He’s the ultimate dead parrot customer and Minister for Silly Walks, and known throughout the parts of the world that understand things like ‘comedy’. However, he’s not John Cleese, he’s a celebrity impersonator. Discover what life is like for someone Being John Cleese.
Take a trip down memory lane, back to the old days of reading comics in a world without TV. Remember those adverts we all stared at, that were inside and on the backs of those comics – and how we wished there was some way we could send off for the goodies on offer? Get a major blast of nostalgia as you browse through Vintage Toy Adverts!
It may come as a bit of a shock for most people to learn that there may never have been someone called ‘Jesus’ – and that most, if not all of the things taught in Sunday School are a strange mishmash of earlier Egyptian, Greek, Pagan and Brahman writings. The so-called ‘historical’ Jesus simply didn’t exist. Unfortunately though, this isn’t pointed out much, and by now, there’re too many sociological and financial implications in simply debunking this entire myth, so this may be your first glimpse of data known previously only to religious scholars. For a simple intro, take a look at The Jesus Puzzle
Then for examination of the idea that ‘Jesus’ ever existed outside of the Bible, go to The Historicity of Jesus FAQ.
Then, now that you have a clearer picture of this myth in action – try the lengthy, but amazing, critical study of the Christos-Messiah Tradition.
Now that I’ve made a bunch of new friends, here’s more. The Oppenheimer family and its diamonds have been around for a long time, and there’s a fresh and very interesting online book about how it all started. Read about the PR campaigns to sell its product, and the deliberate manipulation of world markets, read (or cut ‘n paste for offline reading) the excellent The Diamond Invention.
Non Random Weirdness time. As you may, or may not know, there’s a worldwide experiment going on, involving computers across the globe randomly flipping virtual coins and noting the results. For some as yet unknown reason, the events of 911 seemed to cause a fluctuation in the scientific results – for an amazing ‘strange-but-true’ scientific puzzle, go take a look at the info and graphs at The Global Consciousness Project.
Acoustic weirdness. Maybe that ringing in your ears isn’t medical in origin. Take a slow read through a page dedicated initially to a bunch of people in a town who have all been hearing a strange, unexplained, low frequency sound on and off for a long time. Read about others in other parts of the country who’ve been hearing it too, and examine the map showing the clusters of complaints. The Taos Hum.
As our government wakes to the fact that their friend Robert Mugabe is a threat to our security and global image – take a look at this article by Jim Peron (author of the frightening Die The Beloved Country) called Thoughts On Africa.
Funny how times change, isn’t it? Once upon a time Nelson Mandela was so clearly a terrorist even the CIA were happy to help the SA authorities, and tip them off as to his whereabouts – landing Nelson in jail for 28 years. Take a look at some links to prove this. TCIA Tip and CIA Tip 2.
Need some online reading? For a useful collection of links to magazines (that won’t bankrupt you) go and browse through the worlds newspapers and magazines at All You Can Read.
Until the next time, if Christians and diamond sellers don’t get me.
Ian Fraser is a playwright, author, comedian, conspiracy nut, old-time radio collector and self-confessed data-junkie. Winner of numerous Vita and Amstel Awards, he’s been an Internet addict and games-fanatic since around 1995, when the Internet began to make much more sense than theatre.