Monthly Archives: October 2004

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High Art . . . Lesbian Movie Scenes

by Brian David Phillips • October 9, 2004

Yep . . . Lesbian Movie Scenes . . . some folks in there, one wouldn’t expect. Art.

You will BELIEVE a boy can fly . . . Gareth the Magician

by Brian David Phillips • October 8, 2004

Yes, it’s true . . . some children just have amazing psychic powers and here is the proof . . . Gareth the Magician . . . Gareth is best friends with my daughter Kaye . . . they have known each other literally their entire lives and see each other most weekends . .…

Live Ghost Cam . . . the real deal?

by Brian David Phillips • October 8, 2004

The real deal . . . an actual Live Ghost Cam . . . ths is an actual feed from a live cam in Austria. It seems that several times per day, a blur can seen outside the window. If you look closely, you will see that it is really a ghost. Once you’ve seen…

Hollywood Myth Versus Reality . . . Hypnosis

by Brian David Phillips • October 7, 2004

Up and Coming Magazine has a piece by Brian Dukes on how Hollywood myth clashes with reality of modern hypnosis. A few nice points all through the piece. Retrain Your Brain Whether it’s trying to lose weight, stop smoking or to instill confidence, hypnosis is fast becoming an alternative method for changing lives, according to…

The Color Purple

by Brian David Phillips • October 7, 2004

For those of you who use the DRTRC: Deep Relaxation Trigger Response Conditioning files, there is a new mp3 up now “The Color Purple” . . . just something to play around with. Why purple? Because it’s MY favorite color and also because I use it as a convincer strategy . . . besides, my…

Cosplay . . . DragonCon 2003

by Brian David Phillips • October 6, 2004

Some great DragonCon costumes . . . DragonCon 2003 . . . cosplay!

Why?

by Brian David Phillips • October 6, 2004

I’m tempted to say “Thank you, sir, may I have another?” . . . but I won’t.

Urban Legends

by Brian David Phillips • October 6, 2004

Here is a nice little video with some urban legends . . . some more viable than others . . . Urban Legends.

LitCrit Round Table

by Brian David Phillips • October 6, 2004

I teach Contemporary Literary Theory and Criticism courses in the English Department at National Chenghi University both to undergraduates and for the graduate school (while the general theme and subject matter is similar, the actual context for the courses at the two levels is very different). Occassionally, I blather on about my own take on…

Bitter Tears at Sad Mary’s

by Brian David Phillips • October 6, 2004

Bitter Tears at Sad Mary’s is a wonderful interactive drama freeform live action role playing game by Scott Beattie and Tonia Walden that plays with the nature of reality. It is predominately an experiment in deconstructive interactive drama with a twist. It is a small piece with merely a dozen players but it is complex…

Kerry kicks Bush in the Balls

by Brian David Phillips • October 6, 2004

Karl has a nice image on his blog of Kerry kicking Bush in the Balls . . . I wouldn’t count the bananas too quickly on the debate. From what I saw, Kerry did kick Bush’s balls pretty hard . . . but . . . Bush is still pretty strong in the polls and…

Alfred Kinsey: Liberator or Pervert?

by Brian David Phillips • October 5, 2004

Alfred Kinsey: Liberator or Pervert? I vote . . . all of the above . . . but in the good sense of the words. While his detractors may have problems with his conclusions and the impact he has had on how we view our sexuality . . . the longterm impact has been very…

Breastphone . . . growing breasts via the ringtone

by Brian David Phillips • October 5, 2004

Who would have thunk it? Now, women can enlarge their breasts simply by letting their cellphones ring. Hideto Tomabechi is now marketing a ringtone for cellphones that claims to increase breast size for women who listen to it. Tomabechi is best known for headline-grabbing "deprogramming" work with members of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult that…

Polygamy Laws Expose Our Own Hypocrisy

by Brian David Phillips • October 5, 2004

Jonathan Turley, the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington Law School, has some vey clea insights into how Polygamy Laws Expose Our Own Hypocrisy as these laws were not put in place to protect anyone but were placed as a means of religious intolerance . . . an intolerance that no longer…

The Plot Against America: What if It Happened Here?

by Brian David Phillips • October 4, 2004

Paul Berman has a marvelous review of Philip Roth’s

Fox News . . . insert foot into mouth, up to the knee

by Brian David Phillips • October 4, 2004

Fox News screwed up . . . well, they say they made a stupid mistake . . . posting a bogus story with made-up quotes from Kerry. Evidently the line between journalism and partisan comedy is much grayer than previously thought . . . well, it is Fox.

To all the girls I have . . . er, loved . . . before . . .

by Brian David Phillips • October 4, 2004

This is not the kind of list one would normally keep in quite this way . . . at least, not online . . . this guy has a list of all the women he has had sex with up with photos of the girls . . . so, what exactly is the point? Yes,…

The Mind of Jimmy Swaggart

by Brian David Phillips • October 4, 2004

Way back in the days of yore . . . in the late ’80s when I was at university at a Christian university (yes, really) . . . my buddies and I used to get a kick out of watching Jimmy Swaggart on television as he was so predictable . . . his pitches and…

Shake Your Belly?

by Brian David Phillips • October 4, 2004

What an odd caption . . . Single Women Shake Their Bellies . . . that’s not all they’re shaking. A couple months back, Lorraine, Kaye, and I saw a performance by a Belly Dancing Troupe at Core Pacific (the Living Mall) in Taipei . . . quite interesting. The troupe has classes and was…

Build a better Bush

by Brian David Phillips • October 3, 2004

This is rather clever and a bit of a hoot . . . Build a better Bush.

lesbianity . . . are you a lesbian?

by Brian David Phillips • October 3, 2004

Anyone can be a lesbian. Anyone. Are you? Are you a lesbian? Sort of funny.

The Horus Project

by Brian David Phillips • October 3, 2004

This week in my critical theory course, we’re looking at post-structuralism or deconstruction. The Horus Project examines and plays with deconstructive forms . . . the audio visual presentation is quite interesting . . . creepy, but interesting.

The Third Annual Blogger Boobie-Thon for Breast Cancer

by Brian David Phillips • October 2, 2004

Do your part to fight cancer . . . The Third Annual Blogger Boobie-Thon for Breast Cancer . . . it’s a good cause, so participate.

The Myth of Global Warming Explained

by Brian David Phillips • October 2, 2004

Karl points us to a scientist who explains the global warming debate in terms anyone can understand. Somehow, I feel so much better about the whole thing now. You will most definately be impressed by the author’s credentials as well.