Casanova- The Original Ladies Man

Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798)

"I begin by declaring to my reader that, by everything good or bad that I have done throughout my life, I am sure that I have earned merit or incurred guilt, and that hence I must consider myself a free agent. ... Despite an excellent moral foundation, the inevitable fruit of the divine principles which were rooted in my heart, I was all my life the victim of my senses; I have delighted in going astray and I have constantly lived in error, with no other consolation than that of knowing I have erred. ... My follies are the follies of youth. You will see that I laugh at them, and if you are kind you will laugh at them with me"- Casanova ( The Story of my Life)

The legend of Giacomo Casanova (18th century PLAYBOY) was large in his own time and has only grown in the past two-hundred years. A mere mention of Casanova brings to mind images of adventure, intrigue and of course, seduction. Even a recent Hollywood movie (starring the late Heath Ledger) that did little justice to his real life could tarnish Casanova's legend. Intelligent, charming and cunning, Casanova could survive on his wits or his money (when he had any) with equal success. The beautiful women of Europe were at his mercy for more than one reason and the men coveted his secret knowledge of the occult and alchemy.

At the end of his life, a bitter and broken Casanova documented his monumental experiences in an enormous twelve-volume autobiography called The Story Of My Life. The work, which occupied Casanova's last years sets the bar high for any aspiring womanizer. This true life account of adventure, intrigue, betrayal and wild sex would make the hero of any trashy romance novel blush from inexperience.

FUN FACT- If you are a Barney Stinson fan, you would know that in Season 5 he declares to Marshall that it was his goal to have sex with at least one 'chick' from every country on earth. Well, this man Casanova reached very near to Barney's goal, he has recorded in his memoirs intimacy with over 122 women from various countries making himself the MOST FAMOUS EROTIC HERO!!! 

The Works Of Fritz Kahn

Above here is an animation by Hennin Lederer, clearly showing the mechanical appurtenance of the human body.....

You can see how the head's been divided into several areas....each compartment has its own function.....like will, reason, acoustics, vision, power station(transmitting operating power to the rest of the body).

The respiratory process and the Cardiac processes are seen in the next part.

The digestive process is shown next in a very riveting manner.......

1. The food is first chewed and it is treated by the enzyme Amylase.

2. It then proceeds to the stomach via oesophagus where it is showered by the enzymes Pepsin and Rennin.

3. Then to pancreas and then to the Intestines.

It all reminds or brings up a picture of the industries and their working during the 19th century.

That the whole job is manual......whatever be the work but behind the curtain there's always a man. Kahn’s modernist visualization of the digestive and respiratory system as "industrial palace," really a chemical plant, was conceived in a period when the German chemical industry was the world’s most advanced.


And here's the original poster.....(click on the image for magnification)

A video of this image at  Man as an Industrial Palace on YouTube

For the meanings of the German terms visit German Terms (Further Reading section)

Fritz Kahn. Admired, displaced, forgotten – and rediscovered

Surfing through the web.....I found about a very interesting person named FRITZ KAHN.

Seems like this man, a visionary, looked at the human body from an altogether different perspective...

Often we refer our body as a machine, but this man visualised it as a machine.....impeccably illustrating the paraphernalia of the body in his book “Der Mensch als Industriepalast” (Man as Industrial Palace)" he efficiently captured all the basic functions of our body in robust sketches not forgetting even the slightest event during the whole process.

Men and their magnificent reasons for defeat (TOI Crest Ed.)

A few days back I found this article in the Times Of India Crest edition. I being in a state of doldrums these days feel as if my brain paraphernalia has ceased to work. Here is the master copy of the article....

TIGHT SHIRTS (2001)

Sri Lanka fund itself in a tight spot after losing the 2001 ICC Champions Trophy final to Pakistan and came up with the most achingly innovative excuse of all: ill-fitting clothes! Captain Sanath Jayasuriya said their shirts were too tight and restricted on-field mobility. He went a step further, saying the shirts were like "ill-fitting men's blouses". For those who heard, there was no need to hold the laughter back!

MAN BITES BALL (2010)

Why most Pakistani cricketers aren't renowned for their intellect was highlighted in inimitably daft fashion by Shahid Afridi in January during a lost ODI against Australia at Perth, when he was caught on camera taking ball tampering to a whole new, crass level: biting on the cherry itself. Caught red-handed, Afridi's defence was to let loose some aggressive verbal volleys: "I am not a fast bowler who would tamper the ball. I was just trying to help the bowler. Everyone does it." Thank god he didn't say he was trying to sharpen his teeth!