Monkeys and Carbombs

Vintage Girly Magazines

War Is A Racket

The normal profits of a business concern in the United States are 6, 8, 10, and sometimes 12%. But war-time profits – ah! that is another matter – 20, 60, 100, 300, and even 1,800% – the sky is the limit. All that traffic will bear. Uncle Sam has the money. Let's get it. Of course, it isn't put that crudely in war time. It is dressed into speeches about patriotism, love of country, and "we must all put our shoulders to the wheel," but the profits jump and leap and skyrocket – and are safely pocketed.

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It's been several years since I first read War Is A Racket by Smedley Butler and I'm not sure what happened to my copy of it, but I think I need to buy it again and once done with it, share it with friends.

Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show

Ira Glass On Being Creative

As someone whose career is in a creative field and enjoys creative hobbies, I could not agree more. Via Darcy.

Young Hillary

Flesh & Blood

There was a point in time, in the early part of the millennium, where I was seriously considering getting some subdermal implants. And at that point in time, Steve Haworth would have been the man I would have contacted and travelled to see.

I haven't been heavily involved in the world of body modification for several years and have no real desire to get back into that world (although there are still a select few artists I will let break my skin if I ever felt the desire to add some more metal to my body).

That being said, I do want to see this movie (unlike a certain other body modification movie that has been production for way too long and I doubt will ever see the light of day).

8 Hours 40 Minutes?

Think you have what it takes to become a masturbating champion? Can you endure longer than 8 hours and 40 minutes?

Why would you want to wank for that long? Seriously, it can't feel nice nor can it be even remotely fun at that point.

Mini Muay Thai

I know I'm going to hell.

Step 1: Find A Girlfriend

ACTA: Assholes Controlling Technology Association

The security officials would be charged with checking laptops, iPods and even cellular phones for content that "infringes" on copyright laws, such as ripped CDs and movies.

Article.

I would love to know how Canada border agents will know if anything on my laptop or ipod is legal or illegal. Will some of my tax dollars seriously go to training border guards to search every file on my electronic equipment in the vain hope that I might be some sort of petty thief? Or will anything that's not encoded in some sort of DRM be instantly considered pirated and be deleted? Will everyone with a computer, MP3 player or cellphone be automatically labeled a criminal until proven otherwise?

Maybe I need to either encrypt everything or hide everything with an invisible and encrypted partition when leaving and entering the country, or I'll simply put everything in an online storage site and simply download what I want/need when I reach my destination.

Here's an idea. Don't treat me like a criminal by default, and I won't assume that you only managed to get to grade 3 before you picked up the stupid stick and started your daily regiment of whacks about the head.