though there appearance seems very basic now. One problem with these old series is that the production set seems to have been made on an episode of blue peter using a few toilet rolls and tin foil. Just for one example the Vlads build a rocket which is going to destroy a civilisation but it really does look like it has been made out of a empty cardboard kitchen role.
You usually associate treadmills with boredam. This is video is very clever and somehow very funny.
Treadmill Video at You Tube
It reminds me of Monty Pythons silly walk. That is probably my all time favourite comedy sketch. I shall try find a video of that.
At Monty Python performances John Cleese used to always get asked to do the silly walk because everyone loved it. I think he got a bit fed up so he used to just make up random lines, because nobody cared what he said as long as he was doing the funny walk.
Thanks to Lynne for link
This video makes me laugh of an old granny crossing the road.
- Old Granny video
- It reminds me of a sketch on TV, I think it was the fast show. A guy dressed up as a giant snail and then took about 2 mins to cross a zebra crossing, causing a bit of a traffic jam when he had finished crawling across he got up and and walked off.
- This dog can skateboard - at Google video
I remember there was a degree of amusement when our college LMH, decided to set up a special committee to deal with:
"The problem of squirrels" Apparantely they were a great pest and used to chew wires e.t.c. In fact in the 19th Century a motion was tabled in Parliament that grey squirels should be renamed "Tree Rats".
However when you see a pic like these you can't help but like them:
Super Squirrel
Its been a bad year for doping stories in cycling. But in a way it good news that people are getting caught for taking illegal substances. Cycling has had so many "fresh starts" that its easy to loose count but I hope the general attitude to doping will start to change.
This is from Pro Cycling
Two ex-US Postal riders admit EPO use
12/09/2006
Frankie Andreu and another anonymous former US Postal rider have told the New York Times they used the blood-boosting product before the 1999 Tour , when team leader Lance Armstrong took the first of seven consecutive victories.
http://www.procycling.com/news.aspx?ID=2440
Sunday morning Reading CC 10 mile TT at ALdermaston. Wind was low but it wasn't the quickest day, not many cars early on Sunday. I did about 22.13 and finished 7th there were about 70 riders. The event was won by R.English and Mark Pardoe who both did about 21.31. The fastest ride was tandem of R.English and S.House 19.48. I saw them finish and they were going pretty quick.
Warming up I cycled past Aldermaston barracks where there are several anti nuclear protestors camping by the military base. Aldermaston became famous in 1958 when 10,000 people marched from Trafalgar Square to Aldermaston military base.
My TT have been disappointing this year but since coming back from NY my hill interval training has been going well. So in a way I'm looking forward to the hill climb season which is starting soon.
This saturday is North Bucks National Rudy Project TT series 31 miles.
Ashirta Furman, of Queens, N.Y., established a record for running a mile on tin pots earlier that afternoon, with a time of 18 minutes and 26 seconds. The pots were held against his shoes by hand-held strings. A stipulation of the record was that the tin pots musn't fall off.
The record was set at POWNAL Green Mountain Race Track on Friday 8th September. After setting and submitting a record it usually takes about 6 weeks for it to be ratified by Guiness.
Furman credits his study of meditation, under the tutelage of Sri Chinmoy, for his ability to break so many records.
"It's all in fun, but there's a serious side because there's
physical conditioning and a lot of mental focus required," he said.
"You really have to focus deep within yourself. I really have to use
the training I got from meditation to be very one-pointed and not allow
other distractions to stop me."
Picture from World Harmony Run in NZ 2006
Sunflower and Botanic Garden
Yesterday being the last day before term starts I spent a nice relaxing day on my computer, gardening and visiting a coffee house in Oxford.
Today (Monday) I arrived for the introductory meeting at 8am like the last 7 years.
- But where was everyone.
"Why is the introductory meeting not taking place?" I venture
"But that took place yesterday"
"You mean we had it on Sunday this year, thats strange its usually always on Monday."
"But its Tuesday today. The meeting was yesterday on Monday"
I really thought it was Tuesday I don't know what happened to Monday. But anyway I missed the first day of term.
Did I sleep for 30 hours? No
How can you not know what day it is?
Is this more dopy than taking the wrong turn in the BTTC yesterday? Who knows
Yesterday I rode the British Time Trial Championships near Reading. I didn't do very well, I don't seem to be very fit this year. I didn't help myself by taking a wrong turn. I was lucky a car came past to tell me to turn round and go back to finish.
My time was 1.22.?? The winner was Jason MacIntyre from Team Velo Ecosse. he won in a time of 1.11.15. 2nd was Michael Hutchinson On my second lap I came in between Hutchinson and Stuart Dangerfield. Stuart came flying past a lap later. By the third lap my legs were dead, so I was a bit annoyed I went the wrong way to the finish to make it further. Anyway the event was well organised and its good to ride with the best riders. Although unfortunately Bradley Wiggins didn't ride I think his team said he had to go ride the Tour of Poland or something. Next year I shall try be fitter for a 30 mile TT.
3rd was Jonathan Dayus with same time as Michael Hutchinson. Last year in hill climbs I was a few seconds behind him in the hill climbs so we shall see what happens in October....
Rebecca Romero won the women's event.Wendy Houvenaghel was second
r.p
Photo by Ranjit, Sri Chinmoy Centre Galleries
Featured at Poetseers Poem of the Day
Pictures from Sri Chinmoy's 75th Birthday Celebrations
A good write up from my friend Shardul about The Record breaking Popcorn cake at Sri Chinmoy Centre
- Today was the 5th edition of the Self Transcendence Marathon.
- The race was started by Sri Chinmoy who offered a brief meditation and some kind words of encouragement to the runners. However as one of the lead cyclists I was someway off and didn't here the exact words.
- I usually enjoy the job of being a lead cyclist but after half an hour the heavens opened and I got quite wet. At least it was warmer rain than English rain.
