When it comes to concocting fevered visions of the future as a way of illuminating the present, Jules Verne got some things right in his time, Aldous Huxley got others, and George Orwell got still others. In our time—in this terror-haunted interlude (we hope) of background-hum dread and well-founded paranoia—no literary divinator gets it righter than the sci-fi pulp master Philip K. Dick.

When Worlds Collide

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My next set of wheel

Bueller? Bueller?

While I totally agree with almost every word that Ben is saying, I find it ironic that this is a man who appeared in a movie that glorified #1, #4, #6, and #7. But what's a little hypocracy, huh?

How to Ruin American Enterprise. By Ben Stein.

Not only are the crazy German's getting into this, but look at the links at the bottom. It's a new fad! Body piercing and tattoos just aren't enough!

Finally, something that can offend everyone - CANNIBALISM!

My Pioneer A03 has been getting quite a workout since I got this software. I wish Ahead Software would buy these guys and put this in Nero and be done with it though.

My new favorite toy

I am quickly coming to the conclusion that I believe the following things:

o there is some truth to everything you hear
o there is some mistruth to everything you hear
o everything in life is rigged

Should You Trust Website Customer Reviews?

] "What's important --- increasingly important --- is the
] process by which you figure out what to look at. This is
] the beginning of the real and true economics of
] information. Not who owns the books, who prints the
] books, who has the holdings. The crux here is access, not
] holdings. And not even access itself, but the signposts
] that tell you what to access --- what to pay attention
] to. "

``Free as Air, Free As Water, Free As Knowledge''

MP3 audio of a great talk by Howard Zinn. Required listening for anyone with an interest in dissent or non-standard history.

Howard Zinn - Reed College Talk - People's History of the United States

Best line in the story:
"It has a remote controlled flap that slides over the handle when not in use."

Man designs condom-shaped motorbike for safe sex mission

Be sure to read all of the text. I found this line particularly humorous:

"And introducing Osama Bin Laden as the Phantom Menace"

Gulf Wars - Episode II - Clone of the Attack