C'mon! Even in the movie Fight Club the airline guy stated, "In the event of a dildo, we have to use the indefinite article 'a dildo', never 'your dildo'." It's pretty sad when scriptwriters are more in tune with the proper way to handle delicate situations than the people who are dealing with them on a daily basis...

I think this is a cool website about the seven sisters, the Pleiades.

Hey any female elves out there? Help this guy out. No it is not me!!!

'What took you guys so long?' - miners emerge in surprisingly good shape

Another Interview.

Ben Affleck is Daredevil in the new movie. I am still pondering wether this is going to be any good.

Well, we survived the Rolling Rock Town Fair !! We ended up with three "mud babies" from the mess that was the mosh pit and we are sunburned and tired to one degree or another but it was tons 'o fun. P.O.D. and Godsmack were really good (I'm not into Outkast but those that were thought they were great.) Nickleback was okay but kinda forgettable and we missed almost all of Default trying to get in. Tommy Lee was, well...he was there. It was kind of sad to see someone who once was famous try so hard to relive the glory and find the audience so unreceptive. He kept trying to get the crowd to sing and/or make noise and you could barely hear them - during Godsmack's set there were times where the band was nearly drowned out by the crowd. Sad...

And stupid me never realized until this morning that the nine miners trapped in a coal mine that's been all over the news (which I hadn't watched in days) were located about 10 miles away from my hotel! In fact, when I visited the brewpub Friday night, I drove right by the site on the way back and wondered what the hell was going on and why there were almost 30 satellite uplink trucks, tents and mayhem at a nearby defunct grocery store parking lot. Well, I'm not sure if it's hit the news yet but they are all out safe with one guy having some possible heart problems. Way cool...

First there was Clerks, now there are Heros. Unfortunately there are also Zeros.

Well kiddies, unless my hotel has a convenient dataport for my laptop, I'll be out of touch for a few days. I'm taking a trip out to western Pennsylvania to go to the Rolling Rock Town Fair - so if you're there and you happen to see some overweight, long-haired freak wearing a blinding yellow shirt that says "Caution: Contents Under Pressure", stop me and say "hello". If it's not me, set the shirt on fire so nobody else makes the same mistake...

...on Friday I'll actually be doing a bit of sightseeing. I've always wanted to visit Frank Lloyd Wright's creation Fallingwater and this is as good of a chance as any to do so. There is also a beautiful mansion in that same area called Linden Hall that I visited many years ago and would love to see again. I also have been debating taking a side-trip over to the Flight 93 crash site but I'm not sure if I want to deal with those emotions this weekend. I've also scoped out a winery and a brewpub that look like they're worth the trouble to visit, so it should be a good time. I'll try to take pictures where and when I can...

Valentine Strasser became the world's youngest head of state when he seized power in 1992 at the age of 25. But the limelight didn't last – four years later, he was ousted in another coup.

"I'm basically living off my mother now. She's been very supportive," the 35-year-old said at a neighborhood bar on the outskirts of Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital.

"It's been tough. I'm unemployed, but I'm coping."

No, this is not an article from The Onion, this is the true story of Valentine Strasser and it just has to be the damn funniest thing I've seen in ages!

Last year, the government called on citizens not to throw stones at the former head of state, who without a car, was wandering around Freetown on foot.

If I were a failed dictator, I think the Adolf Hitler Method™ of killing oneself and having the corpse drenched in gasoline and set ablaze would be a bit less scarring than living with my mother and walking around in a Bob Marley T-shirt getting stones hucked at me...but, as Bob Dylan said, "Times, they are a changin'."

Here is the short list of actors to star in the Batman vs Superman movie. Aint it Cool news.

Getting tired of telling people to "fuck off?" Well here is the curse engine. Not only do you come up with new ways to wish harm on the people you hate, but it also translates your malice into Irish.

Here is an online review of DC comics "Road to Perdition". The comic book that the movie was based on. It seems a "comic book" movie has a chance of winning an Oscar!

Anyone besides me remember this add in old comics? Well here are the secrets of the Swazzle revealed! And here learn how to master the art of Kung FU. This was my favorite, the "real" submarine. Man i wanted this so bad. And of course, remember when all it took to defeat Dr Doom was a sweet hostess cupcake? Well here is the archive of the old comic book hostess ads. I thought I was done when i stumbled across this. Giant six foot monster!

NYPress - Hill of Beans - Christopher Caldwell - Vol. 15, Iss. 29

Before leaving your cave to battle crime, you might want to equip your utility belt.

Comic ads in the 70s showed us Count Dante, the deadliest man alive. He is still going strong thanks to the internet. He is a member of the Black Dragon Fighting Society. Learn the secrets of ubiwaza!

The first Demonstrator prototype was launched in February 2000, and the bulk of the craft was never found, Avdeyeva said. But pieces of the vehicle containing scientific data were eventually located, she said.

Well, two-plus years later the Russian Space Agency seems to have perfected the Demonstrator vehicle. This time the vehicle, launched last week, is missing entirely. Maybe we should load all of our nuclear waste on one of these babies and have the Russians try to recover it successfully...

Each Isreali costs Americans over 23,000 dollars. What are you getting in return?

Rev Brian : See facts and figures for all countries recieving foreign aid from the US citizen.

Whilst I was prodding about over at the aptly named screamforme.com I discovered that Bruce Dickenson is going to be doing some solo shows this summer! Unfortunately all of them are in Europe. That just bites ass. The Iron Maiden show Rev. B. and I went to back in 2000 was the best live performance I've seen in years...they REALLY need to do another tour soon!

I expect this from Arafat' s warped views, but the "only Democracy" in the Middle East? Arabs can not buy land in Isreal. How is this justified?

Rev. Brian : Fact Check - "There are no restrictions on private land transfers in Israel. Private land can be purchased or leased by Israeli Arabs or by non-citizens. Such land can be, and has been, purchased by Israeli Arabs and by foreigners, including Arab foreigners." (source)

See also : A recent news article where this almost did come true.

Next time we take a trip to Toronto, I think we should take some time out to hang with the gang over at http://www.beerfridgecam.com/. They seem like our kind of weirdos...

Fine! She can dress up in some frilly bit of fluff as Rev. B. posted directly below - as long as I get to ravage her dressed as a Nazgul! Great overview with tons of pics on the creation of the Black Rider costumes for The Lord of the Rings. Good stuff!

Some days it just doesn't pay to look at what's attached to your e-mails! What ever happened to just sending me viruses and pr0n?!

I collect toys as well as comics. I am a well rounded geek. Well I have been waiting for a good Batman Toy for years. These are great.

I am a betting man. Who thinks Batman can beat Superman? Well we will all find out in Batman Vs Superman, the movie.

Today is Bastille Day in France.

All you need is love, loud techno music and about 500,000 of your closest friends - 14th Annual Berlin Love Parade

The 2002 Toy Fair is over. Here are all the goodies. Toy lovers from all over click here.

Hey all. I am using this webpage to ask a question. Who do we owe money too? I keep hearing about the national debt, but i never hear who we owe money too. Could someone out there let me know? Nothing sarcastic, I just want learn something. Thanks in advance.

The rules for El Emigrante are simple - avoid the INS police for as long as possible...they don't get much less politically correct than this!

Sometimes I just read things that make me so angry I wish our government would just go ahead and take over the entire world by any means possible! Today's little bit of irony that struck me came while reading about protestors who were angry about the United States lack of commitment in fighting AIDS. The particular statement that got my panties in a bunch was the following:

...Jeffrey Sachs, an economist from Columbia University who chaired a World Health Organization committee on how much money is needed to fight AIDS, said the United States has not contributed its fair share and should be donating $2.5 billion a year.

As far as I'm concerned, this yutz can pack his bags for deportation any day now. Let's see, with a population of 281 million out of the world population of 5.9 billion we represent slightly less than .05% of the world population. They are asking for $10 billion per year to fight AIDS (wow!) and we contributed .05% of that total ($500 million.) I guess I would like to know what Mr. Sachs definition of "fair" is, especially when one considers that that 45% of the money spent on AIDS research in the world and 25% of the money actually donated to the WHO for AIDS research is from the US? There was also another $500 million earmarked just to try to prevent mothers in African nations from transmitting AIDS to their babies...a sum which was also criticized as too little. It's interesting how when things are going wrong it's always our problem to solve it, and somehow we'll also get criticized in the process while the rest of the world simply sits back and does next to nothing. We just can't win...

Rondellus is a band specializing in medieval music that hails from Estonia. I am particularly intrigued by thir album Sabbatum which is a tribute to Black Sabbath done entirely on medieval instruments and sung in Latin! Check out some of the song samples, they are fantastic!

Sorry I haven't been on but I was camping out at my friend's winery for the weekend for their annual 4th of July pigroast. What a time it was! I think my bodily fluids are nearly 70% palinka at this point including at least half a bottle of Unicum and far too much of what I'd call "Hungarian Moonshine" (home distilled palinka.) The picture to the left needs some explaining though. While eating dinner one night after the wine festival last weekend, my friend Heather started laughing with a mouth full of broccoli. Of course, being the pack of jackals that we are, we sensed her distress and began to make more merriment of the situation. To make a long story short, I'm surprised that nobody had to perform the Heimlich Manuver! So, I figured an apology was in order for causing her so much physical discomfort - and what says "I'm sorry" to a woman better than a nice bouquet of flowers? So I have to thank the wonderful designers at Bloom Floral (Nina, I think) for the work done on this beautiful broccoli based arrangement created for me! Needless to say, I'm now working hard at apologizing for my apology. Oh, by the way, she's returning the carrier loaned to me by herself, so I'd suggest that whomever is in the shop at the time should "duck and cover" when they see her coming...

Beatles guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi said on Wednesday in a July 4 message to Americans nervous about new September 11-style attacks that he could kill world terrorism with love — but he would need $1 billion to do it.

Uh, sure Yogi - we'll get on that right away.

Congratulations! Please permit me to present Mr. & Mrs. Brian D. Chapin, newly wed as of 7:06pm Thursday, July 4th, 2002! The weather conspired to make the trek to this isolated location quite rigorous but the wedding went off rather nicely once we got there. The only fault with the pictures is that they came out so well they almost look faked - but the four of us who made the trip know that if they took two steps backwards they would be making a 40-50 foot drop to the rocks below. It was beautiful day but terribly humid, I was literally dripping sweat during the ceremony! My blessings are with you my friends, may your days be filled with love and happiness...

Which Archangel are you? by Xera

In case you hadn't noticed, it is also National Country Music Day and Tom Sawyer Fence Painting Day today. Damned politicians can't leave well enough alone...

I always hear that the "difference between men and boys is the price of their toys" - and, once again, I fear they are right. A $20 BB gun made me happy when I was 8 years old, now if I were going to get a BB gun - it would HAVE to be one of these bitchin' BB Miniguns. The model I like is about $5000 and it only shoots 1000 BB's per minute Mom...