Zajímavý članek :-) Takže kolik? ;)

Otec, milenec, partner, syn. Kolik mužů potřebujeme ke štěstí?

Rybicky

Rybicky

http://super-tlapka.blog.cz/0701/rybicky

Rozprávka o Červenej čiapočke

Kde bolo, tam bolo, žilo raz jedno dievčatko, ktoré raz oskalpovali indiáni a preto ho všetci volali Červená Čiapočka. Dievčatko to bolo milé, iba trochu neposedné. Jedného dňa jej milujúca mamička rozopla putá a hovorí:
- Stará mama, ktorá býva v domčeku v lese, mi poslala esemesku, že je chorá. Zober jej tento koláč z minulého týždňa, dva nízkotučné jogurty po záruke a toto silné víno. To ju hádam konečne dorazí !
- Ach mamička, neposielaj ma do lesa, les je plný nebezpečenstiev !
Hlaveň revolvera kalibru 9 milimetrov Čiapočku presvedčila, že rodičom sa nemá odvrávať. Natrela si teda podpazušie anti-perspirantom Rexon, ktorý ju ešte nikdy nesklamal a cupitá po lese, pospevujúc si:
- Ja sa vlka nebojím a ja vlka nechytím !
Vtom spoza stromu vyskočil vĺčko:
- Fuj ti kokso, ale som sa Ťa zľakla !
Prizrela sa mu lepšie sa vraví:
- Akú máš krásne chlpatú hruď - riekla a pošimrala ho po mieste, kde by mohol byť približne chvost. Vlk bol razom krotký ako baránok.
- A kamže si sa vybrala, Čiapočka ?
- Ach vĺčko, stará mama je chorá, nechce sa jej na druhý svet, nemohol by si nám helfnúť ?
- Nemaj boj, budem Ti na dobrej pomoci - rečie psovitá šelma a zmizne v lese. Ponáhľal sa vlk do domčeka, odpojil signalizačné zariadenie, pracovníka strážnej služby nechal spať, vošiel dnu, uvidel starú mamu a hovorí:
- Bože, Ty si ale na zožratie !
Ako povedal, tak aj urobil. Predtým však starú mamu vyzliekol. Keďže bol starý fetišista, obliekol si ženský odev a šup, šup do postele. Čiapočka zatiaľ v lese vychvastala všetko víno a mierne otrávená životom a poriadne alkoholom vošla do domčeka. Starú mamu videla mierne rozmazanú a chlpatú a vraví:
- Ahoj bobor. A čo máš také silné zuby ?
A vlk na to:
- Ty trúba, najprv sa máš pýtať na oči !
- Ja trúba, najprv sa mám pýtať na oči ! Prečo ich máš také veľké ?
- Lebo som si vypila
- A prečo máš také veľké uši ?
- Prestaň Čiapočka, veď to som ja, vlk !
- A prečo ležíš v babičkinom koši z bielizňou ?
- Preto, že všetko bolo také mäkučké, až som zaspal
- A čo stará mama ?
- Stará mama ? Tá mi teda poriadne dlho leží v žalúdku
- Veď aj mne, aj mne - zašepkala zmyselne Čiapočka a pritúlila sa k vlkovi.
Viem, Vy čakáte na horára, ale horár nepríde. Les, v ktorom bývala stará mama po roku 1992 zobrali štátnym lesom a vrátili pôvodným majiteľom, teda starej mame. Lenže tá záhadne zmizla a dodnes sa nič nevyriešilo. Mamička a Čiapočka záhadne zbohatli na predaji dreva , ale nakoniec im to bolo nanič, pretože obidve zožral vlk.
Raz darmo, svet dnes patrí mladým, dynamický dravcom.

Pracovný úraz (opis deja pre poisťovňu)

Vážená poisťovňa,

v odpovedi na Váš list, v ktorom ste ma žiadali o upresnenie môjho úrazu, Vám uvádzam nasledovné:

Do oznámenia o úraze som uviedol, že som si pracovný úraz spôsobil sám. Som zamestnaný ako murár a v uvedený deň som pracoval úplne sám na stavbe domu. Po dokončení práce mi zostalo asi 250 kg tehál na streche dokončeného domu. Zišiel som teda dolu, tam som cez pripravenú kladku vytiahol prázdny sud, do ktorého som chcel uložiť tieto zostávajúce tehly. Lano som dolu pevne zabezpečil a šiel som na strechu naložiť tehly do suda. Po naložení všetkých tehál som zišiel opäť dolu, aby som ten sud s tehlami spustil. V poistnej zmluve máte uvedené, že vážim iba 75 kg. V momente, keď som lano odviazal a držal ho iba v ruke, uistil som sa o tom, že zemská príťažlivosť (inteligenti tomu hovoria že 'gravitácia') existuje. Ako som už vyššie uviedol, sud, ktorý má sám o sebe 25 kg, bol naložený ďalšou tiažou - 250 kg tehál. Ako si veľmi ľahko domyslíte a predstavíte, bol to márny súboj - moja váha 75 kg nemohla odolať tak ťažkému sudu - a než som si uvedomil tieto súvislosti, bol som už v prudkom pohybe nahor (pomer síl cca 1 ku 4) a sud (sviňa jedna) ktorý bol pôvodne na úrovni strechy baraku, padal smerom dolu. Samozrejme na úrovni asi tretieho podlažia sme sa stretli - ja a menovaný sud. To vysvetľuje tú zlomeninu kosti lebečnej a lícnej, ako aj vykĺbenie ramena. Po tomto stretnutí so sudom som však pokračoval stále nahor, až som sa zastavil s prstami uviaznutými v kladke. Napriek veľkej bolesti a plackatým prstom som sa stále držal lana – nebolo čoho iného sa držať. Ale v tom momente sud s tehlami dopadol na zem a rozbilo sa mu dno! Ako som už uviedol, sud sám o sebe váži 25 kg a ja, ako máte uvedené v poistnej zmluve vážim 75 kg. No a keďže gravitačný zákon medzitým ani nezrušili, ani nenovelizovali, stále platil. Ľahko si domyslíte nasledujúci dej - ja s mojimi 75 kg hore na kladke a sviňa sud - už vyprázdnený a vážiaci iba 25 kg - dolu. Neviem koľko to trvalo, ale bolo to rýchle - znovu sme sa stretli. Ja (75 kg) letiaci dolu a sviňa sud (25 kg, rok výroby 1978) nahor. V okolí tretieho poschodia sme sa teda znovu stretli - následkom sú zlomeniny oboch členkov. Členkov preto, lebo som padal v pozore. Padal som teda ďalej smerom nadol, kde som prudko dopadol na zem (tvrdú, nepršalo už 2 mesiace), čím vysvetľujem rozdrvené kolená a panvu. V týchto strašných bolestiach som už nedokázal lano v rukách udržať, preto som ho pustil. Priznávam, že som mal viac uvažovať, ale nešlo to. Tým sa stalo, že sviňa sud v spolupráci so sviňa gravitáciou sa ocitol v prudkom pohybe nadol, presne na miesto, kde som ležal - to vysvetľuje tie moje tri zlomené rebrá. Dúfam, že som Vám dostatočne vysvetlil priebeh poistnej udalosti. Čo si ešte pamätám, sud po dopade na mňa sa skotúľal a zlomil mi palec pravej ruky.

S pozdravom Matej Korčok

Top 10 Concepts That Every Software Engineer Should Know

This is quite useful article with links to books and with description of all 10 items mentioned engineer should know. Test yourself ;)

Top 10 Concepts That Every Software Engineer Should Know

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Men know how to take care of women!

Latvia (Lotyšsko in Czech0

Latvia (Lotysko in czech):


Best pictures in 2007:

Obligatory Office Equipment (OOE)

"Keep On Smiling"

Another sensational idea for office equipment!

• Depressed ?
• Stressed?
• Is your boss making your life difficult and impossible?

Don't worry! React and keep on smiling!

Look at this new office equipment that will help you to keep on smiling, even when your boss wants you to do the unthinkable.

 

Take 2 paperclips and elastic bands. 

 

Fig 1

Assemble them as shown on the picture.

 fig. 2

  Apply the construction as visualized in fig 3.

 

                                                                            Fig 3.

Enjoy your day.

This obligatory office equipment will help you to reach the end of the day with a smile on your face!

Ilusions again

Milůj svého může

Erotic pictures ;))) and Double vision.

Body paiting

Body painting, or sometimes bodypainting, is a form of body art. Unlike tattoo and other forms of body art, body painting is temporary, painted onto the human skin, and lasts for only several hours, or at most (in the case of Mehndi or "henna tattoo") a couple of weeks. Body painting that is limited to the face is known as face painting. Body painting is also referred to as (a form of) temporary tattoo; large scale or full-body painting is more commonly referred to as body painting, while smaller or more detailed work is generally referred to as temporary tattoos.

Dovolena (Czech) or Vacation (English) or Отпуск (Russian) in the car like this :-)

Instrukce jak pořadne obejmout mimino

1.   Za prvé :  najdi miminko.

2.   Za druhé : abys měl jistotu, že objekt, který jsi našel je miminko, použij své čichové buňky.

3.   Za třetí : musíš zválcovat to miminko těsně předtím, než ho začneš objímat.  

4.   Za čtvrté : pohlazení packou…jednoduše potáhni po zádíčkách miminka a potom se připrav, že si ho přitulíš k sobě!  

5.   No a nakonec, pokud máš foťák po ruce, tak se připrav na nejtěžší, lehni na zem, abys zachytil to krásné objetí a usměv!

 

Illusion

This is without a doubt one of the coolest PC-Illusion, I have seen so far.

Follow the instructions:


1) Relax and concentrate on the 4 small dots in the middle of the picture for about. 30-40 seconds.

2) Then, take a look at a wall near you (resp. any smooth, single coloured surface)

3) You will see a circle of light developing

4) Start blinking your eyes a couple of times and you will see a figure emerging…

 5) What do you see? Moreover, who do you see?


I tried this a couple of times, to reconfirm.. man o man... freaky!

Being a parent...

Ropes

I have 2 ropes. Each of them can be burnt in exactly 1 minute. Each rope burns 1 minutes but everywhere with different speed. How will I measure exactly 45 minutes having two such ropes?

The best web-site to download materials for English language learning

http://englishtips.org/index.php?lang=en

První den v práci :
Posloucháš Stevieho Wondra.
Tohle je tvůj první den a vše je tak krásné….

Po 3 měsících :
Posloucháš HOUSE
Protože máš tolik práce, že nevíš, kde ti hlava stojí…


 Po 6 měsících : 
Posloucháš Heavy Metal.
 Tvůj pracovní den začíná v osm ráno a končí v osm večer.


Po 9 měsících :
Posloucháš Hip Hop.
Kvůli neustálému stresu si přibral a teď si tím ničíš nervy...


Po roce :
Posloucháš GANGSTA RAP.
Už jsi zapomněl, co je to pěkný den a cítiš se jako bys
právě vypadl z postele a existuješ jen díky kofeinu

A konečně po dvou letech :
Posloucháš Psycho-Techno.
... a už se cítíš o něco líp – zbláznil si se : )

Communication Breakdown

It happens to the best of us. Communication is such a fickle thing, and the lines of communication can become blurred every so often, especially when feelings are involved. Even those who think that they are immune to the confusion of conflict can find themselves drawn into a communication breakdown when they least expect it, and chaos ensues.

This happened to me on the weekend, and until to be quite honest, it took me by surprise. Even those of us who are better equipped than many others are not immune. My partner told me something that really hurt my feelings, and I lashed back in defense. It was a silly argument, over something as simple as a misplaced bottle of aftershave. But to me, it represented something much deeper, that had been simmering away for a couple of weeks. I get frustrated at having to search for something when it is not where I expect it to be. Worse still when my partner has shifted it and I don’t know the first place to begin searching.

Aftershave, needles and thread, car keys, a Tupperware container to store my baking soda in, covers for our outdoor chairs, all were examples of instances where I had to turn the house upside-down. A simple answer from my partner when these things were shifted would have saved me a lot of time and frustration. And the answer I got? "You need to open your eyes and organize yourself better"

I was gutted. When I come home from work I exercise the dog and cook dinner so that it is on the table by the time my partner gets home. The house is always spotless and warm, as I’m very conscious of coming home to a tidy environment. I see this as a fundamental part of my role in coming home first, and it takes a lot of my time. To imply that I have the time to "organize yourself better" really hurt.

I don’t expect praise, but I did hope that my efforts were recognized. I got told that "I don’t expect you to cook my dinner every night" was interpreted by me as ingratitude, and hurt me even more.

So where to from here? My partner felt guilty at coming home every night to the perfect household, whereas I felt guilty if it wasn’t perfect. It was never about me trying to make him feel guilty, but it seems it did. And this is where the communication fell down. He misinterpreted my efforts, and I misinterpreted his response.

Communication, communication, communication. I need for my partner to keep me informed of where things move to. I need to be informed. I need to voice my frustration before it gets to boiling point. We both need to talk about our feelings more, and how each of our contributions to our home and our relationship make us feel, and how we interpret each others contributions. It is not a competition, but for many couples it feels like it.

When people feel guilt or stress, it leads them to act funny ways. Often stress and guilt are barriers to communication. The key to overcoming them is to recognize what it is, and have the courage to talk about it. You might be able to do it as a couple, or you might want the help of a friend who can listen to the way you are communicating with each other and offer insights and advice.

We got it sorted out, and kissed and hugged. It wouldn’t hurt so much if I didn’t feel such love at the same time. But it served as a good reminder to me. Sometimes you get so wrapped up in your own emotions that you forget to think of the other person. You also need to entertain the possibility that you are misinterpreting each other. Talking about it is the way to expose the miscommunication and let the healing begin.

A good lesson to learn, even for the experts…

KRÁSNÁ PRAHA

Největší panoramatická fotka na světě zobrazuje krásy Prahy kolem dokola Česká republika se může pochlubit dalším světovým unikátem.

Americký fotograf Jeffrey Martin, který žije od roku 1999 v Česku,totiž letos v říjnu vytvořil v Praze největší sférickou panoramatickou fotografii na planetě, jež zobrazuje podrobně krásy celého hlavního města v rozsahu 360°.Celý projekt vznikal pomocí obyčejné digitální zrcadlovky s objektivem disponujícím ohniskem 200mm. Jeffrey Martin jednoduše vystoupal na žižkovský televizní vysílač, odkud vytvořil stovky snímků zachycujících celou Prahu kolem dokola v co nejvyšším rozlišení. Focení trvalo celé hodiny, a tak si můžete všimnout toho, že na jedné straně Prahy je už trochu větší tma než jinde. Nafotit stovky snímků trvalo několik hodin.

Daleko pracnější bylo poté ale všechny fotografie v počítači jednu po druhé pospojovat, aby dohromady vytvořily věrný obraz Prahy. Práci Martin dokončil po několika týdnech letos v prosinci a finální podobu největší sférické panoramatické fotografie umístil na server 360cities.net.

Snímek má rozlišení 192 000 x 96 000 obrazových bodů. Pokud byste se jej pokusili vytisknout ve fotografické kvalitě na papír, byl by dlouhý přibližně 16 metrů. Kvalita fotografie je tak vysoká, že po přiblížení si klidně můžete prohlédnout, kdo zrovna při vytváření snímku venčil psa, nebo přecházel silnici mimo přechod.Přímo na webu si je možné panoramatickou fotografii prohlédnout kolem dokola buď pomocí myši, nebo prostřednictvím šipek na klávesnici. K přibližování a oddalování jednotlivých částí Prahy slouží scrollovací kolečko myši, nebo klávesy ctrl a shift.Největší sférickou panoramatickou fotografii na světě se záběrem Prahy si můžete prohlédnout na

http://www.360cities.net/prague-18-gigapixels

How to Makeup After Lovers Fight

By Francis K Githinji

Fight are almost inevitable in relationships. Once in a while you have to disagree with your mate. If you still want to be with your partner, you have to know how to make up After Lovers Fight and the best way to go about it. Just immediately After Lovers Fight tempers are still high and it would be wise for you to wait for your mate to cool down before you approach them. If you approached them before they cooled down you might not like what they will have to say and all your efforts will be thrown back at you. You might even start fighting again. The best thing to do immediately After Lovers Fight is to keep off each other's sight. Give each other time to realize you do not want to break up but to make up.

You can make up After Lovers Fight by getting your partner a gift or card. You can write a short message on the card, something to remind your partner that you love them. You can also send a sorry message and flowers to your mate. Even men can be sent for flowers. Gifts are most often given to people we love and it would be wise to tell your partner that you love them and just because you disagree on something it doesn't change the fact that you love them. However make sure you give the gift after they have cooled down considerately. Gifts also say sorry. Once you give a gift to your partner they will know you are sorry and all you want to do is make up After Lovers Fight.

Make up After Lovers Fight by taking them to a special place or making them a good meal or something they like. That way you will have time to talk about things and agree on what you had disagreed before. You can ask your partner to just sit and watch you prepare something special for them. It doesn't have to be perfect. Your partner will see the effort you have made in making them feel special. While talking, try to see each others point of view. Do not impose anything on your partner. It is okay to disagree and sometimes you can agree to disagree on matters. After all you are two individuals who have different points of view.

Make up After Lovers Fight by making love to each other. When you make love to each other it means you are both willing to work out your differences. Making love also shows your partner that you still care about them and that you are concerned about what goes on in your relationship. You will also feel relaxed after the love making and feel no need of fighting again. You partner also feels still wanted and loved. Sometimes when people feel you no longer care about them they can start up a fight just to see how much the other person still cares about them. And any way, fighting sometimes can be healthy than not fighting at all.

Milovani ve trech

360 degree view of cities web-site!!!

The best panoramic view of Old Town Square in Prague

Note: Just press "FULLSCREEN" at the top of the screen and enjoy the view :-)

10 things you should not never say to woman

Here are 10 things most women don't want to hear:

1) "What did you do to your hair?"
Unless we've cut our own hair—this is not common—someone else did something to our hair. It wasn't us. And most likely we've gone to a lot of trouble and expense for it. "I like your new haircut" is infinitely better, and shows you're paying attention. It's also far superior to the generic "You look different," which tells us you're as clueless as ever.

2) "They both look the same to me."
We understand you care a lot less than we do about the outfits or the registry dishware we're asking you to compare. But they can't possibly look exactly the same, can they? Give us something. Anything. Mentally roll the dice and pick one, so we don't worry about your vision—or worse, that you don't care.

3) "Relax."
A kissing cousin to "Don't get so worked up," this generally creates the exact opposite effect you're shooting for. When you say "Relax," what we hear is that you think that we're being irrational over nothing, and this makes us do anything but relax.

4) "I've got it all under control."
Ha! Famous last words. Refrain from using them if you don't want us to take fiendish delight in your getting lost because you won't stop for directions (if we're late, there will be fiendish fuming), or because you're missing a piece to your flat-screen television because you said you didn't need to read the assembly instructions.

5) "You're not one of those feminists, are you?"
Yikes. Chivalry may be nearly dead, but saying this will drive the last spear through its heart. Feminist or not, a woman is likely to be offended by the question. Just be yourself. Be kind, open the door, offer to pay, and go from there. We can choose to accept or share in your generosity.

6) "When are you due?"
Take one second to imagine a woman turning to you and responding, "I'm not pregnant," or "I had the baby six months ago," and you'll understand why you should eradicate this question from your vocabulary. In one nanosecond, innocent—even considerate—curiosity can turn to deadly, if unintentional, offense. And there's just no way to recover from this one.

7) "You're being emotional."
In the heat of the moment this may be true. But unless you want your partner to become more emotional or get angry, you're better off keeping this observation and its off-limits follow-up question—"Is it that time of month?"—to yourself.

8) "You're acting just like your mother/my mother/my ex-girlfriend."
All three are problematic. An ex should be mentioned sparingly, and never in comparison. Why would we want to remind you of a person you broke up with? And come to mention it, why are you thinking about her? You see the slippery slope. Conjuring an image of our mother or your mother can be equally grating. We want you to treat us as individuals and not as mere products of your (or our) upbringing.

9) "You complete me."
We've seen "Jerry Maguire" and most other romantic comedies far more often than you, and while we may (or may not) like cheesy movie lines, they usually fail in real life. We understand that the possibility of romance makes inexplicable things come out of a man's—and sometimes a woman's—mouth, but keep the compliments real and honest and sincere and say you love someone when you mean it.

10) "Do you really think you should be eating that?"
Yes. She should be eating it. Even if she told you she's given it up.

One way to wake up ;)

Would you wake up without alarm like that? ;)

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." -

-- Annie Dillard

If we live to be 70 years old, we get roughly 613,200 hours to live. That’s 365 days, times 70 years, times 24 hours. This is the time we have to enjoy, to love, to weep, to learn and to cry. The quest for ‘the good life’ for the meaning, for fulfillment, and purpose must fit into this average number of hours. But we spend a lot of our time doing other things, things we have little choice in, and so don’t pay much attention to. But if we start to look at these things we spend so much of our time on we might think again about our priorities and even more about sex. It’s a long story. Here is a list of the top 10 things we spend our lifetime doing.

1. Watching TV

The declining inventiveness of the modern generation is a myth. In reality invention isn’t disappearing, it’s just not happening in the street outside your house anymore. Sad though it might be for those of us who grew up inventing games that revolved around a pineapple some had stolen from their home and a roll of tape found in a bush, kids are turning their endless capacity for invention to the internet and the cyber world of modern day wonders. The fact is those of us left to grumble of the decline of games like pineapple-leap-frog, are the also the ones wasting away in front of the TV. Simply put, the younger generations are more able to balance their TV watching with all the other screen staring operations of their day. But we get home tired from work, (blah blah), sit down and zone out to the latest reality TV show no one likes but everyone watches. So unless you want to spend the latter half of your life watching the latest cast of Tool-Academy dating the throws backs from Rock of love in an epic real time saga where they all try to find each other’s brain cells, then it might be time to break out the sticky tape from the desk draw and go find someone who has a pineapple.


2. Eating

Fast food, no matter how health conscious we have become, defines us. Our body chemistry, by and large, was originally designed for snacking. We are not meant to eat three big meals a day. Instead we are built to eat smaller meals more often. After all no one ever ate a cheeseburger, leaned back in the seat and said ‘Phew I don’t think I could eat another bite.’? It doesn’t fill us up, and it’s not supposed to, it’s fast food. But under our fast food nature there is a long tradition, (from who knows where), that revolves around several square meals a day! In fact we spend so much of our time eating, and snacking in between to keep our metabolism up, that it’s sometimes hard to see how we fit anything else in. On top of this we are also starting to get incredibly health conscious and that only means more time and energy going into eating! Food is meant to fuel us but, it seems, we are using most of that fuel looking over vitamin labels and examining fat contents.

3. That...other thing

Okay, so maybe you don’t go every day, but we all go eventually. It might not seem like a very long time, but over a lifetime you’d be surprised how squatting over the porcelain princess adds up. What’s more, as life rolls around, we also find ourselves spending extra time in the bathroom, time we had once spent on something more productive, like pulling girls hair. In fact as the pressure of life starts in we find ourselves making excuses to go to the bathroom. Honestly now, how many people have made up a toilet break so they could finish the last chapter of a book, or just get some alone time? On top of this we spend a lot of time on the toilet when drunk, ill, or just at the end of a really long drive.



4. Talking
Communication might well be the single greatest invention and advantage of human beings over the rest of the animal kingdom. We have a complex and exacting method of transferring information, thoughts, ideas and scores that have made it possible to continue to learn, improve and develop upon one another’s experience. Of course most of us use it for a completely different reason these days, including updating each other on our current level of drunkenness and making sure our children know just how many smiley faces we think of them. But with the development of technology we have also increased our ability to communicate constantly. Almost all of us carry cell phones that can transmit any number of digital signals from voice calls to twitter blogs and more. As a result we now spend more time talking then we ever have, and most of it complaining about how many messages we have.

5. Surfing the Internet
A growing activity we spend our life time doing is surfing the internet. This is not the time we use talking on media devices and separate from the time we spend emailing, or even working on the computer. This is the amount of time we spend simply looking at things on the internet. Some of it is a passing fancy, a wandering question we have come up with, but a lot of it is actively searching for things we need to know. This has grown to such an extent that while people used to be considered ‘well read’ when they knew an answer, now people roll their eyes and assume you have an internet connection and an addiction to Wikipedia. Not everyone spend their lives looking for random, if interesting, pieces of information but most of us feel the need to gather together good, funny, and fascinating information. Some of it may come in handy, we believe, but mostly it is the human urge to explore and understand that ends up costing countless hours spent on the internet. Of course there are other natural instincts that drive people to spend hours trolling the internet, but the less said about those natural urges the better.

6. Reading
Despite what the prophets are saying, it seems that people are reading more and more. We have the Harry Potter craze to thank for the renewed attention in reading, but the internet has also helped. Books, eBooks and other electronic resources like Amazon and eBay have made the written word even more accessible. And much like the video phone fell under the popularity of text messages, people are starting to remember that some things can only be done, and done well with written words. Film, being an art form in itself, is no doubt taking up a lot of our lifetime, but people are continuing to invest more hours in reading. Reading a book makes people feel like they have accomplished something; it is rewarding. But often when people watch a film it makes them feel like they have wasted two hours. The ability to read and write separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom, and may be the source of all our success. Look at it this way, if a brick can do it, it’s probably not worth spending too much of your life on.

7. Wishing
We live in a remarkable time, despite the economy. We enjoy more freedom, (in our parts of the world anyway), then anyone has before. We have more opportunities, more chances, and more equality. There are still battles to win against racism, sexism and all sorts of other –ism’s but by large we are now brought up to believe not only that we can do well, but that we probably should do. With such prosperity we naturally spend a lot more time wishing and hoping about what we will and might do. We are brought up with more hope, less restriction, and a genuine belief that we can accomplish almost anything. Heck! a man even walked on the moon, and that was over 40 years ago, before they even had flat screen TV’s and cell phones.

8. Sex
No matter how much we might wish otherwise, we spend surprisingly little of our 613,200 hours having sex. We do however, (men especially), spend a lot of that time thinking, planning, and hoping for it. (It’s called puberty). It has also been suggested that most of human civilization has been created in order to attract our significant others, and often times many insignificant others. It’s hard to disagree with. After all when we crave fame, fortune and success it mostly comes down to a bunch of junk about self satisfaction, fulfillment and purpose. Which is just shorthand for sex, right? The internet, despite however many other things it has done, has spread and enhanced our ability to spend time on sex, while never actually increasing the time we spend on doing it. (Delicately put, or what?)

9. Traveling
Think about it, how much time do you spend going from one place to another every day? It’s a lot isn’t it? But let’s take it further; let’s say that traveling is almost all we do. Whether it’s driving to work, flying to Hawaii, walking to your bedroom, or running to the fridge it’s clear that most of our lives are taken up traveling. You could even say that most action is traveling, after all fingers have to travel to the keys in order to type, legs have to lift for us to kick, and eyes have to move from one place to another for us to read. Even our chest travels up and down as we breathe! This is a deeply held fact of life but as people of the future, (even if we don’t fly around in hover crafts we are the future), we do see distance as something negotiable. As a result we never actually stop to say it anymore. We travel so much it’s a wonder we go anywhere come holiday time, we should just stay still for a week to catch our breath.

10. Sleeping
Is it any wonder we sleep so much considering all the traveling we do? We need a break after all our eating, our whishing, all our talking, watching and you know what-ing. Our days are made up of 24 hours. That’s 3 sets of 8, and we are recommended to take one of these 8 hours and use it to sleep. Whether you get your full eight hours or not the amount of sleep we get when we are babies and the amount of naps we take as we get older more than make up for it. We spend at least a third of our lives asleep, unconscious and oblivious to the world. Maybe that’s why we invented whishing and language, so we could do some of our dreaming while conscious to try and get it out the way. Who knows? The fact is the single greatest activity we spend our lives doing, is not living our lives, but sleeping. Our lives are subdivided into so many different categories, that we spend most of our time doing things we never really plan on, but do out of necessity. It’s not like we have a choice in the matter of either, because you don’t get a great deal of enjoyment out of life if you try and stop sleeping.


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