Everybody knows me...at the dump

Speaking of Tom Waits, this field trip story is one of my favorite stories ever.

In the cold cold ground...

Doesn't this 'spirit' look just like Tom Waits!?

from the fabulous spirit photographs of william hope series from the national media museum photostream at flickr

9 meaningless facts about "The Christmas Story"

1. I have never seen it.
2. I don't want to ever see it.
3. I don't want to know anything more about it than I already do. I already know far too much.
4. That leg lamp blows.
5. That stupid red rider bb gun blows too.
6. I was once shot in the neck (sniper style) by M. Nobo with a high power BB gun.
7. I was relaxing on a hammock at the time.
8. That kid looks an awful lot like cousin oliver from brady bunch.
9. Don't tell me if it really is (see meaningless fact no. 3)

the war of the machines has begun...

Can this be real?

I want it to be real, and I want it to be unreal. I'm going to have to read further and think on it a bit; there's something kind of fin de siecle romance about it--somewhat like 'optograms' were in the last turn of century. There are huge ideas of object/subject/reality/perception, etc. galore here. wow.

And...the idea of actually seeing a dream outside the dream itself is killing me softly with his song.

screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo...

My latest column is about a very odd photograph that was sent to my husband to post at his paranormal about.com site. I won't try to describe it--you really have to see it to believe it anyway. My article was linked and the photo were posted at various places--boing boing, forgetomori, et. al.--not due to my glorious ramblings, but for the singular bizarreness of the illusion contained in the photo. It is possibly the best and weirdest case of photographic pareidolia to date. GO SEE!

Click here.

Faked moon landing footage

I LOVED space food sticks. The peanut butter ones.

Phone the authorities!

Bettie Page is still ALIVE?!