I'm begging...

Someone please post something new. Please.

More religious truth, in image form

Sarah's post was very interesting and it prompted me to do a little research on said book.

Along the way I found other illustrations from JW books:

Look at the guy on the right, in the turtle neck and blazer. He looks mysteriously like the supposed "Mexican" in Sarah's first image.

This impage appears to be a white man leading a group of Asians. Well, maybe the man is Asian, too. But we can all agree that no man in a sash is to be trusted.

The caption read: "War in heaven ended with Satan and the demons being hurled down to earth. You are now feeling the effects"

But are we supposed to believe that heaven is in outer space? And could angels, evil or otherwise, really survive the heat generated on re-entry?

Propoganda usually proves to be very intersting. And it's nice to see the JW's aren't left out.

everything you always wanted to know about the theory of relativity (but were afraid to ask)

Over the last week I had the pleasure of reading an exposition by ol' Al "two socks" Einstein of his famous theory of relativity.
You can purchase it here for a low price.
I've actually only read the first half which covers the "special" theory. It's surprisingly easy to understand, and interesting, and fun, and I don't even like physics. Not one bit.
Sure, it's obsolete now, but who hasn't really wanted to "get" e = mc^2? No one? NOT YOU!

The uncertain future (not a post about hezbollah)

I have a job interview in an hour. Wish me luck.

A "craft" for your freetime

It doesn't matter how I found it, but I just stumbled across a "women's interests" website (bellaonline.com) and found this gem of an artistic trick. The alternative is, of course, to just use a polaroid camera. But what's the fun in that?

Instant Polaroid Creator

Like many photographers, I'm a huge fan of the Polaroid. I have a "classic" camera that takes the instant pictures you have come to expect: The click, the whir, the photo pops out of the front and eventually fades in (with that tell-tale slim white border and wide space at the bottom). Polaroid has even come out with new films that make stickers and smaller cameras for easier portability to broaden their instant portrait products section.

Because a Polaroid picture has such a recognizable look, it's a favourite among digital artists and web designers for creating graphics. Using digital imaging software, such as Photoshop, you can easily take any image and make it into a Polaroid-esque photo.

If you aren't keen on using Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro to get the Polaroid look, there's a site online called the Polaroid-O-Nizer (http://pon.josti.nl/) that allows you to take any image that's online and make it into a digital Polaroid.

You can change the background colour from the classic white, alter the angle it's viewed at (or keep it straight), shift the centering of the photo, and add text to the bottom.

A less urgent call

Not to distract everyone from Sarah's need for housing, but I am embarking on a project and I need some materials. Specifically, I am going to make an artist's book out of the blank end pages of old novels. If any of you have crappy old novels slated for the garbage and they have blank pages in the front or the back, I would happily exchange the book or just the pages in for my undying affection. Alright, I am off to the Strand dollar rack.
Hugs.

Thank your lucky asteroids

As we all know, entertainment icon Yahoo Serious went on to create on of the biggest internet portals, from which this news story comes:

LOS ANGELES - A huge asteroid whizzed by Earth early Monday, passing about 269,000 miles from the planet's surface — slightly farther away than the moon.

More than three dozen asteroids have flown closer to Earth in the last few years, but scientists believe 2004 XP14 is among the largest. The asteroid, discovered in 2004, is estimated to be as wide as a half-mile based on its brightness. Late Sunday and early Monday, it was expected to be visible as a small moving dot to amateur sky watchers with good telescopes in North America and as a fainter object in Europe. Its closest approach was over the U.S. West Coast.

Scientists estimate 2004 XP14 will have 10 more close encounters with Earth over this century, none expected to pose a threat to the planet.

Isn't it strange to know that you could have died last night, a la the dinosaurs, while you were, say, drinking and becoming entangled in the most intriguing mysterys Scooby Do and Mystery Inc. could never solve?