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People, Thought out, HealthNovember 5, 2009 3:46 pm

phantom mask How to Stay Awake When You Absolutely Must

 In anyone’s life there do happen such sleepless nights or busy days after which comes a very difficult time (usually close to some deadline) during which you have to keep staying awake. Here comes the time to swindle both your body and your mind.
 I offer you a list of relatively effective ways to keep yourself awake. All of them I tested on myself and survived! So, here you go:


Caffeine in the Coffee
 Good chose if you have to stake awake for about an hour. Then are likely to appear withdrawal symptoms such as headaches, anxiety, fatigue and sleepiness reaches a greater extent. Coffee affects everyone differently and people who regularly consume it affects less than the others. Moreover about 25% of people have no stimulant effect from coffee at all.
 This is not working for me as sometimes it seems I drink coffee instead of water. Yea, I do know what doctor said!

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World, People, Short storyOctober 6, 2009 1:46 pm

phantom mask The Most Amazing Coincidences

 James Dean’s car curse
In September 1955, James Dean was killed in a horrific car accident whilst he was driving his Porsche sports car. After the crash the car was seen as very unlucky.
1) When the car was towed away from accident scene and taken to a garage, the engine slipped out and fell onto a mechanic, shattering both of his legs.
2) Eventually the engine was bought by a doctor, who put it into his racing car and was killed shortly afterwards, during a race. Another racing driver, in the same race, was killed in his car, which had James Dean’s driveshaft fitted to it.
3) When James Dean’s Porsche was later repaired, the garage it was in was destroyed by fire.
4) Later the car was displayed in Sacramento, but it fell off it’s mount and broke a teenager’s hip.
5) In Oregon, the trailer that the car was mounted on slipped from it’s towbar and smashed through the front of a shop.
6) Finally, in 1959, the car mysteriously broke into 11 pieces while it was sitting on steel supports.

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Uncategorized, PeopleSeptember 10, 2009 12:47 pm

phantom mask Unusual and Extravagant Testimonials

All the best to my dog
Leona Helmsley died from congestive heart failure at the age of 87. Leona’s dog Trouble got $12 millions and afterlife spot in mausoleum. No one made out better than Trouble – not even Leona’s brother, Alvin Rosenthal, who was left $10 millions. Helmsley had four grandchildren. Two of them each will receive $5 million in trust and $5 million outright, under the condition that they visit their father’s (Helmsley’s only child whom the women outlived) grave site once each calendar year. Her other two grandchildren received nothing.
The sum of $12 millions left to Leona’s dog was subsequently reduced to $2 million less than a year later by a judge.

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Men, Sex, HealthJuly 23, 2009 12:45 pm

phantom mask 10 Ways to Cure Impotence

You can spend your whole life trying new and different ways to combat erectile dysfunction.  It seems like someone dreams up a novel and completely untested solution every afternoon.  Today, I learned that a glass of pomegranate juice could fix a guy up, lickety-split.  Yesterday, I read that guys in Peru drank frog juice to get things going.  It made me wonder what would happen if you slammed back a pomegranate-frog smoothie every morning. 

Look, the fact of the matter is that most of the recommendations people have for curing ED really don’t do much good.  Someone out there may have got out of bed the day after watching Lawrence of Arabia with his first erection in months.  That doesn’t mean that a Peter O’Toole flick is going to help you. 

In the spirit of giving guys with ED advice that may or may not really do a damn bit of good for them, we bring you the following list of tips.  Some of them are the straight up gospel truth about dealing with erectile dysfunction in a smart way.  Some of them aren’t.  We’ve tried to make it clear which ones are which. 

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World, People, MoneyMay 28, 2009 2:21 pm

phantom mask The 25 Most Bizarre Travel Insurance Claims Ever

What links a tourist who lost 84 kilograms of Bombay mix on holiday with another who had his camera stolen by a monkey? Both are among the more unusual claims received by travel insurance companies. Times Money has trawled through the files of some of the UK’s biggest insurers to bring you the 25 most bizarre travel insurance claims ever. So, here’s the list:

1. One thing you don’t expect when you go on holiday is to be harassed by a monkey. One British traveller in Gibraltar, however, was so besieged by the attentions of an over-friendly primate that he asked his insurer to refund the cost of his trip. The insurer refused but did pay out for his camera, which the monkey had run off with one evening.

2. Monkeys also blighted the romantic getaway of a couple in Malaysia, who foolishly left the window to their chalet open during the day. They returned to find their underwear, clothing and belongings strewn across the resort and neighbouring rainforest. Luckily for the clothes-less couple, their insurer paid the claim.

3. One unlucky pensioner managed to lose his false teeth after throwing up over the side of a cruise ship on the choppy seas of the Bay of Biscay. Thankfully for the squeamish septuagenarian, his misplaced dentures were covered in his travel insurance policy under lost baggage, so his claim was paid.

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People, Thought out, HealthMay 20, 2009 7:07 am

phantom mask Three Celebrities Who (Should) Use Generic Drugs

Okay, the people we’re about to discuss may not actually use generic drugs.  That’s between them, their doctors and their pharmacists.  We have no way of knowing whether any of these famous people are managing their high blood pressure with a little help from name brand Lasix or a generic dose of furosemide. 

However, we thought it would be fun to use a few big-name celebrities to illustrate why buying generic drugs makes so much sense—and a few of the challenges that have slowed public acceptance of generics. 

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People, MoneyMay 14, 2009 10:57 am

phantom mask 10 Fines That Will Blow Your Mind

ITV was fined a record £5.7 million for misleading viewers over the conduct of phone-ins on its flagship programmes this week. But it is not just big companies that have to stump up cash in fine-happy Britain.

With an army of pettifogging bureaucrats policing your every move, you better think twice before you eat, talk, drive and even relax… the list is almost endless. Here we list ten ridiculous but true stories where the authorities have demonstrated their limited grasp of common sense…

Sausage rolls
A picnic in the park turned into an expensive event for Mum Sarah Davies, from Hull. While feeding her four-year-old daughter a piece of sausage roll fell to the ground. The missed-mouth incident was spotted by council wardens and Ms Davies was fined £75, even though pigeons immediately ate the evidence.

What a load of rubbish
With photographic evidence and stab-proof vests, Cumbria council’s bin police confronted Gareth Corkhill with the terrible crime of … putting too much rubbish in his bin. The father of four was given a whopping £210 fine, plus a £15 victim surcharge and he now has a criminal record.

Oops…
Litter lout Christopher Murphy dropped a single crisp packet on Irish soil and ended up in court with a 600 Euro (£480) fine. While the term litterbug is no doubt a bona fide insult, this is an example of where the fine perhaps doesn’t match the crime.

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People, Thought outMay 5, 2009 1:21 pm

phantom mask What job descriptions really mean

“Competitive Salary”
We remain competitive by paying you less than our competition.

“Join our fast-paced company”
We have no time to train you.

“Casual work atmosphere”
We don’t pay enough to expect that you will dress up; a couple of the real daring guys wear earrings.

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Men, Sex, HealthApril 23, 2009 12:07 pm

phantom mask 7 Things You May Not Know about Erectile Dysfunction

If you’ve experienced erectile dysfunction, you’ve probably done at least a little homework on the subject.   However, there are a few pieces of information you may not have stumbled across.  Consider these seven things you may not have known about impotence. 
These seven facts run the gamut from important to trivial, but they’re all interesting.   

1) Erections aren’t simple. 
There are at least five different physiological processes involved in getting an erection.   
First, nerve impulses must originate in the brain.  Second, those impulses need to travel unimpeded down the spinal cord.  Third, nerve impulses need to connect from the spinal cord to the penis.  Fourth, veins and arteries must supply the penis with adequate blood flow.  Finally, the muscular and vascular structures in the penis must be capable of producing an erection.   
Problems with any one of those processes can spell the difference between a happy sex life and erectile dysfunction. 

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People, MoneyMarch 17, 2009 11:55 am

phantom mask 30 Money Facts That Will Blow You Away

Do you think you know a lot about money? Maybe you do. Maybe you don’t. But let’s see if any of the following facts are in any way surprising to you:

1. More of our fantasies are about money… than sex.

2. If we could have any luxury in the world (and money didn’t matter) more of us would choose to spend money on a butler and a maid than anything else.

3. 90% of Americans who own pets buy them Christmas gifts.

4. Money is the leading cause of disagreements in marriages.

5. 65% of Americans would live on a deserted island all by themselves for an entire year for $1,000,000.

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