There have been many amazing moments on Graham Norton show, but I think this has to rank as one of the top. Michael Buble's appearance on it was very funny and enjoyable. But he capped it off with an amazing performance of his tune "Haven't Met You Yet".
It will hard to top this one. I still watch these two videos regularly even this was from Fall of 2009. Michael Buble is one amazing performer.
Zz.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
"Jesus" Struck By Lightning
If any article qualifies as one of life's greatest amusing event, this would be it.
News reports indicates that a 6-story tall statue of Jesus Christ at the evangelical Solid Rock Church along I-75 in Ohio was, get this, struck by lightning!
Now, don't misunderstand this. I'm not having a glee moment here. It is a statue and has no meaning to me. However, many misguided and so-called religious followers often attach meanings to symbols. Just read about people seeing images of Jesus or the Virgin Mary on things ranging from expressways underpass to potato chips! And morons such as Pat Robertson even attaches natural calamity to sins committed by people befallen by such unfortunate events. So I am rather curious as to why none of these people have attached any meanings to such a dramatic destruction of a religious symbol. They always bring out instances when a church or other religious symbols somehow remained standing or unscathed after a natural disaster, as if that is god's sign of something (forgetting that god sent down that disaster in the first place). So this is a clear instance that maybe god didn't like what you're worshiping?
Like I said, it is certainly is amusing.
Zz.
News reports indicates that a 6-story tall statue of Jesus Christ at the evangelical Solid Rock Church along I-75 in Ohio was, get this, struck by lightning!
The sculpture, 62 feet tall and 40 feet wide at the base, showed Jesus from the torso up and was nicknamed Touchdown Jesus because of the way his arms were raised, as though reaching out to catch a football. It was made of plastic foam and fiberglass over a steel frame, which is all that remained early Tuesday.
The fire spread from the statue to an adjacent amphitheater but was confined to the attic area, and no one was injured, police Chief Mark Neu said. The fire department would release a monetary damage estimate Tuesday, he said.
Travelers on Interstate 75 often were startled to come upon the huge statue by the roadside, but many said America needs more symbols like it. So many people stopped at the church campus that church officials had to build a walkway to accommodate them.
Now, don't misunderstand this. I'm not having a glee moment here. It is a statue and has no meaning to me. However, many misguided and so-called religious followers often attach meanings to symbols. Just read about people seeing images of Jesus or the Virgin Mary on things ranging from expressways underpass to potato chips! And morons such as Pat Robertson even attaches natural calamity to sins committed by people befallen by such unfortunate events. So I am rather curious as to why none of these people have attached any meanings to such a dramatic destruction of a religious symbol. They always bring out instances when a church or other religious symbols somehow remained standing or unscathed after a natural disaster, as if that is god's sign of something (forgetting that god sent down that disaster in the first place). So this is a clear instance that maybe god didn't like what you're worshiping?
Like I said, it is certainly is amusing.
Zz.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Is Google Responsible For Giving Bad Directions?
This is a rather interesting review of a lawsuit filed by a woman who used Google "Walking Directions" on her Blackberry.
There's of course, a lot of things going on here, including what is being displayed on the web versus the mobile version. And the same route is also being given by other map applications.
In the end, we all have to use a bit of a common sense in these situations. I've used GPS's and other maps where the directions being given make no sense. Still, I guess if one doesn't know where one is going, or one is in a very unfamiliar territory, how is one to know if something makes no sense? In this case, my guess would be the lack of a pedestrian sidewalk.
It would be interesting to see how this plays out in court.
Zz.
The case, Rosenberg v. Harwood, was filed in Utah, in the US District Court’s Central Division (Gary Price of ResourceShelf tipped us to it today). Harwood is Patrick Harwood, the person who actually hit Rosenberg, according to the suit. Both Harwood and Google are being sued in the same case, for damages “in excess of $100,000.”
Rosenberg used Google Maps on January 19, 2009, via her Blackberry, to get directions between 96 Daly Street, Park City, Utah and 1710 Prospector Avenue, Park City, Utah. Google provided these, telling her as part of the route to walk for about 1/2 mile along the calm-sounding “Deer Valley Drive.”
That’s an alternative name for that section of Utah State Route 224, a highway that lacks sidewalks, the case says. Rosenberg wasn’t warned about this, putting Google directly at fault in the accident, the case claims:
There's of course, a lot of things going on here, including what is being displayed on the web versus the mobile version. And the same route is also being given by other map applications.
In the end, we all have to use a bit of a common sense in these situations. I've used GPS's and other maps where the directions being given make no sense. Still, I guess if one doesn't know where one is going, or one is in a very unfamiliar territory, how is one to know if something makes no sense? In this case, my guess would be the lack of a pedestrian sidewalk.
It would be interesting to see how this plays out in court.
Zz.
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