Ok, here we come with the 3rd round. Basically, I proposed this game to the friends I talk to everyday in the forums, and I'm lucky a lot of them liked the idea: I asked them to submit me an old picture of themselves and it is as easy, or as hard, as to pair names with pictures ;)

I'd like to thank all of those who took part for being as generous as to dedicate some time and effort to search for pics and scan them.

For my GameSpot friends and all tv.commers who don't frequent the CSI:NY forum, you can try and I guess who I am. I have posted some pics of myself and I think my old me is a total give away of my present self, although I guess we all think so and it isn't actually that easy :P

Anyway, rules are as follows: PM ME YOUR GUESSES. We all know who we are, so we are gonna obviously get our pic right and that would ruin the game putting 2 and 2 together. Other than that, feel free to leave whichever comment in here ;)

So, the people depicted below are (in alphabetical order) :

Andre, BM, Burcu, Gio, Gwen, Hayley, JJ, Marissa, PT, Renn, Robin and Stacy.

Time to guess! :D

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Whoa! This time the pics game went super fast. Everyone had submitted their guesses in less than 24 hours, I can tell you guys are enjoing it, which pleases me to no end :D So, results are as follows:

Pic #1 belongs to Hayley
2 JJ
3 Burcu
4 PT
5 Ellen
6 BM
7 Robin
8 Gwen
9 Renn
10 Gio

And the winners are.... *drum roll* JJ and Gwen! :D Congratulations, dearies! You both win free participation for the third round. The others can start sending me over goodies: brownies, Carmine pics, warm socks and the always much welcome snorkels :lol:

The score of the second round is as follows:

JJ and Gwen scored 8.
Ellen scored 7.
Gio and Burcu scored 6.
Hayley and Robin scored 5.
PT scored 4.
Renn scored 2.

The TOTAL SCORE for the 2 games so far is as follows:

JJ: 18.
Gwen: 16.
Ellen: 13.
Hayley: 10.
Robin: 9.
PT: 8.
Gio: 7.

(With one game less)

Ashleigh: 6.
Burcu: 6.
Alyssa: 4.
Sarah: 3.
Heather: 3.
Stacey: 3.
Charlie: 2.
Renn: 2.
Stacy: 2.
Andre: 1.

Alright, third round coming up this Friday. Whoever would like to take part is much welcome to pm me a pic before then. 12 people have already signed in: Andre, BM, Burcu, Gio, Gwen, Hayley, JJ, Marissa, PT, Renn, Robin and Stacy.

Hugs for all :D

Seeing as the Pics Game (2 blogs ago) was a success, here comes a second round!! :D Basically, I proposed this game to the friends I talk to everyday in the forums, and I'm lucky a lot of them liked the idea: I asked them to submit me an old picture of themselves and it is as easy, or as hard, as to pair names with pictures ;)

I'd like to thank all of those who took part for being as generous as to dedicate some time and effort to search for pics and scan them.

For my GameSpot friends and all tv.commers who don't frequent the CSI:NY forum, you can try and I guess who I am. I have posted some pics of myself and I think my old me is a total give away of my present self, although I guess we all think so and it isn't actually that easy :P

Anyway, rules are as follows: PM ME YOUR GUESSES. We all know who we are, so we are gonna obviously get our pic right and that would ruin the game putting 2 and 2 together. Other than that, feel free to leave whichever comment in here ;)

So, the people depicted below are (in alphabetical order) :

BM, Burcu, Ellen, Gio, Gwen, Hayley, JJ, PT, Renn and Robin.

Time to guess! :D

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Sorry for the belated blog but I waited on everyone to submit me their results. Then something came up that kept me busy ever since last Friday. Anyway, pics game results are as follows:

Pic #1 belongs to Gwen
2 Heather
3 Stacey
4 BM
5 JJ
6 Ellen
7 Stacy
8 Andre
9 PT
10 Charlie
11 Gio
12 Hayley

And the winner is.... *drum roll* JJ! :D Congratulations hun! You won...erm... a free participation in the second round. The others are transferring me $5 or bribing me with snorkels :lol:

The score is as follows:

JJ scored 10.
Gwen scored 8.
Ashleigh and Ellen scored 6.
Hayley scored 5.
PT, Robin and Alyssa scored 4.
Sarah, Heather and Stacey scored 3.
Charlie and Stacy scored 2.
Gio and Andre scored 1.

Second round coming this Friday. Whoever would like to take part is much welcome to pm me a pic before Friday 23rd. I have 9 pics already for the next one and two new people taking part :D : BM, Burcu (saxa246), Ellen, Gio, Gwen, Hayley, JJ, PT and Robin (vonkie_1999).

Hugs for all and huge thanks to those who made these last days more bearable. I love you :)

Ok, so I proposed this game to the friends I talk to everyday in the forums, and I'm lucky a lot of them liked the idea: I asked them to submit me an old picture of themselves and it is as easy, or as hard, as to pair names with pictures :D

I'd like to thank all of those who took part for being as generous as to dedicate some time and effort to search for pics and scan them.

Those of you who missed it, don't worry. Some people sent me more than one picture so I'm all up for a second round! :D Just pm me your pics and I'll include those.

For my GameSpot friends and all tv.commers who don't frequent the CSI:NY forum, you can try and I guess who I am. I have posted some pics of myself and I think my old me is a total give away of my present self, although I guess we all think so and it isn't actually that easy :P

Anyway, rules are as follows: PM ME YOUR GUESSES. We all know who we are, so we are gonna obviously get our pic right and that would ruin the game putting 2 and 2 together. Other than that, feel free to leave whichever comment in here ;)

So, the people depicted below are (in alphabetical order ;) ):

Andre, BM, Charlie, Ellen, Gio, Gwen, Hayley, Heather, JJ, PT, Stacey and Stacy.

Time to guess! :D

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I don't think that words are needed.

If we could reduce Earth's population to a small village of exactly 100 inhabitants, there would be:

59 from Asia.
23 from Europe.
9 from Africa.
7 from America.
2 from Oceania.

52 Women.
48 Men.

70 Non white people.
30 White people.

70 Christian.
30 Non Christian.

89 Heterosexual.
11 Homosexual.

6 people would possess the 59% of the wealth and all those 6 would be North American.

Out of those 100 people:

80 would live in sub-human conditions.
70 couldn't read.
50 would suffer malnutrition.
1 would be about to die.
1 baby would be about to be born.
1 would have attended University.
1 person would own a computer.

So:

If you got up this morning healthy, you are luckier than millions of people who won't make it further than this week.

If you never knew the threat of war, the isolation of imprisonment, the agony of being tortured or the pain of hunger, you are luckier than 500 million people.

If you can profess your religion without fear of being humiliated, imprisoned, tortured or killed, you are luckier than 3 million people.

If you have food in your refrigerador, clothes in your closet, a bed to sleep and a roof over your head, you are wealthier than the 75% of the world's population.

If you have money in your pocket or in the bank, you are between the 8% of the wealthier people.

If your parents are alive and together, you are a really rare person.

If you are being able to read this, you are luckier than 2 million people.

I've received this pps like 5 or 6 times already in my mail, but everytime I see it, I can't help smiling. The pics are amazing and it makes me think of all you, my friends around the world. So I thought I'd share it, because well, I guess that those who have seen it wouldn't mind watching it again and that those who haven't might find it worth their time. Hope you enjoy it :)

Planet Earth

Strait of Gibraltar

Sand storm from North Africa travels across the Atlantic and hits the Canary Islands.

Night reaches Europe and West Africa.

Swiss Alps.

Iceland

The night reaches West South America

The night reaches North America

Night in Europe

Night in Africa

Night in Asia

Night in America

Night in Australia, New Zealand and all the islands of Oceania

Night in the North Hemisphere

Warning: this is another annoying blog of the thoughtful kind. As of lately, take a look at the following categories, place yourself in the one that fits you better and act in consequence ;)

A) Another bloody thoughtful blog? Gimme a break!

*Action to be taken: get outta here and move it to the next blog.

B) Meh, I have 5 minutes...

*Action to be taken: read it even if you won't comment, brains go rusty otherwise.

C) Yeah, I love to think!

*Action to be taken: squeeze your brain and share your juice with me.

So I was at my parents' yesterday and a glass slipped off my hand and shattered against the kitchen floor. That's pretty much me, the clumsiest person I know. Not a biggie, I put it all away as fast as I could so the cat wouldn't cut her paws and finally had my drink. Why the random bit? Well, there was this friend of my mum in the house and when the glass fell she said: "Nothing is forever but God". I raised an eyebrow because I'm an agnostic person and I shut up out of respect. However it kept me thinking about the meaning of the word "forever". I think it's a tricky word because I couldn't think of anything that really fits the definition of forever. Anyone can?

This is the story of two friends who bought a lion cub but realized that they couldn't keep him in the best conditions once he grew up, so they decided to travel to Africa and release him there. Years passed, and they decided to go back to Africa to meet with their old friend, even though everyone told them that the lion wouldn't recognize them. Wanna know what happened? (The video is just one minute and a half long, but for those interested, you can find the whole story at the left).

Find it out here

So what do you think? True or false story?

(By the way, answer to my previous blog has been added to it) ;)