Walibri Men Ask May I Shake Your Penis?

By Jack Brummet, Folklore and Customs Ed.



WhenWalibri tribesmen of central Australia meet each other, they shake penises instead of hands (I don't know how you greet their women. . .but I'd like to find out).

I know what you're thinking--this is just the kind of blowhard confabulation I'm always trying to sell under the guise of some sort of arcane scholarship or claim of special knowledge. Click on the title of this post to Googletm a list of references. Obviously, people on the internet at least, have an interest in the Walibri.

I'm pretty sure I saw guys shaking like this the time my friends Fuzzy and Richie [1] took me to The Anvil in the meat-packing district of lower Manhattan..

[1] Characters in My Worst Job No. 6, my long delayed story of working at Carl Fischer, Inc. in NYC.

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Terragen Rocks!

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Terragen, by Planetside Software in Great Britain, is good software. It reminds me of some of the great fractal programs, with which it must share most, or all, of its logic.

I cranked this one out in a few minutes with mountains and a formidable shadow of another mountain looming over the landscape...

I'm hooked. . .
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Your favorite movie love scene?

It's not easy to think of great love scenes in the movies (for me at least). It's easier to come up with bad ones (try, for instance, any love scene in a George Lucas movie). I'm pretty sure I've seen hundreds, but other than, say, the scenes with Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman in Notorious, they just don't seem to stick. There were some hot scenes in Basic Instinct, and the closet scene in Frida; Body Heat; Mulholland Drive; Brad Pitt and Geena Davis in Thelma and Louise; The Two Towers' scene with Viggo and Liv Tyler; and I vaguely remember many scenes from black and white film from the 30's. There was a good one with With Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin in Sea Of Love.

It's the weird ones we remember. . .like the scenes in Blue Velvet, a movie I have always found disturbing. The "butter scene" from Last Tango In Paris? Maybe the Judge Reinhold /Phobe Cates auto-sex scene in Fast Times At Ridgemont High? Or even that scene on the riverbank in Deliverance with the hillbilly and Ned Beatty?

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Painting: The Wheel Of Progress

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Another Smack In The Head By The Modern World, Or, How My Beetle Broke My Heart

I'd been waiting for this for weeks. The odometer in my Bug was just about to roll over and I wanted to see those fantastic goose eggs. I'd driven nearly every one of those miles to arrive at this milestone.

99,999.1
99,999.2
99,999.3
99,999.4
99,999.5
99,999.6
99,999.7
99,999.8
99,999.9

Yes! This was it...here it comes! And then::::::::::::

100,000

What??! A hundred thousand?!! What happened to the zeros?? Then I noticed there was even one more spot for another number. The odometer would go up to nine million miles.

Gypped again by the modern world.
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Another Shocking Revelation In The Enumclaw Beastiality Case

Not only are there problems with the stallions, but apparently people have been attempting to teach the fillies at the Enunclaw stable the missionary position.
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Julian Beever's Virtual Reality Street Art

British artist, Julian Beever, is known for his sidewalk art in in the U.S. and throughout Europe. This is fascinating stuff. The drawings have "an anamorphosis view," that is, they are drawn so that appear 3D when viewed from certain angles.

Click on the title of this post to check out some examples of this fascinating art...

Painting: Chief Justices of The Supreme Court Of The United States: No. 2, John Rutledge

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John Rutledge (1739-1800), American jurist and statesman, was Revolutionary War governor of South Carolina. He exemplified the conservative views of the mercantile and planter aristocracy. He served one year as as Associate Justice, followed by five years (1790-95) as the Chief Justice.

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Police to Check Bags on NYC Subways

The Associated Press reported today that:

"Police will begin random searches of bags and packages carried by people entering city subways, officials announced Thursday after a new series of bomb attacks in London. Passengers carrying bags will be selected at random before they pass through turnstiles, and those who refuse to be searched won't be allowed to ride, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

'We just live in a world where, sadly, these kinds of security measures are necessary," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. "Are they intrusive? Yes, a little bit. But we are trying to find that right balance.' "

As a five year subway rider, from 77-82, this makes me really sad. Eventually, we will all become as sanguine about this as we are about getting frisked at the airport! With my stainless steel hip, I'm pretty used to getting raked over the coals; the bells begin going off the second I step through the metal detecting archway. /jack

Ann Coulter Says POTUS Picked The Wrong Guy

From Ann Coulter's Website:

We don’t know much about John Roberts. Stealth nominees have never turned out to be a pleasant surprise for conservatives. Never. Not ever... Oh, yeah...we know he's argued cases before the supreme court. big deal; so has Larry Flynt's attorney.

And it makes no difference that conservatives in the White House are assuring us Roberts can be trusted. We got the exact same assurances from officials working for the last president Bush about David Hackett Souter. I believe their exact words were, "Read our lips; Souter's a reliable conservative."

Finally, lets ponder the fact that Roberts has gone through 50 years on this planet without ever saying anything controversial. That’s just unnatural.

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Photograph: Claire & Colin, University of Victoria Students

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Photo by Del Brummet or Jack Brummet

The Photos Judge Roberts & His Handlers Do Not Want You To See

Within minutes of The President's press conference this evening, various blogs and independent web sites tonight began publishing controversial photographs of President Bush's Supreme Court Nominee, Judge John Roberts, Jr.

The photos were allegedly taken at Bangkok Massage And Baths in Fairfax County, Virginia. Other photos reportedly show the nominee engaged in various lewd acts with a "masseuse," as well as with a number of other partners, male and female. Neither the White House or The 4th Circuit of Appeals would comment on the photographs.
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