Without a word we’d decided to torture the pig.

One small hand began to knock against the hard, pink shell, and others found the sound amusing. One, two, three… a dozen, fists struck the carapace, quickly synchronizing in a rough four-four beat.

The pig swung back and forth, kicked and tried to escape; and we took delight in its suffering. It stumbled and fell; its face impacted the ground, and drove its snout back into its skull.

Thus we ended our game. Not out of guilt for the harm or sympathy for our victim, but because we had bored of it.

There is a lot of free stuff at Nerd Prom. Marketing weasels know that geeks are ahead of the mainstream by five to ten years so getting your product in the hands of the largest gathering of geeks from all over the world is Good Stuff.

Usually.

Back in 2004 they were giving away stacks and stacks of advanced reading copies of Wild Animus by Rich Shapero. After putting it off for fourteen months I finally read twenty unimpressive pages and started having second thoughts. So I checked out the Amazon Customer reviews to see if this book got any better.

Oh man, they’re harsh.

I feel bad for Rich, but not bad enough to read anymore of his book.

Anyone else wanna give it a try?

MapSexOffenders.com is a useful little service that combines Google Maps with the sex offender databases of 38 states.

Of course the first thing I did was search my zip code (Take a moment to search your own neighborhoods, I know you’re going to.) No, I’m not on there, but I did notice that Donald Bayard (LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS ACTS WITH CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS) is living a block or two away from two schools.

Now I know that it’s hard to live away from a school since they’re everywhere and I’m sure that this guy paid his dues and all that.

It’s still really creepy.

I wonder what it would take to become a god.

Some rulers were gods in their time. An angry Rabbi from Galilee became a god a few centuries after he died and a Roman soldier became a superhero (didn’t set his sights high enough).

Even in the 20th century the leader of a secular political movement was believed to have the strength to lift tanks.

• One set of Moral Codes Taking a familiar code and changing a few proper names is acceptable.
• One or more books of scripture. Be sure to include in the scripture the edict that it is a sin to change the scripture. They’re going to do it anyway but this will slow the process down a little.
• Throw in as many worshipers as you can find. Unfortunately you’re working with modern man’s reduced attentions span. You’ll be lucky if they remember your name fifteen minutes after you’re dead. So it’s important to establish a business model that produces new products that support your religion and vice versa.
• And wrap it all up with a Big Death Nothing preserves celebrity like a controversial death.

Example: Ayn Rand

I’d still place pretty good odds at Ayn Rands ascension. And before anyone tries to tell me that there’s no way one can build a supernatural mythology around her concepts of individualism, rational egoism, and capitalism just remember; Jesus used to preach forgiveness and tolerance.

I don’t like him. He’s kinda weird looking.

He’s got this red beard with no mustache, skinny little arms and a crazy look in his eyes.

It’s getting your coffee from Animal:

Please tell the owners to fire him.

Just because, that’s why.

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I think she really likes me!

Setting: Last night, Tone’s living room. Tone is sitting at home watching Hedwig and the Angry Inch having just gotten it home minutes ago. The phone rings, it’s Brandee. Tone pauses the DVD and answers.

Tone: Hey, hot stuff, what’s up?
Brandee: Whacha doin’?
Tone: Guess.
Brandee: Sitting at home and watching Hedwig and the Angry Inch?
Tone: …
Tone: Sorceress!!! [hangs up phone, hides in closet]

• My neck feels better, despite the fact that I still haven’t gotten the drugs I was prescribed. According to our HMO’s standard operating procedure they’ve cashed my companies checks while not providing us coverage.
• I would recommend Serenity I can’t say the same for MirrorMask.
• I was going to play my last game of D&D last night. It turned out to be my first (and probably last) game of Unknown Armies instead. I’ve reclaimed my Tuesdays.
• I submitted a few Hundred Word Stories to City Beat‘s Fiction 101 contest.
• I haven’t written anything I’ve been happy with in months.
• Magick- concentrating solely on one’s own breathing for thirty minutes is really, really hard.
• I’m seriously considering applying for next year’s Masters of Library & Information Science with an Informatics Specialization at UCLA. This’ll probably mean volunteering at a library for a letter of rec.
• Dan’s Gateway Comics is on fire.
• I’ve been really gassy lately. Which I will put to good use tonight. Since he doesn’t get home from work until 10pm these days. While Steve and I watch Lost tonight I’ll be hotboxing Dan’s room.
• And there’s another one of these.

Move over Suicide Girls:

http://www.modestapparelchristianclothinglydiaofpurpledressescustomsewing.com/

And I was just going to buy that url…

The neck problems I’ve had since I started working at a computer for 8+ hours a day have gotten worse. Usually a visit with the activator sets things right but this time the pain kept coming back so I broke down and visited a real doctor.
He prescribed a muscle relaxant and referred me to a physical therapist. Or at least he would have if I had some kind of medical insurance. Seems that my company health care was canceled back in July.
I’m in constant pain which gets worse every time I turn my head, lay down or stand up.
Yeah this weekend’s going to be fun.
That’s it. Once I get my credit card and car loan paid off I’m going to grad-school. I don’t know what for yet but when I’m done I’ll be in a field where I don’t have to sit in front of a damn computer all day.