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Monday, September 19, 2005

Evidence #41: Necessity is the mother of invention

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It's surely a better world now that we no longer have to live without Inflatable Canine Mannequins!
These handsomely dressed pups were spotted last week on Linden Street in Scranton, PA.


Thursday, September 15, 2005

When you care enough to send the truth


I love these Harsh Reality Greeting Cards!!!

This may be my favorite:
Valentine, Thinking of you....
"Although it took some detective work
to find out where you live,
I just had to let you know
I'm not some cheap whore
that you can screw and forget about


$3 ea. or entire series of 12 cards for $25. And they accept Pay Pal.

These rock too.

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The blank ones are probably the coolest.


A former policeman in West Bengal, India has sued contraversial 71-year-old poet Sunil Gangopadhyay for his quote in the Anandabazar Patrika newspaper explaining how he "kissed an idol of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of learning, to satisfy his desire."

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Why the lawsuit?
Apparently Gangopadhya's comments" hurt his religious sentiments."


Tell It Like I Almost Forget It's Always Been

A lot of interesting discussion going on now about the problems inherent in rebuilding the city that is uniquely New Orleans. Stephen Pizzo writes in "Winners and Losers: The Usual Suspects at News for Real...
While the lion's share of the billions of taxpayer money needed to rebuild New Orleans will go to such winner companies (as Haliburton, etc.), the Bush administration is encouraging the rest of us to dig deeper and contribute to non-govermental organizations (NGOs) like the Red Cross.

"Give generously," President Bush pled last week because, with so much taxpayer money going to the winners, someone has to feed and house the losers.


Wednesday, September 14, 2005

My New Favorite Word

LACTIVIST (i.e. lactation activist)

I kind of just like to say it though I agree that it's a downright shame women are encouraged to make a sexual statement with their breasts in every sphere of life, but goddess forbit they use the things the way nature intended, in their truely empowering, nurturing most magical way.
Personally I find it ironic that many of those opposed to public breast feeding are probably conservative christians also promoting intelligent design.

I can't believe I just heard about the "lact-in" protest that found 200 pissed off moms outside ABC shortly after May 18 when Barbara Walters said on The View that sitting near a breastfeeding mother on an airplane made her "feel nervous."


Here's interesting BBC story about Xiang Xiang, China's number one internet pop star, and music technology issues.

Her "Song of Pig" has accumulated a billion downloads. Here are the lyrics:

Pig, you have two holes on your nose
When you catch cold, you are snorting
Pig, you have two black eyes which we cannot see beyond
Pig, you have two big ears
And you cannot hear that I'm cursing you silly
Pig, you have a curling tail which you cannot run without
Pig head, pig brain, pig body and pig tail
You are a good baby who eats everything
Everyday you won't wake up till noon
And you never brush your teeth and you never fight


Tuesday, September 13, 2005

You don't send me love notes anymore

Susie Ghahremani now has a six different owl-design set of blank notcards available at Motel Gallery for only $10.

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Friday, September 09, 2005


Toy company Mattel is under fire from a group of activists who say their popular doll's latest incarnation, CEO Barbie, encourages young girls to set impractical career goals.

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Don't wait until Monday to download these useful celebration tools..

My pirate name is: Captain Anne Bonney:
Even though there's no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you're the one in charge. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate's life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from fidius.org.



Oh for Aphrodite's sake already! Do I have to spell it out in enormous white letters on the side of a mountain for you?

Another so-called review of The Constant Garderner in whichSonia Shah says the movie fails because it does not accurately depict the reality of Big Pharma's post-globalization sins.



Connect with your Inner Swayze

Barrelhouse magazine invites you to write "something, anything, using Patrick Swayze as your muse. Poems, stories, alternate endings to "BlackDog." Whatever you want. Just think about all that is Swayze..."

Go to: barrlehousemag.com for details. The winner will be named the Sweetheart of the Invitational: Patrick Swayze Edition, and will receive the fabulous "Mr. T in Your Pocket."


Thursday, September 08, 2005


The Guardian discovers that prize namesake Alfred Nobel is a sucky playwright.

Nobel's family apparently tried to destroy Nemesis but three copies of the script survived.Now Stockholm's Intima theatre plans to premiere the play in December. Director Rikard Turpin describes it as "a lurid parade of torture, rape and incest that features a drug-induced vision of the Virgin Mary, a conversation with Satan and ends in a 40-minute torture scene."


Wednesday, September 07, 2005


Religious Curiosity, La Festa Italiana

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Friday, September 02, 2005


Hello -- it's a movie!

Critic Anthony Kaufman's politically engaged version of The Constant Gardener may be "the movie to see" but without a doubt, far fewer people would bother. And isn't Hollywood having enough box office problems already? Get real buddy. I'm just as liberal as the next sap when it comes to big pharma evil and the exploitation of poverty-stricken Africans. But moviegoers aren't going to care just because YOU think they should.

In Little White Romance Kaufman writes:
"In many ways, these protagonists (Fiennes's character in The Constant Gardener and Cheadle's in Hotel Rwanda) function as surrogates for the uninformed American audience member: journeying from uninformed naivete to passionate advocacy. And yet, leaving the multiplex after the evils have been vanquished,moviegoerss can feel they have done something good as well, and in turn, feel better about themselves -- and then do nothing at all."

Entertainment has no obligation to change the world. But the fact that it can be used to slip these issue into people's consciousness is a blessing that needs to be treated gingerly. People are more leary and weary of propaganda than ever.

The article's insistence that a political agenda be met reminded me of Laura Barcella's political critique of Rize , which pissed me off a couple months back (LaChapelle is a white, middle -aged fashion photographer who's career was launched by Andy Warhol. He can keep his sociological thoughts re: hardship of life in South Central L.A. to himself, thank you very much. Let the man do what he does best -- make and capture pretty pictures). You want a documentary that looks at the political roots and implications of krumping? Cool. Go find some cultural anthropologistss and someone that can sell the idea to a couple of producers

On the extra tracks of Hotel Rwanda the director spoke specifically to a responsibility to inform movie goers about the genocide and how it was ignored, etc. but yet to also make a movie that would hook the audience and make somehow entertain them as they processed the horror. A big part of that hook was the romance between the hotel manager and his wife.



The Interdictor

Even more unbelievable than what we're hearing about New Orleans via the mainstream is Michael Barnett's account from the diesel fuel, generator powered Outpost Crystal.

"This journal has become the Survival of New Orleans blog. In less perilous times it was simply a blog for me to talk smack and chat with friends. Now this journal exists to share firsthand experience of the disaster and its aftermath with anyone interested."


Thursday, September 01, 2005


Genius Response to ID Dilemna

Is the super-intelligent, super-popular god known as the Flying Spaghetti Monster any match for the prophets of intelligent design?

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Read Sarah Boxer's story "But Is There Intelligent Spaghetti Out There?"The New York Times.


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Whether you're into neuropsychology, etc. or not, British graphic design student Claire Mills' new magazine for Synaesthetes, Syn is pretty darn cool.


From The Times-Picyaune Breaking News Web-Log

Ant balls not an urban myth
In addition to all of the other horrors befalling New Orleanians during the flood was the creepy discovery that red ants form themselves into floating clusters to avoid drowning. As Dante Ramos and I paddled along Carrollton Avenue on Wednesday, I saw two glittering, golf ball-sized masses of ants floating beside our canoe.

- Doug MacCash



"The thought of (New Orleans) region, or even the nation, being somehow punished for its sins, conjures twin feelings of excitement and dread among apocalyptic thinkers. On one hand, they seem delighted that a divine plan appears to be unfolding."

Read "Did God Send the Hurricane?" By Deborah Caldwell, Beliefnet.


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