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welcome, infidel! http://jvon.multiply.com/ <CENTER>Your IP address is <IMG src="http://www.ftsoy.org/thingy.php"></CENTER> Thu, 15 May 2008 09:26:08 -0000 Thu, 15 May 2008 09:22:00 -0000 welcome, infidel! http://images.jvon.multiply.com/logo http://jvon.multiply.com 100 100 Best Homeless Guy Sign Ever <A href="http://jvon.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SCwBUQoKCswAAFaRWBM1"><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.jvon.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SCwBUQoKCswAAFaRWBM1/panhandlers-full.jpg?et=%2CvXeXZF%2CkXVjGrEl4Ct8%2CA&nmid=" border=0></A>This guy gets an A for effort. (No, sadly I did not take this picture myself.) http://jvon.multiply.com/journal/item/866/Best_Homeless_Guy_Sign_Ever Thu, 15 May 2008 09:22:00 -0000 Heat Wave, Seattle Style <IMG class=alignright src="http://i.pbase.com/o5/53/717053/1/68475659.TIXTLOMD.SF2.jpg" border=0>We're bracing for a heat wave here in Seattle.  They're expecting us to break several temperature records on Friday, but the forecast did not come without this warning: RIVERS FED WITH SNOWMELT COULD EASILY HAVE WATER TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S. DURING SPRING HEAT WAVES OF THIS MAGNITUDE...IT CAN BE AN IRONIC TWIST OF FATE FOR PEOPLE TO ESCAPE THE HEAT BY JUMPING INTO RIVER AND LAKES...ONLY TO SUFFER OR EVEN DIE FROM THE HYPOTHERMIA BROUGHT ON BY THE FRIGID WATER TEMPERATURES. DESPITE THE HOT WEATHER...PEOPLE SHOULD STILL USE COLD WATER SAFETY PRACTICES BY WEARING A WETSUIT WHEN GOING INTO SUCH COLD WATERS. Only in Seattle could a person be in danger of dying of hypothermia during a heat wave.   http://jvon.multiply.com/journal/item/865/Heat_Wave_Seattle_Style Wed, 14 May 2008 06:39:00 -0000 Hillary's Downfall A darkly amusing take on Hillary's political situation. With obscene subtitles. And you'll get funny looks if you have the sound on around any German speakers, also. http://jvon.multiply.com/video/item/282/Hillarys_Downfall Tue, 13 May 2008 06:56:52 -0000 1408 I thought about going to see this one when it came out, but somehow missed it. I regret that now; I imagine this movie must be creepy as hell in the theater. There are two stars in 1408. One is John Cusack, in a role that seems pretty comfortable for him, and the other is a room (suite, actually) on the 14th floor of a New York hotel. As the movie opens we see Cusack going through the motions of being a successful writer. His heart doesn't seem to be in it though, and writing about haunted tourist attractions seems to be unfulfilling for him. (As I suppose it would be.) That all changes when he receives a mysterious postcard mentioning a hotel room. He calls to inquire about it and is rebuffed. Some legal wrangling gets him into the hotel and in the office of the manager (Samuel Jackson), who does his best to talk Cusack out of staying in the room. This is also effective at creating the tension and creepy atmosphere that pervades the rest of the film. Since this ... http://jvon.multiply.com/reviews/item/133 Tue, 13 May 2008 03:29:02 -0000 For Shellie > NEVER CHOKE IN A RESTAURANT IN THE SOUTH > > Two hillbillies walk into a Dairy Queen. While > having a couple of Blizzards, they talk privately > about their moonshine operation. Suddenly, a woman > at a nearby table, eating a chicken sandwich, begins > to cough. After a while, it becomes apparent that > she is in real distress. One of the hillbillies > looks at her and says, "Kin ya swallar?" The woman > shakes her head no. "Kin ya breathe?" The woman > begins to turn blue, eyes widen and shakes her head > no. > > The hillbilly strolls over to the woman, lifts up > the back of her dress, yanks down her drawers and > quickly gives her right butt cheek a long lick with > his tongue. > The woman is so shocked that she has a violent spasm > and the obstruction flies out of her mouth. She > begins to breathe again, the hillbilly ambles smugly > back to his table. > His buddy says, "Ya know, I'd heerd of that there > 'Hind Lick Maneuver... http://jvon.multiply.com/journal/item/864/For_Shellie Sun, 11 May 2008 03:27:00 -0000 Crazy Dog This is a crazy dog that I saw at the park http://jvon.multiply.com/video/item/281/Crazy_Dog Sat, 10 May 2008 06:47:54 -0000 John Mayer Explains How Music Is Written I have never listened to any of this guy's music, but this video is hilarious. http://jvon.multiply.com/journal/item/863/John_Mayer_Explains_How_Music_Is_Written Fri, 9 May 2008 05:58:00 -0000 The Lotion Song From "Silence the Musical". Contains profanity and assorted http://jvon.multiply.com/music/item/613/The_Lotion_Song Fri, 9 May 2008 04:56:53 -0000 Grinderman - No P***y Blues (Video) I posted an mp3 the other day, but that was before I realized there was a video. :) The lyrics are not suitable for listening to at work. The video itself contains... well, humping animals, implied sex, and possibly subliminal bestiality, although I can't quite make out what is going on towards the http://jvon.multiply.com/video/item/278/Grinderman_-_No_Py_Blues_Video Wed, 7 May 2008 22:33:33 -0000 Annual Mensa Gathering I've never been to one of these before. Should be http://jvon.multiply.com/calendar/item/10009/Annual_Mensa_Gathering Wed, 7 May 2008 08:50:10 -0000 Richmond Beach Video From Richmond Beach Saltwater Park, just north of Seattle, taken with my new http://jvon.multiply.com/video/item/277/Richmond_Beach_Video Tue, 6 May 2008 07:16:34 -0000 Sunshine Sunshine is a disaster in three acts. It starts off as the most promising sci-fi film I have seen in a long time, something to rival 2001 and Solaris (the original Soviet film, not the Clooneyized one of a few years ago). It degenerates in its second act into a psychological thriller set in space, and then somehow, inexplicably, becomes a slasher film in its third. This should not stop you from seeing it. The premise of the movie is that the sun is dying. It's not explained why, but we meet a bunch of scientists who are flying to the sun to drop a giant bomb into it, which will re-ignite the sun. They are not the first crew to attempt this; an earlier voyage resulted in, well, nothing. No one knows what happened to them. Along the way there is some squabbling, and a fair amount of physicality between people who would have (one assumes) been carefully chosen for this sort of thing. But some terrible things happen (somewhat plausibly), and the mission is suddenly in jeop... http://jvon.multiply.com/reviews/item/132 Tue, 6 May 2008 07:01:02 -0000 Iron Man I love Robert Downey Jr. In a totally non-gay way. But I was a little nervous about going to see this, because I'd heard that there's kind of a political undertone to the movie. Those of us who don't believe that Dick Cheney eats babies tend to find Hollywood's expression of political sentiments to range from jarring to downright offensive, so I had some misgivings about that. But while the opening of the movie does take place in Afghanistan, and is pretty violent, I did not take that away from it at all. Downey plays Tony Stark, an obscenely rich playboy who owns a weapons company. He is travelling to a war zone to do a weapons demonstration (these are generally done stateside, but ok) and his convoy is ambushed and he is taken prisoner. He's held in a cave, and is ordered to build a weapon. What he builds instead, as anyone who has seen the trailer knows, is a flying suit. What you're wondering is: how cool is the suit on a scale of one to ten? The suit goes to 11. ... http://jvon.multiply.com/reviews/item/131 Tue, 6 May 2008 06:32:59 -0000 Facebook In Reality I think a couple of my contacts will find this especially hilarious, though they might be too polite to respond. :) http://jvon.multiply.com/video/item/276/Facebook_In_Reality Mon, 5 May 2008 03:56:25 -0000 Iraq News You Won't Hear No US soldiers were killed, so the media will not report it. [source: <A href="http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/05/us_troops_kill_28_ma_1.php">http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/05/us_troops_kill_28_ma_1.php</A> ] <H1>US troops kill 28 Mahdi fighters in Sadr City</H1> By Bill RoggioMay 1, 2008 9:38 AM The apparent respite in yesterday's fighting was illusory as US forces killed an additional 27 Mahdi Army fighters and a senior Special Groups leader during a series of engagements in the afternoon and throughout the night in Sadr City. One of the larger clashes occurred as US forces were attacked while constructing the barrier that divides the southern portion of Sadr city where US and Iraqi troops have established a foothold. The fighting began just before noon as Mahdi Army fighters attacked US troops with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire as they were building the concrete security barrier in Sadr City. US soldiers responded and killed three Mahdi fighters. Ten minutes later, US troops killed seven Mahdi Army fighters after they attacked th... http://jvon.multiply.com/journal/item/860/Iraq_News_You_Wont_Hear Fri, 2 May 2008 05:43:00 -0000 How Old Are These Females? <IMG class=alignmiddleb src="http://images.jvon.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SBpeFAoKCswAADW0KV41/over30.jpg?et=8bu9l2yQMfFITBkWfSuM0w&nmid=" border=0><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.jvon.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SBo1rAoKCswAAHteCuk1/howold.jpg?et=G6TKzlsfFubxduUZMopoVQ&nmid=" border=0>There's a reason I'm asking this -- has to do with an advertisement somewhere.  I will let you know after a few people have answered.   http://jvon.multiply.com/journal/item/859/How_Old_Are_These_Females Thu, 1 May 2008 21:26:00 -0000 Tony Zirkle Is An Idiot <A href="http://jvon.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SA-8zQoKCswAAAPsRCQ1"><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.jvon.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SA-8zQoKCswAAAPsRCQ1/zirkle.jpg?et=Gi5Q4IbXCE9nfW4chL8szw&nmid=" border=0></A>Every once in awhile, I find a Republican worth picking on. My favorite quote: "He also told WIMS radio in Michigan City that he didn't believe the event he attended included people necessarily of the Nazi mindset, pointing out the name isn't Nazi, but Nationalist Socialist Workers Party." NAZI is a German contraction of "Nationalsozialist".   The full name of the party was Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, which translated into English is "National Socialist German Workers Party". Yeah, no resemblance at all. [source: <A href="http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=12532">http://thenewsdispatch.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=12532</A> ] CROWN POINT, Ind. - If fans of Hitler held a party, and a candidate for federal office attended, would anybody notice? Apparently, yes. U.S. Congressional candidate Tony Zirkle is facing criticism from one of his primary opponents, and a host of people on the Internet, for speaking at an event over the weekend that celebrated Adolf Hitler's birthday. Zirkle ... http://jvon.multiply.com/journal/item/856/Tony_Zirkle_Is_An_Idiot Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:16:00 -0000 GLOBAL COOLENING EMERGENCY UPDATE I predicted awhile back that someone eventually would start talking about the "ice age" that is coming -- this happened before as recently as the 1970s when the temperature dropped.  It scared the hell out of me then, which is why I am skeptical that global warming is something that we all need to be losing sleep over. Well, it's happened.  Here's a scientist that believes that we are in trouble because the temperature is falling too fast.  He may be right: historically crop failures and famine (real ones, not theoretical ones) have followed rapid drops in temperature.  People die from this, in great numbers.  That is documented, not proposed. The reality, I suspect, is that the temperature goes up, the temperature goes down, and we will not really understand why for quite some time.  And when we do figure it out, it most likely will not be anything we have any control over. [source: <A href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23583376-5013480,00.html">http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23583376-5013480,00.ht... http://jvon.multiply.com/journal/item/855/GLOBAL_COOLENING_EMERGENCY_UPDATE Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:36:00 -0000 Taking Lives I wasn't going to watch this one because the trailer looked kind of dumb. But I stumbled across a review of it that made it sound pretty decent, and I thought I'd check it out. It might have also had the words "naked" and "Angelina Jolie" in it. I can't remember. The movie is so full of twists and turns that I'm not sure that I could even describe what happened in it if I wanted to. But, in a nutshell: Someone is murdered in Montreal. Since Canada has no competent policemen, Angelia Jolie (who works for the FBI) is flown up from Washington to investigate the crime. Why she does this is never adequately explained; maybe she has some great reputation, but the ending of the movie would seem to discount that explanation. But anyway: For awhile things more or less follow the usual pattern. Dead person turns up, detectives seek clues, people stare at pictures of mangled people and mutter to themselves, people have trouble sleeping, another dead person turns up, etc. Thing... http://jvon.multiply.com/reviews/item/130 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:44:58 -0000 Engineer's Guide to Cats The "cat yodeling" made me just about fall out of my chair. http://jvon.multiply.com/journal/item/854/Engineers_Guide_to_Cats Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:01:00 -0000 The Paulistinians Demand a Homeland It was bound to happen sooner or later... <A href="http://paulville.org/index.html">http://paulville.org/index.html</A> I think they'll find that even land outside city limits is subject to county regulations on land use.  But hey, I'm not going to harsh their buzz by telling them that.  Or by correcting their spelling.   http://jvon.multiply.com/journal/item/853/The_Paulistinians_Demand_a_Homeland Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:18:00 -0000 Wildly Popular 'Iron Man' Trailer To Be Adapted Into Full-Length Film <A href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/wildly_popular_iron_man_trailer?utm_source=embedded_video">Wildly Popular 'Iron Man' Trailer To Be Adapted Into Full-Length Film</A> http://jvon.multiply.com/journal/item/852/Wildly_Popular_Iron_Man_Trailer_To_Be_Adapted_Into_Full-Length_Film Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:38:00 -0000 NEWS FLASH: Lapel Flag Pins OK To Wear Again <A href="http://jvon.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SAVvXgoKCswAAGbfaj01"><IMG class=alignright src="http://images.jvon.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SAVvXgoKCswAAGbfaj01/obama-pin.jpg?et=f2aHw0JXtrsOfGowEaF74w&nmid=" border=0></A>For any of you who, like Barack Obama, stopped wearing American flag pins on your lapel because they are silly and not a genuine expression of support for your country, you can relax now.  Apparently as of today, it is OK to wear them again. I just thought I'd let you all know. http://jvon.multiply.com/journal/item/850/NEWS_FLASH_Lapel_Flag_Pins_OK_To_Wear_Again Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:13:00 -0000 It's Yuri's Night! [source: <A href="http://www.blog.speculist.com/archives/001702.html">http://www.blog.speculist.com/archives/001702.html</A> ] Today marks the 47th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's historic first manned flight into space, as well as the 27th anniversary of the first space shuttle launch. The folks at <A href="http://yurisnight.net/">yurisnight.net</A> believe that this is cause for celebration: <BLOCKQUOTE> Yuri's Night is like the St Patricks Day or Cinco de Mayo for space. It is one day when all the world can come together and celebrate the power and beauty of space and what it means for each of us.</BLOCKQUOTE> We couldn't agree more. Tonight let's party like it's 1961: Of course, back in 1961, Americans didn't think of Gagarin's flight as something to celebrate. Rather, it was cause for alarm. The dreaded Russians had put the first artificial satellite in orbit with Sputnik, and then they put the first man in space with Gagarin. It was these threats -- and, yes, they were absolutely perceived as threats -- that led to the Apollo program and the first man on the moon. It's kind of neat that today... http://jvon.multiply.com/journal/item/849/Its_Yuris_Night Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:49:00 -0000 Obama's Latest Gaffe This one's remarkably stupid. Hillary Clinton and John McCain both ripped into Barack Obama Friday for reportedly saying residents of small-town America “cling” to interests like guns and religion because they’re bitter over lost jobs, a remark his opponents interpreted as arrogant. This shows several weaknesses in Obama as a candidate.  First, I think he probably just lost the "religious vote", inasmuch as he ever had it.  People do not cling to religion out of bitterness.  In fact I've never heard such a thing.  I've heard that people cling to it out of ignorance, that I've heard.  That doesn't play well either, but at least it makes some sort of sense. As for being interested in guns because they're bitter over lost jobs, let me tell Mr. Obama something.  I'm sure this is outside his realm of experience being brought up in Indonesia and in various prep schools, but I learned to shoot in the Boy Scouts when I was 11 years old.  It was the same place... http://jvon.multiply.com/journal/item/847/Obamas_Latest_Gaffe Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:51:00 -0000 Monte Montgomery: Little Wing acoustic instrumental I think he just melted my http://jvon.multiply.com/video/item/271/Monte_Montgomery_Little_Wing_acoustic_instrumental Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:04:23 -0000