Suffocate



Sheldon: Of course. Would you like to join me for Chinese food?
Amy: Sheldon, please, you’re suffocating me.
Sheldon: My apologies. Good night, Amy.
Amy: Good night, Sheldon.

suffocating  present participle of suf·fo·cate (Verb)
Verb
Die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe.
Have or cause to have difficulty in breathing.

Flies, Loblaws & Health of Canadians

Flies inside transparent pastry packaging of Loblaws http://goo.gl/oY72w; Just days after huge news of acquiring @ShopprsDrugMart. Will you buy pastries from Loblaws anymore? I won't.

I wasn't believing my eyes when I stumbled upon the package. I though I am getting old and this is a sing of my eyes weakening. I had seen flies flying around groceries and outside the box, but never I had seen flies to be flying inside a package which is on shelf, for customers to buy!

The video is over a minute with no sound. You have to be patient to find the flies. I can assure you, they can not be missed. If you don't see flies at beginning of the video, pay attention to the video when it gets to the one minute mark. You will see lots of flies trapped inside a Danish box. I'm pretty sure they are having a really good time surrounded by delicious Danishes.



I hope Loblaws watches this video and rethink what its priorities are. I believe Loblaws needs to focus more on quality of its products and the process they have in place. They have to make sure that a product which is clearly a risk to Canadians' health, is not being sold in their stores. They have to not let Canadian hesitate about quality of products being sold at Loblaws. I believe for any customer, it is vital to know that the first priority from where s/he buys her/his groceries is the quality.

Maybe Loblaws was thinking of its customers after all. They wanted not only to provide delicious pastry for your family, but they were thinking of alternative ways that you can consume proteins. So they made the hybrid and put on shelves Danish + Flies.

Tirgan Festival - Toronto 2013

There is an advertisement in today's newspaper to remind you of one of the biggest Persian celebration in Toronto, Tirgan. It is a bi-annual festival in Toronto, Canada. Tirgan celebration is an old ritual among Zoroastrians in Iran and Persians. You can find more about Tirgan here (in English) and here (in Persian).

Quick history on Tirgan:

In Persia (Iran), each month consisted of 30 days and each had its own name, i.e. 30 different names. In the occasion that the name of the month and name of the day coincides, celebration in the name of that day / month would be held. Thus, there were 12 celebrations like that throughout the year. Tir is one of those days and the celebration of Tirgan is held on the 10th of Tir month every year.

Mark your calendars for July 18 to July 21 if you are in Toronto and visit Harbourfront Center to enjoy Persian style entertainment and learn more about one of the oldest cultures still surviving around the globe. You can find more about Tirgan Festival and lots of their free events at Tirgan.ca.


National Geographic: The Story of Earth

This is a really nice video on how earth evolves during periods of time. It gives you a good understanding of what has happened to earth and how life has been developed on earth. Why huge creatures have been living on earth compared to us? and such questions. However, it is not answering all your questions about thing happened. In parts of the video, the narrator states that the scientists don't even know why things had happened.