Very Funny Ads

Saw the Very Funny Ads of 2007 on TBS last night. Some of my favorites:

• Statoil: Snow
• Hahn: Super Dry
• Brylcreem: Effortless
• Ikea: Ordinary People
• HBA Insurance: Asleep
• Renault: High Jump
• Mentos: Dog
• Dentyne Frost Bites: Frost Bitten
• Oslo Horse Racing: Cocktail
• Dale Carnegie Training: Robber

Old Indian Cartoons

Someone sent me these ... :)

Socialized Medicine

Saw Michael Moore's documentary Sicko today. It was very interesting, suspiciously propaganda-like but nevertheless brings to light many facts about the non-universal and for-profit health care industry in the U.S. and compares to socialized health care system of other countries.

Socialized medicine or state medicine is a health care system which operates by means of government regulation and subsidies derived from taxation.

Nations listed in the movie that employ a socialized health care system are

• U.S.A. (limited and underfunded in the form of Medicare since 1960s and limited to a group in the form of Veterans Health Administration)
  
• Canada
• United Kingdom (since 1948)
  
• France
• Norway
• Cuba (since 1960s under Fidel Castro)
  
• Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility (joke of course)

According to Wikipedia, other nations that use (or have used) the system are

• Soviet Union (1920s)
• New Zealand since 1939
• China (1950s - 1970s)
• Israel since 1948
  
• Finland

Wonder what other major nations employ this system.

Highs and Lows (Playlist #6)

• Modern Mafia, Athlete (Tourist, 2005)
• Alcoholic, Starsailor (Love Is Here, 2002)
• Mulder and Scully, Catatonia (International Velvet, 1998)
• Wisemen, James Blunt (Back to Bedlam, 2005)
• Let's Roll, The Stills (Logic Will Break Your Heart, 2003)
  
• High, James Blunt (Back to Bedlam, 2005)
• Feels Just Like It Should, Jamiroquai (Dynamite, 2005)
• The Last High, The Dandy Warhols (Welcome To The Monkey House, 2003)
• We Used To Be Friends, The Dandy Warhols (Welcome To The Monkey House, 2003)
• Everything But Mine, Backstreet Boys (Unbreakable, 2007)
• Paralyzer, Finger Eleven (Them Vs. You Vs. Me, 2007)
  

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Breakfast (Playlist #5)

• Cornflake Girl, Tori Amos (Under The Pink, 1994)
• My Favorite Game, The Cardigans (Gran Turismo, 1998)
• Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me, U2 (The Best of 1990-2000, 2002)
• Come Undone, Duran Duran (Duran Duran [The Wedding Album], 1993)
• Laid, James (The Best Of James, 1998)
• In A Little While, U2 (All That You Can't Leave Behind, 2000)
• It's My Life, Talk Talk (It's My Life, 1984)
• Steal My Sunshine, Len (You Can't Stop The Bum Rush, 1999)
• What Have I Done To Deserve This?, Pet Shop Boys (Discography: The Complete Singles Collection, 1991)
• Everybody's Changing, Keane (Hopes And Fears, 2004)
• In The Mean Time, Spacehog (Resident Alien, 1995)
• Sunrise, Simply Red (Home, 2003)
• Only Happy When It Rains, Garbage (Garbage, 1995)
• Thank U, Alanis Morissette (Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, 1998)
• Shape Of My Heart, Sting (Ten Summoner's Tales, 1993)
• Tom's Diner, Suzanne Vega (Retrospective: The Best Of Suzanne Vega, 2003)
• Bitter Sweet Symphony, The Verve (Urban Hymns, 1997)
• Shit On The Radio (Remember The Days), Nelly Furtado (Whoa, Nelly!, 2000)
• It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over, Lenny Kravitz (Greatest Hits, 2000)
• Kiss The Rain, Billie Myers (Growing, Pains, 1997)
• Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinéad O'Connor (I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got, 1990)
• Crush, Jennifer Paige (Jennifer Paige, 1998)
• Don't Dream It's Over, Crowded House (Crowded House, 1986)
• Everybody Wants To Rule The World, Tears For Fears (Songs From The Big Chair, 1985)
• Zombie, The Cranberries (No Need To Argue, 1994)
• Mad World, Tears For Fears (The Hurting, 1983)
• Save Yourself, Sense Field (Tonight and Forever, 2001)
• Live And Learn, The Cardigans (Long Gone Before Daylight, 2004)
• The Outsiders, Athlete (Beyond The Neighbourhood, 2007)
  

Sepia Mutiny Update

It's been a long road since I volunteered to help out at the bunker. Abhi interviewed me over the phone during my drive of nearly seven hours from Atlanta to Orlando. Five months and 16 days since I got the keys to the bunker, I made my contribution today. Yet to see how the Sepia community receives it, but right now - it's a good feeling. :)