Friday, November 21, 2008

The Vikings' Squad

Shetland Islands: The Guizer Jarl is silhouetted as members of his Viking Squad walk around a long boat with burning torches during the annual Up Helly Aa Festival. The festival celebrates the influence of the Scandinavian vikings and is being celebrated since 1870. AFP

Cool Mini

Vienna: Artist Marco Mehn cleans a mini cooper, which he has painted and covered with some 35,000 artificial gemstones before the opening of the fair ‘LUXURY, please’. Reuters

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Pacman

My all-time favorite game and character "The Pacman". Revelers march in the annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in New York, October 31, 2008.

Herding geese

Free-range geese are herded together at a farm in the eastern German town of Kuhhorst.

Mall Sharks

Sharks swims past divers preparing the aquarium in the new Dubai Mall hours before its official opening in the oil-rich Gulf emirate.

Friday, November 7, 2008

Anger!


When angry, count to four. When very angry, swear.
--Mark Twain

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.
--Dr Laurence J. Peter

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
--Buddha

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
--Benjamin Franklin

Anyone who angers you conquers you.
--Anonymous

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems not people; to focus your energies on answers not excuses.
--William Arthur Ward

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. --Plato