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Whoa. I’m scared.
Why?
Because I just found out about The Butterfly Lounge, “The First Size Acceptance Night Club in Orange County.”
Check out the site if you like ‘em large, ‘cos there’s plenty of pix of the fat chix shaking not only what their mama gave them, but what Ronald McDonald, Little Debbie, Ben, Jerry, and [...]

While living in Finland, I much enjoyed the corporate cafeteria - the food was really, really good. There was one desert, in particular, that I loved, it’s really simple, they called it Finnish trifle, I think, but the real name is Pappilan Hätävara. It’s like pieces of cake and stuff smooshed up with [...]

Growing up is a trap… When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing. Reach a nice level plateau and settle there, predictable and unchanging, no longer a threat.

“Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” (Tom Robbins)

Trainspotting
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching fabrics. Choose DIY and [...]

Found this waiting in an IM window when I got home:
4:00 PM
Fluid: quick, give me a 10 sentence critique of our consumer society.
Fluid: go.
So:
We define ourselves by what we consume, and why not? Animals, for example, take their natural place as herbivores, carnivores, photovores and omnivores. It seems the most natural means of [...]

I discussed a while ago how my ISP was adding a new spam filter. Well, it seemed to be working, but then they switched it off for some reason, and then they must have switched it back on.
Wow. This is weird. I didn’t get any spam yesterday.
I do my email both using [...]

Well, I don’t know if these numbers are true or not, it’s just an image I ganked from somewhere, but it’s kinda interesting.

“Its… It’s like a koala bear crapped a rainbow in my brain!”
- Captain Murphey, Sealab 2021

I was hunting for information about Merhan Nasseri, the real life guy who has been stuck in Charles de Gaulle Airport for 16 years (short summary: yes, really, he’s kinda nuts now, has permission to leave but won’t, and Dreamworks paid him $250k as a little thank you… but he still hasn’t left).
And I found [...]

I just saw The Terminal. Gosh. You know, that was really one of the most depressing nihilistic movies I’ve seen in a long time. A few brief, weakly-connected notes.
I expected something Kafka-esque, but I also expected it to be more of a feelgood film than it winds up being.
I can’t help but [...]