Metro stop experiment

Will one of the nation's greatest musicians be noticed in a D.C. Metro stop during rush hour? Violinist Joshua Bell experimented for Gene Weingarten's Sunday Magazine story in The Washington Post. After 43 minutes he earned $32.17, which would be almost $40 per hour. Three days before he appeared at the Metro station, Bell had filled the house at Boston's stately Symphony Hall, where merely pretty good seats went for $100.

Watch it below and notice Stacy Furukawa who arrived near the end position herself 10 feet away and remained planted in that spot until the end.



Read the complete story here at Washingtonpost.com

Whatever ...

When you're asking too many people to give you a piece of advice, usually you don't seek for an advice but a confirmation for what you have in mind.

In heaven

Two minutes in heaven is better than one minute in heaven.

Flight of the Conchords
Business time

The mission had been extended by a day because Nasa wanted the shuttle's crew to make repairs to a machine which makes drinking water from urine.
The equipment to provide drinking water from astronauts' urine had failed several times since it was delivered two weeks ago.

-BBC

And I am wondering how you know the machine is not working? Is it the color, the smell or the taste? I mean, after all, it could be an ugly discovery.

The show must go on

Empty spaces - what we are living for
Abondoned places - I guess we know the score
On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for
Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore
The show must go on
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on.

To quote or not to quote

Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Either I don't get it or sometime quotes don't make that much sense.

TBD

[click on the image to enlarge]
[ sketched on Oct. 2008]

Snoring

Snoring is a dangerous habit. Sleepy people may do anything to shut you up.

Today

Oh, I know who you are ... You are representing the idiocy of today.

-from the movie:
Burn after reading

صوفی و کنج خلوت، سعدی و طرف صحرا
صـاحب هنر نگیرد بر بــی هنر بهــانه

سعدی

Perception

"Everything is perception" said the guy at the Starbucks.
And I thought if Einstein had said it, it would have been a good quote.

Right now, right here

There is definitely something wrong, I just can't figure it out.
Maybe next week ... next month. I still have some time left.

Joker ...

They are as good as the world around them allows them to be.

Color

Color is drunk ...
Color is not always a socially responsible citizen.

Taboo

And he had to hide it because one man's choice is the other one's taboo.

No Comments ...

[click to enlarge ... taken from zigzagmag.com]

And I Can't Sleep ...

... But inside the ashes burns an endless fire
And every night I can't help reaching out for more

And I can't sleep ... And I can't sleep

4:30AM, I am awake again
Singing to the dark through open eyes ...

Deep enough ...

It is deep enough to realize you are shallow.

-Niles Crane!

Like it is possible!

Never explain yourself to anyone.
Those who like you never need it,
Those who dislike you won't believe it.

I picked up this text from a poster,

Well I like it but for some unknown reason

I think there is something wrong about it!

Mother's day

ای مادر عزیز من ای غمگسار من

ای اختر سعادت من ای بهار من

آری تو دیده بسته و آرام خفته ای

آسوده ای ز محنت و شور و شرار من

فریاد من به گوش تو هرگز نمی رسد

خوش فارغی ز درد دل بیقرار من

جان تو شاد و روح تو مرغ بهشت باد

همواره باد حافظ تو کردگار من

ژاله اصفهانی -