In the news today, an 800-year-old Easter Egg: Giotto sneaked the Devil into a painting of St. Francis of Assissi. They speculate that he was annoyed with someone. Took some guts to do that, too. Disney may get very angry at little jokes in their movies but they haven’t yet burned someone at the stake [...]
Five years ago I revealed that an unknown number of public figures were created as clones of the late great absurdist comedian Andy Kaufman. That article is linked here: Theory: We Are All Andy Now. This was a tremendous breakthrough. Without this knowledge, we would have been powerless against an army of Andys. It’s been [...]
I have had a Zazzle Store for quite a while and never really promoted it, but I have a total of TWO products. 1. The “Bob is Love” U.S. postal stamps, in a variety of denominations, featuring a touching and artistical black & white photo of Mr. Bob Trout, my best friend and an icon [...]
I first heard these set to Hans Eisler’s music, as sung by Dagmar Krause on her wonderful record Supply and Demand. My favorite is the last one, “The Swamp”. It hits as hard as it did in the forties. I The village of Hollywood was planned according to the notion People in these parts have [...]
I got one of those calls. A young kid said “Sir, if you are unwilling to pay the amount owed, you’ll have to talk to Mr. James.” “Listen to me for a second, kid. You work for Mr. James, and he drives a Porsche, and you want to park your Toyota Tacoma next to his [...]
Manifestos from the Anonymous crowd are usually puerile and pointless. Coming from a Marine vet who lives in the real world, this one is neither. “I am a United States Marine Corps combat veteran. I am a proud American and a patriot. I love my country, democracy and the vision our founding fathers had for [...]
The gas station routine has not changed in years. I put in my card, enter my zip code, choose my fuel, and pump. When I’m done I put the spout back in its bracket and the machine asks me if I want a receipt. I say yes, it spits out the receipt, and I leave. [...]
Cut word lines — Cut music lines — Smash the control images — Smash the control machine — Burn the books — Kill the priests — Kill! Kill! Kill! Happy Patriot Day, everyone.
this is a test of crossposting to LJ. my theme sucks, there’s dust. deal.
