This summer when we were coming back from Florida we side stepped towards New York. For me it was the first time I saw New York up close, and I was pleased and upset at the same time. It reminds me of my own Canadian city Montreal, where things are cold at look due to the ugly coloring of the bricks, broken roads and sidewalks, but above all extremely dirty and dilapidated at the WRONG place. With this funny edit I underline one of them. 
I will not say much about what happened in the USA, for me, when it reaches the point where and entire nation see a spike in crime for a particular event, it says all.
You can argue me, hate me, but nothing changes that too many Americans are driven by objects.
Hand fight, shootings, knifing, and pepper spray all goes up on these days, but why? It’s not the media exceptionally reporting more on this day, it is the numbers with the police force that do all the talk, year after year. I feel sorry for the innocents near by.
Just imagine, some are ready to shoot and potentially kill for a discount?
I was suppose to upload this work in the month of October to underline October Fest and at the same time dedicate this Funny Edit to all submariners all around the world, past, present, future of all nationalities. But the work was longer to achieve, better late then never.
The image itself, and the way the elements are placed, emphasize the importance of long term preparation these men (also women in some navy’s) have to perform and endure while going on long sorties, peaceful time or not. Food, heath care, ammunitions and many other cargos must be accounted for or it may severely disrupt the mission. It is close to a ceremony in a sense when these ships leave port. But once out there, it is not easy to be inside a tube, breathing the same recycled air over and over again, where even the least claustrophobic person must at times remind themselves that all is good… the thought of an accident or enemy hit could result in little to no chance of escape, where everyday life resembles the one of a miner than a navy. Think about it… compared to other navy elements.
Side Note: The picture frame contains the picture of Wolfgang Lüth, an homage I do to him. He was probably one of the best submarine commanders of all time, in my eyes. Unfortunately he served the wrong cause, nevertheless you cannot strip away the talent and guts of one. – An Ace is an Ace.
As comedian and entertainer I always liked Will Ferrell, however as long I can remember his name always made me giggle, perhaps because his last name resembles to ferret? 
This religious fanatic predicted the end of the world, not once but at least twice, that I know of. I do not even care to read and learn about him, what a waste of time. I have nothing against religious people, but when I see people like Harold Camping, that makes me sad, not for him but for the people that follow him.
I express my regrets towards all who lost their jobs, money and “maybe” some of you your lives; I am appalled. We only live once, let your god decide everything for himself, do not let mortal people sway you in anything negative.
Incredible how many posts and articles declare that Gaddafi was “murdered”, and the fact that he did not stand trial. Once again we observe injustice you might argue! I think otherwise, I do not think anyone with a remorseless and bloody past should live a minute longer after a capture. Gaddafi met his trial, and was sentenced and executed within a timely fashion, by the Libyan people. This is the best outcome after more than 40 years of ruling. The Libyan people are liberated and will choose their destiny more democratically from now on. Ultimately that’s all we should care about, nothing else.
With the weird declarations this leader made, be it remarks about the holocaust, September 11 event and so forth, this Funny Edit and the content might not be so funny after all. But just as he can do weird declaration, so can I.
I was about to scrap this particular edit half way done just a few days ago, until I read a few decisive articles that made me change my mind. I tried to investigate, but it seems that what I read here in the Canadian media is found more or less in the same format in the Persian area. Of course I am talking about Mr. Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president and all the scandalous things he portrays. I believe he does not merit this position, he’s too weirdcentric. Do not get me wrong here, I have nothing against Iran. I care less what Iran do next, I actually always defended the right for Iran to have nuclear technologies. My opinion on this issue is simple, everybody has the right to nuclear derived technologies, but it is everybody’s affair to know what each other is doing. This Funny Edit edition is aimed only at Mr. Ahmadinejad, at all the stupid sentences this person made, the waste of time people endured when speaking, the lies, the weird thinking and ideologies. He points at West with words of corruption, but in his home place he is facing just the same problem. They are no better, people with power are all the same, really. And as for the other people and decorations in the image, they are only there and retouched for your amusement.;)
The Philadelphia Flyers made some moves this summer that leave me with uncertainties. However things seem to be working out fine since the pre season games started and the two games so far in the official schedule. It is not the fact that they almost wiped out the team composition, but more for the fact that we now have “yet again” feel as if the Flyers does not have what it takes, right off the bat.
First off, I have to say goalie wise we are fine. The young Sergei Bobrovsky together with Ilya Bryzgalov is perhaps the best purposely built tandem in a very long time for the Flyers. The fact that this summer the Flyers went and got the veteran goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, clearly shows the organization is trying to help the young Russian with a veteran NHL Russian goaltender. Each of Bobrovsky’s game this year will be a better learning moment since he will have a comrade along the way. As opposed to the other year where his low English level did not help somewhere in the equation, like slight diminished self-confidence. Let’s not forget, a player, just like a physician, an iron worker or the simple delivery boy, can all be affected by inner or outside elements. In other words the more one is appeased the better it performs, therefore I believe Sergei Bobrovsky will have a better year solely on the fact he can now lean on a compatriot.
For second, we haven’t lost Brière, Hartnell and Laperriere, and this is good news since they are such impact players. As for the rest I am not satisfied and or do not know the new players enough to comment. So I am left with a brand new team and little to recognize. I am exceptionally disappointed about still having to see that aging, slow poke dinosaur around; I am talking about the Canadian defensemen Chris Pronger.
I was able to see my first Flyers game of the official season, Flyers Vs Devils. It will be remembered with a shutout, 3-0 for the Flyers, with a performance along the same line as the pre-season games. I guess they are fine and we just have to let them play and see in mid season what all the reshuffling meant. If they fail again to put a “cup team” together the dreadful brunt will come by many.
I can make a prediction or two; the first is that this season the Flyers will do more shutouts than previous years, which last year was not hard to beat since they outputted zero shutout. This year they will make more goals per game average than previous years and finish first or second in their conference. But the latter is not hard to predict since the Flyers is one of the very few teams, where season after season is matched by acceptable to high performance. But this year we want more, the CUP!!!
The picture above was taken on my way home to Montreal, when returning from my vacation in Florida. When I go to Florida or come back, traffic or not on the I-95, I always make sure I can pass by the Spectrum II (Wells Fargo center) and make my little naïve wish for the cup! Having time on our hands, we stopped for a Cheesesteak. The image below shows Cosmi’s Deli place, of course the location seems blah! But the location is actually a signature call for almost assured quality and authenticity of genuine Italian food, including the world famous Philly Cheesesteak or Cheese-steak. Depends how you want to write it down, but to me it all sounds the same, delicious and another Italo-American invention pride!
Located in South Philadelphia, home of a substantial Italian population, it makes only sense we find a deli among so many others. But no matter how many deli’s there are around, Cosmi’s Deli is one of the brightest star. Their cheesesteaks can be compared to a torpedo running silent, when it hits you, devastation. Smooth and homogeneous while biting into it, all flavours can be deciphered nonetheless, and none is unpleasant. The bread is of match for the type, the bread is merely a vessel for the torpedo!!!
If you want to try one of the pinnacles of Cheesesteak making, I suggest Cosmi’s Deli located at 1501 S. 8th Street, Philadelphia. Their hours are Monday trough Saturday, 10am to 9pm and on Sunday’s 11am to 7pm. My favorite is the mushroom pepper and onions Cheesesteak. Buon appetito!
http://www.cosmideli.com/
It is one thing when a tire blows up, a mechanical failure occurs and something happens out of it. But when I see drivers like this cause accidents for such stupid, minor, avoidable mistakes… I think at all that have died in such pity circumstance in the hands of complete morons. This is not a question of speed, car make, ethnicity or whatever else one wants to think, it is a simple question of insufficient level of aptitude. This means these people sooner or later will cause physical harm to others because they simply won’t go further in learning without mistakes. And we all know there allot of these morons on our roads, respectively in each nation.
So be cautious out there!!
And if you are one of these morons, oh! please take the BMW, for you that is a Bus, Metro or Walk.
On September 22, 2011, Sir Richard Branson, chairman of Virgin group, posted a blog entry from Shanghai, stating that he and fellow friends are asking for a ban on shark fin soup in China.
Since he is hugely popular the idea seemed good at first, why not. But then I said to myself, a white English man asking Chinese people to turn away from one of their favourite delicacies is not easy done. But what I thought and what actually happened differed hugely, and I am glad I was wrong.
Yesterday, September 29, 7 days after he posted his first blog entry about shark finning, he reposted again but this time with some interesting news. Supposedly a restaurant chain in China has stopped selling shark fins, directly related to last week’s event calling on shark fin ban in China.
Here is the link to the first blog entry of Richard Branson: Save our sharks in Shanghai
And here is the second: OceanElders and shark finning progress
When they can, it is always nice to see rich people spending time the right way.