The vibrant and bustling metropolis of Tokyo is home to over 100,000 restaurants and can even boast more Michelin stars than the culinary delights of Paris. However, it comes as no surprise that a city known for its unusual and peculiar oddities, is home to a number of themed restaurants, from the seemingly straightforward to the downright strange. Here are …
April 16, 2013 Canadian Singer Rita MacNeil Dies And Has Returned To Heaven – Farewell Fair Lass Today the world mourns the loss of one of its most beautiful voices, that of Canadian singer, Rita MacNeil. Rita was not only a beautiful person, and an magnificent artist, she was a Canadian folk music icon who brought maritime tales to millions …
We live in a world of opposites and contradictions, where people whose appearance varies greatly come together to accomplish great and noble things. The contradiction is that they secretly distrust and misunderstand those they work shoulder to shoulder with, rarely giving any indication of their true feelings. Humans have mastered their ability to mask emotions, and of the humans, the …
Notes Of A Tourist On Planet Earth sounds like a title that Jules Verne might have used, or Isaac Asimov, but isn’t. Notes Of A Tourist On Planet Earth, by J.D. Smith, is touted as being a collection of hilarious essays, poems and ponderings about the human species. However, I found it to be a carefully crafted collection of thoughts, …
The first ever International Goldfish Championship, hosted in Fuzhou, of China’s Fujian Province, took place on September 15, 2012. Three thousand entries, from fourteen different countries around the world, competed for the title of “World Goldfish Queen”. A panel of judges determined which of the goldfish contestants should be crowned the most beautiful goldfish in the world. In an interview …
Few images in life are more touching than rosy cheeked young children playing with preposterously cute puppies. Perhaps it’s because they invoke memories of giggling cherubs and the warm smell of puppy breath, or maybe they touch us far deeper in the soul, in an almost primal way. Mankind has an ancient affinity for all creatures canine, as do they …
» Which is worse, ignorance or apathy? Who knows? Who cares? » Adam returned home late one night after drinking way too much with a dodo and a unicorn. Eve, who felt abandoned and was lonely, got angry and yelled at him, “You are seeing another woman!” Adam responded, “Don’t be silly, Eve, you are the only woman on earth.” …
» Thanks to automatic teller machines, children no longer believe that money grows on trees. Now they think it comes out of walls. » While we try to teach our children all about life, Our children teach us what life is all about. » I dreamed that God sneezed, and I didn’t know what to say. » A lot of …
