Sunday, December 14, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Royal Opera House
The rareified world of the Royal Opera House has never seen anything quite like this. Some of the institution's star performers have stripped naked for a racy charity calendar.Read about it at the Telegraph and the Daily Mail. Buy it from the Royal Opera House.
The male and female artists, along with an assortment of backstage staff, posed entirely naked for the project to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support.
They include Royal Ballet dancer Sian Murphy, 30, photographed in one of the boxes at Covent Garden wearing nothing but diamonds. Miss Murphy dedicated her appearance to her father, who was diagnosed with cancer but survived.
Friends of The Arts Forum
The idea behind the calendar, which is available priced £10, is to raise funds for the art collective which offers support to hundreds of local painters, sculptures and film makers.
Read about it at the Hastings Observer and the Hastings Trust blog.
Trafford Housing Trust
Cheeky Trafford Housing Trust repairmen have stripped down to their tool belts to make a naked calendar for the new year.Read about it at 24 Dash.com.
Housing association staff bared all for the calendar – to help raise funds for Christie’s Manchester Million appeal and to raise awareness of men’s health checks.
The Repairs Team, including builders, plumbers, joiners, plasterers, electricians and glaziers were inspired to strip down to the bare essentials after a male employee was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
University of East Anglia
They joined more than 150 peers from organisations including the student magazine Concrete, the women's rugby team and the korfball team who were willing to get naked - in some instances braving freezing conditions to have their photographs taken.
Read about it at EDP 24.
Friday, December 5, 2008
The Cream of the Crop
Cathy Righton, a 22-year-old from Hill, near Pershore, chose to support her fellow students at the Harper Adams University College in Shropshire, along with the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution by stripping off for the fund-raising calendar.
She said: “I wouldn’t normally just get naked in the principal’s garden but as it was for a good cause it would have been rude not to."
Read about it at Worcester News. Buy it from Harper Adams University College.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
The Really Naked Calendar
The National Osteoporosis Society in Britain is giving you the chance to see some of the nation’s favorite stars as you have never seen them before – completely and truly naked.Read about it at Look To The Stars. Buy it from the UK National Osteoporosis Society.
Joanna Lumley, Michael Parkinson, Joan Rivers, and Bruce Forsyth are among the celebrities that have shed their clothes – and their skin and organs – for the new calendar, which features x-ray photos taken by Nick Veasey of the stars’ bones.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Chiltern Equine Clinic
When the male vets at Chiltern Equine Clinic in Chalfont St Giles wanted to give their female clients a Christmas surprise and raise money for charity at the same time, they decided that the best way to do it was to take their kit off.Read about it at the Buckinghamshire Advertiser. Find a list of participating merchants at Chiltern Equine Clinic.
The men at the veterinary surgery on Gorelands Lane have gamely agreed to pose naked for a 2009 calendar. Proceeds from sales of the calendar will be donated to the Brooke organisation, a charity which teaches animal husbandry to people working with horses and donkeys in the developing world.
"The men in the pictures are mainly in their 20s and didn't need much persuading to strip," said Linda Dear, practice manager.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Fire Fighters of Peoria
The 2009 Fire Fighters of Peoria calendar, which goes on sale Dec. 5 for $10 at various locations, contains glossy photo spreads of 23 men and women.Read about it at the Peoria Journal Star.
"It raises morale and it's fun to do," said Capt. Tim Allen of the calendar for which he posed.
Money generated from the sales of the calendar will be used to fund Afro American Fire Fighters of Peoria community-based events, like a Christmas Party and gift giveaway for underprivileged youth in the area. With help from Peoria's Afro-American Police League, the groups invite about 200 children to the holiday event, which includes a show at a local movie theater, plus concessions.
Proceeds also go toward the Edward Gaines and Alvin Richards scholarship fund. Gaines was the first black Peoria firefighter; Richards the first president of the AAFFP.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Bold Beautiful Biathlon
Five of Canada’s top female biathletes shed their lycra race suits to officially launch a nude calendar on Wednesday which they created to celebrate healthy, active women’s bodies, and also to generate money to fuel their quest for the international podium.Read about it at FasterSkier.com and the Seattle Times.
Zina Kocher, of Red Deer, Alta.; Sandra Keith, of Calgary; Rosanna Crawford, of Canmore, Alta.; Megan Imrie, of Falcon Lake, Man.; and Megan Tandy, of Prince, George, B.C., developed the plan to pose nude together in Bold Beautiful Biathlon, which is on sale now for $25 at www.boldbeautifulbiathlon.com on the Internet.
With a goal of targeting financial support from corporate Canada for their Olympic journey, the five Canadian women turned up the heat on a frigid Calgary morning when they roller skied through the downtown core during noon hour with nothing more than shorts, race bibs for tops, and their traditional biathlon rifles locked on their backs.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Lindley Bares All
HERE’S a side of Lindley shopworkers you’ve never seen before!Read about it at the Huddlersfield Daily Examiner.
The brave men and women stripped off to take part in the village’s charity calendar, hoping to raise thousands through their naked antics.
With just a few strategically placed props to cover their modesty, workers from the mainly Lidget Street shops struck some creative poses for their 2009 Lindley Bares All calendar.
The calendars have now gone on sale and all proceeds will go to The Laura Crane Trust.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Pearls of Wisdom
GETTING your gear off for a calendar shows a bit of cheek, as well as bravery. But women from the Rotary Club of Esperance found it "wonderfully liberating".I don't want to diminish the achievement, but I should point out that a "10-degree day" Celsius is 50 degrees for those of us who think in Fahrenheit.
The Pearls of Wisdom calendar went on sale in October and has so far raised $15,000 for Rotary's WA Cord Blood Band Esperance Palliative Care.
"It was fantastic fun, even on 10-degree days," Mrs Mackenzie said.
Read about it in Perth Now (the Sunday Times) and the Esperance Express.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Women of Professional Golf 2009
TUNCURRY'S Sarah Kemp has stolen the front cover but Newcastle's Kristie Newton is still one of the glamour girls of golf in a sexy new calendar being unveiled by Golf Australia in Perth today.Read about it at the Herald. Buy it from WomensGolfCalendar.com. See also Top Shots 2007.
Kemp is one of a handful of Australian players on the coveted US LPGA Tour and the 23-year-old is sure to turn heads after the sale of the calendar, which will raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Beauty and the Beast
This is no ordinary charity calendar.Good lord, man, eyes front! That fire is a little too close for comfort!
On one side twelve beautiful women, on the other, twelve beastly hunks to see you through the year.
Which way will yours hang?
All profits from the sale of this calendar go to the Breast Cancer and Testicular Cancer units in North Wales Cancer Treatment Centre at Glan Clwyd Hospital.
I don't ordinarily feature two photos from the same calendar, but since they were kind enough to comment my blog to let me know about it... Plus it really is two calendars, depending on how you, er... Well, there's no verb I can use, really.
Beautyandthebeast2099.co.uk has the details, including a link to their Facebook page, where you can see the other 22 images. These are the same people who did "Cheeky Chappies" for 2008.
Newcastle University "Ladies of Leisure"
As an attacking batsman of the highest calibre her dad was the scourge of bowlers worldwide.Read about it at the Mirror, with a picture gallery at the Telegraph. Buy it here.
Now the daughter of England cricket legend Allan Lamb is hitting people for six in a cheeky charity calendar.
Katie-Ann Lamb, 21, and her lovely maidens - all student pals at Newcastle University - are pushing back the boundaries by baring all to raise funds for breast cancer after friends and relatives were hit by the disease.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Garrison Girls
A TROOP of Army wives has mobilised to strip off and raise money for hero soldiers.Read about it at The Sun (and here). Buy it at GarrisonGirls.com.
The women — aged from 23 to 39 — have posed naked with a bit of their husbands’ military gear for a 2009 calendar titled Garrison Girls.
Organiser Sarah Bennett Thurston told The Sun: “Our aim is to raise £64,000. We couldn’t do that with cake sales or raffles.”
Downe Women's Institute
A group of Women's Institute members have posed almost naked as animals wearing little more than body paint for a fund-raising calendar.Read about it in the Telegraph. I haven't found a way to order it.
The group of grandmothers had their bodies painted in the theme of pantomime characters for their annual charity project.
The women, who are from Downe WI, near Bromley, in Kent, have stripped off for the past two years but decided to enlist the help of professional artists to make this year's pictures better.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Pretty in Mink
Following in the tradition of past calendars from the Luce Policy Institute, Pretty in Mink celebrates smart, conservative women role models ... with flair.Read about it at any number of places, if you enjoy hateful partisan piling-on. Fark, Gawker and Politico: Shenanigans, for instance. You can see all the images at Facebook. Buy it from the Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute.
We took some of your favorite leaders of today’s conservative movement on a journey back in time, and made them up into glamorous movie stars of classic Hollywood. Back when the big screen was a little more glamorous, women were a little more feminine, the men a little more charming—and the world a little less politically correct.
UPDATE: Speaking of hateful partisan piling-on...
Chubby Mikey
A man from the United States, who weighs 38 stone [532 lb] and calls himself Chubby Mikey, has posed for a naked calendar.Read about it in the Telegraph: Buy it at ChubbyMikey.com -- maybe. The article says "I actually had to refund orders because my supplies were depleted", but I don't know if that means he's actually sold out.
The 29-year-old has his own website where he appears in nude and semi-nude positions and he's even posed for these pics to become a calendar boy.
"I feel sexy and attractive so that's the way I act," said Mikey, from Memphis, in the US.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Sixty 5 Roses
Becky Whitfield joined forces with friends and family to produce a naked calendar to raise vital funds for research into Cystic Fibrosis.Buy it from Sixty5Roses.co.uk; read about it in the Evening Leader.
The 21-year-old vowed to find a cure for her little girl, Elle Morris, after she was diagnosed with the potentially fatal disease last year.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Stocksmoor Women's Institute
Ten members of Stocksmoor WI posed in their birthday suits for the charity calendar, which is now on sale.The story is at the Huddlesfield Daily Examiner.
Shots of the women discreetly posing nude behind a bar, pegging out the washing and in the bath appear in the calendar.
The calendar will raise money for two charities in memory of relatives of WI members.
The calendar is on sale at the customer service counter at Sainsbury’s Shore Head store and at the Asda supermarket on Bradford Road, Huddersfield.
Rainham Steel
SCUNTHORPE steelmen are making a naked effort to raise money for charity in their own version of a Women's Institute famous 'Calendar Girls' appeal.The story was at This Is Scunthorpe. I'm not finding any way to order it by mail or web.
Yard manager Steve Hare organised 14 Rainham Steel workers for a semi-nude calendar in aid of Lindsey Lodge Hospice.
The calendar, which is expected to launch on Tuesday, was shot in the yard of the stockholder's premises.
It will be sold at shops across Scunthorpe, including the Scunthorpe United shop at Glanford Park, Asda and Lindsey Lodge stores.
Monday, November 3, 2008
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10 things NOT to say on a first date
1. "My ex is crazy."
There's a fine line between love and hate, but both are equally fueled by passion. If someone even mentions their ex on a first date, watch out, you could be entering into a three-way relationship. Brace yourself: drama ahead! Anyway, if you're not over your ex, keep it to yourself. Your date certainly doesn't want to hear about it.
2. "I would like to get married and have kids asap."
Slow. That. Roll. Whether you're a man or a woman, uttering those words automatically puts pressure on an already delicate, stressful meeting, not to mention the fact that it's a foolproof way to scare someone off and fast.
3. "Who are you voting for?"
There's a saying in the south about not bringing up politics or religion in polite company. Plenty of couples don't always share political (or religious) views, and learn to make things work. But when you're trying to make a good first impression, it's probably best to avoid overly emotional topics in order to avoid a sparring match. (Look at it this way, if you become a couple, you'll have plenty of opportunities to fight later!)
4. "Can you pay the check? I'm broke."
Hey, the economy is in the toilet. Of course you're broke. We're all broke. But common courtesy dictates that the person who did the date asking offer to pay the bill. Chances are, if your date has good manners, they'll offer to split it or pay the tip. Let's face it, gone are the days where the guy automatically must pay for dinner or he's a loser. But no matter what the circumstances are, flat out asking your date to pay the bill is a major turn-off.
5. "What's your favorite TV show?"
C'mon, we can do better than that. Asking about hobbies and other interests can lead to great conversation, but the last message you want to convey is that your favorite activity is watching the tube with a tub of ice cream. Save talking about "America's Next Top Model" for the work water cooler or something.
6. "Where did you go to school?"
Believe it or not, many people didn't go to college, and totally resent being put on the spot with this tired old question. And while plenty of grads are happy to wax on and on about their "glory years" or whatever, it's probably better to ask something like, "Have you always lived here?" "How did you choose your career?" or another more general question that might lead you to discussing educational background. Again, it may seem strange, but for all kinds of reasons, a lot of people have negative knee-jerk reactions to this seemingly innocuous question.
7. "Can I take your picture?"
Creepy much? But yeah, I have girlfriends who've been waylaid by this gem. For real. Maybe it's the thought of him showing his buddies your photo and bragging about bagging you, or even the image of him fawning over your pic tacked up on one of those cray-cray serial killer wall collages. Either way, ick.
8. "I'm poly-(fill in the blank)"
There are folks who are polyamorous (def: the desire, practice, or acceptance of having more than one loving, intimate relationship at a time with the full knowledge and consent of everyone involved); polygamist (def: the practice of marriage to more than one spouse simultaneously); and yes, some are even polyester salesmen (def: dudes who peddle chintzy wares). Right then. Unless you met that person on a "special" site devoted to that kind of stuff, chances are your date won't appreciate your um, open-minded ways.
9. "So I just got out of rehab."
So maybe you have some personal problems you've been working on. Perhaps you've been in therapy since you were 13 years old. Whatever the case may be, it's probably best not to introduce your new romantic interest to your BIG, SCARY ISSUES, at least not yet. Everybody has problems big and small, but the first date is more about showing off your personality, not painting yourself as a psychotic addict (even if you are, just a smidge). Note: If you are seriously in the midst of a personal crisis, and that includes excessive drug use and/or major psychological treatment, not to be all judgey, but you probably shouldn't be on a date right now.
10. "So ya wanna come back to my place?"
Not everyone is old-fashioned about first dates. The right time to sleep with someone is up to you, but numerous informal polls, um, around the office show that when a guy propositions a woman for sex on the first date, she tends to get skeeved, and when a girl does the same, many dudes are likely to file her in the one night stand category. Double standard? Sure. And yes, some couples do have sex on the first date and there is nothing wrong with that. But I think you know what I'm sayin'...
Related: what not to say on a first date, the first date, first date tips, dating
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Creative picture
Just thought you might want to know. I work for a localmagazine in the US and I do alot of work for variuos models in photoshop Iwould love to use of your pics and send it back to you if you dont mind.There is one pic of you in a pink bikini I could do wonders with. Take careand I hope you catch these bastards. Luv ya.Dano
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Perfectly Aged
When Laurie Ford of Gulf Breeze saw the Council on Aging of West Florida's call for senior citizens to appear in a benefit calendar, she immediately nominated her lovely stepmother-in-law, Jacque Spirson-Ford.They're $20 plus postage: Get it from the Council on Aging of West Florida. Read about it at the Pensacola News-Journal.
The only hitch? She didn't realize it was a "nearly nude" calendar.
"It was like, 'Whoops!'" Ford said, laughing. "I didn't know until Jacque called to tell me she'd been contacted about doing a nude calendar. Of course, she thought it was funny."
The 79-year-old Spirson-Ford, who was photographed lounging on a motorcycle with her dog, Oscar, is one of several area senior citizens who dared to bare it all (behind some carefully placed props) for the council's 2009 "Perfectly Aged" calendar. The popular calendar series, now in its third year, is the agency's largest fundraiser.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Geoff Smith Foundation
The cheeky calendars have become a surprise hit with almost 300 of the 400 £10 calendars being sold in the past few weeks.To buy a calendar email g.smith881@btinternet.com. More details and pictures at the Hampshire Chronicle.
Money raised from the calendar will go towards the foundation which helps people with multiple sclerosis (MS).
Friday, October 17, 2008
Lighter Life
SUPER slimmers from Coventry have dared to bare all for a new fund-raising calendar.£5 each: More information in the Coventry Observer. Order by e-mailing jenny.mcdonald@lighterlifecounsellor.com or calling 7655 3388.
The 13 ladies decided to pose naked to raise money for Cancer Research UK - Breast Cancer after losing an astonishing 65 stone between them.
...All the participants were regulars at the Lighter Life weight loss group ran by Jenny McDonald, who also features in the calendar herself.
She said: "I asked some of the ladies back in April if it's something they would do and within three days I had enough volunteers - but they insisted if they did it that I did as well!"
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
My Zombie Pin-up
This 13 month calendar is stuffed with more dead sexy girls than you can fit in a shallow grave. We dug up the idea of the vintage 1950's pin-up and hit it over the head with a shovel. Let yourself get infected by these bloody gore-gous women who are just dying to get under your skin.$19.99 from MyZombiePinup.com: See also io9. There's no charity, and it features professional models, which puts the project technically outside my chosen specialty, but I can.. not... resist... ...braaainnnssss...
This is a grassroots guerilla artist collaboration. Based in San Francisco, most of these photos were shot in Golden Gate Park; can you guess where?
I Heart Brooklyn Girls
As with last year’s calendar, this project offers a new group of ladies from Brooklyn, but is fashioned after images made popular by pinup artists Elvgren and Vargas. The calendar showcases a dozen campy career girls in authentic vintage garments, lingerie and swimwear. From the Head of the Class to the Chemist Queenie, Women at Work pays homage to classic pinup while poking fun at traditional gender roles.It's $12 plus shipping. More information at IHeartBrooklynGirls.com. Found it at Fleshbot and The Principles of Pleasure. The 2008 edition is still available, and you can also see images from 2007.
...For 2009, 10% goes to The Lesbian Herstory Archives, an organization that preserves records of lesbian history to make available to future generations.
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Bollington's Calendar Boys
With just the tools of their trade to hide their modesty in the artistic black and white shots, the disrobed men are certainly workin’ it!£8 from Bollington Festival. Read more at Macclesfield Express.
It may all seem a bit barmy – but this is actually a brazen business plan to raise much-needed cash for the 2009 Bollington Festival fund.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Luann's "Hot Firefighters Calendar"
In the current storyline in Luann, the fire department has lost funding for their school fire safety program. TJ suggests they produce a "Hot Firefighters Calendar", and much to Brad's surprise, everyone is on board with the idea -- even Toni, the one firefighter everyone agrees belongs in such a calendar.
The arc started on September 15, which is about a week away from rolling off Comics.com's archive. This isn't the first "cheesecake/beefcake" calendar to hit the funny pages: Stone Soup's Wally and Phil appeared in one back in 2002.
UPDATE: The arc ended sweetly, at least for now, last Saturday (10/12) when the last photo was shot. The "calendar" may return when it's eventually "published".
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
A Wunderful Cookbook for Beach Bums
They were topless on the beach, topless in Acme’s eggs and bacon section and cooking in kitchens all over town wearing only a red hat and a smile.Yes, I realize it's not a calendar (although the group did "nude" calendars in 2005 and 2006 -- which I think I missed). It's close enough. Story from Cape May County Herald.These uninhibited, Cape May babes are at it again and they want you to see what they are doing. They call themselves the Beach Bums and they appearing on the cover and on each page of “A Wunderful Cookbook for Beach Bums,” a project to raise funds for local resident Robbie Wunder who became a paraplegic following a swimming pool accident.
...The cookbooks may be ordered by mail by sending $11 payable to Beach Bum Cookbook, P.O. Box 495,Cape May, N.J. 08204.
The books are also available at Love the Cook and The Whale’s Tale on the Washington Street Mall, The Nature Center of Cape May, Swains Hardware, By the Sea, next to the Beach Theatre, Sunset Beach Gift Shop, Cape May Winery on Townbank Road, Love the Cook, Stone Harbor and Dock Mike’s at the South Jersey Marina.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust
The Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust have just issued a cheeky calendar with TV and Sports Stars.I feel like I've arrived when I receive e-mail from the actual calendar photographer. (Thank you, Steve Rose!) I should also point out that this is but one of several calendars available from the YDMT, although the others "only" feature images of the Dales landscape.
These include Steve Leonard, Monty Hall, Sven Wombwell, 6 Rugby Team including The Bradford Bulls, and Bradford City Football Club.
You can find details of the calendar on YDMT.org.
Pictured is Bulls star Glen Morrison. See also Telegraph & Argus, The Northern Echo and Darlington and Stockton Times.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Bare in the Air
IT'S time for take-off as a brave babe gets naked to raise cash for North West Air Ambulance.I really love to see a group that obviously had fun. Story and pictures found in the Sun. Buy it here.
Busty Alexandra Meadowcroft, from Cheshire, went starkers for a new 'Bare in the Air' charity calendar.
She's one of thousands of people around the world who have posed in their birthday suit to raise cash for a good cause.
UPDATE:
The saucy £5 Bare In The Air calendars have been banned from ambulance stations across the region after furious paramedics from the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) claimed it damages their integrity and dignity at work.Story at Lancashire Evening Post.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Business offer For SeeJulie
I had a chat with my modeling agent in Jamaica..
6:16pm Bobby
i tried calling you to go hedo 2 this weekend and also for a 2009 calendar but can't get through to you, why
6:17pmYulianaHi
I'm not in Jamaica
6:20om Bobby
ok i told you when u leaving jamaica to let me be awhere but you don't, the ppl you met at hedo 2 was here at hedo 3 shooting calendar and wanted you to come to hedo 3 to shoot there calendar
6:20pmYuliana
Whatever its allways the same BS ,When I 'm there doing nothing bored you NEVER have anything for me to do untill when I go then you tell me you had this and that..this and that ..
I'm about getting things done
not waiting 3 months for a job
Bobby give me your overseas # now
6:32pm
hats the #
6:33pmYuliana
For what Why you can write what you have to say ?
Bobby 636pm
how would i know that u r not here?
6:39pmYuliana
We talk when I was there in Jamaica AND chatted ..
6:40pm Bobby
listen i tried calling this is the time clients need u ok, so thats it
6:40pmYuliana
If you have any jobs that I can fy in and pays great then book me okay .
Bobby 640pm
well one of the job was US7000 FOR kfc
Yuliana 6:42pm
really was that a casting call?
for that ?
6:43pm Bobby
no a call, every advertising agency in kgn have your pics
6:43pmYuliana
who is kgn?
6:44pm Bobby
the advertising agencies LOL
6:45pmYuliana
So they wanted to see me before?
Bobby 6:50pm
they have your picture thats why they wanted you, one of my other models went and did it, they want a total bye out now so they want to let the commercial run in trinidad.
Yuliana 7:00pm
so I lost on that sucks :(
Bobby 7:20pm
thtas life and even hedo 2 this weekend they have miss black nude america there
yes today
thats why i tried calling u fr sunday
My girl Kim Kardashian got kicked off
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Women of Curling 2009
After taking a year off, the 2009 Women of Curling Calendar, featuring 13 female curlers from around the world, is now on sale.Available for $34.95 from thecurlingnews.com; Reported by the Sun and the Vancouver Sun.
Like past editions of the calendar, it features nude or near-nude curlers posing with props related to the sport.
..."I think this one is more risque, in my opinion," said a laughing Keshen [Christine Keshen, who won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Games]. "But my boyfriend (Mike DuBois) thinks it's great. He's the boy, he's the expert."
...It was intended to be a fundraiser for women's curling teams, and models received a share of the proceeds.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Spring Time
“Spring Time”, the first calendar with artistic nude photos licenced in Vietnam, was introduced on September 25 by the HCM City Culture and Arts Publishing House.I haven't found a way to order it yet. Not being a charity calendar, it's really outside my mission, but how can I not mention it? Story (and all seven beautiful pictures) found at VietNamNet.
The calendar uses seven nude photos by photographer Thai Phien: “No title”, “Spreading Wings”, “Line”, “Cool Stream”, “Shoot of Rock”, “Spring Melody” and “Angle”.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Naked Clown Calendar
Graduates of San Francisco's Clown Conservatory Class of 2008 have stripped down to their birthday suits to make a 2009 Naked Clown Calendar, a joyful and humourous work of art the clowns hope to sell in honor of a beloved mentor paralysed from the effects of multiple sclerosis (MS) and others stricken with the disease.$20 from http://www.nakedclowncalendar.com/. Report found at the Sun and the Contra Costa Times.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Shopping at Sawgrass Mall
Saturday, September 13, 2008
I love eating Exotic fruit
Description: Large tree from 60-140ft. Hardiness: The tree is usually too tender to fruit in California. Young trees are highly susceptible to frost.Growing Environment: Grow in full sun. The mamey sapote flourishes in tropical climates with rainfall above 75" a year. Trees to not take well to periods of drought and will quickly loose their leaves.Propagation: The best varieties are usually propagated by grafting. Grafted trees may bear in 1-4 years. Seedling trees take 8-10 years to fruit.
Uses: Almost always eaten fresh out of hand or used in desserts and drinks. The mamey sapote was cultivated by the native peoples of Central America for hundred of years.
Native Range: Native to low elevation areas between southern Mexico and northern South America. It is now extensively cultivated in Central America, the Caribbean, and south Florida.
Most Expensive Coffee in the World
The most expensive coffee in the world does not hail from Jamaica or Hawaii, but instead from Indonesia.
Kopi Luwak the most expensive coffee in the world does exist, and those who drink the expensive coffee insist that it is made from coffee beans eaten, partly digested and then excreted by the Common palm civet, a weasel-like animal.
“Kopi” the Indonesian word for coffee along with “luwak” is local name of this animal which eats the raw red coffee beans. The civet digests the soft outer part of the coffee cherry, but does not digest the inner beans and excretes them.
Apparently the internal digestion ends up adds a unique flavor to the beans, removing the bitter flavor, and then beans are then picked up by locals and sold. The most expensive coffee beans can cost up to $600 a pound, and up to $50 per cup, if you can get over the fact that you are drinking such a strange brew.
You would know if you drank the most expensive coffee in the world, because the quantities of it are tiny amounts.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Britney Spears Had Sex at 14 and Started Taking Drugs Aged 15 Says Her Mom
The ‘Toxic’ singer was even allegedly caught with cocaine and cannabis on aprivate jet when she was just 16.
Dispelling claims Britney lost her virginity to her former pop starboyfriend Justin Timberlake, Lynne says in her book ‘Through the Storm’ herdaughter first had sex with an 18-year-old American football player whileshe attended her local high school in Kentwood, Louisiana, for a year beforebecoming a teen pop star.
Lynne admits she allowed Britney, aged 16, to sleep with Justin.
A source told Britain’s The Sun newspaper: “Lynne thought Britney was inlove and Justin was good for her.”
Lynne claims her daughter experimented with alcohol after joining Disney TVshow ‘The Mickey Mouse Club’.
Lynne – who has had a turbulent relationship with Britney since she splitfrom ex-husband Kevin Federline in 2006 – admits in the memoir she regretshanding control of Britney’s career over to her managers and allowing her tobe promoted as a sex object at the age of 17 in the music promo for ‘BabyOne More Time’.
Lynne, 53, believes Britney’s behavior as a teenage star led to her publicbreakdown earlier this year, which involved her being put in a psychiatrichospital twice and losing custody of her two children, Sean Preston, almostthree, and Jayden James, 23 months.
Britney Spears is accompanied by friends and security as she walks through the Mirage Hotel and Casino to attend The Beatles Cirque De Soleil performance in Las Vegas, Nevada -