I just cleaned out my camera, meaning some newer pics will be added to my photoblog. (I expect to add more once I get a day free, especially my many pics from India.) But for now, all I’ve done is added nine new banners to the site. They’re on high rotation so you should see them over the next week or so. I’ll also be adding a few more this week, if I get a spare moment. Perhaps if there’s interest I’ll create a minigallery of my banners for those who would like a chance to peruse.
Month: May 2004
Gateway Drugs, and the Separation of Corp and State
For those of you who have been living under a rock, a quick explanation. A gateway drug is a drug which is known to lead to the use of “harder”, more damaging and addictive drugs. Gateway drugs are often seen as innocuous in and of themselves and it’s government flacks we need to tell us that they’re actually dangerous gateways to worse substances. When it’s convenient, of course, for those governments. They don’t get antsy about all gateway drugs, of course. Some are openly tolerated. Like coffee, for instance. No kidding. The stats are kind of surprising, really: Girls and …
Life and Love in the Expatriate World
Here’s an article about the hardships with foreign women face living in Asia. Some of it comes as no surprise to me, but anyway, it’s worth a read. This is a story that reinforces stereotypes that some people will reject, and other people, like Julie Sleva, will endorse wholeheartedly: For single Western men, Asia can be a paradise of exotic, beautiful women more than willing to pamper them and inflate their egos. The perks of an expat life — low-priced maids, company-paid drivers and members-only clubs — relieve married couples of many of life’s daily hassles, including the chores of …
The Real Story About Columbine
John Wendel sent me a link for a fascinating article by one Dave Cullen titled: The Depressive and the Psychopath – At last we know why the Columbine killers did it. . Seems as if everyone, from the popular media to the schoolmates, got it wrong. This wasn’t really a case of neglected kids, or amplified revenge. One kid was just depressed… the other, well, nobody could have done anything about him. So say the FBI psychiatrists. Go read it for the whole story.
17th Century Breast-Baring
It seems, according to the Discovery Channel website, as if women baring their breasts in public was neither objectionable nor unfashionable during several periods of British history, including the 1600s. Funny how conservatively we portray history, compared to how it really was. And they would be amused, wouldn’t they, at the shock and scandal over such a little, insignificant thing as Janet Jackson’s breast on TV? Take that, smug sense of modernity. (Image credit: The image is taken from Discovery Channel’s website and the link and intended as no infringement of copyright. To see a closeup of the pic, click …