Happy Birthday Neil Gaiman!
The only thing about Mr. Gaiman that I don't agree with is the fact that he is very conservative and refused to write for Penthouse.
Today he turns 51. I can only hope that the next 20 years of his writing are as astounding, earth shattering, enlightening and deeply spiritual as the last.
My favorite passage ~ From American Gods:
"I worship your breasts and your hair and your cunt. I worship your thighs and your eyes and your cherry-red lips..."
"Yes..."
"I worship your nipples, from which the milk of life flows. Your kiss is honey and your touch scorches like fire, and I worship it... Bring me your lust in the morning, and bring me relief and your blessing in the evening. Let me walk in the dark places unharmed and let me come to you once more and sleep beside you and make love with you again. I worship you with everything that is within me, and everything inside my mind, with everything I've been and my dreams..."
This, from a man who wouldn't write for Penthouse. Even so, brilliant...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
November 9th, 2011
OH MY GOD! People, Really!!!!
I feel like I am in the 1950's all over again (and that is especially disconcerting because I was born in 1977).
But, I feel like I am in the 1950's because there are so many freaking people going bat shit crazy about the EAS system. The federal agencies (FCC, FEMA, DHS, NOAA and NWS) will be temporarily cutting off Television and Radio broadcasts to test an emergency notification system (And it's being shut down during RUSH's broadcast of all things, gasp!!!)
What the real issue is to me: Several members of the "Tea" party are outraged about this. And that is about all they are: loud, stupid, and totally wasting my time. So if you are going to call your self a "Tea" party, then really folks, lets have some f-ing tea. I want to see you go out dressed as savages and overthrow some goods that are being unjustly taxed. Hell, I would be happy if you went out and held a sign in front of the mayors office for half an hour. But no, we can not do that, and worse, we can look down on the "rabble" who are trying to change things, while we continue to sit in our nice cozy upper middle class homes, with our secure 401K's.
Seriously people:
QUIT BITCHING AND START A REVOLUTION!
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I feel like I am in the 1950's all over again (and that is especially disconcerting because I was born in 1977).
But, I feel like I am in the 1950's because there are so many freaking people going bat shit crazy about the EAS system. The federal agencies (FCC, FEMA, DHS, NOAA and NWS) will be temporarily cutting off Television and Radio broadcasts to test an emergency notification system (And it's being shut down during RUSH's broadcast of all things, gasp!!!)
What the real issue is to me: Several members of the "Tea" party are outraged about this. And that is about all they are: loud, stupid, and totally wasting my time. So if you are going to call your self a "Tea" party, then really folks, lets have some f-ing tea. I want to see you go out dressed as savages and overthrow some goods that are being unjustly taxed. Hell, I would be happy if you went out and held a sign in front of the mayors office for half an hour. But no, we can not do that, and worse, we can look down on the "rabble" who are trying to change things, while we continue to sit in our nice cozy upper middle class homes, with our secure 401K's.
Seriously people:
QUIT BITCHING AND START A REVOLUTION!
Keep Smiling :D
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
November 8th, 2011
Happy Election Day!
Did you know that elections are always held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November? Why not the first Tuesday in November, or the first Wednesday?
Bet you really really want to know why...
Actually, it's pretty boring - In 1845 Congress decided to make a national election day. It was going to be the first Tuesday in November, but there was already a law stating that there could only be 34 days between election day and the first Wednesday in December when the Electoral College meets and sometimes the first Tuesday is more that 34 days from the first Wednesday and so... We have elections on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
But why Tuesday? Because Wednesday was market day for lots of early farmers, and they had to travel an entire DAY to get to a poling place. So in order not to mess with commerce we vote on Tuesdays
NOW GO VOTE!
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Did you know that elections are always held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November? Why not the first Tuesday in November, or the first Wednesday?
Bet you really really want to know why...
Actually, it's pretty boring - In 1845 Congress decided to make a national election day. It was going to be the first Tuesday in November, but there was already a law stating that there could only be 34 days between election day and the first Wednesday in December when the Electoral College meets and sometimes the first Tuesday is more that 34 days from the first Wednesday and so... We have elections on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
But why Tuesday? Because Wednesday was market day for lots of early farmers, and they had to travel an entire DAY to get to a poling place. So in order not to mess with commerce we vote on Tuesdays
NOW GO VOTE!
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Monday, November 7, 2011
November 7th, 2011
John Emil List
David Hendricks
Ted Bundy
Dorethea Puente
Scott Peterson
Ed Gein
What do all of these people have in common?
They all decided that November 7th was a good day to kill someone, or in a few cases several someones'. Although, Ted, Dot and Scott (HA HA HA) are another story... Ted failed, Dot got dug up and Scott got locked away...
The Moral of the story is... Today you may feel like killing someone, but know that you won't get away with it, so plot some other form of destruction.
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David Hendricks
Ted Bundy
Dorethea Puente
Scott Peterson
Ed Gein
What do all of these people have in common?
They all decided that November 7th was a good day to kill someone, or in a few cases several someones'. Although, Ted, Dot and Scott (HA HA HA) are another story... Ted failed, Dot got dug up and Scott got locked away...
The Moral of the story is... Today you may feel like killing someone, but know that you won't get away with it, so plot some other form of destruction.
Keep Smiling :D
Sunday, November 6, 2011
November 6th, 2011
Imagine... 1860.
Everything is dark (mostly because I am writing this after dark... It could be day time. Who knows?)
Everything is dark, earlier, when it was light, you cast your vote (that means you must be a man, who owns property - so much for that fighting for freedom and taxation with representation, we just adopted the same laws that oppressed us...) and you voted for the guy in the big hat.
Mr. Lincoln was the 16th president of the US and served from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He was one of the most unpopular people in politics, but still managed to free slaves, keep Britain from making the south a colony and worked to reunite the country after the Civil War.
Mr. Lincoln was voted into office, the first time, today in 1860.
Everything is dark (mostly because I am writing this after dark... It could be day time. Who knows?)
Everything is dark, earlier, when it was light, you cast your vote (that means you must be a man, who owns property - so much for that fighting for freedom and taxation with representation, we just adopted the same laws that oppressed us...) and you voted for the guy in the big hat.
Mr. Lincoln was the 16th president of the US and served from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He was one of the most unpopular people in politics, but still managed to free slaves, keep Britain from making the south a colony and worked to reunite the country after the Civil War.
Mr. Lincoln was voted into office, the first time, today in 1860.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
November 5th, 2011
"What the hell is Guy Fawkes Day?"
"Wow, you are a blithering idiot."
"Okay, and what the hell is Guy Fawkes Day?
"Duh... the English were so happy that their stupid king didn't die by assassination that they threw a big party."
"Umm... Party?"
"Yeah... Party. They caught a guy, his name was Guy"
"Ha! Ha ha ha. Really?"
"Yeah. He was guarding a bunch of gun powder that was supposed to be used to kill the king, but it didn't work. So the Parliament said, You must party."
"Cool. What kind of party?"
"Bonfire, fireworks, burning straw look alikes.."
"WHAT?"
"Idiot. Effigy, its a something that looks like something. In this case a scarecrow if you will that looks like the Guy. Fawkes.
"... Ha Ha Ha... That's only witty in writing."
"Shut up. Idiot."
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"Wow, you are a blithering idiot."
"Okay, and what the hell is Guy Fawkes Day?
"Duh... the English were so happy that their stupid king didn't die by assassination that they threw a big party."
"Umm... Party?"
"Yeah... Party. They caught a guy, his name was Guy"
"Ha! Ha ha ha. Really?"
"Yeah. He was guarding a bunch of gun powder that was supposed to be used to kill the king, but it didn't work. So the Parliament said, You must party."
"Cool. What kind of party?"
"Bonfire, fireworks, burning straw look alikes.."
"WHAT?"
"Idiot. Effigy, its a something that looks like something. In this case a scarecrow if you will that looks like the Guy. Fawkes.
"... Ha Ha Ha... That's only witty in writing."
"Shut up. Idiot."
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Friday, November 4, 2011
November 4th, 2011
Hmm... King Tut or the Feral Girl Genie... hmm... its a debate... What do I pick, King Tut who has captivated the world, but was really a loser who married his cousin or the girl who was strapped to a potty chair by her abusive father and never learned to talk or actually do anything beyond hiss, bark and spit...
I could count the merits of each, but really folk I encourage you to go look up both...
There.
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I could count the merits of each, but really folk I encourage you to go look up both...
There.
Keep Smiling :D
Thursday, November 3, 2011
November 3rd, 2011
Seriously folks... Nothing of note happened in History today. Some serial killer rapes a girl, Carrie is released, some people were born, some people died. Makers of history please take note: Today would be a good day to do something funny.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
November 2nd, 2011
Today in 1960 the famed trial of a BOOK ends with the acquittal of the publisher.
Lady Chatterley's Lover, by DH Lawrence is a novel about the wife of a wealthy war injured businessman who can't rise to the occasion and so takes on the gardener as her lover. It uses the words fuck and cunt as therefore is obviously obscene.
The publisher was found not guilty, of course, and DH Lawrence went on to become iconic to the hippy generation because he freed sex.
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Lady Chatterley's Lover, by DH Lawrence is a novel about the wife of a wealthy war injured businessman who can't rise to the occasion and so takes on the gardener as her lover. It uses the words fuck and cunt as therefore is obviously obscene.
The publisher was found not guilty, of course, and DH Lawrence went on to become iconic to the hippy generation because he freed sex.
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
November 1st 2011
Today in 1962 (yes, that is correct) was born a man who can not hold a tune in a bucket, but carries one well on a flat surface, who looks really good in a sock, and has hair to die for...That's right... Anthony Kiedis us 49 today. Don't you feel old?
Monday, October 31, 2011
October 31st, 2011
Halloween. I bet you're expecting something all about the Veil between the worlds, or some other Pagan position regarding the sanctity of the day. Nope... You get:
Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini was born Erik Weisz on March 24, 1874 and dies on October 31st 1926.
In between those dates he did a lot of stuff that I bet you have no idea about.
He flew a plane across Australia in 1910, and landed without crashing... He wasn't the first guy to make the flight, but he was the first not to crash.
He made movies! In 1923 he bought a movie company, but left the business because it was not profitable.
He DID NOT DIE in the water tank. He died due to complications of appendicitis.
There are all kinds of fun things about Houdini... Like his wife held a seance every year for 10 years after his death, even though the guy believed that mediums were fake and spent a lot of his career proving them wrong. She said after the last one " Ten years is long enough to wait for any man" (You go GIRL!)
Happy Halloween and
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Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini was born Erik Weisz on March 24, 1874 and dies on October 31st 1926.
In between those dates he did a lot of stuff that I bet you have no idea about.
He flew a plane across Australia in 1910, and landed without crashing... He wasn't the first guy to make the flight, but he was the first not to crash.
He made movies! In 1923 he bought a movie company, but left the business because it was not profitable.
He DID NOT DIE in the water tank. He died due to complications of appendicitis.
There are all kinds of fun things about Houdini... Like his wife held a seance every year for 10 years after his death, even though the guy believed that mediums were fake and spent a lot of his career proving them wrong. She said after the last one " Ten years is long enough to wait for any man" (You go GIRL!)
Happy Halloween and
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
October 30th, 2011
Today is the birthday of one of the worlds greatest artists. She is a woman most talented and world renowned for her vocal style. She helped to shape the face of Rock n Roll music and become and icon and inspiration to her fans, young women and the world. She began with soothing, drug induced melodies that developed and formed into a 25 year career spanning three generations. From "White Rabbit" in 1967 to "Nothings Gonna Stop us Now" in 1987 the stunning reverberations of the whiskey smooth Ms. Grace Slick nee Wing can not be copied, or out done. We pause our laughter today to pay homage and tribute to the "Grace Slick Moan," all things Rock n Roll and the incredible inspiration of this woman who makes Katy Perry, Lindsey Lohan and Brittany Spears look like quite kittens (I mean really... she was publicly planning to slip the president some acid!). This woman Rocks, on so many levels. Happy 72nd Birthday Grace "The Acid Queen" Slick!
Saturday, October 29, 2011
October 29th, 2011
Today began one of histories greatest tragedies and 40 years later the beginning of the end of the Library:
The stack market crash of 1929 began the Great Depression today
and 40 years later...
The first message was sent over ARPANET which is the grandpa of the internet.
Take the good with the bad and...
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The stack market crash of 1929 began the Great Depression today
and 40 years later...
The first message was sent over ARPANET which is the grandpa of the internet.
Take the good with the bad and...
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Friday, October 28, 2011
October 28th, 2011
Today in 1886...
Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty, which was paid for by 120,000 donations most of which were less than $1.
Happy Payday
And
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Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty, which was paid for by 120,000 donations most of which were less than $1.
Happy Payday
And
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
October 27th, 2011
Today in 1838 Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs orders all Mormons out of his state or they will be exterminated.
I wonder if they woke him up knocking on the front door to sell him a bible too many times?
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I wonder if they woke him up knocking on the front door to sell him a bible too many times?
Keep Smiling :D
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
October 26th, 2011
The Angam Day
The South Pacific island of Nauru has a holiday today.
Angam means celebration and what better to celebrate than when babies are born! The island of Nauru has been in crisis twice now, it's population has fallen remarkably low and so the race was set. The Nauruans needed to have 1,500 members of their population and the date that happened would be Angam day. October 26, 1932 was the first and official Angam day, even though the population of the island has fallen below 1,500 and many more Angam races have been held.
Everyone likes babies and kittens so smile for the Angam baby.
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The South Pacific island of Nauru has a holiday today.
Angam means celebration and what better to celebrate than when babies are born! The island of Nauru has been in crisis twice now, it's population has fallen remarkably low and so the race was set. The Nauruans needed to have 1,500 members of their population and the date that happened would be Angam day. October 26, 1932 was the first and official Angam day, even though the population of the island has fallen below 1,500 and many more Angam races have been held.
Everyone likes babies and kittens so smile for the Angam baby.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
October 25th, 2011
1994 - Susan Smith of Union, South Carolina claims her children are carjacked and puts out a teary heart felt plea for their return.
Turns out Susan really drove her kids into the lake so she could hook up with a rich guy.
At the very least, your life can not be this pathetic.
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Turns out Susan really drove her kids into the lake so she could hook up with a rich guy.
At the very least, your life can not be this pathetic.
Keep Smiling :D
Monday, October 24, 2011
October 24th, 2011
I didn't think so.
He is the guy who told Johanns Kepler how planetary motion worked. He is also credited with making more observations regarding astronomy than any of his peers. Kepler used his work to develop the laws of Planetary motion.
So the next time someone offers to make your copies at the office you may want to say "No, Thanks..."
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