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July 31, 2004

Eleanor Rigby

Eleanor_rigby_2 Joe Pesci sings “Got To Get You Into My Life” at the The Rock & Roll Hall of Shame. (From “Steel White Table”)

Douglas Coupland’s New Book

John Lemon

"HELP!" jigsaw puzzles . (From “Beatlegs”, Beatles bootleg recordings. Found on “J-Walk”)

“Since the early 1960's there has been two great loves in my life: comic books, and The Beatles. So "Beatles and Bizarros" gives listings of various appearences of The Beatles in comic book format, as well as the DC character, Bizarro”

Ringo sings I love my suit with Davy Jones and Harry Nilsson on Japanese TV. (From Waxy). Belated Happy Birthday, Ringo

Rooftop Sessions, juvenile Beatles-Related Fan Fiction

The lost “Mal Evans archive” found in a suitcase at an Australian flea market

Sculpture above of Eleanor Rigby . Our Extensive Beatles Collection Here

July 31, 2004 in Music - Beatles | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Cyber Adventures

Flying_hot_air When in Vienna, take the Third Man Walking Tour

When in Crawford, Texas, visit the Prairie Chapel ... the original community founded by Heinrich Engelbrecht

When in Toronto, find this interesting swing hanging in an alley

Stay at the finest Hotels in Iraq. Bring your own Kevlar.

Yemen is known for -

Update: On March 4th, I blogged about Tiger Woods at the Burj Al Arab Hotel in Abu Dubai. Here are more photos from the Dubai Desert Classic and hotel

Ancient Stones, a site dedicated to the stone circles and standing stones of Britain

Pissing Aussies off for a whole year. (From Capital of Nasty Electronic Magazine)

Oetzi the Ice Man (aka Frozen Fritz) is the original Ice Man at the South Tirol Museum of Archaeology

Maine Nautical Links from “Maine Harbors”

(By the way, last night CollegeHumor.com linked to our Steven Wright one-liners page and we are getting over 350 hits per hour…)

Photo above from Kevin Byrd. Many Unusual Travel Links Here

July 31, 2004 in Traveling Places | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

chocolate_wonka Roulette Chocolate, 11 chocolate-bullets with praline, one with jalapeño. (From “Coolio’s”). See also, Electro chock Roulette

Chocolate June bug

Dolfin Belgian chocolates contain unusual spices: Hot masala, mint, peppercorn, aniseed and tea leaves

For adults only: Adult Chocolate Pops. You have to show two forms of ID to purchase one

(Last year when I visited Israel, my family took me to the Chocolate Gallery in Rosh Pina. In this mountainous Galilee town, in a restored stone building built at the end of the 19th century, they serve a delightful chocolate menu. The site unfortunately is only in Hebrew).

Geneviève Grandbois

Many More Unusual Chocolates and Unusual Desserts Here

July 31, 2004 in Food - Chocolate | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Alcohol-free Alcohol

Iced_tea Everybody’s excited over the upcoming Liquid Donuts from Krispy Kreme. (Except the person who actually tried them - Soylent Kreme)

AWOL Machine, Alcohol With Out Liquid™ - Snort your favorite booze and don’t bother with the liquids. Get plastered sniffing air. Yum.

World's Largest Wine Bottle Holds over 45 gallons of Beringer's Napa Valley Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon for Morton's Steakhouse

Monster Energy (From Energy Drink Review. Would you drink “Energy” drinks? I wouldn’t)

But I would try a Curry Cocktail… Mmmm

History & the original formula of the Mai Tai

'The point of drinking is to get drunk' say Europe's worst binge drinkers

The Museum of Anti-Alcohol Posters and old Hungover postcards

By the way, here’s the new site for information about the Google's IPO (Initial Public Offering)

Come on, Grab a graphic to link to Grow-a-Brain, won't you? Many More Unusual Drinks and Drunks Here

July 31, 2004 in Beverages | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

July 30, 2004

More Lists of Things To Do

Things_to_do_before_you_die
Many more people compile their lists of things to do before they die. At the bottom, you'll find one of the most comprehensive listing of those lists.

There are some things that are best done clothed. Likewise there are some things best done nude. There are also many more things that can be done equally well clothed or nude. How about Ironing?

101 things to do if you're locked in a room for the next fifty years with only a mattress, a boombox, and a copy of Insision's new album

1001 things to do with Liquid Nitrogen

390 Things To Do - The top 10 in 39 cities. Also, The World's Top 100 Wonders

Corsinet’s New List

Alt Text’s List

Our Comprehensive List of Things To Do Before You Die Here

July 30, 2004 in Things to do before you die | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Magic of the Mind

Ashley is 13 years old. Here is her Hand Shadows site

Magic Bike is a mobile WiFi hotspot that gives free Internet connectivity wherever its ridden or parked. (From “Ordo Magazine”)

The Yuni 20-inch Ultimate Wheel

magic_eyeReally Pathetic Magicians

Telekinesis refers to moving objects from one place to another without using physical contact…

THEM - Extreme Magic

Ideas for Magic with Paper, by Jeff Lindsay

You Do Magic Videos. (From Ehud Segev, The Mentalist)

Many More Magic Links Here

July 30, 2004 in Magic | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Happy Birthday, John Kimble: We are going to play a fun game. It's called, "who is your daddy, and what does he do?"

pumping_ironIt is the Governator’s Birthday. In Austria, they issued Arnold Postage Stamp . In Iraq they sang “Happy Birthday”

You were best when you were Pumping Iron

Other big pecs at the Arnold Classic. So, won’t you Rate My Pecs?

Nice Hat

Schwarzenegger's Lifetime Gross Total: $1,621,940,362. Best grossing movie: T2

Party Time for happy Arnold

Being Arnold Schwarzenegger

Around the World in 80 Days

Bienvenido a California - Governor Schwarzenegger's Site in Spanish

Photo above from TK Blog. Many Strange Links about Schwarzenegger Here

July 30, 2004 in Schwarzenegger | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

July 29, 2004

JFK’s Excellent Speech!

next_president Osama Captured! Kerry Campaign Questions Timing

The Text of Kerry’s Acceptance Speech

Live blogging by Oxblog from the convention floor

JFK’s signature

In His Own Words (Another incendiary flash. From “Metafilter”)

And Bill Maher returns to “Real Time”, interviewing Michael Moore tomorrow night

More News and Blues Here

July 29, 2004 in Current News | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

July 28, 2004

Peace is made by people

Will_ferrell_snl_1 Peace symbols - the origin and the ideas behind the symbols. (From the local “Airbag”). Also, the worlds largest peace sign collection. (From Country Joe McDonald )

“Worth 1000” treatment of War and Peace

Seeds of Peace

Not on the subject, but I must post it today: Funny Straight Talk with Will Ferrell. (From some organization called ACT, America Coming Together)

Many More Unusual Links About Peace and About War Here

July 28, 2004 in Peace | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

One Grain

Sand_bottles Kinetic Sand Sculptures by Helmut Baur

Among the most popular things to buy in Jordan are the decorated sand bottles , sometimes with the most intricate designs. The inventor of the sand bottles as art was Andrew Clemens (1857-1894. Sorry, a Tripod site)

Disney Sand Sculptures. (Probably in Orlando, or such place)

The Amazing Wild West Festival of the “Nederlands Zandsculpturenfestival”

Sudarsan's Indian Sand Art

Arch for Arch Sake by Amazin' Walter

Not so artsy - Drip Castles

See Our Extensive Sand Sculptures Galleries and Ice Sculptures Galleries Here

July 28, 2004 in Sand Sculptures | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Eat your Veggies

Yellow_watermelon McDonald's food packaging

“I’ve invented BLT Scented Candles. Maybe I’m crazy, but here’s how my mind works…”

John Evans and his record-breaking, Giant Vegetables

Eat Your Peas by Paul Hargrave

A banana a day keeps the doctor away, from “At the heart of it”

Repost: One Mad Cow (Talks like a true vice president. From the same mad Tom who brought us Screamin’ Eagle and more)

2003 Toy Awards Winner: PLAY-DOH George Foreman Grill. Get your toddlers trained from early age. (From Dangerboy Andy Roberts)

God Eats Red Meat is dedicated to providing instruction and insight to Christians in their day-to-day dealings with animal rights extremism. Do you know why the environmental movement is entitled Watermelon Environmentalism?

Wink, wink. Nod, nod. Say-no-more, say-no-more. Many More Strange Vegetables Here

July 28, 2004 in Food - Meat & Vegetables | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

A Passage

rangoli_indiaPhotos of Men wearing dhotis and of Tribal men & women

Rangoli: The Painted Prayers of India. Photos of Rangoli

India to build the world's biggest statue of the Buddha

On Shiva Shakti , you will find information about yantra, mantra, tantra and other material relating to some of the different traditions; texts on the siddhas, gurus and yogis of the Natha sampradaya including Gorakhnath, Matsyendranath and Dattatreya; much about kundalini, nadis, chakras; images of tantric kula devas (gods) and devis (goddesses) including Kali, Tripura, Shiva, Ganesha, Cchinnamasta, Durga and Tara; pujas and practices; meditations and dharanas; the inner meaning of kaulachara, vamachara and svecchacharya and much more

Many More Unusual Links about India And About Denmark Here

July 28, 2004 in Traveling Places - India | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

July 27, 2004

The smell of politics in the morning

Presidents And Prosperity – Forbes ranks The Best American Presidents. Guess who’s number one, based on GDP, employment growth and deficit reduction… Guess who’s number ten.

Ordering pizza in a surveillance society: When did you lose your privacy? Around 1980...

11_hot_link_button Terror Threat Index Illustrated by James Koehnline

What is going on at the Democratic National Convention? John Kerry to wed running mate in civil ceremony…

White House Panoramic Tours

Top 25 Celebrities Turned Politicians: From Eastwood to Arnold

I Agree With Me, by P. J. O'Rourke: "I don't think drugs are bad. I used to be a hippie. I think drugs are fun. Now I'm a conservative. I think fun is bad..."

I like the liars, without them politics would be boring

hitler_nazi The Platform of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, Nazis 1920. (From “Dean's World”)

Political Shopping List: Axis of Evil T-Shirt: Watch out, you’re next, and More Sex, Less Guns refrigerator magnet

The Armageddon Plan: Continuity-of-government program from the 80’s

The Diddly Awards: Honoring the jaw-dropping achievements of the 108th Congress, from “Mother Jones”

Painting workshops for Zimbabwe street kids

"Jim Bakker spells his name with two k's because three would be too obvious." (Bill Maher)

Many Strange Links about Politics Here

July 27, 2004 in Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Mostly Useless Information

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The inflation of the American dream - How many children & a white picket fence do you really want?

Explore the world of big numbers: How big is a zillion? How small is a quadrillion? More.

Population density - Persons per sq km. Most populous state – Macau.

Countries With Multiple Capitals

Ancient Maya Calculator and Maya Mathematics

The porning of America - Has porn's proliferation desensitized us to its power?

The 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century. (From The Top 100 This-and-Thats of the 20th Century. Some dead links there)

A riddle from Eitan: Mom is 21 years older than her son. In 6 years she will be 5 times older than him. Do you know where his dad is? Post your answer below or wait until tomorrow.

Many links that links that will make you smart Here

July 27, 2004 in Information | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack

July 26, 2004

Wild animal of the day

big_dog We are listening to - Whale Sounds

At Nodding you can see pictures of nodding dogs around the planet. These cute cult animals are also called bobbing head dogs. You know, most of their life they spend nodding with their head in the rear of a car. But an ever increasing group of people is taking their dogs on their trips. See the results there. Photo above is from Argentina.

The Shire Horse Society on the internet. Patron – Her Majesty, the Queen. (From “no, 2 self”)

Close ups of Flies by Mark Plonsky

LhasaMopso and other biogenetically-engineered animals of the future from Aurelio at “GenieCorp”

Hit the Beach with Hippo Sweat - the Ultimate Cool. The only problem – It stinks

Amos the lollipop donkey, the crossing guard team in Custer, South Dakota

The thing I like the most about The Bronx Zoo Gorilla Forest website, is the design of the front page, naturally

Foofoo’s Cat Astrology

ostrich_head"The most interesting thing on the TV is a sleeping cat", and other Cat bumper stickers and buttons from Nancy Lebovitz.

One hot July day we found an old straggly cat at our door. She was a sorry sight. Starving, dirty, smelled terrible, skinny and hair all matted down. We felt sorry for her and put her in a carrier and took her to the vet. She had no name so we named her Pussycat

Scenes from the Hamster Ballet

Ostrich Head

The WAOTD (Wild animal of the day) is the Okapia (Okapia johnstoni) which is the closest living relative of the Giraffe, and the only animal that can lick its eyelids to clean them, being that its tongue is 14 inches long. (Thank you, Angie!)

(Why am I blogging about animals? The only animal I dealt with today was some ass who thought he knew better, and who may have lost $750,000 because of it). Many Unusual Animal Links Here

July 26, 2004 in Animals | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

July 25, 2004

Artists, entertainers & freaks

strange_tattoo Former tallest-man-in-the-NBA and world-class humanitarian Manute Bol is on a Mission

Nottinghams funniest street entertainer, the Xylophone man is dead

Re-post: The ceramic sculpture and metal sculpture of renowned Port Costa, California artist Clayton Bailey. You want to see a creative mind at work? Browse thru his daily studio cam

Candle Man

The Vox Ominous was born in the rural backlands of Massachusetts' South Shore. Raised by a sizable pack of feral cats, Vox lived his first years in an abandoned woodpile. His entire childhood devoid of human contact, Vox nevertheless created his own sort of civilization… (From “Davelog”)

Pictures of Gothic Boys at Vampire Freaks

Unusual Germans - What are they really like?

Cosplay in America

Many More Unusual People Here

July 25, 2004 in Unusual People | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Are you a Marxist?

kissing_baby How mimes meet, a short film by “Pickle”

Father’s Day Tribute sung by Groucho Marx. From Rick Brunner

More Harpo Marx GIF Images, from the previously- posted “Harpo Marx Tribute Site”

Marx Brothers Balloons at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2003

Robin Williams on Golf (Warning: Lots of vice-presidential language!)

Many More Links About Unusual Comedians Here

July 25, 2004 in Comedians | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Women's urinals

purple_pill Ken Jennings' name variations. (he writes his name differently on every Jeopardy episode)

Natura Christian Nudists who “Reject Shame and Promot Body Respect”…

Cost of having sex with a Girlfriend Calculator. (Cost of sex with a wife calculator will be up soon)

Solutions for females who need to pee in public: The She-pee funnel, The Magic Cone, The Urinals of Dairy Queen, a Urinette "She-inal", a women's urinal from the basement ladies' room of the Oregon Historical Society in Portland. There are many more, if you’re interested

Amazing Wooden Bikes: The uprider, The Snake & The Dragon

Pavement Art with Mona Lisa

Coffee Mug Heaven. (This one is for Tom McMahon’s collection)

Geometrical illusion with stereoscopic impressions. Also, The McCulloch Effect - An On-line Science Exhibit

A repost: Gallery of Predicta televisions

Gorilla glue, incredibly strong

The most expensive turkey ever: A rare turkey has been sold at Christie’s auction rooms in London for £831,650

Many More Unclassified Oddities Here

July 25, 2004 in Odds & Ends | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack

What do batteries run on?

muybridge_horse The Z-Machine power accelerator from The Sandia National Labs. Some explanation of the electrical flashover here: millions of amps of current are passed through a tiny spool of tungsten wires, producing a flood of x rays… No idea what they are talking about…

Eadweard Muybridge’s early motion photography

Ken Hakuta is Doctor Fad. He invented one of the most successful fads of all, the Wacky WallWalker, and made over $100M selling them. (Most inventors don’t make any)

My Trilobite Collection

Journey through Tikal. This site explores the ancient Mayan ruins of Tikal in Guatemala

Ephemera, a paper trail of the phonograph industry, including advertising, catalogs, and machine instruction manuals. (Found on “Metafilter”)

Many More Unusual Inventions & Discoveries Here

July 25, 2004 in Science & Inventions | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Some On-Site News

Photos_of_brains Today is exactly 5 months and 13 days since I launched the new Grow-a-Brain. So it is only appropriate that I present here the latest hit-count:

Total number of hits: 160,585
Average per day: 944.62
Today: 1860
In the last hour: 78
This week: 8552

I’ve been spending too much time “blogging” in the last year. If I didn’t know better, I would think that I don’t have time to work, to earn and to “have a life”. Why am I doing it? The main complain that I have is that so few readers of this blog leave any comments. What does it take to get some feedback here?

My web site got wet!

My web site got drunk!

Photo of brain above from “Quasimeta”. Previous House Keeping & Website News Here

July 25, 2004 in Website News | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack

July 24, 2004

Arabic Songs

Turkish_music Kazem al Sahir is The Iraqi Elvis. Here he is singing We Want Peace with Lenny Kravitz

Rahim Al Haj, Iraqi Oud composer

Lebanese singer Fairouz sings Ya Ana Ya Ana. (From the extensive Oriental Tunessite)

Turkish Music Club. (From Kolyom)

Egypt has banned music videos showing women’s navels

Ask Dr. Klez about klezmer music: “I don’t know if you experience gigs the same way that I do, but everytime I come home from an evening of playing, I’m so hyper that I can’t sleep for practically the whole night, or what’s left of it.. Do you know of any drug-free ways to deal with post-gig buzz?”

Photo above of Imad Abbadi. Many Links About Middle Eastern Music Here

July 24, 2004 in Music from the Middle East | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack

Ice cream truck that plays "Helter, Skelter"?...

sus Find the 3 differences in those two photos. (Not as easy as it seems)

Winners of The 2004 World Stupidity Awards

Making the rounds: Platform

Barney rap (Warning! Very vice-presidential language)

I believe you have my Stapler. (From Davezilla)

How many people in the Clown Van?!

Photoshop the Technohonks

Where's my Pants? Aliens are abducting our pants

Soundboards of Gilbert Gottfried and Howard Stern as Jerry Seinfeld

Sea Horse above. See our large list of Odd & Crazy Links Here

July 24, 2004 in Odd & Crazy | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Tales of Vanity Plates

GOTMILF Teapots made of License Plates. (From “Art for housewives”)

Did a man whose car bore personalized license plates reading 'NO PLATE' received notices for thousands of unpaid parking tickets?

Yes. Likewise for the guy with the NOTAG license plate

Another sad day at the DMV: End Of Road For GOTMILF License Plate

( If you fear change, leave it here)

Many More Unusual License Plates And Other Automotive Links Here

July 24, 2004 in Cars - License Plates | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack

“Brown shoes don’t make it”

frank_zappa_mothersI am a Frank Zappa fan. I don't remember how it happened. I just woke up one day and I had dozens of Zappa records and half a shelf full of Zappa books…”

Zappa sez: Register to Vote

Guitar Prodigy, 8 year old guitarist knows how to rock

Zappa at the Coneheads (As well as a repost of I am the Slime as sung on the same Saturday Night Live show)

“The first thing I did in Lithuania… was go to see the Frank Zappa statue

Kill Ugly Radio Forums

The Florentine Pogen Cookies and Project Object, New York based tribute to Zappa’s legacy. (Both from Kozmic Zappamobile)

You call that news? Zappa Updates

Many More Odd Zappa Moments Here and Unusual Dylan Links Here

July 24, 2004 in Music - Frank Zappa | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

Go Jump off a bridge

Extreme_falls Bridge Day 2002

Aeriale Etreme Stunt video

Crazy Ed Takes the Plunge: Kayak plummeting over Canada's 105.6-foot Alexandra Falls

The physics of football: "Football is not about life or death. It is more important than that."

Crocheted Hacky Sacks

Lucha Libre Mexican wrestling on the Internet

Teaching young children how to face the fear of death with Florida’s Skycoaster

Many More Unusual Links about BASE jumping Here

July 24, 2004 in Extreme Sports | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

July 23, 2004

Toon Town

superman Salad Fingers By David Firth. (From Venethinker)

Ex-Hilarator: Random text & image juxtapositions

Mighty Wombat’s Bi-polar bear

Magical Trevor. (From “LDMA”)

Poorly-drawn cartoons inspired by actual spam subject lines

741 Animation Studios. (From the enormous “Toonhub”, 3300+ animation and comic book links)

A small selection of Lilek’s Worst Comics ever

Berkeley Breathed’s favorite stips

Many More Unusual Comics & Cartoon Corner Here

July 23, 2004 in Comics & Cartoons | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

Babies don't need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach

dumbestkid "Pussy" galore: My 2-year-old son didn't know what the word meant, but he knew it shocked the adults around him. (Salon registration required)

Halloween Costumes for Kids Who Use Wheelchairs. (From “Monochrom”)

Bucket O' Baby

Alphabet Shoot is a series of photos that 5 & 6 year old children shot where they found letters of the alphabet

The Official Shotgun Rules Pocket Guide. By the way, The “Significant Other” is the most important exception to the rules. If a significant other (SO) is included in the group of automobile passengers and this person is the SO or potential SO of the driver, then they get automatic Shotgun privileges.

Make Your Own Baby Wipes

Other Unusual Children Links Here

July 23, 2004 in Kids | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

"Recent History" (An oxymoron…)

Bush_wins_election_1 The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (also known as the 9-11 Commission) released its report. How many pages of it will Bush actually read?

Big Frog Visual News

(Why is Grow-a-Brain unique? Because, for example, when somebody like Jerry Goldsmith dies, every blogger mentions it, as if they are the New York Times, but on Grow-a-Brain, we give you some clips of the Love Theme From Chinatown, even though they are kind of short... Is there any better theme music out there? By the way, if you like movie soundtracks, you can listen to them 24/7 on “Live 365”)

Today In Alternate History

The Great News Network exists to spread inspiration and motivation for a better world. We offer hope and ideas through actual news of people and events that are working for better government, environment, science, technology, media and society.

Porn Stars Exposed and Alone As Well-Known HIV Patients

Many More Unusual Links of Current Events Here

July 23, 2004 in Current News | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

“Making money in the name of the lord”

lebowski_toes Fark Photoshop Theme: Combine "Tron" with "The Big Lebowski"

Lost brothers. John Patterson hopes the Coen brothers get back to doing what they do best - writing their own tenacious material. David Thomson asks similar questions in The wrong direction

Fargo Links: A lot can happen in the middle of nowhere

When Ulysses first meets Big Dan in the restaurant there is a statue of Homer in the background. More Trivia for O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Buy Dapper Dan Mens Pomade products online

Pictures by Jeff Bridges and Peter Bogdanovich

Il Grande Lebowski and other Lebowski posters

Repost: Rambling about the Lebowski Script

Many Unusual Big Lebowski Links Here

July 23, 2004 in Cinema - "The Big Lebowski" | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

July 22, 2004

Art Cars

Zappa_rules FZ Rulz - The Zappa Art Car by Kozmic Dreams, and The Making of the Music Machine

This is Broken: The NO All-encompassing sign

Greyhound bus terminals represent the democratic potential of American mobility...

Street Glow - auto neon and performance lighting competition

Car on a roof and Car in pool

How To Escape From A Car Hanging Over The Edge Of A Cliff

Road test of The Rolls Royce Phantom

Many More Unusual Cars Here

July 22, 2004 in Cars | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

To click or not to click

Hemingway_gun Dirda on Books: Michael Dirda reads books for a living. Once a week he answers questions online; Here are the transcripts of these sessions

Lynne Cheney's fabulously rare, single-printing literary masterpiece, Sisters

The sixteen first rules of fiction: Be readable; grasp the reader's attention. Don't explain. Know your characters… (13 more)

Kafka Cooks Dinner by Lydia Davis. (From “Ariel”)

The Shakespeare Canon, from Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet

Also, G.K.Chesterton's Works on the Web

(‘Don’t remember where I found the photo of Hemingway with a gun above.) More Unusual Links About Literature Here

July 22, 2004 in Books & Literature | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack

What is this thing called “The Internet”?

baby_crawl An old interview with Ze Frank about the origins of his art, and Ze Frank’s blog

Bill Cameron has this report on the growing phenomenon known as “Internet” (A wmv clip from “Ebaumsworld”). More about ancient cyber experiences: This is a Naked Lady, the prurient relationship between technology and sexuality. (By Gerard Van Der Leun, from "Wired"). While we’re on the subject, ASCII Babes

British Googles for kids. How does Google calculates your site's PageRank

Active Verb Snapshots via Yahoo News. (From “Six Fruits”)

About the background of the So Tired Phenomenon: Where Web surfers go when they haven't slept a wink

This Is Broken: A new project to make businesses more aware of their customer experience, and how to fix it

Random 404 message from the elusive “Project Euh”

Many More Unusual Links About The Internet Here

July 22, 2004 in Internet | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack

July 21, 2004

Banana Republicans

President_george_bush George W. Bush is arguably the most influential and controversial performance artist in the history of Western art . (From “Ashley B”). Similarly, Being Nothing - George W. Bush as Presidential Simulacrum. "Nobody likes to see dead people on their television screens"

Who Would Jesus Torture? The Religion of George W. Bush. And, The inner W. - Three new psychological portraits of GW. (Salon registration required)

Bush Birthday Haiku

W deck by Beetlecow

The Vice President as a young man

Ooops, Mr. Vice president has never been with Halliburton, as far as we know… and Negative Capability: The President of the United States is not (many things)…

2004 Election cookie cook-off

The First John Ashcroft Video Project, from “Nerve”

Funky weird remix from W and Bruner Blog, Dick Is a Killer

Clinton_face_1 “An old man approached the White House from the park across Pennsylvania Avenue…” The same story four years earlier

HNZ - Should you Buy this stock now ? Did you buy Halliburton in 1999?

Kerry: Beer Begins At Fermentation

Something is wrong with the campaign of