Monthly Archives: December 2004

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First Hand Account . . . Sri Lanka

by Brian David Phillips • December 31, 2004

This is very powerful Live from Sri Lanka . . . one bloggers experience in the Tsunami . . . read down the comments and you will see the account. Our hearts are with those who have lost their loved ones . . . and everyone . . . this is a very moving tale…

Journal of Interactive Drama

by Brian David Phillips • December 28, 2004

Well, it’s now open for business . . . the Journal of Interactive Drama is now a real deal and ready to go! This is an online peer-reviewed journal on scenario-based theatre style interactive drama freeform live action roleplaying games. I’ve been working behind the scenes for a while getting things together. We’re still recruiting…

Christmas Fansign

by Brian David Phillips • December 28, 2004

Thanks, Lilian. Merry Christmas.

Family Badge . . . forensic hypnosis

by Brian David Phillips • December 26, 2004

Family Badge reports that officers are undergoing training in investigative and forensic hypnosis. This can be a very good thing when used appropriately. When performing forensic hypnosis, it is very important not to contaminate the witness testimony. The hypnotist should guide the session but never lead it, never ask leading questions, just like in good…

Merry Christmas . . . have a Gingerbread Couple

by Brian David Phillips • December 26, 2004

Happy holidays and enjoy the Gingerbread Kama Sutra . . . hmmm, delicious. One of the kids brought a gingerbread man to my daughter’s Christmas sleepover party but it didn’t look anything like those. Well, rightly so. However, it still tasted gooood.

True Story . . . Pictures of people hitting each other in Tokyo

by Brian David Phillips • December 22, 2004

I quite enjoy Juergen Specht’s website as he has all these wonderful true stories and documentation galleries that chronicle his life as a photographer and as some gaijin guy living in Japan . . . the pictures of people hitting each other true story set is of particular interest. Why don’t we have stuff like…

Final score: Sex 26, Sports 25

by Brian David Phillips • December 22, 2004

Hmmm. I like sex, not a big fan of sports . . . but the two together sounds like a good eal . . . ESPN catering to the masses . . . Final score: Sex 26, Sports 25.

Seeking legitimacy?
Been there, doing that!

by Brian David Phillips • December 19, 2004

Terra Nova takes a gander at Seeking legitimacy among game scholars and how the scholars hope to affect future games in some way but in reality don’t affect much at all. The problem is that we tend to be marginalized from that which we study, intended to comment upon but not participate in. More scholars…

Story Construction

by Brian David Phillips • December 19, 2004

Torill Elvira Mortensen writes on Story Construction . . . worth seeing: One point sounds familiar: how the creaters of games, the designers, are creators not of stories, but of narrative potential. I know I worded this argument years ago, but was that in one of the many sessions of discussion – argument – supervision…

my secret blog . . .
And then what?

by Brian David Phillips • December 19, 2004

Jill Walker writes about her recent desire for a secret blog . . . an anonymous place where she can write about what her real experiences are and her true feelings without the reserve that a public blog requires where no matter how cool or open or liberal or candid one may appear, there is…

Cell Phones That Do It . . .
sex via vibrating cellphones

by Brian David Phillips • December 19, 2004

Wired’s Regina Lynn reports on Wired News: Cell Phones That Do It . . . cellphones that provide sexual experience via doohickies whatzitz and various bits that go buzz in all the right places. There seems to be a boom in the cellphone buzz business aimed at folks who want to dial an orgasm. It’s…

Jenna Jameson Cancer News

by Brian David Phillips • December 19, 2004

Jenna Jameson just reported in her diary that she is recovering from surgery for malignant melanoma (a mole became cancerous . . . her mother died early of skin cancer of the same type). Her most recent tests have come up clear so evidently the surgery did the trick.

Porn Wars . . . funny!

by Brian David Phillips • December 19, 2004

Okay, I’m a whole lot of nerd and a half . . . but . . . this is funny . . . Porn Wars. The light saber duel is actually pretty damned good!

Group Elman Induction

by Brian David Phillips • December 18, 2004

A bit about the Elman hypnosis induction adapted to groups. In response to a query regarding a group-based adaptation of the Dave Elman Inductoin, in the Hypnotic Advancements email list, someone wrote: I think we have an expert in the hub for Group Elman inductions, there is a guy in Taipei lurking in this hub…

Why oh why do they tease us so?
Firefly . . . Serenity . . . big screen goodness

by Brian David Phillips • December 16, 2004

I really like the Firefly television series . . . and not just because I like Joss Whedon’s work and want to support him . . . although I do. Firefly is rather special. It is science fiction without the aliens with a nice Western post-Civil War feel. Now . . . we have some…

Polar Express IMAX 3D . . . kool!

by Brian David Phillips • December 16, 2004

Last Sunday, we went to Miramar shopping mall/complex in Taipei with a slew of friends and their kids to go to IMAX and see Polar Express in 3D! Wow and double wow! I have been waiting to see this film with eager anticipation ever since folks on my various 3D photography discussion lists began buzzing…

Bushism, Puritinism, Administrative Nihilism . . . yep

by Brian David Phillips • December 16, 2004

Erick Heroux isn’t just correct in his look at Puritans are Back: Administrative Nihilism . . . he’s a whole lot of right. The insight is both humorous and a little bit beyond scary. My favorite bits . . . no, on second thought, go read the whole thing yourself. It’s short and insightful .…

Smoking is BAD for Your Brain

by Brian David Phillips • December 15, 2004

Many hypnotists work with smokers for stop-smoking sessions as part of their bread and butter work. The issue is problematic in that in order to be successful stopping smoking with the aid of hypnosis, one already has to have a real desire to quite. If you’re seeing a hypnotherapist to stop smoking because you want…

Cosplay . . .
Comic World Taipei 8

by Brian David Phillips • December 14, 2004

Last weekend, the Phillips family along with Gareth and Michael Cheng attended the cosplay at Comic World Taipei 8 held at National Taiwan University. Kaye and her friend Gareth went dressed in Quidditch uniforms from Harry Potter that Lorraine picked up during her Cannes trip this year. Kaye Phillips, Michael Cheng, Lorraine Phillips, and Gareth…

Hypnosis Shown to Substantially Help Cancer Patients

by Brian David Phillips • December 11, 2004

This is not a new idea. However, it is nice to see it getting more press time as it is richly deserved . . . Hypnosis shown to substantially help cancer patients tolerate treatments, side effects and Hypnosis reduces cancer pain (the latter link is by far the more persuasive with information on what actually…

interested in eXperimenting . . .
Playful Sexual Hypnosis for Consenting Adult Couples

by Brian David Phillips • December 9, 2004

Please Go to the Current Revision of This Information Getting Stated in Erotic Trance https://briandavidphillips.net/erospsymagickplus Readers of Life of Brian will note that this post appears in a new category. We get enough queries about this subject, that I felt a new category would be warranted to keep the archives more topical and easier to…

Hypnosis and Stopping Smoking

by Brian David Phillips • December 7, 2004

Hannah Davies writes on her experience with Allen Carr’s anti-smoking program . . . Can my addiction go up in smoke? . . . which combines psychotherapy, reversion, and hypnotic conditioning. It is important to remember that smoking addiction is mostly psychological and partly physical. All the systems need to be addressed. Willpower alone is…

Jam Bukkake?

by Brian David Phillips • December 7, 2004

Ai Otsuka has a new album out . . . Love Jam . . . and the advertising images are a little on the strange side. In fact, they were "sexy" enough that some folks complained and had the billboards taken down. Sexy? Here they are . . . Sexually explicit really isn’t the word…

Gender and Gaming

by Brian David Phillips • December 6, 2004

Was looking for some references to Live Action Roleplaying and Freeforms (interactive dramas of the type I wrote my doctoral dissertation on) and stumbled across badgerbag’s gender and gaming. While I will agree that many within the gaming community are unaware that there may be a problem regarding sexism in gaming, I would note that…

Interactive Drama . . .
Live Action Role Playing Games

by Brian David Phillips • December 6, 2004

The New York Times take on LARP (live action role playing games) is worth a read. If you’re in Taipei and would like to participate in games of this type, check out the Taipei Interactive Theatre Socity.