Mister eat-it-all (Michel Lotito)

Michel Lotito (born June 15, 1950) is a French entertainer. Lotito, who was born in Grenoble, is famous as the consumer of undigestables, and is known as Monsieur Mangetout (Mister Eat-it-all). Lotito's performances are the consumption of metal, glass, rubber and so on in items such as bicycles, televisions, a Cessna 150, and smaller items which are disassembled, cut-up and swallowed. The aircraft took roughly two years to be 'eaten' from 1978 to 1980. He began eating unusual material while a child and has been performing publicly since 1966.

Michel Lotito (aka Monsieur Mangetout) from Grenoble, France, has been eating metal and glass since 1959. Gastroenterologists have described his ability to consume 900 g (2 lb) of metal per day as "unique". Mangetout - Michel's nickname - literally translates as "eats everything". Michel says bananas and hard-boiled eggs make him sick.

Lotito does not often suffer from ill-effects due to his diet, even after the consumption of materials usually considered poisonous. When performing he consumes around a kilogram of material daily, preceding it with mineral oil and drinking considerable quantities of water during the 'meal'. He apparently possesses a stomach and intestine with walls of twice the expected thickness, and his digestive acids are, allegedly, unusually powerful, allowing him to digest a certain portion of his metallic meals.

15 minutes of fame

Andy Warhol coined the phrase "15 minutes of fame." "Celebrities" in the 21st century can now be famous simply by being in the right place at the right time. These "celebs" are the nobodies, turned somebodies, and are often turned into somebodies based on the ridiculous things they do. An example of a nobody turned somebody is reality TV contestant Tiffany Pollard also known as "New York", from VH1's Flavor of Love. "In fact, many reality show contestants fall into this category: the only thing that qualifies them to be on TV is that they're real (and real average)."[6] Other "15 minutes of fame" celebrities can be average people seen with an A-list celebrity, who are sometimes noticed on entertainment news channels such as E! News.
Warhol also hinted that these people would be famous for "15 minutes", or in other words "a really short time until the fad or trend has died out." This also explains why certain people can be world famous in a certain century, decade, year,... but already obscure soon after. Lorenzo de' Medici was a famous Florentine statesman during the 15th century, but today only people who are familiar with history might know his name. Film actors like Harold Lloyd and Louise Brooks, who were world famous in the 1920s are not as well known by the general public nowadays as they were back then. MC Hammer is famous to people who were young in 1990, but later generations are less familiar with his name or music.
The opposite can be true as well. Painter Rembrandt van Rijn and composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,[citation needed] who were successful during their lifetimes, both died almost forgotten. Their reputation grew only a few decades later. Vincent van Gogh was obscure during his lifetime and only sold one painting in his life. Only several years after his death was he regarded as an innovator and artistic genius and did his fame grow to international proportions. Blues singer Robert Johnson only recorded a handful of songs in the 1930s and then died, only becoming well known in the vicinity of the state where he used to live. He is now much more famous and respected as an artist, due to the legends surrounding his life.
Certain people are only remembered today because of a movie portrayal, certain story or urban legend surrounding their life and less for their accomplishments. Antonio Salieri was a famous and well known 18th century composer, who sank into obscurity the next two centuries. He was rediscovered thanks to the musical and film Amadeus, but his fictional portrayal as an antagonist has been more famous than his music since the end of the 20th century. Cleopatra lives in the memory of most people as a beautiful woman according to our modern tastes, while she didn't look like a modern thin photo model beauty at all. Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and O.J. Simpson are more notorious for the murder scandal in which they were involved than for their respective movie and sports careers. Ronald Reagan is more famous as a politician today than as a movie actor. Centuries after his death, Andrea Mantegna now better known as the mentor of Leonardo Da Vinci than for his own paintings.

what's on your mind "On Facebook"

Sometimes I don't get why people post every single thing on their facebook status. Even if it says type 'whats on your mind', you dont have to type every single thing.I am currently eating so and so, I am doing this, i did this,I'm sad, happy, angry, I did that, i am going to do this, i am going to do that, and what not, I think that this think it's so stupid and I don't know how people do this. You can't avoid seeing them cause everytime you login to facebook, it appears on your homepage. You know how frustrating it is to see them especially applications which tells you how lucky/unlucky you are, how do you feel today, psychic predictions and endless quizzes. Is it really true in the first place? Sheesh. Not that I'm complaining bout all status, only some misused ones. They are still status which are meant to be status...What You Think??

food experience

Food Experience Design is an emerging discipline that investigates on the relationship between people and food. Food Experience Design considers all the possible variables that modify the eating experience: e.g. sensory perception, atmosphere, service, interiors and food.

Food is not the only component of the eating experience. The way we experience food depends on everything is around us (lights, sounds, temperature, textures), our expectations, people around or with us, hunger, timing and eventually, food itself.

When designing a Food Experience, not only we should consider all the possible variables, but we should also create the theme, the idea, the concept that will make the experience unforgettable.

work at home never ends

like work in the office, at the university and at the colombo, one is completed, and another comes.always you hve to do something I' will never forget the time when the wall has to be painted with sealant. Finish the sealant, and have to wait 24 hours before doing the painting. Got an electrician to fix the light switches, and after that is done, realise that 2 bulbs have burst, and now have to go to the light shop to buy special filament bulbs for the lights. Cleared the mess on the table, and realise that the bulk of the mess comes from travel documents that belong in the store. Have to clean store somemore. Seriously, maintaining a home isn't that easy.