Because information is a commodity item, it must cater to the tastes of its consumers. In other words, information is shaped by cultural priorities. The priorities of contemporary America include selfishness and entertainment. Therefore, information should be about me and be fun. The "entertainment economy" affects every kind of information, from ( Read more... )

One Halloween, around the time me and Daniel Smyth were dipping our palms in toxic waste, I stole this old woman's dried up monkey paw. During the course of that wondrous night, each of the fingers curled down at the second knuckle... something strange always followed. The damage continues to tarnish and haunt the deep filthy bowels of my ( Read more... )

the oft quoted English philosopher Mr. Billy T. Goat III, who, one week before his 98th birthday, said ( Read more... )

( lamb to the slaughter )

I liked stupid paintings, door panels, stage sets, backdrops for acrobats, signs, popular engravings, old-fashioned literature, church Latin, erotic books with bad spelling, novels of our grandmothers, fairy tales, little books from childhood, old opera, ridiculous refrains, naive rhythms... I believed in every kind of witchcraft ( Read more... )

Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that ( Read more... )

Twenty-two is a higher octave of the number four and is considered to be a master number. It contains the secrets to many esoteric questions, as evidenced by the fact that there are twenty two letters in the Hebrew alphabet, twenty two pathways in many versions of the Kaballah, and twenty two cards in the Major Arcana. Twenty two carries with it ( Read more... )

favorite jeff memory:

"why aren't they stopping, oh crap we ran a red light!"

The stripper promised to make love to quadriplegic Wayne Hobbs of Hisperia, California, if he’d just help her score some meth. He didn’t want to, but she pleaded and tempted. His hormones hadn’t been paralyzed, so he gave in and called a friend. Turned out the ecdysiast had a day job as a narc.

Asking that someone else die for an aspect your faith is evil. As if the Christian martyrs of Roman Empire grabbed innocent pagans and pushed them into the swords of the soldiers to die In Jesus's name. The martyrs died for their faith. They did not demand that someone else take their place ( Read more... )