Matt Damon Rips Sarah Palin

Actor Matt Damon spoke out on the Republicans' choice of hockey-mom Sarah Palin for VP. Damon compares her rise to a 'really bad Disney movie' and says it's absurd that this woman could become President.

"I think there's a really good chance Sarah Palin could become president, and I think that's a really scary thing... I think the pick was made for political purposes... Do the actuary tables and there's a one out of three chance, if not more, that McCain doesn't survive his first term and it'll be President Palin... It's like a really bad Disney movie. The hockey mom, you know, 'oh, I'm just a hockey mom'... and she's facing down President Putin... It's totally absurd... it's a really terrifying possibility... I need to know if she really think that dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago. I want to know that, I really do. Because she's gonna have the nuclear codes.

Xafarica

Derivação de "chafarica": s. f., pop., loja maçónica; baiuca; taberna; botequim; vendória.











Abriu um novo blogue de vendas e trocas de "quase" tudo...
Chama-se XAFARICA.
Coisas novas e em 2ª mão.
O desperdício é inimigo. Reciclar a palavra de ordem.

Jogos de tabuleiro, hardware, software, máquinas fotográficas, etc., em vez de estarem parados, no lixo, ou esquecidos nalgum canto, são reaproveitados, reutilizados e proporcionam experiências novas aos novos donos, e assim prolongam a sua vida útil.

Tem o nosso patrocínio. :-)
Visitem-no!

VENDE-SE: Acer Aspire 1604LC

Principais Características:
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Disco Rígido: 40 GB
Memória RAM: 512 MB
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Resolução: 1024 x 768 (24-bit)

Descrição:
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Informação Adicional:
Idade: 3 anos
Estado: Bom
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Alberto João Jardim

já tem um grupo no Hi5.

Curtas que Curto: GRATTE-PAPIER

Título: Gratte-Papier
Realizador: Guillaume Martinez
País: França
Ano: 2006
Duração: 8 min 7 seg
Website: http://www.babelonedrone.net/

Prémios e Distinções: Urso de Prata, Berlim 2006; Selecção Oficial do Sundance Film Festival, 2007;

Sway

Virgília era um pouco religiosa.

Não ouvia missa aos domingos, é verdade, e creio até que só ia às igrejas em dia de festa, e quando havia lugar vago em alguma tribuna. Mas rezava todas as noites, com fervor, ou, pelo menos, com sono.

in Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (capítulo LVII, Destino), de Machado de Assis

O que diz a chave à fechadura?

Vamos dar uma voltinha?

Stumbling On Happiness

Pois que estou a gostar muito deste livrito.
Esqueçam a capa à la "Desperate Housewives" ou mesmo "Sex And The City" e comprem o dito.

Fi-lo depois de este me ter sido recomendado por várias pessoas e na sequência de uma conversa tida no último fim de semana.
Se bem me recordo, a premissa dessa conversa foi de que há pessoas que nascem com vocação para a felicidade...

Sinopse e opinião sobre o livro:
"Do you know what makes you happy? Daniel Gilbert would bet that you think you do, but you are most likely wrong. In his witty and engaging new book, Harvard professor Gilbert reveals his take on how our minds work, and how the limitations of our imaginations may be getting in the way of our ability to know what happiness is. Sound quirky and interesting? It is!"

Excerto da opinião do Malcolm Gladwell (autor de Blink e Tipping Point):
"... Stumbling on Happiness is a book about a very simple but powerful idea. What distinguishes us as human beings from other animals is our ability to predict the future--or rather, our interest in predicting the future. We spend a great deal of our waking life imagining what it would be like to be this way or that way, or to do this or that, or taste or buy or experience some state or feeling or thing. We do that for good reasons: it is what allows us to shape our life. And it is by trying to exert some control over our futures that we attempt to be happy. But by any objective measure, we are really bad at that predictive function. We're terrible at knowing how we will feel a day or a month or year from now, and even worse at knowing what will and will not bring us that cherished happiness. Gilbert sets out to figure what that's so: why we are so terrible at something that would seem to be so extraordinarily important?

In making his case, Gilbert walks us through a series of fascinating--and in some ways troubling--facts about the way our minds work. In particular, Gilbert is interested in delineating the shortcomings of imagination. We're far too accepting of the conclusions of our imaginations. Our imaginations aren't particularly imaginative. Our imaginations are really bad at telling us how we will think when the future finally comes. And our personal experiences aren't nearly as good at correcting these errors as we might think.

I suppose that I really should go on at this point, and talk in more detail about what Gilbert means by that--and how his argument unfolds. But I feel like that might ruin the experience of reading Stumbling on Happiness. This is a psychological detective story about one of the great mysteries of our lives. If you have even the slightest curiosity about the human condition, you ought to read it. Trust me."

Confiem no Malcolm e já agora em mim...

Ou estás caladinho

ou fecho-te à Chavez.

Notícia de Última Hora

Sou oficialmente amiga do Amon Tobin.

Como uma brisa vinda do mar

Intensamente aromática, naturalmente refrescante e cumplicemente licenciosa. Pirates Choice, da Orchestra Baobab - a banda sonora deste Verão.

A menina dança?

Mendes Bota Palavra

"A liberalização cega dos horários de trabalho acarreta consequências nefastas: não gera mais empregos, destrói empregos estáveis e cria empregos precários em sua substituição, acelera o consumismo, aumentando o endividamento das famílias, desvia os cidadãos das relações sociais, culturais e de cidadania.

Uma revisão da actual lei deveria estipular um máximo semanal de horas de abertura dos estabelecimentos comerciais e o encerramento geral ao domingo, mas com excepções para as áreas turísticas, para a restauração (...), com base em critérios objectivos."

Mendes Bota, PSD - há umas semanas, no Expresso

Ai Lilia, Lilia...

És tu e a frescura da Primavera. :-)

Introducing: Lilia Stepanova

My name is Lilia Stepanova. I was born in Moldova, Europe, but now I live in Las Vegas and Los Angeles. I speak three languages: Romanian, Russian, & English. I travel a lot due to my work. I'm a contortionist and I perform worldwide. I've appeared as a guest artist on shows such as the "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on ABC, "The View" on ABC, and "Steve Harvey's Big Time" on WB, and just recently i was a contestant on America's Got Talent. I also perform at many NBA Halftime shows. I've worked for teams such as the 76'ers, Utah Jazz, Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies, Hornets, Bobcats, Pacers, San Antonio Spurs, etc. I love my job and I don't know where I would be in life today if it wasn't for my talents and for my parents. They guided me in the right direction and thanks to them i have a great career that i enjoy. I'm not planning on doing this for the rest of my life, which is why education is very important to me. I'm majoring in International Business and hopefully will have a successful career in acting.

Lilia Stepanova - Promo Video

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