Just want to bookmark this thing about Jachin and Boaz, the pillars of Solomon’s Temple. Hm, just thought of two things to look up: (1) if the pillars of Hercules are in any way connected to the pillars of Solomon’s Temple; (2) if theres any connection to the Egyptian djed, or the pillar of Osiris […]

Does this plant look like something gross to anybody else?

I just got the call.
Work-from-Home Week 2003 has officially come to an abrupt end.
My boss just called and asked if I could come in tomorrow, cause they need me there to answer phones while the other guy is busy doing shipping/orders and stuff.
I’m bummed.
I was really starting to enjoy and make good […]

And that’s Timothy Leary, not Dennis. The article is: Personal Computers / Personal Freedom.
The quote is:
“In evolving to more physiological complexity, our bodies formed symbioses with armies of digestive bacteria necessary for survival. In similar fashion, our brains are forming neural-electronic symbiotic link- ups with solid-state computers. It is useful to distinguish here between addictions […]

This Hakim Bey essay is incredible. Read it! Temporary Autonomous Zones - it’s all about like pirates and computers and anarchism and shit. Fucking awesome. (I was using this text to speech program I have to listen to the article while I work. Thanks to John for the idea. Quite handy. You even get used […]

Ah, so here I am, day 2 of the Great Work at Home Experiment. Woke up yet again to a call from my boss, to which I responded, no I hadn’t done any more work last night to speak of. You know, I felt like I got a lot done yesterday, but I guess […]

I found a more complete set of photos of those awesome Assyrian royal lion hunt things. I think there is a fucking bad-ass tattoo design hiding inside these pictures somewhere. I just have to uncover it.
I also want to put together either one or two tattoos for myself depicting the Hindu death-dealing goddess Kali, […]

I was just talking with my friend Nick in San Diego about the fires, and I found this incredible satellite photo of the smoke plumes.