Vacation on the Beach

Vacations on the beach are favourite relax for many of us. Persons begin to dream sea waves and breeze just when they turn home from there. Some of my friends said me that the sea is not important for them but than confessed they go to the beach for a week or two every year.

Well, important or not, we want to experience the vacation near the seas. Sometimes it's relaxing and nice when there is enough place on the beach and in the sea. But some of us are not so fortunate or want to visit very popular beaches that are so full that you can hardly find place not only to lay but even to stand there. This photo that was sent me by one of my friends was published by Reuters, I think, about a year or two ago.

Is it a relaxing beach experience???

This Planted an Idea in My Head

The other day I was reading a bit of Stern.de. It's a German magazine that's sort of a cross between The Economist and US Weekly, in that it has both news stories and occasional pictures of boobs (it is German, after all).

In any case, I saw this article about Wayne Rooney. I don't really care about soccer, football, or f�tbol, but in this particular case, Wayne Rooney turns out to be a soccer player in England (not a comedian, as I had previously imagined; that's Mickey Rooney). Nevertheless, the point of the article, and this post, is that Rooney got a hair transplant and put up a picture on the internet. And it doesn't look half bad.

Rooney before and after; Picture from article on stern.de

Now I'm wondering if I might be able to work out some sort of deal like this with my own head. After all, as part of my "Hair Plate Tectonics" theory I originally presented in the year 2002, I've got more hair than necessary on the back of my neck, but not nearly enough in the front. As I explained at an impromptu medical conference on a balcony in Regensburg, Germany, this is due to the shifting follicle plates on my skull. However, a transplant might be able to reverse that effect. 

So, if you know anything about this procedure, feel free to chime in in the comments (unless you're a blog spammer). I suppose that living in a so-called "medical tourism" country like Costa Rica could also turn out to be a blessing, but we'll have to see... Thanks for reading, and have a good one!

Picnic by the lake

The weather god that so often smiles on BWs kept the rain away today for our picnic at Lac St-Michel in the Monts d'Arr�e. It wasn't actually hot or sunny, but that hardly mattered given the great people, great food and great views on our little stroll along the lakeside. Thanks to everyone for their contributions (some amazing home-cooking), good-humour and good company. Brian was top of a large dog division.

"Denver International Airport" is an Anagram for "In An Introverted Proletarian"!!

I GUESS it could look like a swastika, but I'm just not seeing the penis.

I came across this interesting page the other day when I was reading Gizmodo. It's called "Proof That Denver Airport is one of the Most Evil Places on Earth." With a name like that one would almost expect traveler horror stories, but instead it's got quite a few videos about conspiracy theories related to DIA. It's a good way to kill some time on a lazy summer weekend (if it's summer where you are).

Personally, I've always liked DIA. In fact, my friend Mike and I once spent the night there while in high school, just for fun (Note: those freaking security advisories and "Warning! Moving walkway is coming to an end; please watch your step!" announcements keep going all damn night long). All of which makes me realize that we must have been pretty starved for fun in high school. 

Anyhow, one video talks about how the airport is full of phallic symbols, another talks about the evil blue horse statue with glowing red eyes (although that one is pretty well based on the truth), and there's also a great one with Jesse "The Body" Ventura investigating Masonic and New World Order connections to DIA. Yet another one talks about the "secret" tunnel to Concourse A, which helps travelers avoid long security lines (another point for truth). Still, these videos are worth checking out if only for the entertainment factor they offer. Then again, if these and some of the other sites are correct, come December 21, 2012, we'll all look like dumbasses if we get caught outside during the apocalyptic solar flare that starts the New World Order, while all our government leaders are safe and warm inside their deep underground base below DIA.

Can't You Hear, Can't You Hear the Thunder?

Yesterday a woman from a land down under smiled an offered me a Vegemite sandwich.

Wait, why does this scenario seem so strangely familiar?

Carthusian Monasteries of Campania, Italy

I've just told you about the Benedictine monastery situating not too far from my home that celebrates it's Millennium this year. This time I'll tell some words about one of the Charterhouses (Carthusian Monasteries) I visited in Naples about a month ago.

The strange name of this monastic orden derives from the name of the mountains in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains) where St. Bruno founded his first monastery that had  eremitical and cenobitic life as their rule.

Well, if you visit the monasteries in Campania, Italy, you can deduct that these eremitical and cenobitic life is ...mmm... a little too comfortable. The monasteries are very lavish. They had great communities of persons that served them. The cells are similar to little villas with their 2-3 rooms and personal gardens.

It's the internal garden for the walks of those monks that did not choose the seclusion. The little fenced place is the cemetery where the monks were burried without coffin.

The secluded monks stayed in their "appartments" without seeing anybody. They received their food through the little window in the wall and lighted the candles to show that they are still alive. If the candle was not lighted and the food remeined in the window next day, the monks coould open the door to take and burry the body of their brother.

But these monasteries (those in Campania, that I could visit) are very rich. Maybe, it's because the monks of this order were from very rich noble families and they took good money and treasures with them. It's enough to see this church, for example, if the views of the internal parts were not enough to understand it. I swear, it's a place of incredible and astonish beauty.

:-))) This church was dedicated ONLY for visits of the males. Women were completely excluded. Tthere was a simple little chapel and a very little yard for them from other part of the building of the monastery.

Summer Picnic - June 7th

We have our summer 'social' event on Tuesday 7th June, in a very beautiful spot overlooking Lac St-Michel and the Monts d'Arr�e. After a picnic, there'll be an optional short linear walk along the lakeshore. Arrive from 12 noon, picnic at 12.30.
Meeting point is the car-park for the barrage at Nestavel (access from the village of Brennilis).
From the main road D764 (Morlaix to Carhaix), turn off for Brennilis; after entering the village FOLLOW SIGNS TO THE BARRAGE AT NESTAVEL (about 1.8km). Car-park is on the left. The actual picnic place is about 300m away, so a bit of carrying will be necessary. Helpers available.
Please bring some sort of finger food to share (savoury or sweet)and a bottle. 2� donation requested on the day.
Look forward to seeing you all!
NB: in the event of bad weather, we have an indoor venue but meeting point still at the barrage car-park.