On the bus

Everytime I'm on the bus and someone asks the driver "may I get off here?" I reply in my head "right here on the bus!!? Hell no!"

Selcuk Balci - Deniz ustunde fener

There are things of such deep value & significance.  Things that are often highlighted and pushed down our throats in the media like sex, fame, money will never compare to those deeper values like respect, trust, friendship, and love. The former make us judgmental towards others and ourselves, isolate us, damage our connections, and the latter ultimately make us happy.

The music below is pure love and kudos to them for not glamorizing the superficial in the video. 

Don't waste

There are very good practical, economic, and moral reasons why we should not be wasteful. Here's the religious reason & reminder from the Christian faith; it's not OK to be wasteful just because you can afford it.

I put together the image. Photograph from the good folks at wrap.org.uk

Watch Belle de Jour

Belle de Jour is supposed to be one of the best erotic/sensual romance movies of all time, and at the time of this posting, it had a whopping 7.8 IMDB rating. That is not half bad. 

Funny joke!

What do you call it when two lizards are fighting?
-A reptile dysfunction!

Copyright October 2012 - J. Yucel

TED - Boonaa Mohammed - "Kill them with Love"

Great poem that challenges stereotypes -delivered quite well, too.

It's Movember! Time to grow that 'stache!

I had no idea prostate cancer was the male equivalent of breast cancer in terms of the number of people diagnosed and the number of people that die from it... Wish there were more mustachioed men around to enlighten me.