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¡Felicitaciones compadre!

protesta "desnuda" contra la sociedad "cargada de prejuicios"

Joven provoca revuelo al cruzar desnuda céntrica avenida de Buenos Aires

BUENOS AIRES/AFP -Una joven provocó un revuelo este jueves cuando bajo el abrasador sol del mediodía porteño se quitó toda la ropa y cruzó sin apuro los casi 100 metros de la céntrica avenida 9 de Julio dejando atónitos a automovilistas y transeúntes de Buenos Aires.

Rodeada de curiosos, entusiastas y decenas de fotógrafos, la veinteañera Paula Brindisi se despojó de todo cuanto llevaba puesto, se acomodó el cabello y emprendió la marcha entre un remolino masculino que la ovacionó a su paso.

"Si alguien me acompaña mejor", dijo e invitó sonriente a alguno de los hombres que la rodeaban a quitarse la ropa para responder a una sociedad "cargada de prejuicios".

Pese a que ninguno aceptó el convite, nadie se privó de seguir de cerca los movimientos del tatuaje en las caderas que la mujer exhibió con audacia a escasos metros del Obelisco, en pleno centro de la capital argentina.

Mientras policías consultaban por radio a sus superiores qué hacer ante la insólita situación, la joven concluyó su periplo, se puso un impermeable negro y abordó un taxi para despedirse en medio de un cerrado aplauso.

Viernes 31 de Diciembre de 2004
www.elnuevodiario.com.ni

Pensamientos

"La libertad es el derecho a vivir como queramos"
Epictetus (55-135), filósofo griego

"Si quieres tener paz, no hables con tus amigos.
Habla con tus enemigos"
Moshe Dayan (1915-1981) general y político israelí.

Quotes

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man.
- Leon Trotsky

You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
- Warren Beatty

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either.
- Dick Cavett

Joke

A Sunday school teacher asked the children just before she dismissed them to go to church, "And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?"

Little Johnny replied, "Because people are sleeping."

Quotes of the day

What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?
- Evelyn Waugh

What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to.
- Hansell B. Duckett

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
- Oscar Wilde

Jokes

Some Jokes from jokes4all.net

The kindergarten class had a homework assignment to find out about something exciting and relate it to the class the next day. When the time came for the little kids to give their reports, the teacher was calling on them one at a time. She was reluctant to call upon little Johnnie, knowing that he sometimes could be a bit crude. But eventually his turn came.

Little Johnnie walked up to the front of the class, and with a piece of chalk, made a small white dot on the blackboard, then sat back down. Well the teacher couldn't figure out what Johnnie had in mind for his report on something exciting, so she asked him just what that was.

"It's a period" reported Johnnie.

"Well I can see that" she said. "but what is so exciting about a period."

"Damned if I know" said Johnnie, "but this morning my sister said she missed one. Then Daddy had a heart attack, Mommy fainted and the man next door shot himself."

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When I was younger I hated going to weddings. It seemed that all of my aunts and the grandmotherly types used to come up to me, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, 'You're next.'

They stopped that shit after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

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Politicians and diapers have one thing in common.
They should both be changed regularly ... and for the same reason.

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The President was out walking on a beautiful snowy day, when he saw that somebody had urinated on the White House lawn to spell out "The President Sucks."

Infuriated, he called on the secret service to figure out who had done it. In a few hours, they came to him and told him that there was some bad news and some worse news.

"The bad news is that the urine is from the Vice President."

"Al? How could you do this to me? What could be worse than this?"

"The handwriting's the first lady's."

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There is the story of a preacher who got up one Sunday and announced to his congregation: "I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we have enough money to pay for our new building program. The bad news is, it's still out there in your pockets."

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Physics Teacher: "Isaac Newton was sitting under a tree when an apple fell on his head and he discovered gravity. Isn't that wonderful?"

Student: "Yes sir, if he had been sitting in class looking at books like us, he wouldn't have discovered anything."

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This sex researcher phones one of the participants in a recent survey of his to check on a discrepancy. He asks the bloke, "In response to the question on frequency of intercourse you answered 'twice weekly'. Your wife, on the other hand, answered 'several times a night'."

"That's right," replies the bloke, "And that's how it's going to stay until our second mortgage is paid off."

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A man comes home from a tough day of work looking to unwind. After a relaxing dinner with his wife, they retired to bed. So, both go to their separate beds, however the man was not yet ready to slumber. The man called over to his wife, "My little boopey-boo, I'm lonely." So the woman gets out of bed and crosses the room to the husband. On the way she trips on the carpet and falls on her face. The husband with a concerned look on his face says, "Oh, did my little honey-woney fall on her little nosey-wosey?"

The woman gets up and enters the man's bed. The two make passionate love and afterwards the women rolls out. As she is returning to her bed, she once again catches her foot on the carpet and falls flat on her face. The man looks over his shoulder at his wife lying on the floor and says, "Clumsy idiot."

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Why did Microsoft give the name "Windows" to its operating software?

If you had so many bugs, you would throw it out the window too!

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What is the thinnest book in the world?

"What men know about women."

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10% of the women had sex within the first hour of their first date.
20% of the men had sex in a non-traditional place.
36% of the women favour nudity.
45% of the women prefer dark men with blue eyes.
46% of the women experienced anal sex.
70% of the women prefer sex in the morning.
80% of the men have never experienced homosexual relations.
90% of the women would like to have sex in the forest.
99% of the women have never experienced sex in the office.

Conclusion:

Statistically speaking, you have a better chance of having anal sex in the morning with a strange woman in the forest than to have sex in the office at the end of the day.

Moral:

Do not stay late in the office. Nothing good will ever come of it!


Little Billy came home from school to see the families pet rooster dead in the front yard. Rigor Mortis had set in and it was flat on its back with its legs in the air. When his Dad came home Billy said, "Dad our roosters dead and his legs are sticking in the air. Why are his legs sticking in the air?"

His father thinking quickly said, "Son, that's so God can reach down from the clouds and lift the rooster straight up to heaven."

"Gee Dad that's great," said little Billy. A few days later, when Dad came home from work, Billy rushed out to meet him yelling, "Dad, Dad we almost lost Mom today!"

"What do you mean?" said Dad.

"Well Dad, I got home from school early today and went up to your bedroom and there was Mom flat on her back with her legs in the air screaming, "Jesus I'm coming, I'm coming" If it hadn't of been for Uncle George holding her down we'd have lost her for sure!"

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Mother to daughter advice:

Cook a man a fish and you feed him for a day.

But teach a man to fish and you get rid of him for the whole weekend.

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The teacher of the earth science class was lecturing on map reading.

After explaining about latitude, longitude, degrees and minutes the teacher asked, "Suppose I asked you to meet me for lunch at 23 degrees, 4 minutes north latitude and 45 degrees, 15 minutes east longitude?"

After a confused silence, a voice volunteered, "I guess you'd be eating alone."

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A truck driver was driving along on the freeway. A sign comes up that reads, "LOW BRIDGE AHEAD". Before he knows it the bridge is right ahead of him and he gets stuck under the bridge. Cars are backed up for miles.

Finally, a police car comes up. The cop gets out of his car and walks around to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, "Got your truck stuck, huh?"

The truck driver says, "No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas."

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A lady who was known as Churchill's main rival in parliament was giving a speech. Churchill, with his usual enthusiasm for his rival, dozed off while the lady was speaking. She stopped her speech and awoke Sir Winston by yelling, "Mr. Churchill, must you sleep while I talk?" Churchill sleepily replied, "No, ma'am. I do so purely by choice."

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A lawyer and a blonde are sitting next to each other on a long flight from LA to NY. The lawyer leans over to her and asks if she would like to play a fun game. The blonde just wants to take a nap, so she politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks.

The lawyer persists and explains that the game is really easy and a lot of fun. He explains "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5, and visa-versa." Again, she politely declines and tries to get some sleep.

The lawyer, now somewhat agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $50!" figuring that since she is a blonde that he will easily win the match. This catches the blonde's attention and, figuring that there will be no end to this torment unless she plays, agrees to the game.

The lawyer asks the first question. "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?" The blonde doesn't say a word, reaches in to her purse, pulls out a five-dollar bill and hands it to the lawyer.

Now, it's the blonde's turn. She asks the lawyer: "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?" The lawyer looks at her with a puzzled look. He takes out his laptop computer and searches all his references. He taps into the
Airphone with his modem and searches the Net and the Library of Congress. Frustrated, he sends E-mails to all his coworkers and friends he knows. All to no avail. After over an hour, he wakes the blonde and hands her $50. The blonde politely takes the $50 and turns away to get back to sleep.

The lawyer, who is more than a little miffed, wakes the blonde and asks, "Well, so what is the answer!?" Without a word, the blonde reaches into her purse, hands the lawyer $5, and goes back to sleep.

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How many movie directors does it take to change a light bulb?

Just one, but he wants to do it thirty-two times and when he's finished everyone will think that his last light bulb was much better

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A company, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hires a new CEO. This new boss is determined to rid the company of all slackers.

On a tour of the facilities, the CEO notices a guy leaning on a wall. The room is full of workers and he wants to let them know he means business!

The CEO walks up to the guy and asks, "And how much money do you make a week?" Undaunted, the young fellow looks at him and replies, "I make $300.00 a week. Why?"

The CEO then hands the guy $300 in cash and screams, "Here's a week's pay, now GET OUT and don't come back!"

Feeling pretty good about his first firing, the CEO looks around the room and asks "Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-off did here?"

With a sheepish grin, one of the other workers mutters, "Pizza delivery guy from Domino's."

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Why do so many women fake orgasm?

Because so many men fake foreplay.

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What do most men think Mutual Orgasm is?

An insurance company.

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Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard drive?

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The psychology teacher had just finished a lecture on mental health and had proceeded to give an oral quiz to the students. Speaking specifically about manic depression, the teacher asked, "How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs one minute, then sits in a chair weeping uncontrollably the next?"

A young man in the rear of the room raised his hand and answered, "A basketball coach?"

Albert Einstein

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
- Albert Einstein

Memorias

Revisando los archivos de la computadora encontré esta curiosa foto, que me hice tomar por el dueño de la guitarra y el sombrero que muestro. El excelente amigo, músico y compositor Gustavo Figarella. Era una tarde de verano del año 2.003, en el club latino "Enzzo de Cuba"

EL ARBOL DE LOS AMIGOS

Existen personas en nuestras vidas que nos hacen felices por la simple casualidad de haberse cruzado en nuestro camino. Algunas recorren el camino a nuestro lado, viendo muchas lunas pasar, mas otras apenas vemos entre un paso y otro. A todas las llamamos amigos y hay muchas clases de ellos. Tal vez cada hoja de un árbol caracteriza uno de nuestros amigos. El primero que nace del brote es nuestro amigo papá y nuestra amiga mamá, que nos muestra lo que es la vida. Después vienen los amigos hermanos, con quienes dividimos nuestro espacio para que puedan florecer como nosotros. Pasamos a conocer a toda la familia de hojas a quienes respetamos y deseamos el bien.
Mas el destino nos presenta a otros amigos, los cuales no sabíamos que irían a cruzarse en nuestro camino. A muchos de ellos los denominamos amigos del alma, de corazón. Son sinceros, son verdaderos. Saben cuando no estamos bien, saben lo que nos hace feliz. Y a veces uno de esos amigos del alma estalla en nuestro corazón y entonces es llamado un amigo enamorado. Ese da brillo a nuestros ojos, música a nuestros labios, saltos a nuestros pies.
Mas también hay de aquellos amigos por un tiempo, tal vez unas vacaciones o unos días o unas horas. Ellos acostumbran a colocar muchas sonrisas en nuestro rostro, durante el tiempo que estamos cerca. Hablando de cerca, no podemos olvidar a amigos distantes, aquellos que están en la punta de las ramas y que cuando el viento sopla siempre aparecen entre una hoja y otra.
El tiempo pasa, el verano se va, el otoño se aproxima y perdemos algunas de nuestras hojas, algunas nacen en otro verano y otras permanecen por muchas estaciones. Pero lo que nos deja más felices es que las que cayeron cerca, continúan alimentando nuestra raíz con alegría. Son recuerdos de momentos maravillosos de cuando se cruzaron en nuestro camino.
Te deseo, hoja de mi árbol, paz, amor, salud, suerte y prosperidad. Hoy y siempre...Simplemente porque cada persona que pasa en nuestra vida es única. Siempre deja un poco de sí y se lleva un poco de nosotros.

Habrá los que se llevarán mucho, pero no habrá de los que no nos dejarán nada. Esta es la mayor responsabilidad de nuestra vida y la prueba evidente de que dos almas no se encuentran por casualidad.

JORGE LUIS BORGES

Visita al centro de Grecia

Sábado 5 y domingo 6 de agosto. El lago de Plastira, Meteora y Metsovo. Tres lugares que merecen ser visitados. Desde Atenas, saliendo poco antes del medio dia, se puede llegar al lago de Plastira a las 3 pm y disfrutar de un sabroso pescado de lago frente a éste. A las 4:30 al proseguir el camino hacia Metsovo, se puede apreciar parte de la majestuosidad de las rocas de Meteora. Sin pausa pero sin prisa, llegar a Métsovo en esa época en torno a las 7 pm es: escapar del gentío en las playas y del inclemente calor. En fin de cuentas, por su excelente clima, algunas veces las playas de Grecia pueden ser visitadas incluso hasta mediados o finales de octubre, cuando la temperatura es fresca.

Meteora. Las llamadas "rocas en el aire", ofrecen a primera vista un expectáculo único que le valió ser considerado por la UNESCO, en 1988, patrimonio de la humanidad, así como escenario de un de las películas de James Bond. Pero sus seis monasterios tienen muchísmo más que mostrar. Una descripción detallada puede leerse en la publicación electrónica: revistatravesias.com

Epilogo del Mundial

A casi dos meses de finalizado, decido manifestar algunas consideraciones sobre el espectáculo de masas por excelencia. Ganó la disciplina: Italia. Perdió la arrogancia: Brasil. Un equipo con a cuestas el enorme escándalo de su campeonato nacional, con su jugador emblemático, Totti, apenas recuperado de una grave lesión, se hizo de un "aburrido" certamen, gracias al respeto a la táctica demotrado. Frente a ellos, un equipo plagado de luminarias, algunas de ellas ya en el ocaso como Roberto Carlos y Cafú, parecían más bien un grupo de "panas" jugando "caimaneras". Lástima. Se notó la falta de orden que le imprimió Scolari en el Mundial pasado, que hizo de la siempre super dotada "canarinha" un equipo compacto.

Francia, Alemania y Portugal honraron a sus respectivos paises. A pesar de su defraudante despedida, Zidane es y será un de los miembros del Olimpo futbolístico. Ser humano al fin, no supo mantener la sangre fria y la clase que demuestra con sus jugadas, al momento de recibir las quién sabe cuales ofensas de Materazzi. Así como Maradona, sus proezas en el campo quedarán como un recuerdo de lo sublime que puede mostrar este deporte. Lástima que la reacción de Zizou y la provocación del alto defensor italiano sean una muestra de la carencia de caballerosidad que debería reinar no sólo dentro, sino también fuera del campo.

Alemania logró superar el opaco periodo de preparación y con modestia y disciplina , acompañada del talento de sus jóvenes promesas, en especial Podolski, dejó de ser la aburrida selección de otrora.

¡Felicitaciones Portugal! A pesar de no haber logrado igualar el tercer lugar del 66, llegar cuartos, detrás de los tres mencionados anteriormente, deja una buena impresión, sobre todo si se comparaba con las decepcionates actuaciones anteriores. Sobresalientes casi todos, en especial Figo, Deco, Cristiano Ronaldo, Maniche y Ricardo. Ojalá el carácter de Ronaldo no lo traicione, se convierta en la figura estelar del equipo en el próximo Mundial y le de ese regalo a la "Perla del Atlántico", su natal Madeira.

Mundial de Futbol

Hoy comienza el amado - odiado Mundial de Futbol en Alemania. Hay quien lo considera algo aburridísimo y ridículo, al reducirlo a "un grupo de 22 personas corriendo tras un balón". Hay quienes vemos un cierto orden en el espacio donde esas 22 personas corren tras el balón.

Incluso en los partidos donde el equipo modesto adopta la estrategia defensiva del "catenaccio", se puede encontrar interés. Es, en cierto modo, como un juego de ajedrez. Es natural que frente al estilo conservador es simpre más atractivo a la vista el juego ofensivo, que brinda mayor espectáculo . Afortunadamente estará presente, una vez más, y con una constelación de estrellas, el siempre favorito Brasil, el equipo a vencer. ¿Los contendientes? Los de siempre: Alemania, Inglaterra, Italia, Francia, Argentina y España. Las sorpresas: Portugal, República Checa, Ucrania, Ghana y Japón.

Ojalá Figo, Nevdev o Shevchenko, símbolos de sus respectivas nacionales, muestren al máximo el talento y guíen a sus equipos al título. Me inclino obviamente hacia el primero, sin dejar de probar una gran simpatía por el checo y el ucraniano.