Apple Logo

Finally there is proof of something that I have always known, but didn’t have the to take the time to study myself. (All the hiring of lab assistants and the shaving of monkeys.) It’s very time consuming, and I’m a busy person - as you can surely tell by the frequency and quality of my writing.

According to a new study, people become more creative when exposed to the Apple logo. Weird, huh? I’m not making this up. Not only that, but just looking at the logo makes you happier! Conversely, when exposed to the IBM logo people have a feeling of despair and ennui and subsequently try to commit suicide. OK, I made up that last part. Have a listen to the NPR clip below and make up your own mind.

IMB Logo

Study: Apple Logo Stimulates the Brain

What makes ME happy is writing comments on teh internets that inflame PC users, republicans and $cientologist$. The PC lot are a miserable bunch though. Always complaining about viruses and reinstalling their operating systems. Maybe if they all slapped a Apple stickers on their monitors they would be much happier and creative while trying their data….

XENU IS A JERK! WINDOZE BLOZE! OBAMA 08

PR Bar

Recently Google have updated the little green bar known as PageRank. This is a number from 0-10 which is a rough indicator of how popular your website is on the web. A new website will be unranked for a while until Google decides whether or not it’s spam. They see how many sites are linking to you and the traffic you receive etc etc.

Well, I’ve just been “upgraded” to a PR2! Woo hoo! Yea yea, those in the know will tell you that you can get a 2 with a single link from just one quality website. (I’ve done just that on another site of mine.) But this is MY blog. It’s MY name. I’M the only johnpash.com in the world! So all you other johnpash’s out there can just suck it. Wait until I die, or become more famous than me and unleash the lawyers.

So with my stonking success I expect to be inundated by loads of “people” going by the name of Bob V14gr4 and Mrs. Cheap Holidays commenting on my posts. Go for it. But if you don’t have a name-name, I just delete that crap.

OK, that is all. Blogs are supposed to be about what you had for breakfast, and that sort of thing, right? Well, I had two cups of coffee and a walnut that I found on the floor. Must have been trying to escape.

For all of you out there who have kids and wonder what us unmarried types do with our extra time…we do lots of silly things. Like listening to Howard Stern all day long, reading a book a day, memoriz(s)ing the dead kings of England, and this…

The Hundred Pushups Challenge

This website gives you a program to follow so that in 6 weeks you should be able to do 100 pushups(that’s pressups for the limeys). What a strange goal. It’s like trying to become a millionaire. But somewhat easier. And quicker too! You gotta have goals, right?

My summer exercise regimen was already in full swing. Yoga goes year round and I do a lot of bike riding when the weather is decent. So this challenge seemed like a nice diversion, especially since I work from home. Working in an office would have made this very difficult indeed.

I have to admit, it took more than 6 weeks. But not once did I go backwards. If I had, that would have been enough to stop the momentum. Changing my diet helped too. No kebabs. Those delicious dripping yummy pockets of shredded lamb. Chock full o’ lamb-y goodness.

So if you’re looking for a healthy diversion to your endless days of not picking up after the rugrats, this challenge is one that just about anyone can do, check out this site: The Hundred Pushups Challenge

Update

I’ve had a few recent emails (from the same person perhaps?) asking me to post a video of myself completing the 100 pushups. Well…I ain’t gonna do it. My tiny brain can think of only 3 reasons for someone requesting such a thing:

1. Proof. I did it. You’ll just have to take my word for it. It’s not THAT difficult if you put in some time.
2. Entertainment value. It’s sort of like watching those hulking great Scottish blokes pull steam engines and toss tree around. But admittedly, not quite as impressive.
3. You’re a prevert (sp?) of some sort.

So I respectfully decline to post a video of my accomplishment. But here is some inspiration from YouTube:

…shout out to all the 30DC members!

I’ve just changed my blog theme to the grungy crunchy organic dirty bacteria-laden look you see here with the SoulVision WordPress theme. I love it. It’s so NOT web 2.0. It’s more like web 2.01, the first rebellion of design against the glossy-button look.

However, after a week or so, I noticed that Google Analytics was reporting no traffic. Yes, zero! It’s set up not to track my visits for obvious reasons, so I thought maybe all y’all had gotten bored of my clever and witty remarks, insightful observations and monkey-themed writings.

Nope. That wasn’t it. It’s this stupid theme. They forgot to add to footer.php! Der. So if you like this theme, Google it. I’m not given these morans any credit for breaking my plugins.

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It’s a simple merge of Auguste Rodin’s Le Penseur, with a turtle or two. The original photo isn’t mine. But the hours and hours or labouring over a hot macbook are! (Actually it didn’t take THAT long to complete.)

I also do birthday parties and bar mitzvahs.

The price of honey doesn’t seem to have gone up much. Although, I wouldn’t know since I bought a jar back in 1998 and haven’t finished it yet. It’s not that I don’t like honey. In fact, I love it! But I don’t like having sticky fingers. And after about the 4th time you open/close a jar of honey, the jar becomes a gooey sticky mass with the touch-appeal similar to that of drain-goo.

Maybe it’s not warm enough up here in the Lake District. Maybe they’ve all moved back to Poland after they found out all the good bee jobs were taken.

Whatever the case may bee (see what I did there?) I would like to know. I guess it’s time for a-googlin…

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