I enjoy anime music videos (AMVs) very much because they are unique works of art. An editor has to make a story based on footage from one or several anime and add appropriate music. It is not an easy task.

I find that very few AMVs have appropriate music or good story. Yet there is something particular about AMVs. While musical clips is a similar medium, they serve to illustrate and amplify the song first and foremost. I believe the best AMVs elicit the emotions we felt when we saw the original anime.

Some AMVs can be enjoyable even when you have not seen the anime it was based on, but the effect is much greater when you know who the characters are and what they go through. While other AMVs don't have any particular story to tell and just look pretty.

Over the years I saw many AMVs, but liked only very few of them. Since I posted about 50 AMVs, it might be a daunting task to go through them all at one time. Thus, I wanted to make a subset of the AMVs that I consider the best. Please tell me if you liked any of these AMVs :)

Drama/Sentimental

- Rurouni Kenshin OVA - Trust and Betrayal
- Now and Then, Here and There - Hope
- Haibane Renmei - Hello
- Cowboy Bebop - Call Me, Call Me
- Neon Genesis Evangelion - Faithless
- Do You Remember Love - Show Must Go On

Comedy

- Azumanga Daioh - Lord of Rings Trailer
- Azumanga Daioh - Are you still preoccupied with 1985?

Action

- Escaflowne - Path

Romance

- Millennium Actress - Storm
- Haruhi Suzumiya - Ever the Same

Special Effects

- Haibane Renmei and Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien - Reflections
- Memory Flash - Multieditor project
- NieA Under Seven - Silence

Performance/Singing/Dancing

- Haruhi Suzumiya - God Knows
- Elvis and Anime

Ghibli Tributes

- Walking in the Air
- Ghibli Collection

You can see other AMVs under my Anime Music Videos category or check out the Vodpod widget on the sidebar.

What other AMVs are your favorites?

But we're interested in one in particular.

Our friend, Jilon Ghai, an actor in Los Angeles, has submitted an audition for a contest to appear on Mad Men! Mad Men is an Emmy award-winning original series on AMC. It was created by Matthew Weiner and it is one of the most clever commentaries on the "Golden Age" of advertising I've ever seen!

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(FYI, He is the SECOND one down)

Grean Pea Tagliatelle with Bacon.

Though I'd hold a bit back on the lemon, (perhaps cook the pasta with the zest instead of adding it to the dish) and definitely use matured cheddar instead of Parmesan.

--Clara

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Madrid y Barcelona se encuentran dentro de las 50 ciudades más caras del mundo para vivir, según pone de manifiesto el estudio sobre el coste de la vida para este año elaborado por la consultora Mercer.

Concretamente, la capital de España ha subido dos puestos en relación al año pasado y ha pasado del puesto 28 al 26, mientras que la Ciudad Condal permanece en el puesto 31. Sevilla, por su parte, es más barata y se encuentra en el puesto 74 de la clasificación.

"El fortalecimiento del euro ha provocado que muchas ciudades europeas, entre ellas las españolas, hayan ascendido puestos en la clasificación mundial", destacó Rafael Barrilero, socio de Mercer, quien agregó que, por el contrario, monedas como la libra han permanecido estables frente al dólar, lo que se ha traducido en la caída de puestos de sus ciudades en el ranking.

En el estudio se analizan más de 140 ciudades alrededor del mundo y se miden comparativamente los precios de más de 200 productos y servicios, entre los que destacan vivienda, comida, ropa, transporte, ocio y electrodomésticos, entre otros.

Moscú, la más cara, Asunción, la más barata

Moscú encabeza el ranking al aparecer como la ciudad más cara del mundo para vivir por tercer año consecutivo, seguida de Tokio, que escala dos posiciones respecto al año pasado, mientras que Londres cae un puesto y se sitúa en la tercera posición.

Según el estudio, la diferencia entre las ciudades más caras y las más baratas del mundo parece estar acrecentándose, contrariamente a la tendencia que se observaba el año pasado.

"Nuestro análisis confirma el aumento mundial de ciertos alimentos y el petróleo, aunque esa subida no es consistente en todas las ciudades", resaltó Barrilero, quien señaló que este hecho se ve arcialmente contrarrestado por el descenso de precios de otros artículos como la electrónica y otros bienes de consumo familiar por las importaciones más baratas de países emergentes como China y avances tecnológicos.

La única ciudad Norteamericana que aparece este año entre las 50 ciudades más caras del mundo es Nueva York, en el puesto 22, al caer siete puestos en un año.

Economía [Wikipedia.es]

La Comunidad de Madrid es la autonomía que goza de mayor renta por habitante de toda España: 28.850 euros en 2006, un 30,2% por encima de la media nacional. Le siguen, por este orden, las comunidades del País Vasco (28.346), Navarra (27.861) y Cataluña (26.124).^[32] En 2005 fue el principal destino de la inversión extranjera con el 34,3% del volumen del país.

A pesar de estos datos, la región sólo ocupa el puesto 34º en el ranking de las regiones europeas más prósperas (año 2002) y la posición 50º en la lista de ciudades-región más competitivas del planeta (año 2007),^[33] elaborada a partir del indicador del Producto Interior Bruto (PIB) por habitante. En esta clasificación, encabezada por San Francisco (Estados Unidos), figuran por delante de Madrid diecisiete metrópolis europeas, entre ellas Dublín (Irlanda), Milán (Italia), Lyon (Francia) y Roma (Italia), además de Londres (Reino Unido) y París (Francia). La región madrileña se coloca por delante de Barcelona, en el lugar 58º, y de Valencia, en el 64º, las otras dos grandes áreas metropolitanas españolas.

En el Informe Plataforma de seguimiento de la Estrategia de Lisboa,^[34] promovido por la Unión Europea en 2007, se señala que los puntos fuertes de la economía madrileña son su escaso desempleo, su gasto en investigación, su desarrollo relativamente elevado y sus servicios de alto valor añadido. Entre sus puntos débiles aparecen la falta de conexiones de banda ancha (nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación) y su tasa de actividad relativamente baja entre las mujeres. En este estudio, se destaca a la Comunidad de Madrid como una región-municipio preferentemente asentada en el sector de los servicios.

Renta disponible bruta municipal per cápita:

Al igual que ocurre con los datos demográficos, la renta disponible bruta municipal per cápita presenta enormes oscilaciones entre las distintas localidades de la provincia. Pero, a diferencia de las cifras poblacionales (que iban a a la baja cuanto más aumentaba la distancia con el área metropolitana), se configura ahora un mapa completamente distinto: las áreas de mayor renta per cápita se sitúan preferentemente en el municipio de Madrid y en su corona metropolitana norte, noroeste y nordeste, con extensiones hacia la Sierra de Guadarrama, hasta el límite con la provincia de Segovia.

Estas zonas presentan un fuerte componente residencial y, en determinados puntos, integran urbanizaciones consideradas de lujo. Pozuelo de Alarcón, Las Rozas de Madrid, Majadahonda, Boadilla del Monte y Torrelodones, que se ubican en el arco oeste del área metropolitana, repiten año tras año como los municipios de mayor renta per cápita de la Comunidad de Madrid. En 2004, en concreto, alcanzaron cifras que iban desde los 22.846 euros de Pozuelo hasta los 19.753 de Torrelodones.^[35]

En el otro extremo, con menos de 8.500 euros, figuran los tres vértices del triángulo que dibuja la provincia, tal y como puede observarse en el mapa adjunto. En 2004, los municipios de menor renta per cápita fueron Madarcos (7.375), Valdaracete (7.746), Somosierra (7.819), Prádena del Rincón (7.941) y Brea de Tajo (7.985 euros).^[36] Madarcos es también el pueblo menos poblado de la región (45 habitantes) y uno de los términos municipales de menor superficie (8,5 km²).Leer más en Wikipedia.es

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actually I still have that account, so we are just gonna deposit davids check, and then go put it in bank of america. I am sick of being confused about my money! and if they wanna start with me i'll sue their assfor the 105 they have stole from me. nothing is ever clear on their site. its like pending, current, available, and stuff takes up to a week to come out! with bank of america everything came out when i spent It! none of the pending, current, availble stuff

ok its 6:43 and i'm already mad? grr. I just want our money problems to be over. and they just keep getting worse!

i'm gonna try to go lay back down

23 AGOSTO. MOTO ROCK FESTIVAL desde las 12 HS.

Se llevará acabo el primer M.T. ROCK FESTIVAL AV. Eva Peron 2650, en la ciudad de Temperley en el Barrio San Jose, zona sur GBA, el día 23 de Agosto.

Las bandas confirmadas son:

* La banda original de PAPPO con LUCIANO NAPOLITANO
* VOX DEI
* PIER
* VITICUS
* MAD
* HEREFORD (uruguay)
* kEROSENE
* VERDULEROS
* TERCER LOCO - LOS MISMOS DE SIEMPRE

Anticipadas:
PRECIO LANZAMIENTO HASTA EL 31/07/08 INCLUSIVE -$ 40.-

Pueden conseguirse en:
LA BESTIA ROCK (Solano) - XENON (Quilmes) - JASON STONE (La plata todos) - FUERA DE SEKTOR (Lomas - San Jose) - LA CUEVA (Lanus) - LA BANDURRIA (Burzaco) - UNDER ROCK (Flores) - VITRIOL (Varela) - LOCURAS (Once) - ZONA PURPURA (Berazat.) - HATEFULL (Berazat.) - LA ESTAKA (Quilmes) - LA CUEVA (Lanus) - TRANSILVANIA (Lanus) - LA BOTICA (Wilde)

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Contacto:
http://www.fotolog.com/motorockfest
valvularock_prod@hotmail.com
motorockfestival@hotmail.com

Gracias a Marcos por la info.

Fabrizio. Conmovidos.com

-PJ

A few days from the current date, I made a video of my new cardboard house.  The only thing is that when I made it, I left it open.  I didn't say what was inside of the box from the lord.  Well, it was simple.  Peanuts.  Yes, peanuts.  But not the kind you can eat.  Shipping peanuts.  

-KM

I think the Styluses were rather easy to make. However the doughwas not as easy to work with as I'm used to. Maybe that is just the fever talking, though.

Oh - and the spread has nothing to do with nutella or anything else you'd put on bread. It's a varaiation on a pudding-like substance Danes like to put in their birthday cakes. Well, my national heritage has some power over me, and I've never come to terms with this particular custom.

Stylus with Cinnamon and Vanilla spread (20 pcs)

For the dough:

• 35 g. yeast
• 2 3/4 dl water, hand warm
• 2 ½ tbl sp sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp cardamom
• 1 egg
• 35 g. butter, soft
• 550 - 600 g flour

For the spread:

• 2 egg yolks
• 2 tbl sp sugar
• seeds of ½ vanilla bean
• 3½ dL milk
• 1½ tbl sp corn starch (maizena)

For the 'remonce' (cinnamon filling)

• 200 g butter, soft
• 180 g sugar
• cinnamon to taste (I used 1½ tbl spoons)

To 'sprinkel': 1 egg

Start with cooking the spread: Beat the potato starch with some of the milk. Meanwhile put the remaining milk and other ingredients into a pot. Heat while constantly beating. Now add the milk-starch and let the mixture boil for some minutes while continually beating. Leave to cool.

Now we go for the dough: Dissolve the yeast in the hand warm water. Add the remaining ingredients and knead into a dough. Beware: the original recipe said to use 425 g of flour, but I ended up using 650 - so be careful when adding the flour. Leave to rise for 15 - 20 minutes.

While the dough rises take your time to mix the remonce: Beat sugar and butter until it is mixed well and add cinnamon to taste.

Now, roll the dough into a 50cm x 20 cm rectangular. Spread first the remonce and then spread on the dough. Roll the whole thing into a 50 cm snake. Now cut into 'styles' every 3-5 cm. Place on a baking tray and leave to rise for another 40-50 minutes. Sprinkle with the beaten egg.

Bake for 7-9 minutes at 235 degrees Celsius.

Kanelgifler, ca 20 stk.

Dej:

• 35 g gær
  2 3/4 dl lunkent vand
  2 ½ spsk sukker
  1 tsk. salt
  1 tsk. kardemomme (kan udelades)
  1 æg
  35 g smør
  550 - 600 g mel
• Remonce:
  200 g blødt smør
  180 g sukker
  kanel efter smag
• Creme:
  2 æggeblommer
  2 spsk. sukker
  vaniliesukker, ca ½ tsk
  3½ dl mælk
  1½ spsk. maizena

Til pensling: 1 æg, sammenpisket

Start med at lave cremen:
Rør maizena ud i lidt af mælken. Bland resten af ingredienserne i
en lille kasserolle og varm det under omrøring. Tilsæt maizena-
blandingen og lad det koge i et par minutter under konstant
omrøring.
Stil cremen til side og lad den køle af.

Lav nu dejen: smuldr gæren ud i det lunkne vand. Tilsæt de øvrige
ingredienser (men pas på melet! Den oprindelige opskrift angiver
425 g, men jeg måtte bruge ca 600 før dejen var nogenlunde samlet).
Stil dejen til hævning i 15-20 minutter.

Men dejen hæver laves remoncen: bland smør og sukker og smag til med
kanel. Jeg vil anbefale ca 2 spsk. kanel (men det er jo smagssag).

Rul dejen ud til et rektangel på 50 * 20 cm (den var lidt strid da jeg
lave giflerne). Smør først remoncen på og derefter cremen. Lad de sidste
3-5 cm. på langs være fri for creme og remonce.
Rul rektanglet sammen fra den lange side, begynd fra den side med
remonce. Skær pølsen i skiver på 4 cm. bredde. Læg dem over på en
bageplade med god mellemrum. Lad dem hæve i 40-50 minutter. Pensl dem
med æg.

Bag giflerne v. 235 grader i 8-9 minutter.

Den bosniske taverna

Vurdering: 2,5/5

Restaurant Mostar på Vesterbro er et spændende alternativ til den københavnske madscene, men forsøget på at bringe det bosniske køkken til Danmark når desværre ikke meget længere end til det mere velkendte græske turistkøkken fra charterferien.

Intentionerne er ellers prisværdige hos Københavns nye bosniske madindslag, som har indrettet en hyggelig og stilfuld restaurant på Gammel Kongevej, hvor stemningen er folkelig og betjeningen yderst venlig og afslappet. Desværre blev min medspiser og jeg placeret ved et bord lige foran køkkenindgangen, hvor tjenerne konstant susede forbi for at servicere den næsten fulde restaurant. Vi kunne heldigvis få et andet bord omgivet af mindre trafik.

Menuen er simpel og lokal, som man kunne forvente, og man kan sammensætte sin egen 3-retters menu for 240 kr. Fire foretter byder gæsterne på et valg mellem en art bosniske "tapas" kaldet Meza - forskellige slags røget kød og pølser med tilbehør, grillede tigerrejer svøbt i røget skinke, den cypriotiske halloumi ost, som ligeledes har været en tur på grillen, samt en salat af blækspruttearme med kartofler. Vi besluttede at starte ved Adriaterhavet og se, hvad bosnierne kan med rejer og blæksprutte.

Straks efter kom der brød på bordet, som menukortet lovede var friskt og hjemmelavet. Det viste sig dog at være en sandhed med visse modifikationer, eftersom brødet lignede et ciabatta bakeoff og i øvrigt var knastørt. Hertil fulgte fire gode oliven, omend man dog godt kunne have ønsket sig et par stykker mere.

Forreterne kom hurtigt, hvilket var kendetegnene fra resten af aftenen. Første positive overraskelse var blækspruttearmene, som ikke var de sædvanlige hvide gummiagtige elastikker, men små friske og sprøde uden at være hårde. Tilbehøret var dog yderst sparsomt med et par fine kogte kartofler, salatblade og en kraftig olie-eddiske dressing, som var en smule for dominerende.

Det samme gjorde sig gældende for min medspisers tigerrejer, som var pakket helt ind i skiver af røget skinke, og placeret oven på den samme dressing som mine blækspruttearme. At svøbe fisk og skaldyr i røget skinke er en fin ide, men det kræver at skinkens røgede smag ikke er for markant, og det var desværre tilfældet denne aften. Rejernes smag blev holdt nede, og det hjalp ikke meget, at tarmen på et par af rejerne ikke var fjernet. En sjuskefejl, som kan ødelægge oplevelsen af denne ellers dejlige spise betragteligt.

TIl hovedret tilbyder restauranten en dagens fisk, samt enten oksefilet eller lam fra grillen. Vi valgte restaurantens (og måske også Bosniens?) mærkevare, det helstegte lam (formentligt på bål eller grill), som ejeren forsikrede os om, var Skandinaviens bedste. Jeg skal ikke kunne bedømme helt præcist, hvorvidt der findes bedre lam blandt vore nabolande, men Mostars version er utvivlsomt lækkert. Mørt, saftigt og med masser af intens aromatisk lammesmag, hvilket altid er et tegn på, at kvaliteten er i orden. Derfor var det også skuffende at det glimrende lam ikke fik finere selskab end en håndfuld halverede cherrytomater, gennemsnitlig feta i små færdiglavede tern, samt en godkendt tzatziki, som dog savnede mere agurk. Alt sammen noget, der mindede lidt for meget om en hverdagsmiddag man selv kunne komponere med råvarer fra det lokale supermarked.

Til hovedretten valgte vi et glas af henholdsvis rød og hvidvin, begge lokale fra Mostar og af årgang 2005 til 40 og 45 kr. Yderst rimelige priser, men det kan dog undre, at rødvinen blev serveret lige så kold som hvidvinen (med dug på glasset!). Enten er det fordi, at den bosniske vin er bedst sådan men vinen forblev denne aften desværre for lukket og nåede aldrig rigtigt at udfolde sig i glasset. Det samme gjaldt hvidvinen, som var noget sød uden megen karakter.

Jeg sluttede aftenen af med den klassiske middelhavskage, Baklava, bygget af lag af filodej med sirup og hakkede valnødder. En ret sød men bestemt frisk og lækker sag, som var akkompagneret af en dejlig vaniljeis. Min medspisers kaffeislagkage var ligeledes god med en fornuftig balance mellem kaffe og is.

Dermed sluttede besøget på Mostar fornuftigt af. Slutregningen lød på godt 600 kr. for to, yderst rimeligt, men mere skal en sådan middag heller ikke koste. Mostar har utvivlsomt et bålstegt lam, som kan gøre stedet populært, men det overordnede indtrykket mindede, trods de gode råvarer, for meget om et bedre græsk turistkøkken, som man har oplevet det på sine charterferier, og savner dermed overraskelser og særpræg. Mostar lægger dog heller ikke an til andet end et folkeligt køkken med rimelige priser, som egner sig glimrende til større selskaber i en folkelig og velstemt atmosfære , hvorfor Mostar heller ikke adskiller sig meget fra den traditionelle græske taverna. Desværre.

Hver gang jeg er ude og rejse, uanset om det er storbyferie eller bade ferie, er mad og kultur ligeså stor en del af ferien for mig som swimmingpool og 30 grader.

Jeg elsker at opleve hvor store spring der kan være imellem eksempelvis den danske madkultur og den italienske. Jeg kastede mig tilfældigvis ud i en "Jamie Oliver aften" forleden, hvor forret og hovedret var fra hans italienske kogebord.

Og jeg må sige at der har vi danskere noget at lære. Alene hvad man kan gøre med få og simple ingredienser finder jeg dybt fascinerende. Jeg prøvede for første gang at lave polenta, som er en slags "kage" der består af majsgryn, parmesanost, en smule smør, vand og salt og peber. Utroligt simpel, men virkelig velsmagende, når den eksempelvis sammensættes med den søde tomatsovs, den salte parmaskinke og den bitre ruccola salat.

Hvilken øjenåbner, som jeg har tænkt på lige siden. Min kærlighed for det italienske køkken har hermed fået fornyet liv, og det synes jeg at jeg ville dele med jer.

Hvis i ikke er køkkenvandte og tror at i da på ingen måde kan lave så eksotisk mad, så vil jeg bare råde hver og én til at springe direkte ud i det, for lykkes det er det bare SÅ dejligt selv at have lavet noget så simpelt men helt igennem fantastisk mad!

As we have seen many wrestling characters that has worked for WWE officially released in plastic form by Jakks, we think of one man who hasn't. As a matter of fact, we are still yet to see a complete list of Classic Superstars.

Macho Man Randy Savage is one of those I believe Jakks hasn't been able to sign. Or else we would have him in our wrestling rings long time ago.

I have created a very familiar looking Macho Man in a gimmick he plays face. His hairdo is one of which is the most difficult but the proudest part for me as it is what I wanted it to look like. The kneepads are one of those changes I've made to Macho. I taped some very thin elastic tapings around a regular Deluxe figure kneepad to produce the desired yellow. Initially I thought of painting, but painting on the original kneepad will cause a sticky feel and when touched, it may cause your finger prints to be left on it. I hate all that sticky feeling, as the paint itself sticks onto the figure surface and stays with the figure overtime. Rubber and paint just doesn't work together. I've also added in Macho Man's famous entrance attire, his famous eye-catchy attire which looks half robe half cape with a shiny blue which I wasn't sure what the attire should be called.

Look no where now, as I give you the Macho Man!

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Me: But I have 4 kids.

Him: You can take turns and leave two in the daycare.

Me: But this is family swim, and this is my family.

Him: Insurance reasons only let 2 non-swimmers per adult. You can bring another adult or leave two kids in the daycare.

Me: So I can't swim with my family during FAMILY SWIM

Him: Besides you have all boys and they are in a high risk category. Most drownings are boys.

I'm so pissed I can hardly breathe. Family swim is at 10 in the morning. Like any father is off work to go to family swim at 10 in the morning. As I'm leaving I tell him that I pay my dues too. He doesn't hear me, so when I go back for my towels, I'm crying and I repeat myself. I hear the old fat ladies talking about me with him. I repeat, I PAY MY DUES TOO! As we leave the Y, the lifeguard is at the front desk talking with one of the other employees about me too. Great! Not only are we already a spectacle, but now we are also a spectacle. I'm pissed!!! The only other family swim time is from 7-8 on Wed night. How many two year olds are up past 8? Any normal ones should be in bed. Did I mention I'm mad as hell? So, I can't take all four of them swimming until Lucas can swim. That's just great, if you could actually get into swimming lessons. It's impossible there. Then he has to pass the swimming test. That's to swim the length of the pool on his own. It took Jake until he was over 6. That's another year and a half that I can't swim with my own children. Did I mention I'm mad as hell? I understand the insurance BS, but come on, these are my own kids. I'm responsible for them. What the hell happened to personal responsibility? Maybe they should have a smaller wading pool if they are going to make these rules. Maybe they could have a waiver. Maybe they should leave us the hell alone since the boys were doing just fine and I was watching all of them. Anyway, I'm going to pissed for a while.

… ja, man skal se meget før ørerne falder af …

Jeg var nede på den lille café her i Svendborg, Café Tryk, som er drevet som et beskæftigelsesprojekt af unge med særlige behov, med støtte fra et par ledere.

Jeg spiser nogle gange frokost dér, fordi de er gode til kalorielette, velsmagende og billige retter, der heller ikke har et omfang som trekvart middag.

Dén frokost jeg fik forleden fik mig dog til at kigge med nogen undren.

Den bestod af en salat - hvis hovedingredienser var røgede laksestykker belagt med halve jordbær …
Derudover bestod salaten af salatblade, let kogte hele bønner og (så vidt jeg husker) lidt ruccula og løg.
Dressing, en olie / eddikeblanding.
Dertil en krydret bolle.
Det smagte slet ikk’ så tosset, sku’ jeg hilse og sige.
Prøv jer frem - jeg ku’ forestille mig at andre typer (f. eks.) kold, stegt fisk, osse kunne bruges.

Det er jo en tradition fra bl. a. østen, at man blander kød / varme retter med forskellige typer frugt.
Det er da glimrende, at eksperimentere med dét herhjemme, hvor vi jo egentlig har masser af frugt og bær til rådighed.

Vi må se at hjælpe med at opfinde Det Nordiske Køkken.
Hvor vi, jævnfør Middelhavslandene og - som nævnt - Fjernøsten bruger ALT, der kan vokse / leve hos os, hvilket jo slet ikke er så lidt endda.

Dansk madtradition har haft en tendens, før kartoflen kom, til at koncentrere sig om brød, grød og kød - med en lille smule grønt (kål) som tilskud.
Så vidt jeg har forstået.

Der er frit felt for eksperimenter.
Vegetarmad - udelukkende med danskproducerede råvarer - f. eks.
En god idé fordi (traditionel) vegetarmad af importerede råvarer faktisk koster et større CO2 udslip end dansk kødmad.

Fik forøvrigt hér forleden en udmærket vegetarisk rijs-tafel .. hvor vi osse endte op med en grøn salat med bl. a. jordbærstykker, som tilbehør

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I had that happen to me twice in the last two days.  I won't share what yesterday's revelation was (it's just not that interesting), but today's revelation is worth sharing because I think that many of us could learn from it.

Yesterday I received an email that really made me mad.  I was feeling pretty good, sat down to go over my messages and have a cup of coffee and got kicked in the stomach, so to speak.  A friend really reamed me out in a totally unfair way (from my perspective).  He assigned to me all kinds of motives that I did not have, misrepresented things I had said, and said some pretty cruel things.  Let's just say that grace was not the order of the day.   I went through the typical gamut of emotions: shock, hurt, remorse, outrage, and finally the one we usually end on: anger.  The more I thought about it, the angrier I got.  Having slept on it I was more and more convinced that I had not done anything to deserve the kind of letter that I received and the more I replayed the events the more angry I got that I was on the receiving end of this guy's bad day.  I stewed in my anger: "What right did he have to say those things in that way, especially without first talking to me civilly?"  I just knew that I was totally justified to be angry for having been treated the way I was and thought of all the things I wish I had said back to him that I didn't.

Then I read my devotion for the day from John MacArthur's "Strength for Today".  The summation said this: "Jesus is the greatest example of gentleness: He became angry when God the Father was dishonored, but not when He, the Son, was." The last sentence in the devotion says this: "It's so easy to strike back when someone criticizes or attacks us, but that's not the way of the gentle Christian trying to walk worthy.  The only time we should let the lion in us roar is when God's honor is at stake.  Jesus forgave those who crucified Him.  How can we do any less to those who hurt us?"

Ouch.  God's Word, right to the gut.  Here I was, angry because my precious honor was impugned.  I was angry because I was done wrong (in my opinion).  I was stewing in my anger because someone had treated in a less-than-Christian way.  What a selfish, prideful person I am!

Jesus constantly had his motives questioned: they accused him of working for the devil.  He constantly had his words misrepresented: witnesses were found to twist his words before the Sanhedrin.  Jesus was personally attacked when all he wanted to do was to seek and save the lost: yet he went like a lamb to the slaughter.  And here I was in a tizzy because of a nasty letter.

The only time Jesus really showed anger was when God was being attacked: when the Temple was being used for greed and when people were being misled by the religious leaders.  And even when he was being nailed to a cross he said, "Father, forgive them."  He never got angry when his pride was hurt or he was unjustly treated.  And yet we get so mad for the slightest offense.  Mad used to mean "crazy" (as in the Mad Hatter); maybe that's not such a bad usage.  Most of the time when we're mad we're simply acting irrationally.

And here I am walking around in a funk because someone fired off a nasty email, something I've done a thousand times.  For all I know this guy, a friend, was just having a bad day.  He could have been speaking out of some deep hurt or anger.  I might have touched a nerve that I didn't even know he had.  And even if he was 100% wrong, why should my anger get so stirred up over an insult to me when Jesus was willing to suffer death for my sake?

I read somewhere that you can tell a lot about a person by what they laugh at and what they get angry about.  I need to get over getting so mad over personal insults and more mad when God is dishonored.  I'm sure I'm not alone in this.