Restaurant
Houston, Texas USA 77025
Men's restroom, 1st floorOn the floor:
look to the right!To the right:
look to the left!to the left:
look up!On the celing:
damn your an idiot!!
From http://www.thewritingsonthestall.com/men/
30 October 2004
Toilet humour
From http://www.thewritingsonthestall.com/men/
24 October 2004
23 October 2004
Watching me watching you
The Mirror Project is a growing community of like-minded individuals who have photographed themselves in all manner of reflective surfaces.
http://www.mirrorproject.com/
!SR
19 October 2004
It was a textual relationship (1)
After she left we kept in touch mainly by text messaging, e-mail, and one phone call. But mainly text messaging. She gave me such a laugh, and I hope her too. One Sunday we texted each other odd Country and Western Song titles, e.g. "I've put my beer in the boot of my car and I'm driving myself to drink", "I missed you... but my aim is getting better", etc, etc. She was into Alt-Country so she had a better range of songs to draw on.
I enjoyed getting text messages while at work too. I stick music on my PC. One day I texted her that I was listening to Perry Farrell cover the Doors track "Children of the Night" when I got a text from her. She was into the Doors (and would quite happily have been a groupie for the cover band I think). She texted me back saying that she was humming a Janes Addiction track when she was typing the text. Shit like that happens around me the whole time. When I meet someone else that's on the same wavelength I really dig it.
A lassie at work heard my mobile phone go. She said that I probably liked a "textual relationship" because I didn't have to deal with people in "real" life. Looking back, maybe she was right.
!SR
I enjoyed getting text messages while at work too. I stick music on my PC. One day I texted her that I was listening to Perry Farrell cover the Doors track "Children of the Night" when I got a text from her. She was into the Doors (and would quite happily have been a groupie for the cover band I think). She texted me back saying that she was humming a Janes Addiction track when she was typing the text. Shit like that happens around me the whole time. When I meet someone else that's on the same wavelength I really dig it.
A lassie at work heard my mobile phone go. She said that I probably liked a "textual relationship" because I didn't have to deal with people in "real" life. Looking back, maybe she was right.
!SR
17 October 2004
I have just finished reading Asbury's "Gangs of New York". Having watched the film some time ago, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the book bore no relation to the film.
I was slightly skeptical about some of the content in the book, and that he would describe every gang as being the most evilest, worst gang, ever, ever to walk the streets of New York, which got a little tiring as the book went on. Also some of the stories about the criminals were taken from the police officers or criminals own recollections about what happened, and this always leads to "hyping up" or distortion of events.
Because I didn't take on board all that Asbury wrote, it kind of felt like the book was somewhere in the middle of a work of fiction and fact. But it was still a damn good read.
Politcal corruption, murder, thievery, prostitution, drugs, - some things are indeed timeless.
Oh - and gangs - lots of gangs!
!SR
I was slightly skeptical about some of the content in the book, and that he would describe every gang as being the most evilest, worst gang, ever, ever to walk the streets of New York, which got a little tiring as the book went on. Also some of the stories about the criminals were taken from the police officers or criminals own recollections about what happened, and this always leads to "hyping up" or distortion of events.
Because I didn't take on board all that Asbury wrote, it kind of felt like the book was somewhere in the middle of a work of fiction and fact. But it was still a damn good read.
Politcal corruption, murder, thievery, prostitution, drugs, - some things are indeed timeless.
Oh - and gangs - lots of gangs!
!SR
Suspension of Disbelief
One of my friends, C, was leaving the cinema, after watching the first Lord of the Rings film. In front of him were two elderly wifies.
He couldn't help overhearing them discuss the film as they left:
Wifie 1 : "What did you make of that film, then?"
Wifie 2 : "It was fine, .. but a bit far-fetched.."
Jeepers! Far-fetched !!! What did she expect....!!
!SR
He couldn't help overhearing them discuss the film as they left:
Wifie 1 : "What did you make of that film, then?"
Wifie 2 : "It was fine, .. but a bit far-fetched.."
Jeepers! Far-fetched !!! What did she expect....!!
!SR
What's so wrong with the concept of time travel?
As we sat there watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail. She rapped on about how if she went back to the middle ages, she would probably be a witch. In fact she would probably be burnt at the stake or drowned or something.
"What do you mean 'If you go back to the middle ages?'" I asked.
"Well, what's so wrong with the concept of time travel?" she said.
I smiled and let the question hang in the air. As she turned her head she saw me smile, and we both started laughing as she realised what she said.
To my surprise she defended her position, arguing that mankind doesn't know everything about the universe, so therefore it could happen. I didn't expect a science graduate to defend the indefensible - I was caught slightly off guard.
"It's ok", I said, "I already know you're from the future".
!SR
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P.S. afterthought : Maybe she was a member of this Italian cult :
http://www.lifepositive.com/Mind/evolution/time-travel/time-travel.html
"What do you mean 'If you go back to the middle ages?'" I asked.
"Well, what's so wrong with the concept of time travel?" she said.
I smiled and let the question hang in the air. As she turned her head she saw me smile, and we both started laughing as she realised what she said.
To my surprise she defended her position, arguing that mankind doesn't know everything about the universe, so therefore it could happen. I didn't expect a science graduate to defend the indefensible - I was caught slightly off guard.
"It's ok", I said, "I already know you're from the future".
!SR
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P.S. afterthought : Maybe she was a member of this Italian cult :
http://www.lifepositive.com/Mind/evolution/time-travel/time-travel.html
Hit the rewind
Top Ten Tracks on my stereo this week:
1. Gang of Four - We Live As We Dream Alone
2. Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
3. Tears for Fears - Pale Shelter
4. Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot
5. Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died
6. Ministry - The Angel
7. Babe Ruth - The Mexican
8. The Wicker Man Soundtrack - Willow's Song
9. Caetano Veloso - Maria Bethania
10. Easy Star All Stars - Time (Pink Floyd cover)
!SR
1. Gang of Four - We Live As We Dream Alone
2. Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
3. Tears for Fears - Pale Shelter
4. Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot
5. Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died
6. Ministry - The Angel
7. Babe Ruth - The Mexican
8. The Wicker Man Soundtrack - Willow's Song
9. Caetano Veloso - Maria Bethania
10. Easy Star All Stars - Time (Pink Floyd cover)
!SR
11 October 2004
Agent Ferret...?!?
From the University of Rochester News article Under the Surface, the Brain Seethes With Undiscovered Activity:
(An interesting article in itself, but my curiosity picqued with this line
and to save you the bother of reading on:
The full article is at : http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=1898
!SR
(An interesting article in itself, but my curiosity picqued with this line
Weliky, in a bit of irony, set 12 ferrets watching the reality-stretching film The Matrix. He recorded how their brains responded to the film, as well as to a null pattern like enlarged television static, and a darkened room.
and to save you the bother of reading on:
“The basic findings are exciting enough, but you can’t help but speculate on what they might mean in a deeper context,” says Weliky. “It’s one thing to say a ferret’s understanding of reality is being reproduced inside his brain, but there’s nothing to say that our understanding of the world is accurate. In a way, our neural structure imposes a certain structure on the outside world, and all we know is that at least one other mammalian brain seems to impose the same structure. Either that or The Matrix freaked out the ferrets the way it did everyone else.”
The full article is at : http://www.rochester.edu/news/show.php?id=1898
!SR
10 October 2004
09 October 2004
The Best Internet Radio Show in the World ...Ever!
I have been a fan of Dan Mackta's WFMU radio show for ages. As I do not live in America the super-duper technology of the internet has brought his track selection straight to my PC.
This show http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/5267
probably best sums up my eclectic choice of music. MMMmmmm, Can, Human League, Elvis Costello, Johnnie Mascis, Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire ....
Other tracklistings have songs that I haven't heard in years, or crazy stuff that I would never have heard before. It was a delight to hear two of my favourite tracks "Maria" and "Willows Song" played back to back on one of his shows.
!SR
This show http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/5267
probably best sums up my eclectic choice of music. MMMmmmm, Can, Human League, Elvis Costello, Johnnie Mascis, Joy Division, Cabaret Voltaire ....
Other tracklistings have songs that I haven't heard in years, or crazy stuff that I would never have heard before. It was a delight to hear two of my favourite tracks "Maria" and "Willows Song" played back to back on one of his shows.
!SR
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