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March 31, 2004
Don’t just sit there - Do Something
Ready for another boring night of mind-numbing television? No? Looking for a new hobby? Perhaps you'd just like to liven up your next party? How about some Fire Dancing?
What happens to the T-shirts you donate to charity?
40 Things every drunkard should do before he dies (From "Gravity Lens")
10 Things to expect after you turn 30. Number 10. Starting in 24 hours, you are officially closer to 40 than to 20. How're they hanging now, kid?
Washing the feet of Berkeley's homeless
Start Your Own Gold Teeth Store
More Things To “Do With Your Life” Here
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Industrial Hemp
The New Pot-TV Network (From Bruce Eisner)
New! Hemp wheat sprouted bread, an ancient recipe for the energy of life
Smoking Dope with Thomas Pynchon: A Sixties Memoir
Weed – The Card Game! (From ”Sciatica”)
More about any kind of illegal drugs especially Acid and Pot Here
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More unusual clocks
First Atomic Clock Wristwatch - Do not be misled. The many "atomic time" wristwatches you see on the market today are merely cheap quartz wristwatches with a built-in radio receiver…
The world earliest playable sound recording – voices from 1878 of an experimental talking clock (From ”Daily Jive”)
A dot for every second in the day Clock and “The old Clinton Clock ”: Mixing 3d Computer Graphics with real time animation using Java. (Both from the new ”Organic Shadows”)
Karen’s Alarm Clock v3.0.3
The problem is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
Our huge list of other unusual clocks is here
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March 30, 2004
I want to read “Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush.” By John Dean.
From the Publisher: Former White House counsel and New York Times bestselling author John Dean reveals how the Bush White House has set America back decades—employing a worldview and tactics of deception that will do more damage to the nation than Nixon at his worst.
See the Weapongate Discussion Here
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Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out on a Tuesday
Slide Show from Dr. Albert Hofmann's 98th Birthday Party . (Found at Bruce Eisner)
Top Twenty Drug Using Cartoon Suspects, from Shaggy to Speedy Gonzales
Lennon's Song "Help!" - The Real First LSD-Oriented Beatles Song
In Search of the Magic Plant "Ska Maria Pastora" in the Mazatec Country. (From “My Problem Child”)
Stand up philosopher, Timothy Leary’s death
David E. Nichols, Ph.D. - A Scientist Reflects on the Discovery and Future of LSD
(Unrelated): "Bad spellers of the world... Untie"
(Refresh the screen to enjoy the fractal above)
More about the Sixties Generation and their Acid and Pot Here
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Death & Eternity Links
The last picture you'll ever take... (From “Worth 1000”)
The gothic & creepy Gruft – Death room at the Propeller Island Hotel in Berlin
Re-Post: Museum of Death in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter, and Leading Causes of Death in Various Countries
What are Life Masks? (In German). See their large Catalog. Enclosed is the Angelina Jolie mask.
Near-Death Jokes: "If you are reading this - you are dead"
American Anthropology Obituary Index (? - I guess you need that too)
Many More Unusual Links About Death and Eternity and about Unusual Coffins & Caskets Here
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"No, no, you’re too kind..."
Outside View: Who is William Krar? Did the Feds stopped the most devastating terror attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, and why have you not heard about it until now?
Did Richard Clarke KO the Bushies?
The Headline of the Week from “Finance Asia” (Thanks, Wayne)
Making the rounds: Woman spotted yesterday reading today’s paper (Originally from ”Back to the Future”) - Some nakedness on this site, beware.
Maybe we'll do a better job next war
Heady stuff: Condoleezza Rice on “Promoting the National Interest” - but this article is from January 2000, so expect slight differences from today’s positioning… (Found at ”Arts & Letters Daily”)
More Links about Current News Here
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The fried chocolate sandwich is a Scottish winner
Artist Moira Hahn sent photos of her own candy experiment to Chris Null
Biscuit tin quiz from “Nice Cup Of Tea And A Sit Down”
Vintage Posters of Old Desserts
Our Old Desserts Collections are Here
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Newspapers -
“Magic Wallet Never Runs out of Money” and other Top Ten Tabloid Headlines (From ”Shitfit”)
Der Stürmer was the most infamous newspaper in history
CRAYON - Create your own Newspaper
Fashion Magazine Covers (From ”Things Magazine”)
Who Owns What: Online guide to what major media companies own
”News of the Weird” Map, search by state
Many More Unusual Newspapers and Magazines Here
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March 29, 2004
Fix your mess!
Troubling Ikea furniture name (From ”Dangling Pointer”)
Katrina As Michelangelo: My Dining Room Mural
The Chicago TV Bed with secret, remotely elevated flat panel 22" wide screen television
The role of the folding chair
Artistic Glass Sink Sets for Bathrooms (From ”Information Junk”. By the way, John-of-Footprints, please contact me with a good email – I’d like to ask you something and I’ve tried to reach you a couple of times but the email on your blog doesn’t work).
Hand-painted children's furniture (From "Dragons of Walton Street" in Knightsbridge London)
Our Old Home Decor Links are Here
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With the Southern California Weather we are having now -
Harbin China Ice & Snow Festival 2003 – definitely, the most amazing ice sculptures you’ve ever seen. (J-Walk & Larry, the Happy Cynic beat me to that one!). Here’s a Webshot album of Harbin and a BBC story about the festival
Snow Angel (From “Leusche”)
Afro Gumby, a Walking Block and a giant Snow temple in Sapporo's snow festival
World's first drive-in cinema for ice scooters in Saami, Norway
Tim Linhart is The Mountain Freak
9-11 Memorial Snow Sculptures. More Fireman Snow sulptures
Snow butt (?) in Grindelwald, Switzerland
“Team Sandtastic” becomes Team Snowtastic in the winter (obviously)
Snow "jizo" line a street in Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture. "Jizo" memorialize and watch over aborted fetuses wandering in the netherworld, according to the Jodo sect of Buddhism
Any good tips for keeping our snowmen from melting?
The Ten Thumbs guide to Snow Sculpting
More Links about Ice & Snow Sculpting Here
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Fly Away
Sacramento Airport Booty from “Cockeyed”
"Every time I fly and am forced to remove my shoes, I'm grateful Richard Reid is not known as the Underwear Bomber" - Flying Jokes and "Airport ABCs: An Explanation of Airport Identifier Codes". Both from “SkyGod”
NTSB aviation accident database
Record Racing boat from “Off-Shore Electronics” (From "Beer is for Winners”)
The rest of Our List of Flight Links is Here
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Luxury travel
Abercrombie & Kent, the original luxury travel company
Little Czech Primer in pictures
Russia's Trans-Siberian Railway
Paris at night (Click to enlarge)
New York's subway (From “Domicile”)
Propeller Island Art Hotel in Berlin
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March 28, 2004
The war goes on
Soldiers' Last Letters from Iraq
560 pairs of boots and a pile of 8,500 shoes
War Rationale: Version 10.0, from Tom Paine
Pat Buchanan’s about the Consequences of the War in Iraq
Saturated with detail high resolution war photos (From "Sachs Report")
Somebody Google-bombed "Bush's foreign friends"
More Links about the War in Iraq Here
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Nights of the living Dead
The official Home of the Grateful Dead, and The Phil Zone, the home of Mickey Hart and the official Ratdog (Bob Weir Band) website. Lots to discover there!
Merchandizing: Jerry Garcia Ties, Grateful Dead Lunch Box and Jerry Garcia Action figure. Don’t forget the old Jerry Garcia Autopsy Doll - A Groovy Peek Inside Captain Trips
Grateful Dad T-shirt in Thailand
“Animated Architecture”, designers of lightning, set & video projections for the Grateful Dead concerts
It was 1978, the night they closed old Winterland down - and the Grateful Dead's all-night show lives on in memories, flashbacks...
More Music -
The excellent blog ”Tofu Hut” writes about Susana Baca, an Afro-Peruvian Jazz singer (See 3/24/04 posting). He has some beautiful temporary MP3’s there. Listen to "Cardo O Ceniza". More about Susana Baca and some Susana Baca samples
The Wonders of Brazilian music (Via "Eye of the Goof")
And “Good morning all!! Stand up and tap your feet It`s a great day to be alive!!" (From the German “Just-a-Joke”)
More Eclectic Music Links Here
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