How do you describe explicit material if you are not allowed to use explicit language? The Language Log takes a look at drawing the line and how pornographers do just that, using non-naughty language to create images and impressions that are explicit when describing content of men’s magazines, particularly gay pornography.
Daily Archives: July 23, 2006
Drawing the Line . . .
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Army@Love . . . pschobabble comic book?
by Brian David Phillips •
I don’t usually read war comics . . . unless it’s scifi alien bugkilling . . . but . . . the description of Army @ Love from Vertigo makes it sound very intriguing. Psychology, covert hypnosis, soldiers deep in a mess, near future science fiction . . . heavy heady stuff. NLP for soldier…
3D/VR/AR/360°
3D on the Upswing . . .
. . . more movies on the way
by Brian David Phillips •
Monster House is out and it has been released to the largest number of digital 3D screens yet . . . here . . . film companies need a strong way to get folks back in the theatres as home theatre systems, DVD, internet share sites, and the like all cut into movie going for…
*** Workshop Announcements, Hypnosis in the News, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance
campers learn life lessons via hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
Rick Mitner demonstrates that performance hypnosis can create markets in places a lot of folks don’t think of . . . it can also be used as a beneficial demonstration of focused trance in an entertaining way that leaves the participants with a gift of self-confidence and positive skillsets . . . campers learn life…
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Jackie Chan incident at Jonathan Lee’s Concert . . .
. . . with English subtitles
by Brian David Phillips •
There are full resolution clips on youtube but this one has English subtitles. It was all over the news when it happened. Jackie came on stage uninvited and drunk. He and Lee are longitme friends. Read about the incident here. This is an extremely unusual event as Jackie doesn’t have a reputation for anything like…
