There’s a man in Oklahoma, who has an ongoing battle with prostitutes. He follows, films them in action, and then calls in the police. Presumably, he’s unaware of the great audience he’s attracted in allowing the rest of us to browse through pics of hookers and horrified customers caught in flagrant action. Be warned, some of the pictures are very revealing. Go browse self-righteously through The Video Vigilante!
Longtime readers will know of The Smoking Gun – the site which delights in collecting and providing lots of documents and pics that celebrities and politicians would rather you didn’t see. Now there’s another resource for truth-hunters, ranging from fluoride damage admissions from drug companies, secret tobacco company memo’s targeting children, info on how Europe was going to be nuked in WW2, and more. Grab the goodies you’ll otherwise never see, at The Memory Hole
Local columnists tend to be – present newspaper definitely excluded – a fairly tame bunch, as you may have discovered – writing about their children, pets or idle things they thought of standing in their gardens.
“When I start writing columns about what my dog dug up that day, I want someone to put a bullet in the back of my head and drag me away from the keyboard. The idea of doing a column and trying not to offend people is hilarious.” – Miami Herald columnist and writer Carl Hiaasen. Take a read of a fascinating article about the effectiveness of columnists in this modern age, at A Dying Voice
Ever watch a movie and wonder just where they filmed the battle scenes, or that quaint 15th century landscape? Well, here’s a site that focuses on tracking down all the places used in movies. (For instance, did you know that the D-Day scenes in Saving Ryan’s Privates were filmed in Ireland, of all places?) For this and other interesting info – go take a look at Famous Locations
It’s always interesting when drugs and official government policy combine – many folks aren’t aware of the officially sanctioned use by the military of drugs in combat. For info on what cool uppers the US Air Force feeds its pilots to help them stay awake and focused while flying multi-million dollar airplanes, avoid sniffing and go directly to This Is Your Air Force On Drugs. And also, courtesy of the Memory Hole site above, you can download the official document itself, at Navy Publication on Providing Amphetamines to Pilots.
Moving further into the familiar territory of the changing political landscape in the once free and democratic United States of America – go read up on The 21st Century Police State.
Then for something really scary, which goes to show what happens when you have far too much money, and not enough IQ to provide a healthy perspective – go stare at The History of Michael Jackson’s Face.
Staying with stuff that decomposes over time, if you’re curious about the origins of assorted foods we take for granted – from ice cream through to ‘french fries’ and beyond, go nibble delicately at The Food Timeline.
Now here’s a political party I can accept – and which will probably get vast numbers of votes from the barely literate voters in the US come election time – all because of their name. Consider a party whose stated crime prevention policy is a National Bedtime – (to promote a well-rested nation) and to help world peace, they plan to bake pies and brownies for foreign leaders. Cool, I’d vote for them. Go take a look at the cheerful oedipal exploitation at work at The Domesticratic Party.
So you’re a geek and, like all geeks, there comes a time when the urge to find a soulmate rears its disruptive head into your otherwise PC-filled and cerebrally meme-infested existence. Created in “the vain hope that it will attract women” – look at what happens when you take one previously normal teddy bear, and turn it into a working Network Switch – making an all new cuddly and very electrified Teddy Borg.
State terrorism update time! The regime in Occupied Palestine continues to quietly pass ever more immoral laws, and move further away from sanity in the process. Go read how this illegal government has decided it’s ‘legal’ to blow up the homes of families of those who attack it, at Israel Supreme Court Ruling.
If you’re a little tired of the endless ‘barbed wire encircling hands clutching upwards’ type of rubbish that locally often passes for art, then for some interesting and challenging approaches in sculpture designed for display outdoors, take a look at a collection of new British Contemporary Sculpture.
And finally, on the local scene – an amazingly fun form of gaming is finally taking off bigtime. If you’re a gamer, then consider getting into the habit of carting your PC along to one of the many LAN (local area network) games that are happening on an almost weekly basis, and settling in for hours and hours of happy killing. Some of the events feature up to 100 or more contented geeks – everything from Warcraft 3 to Counterstrike, to good ‘ole Quake 3 and more, is being played by huge networks of happy geeks and gamers in a wide variety of venues now. Go browse through the latest upcoming events and photo’s of recent LAN’s, and get into the action at LAN Games!
Until the next time, if hookers and teddy bear lovers don’t get me.
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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.