Plant and Animal Soothes the Nerves!

Friday, November 13, 2009

I am the greatest!!

I am the greatest!!


You'd probably think of "I'm the Greatest", the song written by John Lennon for Ringo Starr in his 1973 'Ringo' album but I am thinking more about Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., the American boxer who 'float like a butterfly and sting like a bee'. The Heavyweight Champion of the World for three times between 1964 and 1979 had said he was the greatest. Even then, he was a victim of Parkinson's Disease.

This is my Swan Song!

This is my Swan Song!

If it is the idiom you are talking about, "swan song" refers to a final theatrical or dramatic appearance, or any final work or accomplishment. The performer puts in one magnificent final effort, knowing that the performance is his last.Otherwise,"swan song" refers to an ancient belief that the mute swan, Cygnus olor, is completely mute during its lifetime until the moment just before it dies, during which time, it sings one beautiful song.

Animal Talk: Not Quite a Delicacy

Would you consider taking a bite of a diseased liver? If you like the rich, buttery Foie gras, a popular delicacy in French cuisine made of the liver of a goose, you'd probably have taken more bite of it than you can chew- that is if it is true that the big, white and beautiful liver is actually a diseased liver achieved by forced feeding the goose. A metal pipe is said to be pushed down the goose's throat and the goose is fed corn until it drops dead! Maybe, we are talking here more of a diseased mind!


The production of foie gras...Can you spot the normal liver and the diseased liver?








You'd like me!

You'd like me! I am an evergreen!



Most conifers are evergreens. Their leaves which are usually long, thin and needle-like usually remain on the plant for two to forty years before falling. Amazing, isn't it?

I am your Angel!

I am your angel!

You'd think of Celine Dion's song, wouldn't you? But, I am really an angel. I have wings like what you see of the angels on the the Prince's Sarcophagus at Sarigüzel, near Istanbul.

I am just hanging around!

I am just hanging around!



'Hanging around someone' is an English idiom which means 'to spend a lot of time with someone'. I bet it could be real fun!

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

I am the Worst Dressed Dog!

I am the Worst Dressed Dog!



Not too bad if you think that Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Mariah Carey had all made it to that Mr. who - Blackwell's list of worst dressed women in 2006. Afterall, a dog has not much say over what it wears!

And The Swan Shall Meet!

And The Swan Shall Meet



Rudyard Kipling is said to have coined the phrase 'Never the twain shall meet' when he said 'East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet' when he lamented the gap of understanding between the colonial British master and their Indian subjects in India.'Twain' is Old English for two. The twp swans, however are neither master and subordinates, and they, I presume, shall meet!