The theme for my birthday party this year was emergent. First Abby and I dreamed up the “human pinata party.” Then, realizing that was likely to go about as well as the Kissinger Pinata incident, I changed it to the Make-Your-Own-Party-Favor Party. Thankfully, before that got too far, it became the Making Fiends party. Didn’t get any pix of the party itself (d’oh!) but here’s the results.
I don’t usually amplify things friends have posted on their blogs, but if you haven’t heard about this, you should know about it. In the case of another 9/11-type attack, the Pentagon has plans in place to NUKE IRAN. UNPROVOKED. Even if Iran is not even implicated in the attack.
Let’s impeach this president. This has gone too fucking far.
This eclectic little batch of pictures must be from Caaaanadaaaaa. Why do we think so? “‘Cause they’re sloooooow, ehhhhh?” Should have put these pictures of my trip to DiGRA in Vancouver and visiting the best buds in Seattle at LEAST a month ago. Not sure whether I will ever get my DiGRA notes up… if I remember correctly, they were sort of inappropriately chatty. Meh.
Back to David Byrne’s website. It is highly recommended that you check out the newish clips from DB and the Extra Action Marching Band up on his Sound section. If anyone can get the visuals from those going, PLEASE let me know, because the sound is AWESOME and LOUD. If you have ever loved New York’s Hungry March Band but wished they were bigger and angrier, you’re gonna love the $hit out of this one!
I have struck up a correspondance with Markus, one of the gentlemen I met at the Creative Gamers Conference in January, who was also at DiGRA. Through this correspondance, I am learning much about Finland!
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[[WARNING: Link is text-only, but that text is ABSOLUTELY not worksafe and probably not for the weak of stomach.]] Was I the only one here who’d never heard of the Aristocrats Joke? No? That’s probably for the best, though because Penn Jillette is making a movie about it, and because it is firmly outside the bounds of taste, not to mention sense, in any of its incarnations, it is worth a look. Try two or three versions, the one about Notre Dame probably being the best in its balance between the horrid and the surreal. Beyond that, the fe1(hing all starts to run together.
No, no, on second thought, better not read it.
For those of you who prefer to learn about new posts by RSS and have been whining about where my feed is, here it is. There is also a link now affixed to the main page below the @#$*@# broken archive link.
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Just saw a news brief saying the new Atty General took down the drapes over the statue of Justice, and you can now see her b00b again. Hurray!
The brief also occasioned the replaying of “Let The Eagle Soar,” that song of John Ashcroft’s which I was so obsessed with. And I can’t believe it didn’t occur to me before:
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Sarah has said she was going to quote me on her blog about the PBS fracas, but I am going to beat her to the punch. Here’s my take: Cutting funds for Sesame Street simply cannot be a politically viable move in the eyes of history. How can the Republicans get away with this? It is like standing in the middle of the street, in full view of the public, and strangling puppies. Very tiny, blind, cuddly, helpless baby puppies.
That is all.
Soooo, I’ve taken the plunge. I’ve signed on to the massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft. And now I need to know where you all are. If you’re a friend of mine and you are on a particular server let me know, so we can play together! I’m holding off on creating a character til I know who’s where.