Once upon a time, the only real way to download gaming material on the internet (if you even knew where to look for it) was through FTP (or File Transfer Protocol). Journey back through the olden days now...when you were never quite sure what was at the other end of that dowload.
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Mental State of the Union
Again from John Shirley's website....something that is of relevence to myself and might be to other perusers of this blog. Click on the links above or below for the full text of the piece.
Mental State of the Union
"1. I'm Okay, If You Say So
I'm sane, no, really, I am.
I'm not insane. No, really, I'm not.
Except...I've struggled with clinical depression and drug addiction, and these are both diseases of the brain. For a long time I made the same mistakes in life over and over, knowing better each time -- but doing it anyway. I was married and divorced four times before I figured out that I was giving in to relationship-wrecking compulsive behavior.
But since I don't rave on the street, I don't stalk people or have delusions of grandeur or hallucinate or hear voices, let's pretend I'm not crazy.
When I was young, I was in a mental hospital because of an overdose of a powerful street drug. "
Mental State of the Union
"1. I'm Okay, If You Say So
I'm sane, no, really, I am.
I'm not insane. No, really, I'm not.
Except...I've struggled with clinical depression and drug addiction, and these are both diseases of the brain. For a long time I made the same mistakes in life over and over, knowing better each time -- but doing it anyway. I was married and divorced four times before I figured out that I was giving in to relationship-wrecking compulsive behavior.
But since I don't rave on the street, I don't stalk people or have delusions of grandeur or hallucinate or hear voices, let's pretend I'm not crazy.
When I was young, I was in a mental hospital because of an overdose of a powerful street drug. "
John Shirley
The homepage of former cyberpunk author and (not former)musician, John Shirley. Mind you, he's not a former writer either...his novella Demons was great, and very twisted. Check him out. There are .mp3s of his various bands to check out (and there used to be a link to buy his CD from MP3.com....but all of that is gone until the site is relaunched as whatever it will become) as well.
Monday, December 08, 2003
something positive - break a leg, mercy!
"'I truly am humbled to achieve this great award. Not many whiners get their efforts in whinery recognized, and even fewer get their efforts recognized with a picture of a golden Stalin represented in a webcomic of medium popularity. And even more remarkable is that I achieved this award with the first whine I've ever sent anywhere, or at least almost the first. Thank you! Thank you!
(At this point I'd like to remark that this in no way diminished my respect for Something Positive, which continues to be funny and insightful webcomic that doesn't suffer fools like me gladly)
Whining. The oldest profession. Of course, some may claim that prostitution was the oldest profession, but we all know what must have been the first conversation had before prostitution was invented.
'Og want sex.'
'Og not get sex.'
'Og want sex.'
'Og not get sex.'
'Og waaaaaaaaaant seeeeeeeeeex.'
'Ogma give Og sex if Og give Ogma great cat pelt.'
'Woo hoo!' "
Vicar Distributes Porn Films by Mistake
"BERLIN (Reuters) - A German vicar inadvertently supplied his parish with dozens of hard core porn films in an unsuccessful bid to teach people about the life of Christ.
Frithjof Schwesig, vicar in the southwestern town of Lampoldshausen, had ordered 300 copies of a video film portraying the life of Christ as told by the gospel according to Luke.
'In a first batch 20 to 30 videos were distributed and we immediately got a reaction from five to seven people saying we must have given them the wrong film,' he said.
'It was a real porn film. Within an hour our staff had collected all the videos. Really, all were withdrawn.' "
Supreme Court Allows Rosa Parks to Sue Rap Duo
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for civil rights icon Rosa Parks to proceed with her lawsuit against OutKast and others over the rap music duo's hit song with her name as its title."
click link above for more...
Commonwealth Club Speech
Michael Crichton Speaks
"I have been asked to talk about what I consider the most important challenge facing mankind, and I have a fundamental answer. The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda. Perceiving the truth has always been a challenge to mankind, but in the information age (or as I think of it, the disinformation age) it takes on a special urgency and importance. "
Friday, December 05, 2003
Florida State Parks - KORESHAN STATE HISTORIC SITE
"The remains of an unusual pioneer settlement are preserved on the banks of the Estero River. In 1894, a religious visionary named Cyrus Reed Teed brought his followers from Chicago to Estero to construct a 'New Jerusalem.' Teed hoped it would become a city of 10 million people practicing the religion of Koreshanity. "
Loompanics Unlimited
A very, very cool catalog and website. Tons of great books to order from these guys. Once I have money again, I am going to start getting their catalog again.
Kaiju Big Battel
Guys who conduct amateur wrestling matches dressed in Kaiju costumes. Strange, I will admit...
Thursday, December 04, 2003
HINIRANG
Came across a link to this site from a gaming mailing list that I'm a member of. A Phillipino gamer and friends are developing a game for the Action! System using this material...and I thought it looked interesting. [Don't worry....its in English...at least the parts I saw]
HINIRANG, Duyan ng Magiting, Alab ng Puso
Wednesday, December 03, 2003
Comics Continuum
George Perez goes nuts....once again draws every character...ever...
Comics Continuum
Web Directory - Non-Hero - Gaming Personalities
A list of links to websites of various gaming professionals, warning there are broken links.
Web Directory - Non-Hero - Gaming Personalities
Yahoo! Groups : Duran_Run_RPG
Words just bloody well escape me on this one.
Yahoo! Groups : Duran_Run_RPG
Monday, December 01, 2003
RollingStone.com
I don't see how I even have to comment...
"What you think of Paris Hilton, what she thinks of herself and what she's really like are three entities so separate and distinct that if they were people they wouldn't end up in the same room. You think -- if you think of her at all -- that Hilton, 22, is a stupid, spoiled, superficial socialite who dresses like a high-class escort and, given the recently disclosed pornographic video she made with an ex-boyfriend, probably acts like one, too. She thinks she's a pet lover who donates to charity, does not drink or do drugs and hardly ever goes out. 'I am not a party person,' says Hilton, blinking her catlike royal-blue eyes. 'Mostly I like to spend time with my dogs.'"
"What you think of Paris Hilton, what she thinks of herself and what she's really like are three entities so separate and distinct that if they were people they wouldn't end up in the same room. You think -- if you think of her at all -- that Hilton, 22, is a stupid, spoiled, superficial socialite who dresses like a high-class escort and, given the recently disclosed pornographic video she made with an ex-boyfriend, probably acts like one, too. She thinks she's a pet lover who donates to charity, does not drink or do drugs and hardly ever goes out. 'I am not a party person,' says Hilton, blinking her catlike royal-blue eyes. 'Mostly I like to spend time with my dogs.'"
Celebrity
As all eyes turn to Michael Eisner...
"LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a sign of simmering tension at the top of one of the nation's largest media giants, Walt Disney Co. vice chairman Roy E. Disney stepped down from the board of directors and called on chairman and chief executive Michael Eisner to resign in a scathing letter."
"LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a sign of simmering tension at the top of one of the nation's largest media giants, Walt Disney Co. vice chairman Roy E. Disney stepped down from the board of directors and called on chairman and chief executive Michael Eisner to resign in a scathing letter."
Celebrity
"Kato Kaelin, Paris Hilton and Vanna White might not seem anything alike, but the three belong to the same dubious brotherhood. They are famous without having done a darn thing to deserve it. O.J.'s houseguest, the spoiled party girl, and the 'Wheel of Fortune' letter turner are famous for being famous.
"Never has the American pop culture scene been more crowded with people who have hardly a thing special going for them except having been thrust into the public eye. Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter, the 'Bachelor' reject turned-'Bachelorette' and her man, have been living the high-profile life. They were at this year's White House Correspondents Dinner. They were followed around by a phalanx of photographers when they went to register for wedding gifts in L.A.'s Century City. They're discussed on web sites. And why? The reason is simply because they have a relationship, the same as millions of non-famous folk every day.There's lots of reality show flotsam swimming around the celebrity pool these days, as instantly well-known faces scramble to extend their fame beyond their limited series."
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