Towards the sun

CATS&DOGS! :)

2011-08-19T12:07:00.001+03:00

How to give a cat a pill
1) Pick cat up and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.

2) Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.

3) Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill away.

4) Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left arm holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open and push pill to back of mouth with right fore-finger. Hold mouth shut for a count of ten.

5) Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from top of wardrobe. Call spouse from garden.

6) Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler and rub cat's throat vigorously.

7) Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from hearth and set to one side for gluing later.

8) Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on cat with head just visible from below armpit. Put pill in end of drinking straw, force mouth open with pencil and blow down drinking straw.

9) Check label to make sure pill not harmful to humans, drink glass of water to take taste away. Apply band-aid to spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and soap.

10) Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get another pill. Place cat in cupboard and close door onto neck to leave head showing. Force mouth open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with elastic band.

11) Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard door back on hinges. Apply cold compress to cheek and check records for date of last tetanus jab. Throw Tee-shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.

12) Ring fire brigade to retrieve cat from tree across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from foil-wrap.

13) Tie cat's front paws to rear paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table, find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into mouth followed by large piece of fillet steak. Hold head vertically and pour 2 pints of water down throat to wash pill down.

14) Get spouse to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.

15) Arrange for RSPCA to collect cat and ring local pet shop to see if they have any hamsters.

HOW TO GIVE A DOG A PILL:

1) Wrap it in bacon.

PEOPLE & THEIR DRINKS

2011-06-03T17:34:00.000+03:00

A recent magazine survey, interviewed fifty bartenders and they were asked if they could identify a customer’s personality on what drinks they ordered? Although interviewed separately, they concurred on almost all counts.

The results:
If Women Drink these drinks in a pub ... (not at home)

Beer

Personality: Casual, low maintenance; down to earth.

Approach: Challenge her to a game of pool.
Cocktails or Blender drinks with umbrella

Personality: Flaky, annoying, dizzy, and a pain in the ass.

Approach: Avoid her, unless you want to be her cabin boy.
Mixed drinks - no umbrellas e.g.; Gin and tonic / Scotch and soda

Personality: Mature, has picky taste; knows what she wants

Approach: If she wants you, she’ll send YOU a drink.
Water

Personality: Pretentious and is looking for a serious relationship.

Approach: Don’t.

Wine - (bottled, not 4 litre cask)

Personality: Conservative and classy, sophisticated.

Approach: Try and weave Paris and clothing into the conversation.

Bacardi Breezer, Red Square , Archers Cooler, Smirnoff Ice, Mudshake etc.

Personality: Easy; thinks she is trendy and sophisticated actually has no clue.

Approach: Make her feel smarter than she is... and you’re in.

Spirits such as Wild Turkey, Southern Comfort

Personality: Watch out, they are unique! A real mixture of personalities. Love to be laid!

Approach: Talk dirty to them whilst challenging them intellectually – you’re in!

Cape Velvet

Personality: Annoying voice, bit of a tart.

Approach: Stand close and mention the alley next to the pub.

Shots and Slammers (Tequila, Vodka, Aftershock etc.)

Personality: Hangs around with male work pals or looking to get drunk.

Approach: Easiest hit in the pub, Nothing to do but wait......

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Spirits such as JACKS, BEAM

Personality: Enjoys male company more than females, loves to party hard

Approach: Keep buying them drinks, they’ll think you’re a nice bloke and they are probably trying to work out how to get you to bed!

IF MEN DRINK in a PUB.. (As always, very simple and clear cut.)

Cider

He’s probably under-aged and wants to get laid.

Cheap Domestic Beer

He’s poor / student and wants to get laid.

Real Ale Beer

He likes good beer and wants to get laid.

Imported Beer

He’s old; he likes good beer and wants to get laid.

Guinness

The man is a rapist and will get laid one way or another.

Water

He just threw up and is trying to wash the taste out of his mouth so that he can still get laid

Wine

He’s hoping that the wine thing will give him a sophisticated image and help him get laid.

Vodka or Brandy

Extremely horny hound, would shag a warm scarf. Desperate to get laid.

Port

Thinks he’s sophisticated, secretly likes men and wants to get laid.

Whisky/Jack Daniels

He doesn’t give two $hits about anything and will hit anyone who will get in his way of getting laid.

Jim Beam

Not as masculine as the whisky drinker, knows all about feminine activities (knitting, crochet etc.) to weasel himself into getting laid.

Rum or Tequila

Likes fighting almost as much as getting laid.

Bacardi Breezer, Red Square , Archers Cooler, Smirnoff Ice, etc

He’s gay (blatantly) - don’t turn your back or pick up any dropped change

Minimale

2011-06-03T15:07:00.000+03:00

Interviu CNBC cu Warren Buffett, al doilea dintre cei mai bogati din lume,care a donat 31 milioane $ pt caritate.
Cateva aspecte f intereante ale vietii lui:
1.- A cumparat prima actiune la 11 ani si regreta ca a inceput prea tarziu!
2.- A cumparat o mica ferma la 14 ani cu economiile din vanzari de ziare.
3.- Si astazi mai locuieste in mica lui casa in Omaha ,cu 3 camere,pe care a cumparat=o dupa ce s-a casatorit, acum 50 de ani. Él spune ca in acea casa are totul.In casa sa nu are nici un tablou sau decoratiuni interioare, statui..
4.- Isi conduce singur masina , nu are sofer si nu are bodyguard.
5.- Niciodata nu a calatorit in avion particular,chiar fiind proprietarul celei mai mari companii de avioane private din lume.
6.-Compania lui, Berkshire Hathaway, are in subordonare inca 63 de firme. Odata pe an, el trimite scrisori directorilor firmelor sale, cu targeturile pt noul an.Niciodata nu convoca reuniuni sau da telefoane zilnice directorilor.
Directorilor lui le-a impus urmatoarele 2 reguli:
Regula 1 :nu pierdeti niciiodata investitile actionarilor.
Regula 2: Nu uitati regula 1.

7.- Él nu socializeaza cu lumea in inalta societate. Isi petrece timpul liber cu o farfurie de popcorn la TV.
8.- Bill Gates, cel mai bogat din lume, l-a cunoscut recent, acum 5 ani.Bill Gates credea ca nu are nimic in comun cu Warren Buffett. Pentru asta, a stabilit o intalnire cu el,programata sa dureze o jumatate de ora .Dar cand l-a cunoscut , intalnirea a durat 10 ore si Bill Gates s-a transformat intr-un fan al lui Warren Buffet.
9.- Warren Buffet nu are telefon mobil si nici laptop pe birou.
10.- Sfatul lui pt tineri: Indepartati-va de cartile de credit si investiti in voi.

AMINTITI-VA:
A. Nu banul face pe om, ci omul face banul.
B. Viata este atat de simpla pe cat v-o faceti voi.
C. Nu faceti ce spun altii, ascultati-i, dar faceti cum simtiti.
D. Nu va imbracati doar cu haine de firma, ci cu cele in care va simtiti confortabil.
E. Nu cheltuiti banii pe lucruri care nu sunt necesare, ci doar pe cele cu adevarat necesare.
F. Pana la urma, viata voastra e a voastra. De ce sa le dati altora sansa sa v-o conduca?
G. Daca banii nu ajuta ca sa-i imparti cu ceilalti, atunci pt ce mai sunt buni?AJUTATI CHIAR DACA NU PUTETI, MEREU CEI CARE STIU SA IMPARTA VOR FI BINECUVANTATI.
H. NU cheltuiti banii pe care nu ii aveti.Cartile de credit, imprumuturile, etc au fost inventate de societatea de consum.
I. Inainte de a cumpara ceva,ganditi-va: Ce mi se intampla daca nu cumpar asta? Daca raspunsul este "nimic", atunci nu cumparati, pt ca inseamna ca nu aveti nevoie.

"Nimic nu am adus pe lume, nimic nu vom lua cand plecam.."

by C!pane

2011-01-31T16:13:00.000+02:00

Seeing Through the Layers of the Sun

2011-01-05T15:17:00.001+02:00

Seeing Through the Layers of the Sun
Originally uploaded by NASA Goddard Photo and Video

...si rotitele continua sa se invarta

2010-12-07T22:54:00.000+02:00

Invidia - Dan Puric

2010-08-03T11:09:00.000+03:00

Intr-o zi, vecinul nostru de bloc si-a luat un aparat de aer conditionat. Era un zaduf ingrozitor, dar noi n-aveam aparat de aer conditionat si nici bani ca sa ne cumparam unul. Sufeream de caldura si de invidie. Aveam insa o biblioteca. Ne-am uitat in ea si am scos cugetarile lui Seneca. Am citit de acolo o pagina-doua despre bine si sensul vietii si, desi cald tot ne era, nu l-am mai invidiat pe vecin.
Ceva mai tarziu, vecinul si-a deschis un butic si a inceput sa umble imbracat la costum la patru ace. Noi - tot cu blugi.
Nu-i nimic - ne-am zis linistiti, citind un capitol din Etica lui Spinoza. Apoi vecinul a aparut deodata intr-un Megane argintiu. Noi n-aveam nici bicicleta, dar l-am dispretuit citind din Phaidon al lui Platon. Mai tarziu, vecinul a schimbat Meganul pe Mertan. Nu ne-a pasat, caci si noi il schimbaseram deja pe Platon cu Aristotel. Si-a luat si un 4x4, cel mai mare de pe strada. Noi l-am luat pe Marcus Aurelius, care ne-a facut sa zambim impacati.
A mai trecut o vreme si vecinul si-a luat nevasta noua: blonda, frumoasa, tanara. Noi - tot cu cea veche, dar am luat Evanghelia dupa Ioan. Vecinul si-a imbracat soata cu o garderoba intreaga si cu
blanuri, basca bijuteriile. Noi ne-am imbracat spiritul citind din Eclesiast. In fine, vecinul s-a mutat intr-o vila la sosea cu gard mare, bodigarzi si piscina. Am rezistat si de data aceasta eroic, citind Richard III. A urmat o a doua vila - la munte. Dupa ce am vazut-o, ne-am consolat cu Macbeth. O a treia - la mare: am recurs la Invierea lui Tolstoi, al carei efect l-am consolidat cu Ghilgames, Ghandi si Declaratia de iubire a lui Liiceanu. Ne-am simtit cu mult mai bine.
L-au dat la televizor la o emisiune foarte populara. Ne-am stapanit emotia cu o portie de Caragiale. L-au dat a doua oara cu mare succes: am fi suferit daca nu ne-ar fi ajutat Ananda Coomaraswamy,
Cartea lui Iov si Cazul Wagner al lui Nietzsche.
Asa a trecut ceva mai mult timp... Vecinul isi lua case, masini, iahturi, femei. Noi raspundeam cu Balzac, Thomas Mann, Hegel,Berdiaev. Lupta era stransa, dar echilibrata. In sfarsit, intr-o zi l-au aratat cu catuse la maini, umflat de PNA. Am rasfoit atunci fericiti Apocalipsa. Dar peste vreo doua saptamani, vecinul nostru era eliberat si chiar si-a anuntat candidatura pe listele unui partid majoritar.
Scarbiti, ne-am uitat in biblioteca. N-am mai vazut nimic. Ne-am uitat pentru a doua oara. Nu ne-a venit sa credem. Pentru a treia oara ne-am uitat cu atentie. Acelasi rezultat: citiseram toate cartile.
Si atunci ne-a cuprins invidia...
Popor roman, nu te-ai saturat sa stai pe locul mortului si sa fii condus de toti tampitii?

Dan Puric

increase awareness!

2009-11-14T12:52:00.001+02:00

rolul 1 al atitudinii pro-eco

woozy windmill whirlwind

2009-11-13T15:50:00.001+02:00

2009-10-11T21:19:00.001+03:00

Datorita replicabilitatii ridicate sub aproximativ acelasi tipar a anumitor situatii si evenimente din terna (noastra) existenta n-ar fi o idee rea ca ele sa fie imortalizate intr-una din aceste instante.

girls' best friend :-s va regasiti?

2009-02-04T12:47:00.001+02:00

Pt ca imi vorbeste urat,...cand vorbesc cu el se face ca nu ma aude, mi-a promis sambata ca ma duce la examensi a plecat in alta parte dar mi-a zis sa il astept ca vine ,l-am tot sunat , zicea ca vine acum..bla, bla, ideea e ca am pierdut examenul si mia zis ca " i se rupe". Ma scoate din pepeni, pt eu chiar nu sunt genul care sa accept asa ceva.
Ce am de gand sa fac...uite printre altele i-am zis asta... "As vrea sa te fac ca pe albia de porci, sa iti spun ca esti un tampit si ca habar nu ai sa pretuiesti ce ai, ca te porti ca un retardat, ca esti cel mai nesimtit si mai lipsit de educatie si de maniere om pe care l-am vazut vreodata(in afara de ciprian) si sa iti spun ca eu sunt o romantica, ca nu am de gand sa stau toata viata sa ascult cum ma faci tu toanta si cum ma faci sa ma simt ultima proasta, si cum te vaiti ca tu ai 2 joburi, sa-ti vad indiferenta. O sa imi gasesc pe cineva care vrea sa ma vada, vrea sa ma asculte,vrea sa fie in compania mea, care stie sa fie un domn, cineva care sa fie ce am crezut ca esti tu cand l-am lasat pe Leo pt tine!!!!!!!! Da-ti demisia de la .., devino iar alcoolic, intoarce-te la fostele tale gagici, scarpina-te toata ziua la oua daca asa esti multumit de viata ta!!!! Nu-mi pasa! Fa ce vrei!

Ti-as spune asta daca as sti ca te face sa realizezi in ce hal ai ajuns, dar stiu ca nu te face decat sa te simti jignit si nu asta vreau. Asa ca n-am sa ti-o zic... o las scrisa, pentru ca asa nu are nici o valoare."

-----Original Message-----
From: AL
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:34 AM
To: AD
Subject: RE:

De ce v-ati certat?
Si ce vrei sa faci?

back to the board!

2009-01-27T16:48:00.005+02:00

M-am decis sa impart cu voi una din noile mele pasiuni din curentul ce poate fi numit cunoaste-te, accepta-te si treci la fapte, si anume hranirea nelinistitului spirit ludic si nestavilitei competitivitati :P prin altfel de jocuri decat cele digitale: jocuri de societate/tabla/carti. Ca avantaje as numi asa: sunt 3D din start :), au un feeling mult mai deosebit, un miros ce poate aminti de primul joc de nu te supara frate! , permit contact direct cu alti jucatori de orice sex blabla etc
Optiunile anti plictiseala variaza de la cartile clasice, sah, table, yacht, risk, monopoly, capital, lider, pana la avansatele Caylus-ul(luck free!) cumparat de curand pt Vio si Shogun-ul de azi! pe lista de shopping si recomandari ar mai fi Hammer of the scots(pt fanii Braveheart) si Twilight conflict...
cateva sit-uri din RO cu astfel de jocuri(reclama gratis): www.cutia.ro www.boardgames.ro www.redgoblin.ro www.playboard.ro
si cel mai important sit/enciclopedie al jocurilor de societate: http://www.gameboardgeek.com/
Omul cat traieste se joaca! :)

daca e marti, e brainbench!

2009-01-27T16:10:00.001+02:00

PERSONALITY EVALUATION:

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Trait |<--|---|---|---- Range ----|---|---|--->| Trait
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Introverted |..................X.....................| Extraverted
Candid |......................................X.| Considerate
Impulsive |..X.....................................| Cautious
Excitable |..............X.........................| Relaxed
Practical |..............X.........................| Imaginative
Concrete |......................X.................| Abstract
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|<--|---|---|---- Range ----|---|---|--->|
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Your Social Boldness: Introverted VS Extraverted
------------------------------------------------------------
You are slightly introverted. Do you ever say to people,
"I'm really an introvert" and then they look at you funny?
That's because you can be both Extraverted and introverted,
but in social situations people see you as an Extravert.
Your enthusiastic and self-confident personality, plus your
ease at talking to strangers gives the appearance that you
are outgoing, even though you may attribute it to just
being a friendly person. You find yourself at the center of
attention, even though you may not actively seek that
position. You are such a warm person that people like to
follow you. Which is good, since you have no problem
accepting your role as a leader when it is given to you.
With your ability to flow easily from shy to outgoing, you
may tend to easily flow from exciting adventures to
relaxing times at home. This makes you a fun person to be
around, because you do not always have to be on the go, yet
you know there is more to life than reading and watching TV.

Your Agreeableness: Candid VS Considerate
------------------------------------------------------------
You are very considerate. You are a popular person, aren't
you? Of course you are. You truly value harmony in dealing
with others. People recognize your friendly, generous, and
helpful personality. Your easy-going, agreeable nature
makes you such a joy to be around. This is especially true
in meetings or general conversations. The topic may become
heated, but you are considerate of other's feelings and you
will find a happy medium in order to placate those around
you. This is because you have an optimistic view of human
nature and you realize that if you trust people with their
decisions that they are not trying to hurt you or take
advantage of you. This special and rare quality is also
seen in your altruism. You enjoy helping others. To you it
is not a sacrifice; to you it is fulfilling to help others
in need.

Your Self-Control: Impulsive VS Cautious
------------------------------------------------------------
You are very impulsive. You are an independent thinker. You
do not need a book of rules to tell you how to behave - you
know inside what is right and what is wrong and you act
accordingly. You are able to live life spontaneously,
because you are able to make decisions without endless
deliberation. In fact, when you and another person are
making a decision, you are able to reach a solution fairly
quickly while the other person has to cautiously plan every
step. Eventually, they will agree with you, which is
frustrating when your first impulse is usually the correct
one in the decision-making process. You tend to be a little
more casual, and you do not feel out of sorts when your
home or office is not perfectly neat. In general, your life
is pleasurable - you know how to have fun and will never be
accused of being staid or stuffy.

Your Anxiety Level: Excitable VS Relaxed
------------------------------------------------------------
You are moderately excitable. In trying situations, you
feel somewhat stressed and frustrated. At times you are
able to overcome these feelings, but other times you feel
overwhelmed. This could run the gamut of just being in a
bad mood to experiencing anxiety, anger, or depression. In
general, you prefer a stress-free existence, so that the
possibility of negative emotions would not be a factor. You
tend to be somewhat self-conscious in social situations,
and are worried that people may judge or criticize you. You
may react emotionally to people or circumstances that you
find threatening, because you want to protect yourself.
Every so often you cave into urges or cravings. Sometimes
you feel a little guilty about it, other times you are just
fine with your fun streak.

Your Openness to Change: Practical VS Imaginative
------------------------------------------------------------
You are moderately practical. You tend to be more
comfortable when your daily activities are familiar and
unchanging, rather than constantly in a state of flux. You
prefer to deal with facts and not ideas. You prefer to be
more practical and pragmatic, but you are able to be
creative when the situation calls for it. You prefer the
conversation or situation to be more straightforward.
Emotionally, you are more conservative and tend not to
express your feelings openly. You have a proper demeanor,
which summons respect from those around you.

The way you Think/Reason: Concrete VS Abstract
------------------------------------------------------------
You are slightly abstract in your thinking. Your thinking
is neither simple nor complex, to others you appear to be a
well-educated person but not an intellectual. You tend to
be intellectually curious and have the uncanny abilities to
distinguish imaginative, creative people from
down-to-earth, conventional people.

Gaze

2009-01-15T16:03:00.003+02:00

primesc prea multe funnies-uri pe zi. prietenii zic ca am prea mult timp liber :) impart cu cine pot, sa mai urc si aici? sa incerc cu asta: Sf Putin. Se poate incepe o adevarata discutie politico-sociala de la o poza. As putea sa fac un blog cu o poza reprezentativa pt una din realitatile mele/pe zi..ar fi interesant?
PS: acesta a fost un monolog! :P voi continua cu alegeri(choices) personale

Jurnalul unui observator

2008-12-05T01:07:00.003+02:00

1. Oamenilor nu le place sa le spui ce si cum sa faca.
2. Fiintele umane sunt susceptibile repetitivitatii

it / networking staff ...:)) bancul lunii!!

2008-11-26T12:36:00.002+02:00

1. O celula umana contine 75 MB informatie genetica.
2. Un spermatozoid 37,5 MB.
3. Intr-un mililitru sunt 100 milioane de spermatozoizi. In medie, eliberam - la o singura ejaculare - 2,25 ml in 5 secunde.

Deci - logic - latimea de banda a pu*ii: (37.5MB x 100M x 2,25)/5 = (37.500.000 x 100.000.000 x 2.25)/5 = 1 687 500 000 000 000 = 1687,5 TeraBytes/s.

De asemenea, este cel mai ineficient mod de a folosi un mediu de comunicatie. Faci broadcast cu 1687,5 TB/s cu acelasi set de informatie (redundanta uriasa) cu speranta ca poate 37,5 MB din ei vor ajunge la destinatie. In plus, are si o latenta uriasa, primesti ACK-ul cam in 2 luni, si raspunsul la cererea ta se compune in 9 luni.
Si de cele mai multe ori e doar spam!

Acum vine intrebarea... de ce zice lumea ca "imi merge netul ca o p**"

I

2008-11-24T21:53:00.003+02:00

do anything!
Originally uploaded by der_makabere
Greetings to Romanians from around the world !

la masculin

2008-11-24T18:40:00.003+02:00

Nu eu am scris ce e mai jos, dar parca suna ca si ceva auzit prin capul meu si e prea tare sa nu fie (re)publicat :))

*desigur, nu luati iarasi prea in serios sau ca si o declaratie de intentie completa :)

Sugestii de imbunatatire barbati:

1. La barbati totul tine de atitudine. Mai ai un smoc de par, poarta-l cu mandrie. Chiar daca e deasupra urechii stangi. E smocul tau, restul parului a cazut din cauza unei functionari intense a creierului. Care a supraincalzit calota craniana si a dus la arderea radacinilor. Deci e semn de mare desteptaciune, vultur plesuv ce esti tu.
2. Ai burta, nicio problema. Semn evident de prosperitate. Muritorii de foame nu au burta. Nu au cum sa o formeze, nu au cum sa o o intretina. Indreapta umerii, scoate burta in evidenta, nu-i usor sa faci burta, nu-i usor sa porti o burta. E semn de putere, de coapse de otel ce sint nevoite sa deplaseze o sarcina suplimentara. Zambeste sigur pe tine, calca apasat, imprima burtii o miscare sexy asa cum unele femei au invatat sa paseasca in asa fel incat sa-si puna fundul in valoare.
3. Ai curul mare si turtit dar ai vrea sa-l ai mic si rotund? Ca la asta crezi tu ca se uita femeile? Gresesti. La asta se uita femeile superficiale, care apreciaza aparentele si nu sint interesate de chestiunile profunde. Un cur mare si turtit inseamna munca de birou. De intelectual. Munca de creatie. Un om care are un job de creatie esti creativ pe toate planurile. M-ati auzit, doamnelor, pe TOATE planurile. Un cur turtit inseamna munca de raspundere, de coordonare, inseamna idei, decizie, putere. Cur mic si tare, piept bombat plasat deasupra unui abdomen bine proportionat au intretinutii, filfizonii ce merg la sali ca sa-si poata purta mai apoi tricourile mulate si blugii jerpeliti. Ei nu au altceva in cap decat gantere, ochelari de soare si ritmuri tz tz tz tz de club. Oameni pe care nu te poti baza.
4. Ai bratele subtiri ca trestia si o paloare bolnavicioasa in obraji? Normal. Nu dai la ciocane in gerul iernii. Nu tai coapci in padure. Nu toni betoane in santiere. Paloare-ti marmoreana ti-e data de orele lugi petrecute in culisele puterii, acolo unde se face si se desface lumea. Omule, arata-i femeii buricele degetelor tale, las-o sa vada izvorul creatiei, las-o sa-to vada pielea usor patinata de numaratul banilor, de scrisul cecurilor. Sau de ce nu, al poeziilor. Cati crezi tu ca mai sint ca tine, mult?! Nu, nu mai sint.
Si, vorba aia, barbatul tre sa fie un pic mai frumos decat dracu’. In rest totul tine de atitudine!

The awful truth about one's self..mine in this case:

2008-11-19T00:10:00.002+02:00

Personality Disorder Test Results

Paranoid	\|\|\|\|\|\|	26%
Schizoid	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	46%
Schizotypal	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	54%
Antisocial	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	58%
Borderline	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	50%
Histrionic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	54%
Narcissistic	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	38%
Avoidant	\|\|\|\|\|\|	30%
Dependent	\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|	46%
Obsessive-Compulsive	\|\|\|\|\|\|	30%

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Eccentric Personality Disorders: Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal

Individuals with these disorders often appear odd or peculiar.

Paranoid Personality Disorder - individual generally tends to interpret the actions of others as threatening.

Schizoid Personality Disorder - individual generally detached from social relationships, and shows a narrow range of emotional expression in various social settings.

Schizotypal Personality Disorder - individual is uncomfortable in close relationships, has thought or perceptual distortions, and peculiarities of behavior.

Dramatic Personality Disorders: Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, and Narcissistic

Individuals with these disorders have intense, unstable emotions, distorted self-perception, and/or behavioral impulsiveness.

Antisocial Personality Disorder - individual shows a pervasive disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others.

Borderline Personality Disorder - individual shows a generalized pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, self-image, and observable emotions, and significant impulsiveness.

Histrionic Personality Disorder - individual often displays excessive emotionality and attention seeking in various contexts. They tend to overreact to other people, and are often perceived as shallow and self-centered.

Narcissistic Personality Disorder - individual has a grandiose view of themselves, a need for admiration, and a lack of empathy that begins by early adulthood and is present in various situations. These individuals are very demanding in their relationships.

Anxious Personality Disorders: Avoidant, Dependent, Obsessive-Compulsive

Individuals with these disorders often appear anxious or fearful.

Avoidant Personality Disorder - individual is socially inhibited, feels inadequate, and is oversensitive to criticism

Dependent Personality Disorder - individual shows an extreme need to be taken care of that leads to fears of separation, and passive and clinging behavior.

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder - individual is preoccupied with orderliness, perfectionism, and control at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency.

curious about the world

2007-03-21T15:51:00.002+02:00

clipped from www.dailymail.co.uk

How the world really shapes up

Rather than defining each country by size, these computer-generated modified maps - or cartograms - redraw the globe with each country's size proportionate to its strengths, or weaknesses, in a whole series of categories.

For instance, when it comes to military spending, the U.S. appears bloated, but Africa is huge when HIV prevalence is mapped.

The cartograms were produced in a unique collaboration between the universities of Michigan in the U.S. and Sheffield. Here are images and more details on some of the most fascinating...

Alcohol Consumption (2001)

HIV Prevalence

House Prices

Military Spending

War and death

Toy Imports

Toy Exports

Wealth of Nations (1500)

Wealth of Nations (2002)

sus in deal, e-o casa?

2007-03-21T15:28:00.002+02:00

clipped from www.2spare.com

2007-02-12T13:42:00.000+02:00

I just found out how I am going to die..

How Will I Die Quiz

You will die at the age of 85

You will be killed by Mars aliens as they invade earth

Find out how you will die at Quizopolis.com

I can finally relax now..I have plenty of time, I don't have to worry about anything wrong that can happen to me, I've hit rock bottom :)

so why don't YOU just LIVE your life, not caring too much for bullshits?

With or without you..

2007-02-06T10:35:00.000+02:00

With or without you
Originally uploaded by Marine♥.

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you

With or without you..

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And Im waiting for you

With or without you
I cant live
With or without you

Gri.M. - a gringo!

2007-01-15T11:18:00.000+02:00

How did the term "gringo" originate?

I had always assumed that it was simply a Spanish word meaning "a pesky European settler," but once I looked into the matter, it turned out that things weren't quite so cut and dried.

After entering the phrase "gringo origin" into the Google search box and clicking on some of the web page matches, I uncovered a controversy over the word's history.

It seems that many amateur etymologists believe the term comes from a song sung by American frontiersmen ("Green Grow the Rushes" or possibly "Green Grow the Lilacs") during the Mexican-American War.

A second theory postulates that American troops, during that same war, wore green uniforms and were taunted with cries of "Green go!" Frankly, I found that one hard to swallow. Thankfully, most of the sites I consulted viewed this idea with a healthy dose of skepticism.

The Word Detective, offers a more compelling explanation of "gringo" and its origin. The detective says, "The most likely source of 'gringo' is the Spanish word 'gringo' itself, which means 'foreigner' or 'unintelligible gibberish.' The root of 'gringo,' in turn, is thought to have been 'griego,' Spanish for 'Greek,' often applied as slang to any foreigner."

Further research led me to conclude that this last theory is the most likely. The Word Wizard concurs wholeheartedly with the Word Detective, offering "griego" as the immediate root of "gringo."

Finally, I located a comprehensive article from Honduras This Week that outlines the long history of the term predating the Mexican-Amercian conflict. As far as I am concerned, it firmly places the far-fetched theories of overheard singing and anti-American sloganeering into the category of "urban myth," where they surely belong.

© ididnotknowthatyesterday.com

Solitude....................in the North

2006-12-19T14:08:00.000+02:00

Solitude....................in the North
Originally uploaded by LeFion.

lost in the myst..

OTTO

2006-11-07T23:06:00.002+02:00

cutest cat ever? :D

19.11.08 With the up-most sorrow and regrets I have to inform you all that Otto has disappeared from home almost an a year ago :-s THOU SHALT be missed!! May you have lived a better life..or at least had ..an easy death :|

Fun @ work :D

2006-11-01T14:52:00.000+02:00

TODAY: Sheep related:)

death..a normal and in some cases a welcome process :D

2006-09-06T15:56:00.000+03:00

May he, his friends ..and his ART..forever rest in peace ..AMEN!

without number..without number :D

more on birthdays!

2006-08-29T10:13:00.000+03:00

Birthday Calculator
18 August 1981

Your date of conception was on or about 25 November 1980 which was a Tuesday.

You were born on a Tuesday
under the astrological sign Leo.
Your Life path number is 9.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 6 & 9.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 1 & 5.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 7 & 11.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 4, 8 & 22.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2444834.5.
The golden number for 1981 is 6.
The epact number for 1981 is 24.
The year 1981 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/5/1981 and ending 1/24/1982.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Rooster.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Salmon; your plant is Raspberry.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Paopy, the second month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 18 Av 5741.

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 19 April 1981.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 26 April 1981.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 4 March 1981.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 7 June 1981.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 14 June 1981.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 29 September 1981.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Sunday, 19 April 1981.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 3 March 1981.

As of 8/29/2006 3:04:15 AM EDT
You are 25 years old.
You are 300 months old.
You are 1,306 weeks old.
You are 9,142 days old.
You are 219,411 hours old.
You are 13,164,664 minutes old.
You are 789,879,855 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Malcolm-Jamal Warner (1970) Edward Norton (1969) Erik 'Everlast' Schrody (1969)
Christian Slater (1969) Patrick Swayze (1952) Martin Mull (1943)
Robert Redford (1937) Roman Polanski (1933) Rosalynn Carter (1927)
Shelley Winters (1922) Meriwether Lewis (1774)

Top songs of 1981
Physical by Olivia Newton-John Bette Davis Eyes by Kim Carnes
Endless Love by Diana Ross & Lionel Richie Arthur's Theme by Christopher Cross
Kiss On My List by Daryl Hall & John Oates Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield
I Love a Rainy Night by Eddie Rabbitt 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton
Private Eyes by Daryl Hall & John Oates Rapture by Blondie

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 3.57808219178082 years old. (Life's just a big chewy bone for you!)

There are 354 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 26 candles.

Those 26 candles produce 26 BTUs,
or 6,552 calories of heat (that's only 6.5520 food Calories!) .
You can boil 2.97 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1981 there were approximately 3.6 million births in the US.
In 1981 the US population was approximately 226,545,805 people, 64.0 persons per square mile.
In 1981 in the US there were 2,438,000 marriages (10.6%) and 1,219,000 divorces (5.3%)
In 1981 in the US there were approximately 1,990,000 deaths (8.8 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1981 the population of Australia was approximately 15,054,117.
In 1981 there were approximately 235,842 births in Australia.
In 1981 in Australia there were approximately 113,905 marriages and 41,412 divorces.
In 1981 in Australia there were approximately 109,003 deaths.

Your birthstone is Peridot

The Mystical properties of Peridot

Peridot is used to help dreams become a reality.

Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Sardonyx, Diamond, Jade

Your birth tree is

Cedar, the Confidence

Of rare beauty, knows how to adapt, likes luxury, of good health not in the least shy, tends to look down on others, self-confident, determined, impatient, wants to impress others, many talents, industrious, healthy, optimism, waiting for the one true love, able to make quick decisions.

There are 118 days till Christmas 2006!
There are 131 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waning gibbous.

--check link for your details!--

Speak your mind (but not everything that comes into it!)

2006-07-31T16:00:00.001+03:00

We can't be an expert on everything. All of us are supremely ignorant about some things. One thing that makes an individual wise, though, is the knowledge that we all know actually very little in the whole scheme of things. Of course, advertising our own ignorance is still something we'd like to avoid doing, especially when speaking publicly. Yet still worse than not knowing is thinking (or posing) that we know or understand something but demonstrate, through our explanation or presentation, that we do not. Is it not unforgivable to pretend to know what we are talking about when we do not? Is it not professional suicide to try to fake it, digging a hole so deep and filling it with so much redundant, contradictory nonsense that we lose all credibility to speak on the issue again?

We always talk about how to become a better speaker, but the first step to becoming a better speaker is becoming a better listener. And to do that requires us to slow down and to remain silent so that we may hear. Remaining silent is quite hard for many of us, yet we learn very little while speaking; we learn when we listen. By listening more and speaking less we can be better performers when it is our chance to openly articulate our message.

Do not speak unless it improves on silence

No matter how good of a speaker we may think we are, there are times — many times in fact — when it's wise to keep quiet. Perhaps you've heard this line before:

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

Saving the World, One Video Game at a Time

2006-07-24T16:17:00.000+03:00

..dedicated to the times games make for a reality

"if you are going to play games, why not learn something important in the process?”

quatro de cuba

2006-07-19T14:24:00.000+03:00

quatro de cuba
Originally uploaded by Mr. Mark.

Listen to Buena Vista Social Club! Listen to Lhasa! Listen to Gotan project..music of the soul..

"I tell people I'm not blind," he says. "I just can't see."

2006-07-18T16:24:00.000+03:00

Blind since age 3, Ben Underwood skateboards, shoots hoops and plays video games. How does he do it? Just like bats and dolphins..

A lifestory about challenges and conquerings..

Quest for order

2006-07-18T16:19:00.000+03:00

what do u think of this?
http://www.1-900-870-6235.com/

it seems "This is a rough sketch of a more advanced knowledge map that has never been drawn." - R.B.Wild

2006-07-14T13:12:00.000+03:00

Leo - king of the farm:)
for more stuff on stars and signs check out
http://www.usno.navy.mil/library/artwork/jamieson.htm

Bare with me

2006-07-13T12:47:00.000+03:00

I don't see in commenting daily happenings something so spectacular. I know, that is what a blog usualy contains, but..I prefer only mentioning them with few but more complex exprimations..
a few examples of people who go by every moment of their life and describing it..
*more comments later
http://twistedbyjessicazafra.blogspot.com/
http://davidweiss.blogspot.com/
and a gay guy :)

The road to graduation..

2006-07-11T15:37:00.000+03:00

For those of you who have seen the movie "Ice Age", you may or may not have noticed a nut-obsessed little squirrel named Scrat. For those of you that have, think for a moment: Scrat=grad student, Nut=thesis. For those of you that don't remember, or haven't seen the movie "Ice Age", RUN! Run to the video store, rent it, watch and laugh! While we were trying to graduate.. one might have noticed that we were a bit... squirrley... so to speak. :D

Step 1: find your nut

Of course the first phase of grad graduating is finding a project(your nut). Once you have found your project you must learn to love it. LOVE IT!

Step 2: don't EVER let go!

Now that you have your nut, you will begin to realize the perils of the world that could cause you to loose your nut. You must never let go! The nut is your life.

Step 3: catastrophe

No matter what you do, something will go wrong. Probably often.

Step 4: survival

Despite disaster, you have survived. Months, even years have passed... your friends have moved on with their lives and have real jobs. But, it's a beautiful day and you're still alive... just don't forget to hang on to the nut!

Step 5: graduation... yes, graduation

So your nut didn't turn out to be quite what you wanted... make the best of what you have. So celebrate with some popcorn.

I have Brazilian roots, bloody roots :D

2006-07-11T13:08:00.000+03:00

click the title!

Brazil wasn't what it was expected at this world champs..but still..who wouldn't like a T-shirt like this? :D

Other related links to WC, especialy to Zidane's "fight":D from the final
(finaly we can return to our lives):

Zidane hit Zizou fun

Your birthday's hit!

2006-07-10T15:16:00.000+03:00

Check it out!

Date Engine
On 18th Aug 1981 ...

The Number 1 single was:
Shakin' Stevens - "Green Door"

The Number 1 album was:
Royalty - "The Official BBC Album Of The Royal Wedding"

For Number 1 album over the subsequent years Click Here

Born on 18th Aug:
1944 - Carl Wayne ( bassist, vocalist, The Move )
1949 - Nigel Griggs ( guitarist, bassist, vocalist, Split Enz )
1950 - Dennis Elliott ( drummer, Foreigner )
1971 - Aphex Twin ( real name Richard James )

make you mine

2006-07-09T02:31:00.000+03:00

2006-07-07T11:36:00.000+03:00

4 8 15 16 23 42

A tribute to the the first online hit series (for me at least) :D
yeah..it got softer at the end..

http://mapgallery.esri.com/2006/414/85121816138512.jpg
(for fans)

DM

2006-07-06T22:19:00.000+03:00

Depeche mode Bucharest 2006..a lifetime of waiting, 3 months before with a ticket, or how to get from B to A by lie and deceit :)
hope u got a good view Adi :P

Saccarine

2006-07-05T18:13:00.000+03:00

Saccarine
Originally uploaded by Fun with tape.

This reminds me of my grandpa's garden..and yellow is beautiful..

/slash

2006-07-05T14:13:00.000+03:00

A long day at work just browsing Flickr ..I just want to add two prints dedicated to all my friends appreciating good music (Hello, Bug! :) ..u can comment on this page, u know?!

"You've got the magic touch, don't you know?" (Aerosmith).

Waterbike

2006-07-05T13:58:00.000+03:00

Waterbike
Originally uploaded by bakpacker.

Don't drink and ride..this COULD happen to you..just like it probably happened here..or maybe somebody just gave up drinking..and his bike :)

Sunset on fire

2006-07-05T12:56:00.000+03:00

Sunset on fire
Originally uploaded by LynchburgVirginia.

for many who are like me sunsets are mornings :)
mornings? a little sunbath

Shall We Walk Unto Darkness

2006-07-05T12:50:00.000+03:00

Shall We Walk Unto Darkness
Originally uploaded by Nocturnales.

Simplicity, touching.

d-composure

2006-07-04T11:54:00.000+03:00

To keep things clear..
The complete structure of the female body..from an engineer's pointofview :)

2006-07-04T11:12:00.000+03:00

The Mission - FatBoy Slim
5 August, ora 18:00 la Ultima Playa, Mamaia
COME! :)

2006-07-03T12:03:00.000+03:00

A few pictures from my hometown's summer "fest".. pe meleaguri manelistico-mioritice.. Excuse the cloud, the sad faces and the decadence..focus on the pitoresque?! :)

ECHO: "Bubulina: Da, si ce daca, nu mai are nimeni oras ca al nostru"

*@work..I should be

2006-07-03T11:43:00.000+03:00

The United States of total paranoia

Jeremy Clarkson, 3-07-2006

I know Britain is full of incompetent water board officials and stabbed Glaswegians but even so I fell on my knees this morning and kissed the ground, because I’ve just spent three weeks trying to work in America.

It’s known as the land of the free and I’m sure it is if you get up in the morning, go to work in a petrol station, eat nothing but double-egg burgers — with cheese — and take your children to little league. But if you step outside the loop, if you try to do something a bit zany, you will find that you’re in a police state.

We begin at Los Angeles airport in front of an immigration official who, like all his colleagues, was selected for having no grace, no manners, no humour, no humanity and the sort of IQ normally found in farmyard animals. He scanned my form and noted there was no street number for the hotel at which I was staying.

“I’m going to need a number,” he said. “Ooh, I’m sorry,” I said, “I’m afraid I don’t have one.”

This didn’t seem to have any effect. “I’m going to need a number,” he said again, and then again, and then again. Each time I shrugged and stammered, terrified that I might be sent to the back of the queue or worse, into the little room with the men in Marigolds. But I simply didn’t have an answer.

“I’m going to need a number,” he said again, giving the distinct impression that he was an autobank, and that this was a conversation he was prepared to endure until one of us died. So with a great deal of bravery I decided to give him one. And the number I chose was 2,649,347.

This, it turned out, was fine. He’d been told by his superiors to get a number. I’d given him a number. His job was done and so, just an hour or so later, I was on the streets of Los Angeles doing a piece to camera.

Except, of course, I wasn’t. Technically you need a permit to film on every street in pretty well every corner of the world. But the only countries where this rule is enforced are Vietnam, Cuba, North Korea and the United States of America.

So, seconds after breaking out the tripod, a policeman pulled up and demanded that we show him our permit. We had one that covered the city of Los Angeles . . . except the bit where we were. So we were moved on.

The next day I was moved on in Las Vegas too because the permit I had didn’t cover the part of the pavement I was standing on. Eight inches away was fine.

You need a permit to do everything in America. You even need a passport to buy a drink. But interestingly you don’t need one if you wish to rent some guns and some bullets. I needed a 50 cal (very big) machinegun. “No problem,” said the man at the shop. “But could you just sign this assuring us that the movie you’re making is not anti-Bush or anti-war.”

Also, you do not need a permit if you want — as I did — to transport a dead cow on the roof of your car through the Florida panhandle. That’s because this is banned by a state law.

Think about that. Someone has gone to all the bother and expense of drawing up a law that means that at some point lots of people were moving dead cows about on their cars. It must have been popular. Fashionable even.

Anyway, back to the guns. I needed them because I wished to shoot a car in the Mojave desert. But you can’t do that without the say-so of the local fire chief who turned up, with his haircut, to say that for reasons he couldn’t explain, he had a red flag in his head.

You find this a lot in America. People way down the food chain are given the power to say yes or no to elaborately prepared plans, just so their bosses can’t be sued. One expression that simply doesn’t translate from English in these days of power without responsibility is “Ooh, I’m sure it’ll be fine”.

And, unfortunately, these people at the bottom of the food chain have no intellect at all. Reasoning with them is like reasoning with a tree. I think this is because people in the sticks have stopped marrying their cousins and are now mating with vegetables.

They certainly aren’t eating them. You see them growing in fields, but all you ever find on a menu is cheese, cheese, cheese, or cheese with cheese. Except for a steak and cheese sandwich I bought in Mississippi. This was made, according to the label, from “imitation cheese”.

Nope, I don’t know what that is either but I do know that out of the main population centres, the potato people are getting fatter and dimmer by the minute.

Today the average petrol pump attendant is capable, just, of turning on a pump when you prepay. But if you pay for two pumps to be turned on to fill two cars, you can, if you stare carefully, see wisps of smoke coming from her fat, useless, war losing, acne-scarred, gormless turnip face.

And the awful thing is that you don’t want the petrol anyway, because it’ll simply get you to somewhere else, which will be worse. A point I shall prove next week when we have a look at what happened in Alabama. And why the poor of New Orleans will sue if the donation you make isn’t as big as they’d hoped for.

2006-07-02T22:01:00.000+03:00

Just got back from the sea..for the second weekend in a row..a bit darker at skin, with a slick haircut, and a bigger smile :D lost some friends along the way, but they'll be back..
this is me and Bug fighting the waves after the storm.excuse me I must go pour yogurt on my back now!

2006-06-29T13:25:00.000+03:00

this seems to be Caracal..the City of Wonders, the Legend, the whatever...

me, the cat lover

2006-06-27T15:53:00.000+03:00

FIL2166
Originally uploaded by Gringo the moose.

thought of a nice start for my blog, and I found this a bit older picture with me and Hitler right there :D
I saw pictures from contests of men and their pets looking almost alike..I think this one can participate too, no?

2006-06-13T15:32:00.000+03:00

13 Iunie (astazi) in istorie

In 323 i.C., moare Alexandru cel Mare.
Alexandru cel Mare, tanarul geniu militar al Macedoniei, care a faurit un imperiu ce se intindea din estul Mediteranei pana in India, moare in Babilon, in Irakul din prezent, la varsta de 33 de ani.
Nascut in Macedonia, fiul regelui Filip al II-lea si al reginei Olimpia, Alexandru a primit o educatie clasica din partea faimosului filosof Aristotel si o educatie militara din partea tatalui sau. La varsta de 16 ani, Alexandru a condus pentru prima oara trupele in lupta, iar doi ani mai tarziu a comandat o mare parte a armatei tatalui sau si a castigat Batalia de la Chaeronea, aducand Grecia sub dominatie macedoneeana. In 336 i.C., Filip al II-lea a fost asasinat, iar Alexandru a urcat pe tron. Doi ani mai tarziu, tanarul Alexandru a condus o mare armata in Asia Mica, pentru a aduce la indeplinire planul tatalui sau de a cuceri Persia. Depasiti numeric in lupta de superioara armata persana, Alexandru a demonstrat o intelegere fara precedent a planificarii strategice militare si a manevrelor tactice. Nu a pierdut nici macar o batalie, iar pana in 330 i.C. a cucerit intreaga Persie si Asia Mica. In cadrul imperiului sau, a intemeiat orase marete, cum ar fi Alexandria din Egipt. De asemenea, a implementat schimbari politice si economice majore, bazate pe modelele grecesti, pe care le invatase in copilarie. Desi Alexandru a controlat cel mai mare imperiu din istoria lumii, a inceput o noua campanie in est, imediat dupa ce s-a intors din Persia. Pana in 327 i.C., cucerise Afghanistanul, Asia Centrala si nordul Indiei. In anul urmator, armata sa, epuizata dupa opt ani de lupte, a refuzat sa mearga mai departe. Dupa aceea, Alexandru i-a condus intr-o calatorie dificila spre casa, prin Desertul Makran.
Ajungand in sfarsit in Babilon, Alexandru a inceput sa construiasca o imensa flota, pentru a-si duce armata inapoi in Egipt. Totusi, in iunie 323 i.C., chiar cand construirea vaselor se apropia de sfarsit, Alexandru s-a imbolnavit, dupa ce a participat la o orgie prelungita. Probabil din cauza faptului ca el se credea zeu (cum de altfel credeau si o mare parte din supusii sai), Alexandru nu-si alesese un succesor si la doar un an de la moartea sa, armata si imperiul lui Alexandru s-au faramitat intr-o multitudine de factiuni rivale. Ulterior, corpul sau a fost adus in Alexandria, unde a fost inmormantat intr-un sicriu de aur.