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An Impending Population Implosion?
04:31 p.m., Monday, October 25, 1999
This well thought-out demographic report theorizes that
within our lifetimes, we could see the beginning of the
depopulation of the earth.
Web Weirdness
01:09 p.m., Thursday, August 19, 1999
Blame it on memepool, but I have browsed to some WEIRDASS sites. Take a look, but hold on to your
ass because some of it is just damn strange.
Speed Seduction Techniques - This guy wins my prize
for asshole of the year. If I EVER found out a man I knew
believed in or tried to use this stuff, he'd be on my
permanent shit list.
Rethinking AIDS - These people say
AIDS is not caused by HIV. I'm all for
debate in the medical community, and they sound very well
reasoned, but it's difficult to alter your causal beliefs
after growing up in a decade of sexual paranoia and agony.
Christian Polygamy -
This guy has three wives. "God does not change," he says.
Personally, if that's true, then that's reason #1 why God sucks. Excuse me, but I don't share. Maybe I'm just not meant to be a good wife... all that shit about being docile and wifely doesn't suit me at all. But I suppose I ought to be openminded and shit -- I'm usually all for "if it makes ya happy..." Maybe this is just an excuse for lifelong fourways.
Hmmm. I seem to have a theme going here on sexuality.
Check out my philosophies page for a rebuttal/gleeful slam of True Love Waits.
Abortion, Christian Governments, and Free Speech
03:08 p.m., Monday, August 16, 1999
This is the homepage of one Karin Spaink, citizen of
Amsterdam, "a left-wing, atheist, cursing, slightly perverted, sex-loving, smoking, drugs-promoting, pro-abortion, bisexual, free speech advocate." (By her own
words. Is she not already tres cool?)
On her page used to be a mirror of the Nuremberg Files,
an anti-abortion site that listed the private information
and whereabouts of abortion doctors and their patients.
This site, previously hosted by two other ISPs, was shut
down by court injunction. The rationale for the site? "In hopes that someday abortionists may be put on trial just as war criminals of the post WW-II era." Karin, in her bravery and
common sense, objected to this stifling of debate and free
speech, and mirrored the site.
Here you can find
the Shadow Government, founded by one of the founders of the Nuremberg Files (Bob Enyart), now disguised as a roleplaying game (it wasn't at its conception). Participants "roleplay" "government officials" and "judges" in the first 100 days of a completely Christian government that would automatically sentence to death anyone who performed an abortion, had one, supported the right of others to an abortion; anyone who
obtains, sells, or manufactures abortifacients would also be summarily executed. Furthermore, "painless" executions such as lethal injection would be outlawed, and all TV and radio
stations would be required by law to broadcast all executions in their area.
Turns your stomach, doesn't it?
For another, in-depth, equally horrendous scenario, be sure
to read The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. A sensitive and emotionally moving look at a woman enslaved in just such a society.
I would get religion and pray to God hours daily if I thought it would prevent sick cocksucking bastards like this from obtaining power over my life.
God bless you, Karin Spaink. Fuck you, Bob Enyart.
Matrix Now Available for Pre-Order
11:08 a.m., Monday, August 16, 1999
Comingsoon.net now has DVD AND VHS format versions of
The Matrix available for pre-order. They are set for release this fall.
Pissing Off the Entire Net?
12:34 p.m., Friday, August 13, 1999
Liraz & Co. made it their project to portscan the majority
of Net IP Addresses and they found scary results as to the
security of most of these sites. They have put out a call
to form a distributed auditing network to increase the
overall security of the net.
Article from CNN News
12:56 p.m., Wednesday, August 11, 1999
How appropriate...
Study Finds Chronic Anger in U.S. Workplace
August 11, 1999
Web posted at: 11:29 AM EDT (1529 GMT)
CHICAGO (Reuters) -- As many as one in four
U.S. workers may be chronically angry on the job,
with irate employees also more likely to be bored,
have low energy and feel "stuck" in their posts,
according to a report out on Tuesday.
Employees are most likely to be angered by a boss or
supervisor, by a fellow employee or by others in the
workplace not being productive, by tight deadlines or
heavy workloads, said Donald Gibson, a professor at
the Yale School of Management.
The findings, from a 1996 poll of 1,000 workers, were contained in a report Gibson released at a
meeting of the Academy of Management in Chicago.
"A turbulent economic environment that has produced, on the one hand, productivity and growth and,
on the other, wrenching change and uncertainty, has buffeted the workplace," the report said.
"While a majority of employees are responding to these conditions with reports of workplace
satisfaction there remain a substantial portion who are dissatisfied, even angry, at work," it added.
"Most visibly, anger is linked to workplace aggression, which appears to be increasing: We are
weekly confronted with stories of workers taking aggressive, even violent, action particularly against
supervisors."
The survey found that 25 percent of those contacted said they were at least somewhat angry at work
on a continuing basis.
Angry employees tend to have less energy and interest in the job, and tend also to be bored, according
to Gibson. And angry employees tend to feel "stuck" in the job.
The study did not speculate on what percentage of angry workers are likely to resort to violence. It did
find that they feel less loyal to an employer.
There have been a number of workplace shootings in the United States over the years, most recently
rampages in Georgia and Alabama which left 12 dead.
Copyright 1999 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (*snicker*)
Fun with BO2K
11:24 a.m., Tuesday, August 10, 1999
One of the funniest bits of screenshot/webcam humor I've ever seen. Utterly priceless.
Freemasonry FAQ
05:07 p.m., Monday, August 9, 1999
No, they are NOT a secret cult. Educate yourself. They're good people.
"Masonry is a system of morality based on the belief in the existence of God, the immortality of the soul, and the brotherhood of men; therefore no atheist can be made a Mason. It strives to teach a man the duty he owes to God, to his country, to his family, to his neighbor, and to himself. It inculcates the practice of every virtue and makes an extensive use of symbolism in its teachings. It interferes with neither religion nor politics, but strives only after light and truth, endeavoring always to bring out the highest and noblest qualities of men."
The iMac parody to end all iMac parodies
04:41 p.m., Monday, August 9, 1999
Just go see. Trust me. You'll shit yourself laughing.
Am I insane for wishing this was a real product?
Update 8/20/99: See also www.ibrator.com
Neural Network Map of the Internet
04:31 p.m., Monday, August 9, 1999
Tres cool! This map, available in black and white backgrounds, is a neural-pathway style depiction of the internet, complete with color coding for the different domains of the net. At $50 + s/h, it's a bit pricey, but it's still damn cool.
TORI AMOS CONCERT, 9/30/99, WOODLANDS PAVILION
05:55 p.m., Friday, August 6, 1999
Though I thought it impossible, Tori Amos will grace Texas
three times (Dallas, Houston, Austin) with her divine
presence on her 5 1/2 Weeks tour with (ack) Alanis Morrissette. I will endure the caterwauling of the psedointellectual sonic whiner in order to be gifted with yet another astounding performance by this poetic goddess of music.
First Post!
05:02 p.m., Friday, August 6, 1999
*laugh* What weblog doesn't have one?
No, seriously. I'm still tweaking the format here,
so if it doesn't look so hot now, be patient.
BEHOLD MY MEGALOMANIA!
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