Feliz dia de S. Valentim

So the story goes, Valentines Day is named in honour of a Roman Priest named Valentine who disobeyed Emperor Claudius by performing illegal marriages for young lovers.

Marriage was forbidden by Claudius but Valentine felt sorry for young lovers and married them secretly. He was eventually jailed and there he fell in love with his jailer’s daughter. His final note to her, before his execution on February 14, was signed 'from your Valentine'.

In years to follow, for his duty to love, the good priest Valentine was remembered as a Saint and in Italy, France and England the custom of celebrating a day for lovers each year on February 14 began.

Man gets breakfast tattoo on head

One egg or two? Dayne Gilbey from Coventry shows off his breakfast tattoo.

A man has had a tattoo of a full breakfast created on his head after a plea for a volunteer.
It took tattoo artist Blane Dickinson, 32, from Penmaenmawr, Conwy, six hours to complete the bacon, eggs, sausages, beans and even cutlery.

Volunteer Dayne Gilbey, 19, from Coventry, said he wanted to take part in something different.
Mr Dickinson said he next wanted to find someone willing to have their face tattooed on the back of their head.
Mr Gilbey, who already has four tattoos, said: "My friends and family keep asking me why I'm doing this.

"For me it's just something different which has never been done before.

"My mum is really unhappy about it and threatened to throw me out but I don't think she'll go through with it."
He volunteered for the tattooing, which took place at The Albion pub in Conwy.

Added Mr Dickinson: "I first had this idea four years ago so I'm glad to have finally found someone brave, or perhaps unhinged, enough to do it.
"I'm not charging Dayne but this tattoo would normally cost around £350 and must definitely be the most expensive breakfast he's ever had."

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The Devil's Egg

The egg is definitely the third character in this scene from Angel Heart.
Mr. DeNiro’s peeling of it, with his long nails, is memorable.

Louis Cyphre : You know, some religions think that the egg is the symbol of the soul, did you know that ?
Harry Angel : No, I didn’t know that.
Louis Cyphre : – Would you like an egg ?
Harry Angel : – No, thank you. I have a thing about chickens.

For all its symbolism, I thought it appropriate for Friday the 13th.

You can find out why, here.

Chicken or the egg

The chicken or the egg causality dilemma is commonly stated as "which came first, the chicken or the egg?"

Chickens hatch from eggs, but eggs are laid by chickens, making it difficult to say which originally gave rise to the other. To ancient philosophers, the question about the first chicken or egg also evoked the questions of how life and the universe in general began.

Cultural references to the chicken and egg intend to point out the futility of identifying the first case of a circular cause and consequence. It could be considered that in this approach lies the most fundamental nature of the question, for a literal answer is somewhat obvious, as opposed to the logical fallacy of the metaphorical view, which sets a metaphysical ground on the dilemma. So, to understand its metaphorical meaning better, it could be reformulated as follows: "Which came first, X that can't come without Y, or Y that can't come without X?"

History of the dilemma

Ancient references to the dilemma are found in the writings of classical philosophers. Their writings indicate that the proposed problem was perplexing to themselves and was commonly discussed by others of their time as well.

Aristotle (384-322 BC) was puzzled by the idea that there could be a first bird or egg and concluded that both the bird and egg must have always existed:

If there has been a first man he must have been born without father or mother – which is repugnant to nature. For there could not have been a first egg to give a beginning to birds, or there should have been a first bird which gave a beginning to eggs; for a bird comes from an egg.

The same he held good for all species, believing, with Plato, that everything before it appeared on earth had first its being in spirit."

Plutarch (46-126 AD) referred to a hen rather than simply a bird. His is Moralia in the books titled "Table Talk" discussed a series of arguments based on questions posed in a symposium. Under the section entitled, "Whether the hen or the egg came first," the discussion is introduced in such a way suggesting that the origin of the dilemma was even older:

...the problem about the egg and the hen, which of them came first, was dragged into our talk, a difficult problem which gives investigators much trouble. And Sulla my comrade said that with a small problem, as with a tool, we were rocking loose a great and heavy one, that of the creation of the world..."

Macrobius (395–423 AD), a Roman philosopher, found the problem to be interesting:

You jest about what you suppose to be a triviality, in asking whether the hen came first from an egg or the egg from a hen, but the point should be regarded as one of importance, one worthy of discussion, and careful discussion at that."

Stephen Hawking and Christopher Langan argue that the egg came before the chicken, though the real importance of the question has faded since Darwin's "On The Origin Of Species" and the accompanying Theory of Evolution, under which the egg must have come first.

More at wiki.

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

Do you like

green eggs and ham?

I do not like them,

Sam-I-am.

I do not like

green eggs and ham.

Would you like them

here or there?

I would not like them

here or there.

I would not like them

anywhere.

I do not like

green eggs and ham.

I do not like them,

Sam-I-am.

Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss

Read the whole text here

See the cartoon here

Je vous donne des œufs...

« Je vous donne des œufs... »

Je vous donne des œufs. L’œuf en sa forme ronde
Semble au Ciel, qui peut tout en ses bras enfermer,
Le feu, l’air et la terre, et l’humeur de la mer,
Et sans être compris comprend tout en ce monde.

La taye semble à l’air, et la glaire féconde
Semble à la mer qui fait toutes choses germer :
L’aubin ressemble au feu qui peut tout animer,
La coque en pesanteur comme la terre abonde,

Et le Ciel et les œufs de blancheur sont couverts.
Je vous donne (en donnant un œuf) tout l’Univers :
Divin est le présent, s’il vous est agréable.

Mais bien qu’il soit parfait, il ne peut égaler
Votre perfection qui n’a point de semblable,
Dont les Dieux seulement sont dignes de parler.

Pierre de Ronsard

Sexta-Feira, 13

Algumas superstições e mitos sobre ovos

* Diz-se que as bruxas usam as cascas dos ovos como barcos, fazendo naufragar outras embarcações. Assim, sempre que se acaba de comer um ovo cozido, devem esmagar-se bem as cascas.

* Diz-se que um ovo posto por uma galinha branca, num ninho novo, no dia de Páscoa, cura dores de cabeça e de estômago.

* Diz-se que partir um ovo numa vinha irá protegê-la da geada.

* Diz-se que comer ovos de cotovia faz com que se diga sempre a verdade.

* Diz-se que comer ovos de pomba traz azar.

* Diz-se que uma mulher sem filhos que coma ou parta um ovo com duas gemas, terá gémeos na primeira gravidez.

* Diz-se que partir um ovo em cima da cabeça de uma criança, a protege contra a feitiçaria.

Em muitas países, como no Tibete ou no Nepal, considera-se que o universo começou num único ovo primordial; o ovo cósmico. Que o céu e a terra são duas partes de um mesmo ovo, do qual surgiu o homem.
No Peru, acredita-se que o Sol deixou cair três ovos sobre a terra. Do ovo dourado nasceu a nobreza, do ovo de prata surgiram as mulheres, enquanto que o ovo de cobre deu origem aos camponeses.
Nas mitologias grega e romana, muitos dos heróis surgem de ovos que podem ter sido cuspidos por dragões ou chocados pelo sol.
Os Romanos acreditavam que o “lustro” do ovo era tão puro que tinha o poder de afastar os maus espíritos, e era usados nos ritos de purificação.
Os Judeus usam os ovos, na sua celebração da Páscoa, como símbolo do poder divino.
Para os Druidas, os ovos eram considerados símbolos de fertilidade e usados em cerimónias e festivais religiosos.

Na Escócia, os ovos "eirack's", (primeiro ovo posto por uma jovem galinha) eram usados em feitiçaria. A clara era cuidadosamente separada da gema e deitada num copo de água. O copo era depois virado ao contrário contra a palma da mão. A forma que a clara formasse na mão indicaria a melhor profissão a seguir.

The egg thief

The egg thief, from National Geographic

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Ziploc Omelet

Crack 2 eggs (large or extra-large) into the quart size Ziploc bag (not more than 2) and shake to combine them. Put in a variety of ingredients such as: cheeses, ham, onion, green pepper, tomato, hash browns, salsa, etc..

Make sure to get the air out of the bag and zip it up. Place the bag(s) into rolling, boiling water for exactly 13 minutes. You can usually cook 6-8 omelets in a large pot.

Open the bags and the omelet will roll out easily. Be prepared for everyone to be amazed.

Video and more.

Egg journey

Egg

April 2003

Running Time: 26'12"

Genre: Animation

Language: Filipino

Subtitle: English

Synopsis: A chicken egg is misplaced in a balut egg factory where he is ostracized by the balut eggs because of his different appearance. Things are made even worse for the chicken egg when he is told by the balut that his different appearance is a disease. He then sets off on a journey to find a cure for his disease. Along the way, EGG meets all sorts of other creatures to help him in his search for what may not be a disease after all, but a journey to finding ones self.

Production Team

Director/Animator/Backgrounds/Storyboard: Ramon del Prado

Screenplay/Editing: Marco Danga

Sound Director: Katerina Rillo

Story/Producers: Marco Danga, Ramon del Prado, Katerina Rillo

Adviser: Vicente Groyon III

Voices: Wilben Santos, Rachelle Tesoro

Music/Sounds: Luis Manuel “Pepe” Manikan

Awards/Festivals
· Outstanding Thesis Award from De La Salle University in September 2003,
· First Place at the 5th University of the Philippines Video and Film Awards, Animation
· Finalist in the 2003 Catholic Mass Media Awards for best Short Film
· Finalist Gawad CCP for best Short Film
· Grand Jury/Best Picture Award in the UP Indeo Film Festival
· On Exhibition at the 2004 Cinemanila International Film Festival in Greenbelt 1.
· On Exhibition 2nd Anime Explosion Philippine Animation Festival 2005
· On Exhibition 2005 .MOV International Film Festival
· On Exhibition 2005 Imaginasian New York Asian/Filipino Film Festival
· On Air, National Television Broadcast GMA-7, February 6, 2005, “Pinoy Anime”