So, I’m going to rant a bit. My ranting will be restrained, but I will rant. Amusingly enough my CD changer just randomly plucked Kate Bush’s “Hammer Horror” and started playing it as I sat down to write this. The general… eh, let’s say ‘maniacal’.. nature of Kate bush’s music needs no * further comments. […]
Month: February 2010
Unique encounters, and mendacity
I treasure encountering new people. It’s a strange thing, I like feeling like I am discovering a new world, and when conversing with a stranger, I get this feeling. Every encounter with a new person, if we are receptive, can be as superficial or deep as we make it. For example, I met a delightful […]
Caves, Killory, and Cool Disco Dan
Sometimes ideas can take on lives of their own, becoming transmittable memes, replicating themselves in a bewildering array of permutations. So, when I was in high school, as a young tagger, my buddies and I all wondered “Who is Cool Disco Dan?” Cool Disco Dan, whose name could be seen stretched along buildings, warehouses, signs, […]
Fun Linkage Feb 17 2010
Does beauty inspire higher sperm counts? http://jenapincott.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/does-beauty-inspire-higher-sperm-counts/ Bayer Admits GMO Contamination is Out of Control http://www.noonehastodietomorrow.com/eugenics/food/1747 Copenhagen climate summit: 1,200 limos, 140 private planes and caviar wedges http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/copenhagen-climate-change-confe/6736517/Copenhagen-climate-summit-1200-limos-140-private-planes-and-caviar-wedges.html Our Brains overloaded daily with more info than a laptop can handle http://www.news.com.au/technology/brains-overloaded-daily-with-more-info-than-a-laptop-can-handle/story-e6frfro0-1225810448664 Modern-Day Slavery in Mexico and the United States http://www.truthout.org/topstories/122109ms1 The Copenhagen Crash and Global […]