Today is the birthday of one of my favorite historical figures: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (sometimes mispelt as Ghandi). If he was alive, Ghandi would be 140 years old today! And since in a way he’s very much alive in our hearts, I’ve gathered some of his most influential and inspiring quotes to make a celebratory post. If you’re not too familiar with Gandhi other than through his quotes, I recommend you watch the amazing 1982 Richard Attenborough movie starring Ben Kingsley as Gandhi:

This is the kind of movie that will change the way you look at the world, as well as making you consider just how influential you can be in changing things for the best. If you want to watch this movie legally over the Internet, you may want to check out this website. Now, onwards to the Ghandi Quotes:

if gandhi was alive, he'd say (and I quote):

* A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

* As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world — that is the myth of the atomic age — as in being able to remake ourselves.

* Be the change you want to see in the world.

* First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

* God is conscience. He is even the atheism of the atheist.

* Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

* If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man’s superior.

* No power on earth can subjugate you when you are armed with the sword of ahimsa. It ennobles both the victor and the vanquished.
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If you can’t get enough of Badvertisements, the kind of ads that make you go “Uh?”, today is your lucky day! I’ve joined together some of the best worse advertisements that show just how desperate marketeers can get, trying to stand out from the crowd.

Oftentimes, much will be lost in translation, while an apparently brilliant idea gets converted into a nonsensical advertisement. Let’s see this series of Alka Seltzer ads, for example: they clearly intended to show us their anti-acids are so good you’ll be able to eat pretty much everything in sight. Hilarious, eh? Yeah, not really.

Next, we’re invited to visit the region of Aquitaine, in France. Apparently, this is such a nice place to visit that you’ll never want to leave. As clearly demonstrated in the following ads… but come on advertisement people, could you get a little less literal?

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I’ve seen many cool animals back in my day… but these two belong in a league of their own. Just watch this picture closely and tell me if those aren’t the coolest seals this side of the south pole! I don’t know what’s with animals that makes them so insanely cool, but I’m certainly groovin’ to see those little huge critters chillin’. This picture really made my day!

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and the award for daredevil mountain goat goes to...

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Unless this is one of your first visits, you probably have realized I’m a sucker for crazy animals. And when it comes to crazy, that goat up there certainly has something to say. I mean, I’m not even going for the obvious and ask how it ended up in that tight spot… all I can think of while looking at her leisurely expression is “that mountain climbing thing really comes to you naturally, eh?”.

According to the photographer, this crazy beast was just standing there looming over the abyss and licking away at the rock. He waited over an hour for some development, but apparently nothing come. In my opinion though, the crazy goat was probably just acting cool and waiting for the photographer to leave before giving in to panic. Well, you never know.

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Well, what do you know? This might just be one of the most curious animalities ever to surface the web ever since an obese kitten was paired with the archtypical cheeseburger. I just found this website which is all about photos of upside down dogs… now, you really didn’t see that one coming, now did you?

I’m wondering what people will think about next… maybe a website focusing slanted parakeets, or drunken guinea pigs? It just goes to show that people seem to really love animals, god bless the internet. And we love those animals even more dearly when they’re upside down. I mean look at those creatures… aren’t they just adorable and cute? Yeah, well go ahead and have fun browsing the upside down dog archives. Just don’t forget to come back here for new reminders why we like it here

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