"Protegendo a cria"
Uma mãe cruza o rio com os filhos, durante a guerra do Vietname, em 1965, fugindo da chuva de bombas americanas.
domingo, maio 10, 2009
Fotos Famosas - Capítulo 13
"Protegendo a cria"
Uma mãe cruza o rio com os filhos, durante a guerra do Vietname, em 1965, fugindo da chuva de bombas americanas.
domingo, maio 03, 2009
Darwin Awards - Thou Shalt Not Steel
Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.
Here's one of the most recent stories:
Thou Shalt Not Steel
2008 Darwin Award Nominee - Confirmed True by Darwin
(8 March 2008, Czech Republic)
Steel is valuable, especially the high-grade alloy used in steel cable.
Scrap metal dealers do not ask questions. They pay in cash.
And a good supply of steel cable can be found in elevator shafts.
This particular gold mine was a towering shaft inside an empty granary near Zatec, forty miles northwest of Prague.
The cable was tightly fastened, and the far end of it disappeared into the shadowy distance above.
After substantial wear and tear on a hacksaw, our man finally cut through the strong steel cable.
At that instant the counterbalance, no longer held in check, started to move silently downward, accelerating until it reached the bottom of the shaft.
Result: one proud winner of a "terminal velocity" Darwin Award.
More stories in www.darwinawards.com. Don't miss it!
Bart's Blackboard
The principal's toupee is not a frisbee.
in Brother from the Same Planet, Episode 73, Season 4domingo, abril 26, 2009
Strange Buildings - Part III: Torre Galatea - Figueres, Spain
The first thing you notice are the giant egg sculptures along the roofline.
Then it hits you that the Salvador Dali Theater Museum in Figueras, Spain, is no ordinary building.
The museum’s tower, Torre Galatea, was named for the surrealist artist’s deceased wife, and Dali himself lived there until his death in 1989.
Interestingly, the museum sits next to the parish church where Dali was baptized in 1904; he is buried in an unmarked crypt in the museum’s main exhibition hall.
Bart's Blackboard
I will not yell "she's dead" during roll call.
in Selma's Choice, Episode 72, Season 4
sábado, abril 11, 2009
Fotos Famosas - Capítulo 12
"Triunfo dos Aliados"
Esta fotografia do triunfo dos Aliados na Segunda Guerra, onde um soldado russo agita a bandeira soviética no alto de um prédio, demorou a ser publicada, porque as autoridades russas quiseram modificá-la.
A bandeira era, na verdade, uma toalha de mesa vermelha e o soldado aparecia com dois relógios no pulso, possivelmente produto de saque.
Sendo assim, foi modificada para que não denegrisse a imagem dos Soviéticos.
domingo, abril 05, 2009
Darwin Awards - Chemistry Went To Her Head
Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.
Here's one of the most recent stories:
Chemistry Went To Her Head
2008 Darwin Award Nominee - Confirmed True by Darwin
(2 February 2008, Bulgaria)
It was a cold but sunny February afternoon.
Lidia, a biology teacher from Sofia, was driving two friends home from a memorial service.
Suddenly the vehicle stopped.
Bystanders saw all three occupants dash from the car to a nearby manhole and start pouring down liquids and powders from various bottles and jars.
Apparently the biology teacher had been performing chemistry experiments in her free time, and had some leftover noxious chemicals.
It is still not entirely clear what the chemicals were, but two of the bottles were labeled diethyl ether and methanol, both highly flammable liquids.
The former is also used as a sedative, so one explanation for their actions is that they felt dizzy from the ether vapors and thought it was a good idea to pour them in the sewer.
As it turns out, a good idea it definitely was not.
The cocktail of flammable substances in the enclosed space of the sewer caused an explosion so powerful that it launched the manhole cover into the air, decapitating the (briefly) surprised Lidia.
Left without a head on her shoulders, she decided it was time to kick the bucket.
The other two people were not unharmed, but were alive.
They were taken to the hospital with burns on their faces.
They may not regain their eyesight, but hopefully will be able to speak clearly enough to tell their children that tossing random chemicals down the drain is not as wise as it might at first appear.
More stories in www.darwinawards.com. Don't miss it!
domingo, março 29, 2009
Pôr-do-Sol no Pólo Norte
A imagem que se segue é um pôr-do-sol no Polo Norte, na altura em que a Lua está no seu ponto mais próximo do Sol.
Como podes ver, o Sol está abaixo da Lua.
É uma fotografia fantástica!
domingo, março 22, 2009
Strange Buildings - Part II: Hundertwasser Building "Waldspirale" - Darmstadt, Germany
The Hundertwasser house "Waldspirale" ("Forest Spiral") was built in Darmstadt between 1998 and 2000.
Friedensreich Hundertwasser, the famous Austrian architect and painter, is widely renowned for his revolutionary, colourful architectural designs which incorporate irregular, organic forms, e.g. onion-shaped domes.
Natural features of the landscape are expressed in this building: the layers of sedimental rock found underneath the site are reflected on the facade in bands of ceramic tiles and coloured stucco.
The roof of the altogether 12 floors is formed by a garden of beech, maple, and lime trees.
The structure with 105 apartments wraps around a landscaped courtyard with a running stream.
Up in the turret at the southeast corner, there is a restaurant, including a cocktail bar.
Hundertwasser died in February 2000, a few months before the building was completed.
domingo, março 15, 2009
domingo, março 08, 2009
Fotos Famosas - Capítulo 11
"The Falling Man"
“The Falling Man” é o título de uma fotografia tirada por Richard Drew durante os atentados do 11 de Setembro de 2001 contra as torres gémeas do WTC.
Na imagem pode ver-se um homem que se atira de uma das torres.
A publicação do documento pouco depois dos atentados irritou certos sectores da opinião pública norte-americana.
Depois disto, a maioria dos meios de comunicação passou a censurar-se a si própria, preferindo publicar unicamente fotografias de actos de heroísmo e sacrifício.
domingo, março 01, 2009
Darwin Awards - Boner!
Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.
Here's one of the most recent stories:
Boner!
2008 Darwin Award Nominee - Confirmed True by Darwin
2 February 2008, New York
A 50-year-old man was bird hunting in Upstate New York with his buddies and his faithful canine companion.
They stopped for a smoke, and his dog found a deer leg bone! The man tried to take the bone away, but like any right thinking dog, the animal would not relinquish its treasure. He stayed just out of reach.
Frustrated with this blatant show of disobedience, the man grabbed his loaded shotgun by the muzzle and began wielding it like a club. Each time he swung it, the dog dodged.
Suddenly the "club" struck the ground and fired, shooting the man in the abdomen.
He was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where he died from his injuries.
He did remain conscious long enough to confirm this account to police; otherwise, his poor friends might now be under suspicion!
At least he didn't hit the dog.
More stories in www.darwinawards.com. Don't miss it!
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