One of the traditional indicators that the economy is on an upswing has is showing that Japan is in recovery . . . as microminiskirts are becoming more popular. While there has never been a proven causal link, the length of women’s hemlines has often correlated well to economic prosperity. The longer the length of…
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Quite Possibly One of the Most Important Books Ever Published
by Brian David Phillips •
An Insider’s Guide to Robert Anton Wilson by Eric Wagner is on deck and waiting to be read, or devoured as the case may be. I got a heads up on this book from Kevin Dilmore, an important author in his own right who I would strongly encourage anyone and everyone to read. Kevin and…
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Pornography is Good for You
by Brian David Phillips •
A recent study in Australia has found that in many ways pornography is good for you. Thank you, sir, may I have another! "The surprising finding was that pornography is actually good for you in many ways," Dr McKee said. "When you look at people who are using it in everyday life, over 90 per…
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World’s Worst Superhero Costumes
by Brian David Phillips •
Uh . . . I object. Some of these World’s Worst Superhero Costumes are actually quite nifty. Some are incredibly suckful and others you forgive. Oh, btw, I collected Dazzler appearances and she is only half as lame as the site contends. Her power was not just colored lights, they were colored lights that dazzled!…
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Micky Yanai’s Helicopter
by Brian David Phillips •
Micky Yanai is a Japanese adult video performer who has been around for awhile. He is one of the few such male performers who is known by name outside of Japan. Actually, most folks don’t know him by name but a lot of them have seen a video clip of his most famous invention .…
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Loss
by Brian David Phillips •
My sincere and heartfelt condolences to hypnotist, hypnoAsia member, and father, Hsu Ming on the most unfortunate loss of his daughter. He was in Athens helping an Olympic archer with hypnosis when he received the news and has cut the trip short. I am very sorry to hear of your loss. Our prayers are with…
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Legal Hypnosis Myths
by Brian David Phillips •
If you look at this case, you will find some myths about hypnosis that are still guiding legal decisions . . . and they are still wrong, law or not, they are myths: "basic principle that, no matter how an offense is defined, the minimal requirement for criminal liability is conduct which includes a ‘voluntary’…
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Hypnotic Foamy
by Brian David Phillips •
This is really rather cute . . . HYPNOTIC FOAMY . . . via HypnoFocus.
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Learning Your ABCs
by Brian David Phillips •
Hmmmm . . . what an interesting way to teach the alphabet . . . Learning Your ABCs!
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Rock, Scissors, Paper . . . serious competition
by Brian David Phillips •
Some people take competition a bit too serously . . . Rock, Paper, Scissors Fight.
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Is This Art?
by Brian David Phillips •
Internet sex addict show sets out to shock the Fringe . . . basically Tim Fountain’s show is him going online at gaydar and finding some guy to meet – based upon the audience’s votes – he sets up a meeting, goes out and meets the guy, has sex, and then comes back and tells…
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Comic World Taipei Seven
by Brian David Phillips •
I submitted a full-frame non wobble version of this image to the 3D-StereoviewXchange. Comic World Taipei 7 was held Father’s Day, Aug 8, 2004 – the Chinese numbers 8-8 are homonyms for the Chinese word for Father “BaBa” – at National Taiwan University. We only went to the one day for a couple hours. I…
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Sharp Introduces 3-D Desktop Computer Display
by Brian David Phillips •
Sharp introduces 3-D desktop computer display . . . they’re taking the technology from their notebooks and putting them on a desktop LCD. While the news of the notebook was very exciting . . . see this post for information and links to some worthwhile stereographic display sites . . . I never actually saw…
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Mentorship and Hypnosis Practice
by Brian David Phillips •
Currently in discussion at HypnoAsia . . . Actually, you have given me a very interesting idea. In the medical field, they typically work in teams for many operations. Yes, but for most consulting work it is done one-on-one. In cases where a patient is seen by more than one physician, the junior doctors always…
Eroticatrance
Nipple Hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
About a week ago, I received an email query from a regular reader here at Life of Brian. My answer may or may not interest other readers here . . . but I’m posting it anyway. Note that the processes I outline apply to women or men for nipples or anything else you decide to…
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Women Have Less Sex Today than Their Grandmothers Did
by Brian David Phillips •
Depressing news when you think about it. We often assume and like to delude ourselves that we’re sexually more aware and open than our uptight grandparents. However, that may not be the case. The proof is in th pudding and our pudding’s pretty cold when compared to days of yore. According to a new survey,…
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Missing the Boat on Parenting
by Brian David Phillips •
Former porn star wins custody . . . she gets custody of her child as long as she never makes another movie? Whether she makes movies or not has nothing to do with parenting skills. Whether her film life interferes with taking proper care of her child is a much more important matter. If she…
Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest, Intuitionist: Psychic Intuitionism
Hypnotic Progression, Future Life Progression, and Parallel Life Connection
by Brian David Phillips •
I am crossposting this from the Hypnosis Technique Exchange after having been offline for a number of days (we had been thinking about switching ISPs so one thing led to another and we made the switch earlier than we had originally anticipated . . . this does mean some good things within the next couple…
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Hypnosis Workshops in Taipei
by Brian David Phillips •
Recently, we’ve had a run of folks signing up for the Taipei Hypnosis practice workshop that I run in Taipei. The workshop is an informal group that meets roughly monthly in my home to run through various hypnotic processes and to practice and experiment. I run the bulk of the sessions and membership is open…
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Erotic Post-Hypnotic Suggestions
by Brian David Phillips •
Recently asked in the Hypnosis Technique Exchange I need some help. My girlfriend found out I was getting into hypnosis, and she has been badgering me to hypnotize her and leave a post hypnotic suggestion activated by a word to make her not only more sensitive, but also horny and a bit submissive (she has…
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Jenny18 – A Cybersex Bot Implemented in Eliza
by Brian David Phillips •
Next time you’re trolling on the internet chat programs looking for cybersex and some hot young babe gives you the come-hiter, it may be Jenny 18 . . . a program, nothing more . . . or some guy pretending to be a babe . . . one or the other.
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Betelnut Beauties
by Brian David Phillips •
New additions to the Betelnut Beauties album. See here for details and here for the complete album of images which I periodically add to.
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Leofoo Village
by Brian David Phillips •
We took a trip to Leofoo Village this past Sunday. You can see the full gallery here. It’s a theme park slash animal safari type reserve. The kids . . . and adults . . . had a wonderful time. Here are some image highlights. Leofoo has an incredibly beautiful and very photogenic white tiger…
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Ten Worst Album Covers of all Time
by Brian David Phillips •
Here we have the ten worst album covers of all time for our viewing pleasure with commentary by the Pork Tornado. Excellent. BTW, can we say “homophobia”?
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Inadvertent Hypnotic Self-Seals
by Brian David Phillips •
I am crossposting this from the Hypnosis Technique Exchange . . . as that’s where I tend to discuss this stuff in the first place. There has some discussion recently on one of the umpteen milliion email lists I belong to regarding the plight of a young woman who participates in recreational online chat hypnosis…