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Yes we are lucky Speck. I don't know if I am as lucky as this guy though.

I find it interesting that the argument for war now is 'freeing Iraq'. Iraqi exiles are saying it is better to go to war and root saddam out then let him stay in power. If we are using this reasoning now, when are we going to war with North Vietnam and some African countries?

The spoils are already being fought over. Poor W wants reporters to stop asking hard questions.

chiefwagonburner
3/28/2003 10:53:59 AM


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Hey Coop! What about if you called your baby, Artman, or Artmina? Hey it would be a cool name, even if they didn't choose an artful direction. Then again, what kid named "Art"... something, wouldn't at least be a little drawn to it?

The Village does matter! The family matters! These are fair, understandable values. A child needs security, stability, reinforcement, identity, as well as physical needs met. I thank my lucky stars that I had parents who were concerned about my education! My needs wee met. Though all through adolescence I had problems! Heck, I'm still having those problems! It really is hard figuring out what everyone needs as personal freedom. Yet doing it, figuring it out, and enjoying that person better, is usually worth it.

"God [sic], thank you for our bounty! We are truly blessed! If we were to list our blessings, we'd never stop talking! Thank you, our Lord!
Bless us that everyone will have food, that everyone will have clothing, that everyone will have medicine, that everyone will have a job, that everyone will be important, that everyone will have a voice, that everyone will have a vote. Thank you oh Lord, for all of your blessings... The curses we could do without!"

Pada-Boom!

Peaceyall!

Awwa
\A/

Aw
3/27/2003 11:59:19 PM


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Okay, the mathematical clue begins when you find the double vowel. That is when you need triple consonants, and end with singular following consonants.

It takes four congregating consonants to equal two joined vowels.

"The Slacktellectium!"

TH e SL a CKT e LL e CT iu M

Starting with two consonants, then a vowel, it repeats that pattern until there is a three consonant occurence. Then there is the familiar pattern again; two consonants, one vowel, until there is a double vowel. Then, to make the equation work, it ends with that additional consonant, so that it's not just three to two. It's four to two, or two to one, depending on how you look at it! Heh!

Or does that make no sense at all? I think I'm obcessing again!

Peaces!

Awwa
\A/

Aw
3/27/2003 11:26:39 PM


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"A new name for the paper, "The Slacktellectium."

It's a fun little play of letters whereby the consonants are twice the vowels. This mathematically interesting phenomena occurs whereby there are 12 conconants and 6 vowels, somehow equally distributed in such a manner, that there is only one triple consonant, and at least one singular consonant, and yet the ratio remains 2 to 1, or 1 to 2, depending on how you look at it. Okay that was way over obcessing over the numralology of it all. But well, I thought it sounded kinda spiffy!

I vote for "The Slacktellectium!"

Peacem,

Awwa
\A/

Aw
3/27/2003 11:19:37 PM


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A new name for the paper, "The Slacktellectium."

Names for Coop's off-shoot: If a girl: Rachel, Elizabeth, Sandra, Liv... If a boy, Alan (with that exact spelling!), Awwa (Heh! Actually girl or boy), Alna, Rael, Samoth, Dywan, Artfool!

Sorry about the big ticket biz, Jimmy! I won a case in small claims court for $500, when some backed his van into my car door. Then within a month I got caught speeding on a DUI, and had to pay $1000+. Justice, go figure!

Just say no to Jesus! At least say no to all of these organized Jesus wannabe religions, that rip-off the wisdom to pay for nefarious dealings! Just say no to religions! Jesus never talked about religions. Or when he did, it was with the negative connotation that many religions were misguided or that the Jews were not following "the Law!" "Many will come in my name, only few will represent the truth..." Just say no to God wannabes!

Burning Man! I am so burning to be there... Yet I am full of hot illuminescent air! I only heard about it a few years ago, when a SF friend told me about it. I guess there are a few places on Earth where free expression is still encouraged! It would have to be an incredible B-Man this year, when we so desperately need that free speech! Burn-on weirdos! I only envy you!

Welol, I've been obcessed of late. I bought this game called "Disciples II." I've been playing it almost non-stop since Friday a week ago! Well, I did go to work and do shopping and other things. But I admit to the addiction! It's a D&D oriented, turn based game, where you have the strategic over-view for moving units, with an interresting tactical battle display, for close comabt. You have experience points for all of your troops, plus initiative, chance to hit, magics, all in quite an elegant package. Well, a big plus is that it runs on my WIN XP system. And... I've tried the whole Warcraft/Starcraft stuff! This is better! At least to me! I bought the nice large boxed set for $9.99 at my local Comp USA! It's officially called, "Disciples II: Dark Prophesy." If ya like that kind of stuff, buy it! And I believe that we could play it online. Still checking in about that. Enough Game stuff! Real Life awaits, Heh!

Bush Speech:

Everything that comes out of my mouth is poison. I am poisoning your minds with my words. I am teaching you to hate and to fear people who are not like me. So that I can use you against them.

I am a very sick man. My morals only exist to protect me. I have no use for anything else. Protect me and I will be free. Fight my battles and I will be free. Give your lives and your son's lives for me, and I will be free. Nothing and no one can come between me and my freedom!

You are nothing and living a meaningless life of self-servitude. Devote yourself to fullfilling my wishes and I will be free. Give-up your meaningless existence, so that I can acheive the ultimate meaning, and I will be free. Nothing and no one else matters!

This has been the song of Bush, and all similar serial killers, known in their time the world over!

Know that I love you,
Know I love to see you smile!
The sound of your laughter,
Makes me happy for a long while!

Peace All!

Awwa
\A/

Aw
3/27/2003 10:32:05 PM


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I heard this morning on NPR that the pharmacies in Baghdad are all out of valium. There's not a pill to be had in the city. No shit. If my life was being torn to pieces by constant air raids, and oil fires, and explosions, and broken glass and crumbling buildings from shock waves, and sandstorms, and apocalyptic mayhem brought on by two diabolical men (why can't they just put Sadam and George in a boxing ring and let 'em duke it out? jesus. It would make so much more sense. since this is personal after all. or so it seems to me. anyhoo.), I would be knocking back my little blue friends like there was no tomorrow. Which there isn't really if you're some of those people. Civilian casualties just keep on racking up... God. My first instinct was to snort out a little laugh when I heard that Baghdad was out of valium, seemed like such an insufficient balm to the huge mental wound that these people are enduring, but then they went on to say that people are giving the valium to their kids to try and help them deal with this terror that they don't understand. Then I felt like crying. That's so awful. Those poor kids, and those poor parents who are trying to do anything they can to help their kids make it through this in one physical and mental piece.
We're so lucky here. shit are we ever fucking lucky.

Miss Speck and the Giant Librarians
3/27/2003 05:21:00 PM


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Sounds like you made a fine choice jimmy.

chiefwagonburner
3/27/2003 01:32:14 PM


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I bought something at the 99 cent store.

I am wearing a gel baby blue "stupidest watch I have ever seen".

And coop, we all saw you lose it. It looked like "@#$%" when rendered in ascii. But the post was fine. *ducks*

jimmy
3/27/2003 11:19:14 AM


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Thank you Coop! I'll snap a few pictures of the drive through "for the archives".


The cab should be here in 19 minutes. I just got finished howling in the bathroom. I should have known, the after shave lotion instructions were written in a mixture of german and japanese. I couldn't read it. What if I just put jet fuel on my face?

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I was thinking while I was screaming. Human Beings seem to do more for the possibility of love than they do for love itself. Sometimes.

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Anyhow, I uploaded the major portion of my Pavement collection for the Chief. It should be done in 45 minutes or so. It's in the hive if anyone wants it.

jimmy
3/27/2003 11:12:59 AM


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Heh. guess I didn't lose it. *grin*

coop
3/27/2003 10:17:21 AM


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Shit a brick, I lost my post. I, as the Czarina, ought to know better. @#$%

It's a motor vehicle bureaucracy kind of day. I'm on the way to get my new plates & license. Sucks about your ticket, Jimmy. Hope you have a good trip to Texas. Check out the drive through liquor stores, & then you might be prepared!

coop
3/27/2003 10:16:28 AM


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Hey. Jimmy, have a safe trip to Texas. That sucks rocks re: your traffic ticket. It pains me to think what you can get away with in this world, while they chase you down and pin you to the wall over a busted headlight. Sigh. I always pay my parking tickets right away (ahem!) but that's because they have a traffic court TV show called Caught in Providence on the local ABC station, and I (along with the entire metro area) don't want to have my 15 minutes of fame be there. LOL. Scroll down past evil Dr. Phil to see the show's T-shirts. Jeez. Public humiliation seems to work pretty well, though. I try to confine my illegal parking urges to the Brown campus, where they can't do anything to you if you don't have a Brown sticker. HAahahahaaa

I've never been called for jury duty except in Maine, where I don't live anymore. (used the time honored "I Moved" excuse) One of my cohorts was on the grand jury for a while this winter, she said it was a pretty intense experience. On the bright side, she wasn't here, and she missed out on the fun surrounding the Night of a Thousand Knives. (the mass layoffs here in Jan.)

I am on the way to get my new plates and driver's license right now... having moved to a new state 3 months ago... heh. Wish me luck!

coop
3/27/2003 10:12:43 AM


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Today I am flying into a state where acts of sodomy between two consenting adult males behind closed doors is illegal. I don't know why I find that so strange. Maybe because it is? It's 2003, I thought we had gotten over it, and weird laws are always on the books, but this one is ENFORCED in TX.

It's legal if two consenting heterosexuals engage in sodomy behind closed doors. Does this mean I can find a fellow heterosexual male and 'bed him down' without the law busting into my home? (And they do bust into your home.) That would be a pretty impressive form of protest, albeit I am probably more likely to fail in that form of protest due to the public drunkenness that would be its necessary precursor. (That's the second time I have mentioned that there might be enough beer in the world today....er...*ahem!*..Uh, so...the Chargers, huh? Ain't that sumpin'? Next thing you know they'll be trading Junior for Daryll Strawberry. Heh. Yeah. Well anyway, I'm gonna miss the game anyhow, I'm working on my truck. What? Yeah, I'm getting it raised. Huh? No I don't offroad. Why?)

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I never slaughtered those memories, Ashok.
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In the middle of a post earlier, the power went out. I wanted to share with you why and how David Bowie has made me cry, and that 'cry' is not true to form...more like 'weep'. And then I tried to upload David Bowie's "All the Young Dudes" for y'all to download. And then, failing in that due to the power outage, I was only able to get the version by Mott the People. Indeed, Bowie wrote the song specifically for them, because he was their fan.

I've often dreamt of writing songs for my favorite bands to play, but man, Bowie IS rock & roll. He can actually do it! Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, whomever...he's done it. I then discussed the Bowie tune "Quicksand" (acoustic version, #13 methinks, on Hunky Dory) and how that made me weep the very first time I heard it, because it is so so beautiful, and then I connected the weeping to the fact that I was reading stuff like this at the time...And Zecharia Sitchin. Oh, and Alleister Crowley, yikes. And I would have mentioned that Bowie too speaks of reading Alleister Crowley's work in Quicksand, but I forgot. I also forgot to mention that you can hear Bowie's voice in Lou Reed songs, doing the background vocals...[Satellite of Love and a few others he produced on that album.] And you can hear him in the background of the Iggy Pop song China Girl and a few others from that album. Indeed, Pop wrote China Girl but Bowie figured "hey, you're not making enough to get by, let me do it and I'll give you the royalties."

Then I explained that skeptics eat Richard C. Hoagland's "Monuments of Mars" alive, and they eat Sitchin alive too. Then I expressed my contention that skeptics can eat anything alive. Skepticism simply cannot be wrong, even when it's wrong. Then I mentioned that I might agree with them sometimes, and how I might even agree with them on Sitchin and Richard C. Hoagland, but that the heart wants what it wants.

In my case, my heart wants to believe that human beings are a part of something far greater and far more 'advanced' than the status quo. I want to believe that we're a part of something fantastic. But if it turns out that we're just lonely little civilization on a lonely planet destroying ourselves, then so be it, I'm a dude, man!


I'm a dude

Um....it just so happens that this song was taken up as a gay anthem at the time too. Heh. Hey! Did you see that hot chick on Survivor?

jimmy
3/27/2003 09:43:27 AM


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Finally ordered a new cell with att, hopefully that means I get to get rid of damned sprint. Sprintpcs was a pretty crappy experience - network busy, billing errors, horrible support. Which means a new number, hope I can get them to give me a good one. You should be able to take your cell number to a new carrier this fall, but I won't bet on it. It was supposed to happen last fall.

On a lighter note, some members of congress think the president should tell me to pray and fast in order to secure blessings and protection.

chiefwagonburner
3/27/2003 08:24:48 AM


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Time out from the war:

CNN/Reuters: News reports have filtered out early this morning that US
forces have swooped on an Iraqi Primary School and detained 6th Grade
teacher Mohammed Al-Hazar. Sources indicate that, when arrested, Al-Hazar
was in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square and a calculator.


US President George W Bush argued that this was clear and overwhelming
evidence that Iraq indeed possessed weapons of maths instruction.


I'm curious Jimmy, did you manage to slaughter her memories? And this is unfair - I've been working for over an hour trying to unscamble that anagram!

I wonder why I keep insisting that the universe fit in with my little understanding?

Ashok
3/27/2003 02:54:29 AM


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that's usually where my money goes. To random $50 parking in the red tickets (but my car fits in those red spots because it's so tiny! there ought to be separate parking laws for minis), or to expensive car repairs and whatnot.

I have jury duty in two weeks. I'm sure I won't get selected because I find it impossible to be objective about things. I seem to inherently condemn authority. I'm already balking at the fact that I was instructed to "dress as you would for a business meeting" by my jury summons. Makes me want to dress like a slob out of principle. What if I didn't have business meeting clothes? huh? Oh, whatever. I'm not upset about that little command really.

Stasera ho un'esame! Non sono preparata....

Miss Speck and the Giant Librarians
3/26/2003 05:48:26 PM


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Jimbo. Ouch. I will weep for you.

chiefwagonburner
3/26/2003 05:29:52 PM


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I just got some happy news!

My driver's license has been suspended and I owe the city $418.00. This stems back to a $10.00 ticket I incurred in January (one of my headlights was out).
I have to report to ROOM 206 at the Kearny Mesa Superior Court to pay the balance so that I'll be allowed to drive again. I guess I'll have to take a cab. *smirk*.

At least it isn't room ROOM 101. I've had all the love I can stand from the Superior Court. As if in answer to your comment, Speck! That's where my newfound money is going. Uh huh.

jimmy
3/26/2003 04:16:34 PM


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Thanks, Chris :) I am on a quest for affordable maternity wear that isn't polyester. Any tips would be appreciated. I have a feeling I'm going to wind up buying most of it at Le Target, ze Minnesotan style capital, now in a big box shopping center near vous, oui. I bought a couple pairs of mama-pants at the outlet mall on Sunday and set myself back a hundred bucks. They like to prey on desperate women whose pants buttoned yesterday, but not today. Still, the pants are comfy suckers, even the jeans with the 3" wide knit waistband. (yikes!!)

Fascinating etymology, Jimmy.

coop
3/26/2003 03:51:19 PM


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I was listening to NPR on the way home, and I heard an interviewer scoff at the Fedayeen who are estimated to be 20,000 strong, saying "but I've heard them described as thugs", as though they were not actually soldiers but mere bullies or gangsters.

At one time, I did a lot of personal research into the middle eastern origins of the language, culture and politics of the book "DUNE". I was inspired to do this when I noticed that "Padisha" as in the "Padisha Emperor Shaddam IV" seemed to have Indo-European roots (esp. Farsi) for 'foot of the king' (note the Latin 'ped' and Farsi "Shah"). One point of note was that Padisha Emperor's highly trained soldiers and assassins in the book were called the Fedaykin, and was pronounced Fe-day-kin and in some places Fe-day-keen. In the book, the Fedaykin warriors were hyped up with a super-drug whose name I forget, which quickened them and filled them with strength while making them immune to fear of their own deaths.


The Fedaykin were assassins. The word assassin is a corrupted form of the word Hashishin, which refers to a Shia Muslim sect whose members were thought to be high on hash because when, during their hit-missions, it came time for them to die, they would do so with a serenity and acceptence that suggested to witnesses that they were under the influence of the drug. Very much like the Fedaykin? But wait, there's more.


To call the Fadayeen thugs brings to the surface many deeply running historical references. The word 'thug' has its etymological roots in Hindi, from the word (crap I forget) thag (or something), which means 'cheat' or 'liar' or 'thief'. Apparently, there was a Kali worshipping group of pirate like marauders whose tactic for thieving was to do it from your corpse. They would befriend you, become familiar with you, and then without warning, strangle you and loot your body. This was usually done with rope. This group of friendly folk became known as "thugees", and this is often how Kali worshippers are described today, but I might be wrong about that.

I make reference to them in this poem, which can be found in the chair. The name "Malunion for VII" references the seven people involved in the poem, and also happens to be an exact anagram for the person's name about whom it was written. (How fucking obnoxious is it to quote your own poems?)

Anyhow, I have seen the Fedayeen and Thugees referenced with one another more than once. So I suspect that whoever originally described them as "thugs" may have known a little something, but the meaning may have been lost as it passed from journalist to journalist. I think I'll spend a little time updating this tonight though I have an essay to write. I will complete the connection.

-love, jimmy

jimmy
3/26/2003 03:23:45 PM


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Foil is just a sheet version of el wire. What is that you ask? Well, these guys will give you a bit of info. If you want gritty, these are the guys that make the stuff.

chiefwagonburner
3/26/2003 01:40:09 PM


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What the hell is that thing, chief?

jimmy
3/26/2003 01:19:48 PM


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You could try taking only a couple days off... I asked for the whole week. Anna and I were only there from thursday last year, and that was still well worth doing. That or just tell the customers, sorry, we are closed that week. Hah.

Speck you reminded me to get some of this. I am going to use it for something wearable this year. This years theme is belief, I was thinking of trying an 'OBEY GIANT' type thing but with my own face - sort of antibig brother propaganda. I have been thinking about it for a long time as a painting, but I think it might work for the foil as well. Also going to get some elwire for other stuff, decorate the bike and whatnot. Too many ideas, not enough time or money.

chiefwagonburner
3/26/2003 12:38:00 PM


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I can't go because you fewls have taken the time off already and they can't afford to lose 3 people for so long. That would be like...mutiny.

BLAH!

jimmy
3/26/2003 12:23:36 PM


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Yeah, it was a lot of fun. Perfect weather. We probably stopped at that same waterfall :) We got our tickets in the mail the other day. I already asked for the time off. My boss gave me a "How can I give you the time off, when I don't know what is happening then?", and I gave him a "I'm going to burning man, that's what's happening, fewl." OK, I didn't say the fewl part, but the rest is true.

Just trying to get things figured out for shade/structure. Bart said he had a dome that we might be able to use, only question is getting it up there. Would want to change the shade covering as well, parachutes kind suck. Was also looking at buying the joints to the car shade kits and then just using EC to create a shade structure. Tents aren't bad, just need something to block the burning eye in the morning or the tent is 110F at 7am.

chiefwagonburner
3/26/2003 12:21:23 PM


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yeah but what have you done with your $242 windfall?
I would have immediately gone out and spent it on fabric or records or something. Actually that's not true. I'd probably end up blowing it on some epic night out. Just like I always do. sigh. I'm no good at moderation. I just don't think that far ahead.

hey wagonburner, you and Anna went up to SLO and Big Sur? how fun! Anna and I did that a few years ago in a convertible and it was quite the trip. Especially camping in Big Sur when we wandered down to the beach with a bottle of wine and there were all these bats swarming around, egads. I have funny polaroids from that trip.
I have a nice one of Anna's foot in a pool of water from some waterfall off Hwy 1. ah, road trips. I love 'em so. Did you guys get your B Man tickets yet? I just got mine yesterday! woo hoo!!

Miss Speck and the Giant Librarians
3/26/2003 12:05:33 PM


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Speaking of multi-trillian dollar defecits...well, speaking of defecits...I somehow convinced myslef that a $58.00 check I wrote was actually for $300.00. Then I saved my cash instead of squandering it on things like, oh I dunno, food and gas.

I wish I could space-out in my favor like this all the time! It wasn't uncomfortable at all to accidentally save money. I suspect it's why I even had the time to work on the website. I wasn't out buying more wires to trip on in my house~.

jimmy
3/26/2003 11:54:01 AM


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Coop, congrats! I have just the thing for you! ;)

chiefwagonburner
3/26/2003 11:15:15 AM


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And now for my tiny ray of sunshine. Anna Gosselin and I went up to SLO and big sur from Thurs-Sun last week. Spring time up there was pretty amazing, perfect weather as well. It was good to get out of the city. I will have to post some pictures when I get them developed. It made me want to get painting again, I am sure I got some decent pictures to go from.

chiefwagonburner
3/26/2003 10:59:12 AM


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Some people are finally waking up. But it might be a bit late: "The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office forecasts Bush's policies will put the government in the red every year for the next decade and run up a total deficit of $1.82 trillion."

People seem surprised that war is messy and takes a long time. Guess it was easier to be pro-war if you thought it would be over in a weekend. It feels like this sometimes.

chiefwagonburner
3/26/2003 09:59:53 AM


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I love The Onion. This issue is gold.

chiefwagonburner
3/25/2003 03:45:09 PM


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Hey, hey fellow bloggers! Lots of stuff going on!

Welcome to the new Coop addition! That's great news Coop! Ah, the budding of a family! 'Tis the fodder of poetry! I wish you guys the best, I know it will be a great kid!

Fun stuff Jimmy! I suppose being able to vaporally distinguish human from dog poop is a talent! Now we need to create the commercial need for it! "Have humans been pooping on your lawn? Has the neighbor's dog been using your toilet? Not sure? Call the Pooper Snouts and find out!" Oh and keep the music flowing! As soon as I can figure how to upload some stuff, I will start to add a few of my own, and a few pics too! John Cage was an interest of mine, back in Art School days. As were the Dadists, the Surrealists, and the Pop Artists. I like Earthworks, Minimal Art, Fauvism and other areas as well, but those were my fav's. Arthead, Muzart, and Consortium are cool domain names. I'll have to brainstorm a little, to see if I can come up with anything else. Does it cost to register these domains? If not, or if it's fairly cheap, may as well grab a few!

Speck marches on! Glad to hear that you avoided yet another possible incarceration! San Fran may go down in flames before this is all over! Just take care not to get burned! But good for you, to live in a time, at such a focal point, and to be involved! *sigh* Here in Richmond we had another march the candle-light march for peace), which ended with three persons arrested. A few of the participants got rowdy and busted a few windows at the National Guard recruiting station. (I guess the Marines' recruiting station was not on the parade route). But I hear pepper spray was generously provided by the local constables. Ah, the taste of revolution!

And on the note of news of the war, a rather interesting site has come to my attention. I just saw a Yahoo news item about it:

Iraqi uses web to chronicle a city under the bombs

An Iraqi citizen is writing a blog, telling firsthand what it is like to be in Baghdad during the US invasion. I haven't had a chance to read much of it yet. But it seems legit, and a very interesting way to communicate the struggle from inside, from a rational person, not particularly fond of Saddam or his regime, but caught on that side nevertheless. I'm not sure how much his site will reveal, but it is becoming more and more evident, the irony of the humanitarian mission the US troops are supposed to be on, compared to the actual actions perpetrated by those troops in the name of the Bush War on Iraq! Anyway, here's Raed's (?) site:

Where is Raed?

May Peace Be Unto You All!

Awwa
\A/

Aw
3/25/2003 03:04:08 PM


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This week I'll be making a request for the sub domain 'arthead.xenius.org'. (muzart.xenius.org, consortium.xenius.org, slack-consortium.xenius.org, a la jeffron, and others are still up in the air...suggestions welcome.)

The purpose of the sub domain is to feature xenius related projects that a personal directory on xenius wouldn't be appropriate for. I will try to make the front of the site look as professional and as neutral as possible. I've also been looking for a place to put the news forum (still being fleshed out) that would not be disruptive to regular chairslackforum activities.

A personal example of how this might be used might be for the purposes of having a band website or some other sort of group project for you and whomever.

The name is still up in the air!

Bla bla bla bla, back to your irregularly unscheduled deprogramming.

jimmy
3/25/2003 12:05:16 PM


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One wonders, chief, if this is the reason no humanitarian aid is being given to those in the wake of the destruction as 'US led' forces make their way toward Baghdad. It could be a tactic to weed out those among the civilians who are just soldiers who have removed their uniform at Hussein's behest. But what do I know? I get all of my information from the prole-machine.

jimmy
3/25/2003 10:48:11 AM


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quad 2, but my monitor is set fairly high for graphics work.

The perfect gift. I surrender.

chiefwagonburner
3/25/2003 10:12:32 AM


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My friend Jen and I are at odds about photos and contrast. I'm convinced the difference lies in our monitor settings.

quad 1

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quad 2?

jimmy
3/25/2003 09:10:29 AM


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This is bad... I'd better go stock up on Necco wafers at lunch!

Thank you so much, everyone, your happy thoughts are very appreciated. The baby agrees. For anyone who was feeling, ah, slighted, I told you guys before I told any of my college roommates... *runs away*

coop
3/25/2003 07:37:27 AM


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the Pants song! thanks, i needed that. (i didn't remember any of the words except "pants!", so this is a real treat.) have i mentioned i'm immense and immortal?

Vicki
3/25/2003 04:18:09 AM


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a good one

Human beings strike back.


This one was merely 20ft from the poster that started it all. I smelled it as I walked by, and made Rachel and Eric stop while I photographed it. They considered it extremely strange that I had identified it as human before I had even seen it. I'm getting better.

jimmy
3/24/2003 11:01:15 PM


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Mystery Science Theater 3000, sings the praises of pants 1.5mb

jimmy
3/24/2003 10:31:44 PM


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congratulations coop! and yes, yay for materinity pants!
and maternity dresses!
and maternity...socks.

giving birth is really a phenomenal thing. our english teacher told us the other day that even though there are famous artists and famous composers, we're all artists ourselves, creating human beings.

maybe it's an innate human wish for parents to want to see grandchildren. apparently my parents have planned out my future and theirs. i'm going to probably get married to a "foreigner" (unpreventable), but he has to be one that's very relaxed. my kids will be hybrids that will have to be sent to chinese school.

x
3/24/2003 03:33:31 PM


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Oh yeah. We took the photo while watching a documentary on an old blues artist. Throughout the film, they used the one of two photos they had of the man, over and over again. He had a cigarette dangling from his mouth and was in the exact position I was in. Just goofing off. When I saw the picture, I thought it was the best of me I'd ever seen. I usually hate my pictures. I guess that ciggy is worth something.

John Cage took over a year of my life. That bastard. I have recently been thinking about him again. Yes. Brilliant.

jimmy
3/24/2003 03:16:44 PM


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John Cage, brilliant.
indeed.

Hey Jaime, I looked at your music area (very nice by the way) and I assume that's a pen sticking out of your mouth and not a cigarette. Unless much has changed. You should actually have an inhaler dangling from your lip. hee hee hee....

Miss Speck and the Giant Librarians
3/24/2003 02:45:02 PM


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Sing the praises of Maternity Pants!

Coop, this is exciting. Congratulations!

It's so strange to see people I identify with at this incredible point in their lives. I can't even imagine it for myself, but I know it's a sleeping possibility and that maybe in a year or two, I'll be thinking about starting a family. Again...I can only barely imagine it right now. My mother is hounding me about grandchildren. I keep threatening to import some. I have so much trouble taking care of my mother's first kid (me).

Time time.

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music

jimmy
3/24/2003 01:51:30 PM


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LOL Jeff. Good ones. If you haven't checked out a John Cage score, I would recommend it, that's where most of the fun is, in my opinion. Any big university library should have some, or a music library.

I have maternity pants on today. And they fit. Argh!

coop
3/24/2003 01:08:21 PM


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DISTRACTIONS FROM INCESSANT WAR COVERAGE MEDIA UPDATE

With all that's going on, I'm glad we have judges to decide important matters of international law like this.

On another, er, rather long note, thought you musicians would appreciate this.

Finally, all I can say is, that's one fat cat.

I'll give you the Mole Man, but Kracken? All he did was drink jungle juice.

jeffron x
3/23/2003 11:47:20 AM


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Awwww..... thank you..... don't y'all go making the pregnant girl cry!! (actually, that's really easy these days, heh) Many thanks to the xenii-aunts and -uncles.

coop
3/23/2003 08:24:03 AM


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