Scary stuff… The first ammendment now no longer counts unless you work for one of the big media outlets. I'm not even kidding. They just gave a seventy year old man LIFE IN PRISON (until he confesses and recants anyway) because he wrote a series of Internet published articles (and therefore not “real” news I guess) probing corruption and discrimination at an old age home. Click here for the complete story.
It always surprises people when I tell them that I read Patrick Buchanan's column regularly. Obviously I usually come to very different conclusions than he does, but he raises points that I appreciate. This week he calls for an end to the Cuba embargoes, and it made me wonder — is Cuba to Russia what Israel is to America? If Russia was pulled down in part by overextending itself to Cuba, will America fall because of overextending itself to Israel? (And on that, I wonder if they'll try ex-president Carter for treason for his Cuba comments?)
Quicky: Oh, and make sure you read this — I think it's very telling.
Quicky: I also found this article on how the Indian army is using ancient poems about warfare to rediscover lost knowledge and get an advantage… I was going to look up “Arthashastra” on amazon and get you a link, but thanks to being stock on a Rogers Cable modem, I can't access amazon today. Thanks!
I'll post nicer pictures later, but our architect whipped up a very quick model to give us an idea of general look and feel of the house — it really helped! The huge flat surface at the front of the house is solid glass, and the back is earth bermed to the height of the smaller walls. Anyway, like I said, I'll post clearer pictures later, but here's the preview:
When this happened five years ago, there was an excuse… But I've been getting very very sick of every time I open a piercing/tattoo magazine, seeing an unlimited supply of poorly done surface piercings, which makes us all look bad. Sometimes I see dozens from a single piercer, leading me to one of the two following conclusions:
- They have not monitored the healing of their clients and are doing experimental piercings on the public. As such, they are butchers that don't give a damn about their clients.
- They know they're doing low grade unviable piercings and in effect are proceeding criminally. In this case as well they are butchers that don't give a damn about their clients.
I doubt it'll make much difference, since I've been spreading this information on the subject for I think six years now (and have even published articles on it in some of the biggest offenders such as Tattoo Savage), but I've added a “So you want a surface piercing” document to that section. I sure hope people bother to read it… But I'm not counting on these idiots changing their ways…
(PS. Read it.)
Obviously, I have gone insane.
He's sad because he can't get piercings…
