Here’s a meditation on the origins and myriad meanings of kissing. In 1990, a Beijing paper lamented the introduction to China by Westerners of kissing, “…a vulgar practice which is all too suggestive of cannibalism.” (That sounds kinda hot to me…) SINCE it’s Valentine’s Day, let’s dwell for a moment on the profoundly bizarre activity…
U.S. Has Royalty Plan to Give Windfall to Oil Companies – New York Times
What???? This is completely unbelievable and completely true….What the Fuck? cd WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 — The federal government is on the verge of one of the biggest giveaways of oil and gas in American history, worth an estimated $7 billion over five years. New projections, buried in the Interior Department’s just-published budget plan, anticipate that…
Beck(y) Bags – Handbags, clutches, belt buckles and money clips made from recycled skateboard decks
You guys gotta check these out…designer and artist Beck Hickey’s company Beck(y) markets handbags she has made from recycled skateboards. Fukn cool. cd Beck(y) Bags – Handbags, clutches, belt buckles and money clips made from recycled skateboard decks
eBay: DELUXE FUR 100% MINK PENIS MUFFLER W/STAND
The Mink Penis Muffler!!!! eBay: DELUXE FUR 100% MINK PENIS MUFFLER W/STAND RARE ANTIQUE (item 5664217590 end time Feb-13-06 06:32:09 PST) THE JETSTREAM DELUXE FUR PENISMUFFLER 100% REAL MINK, HANDMADE BY PROMINENT NYC FURRIER IN THE 1960’S, NEW & NEVER USED. SELECTED BY THE US SKIING OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (SEE PICS). ONE OF A KIND ITEM….
Hunter S. Thompson's Widow Offers Photo
Just about a year after HST blew his brains out in Aspen, his widow is getting ready to offer fans a rare photo download. Personally, I’m still fairly pissed at HST for doing it, but I suppose he had his reasons…and at least he got his ashes shot out of a cannon thanks to Johnny…
Maui May Be Running Out of Sand
Of course, the ideal solution would be to use Oahu’s garbage and recycling as the mix in concrete to support the building industry. Leave the sand for the beaches and dunes, use shredded glass and trash to mix up concrete… cd WAILUKU, Hawaii – Maui may be running out of sand, threatening not only its…
City Council Committee Votes for Curbside Recycling
The frustrating part about this, is that even though it shows what the people want, it won’t necessarily change anything. Mufi gets to keep making deals with highest bidders. Another example of why democracy and bureaucratic systems lead to impotence and destruction. Personally, I think we need a benevolent dictator. The two problems are that…
Four things that could go terribly wrong.
Just a quick reminder that things aren’t as bad as they could be…. cd FourScariest Predictions for Our Planet Catastrophes that would forever change life as we know it THE EARTH WOBBLES as it rotates on its axis. At least it used to. As of January 8, 2006, the wobbling has stopped, according to earth…
Purr-fume to get tigers turned on
The tigers’ favorite scent? Calvin Klein’s Obsession! (No, really – it’s in the article.) Designer perfume is being used to spice up the love lives of two endangered Sumatran tigers at London Zoo. Keepers at the Regent’s Park attraction hope to get Raika and Lumpur in the mood for love by dousing wooden hearts in…
The US dollar and Iranian oil
Link to the full article One of the unspoken reasons why the United States had to invade Iraq was to liberate the U.S. dollar in Iraq so that Iraqi oil could once again be purchased with the petrodollar. …When the Federal Reserve has money printed, when it is in uncut sheets of paper, it is…