Target has string on sale for only $25.99! And its RED!
Thats right, the low low price of $25.99 will get you your own Madonna like, evil eye blocking Kabbalah string!
Who ever buys this needs to be deported to the desert, to live in solitude, immediately.
What makes this particular piece of string so special is, in part, the fact that it has traveled to Israel, to the ancient tomb of Rachel the Matriarch, and returned, imbued with the essence of protection. The string is tied to the left wrist - the left being the body and soul’s receiving side - and worn to essentially deflect the negative energy brought forth by unfriendly and envious stares, unkind glances and looks of ill will. A feeling we’ve all experienced, the evil eye is considered by Kabbalah to be a powerful force and an influential factor in regards to achieving goals and everyday well-being.
thanks to boingboing for this, um, gem?
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And I was worried about AdSense
On the day I throw AdSense ads on here I find this over on slashdot. Maricopa County, AZ is taking bids on advertising for their website, which has become a sort of commerce hub for the region. I guess if advertising is good enough for government. It’s gotta be ok for me.
link to Maricopa County website
link to another /. flame war
News? What news? It’s just an election, isn’t it?
This has got to be one of the darkest moments in American journalistic history. I’m sure by now most of you know that the big 3 national networks will be only offering up 1hr per night of convention coverage. And in a way you can’t blame them, conventions in presidential years have become bland, boring and about as far from the interests of the average American as you can get. But as it was pointed out by PBS anchor Jim Lehrer, at a Harvard University panel discussion on Sunday, exciting isn’t the point.
“We’re about to elect a president of the United States at a time when we have young people dying in our name overseas, we just had a report from the 9/11 commission which says we are not safe as a nation, and one of these two groups of people is going to run our country,” Mr. Lehrer said. “The fact that you three networks decided it was not important enough to run in prime time, the message that gives the American people is huge.”
You really have to wonder who is to blame here though. Do Americans not care about politics any more? Do politicians care about politics anymore? It seems that what was once a business of well thought out, logical attacks aimed at your opponent’s positions, has transformed into a game of spin aimed at your opponent’s moral fortitude. The game is tired, I think we’re tired and both we as citizens and the politicians we look to for guidance should be ashamed of ourselves for allowing survivor to take precedent over an election year convention.
Hookers invade the Bean!
No not really, we have always had plenty of hookers in Boston. But now we have enough for everybody! That’s right folks, where ever there are Politicos spouting off about the moral high ground and family values there will be whores and this year is no exception. Recruits from all over the country have been brought in to Boston to perform the world’s oldest services on the 35,000 of so visitors to the convention.
My guess is that we will need to look overseas to find enough hookers to service the Republicans next month, or at least over in Jersey where I’m told they all went into hiding during the great Giuliani purge of the late 90’s.
It’s started
Here’s my first official DNC/X-files report for the week.
At exactly 0000 EST here in Newton, MA about 15min west of where the convention is being held my cell phone, which normally has a full signal here, went completely dead. I believe the only rational explanation for this is that Tom Ridge is trying to keep me from calling the ACLU when I find myself trapped inside my ‘Free Speech Area’ this week.
Update 0115 EST:
My phone is back up to a full signal.
Enough screwing around Mr Ridge, we all know you are in charge here.
Baby paxton needs your help!
Ok so I’m having a kid in a few months, actually it’s a joint effort between me and the kids mother who is actually carrying the citrus sized child at this time. Point being, it has come to my attention that you need a way to get a child around once it’s womb free and I’m told that just using your arms just doesn’t cut it. So I’m asking that someone buy me, or more appropriately, my yet to be named child this stroller. It’s the latest in Euro-baby shwag and I think the child needs one. At only 800 beans someone must have some cheap grey market models they need to move?
Leif Garrett
Just in case any of you were wondering, Leif Garrett is a fucking boob.
I’m sure most of you have being dwelling on this matter quite a bit lately.
Skateboarding is still a crime?
I had a weird experience this past Friday night. I was at an outdoor show put on as part of the premiere of the Locobazoka movie, and I got a call on my mobile. So I had to leave the area because the band was too loud for me to hear the person was talking to. The show was at the Bijou Cinema in Worcester MA, which is located adjacent to a shopping mall, and when I got over to the area of the mall entrance there were about 6 cats skating with a few girls watching and one guy recording. I wasn’t really paying attention but they were olieing off a pretty high set of stairs and every one of them was dumping hard. So I pulled out my miniDV cam and started recording while I was talking. I just figured it would be some good, random footage to have. I kept talking to my man that had called until I heard this ridiculous yelling and turned around to see a WPD cruiser on the other side of the street with the cop inside yelling through his PA for the kids to get out of the area before he came over and arrested them and took their boards. It was real funny almost whiny yelling. The kid with the cam broke out pretty fast, they were all young and I’m sure he was worried about getting his cam taken. The rest of them just walked away, when one of them stopped and said to me while I was still recording ‘I hope you got that man, happens every night’. I had just hung up the phone when I realize that the cop is still yelling, and I’m the only one there so I turned my camera on him and started walking back to the show. Once he realized I wasn’t with the skaters he took off. I guess it’s just been a while since I was doing things in public that could get you arrested, but are cats really still putting up with this stuff? I had no idea skateboarding was a crime in Worcester. It’s something I plan on looking into. If you take into consideration that there is virtually no foot traffic in the area these kids were in and there are a few city owned surveillance cameras in the area, you would think the cops would WANT cats skating there. They can actually keep an eye on them; and see what they’re up to. This was the first time in years I felt really bad for younger cats, what the fuck are you supposed to do with yourself if the city you live in has no tolerance for your interests? And of all the shit to be intolerant of, skateboarding? Get real.
