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Usually art is made with pencils not of them.

[Thanks Dan]

I knew the brits use the word for cigarettes, and originally it was based on the term for a piece of chopped wood you throw on a fire. But apparently you can eat them too. Sold by Mr. Brain no less.

[Thanks Dan]

Trotsky pamphlet on “FASCISM — What It Is and How To Fight It”. Some argue that we’re returning to “feudalism” where once we had democracy.

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Gods, quirky, and lost.

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New York’s 21st annual wacky, crazy Mermaid Parade is just a couple months away. Better mark your calendars. June 21, 2003.

Here’s a very interesting piece. A New Zealand lawyer says young people at 14 are now educated, and mature enough and should be allowed to engage in sex legally. I’m not sure the law stops young people’s hormones much, but it does allow adults to be tried… Controversial to be sure.

This is a little interesting twist on the American Indian Religious Freedom Act. A judge has ruled that a man of Ottawa/Chippewa Indian roots cannot allow his son to ingest Peyote at age four.

[Thanks Tony]

Wanna get some new tits, but can’t afford it? Head on over to Breast Loan.

Check out this site of DIY surgery.

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I loved this artist the first time I saw the work in Giant Robot which BTW has gotten way ph(f)at-r since last time I looked. It’s a full blown blog now.

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It seems it’s no fun being a dog. First she got hit by a car, then an office put her out of her misery, shooting her in the head, then at the pound she was put in the freezer. Incredibly enough, through all this she survived.

Thanks Brent + Tony for this story…

Anybody up for a currency conspiracy? Those gosh-darn Muslims may adopt the Euro over our beloved DOLLAR! It caused a stir in 2000.

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Because of 9/11, 900 families have filed a lawsuit against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is on the hot seat. So what to do? Hire a famous US law firm to defend you.

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Nina Simone died yesturday. She was one of the greats and will be missed.

Boy have things changed since I was a kid. There are actually porno video games now. Check out, ahem Spooey Games… You can imagine this site *ISN’T* strictly work-safe. Believe it or not, as much as the manga style might lead you to think so, they’re *NOT* Japanese.

Don’t miss it. Our beloved man of numbers performs May 17th in “HOWIE SOLO’s annual ARMED FORCES DAY EXTRAVAGANZA”

No confirmation yet whether this Louis Vuitton SARS mask is real or not.

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If you like New York, and nostalgic shit, you’ll love this site Forgotten NY. Wow, they have a lot of stuff on here, from subways + trolleys, streets, advertising, cobblestones + alleys and of course cemetaries.

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Boob Scarves, and now Mickey + Minnie Tits.

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I’ve heard of a lot of strange fetishes before, but this one takes the cake. One reader comments: “Hello! My name is Mezu, a web master of “Abnormal 3D Gallery”. I love your site, because I also often imagine the situation to train a woman as a dog.” Hmmm…

[Geisha Asobi strikes again]

There are those who believe that the mind is basically a logical processing unit of sorts, and that emotions are merely complications, but of little signifigance. Enter Descartes’ Error.

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Especially when there’s an extra 650 million in it for me!

I’d say it’s time to get the frock outta dodge. Or in this case Richardson Texas. A couple is in court, having their children taken from them, for a photo developed at a local drug store depicting the mother breast feeding. Even if this is resolved/dropped, what about the crime the state has inflicted upon this family?

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The future promises technologies and possibilities which are as strange to us as the internet is to people who were born when radio was invented, or when cars first drove the streets.

There’s a new controller out for the PlayStation 2 called the Trance Vibrator. Mizuguchi, creator of Rez says “It’s up to our customers’ imagination”. Another link.

And apparently you don’t need to know.

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Hey ladies, and “adventurous” guys, here’s a new item to add to your toybox. Audi-Oh.

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Dinosaur patterns for all you Origami freaks.

I just rented Omega Man. It stars Charlton Heston, and places him in a post-apocalyptic America where almost everyone has died, and the ones that are left are zombies, with a sort of limbo viral strain.

Why you might ask would synesthesia be related to God + Gods? Well basically because it’s about consciousness, perception, emotion, and the mind, all those things which in combination, and in those rare great moments of living, create the religious experience.