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Tuesday, 24 June 2014

Would've been easier if I'd been uglier (video)

Crystal Quintero and CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; Ugly.org (Admin, AllChic.com)

The World's Ugliest Dog contest helps shed light on dog abuse (news.asiaone.com)

Novice and loser puppy, who did not even place in the Ugliest Dog Competition (Tuhoc)

(Bauhaus, "Swing the Heartache") "I feel that if I'd been uglier, it would have been easier..."

The Ugly Models Agency

If beauty is in eye of beholder, is ugly too?

Forget all those reality television shows that say you have to be tall, spaghetti-noodle thin, giraffe-necked and ridiculously beautiful to be a model.There is a model agency seeking people who are the polar opposite of this type. You can be as huge as a tank or as shriveled as a raisin. You can have a zillion body piercings, dark circles under your eyes, or look like death warmed over.

Peanut is "World's Ugliest Dog" winner, 2014

You may be older than dirt and have a face that makes dogs and small children run across the street. If you are a gal or guy who falls into any of these categories, you are probably just the sort this Brit-based modeling agency wants.

Allen is a "Special" from X-files

Visit this site and take a glimpse at their portfolio page and imagine you, in all your grotesque glory being featured there. Ha! Take that, Tyra Banks and American Idol! I told you you'd be seeing me again! Girls - Men - Specials - Rage

Sunday, 1 December 2013

Spiritual is Ordinary (football)

Amber Larson, CC Liu, Seth Auberon, Wisdom Quarterly; Buddhist meditation teacher Sylvia Boorstein (Spirit Rock), It's Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness

(MT) FOX NFL Sunday, Part D'oh -- the historic intersection between The Simpsons and FOX NFL

Sylvia Boorstein (OB)

A few years ago I was teaching in another city, and the person who was to be my host telephoned me in advance to see if I had any special food requirements. I appreciated his concern and explained my eating preferences. I also mentioned that I don't normally eat much for breakfast but that I do like coffee in the morning.

He replied, in a very surprised voice, "You drink coffee?" I realized I had just made a heretical confession. I needed to do some fast mind scrambling to find a graceful way to explain to my host (without losing my spiritual stature) that I do, indeed, drink coffee.

"You drink coffee?" (funny-pics.co)

There are some peculiar notions about what constitutes "being spiritual." I have a cartoon on the wall of my office that shows two people having dinner in a restaurant. One of them is saying to the other, "It's such a relief to meet someone who isn't on a spiritual question." I agree. There is an enormous possibility of getting sidetracked into self-conscious holiness, of putting energy into acting the part of a "spiritual person."

Outside of the US, football doesn't matter. But futbol (soccer) means the world.

Ball games keep us fit for war (theworld.org)

A dear friend of mine, as he has become more and more established as a meditation teacher, has become less and less hesitant about telling people he loves football games. He even admits he gets very excited about the games, cheering at his television set as if he were sitting in the stadium.

No dispassionate attitude of "May the best man win" for him! I know he has a wonderful level of understanding, and he behaves like a regular person in a regular world. Being a meditator and developing equanimity do not mean becoming weird.

I think I chose the title for this book long before the book itself was written. Indeed, I was motivated to write largely because I wanted to tell people that spiritual living does not need to be a big deal. More

(Smithsonian) Video games can become an obsessive distraction.

Tuesday, 15 October 2013

What's wrong with American men?

Ashley Wells, Seth Auberon, CC Liu, Pfc. Sandoval, Wisdom Quarterly; Huffington Post

I filled this veggie-fridge, Joe. If I want to empty it, I'll empty it! Get yourself to the gym!

Yeah, girl, yer FAT; go make me a sandwich.

The average American man is named Joe (or Jose), is fat, and lives at my house. Why won't he exercise and lose weight? His toe hurts.

Why does his toe hurt? Because he stubbed it on his way to the fridge for a late night snack. Hey, Jojo, put down the mooncake, get out of the kitchen, and onto the bathroom scale! (Too harsh? 10 Things to Say to Make Men Go Ballistic)

The fact is American men are pudgy, sloppy, and potato-couchy. They won't deny it. It's not as if men have ever had to live up to the standards of beauty, physical attractiveness, and shapeliness females are forced to deal with from. We give men a pass, but that was when they did a lot for us beyond being eye candy. Now, guys, at least have the decency to look good! And shower. And use a dab of natural (non-aluminum) baking soda under the armpits; it's a wonderful natural deodorizer. And work off that flab.

Hey, fatso, look to your left and stop stuffing carbs, flesh, and fast food (Big Deals/HuffPost)

(HP) America's expanding waistline may not be new news, but throwing the average American male's body into a line-up spotlights America's obesity epidemic. This is exactly what Pittsburgh-based artist Nickolay Lamm did when he created these visualizations (which obviously deal only with body size and not race, ethnicity, or skin color). "I wanted to put a mirror in front of us," Lamm told The Huffington Post in an email. "Americans like to pride ourselves on being the best country in the world [WQ EDITORIAL: when everybody knows that's Switzerland]. However, it's clear that other countries have lifestyles and healthcare better than our own. More