... why are we getting excited about something....

… that should be a norm…. undoubtedly US Supreme Court decision from last Friday had been the biggest media sensation of last week…. everybody waited for it and talked about it once decision was announced… why thou…

..two week earlier decision in exactly the same subject was made in Ireland yet generated significantly less media and public interest…  and that’s not my only objection here…

… and why are we getting excited about subject that should not be a controversy at all; about something that should be a norm… why aren’t we getting excited about the fact that America is still far behind any other social country in the world … why it did not raise the eyebrows - the fact that country calling itself (and aspiring to be) world leader has only 60% public approval rate to gay marriages… why aren’t we upset by the fact that 40% of Americans are still living in Dark Ages and probably wishes apartheid was still around… let's see how many gay couples actually will get married and who will be the brave one to do it first....

… it’s beyond me how our focus gets easily misplaced… media and American President called Friday’s Supreme Court decision “a victory”… really(?)… what did we win by admitting to the fact that we (as a whole) still  do not respect human rights and need court orders to do so…

.. I don’t get excited about the facts.. I do get excited about the meaning of the facts…….

.. and… although some media trying to tell you that Obama had good week… what about the guns? .. world goes crazy about gay marriage (don’t get me wrong, legalizing it is a good thing, should be done long time ago) yet seems as if this noise was artificially created in order to cover up other pressing issues and divert attention from equally important things… shame…. instead, leading business media already started calculating why Friday’s decision will be good – in dollars - and for whom (wedding planners are clear winners here…)

Up-Standing...

...if you came across any of my profiles on Internet (Twitter, Facebook, WordPress, etc....) you'd see that in many of those places I published above picture....

.. until today I really believed that being Outstanding is the way... who wants to be Normal, anyway....

... why until today....? only because I reviewed my stand a bit...

.. unfortunately being Outstanding might included freaks, dicks and other sort of idiots... unfortunately we still did not invent medicine for Stupidity... that's why my definition needs a bit of specification, clarity... and here it comes...

... for me, the best and easiest way to be Outstanding is to be Up-Standing... doing The Right Thing, having timeless values, believing in things our grandparents thought us... it is still a rare thing... so... if you would like to be Outstanding, Awesome, Remarkable.. be all of those things but for the right reasons... by being Up-Standing...

it matters to me what my obituary will look like....

....is Internet always right.....

...above picture is of Pamela Carolina David Gutiérrez from Argentina... she was born on October 6, 1978 (in case you want send her e-card on Facebook) and found her fame in the reality TV show El BarTV 2... apparently she is also a model (no surprises there) and actress (really?!?)....  

on Internet she is falsly "acused"  of being "a reason why Italian men love football so much".... it all stared about a year ago when Give Me Sport website published above picture with claim that she appered on Italian "Match of the Day" version wearing very revealing dress.... the ball started rolling from there and no one stopped it... until now....

Pamela David works mainly in South America and picture in question is from Chilean game and entertainment television show..... not Italian football show.... could they get that any wronger.... 

... it is possible that whoever started that rumor just got mesmerized by her curves and, as it often happens with men, his brain just stopped working... 

well....

...maybe it's trivial and not worth mine or your time but... 

... next time you Google your symptoms, thinking that Internet or Google has all the answers and knows everything... thinking that you don't have to go to a doctor... think again.... 

Jack Welch, beef, rice, GMO and iPod mini....

not so long ago I heard Jack Welch (if you don't know who he is - google it!) being asked what's the biggest change and where, which industry, we gonna observer in coming years.... without hesitation he said - BIO-TECH!

instantly Genetically Modified Shit came to my mind but thanks to today's BBC Breakfast edition I understood him... and what he said... and why he said it... a bit better

turned out that;
- it takes 3,000 liter of water to produce 1 kilo of rice
- it takes 15,000 liter of water to produce 1 kilo of beef (yumm!)

not only that!

in 2050 (in all likelihood I am going to be still alive then) we (human beings, habitats of planet called Earth) will need;
- twice amount of food we are producing right now
- we will have the same (or less land) to do it
- and we will have significantly less water to grow green stuff and produce meaty stuff

all this sounds very scary to some but (and now I understand him) not to Jack Welch... he knew all this facts that I just heard today and he knew that BIO-TECH is the way to overcome this issue....

and, if am not mistaken breakthrough will happen sooner then you may think...

because of all that (see above) I will;
- not stop eating rise, i love rice.... with virgin olive oil and Parmesan cheese!!!
- not stop eating beef... NO WAY!!!

instead I will;
- invest all my money in BIO-TECH companies!

my guess is that sooner, rather than later, they will come up with technologies to produce green stuff (and meaty stuff) that will feed starving Africa, Asia and few malnourished kids in Western Europe... this stuff will be cheap to produce, healthy, safe, and resistant to viruses, diseases and other plagues...

so what that currently public opinion is oppose to GMO and all that shit!... 10 years from now we will not be thinking in a way we are now... don't believe me.... have a look who you were and what you were doing (hint: see it as how much changed since then) just 10 years ago;

in 2005 we were;
- renting DVD's from Blockbuster
- buying CD's
- some of us were showing off with iPod mini
- using flip phones
- using MySpace
- we were not letting others use our mobile because of "minutes"
- offended and shocked by word "metrosexual"
- and we all had digital camera... (not the one in your phone!)

- and Facebook was only 1 year old, you probably did not hear about it at that time yet.....

in 10 years from now.... can you imagine how changed world is going to be.... you probably can but still, whatever you imagine now is not going to be even close to what reality will bring.... 10 years from now we will not recognize ourselves as we are now.... but...

whatever future brings - i may as well make few quids while waiting for future to surprise me.... for now BIO-TECH gets my vote...... and some of my money.... (bot don't tell anybody... I do not wish to share my future fortune with too many!)

Love & Marriage

"Could you believe it if I told you you could help me greatly by doing specific thing?"
"Like getting a divorce?"
"No, not at all. Have you been thinking about that?"
"Off an on. Does that alarm you?"
"Quite. I love my house."
"But that's not the same as loving me."

(it's from "Couples" by John Updike)