Inspired by a thread on facebook . . . Now that was a jaunt down memory lane. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *…
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Is Our Kids Learning? University Education Failures
by Brian David Phillips •
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The study referenced is important . . . very important . . . as the level of accomplishment of university students has dropped tremendously. The “analysis”, not so much. This is NOT a conservative or liberal issues, both sides of the aisle are…
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Kitty plays Theremin
by Brian David Phillips •
A cat plays a theremin . . . well, sort of. Video of a semi-cute cat standing up while making noises with a theremin so here it is. – Brian
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Of Tiger Moms or Chinese Mothers
by Brian David Phillips •
Recently in the US there’s been a bit of controversy over Amy Chua‘s new book on the superiority of the “Chinese” mother in which she catalogs her approach to parenting and fostering achievement and academic excellence within her kids with a whole slew of things her kids can NEVER do such as: attend a sleepover…
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Pop Song
by Brian David Phillips •
Jon Lajoie does a great musical satire of manufactured boy bands . . . excellent and oh so true. – Brian
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Han Solo on board Serenity!
by Brian David Phillips •
Yes! Han Solo really did make several cameo appearances on board the Serenity spacecraft in the uber awesome science fiction series Firefly! The Geek with Cute Curves has data mined the series to find ’em for you. Nathan Fillion – Mal – is a Star Wars fan so the crew would sneak the Han Solo…
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Toowoomba Parking Lot Flood
by Brian David Phillips •
Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. The flooding is pretty intense in Queensland and very widespread. – Brian
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Ramalama
by Brian David Phillips •
Because you can never have enough zombie musical sequences. – Brian
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Video Playback Fixed
by Brian David Phillips •
We seem to have managed to correctly fix the playback issues with the Special Free Membership Bonus Items at https://briandavidphillips.net/category/special-free-membership-bonus-items/. The issue was not with our player or security software but with how the MP4 conversions. The appropriate meta tags in the MP4 tags that the player needs for streaming were at the end of…
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I Feel Better
by Brian David Phillips •
Yes indeed . . . Just plain awesome. Yes, it looks like typical boy band fare at the beginning but then it shifts into weirdness that is compelling and then it becomes beyond awesome . . . seriously, don’t assume it’s yet another boy band full of a bunch of gay dudes trying to appear…
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Number of People in Poverty in US Growing and Higher than Thought
by Brian David Phillips •
Actually, the news about the census data showing more people are in poverty than thought and that millions more are in poverty than previously believed is a misnomer . . . see http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_census_poverty . . . this is really about an accounting issue on how to count government help and the like . . .…
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D&D this Weekend!
by Brian David Phillips •
Been on a very long hiatus from Dungeons and Dragons . . . it’s seriously been years since we’ve picked up polyhedral dice and killed something monstrous . . . we have been getting our roleplaying fixes with live action in the ol’ muder mystery party, LARP, and interactive drama freeform mode . . .…
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Changes Afoot
by Brian David Phillips •
You may have noticed that we have streamlined . . . read that as “decreased the number of options” . . . the categories in the sidebar. This is to help folks find the areas related to the blog’s main discussion areas more easily rather than wading through a whole bunch of off-topic categories. Don’t…
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Merry Christmas!
by Brian David Phillips •
MERRY CHRISTMAS From our family to yours . . . No matter how you celebrate it . . . We wish you and yours a very MERRY CHRISTMAS! Today is also your LAST CHANCE to receive the SPEED HYPNOSIS DVD set bonus! Register now for the SPEED ENTERTAINMENT course in Hong Kong set for February…
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Judo . . . but a bit more
by Brian David Phillips •
It is what it is. – Brian
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If it ain’t one thing, it’s a whole bunch of others.
by Brian David Phillips •
My phone seems to be acting up once again. Hopefully, it’s a temporary glitch . . . I’d hate to have to have the thing serivced again as last time I nearly lost all my contacts, data, apps, and more. Grrrrr. – Brian
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Starstruck goodness and a digital brick wall
by Brian David Phillips •
I have to admit, I got a little bit more than excited upon seeing Elaine Lee‘s post to the wall of the Starstruck group on facebook – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=189143117525 – that the audiocomics CDs are now open for pre-orders! I love the comic and finally tracked down a copy of the play after a number of…
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Test from Android
by Brian David Phillips •
This is just a test to see if this beauties is working.
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Test post from my itouch
by Brian David Phillips •
Well, I am just testing to see if this itouch doohickie works to post to my blog while on the go. -Brian
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Katt Williams on Weed
by Brian David Phillips •
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Breatherotic thanks
by Brian David Phillips •
Thank you to the folks who attended the BREATHEROTIC room trance today at the Community on Erotic Energy Breathing Trance . . . https://briandavidphillips.net/2010/08/15/3498/ . . . had much fun with you all! – Brian
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Headbanging Eighth Graders part of Scientific Study
by Brian David Phillips •
So, a bunch of eighth graders in a dance marathon are observed and checked for injuries caused by headbanging . . . all for science. Conclusion? The haeadbangers are much more likely to suffer injuries. See http://io9.com/5615159/eighth-grade-dance-marathon-used-to-test-the-dangers-of-heavy-metal-headbanging for more. – Brian
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Hypocrisy Much? Yep.
by Brian David Phillips •
If you’re going to pretend that these beauty pageants are about well rounded women and not just meat markets then stop with the lingerie promos and the bodypaint and the hypocritic attacks on contestants who pose nude or less. http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/miss-universe-body-paint-photos-stir-controversy–1471 . . . don’t get me wrong, meat markets are okay but be honest about…
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Hypnosleep Webinar Audio File Now Online
by Brian David Phillips •
The audio recording of today’s Free HYPNOSLEEP Webinar is now in the special audio archive at the Community – http://trancesociety.net/community – the handout is in the files archive as well. Once again, thank you to the folks who attended. All the best, Brian (If you are reading this blog post via a stream, go tohttp://www.briandavidphillips.net…
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Thank You to the HYPNOSLEEP Attendees
by Brian David Phillips •
I would like to thank all the good folks who attended the free HYPNOSLEEP webinar at the Community (http://trancesociety.net/community) this morning. We had a great time! All the best, Brian