11.19.2003
11.01.2003
10.27.2003
I have to have Larouche over for some smoke and beer...
...cuz he's so close to "getting it." He's just mixed up as to who the good guys are.Real History of Satanism
10.26.2003
What is "art"?
Is it a relatively young rock or is it very old art? Rock or art? A familiar question... BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Ancient carved 'faces' found
This site rocks.
fUSION Anomaly.
You gotta click around and have some time to kill and have an interest in odd things like quantum mechanics, time travel, life, the universe and everything, but also check out the "anomalog" a sorta' fark for very leftisit science geeks.
You gotta click around and have some time to kill and have an interest in odd things like quantum mechanics, time travel, life, the universe and everything, but also check out the "anomalog" a sorta' fark for very leftisit science geeks.
10.19.2003
If...
...the descendants of the tribe that ate your great great grandfather invited you over for dinner so they could say, "we're sorry." Would you trust them?
Telegraph | News | Fiji villagers to say sorry for eating British missionary
Telegraph | News | Fiji villagers to say sorry for eating British missionary
10.10.2003
I think it's safe to say...
...that if you find out that your kid's Sunday School Teacher is also a clown, find a new fucking church double-fast.
local6.com - News - Noodles The Clown Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges
local6.com - News - Noodles The Clown Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges
10.08.2003
How long would an albino tiger survive in the wild?
Can you say "target". I'm a vegetarian for chrissakes and even I can't believe PETA has the time and resources to pull this shit off.
New York City - PETA Roars Over Roy Incident
New York City - PETA Roars Over Roy Incident
9.30.2003
Hail Ninkasi, Hail Eris
Ninkasi is the name of the Sumerian Goddess of beer to whom a poem was written around 1900 BCE that possesses the oldest known recipe for beer. 4000 years ago we were writing poems about beer.
According to Wikediea, The Code of Hammurabi called for tavern keepers who diluted or overcharged for beer to be put to death.
It didn't specify what to do to brewers who make crap like Busch Light or Michelob Ultra.
According to Wikediea, The Code of Hammurabi called for tavern keepers who diluted or overcharged for beer to be put to death.
It didn't specify what to do to brewers who make crap like Busch Light or Michelob Ultra.
9.25.2003
Check out this statue...
Lion man takes pride of place as oldest statue: 30,000-year-old carving might be work of Neanderthals or modern humans.
...and consider that it was carved some 25,000 years before the Egyptians started making such items. Man has had similar ideas about totems, familiars, nature and animals as gods and so on for so very very long. This article also touches on the debate regarding what exactly Neanderthal man was. There's a cool documentary running on PBS right now that takes a look at the neanderthal controversy: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/neanderthals/
...and consider that it was carved some 25,000 years before the Egyptians started making such items. Man has had similar ideas about totems, familiars, nature and animals as gods and so on for so very very long. This article also touches on the debate regarding what exactly Neanderthal man was. There's a cool documentary running on PBS right now that takes a look at the neanderthal controversy: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/neanderthals/
9.15.2003
I'm not sure this is what Ashcroft had in mind...
...when he was encouraging everyone to buy duct tape.
Passengers duct-tape troublesome passenger on Hawaii-to-LA flight
Passengers duct-tape troublesome passenger on Hawaii-to-LA flight
9.10.2003
9.02.2003
I have purged
Black Rock City, Home of the Burning man festival peaked at a population of just shy of 31,000 residents on the night of the burn, Saturday 8/30.
BRC also included:
1 Official Newspaper, and one alternative Newspaper.
At least 3 Microwatt Radio Stations (someone told me there were 40!).
A department of Public Works, Registry of Motor Vehicles (Art Cars), and their own Rangers.
Multiple Medical Stations, A Center Camp Cafe and an Ice Station.
Average Daytime Temperature (high): 100 degrees.
No shade.
The Man sat atop a giant pyramid. The whole things was set afire after some 500-1000 fire dancers and drummers brought the 30,000 residents of BRC together in ritual dance and chanting. Flames reached over 150 feet the night of the burn and the man burned for hours.
No trash or litter even though there were no public trash barrels available.
30,000 people got together for a week and did not litter.
Art Cars (vehicles converted into moving art projects) were everywhere - there may have been hundreds. The vast majority spit fire and glowed brightly.
Black Rock City was built similar to an Inca or Aztec design, a circular city with perpendicular meridians that followed the compass. The Man sat in the center, his temple sat north of him at midnight.
Except for center camp, where one could buy coffee and lounge, or buy ice for their cooler, no vending or sales were allowed. People were even giving away drugs and alcohol - in fact there were probably over 100 themed campsites that were simply bars. These good people brought in hundreds of gallons of libations each and just gave it all away. The coffee sales go back to Black Rock City LLC to fund the festivals (which have close to a 10 million dollar budget according to NYT .
The Ice sales go to a local charity (Native American Children's organization).
There was one death at the festival.
It is impossible to explain just what went on at Black rock City in Nevada this last week and a half, and I need to be brief as I am at a Kinko's in Reno Nevada simply trying to catch up with e-mail and such, but suffice to say, the festival is there for people to come and purge. The offcial site acknowledges how difficult it is to explain this event, "Trying to explain what Burning Man is to someone who has never been to the event is a bit like trying to explain what a particular color looks like to someone who is blind." But suffice to say, the kindness, optimism, creativity, beauty, sexuality, spirituality, camaraderie, and healthy hedonism displayed at the event is life changing. Much like the way LSD permanently changes one's perspective on the world, so does the Burn. I felt it. I am different for going and feel as if unnecessary layers of concern and defense have been peeled away. I see life full of far more potential than I ever have.
On one side of me camped a couple in their late 40s, early 50s perhaps, one a NASA engineer, the other a geologist for, I believe, the State of Nevada. They built a two-story wood and Mylar structure covered with religious verses and poetry that spoke to the nature of God. On my other side was a family who had won a house in Fiji on a cancelled reality show. (Undr One Roof - I couldn't find an official site so this link goes to a site that chronicled the show, the Skofields were my neighbors). All of them Burning Man Veterans. They taught me the ropes, and the couple was happy to have me help them build their structure, and of course, dismantle and burn the fucker when it all came to an end.
Nudity was a norm, and never have I seen more beautiful men and women casually frolicking and flirting than here. There were themed camps that were bars, funhouses, even a rollercoaster - yes someone brought a custom built roller coaster down and constructed a homemade "Roaster Coaster" that was far more dangerous than any amusement park ride I have ever witnessed. Some themed camps had giant towers, multiple rooms, and seemed more like temporary nightclubs than campsites. Some folks brought in generators and sound systems, and had rave sites with budgets in the tens of thousands of dollars (one site, Boom Box Village, runs benefit raves in San Francisco to pay for the Burning Man camp which includes almost 200 different members according to my friend DJ Goldilox who is a part of the village). I will include links to many of these burners' own websites when I return. For now, you'll have to trust me that it is impossible to fully explain the scope of the event or the immense awe and happiness one feels wandering about Black Rock City particularly at night when all the campsites hosting parties. The rave sites, bars, madhouses, etc., are all lit up with everything form fire to glow sticks to massive light shows powered by the sun, propane, diesel generators, or a craftily jury-rigged car battery. Art Cars, ablaze with light themselves, "sail" across the playa: school busses converted into giant whales, a Cadillac made into a autistic desert missile and of course, a car converted into a land speeder looked eerily accurate kicking up dust across the desert floor. These are just a few examples of the literally hundreds of cars, from go karts and lawnmowers to those hinged city buses (the double long buses that bend at the center) that people have converted into roaming art projects - and all serve as a free taxi service across the playa. If there's an empty bit of space on board, just hop on and take a ride to wherever - many of the larger art cars had live bands, and bars on them as well.
Truly amazing.
My mind is clearer due to all of this. I met so many incredibly brilliant, caring and talented people who have managed to find a way to make a living and live life their way, that I too am bolstered to make a new path for myself. One that allows me to continually learn about and appreciate the world around me, and also perhaps, contribute in some way to making it just a little bit better, all while doing my damndest to avoid the trap of greed and remember the power of a gift. DVD players and Air Conditioners are nice for sure, but don't compare to the smile of a beautiful stranger who offers to teach you a little bit about fire dancing.
In life we are surrounded by dogmatic rituals but seldom have the opportunity to explore personal ritual. Burning Man offers the opportunity for commune, like a new and improved concept of church, celebrating annually rather than weekly, while encouraging, hell, almost demanding, personal ritual, self-expression and a rejection of dogma. It’s as if everyone there understand inherently that it is wise to embrace the many truths found in religious texts, rituals and art of all kinds, but it is unwise to assume that anyone else shares your exact interpretation of such.
More later...
BRC also included:
1 Official Newspaper, and one alternative Newspaper.
At least 3 Microwatt Radio Stations (someone told me there were 40!).
A department of Public Works, Registry of Motor Vehicles (Art Cars), and their own Rangers.
Multiple Medical Stations, A Center Camp Cafe and an Ice Station.
Average Daytime Temperature (high): 100 degrees.
No shade.
The Man sat atop a giant pyramid. The whole things was set afire after some 500-1000 fire dancers and drummers brought the 30,000 residents of BRC together in ritual dance and chanting. Flames reached over 150 feet the night of the burn and the man burned for hours.
No trash or litter even though there were no public trash barrels available.
30,000 people got together for a week and did not litter.
Art Cars (vehicles converted into moving art projects) were everywhere - there may have been hundreds. The vast majority spit fire and glowed brightly.
Black Rock City was built similar to an Inca or Aztec design, a circular city with perpendicular meridians that followed the compass. The Man sat in the center, his temple sat north of him at midnight.
Except for center camp, where one could buy coffee and lounge, or buy ice for their cooler, no vending or sales were allowed. People were even giving away drugs and alcohol - in fact there were probably over 100 themed campsites that were simply bars. These good people brought in hundreds of gallons of libations each and just gave it all away. The coffee sales go back to Black Rock City LLC to fund the festivals (which have close to a 10 million dollar budget according to NYT .
The Ice sales go to a local charity (Native American Children's organization).
There was one death at the festival.
It is impossible to explain just what went on at Black rock City in Nevada this last week and a half, and I need to be brief as I am at a Kinko's in Reno Nevada simply trying to catch up with e-mail and such, but suffice to say, the festival is there for people to come and purge. The offcial site acknowledges how difficult it is to explain this event, "Trying to explain what Burning Man is to someone who has never been to the event is a bit like trying to explain what a particular color looks like to someone who is blind." But suffice to say, the kindness, optimism, creativity, beauty, sexuality, spirituality, camaraderie, and healthy hedonism displayed at the event is life changing. Much like the way LSD permanently changes one's perspective on the world, so does the Burn. I felt it. I am different for going and feel as if unnecessary layers of concern and defense have been peeled away. I see life full of far more potential than I ever have.
On one side of me camped a couple in their late 40s, early 50s perhaps, one a NASA engineer, the other a geologist for, I believe, the State of Nevada. They built a two-story wood and Mylar structure covered with religious verses and poetry that spoke to the nature of God. On my other side was a family who had won a house in Fiji on a cancelled reality show. (Undr One Roof - I couldn't find an official site so this link goes to a site that chronicled the show, the Skofields were my neighbors). All of them Burning Man Veterans. They taught me the ropes, and the couple was happy to have me help them build their structure, and of course, dismantle and burn the fucker when it all came to an end.
Nudity was a norm, and never have I seen more beautiful men and women casually frolicking and flirting than here. There were themed camps that were bars, funhouses, even a rollercoaster - yes someone brought a custom built roller coaster down and constructed a homemade "Roaster Coaster" that was far more dangerous than any amusement park ride I have ever witnessed. Some themed camps had giant towers, multiple rooms, and seemed more like temporary nightclubs than campsites. Some folks brought in generators and sound systems, and had rave sites with budgets in the tens of thousands of dollars (one site, Boom Box Village, runs benefit raves in San Francisco to pay for the Burning Man camp which includes almost 200 different members according to my friend DJ Goldilox who is a part of the village). I will include links to many of these burners' own websites when I return. For now, you'll have to trust me that it is impossible to fully explain the scope of the event or the immense awe and happiness one feels wandering about Black Rock City particularly at night when all the campsites hosting parties. The rave sites, bars, madhouses, etc., are all lit up with everything form fire to glow sticks to massive light shows powered by the sun, propane, diesel generators, or a craftily jury-rigged car battery. Art Cars, ablaze with light themselves, "sail" across the playa: school busses converted into giant whales, a Cadillac made into a autistic desert missile and of course, a car converted into a land speeder looked eerily accurate kicking up dust across the desert floor. These are just a few examples of the literally hundreds of cars, from go karts and lawnmowers to those hinged city buses (the double long buses that bend at the center) that people have converted into roaming art projects - and all serve as a free taxi service across the playa. If there's an empty bit of space on board, just hop on and take a ride to wherever - many of the larger art cars had live bands, and bars on them as well.
Truly amazing.
My mind is clearer due to all of this. I met so many incredibly brilliant, caring and talented people who have managed to find a way to make a living and live life their way, that I too am bolstered to make a new path for myself. One that allows me to continually learn about and appreciate the world around me, and also perhaps, contribute in some way to making it just a little bit better, all while doing my damndest to avoid the trap of greed and remember the power of a gift. DVD players and Air Conditioners are nice for sure, but don't compare to the smile of a beautiful stranger who offers to teach you a little bit about fire dancing.
In life we are surrounded by dogmatic rituals but seldom have the opportunity to explore personal ritual. Burning Man offers the opportunity for commune, like a new and improved concept of church, celebrating annually rather than weekly, while encouraging, hell, almost demanding, personal ritual, self-expression and a rejection of dogma. It’s as if everyone there understand inherently that it is wise to embrace the many truths found in religious texts, rituals and art of all kinds, but it is unwise to assume that anyone else shares your exact interpretation of such.
More later...
8.16.2003
"Burn," she said.
In a few hours I will begin my trek to the Burning Man festival. Last week, I was unexpectedly let go from my job of the last four years. The firing was a bad scene; I was one of the founders of said company. Over the last two weeks I have been running into friends and co-workers who know my work there and it has been a confusing and conflicting period. Various friends and co-workers know various elements and interpretations of the events that led to my dismissal. Most of them are friendly with both my former business partner and me, and are trying to remain neutral since “facts” are always up for interpretation and no one’s really sure exactly what really went on between my partner and me. Indeed, I don’t blame anyone for his or her impartiality. Even I’m not sure how two old friends who worked side by side for years can have the sort of falling out that he and I seem to have had. I am avoiding any and all details of the event, as they are not relevant and would only be my biased and subjective take on the scene anyway, but suffice to say, I feel I was wronged, as apparently do many others, but that’s life, business is business and we all need to move on to bigger and better things.
So I burn. I do hope that this trip, the longest solo journey I have ever been on, will both provide me answers as to how I have come to this point, what decisions I might have made differently, and what was also simply unavoidable and out of my realm of control. But more than answers to the past, I’m hoping this trip will show me something about my future, what lays ahead, what new goals to set for myself, and how best to choose a positive path that will allow me to put the past in perspective and use all the wonderful and difficult experiences I’ve been through, to create something new and wonderful.
“Burn,” she said. A friend of mine, DJ Goldilox, she’ll be at the festival, unexpectedly dropped out of the ether about six months ago, essentially showing up on my doorstep after years and years of us not having seen each other. She had been to the West Coast and Europe, married and divorced, and, as we caught up with each other’s life stories, she kept coming back to telling me about the Burning Man Festival. I HAD to go, she repeated. You need to, “Burn.” I made excuses that my job was way too demanding for me to take off the 2-3 weeks necessary to check out the festival this summer. I had already planned a trip to Italy (which was wonderful and up to this point the most awe inspiring trip I’ve ever been on, there’s something about sitting on a 2600 year-old Greek Altar in the ruins of an ancient temple watching the sun set over mountains hiding Etna in the distance…), bla bla bla, excuse, excuse, excuse.
Fate has a funny way of forcing its hand.
“Burn,” she said. And so I will. Baptism my fire, a cleansing of the soul, a fiery Phoenix and rebirth and one hell of a road trip to and fro’.
If I have time before I leave I will post a bit of an itinerary and may be able to make occasional posts from the road, but I don’t expect to have very much access to the ‘net over the next 3-4 weeks.
Peace.
So I burn. I do hope that this trip, the longest solo journey I have ever been on, will both provide me answers as to how I have come to this point, what decisions I might have made differently, and what was also simply unavoidable and out of my realm of control. But more than answers to the past, I’m hoping this trip will show me something about my future, what lays ahead, what new goals to set for myself, and how best to choose a positive path that will allow me to put the past in perspective and use all the wonderful and difficult experiences I’ve been through, to create something new and wonderful.
“Burn,” she said. A friend of mine, DJ Goldilox, she’ll be at the festival, unexpectedly dropped out of the ether about six months ago, essentially showing up on my doorstep after years and years of us not having seen each other. She had been to the West Coast and Europe, married and divorced, and, as we caught up with each other’s life stories, she kept coming back to telling me about the Burning Man Festival. I HAD to go, she repeated. You need to, “Burn.” I made excuses that my job was way too demanding for me to take off the 2-3 weeks necessary to check out the festival this summer. I had already planned a trip to Italy (which was wonderful and up to this point the most awe inspiring trip I’ve ever been on, there’s something about sitting on a 2600 year-old Greek Altar in the ruins of an ancient temple watching the sun set over mountains hiding Etna in the distance…), bla bla bla, excuse, excuse, excuse.
Fate has a funny way of forcing its hand.
“Burn,” she said. And so I will. Baptism my fire, a cleansing of the soul, a fiery Phoenix and rebirth and one hell of a road trip to and fro’.
If I have time before I leave I will post a bit of an itinerary and may be able to make occasional posts from the road, but I don’t expect to have very much access to the ‘net over the next 3-4 weeks.
Peace.
8.15.2003
T.S.O.L. Frontman Running For Governor Of California
The headline is not a joke, and neither is Jack Grisham.
MTV.com - News -T.S.O.L. Frontman Running For Governor Of California
MTV.com - News -T.S.O.L. Frontman Running For Governor Of California
Lighting Vs. UFOs for the biggest blackout in history!
So, my Dad is an atheist but nevertheless possesses a strong interest in the paranormal. He would often tell stories about the blackout of ’65 and never failed to mention the plethora of UFO reports that surrounded that blackout. He even claims to have seen something in the Boston sky the night of the blackout, a derby shaped object that hovered around the Verizon building (AT&T/New England Telephone at the time) in Bowdoin Square. The following story talks about it too:
Great Northwest Blackout
But in regards to today’s blackout, what I found most interesting (besides the fact that the news channels were still reporting non-stop on the non-story some five to six hours later – there was no looting, no terrorism, no major issues other than the fact that subway cars and elevators were stuck and people were still being evacuated and yet still they never left the story … ugh) was the fact that despite the blackout hitting around 4pm, I never saw a single representative from a power company or heard about a single press release from the power companies through at least 7pm (and I had CNN on in the background all afternoon/evening). We heard from mayors, presidents, governors and Homeland Security heads, all assuring us terrorism was not involved, but we didn't hear from Power Company reps telling us what was, or even giving an update. The power companies were, in my opinion, noticably and oddly quiet. As of this point the only thing I’ve heard regarding a cause for the blackout was potentially a lightening strike. And that was from Canadian power reps.
A lightening strike?
Tens of millions of people lost their power in Northeast North America due to a lightening strike?
Well, some are already question that theory. The Drudge Report has this link (weather chart form Niagara area airport), which shows that the weather around 4pm EST was “A few clouds” and the folks from New York Power Authority have not made any statement regarding the cause.
Now, UFOs may be far-fetched to some, but I would prefer that UFOs be the cause. I can forgive the folks in charge of the energy grid for not preparing against an alien attack, I’m sure it just didn’t come up at any meetings. But I would assume that the power grid for the northeast, the grid that runs NYC, would be able to take a few lighting strikes, and not succumb to the furious electrical storms created by “a few clouds.”
Great Northwest Blackout
But in regards to today’s blackout, what I found most interesting (besides the fact that the news channels were still reporting non-stop on the non-story some five to six hours later – there was no looting, no terrorism, no major issues other than the fact that subway cars and elevators were stuck and people were still being evacuated and yet still they never left the story … ugh) was the fact that despite the blackout hitting around 4pm, I never saw a single representative from a power company or heard about a single press release from the power companies through at least 7pm (and I had CNN on in the background all afternoon/evening). We heard from mayors, presidents, governors and Homeland Security heads, all assuring us terrorism was not involved, but we didn't hear from Power Company reps telling us what was, or even giving an update. The power companies were, in my opinion, noticably and oddly quiet. As of this point the only thing I’ve heard regarding a cause for the blackout was potentially a lightening strike. And that was from Canadian power reps.
A lightening strike?
Tens of millions of people lost their power in Northeast North America due to a lightening strike?
Well, some are already question that theory. The Drudge Report has this link (weather chart form Niagara area airport), which shows that the weather around 4pm EST was “A few clouds” and the folks from New York Power Authority have not made any statement regarding the cause.
Now, UFOs may be far-fetched to some, but I would prefer that UFOs be the cause. I can forgive the folks in charge of the energy grid for not preparing against an alien attack, I’m sure it just didn’t come up at any meetings. But I would assume that the power grid for the northeast, the grid that runs NYC, would be able to take a few lighting strikes, and not succumb to the furious electrical storms created by “a few clouds.”
No floppy ears or fuzzy tail - just "Bunny Batteries"
The Bunny Hybrid article was forwarded to me through a Burning Man list I belong to. This is an exceprt of one of the replies:
"Mitochondrial DNA does not contribute to the genotype of a zygote. An organism's development is directed, to the best of our knowledge, solely by chromosomal DNA. They [the hybrid zygotes] have little intracellular bunny bio-batteries, but the embryos are definitely human."
"Mitochondrial DNA does not contribute to the genotype of a zygote. An organism's development is directed, to the best of our knowledge, solely by chromosomal DNA. They [the hybrid zygotes] have little intracellular bunny bio-batteries, but the embryos are definitely human."
8.14.2003
Live Action Bugs Bunny Movie Around the Corner - No Special Effects Needed
washingtonpost.com: Cloning Yields Human-Rabbit Hybrid Embryo
Nevertheless, I still think government should stay out of legislating science. Even weird fucked up science that makes bunny people. Evil bunny people like in Donnie Darko.
The powers that be, whether the Catholic church of the 1500s or President Bush and the Christian Right that so often influences his policy making these days, tend to be very reactionary to new science. Sure, we don’t place scientist under house arrest or burn them at the stake any longer (consider the sad story of Giordano Bruno) but many in society who possess a fear of the unknown and fear of what –might- happen are actually lobbying – and many politicians are inclined to agree – that some knowledge should be forbidden. While the morality of cloning is argued in legislatures and in media, I can’t help but notice that seldom is the reality of the situation ever spelled out as: These laws would forbid scientist from conducting some experiments – it would make increasing one’s knowledge in certain areas of science illegal and make the quest for said knowledge and illegal activity.
I know I am not the only one who sees the irony in this. By declaring cloning a “forbidden fruit” – a forbidden “tree of knowledge” – those Xians in favor of such policy are actually playing god themselves, declaring to mankind what things are off limits to know. And not for nothing but I thought playing god was a bad thing in Xian tradition
Evolution has progressed us to the point where we have discovered that we can clone ourselves. Who is to say that the next step in our evolution isn’t a thinking being that can manipulate its own evolution? Mankind is not separate from nature, man is a part of nature too (like an old Love and Rocket’s lyric) so why isn’t our intelligence as valid an a natural environmental factor influencing our evolution as any other geographic, biological, or other factor that has triggered evolutions throughout the ages?
Nevertheless, I still think government should stay out of legislating science. Even weird fucked up science that makes bunny people. Evil bunny people like in Donnie Darko.
The powers that be, whether the Catholic church of the 1500s or President Bush and the Christian Right that so often influences his policy making these days, tend to be very reactionary to new science. Sure, we don’t place scientist under house arrest or burn them at the stake any longer (consider the sad story of Giordano Bruno) but many in society who possess a fear of the unknown and fear of what –might- happen are actually lobbying – and many politicians are inclined to agree – that some knowledge should be forbidden. While the morality of cloning is argued in legislatures and in media, I can’t help but notice that seldom is the reality of the situation ever spelled out as: These laws would forbid scientist from conducting some experiments – it would make increasing one’s knowledge in certain areas of science illegal and make the quest for said knowledge and illegal activity.
I know I am not the only one who sees the irony in this. By declaring cloning a “forbidden fruit” – a forbidden “tree of knowledge” – those Xians in favor of such policy are actually playing god themselves, declaring to mankind what things are off limits to know. And not for nothing but I thought playing god was a bad thing in Xian tradition
Evolution has progressed us to the point where we have discovered that we can clone ourselves. Who is to say that the next step in our evolution isn’t a thinking being that can manipulate its own evolution? Mankind is not separate from nature, man is a part of nature too (like an old Love and Rocket’s lyric) so why isn’t our intelligence as valid an a natural environmental factor influencing our evolution as any other geographic, biological, or other factor that has triggered evolutions throughout the ages?
Virtual Soldier...
...win the war for America...
Wired News: Virtual Soldiers? Dream on, Darpa
So we're making progress on an Emergency Medical Hologram, just like in Star Trek Voyager.
How close are we to a Seven of Nine?
(there's also a link to an article about real-world 'tricorders' coming soon)
Wired News: Virtual Soldiers? Dream on, Darpa
So we're making progress on an Emergency Medical Hologram, just like in Star Trek Voyager.
How close are we to a Seven of Nine?
(there's also a link to an article about real-world 'tricorders' coming soon)
Reality Slap
Ok, this made me go, "wow." The "Before and After" concept goes digital, and we all suck this BS up all the time. This shouldn't have surprised me as much as it did, but, it did.
Greg's Digital Archive
Greg's Digital Archive
School Teacher in her 60s faces up to 12 years, $1million in fines for visiting Iraq...
...while Child Molesting priests hide behind staute of limitations.
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Human shields face 12 years' jail for visiting Iraq
Ain't life a bitch?
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Human shields face 12 years' jail for visiting Iraq
Ain't life a bitch?
ABCNEWS.com : Less in Missile Plot Than Meets the Eye?
The BBC began hammering away at this last night:
ABCNEWS.com : Less in Missile Plot Than Meets the Eye?
We are, for real, surrounded by lies and half truths.
To the desert I go.
ABCNEWS.com : Less in Missile Plot Than Meets the Eye?
We are, for real, surrounded by lies and half truths.
To the desert I go.
Fuck CSI, this is the real scary shit.
Udai and Qusay Post Mortems
Tell me your local school has enough money.
Tell me the military moticians had to ask for a budget.
Pritorites, kids, priorities.
Tell me your local school has enough money.
Tell me the military moticians had to ask for a budget.
Pritorites, kids, priorities.
Angels and Demons...
Angel: Estella Warren
Demon: Sperminator?
Um, the current slang is: Not safe For Work (thanks to Fark for all of this)
Also check out:
A good beach book for conspiratorial nuts who don't like their stories too sexy.
Robert Anton Wilson is far better (and sexier) but Brown is gonna bring the Illuminati and the Priory of Sion to the masses.
He gets points for that.
Then, all hell will break loose.
For some, that's a pun.
Fnord.
Demon: Sperminator?
Um, the current slang is: Not safe For Work (thanks to Fark for all of this)
Also check out:
A good beach book for conspiratorial nuts who don't like their stories too sexy.
Robert Anton Wilson is far better (and sexier) but Brown is gonna bring the Illuminati and the Priory of Sion to the masses.
He gets points for that.
Then, all hell will break loose.
For some, that's a pun.
Fnord.
Unidentified Flying Objects
No, really, in the literal sense. I might go looking for them when I go to Burning Man. Cuz, well, I've got nothing better to do except blog and look for reasons to doubt everything:
How to tell your UFOs from UAVs
How to tell your UFOs from UAVs
8.13.2003
Yes, the French are different, but that's OK with me...
Naked French women rubbing themselves with ice cubes is newsworthy. CNN to launch porn site soon and investigative series soon:
CNN.com - Modesty melts in steamy Paris - Aug. 13, 2003
CNN.com - Modesty melts in steamy Paris - Aug. 13, 2003
Bush and Sharon are made for each other
This is the kinda' shit that gives me insomnia.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52278-2003Aug12.html
Thanks to the Agonist for making me just a wee bit more paranoid.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52278-2003Aug12.html
Thanks to the Agonist for making me just a wee bit more paranoid.
Holy Blood Holy Grailien!
Now it all makes sense. Jesus was an Alien and Mary had a little lamb of god...
http://jcolavito.tripod.com/lostcivilizations/id6.html
Go ahead, laugh. This theory comes from the Histographer Royal to the house of Stewart.
http://jcolavito.tripod.com/lostcivilizations/id6.html
Go ahead, laugh. This theory comes from the Histographer Royal to the house of Stewart.
Fire Cleanses
I go here http://www.burningman.com in a few days. Light fires. See stars. Clear head. Then here http://www.roswell-usa.com/city/index.html to look for UFOs.
This is what democracy looks like?
There is now offically no difference between entertainment and politics:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A51101-2003Aug12?language=printer
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A51101-2003Aug12?language=printer
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