Saturday, May 7, 2011

Good Luck? Or Pro Skill?

It either takes some amazing skill for someone to be able to pull this off, or amazing luck.  Whichever it is, it makes for a very interesting and very cool video.


Imagine what life would be like if even just one of your friends - most preferably yourself - were able to do that.  Oh, how our lives would change.  The trick I most especially like is when one of the two people in the video throws a ball from his bed and successfully turns off the light.  I personally hate getting out of bed after I am so comfortable to turn off the light to go to sleep.  Or attempting to throw something out into a garbage bin from far away, and then missing.

There are so many talented people out there - we just don't know about them.  YouTube is a great way for these people to get recognized and make their talents known.  We, the viewers, appreciate that as well.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

A Different Kind of Conditioner

A recent article on msn.ca left me amazed.  But not in the way one would probably think.

An article titled "9 Bizarre Beauty Treatments from Around the World" does in fact include truly bizarre beauty treatments.  The one I found the weirdest? A Bull - Semen Facial.

Previously offered in London at Hari's Salon, a mixture of bull semen and Katera root would be applied to a client's hair.  It worked as a conditioner, providing much need protein to frizzy hair.

Although it does seem kinda gross, the fact that there are people out there who want to and are able to invent new products that are natural invites a big sigh of relief. So many items (not just hair products) available on the market today consists entirely of man-made chemicals and such other un-natural substances.  It is not only hazardous to human health, but to the environment as well.  To human health, our bodies could get accustomed to the chemicals used in whatever product we use, making the product less effective.  Scientists would then have to create stronger, possibly more dangerous chemicals or substitutes to keep up with the demand of a newer consumer good.  Also, these artificial creations take a toll on an environment that is not used to having something so weird in it, so one never knows the impact a substance can have on nature.

Au naturel is the way to go.  Why make the world a more dangerous place?