Konfusion is an An Abstract Strategy Dice Chess Game I created some time ago which a number of you may enjoy. This game is a simple chess variant which uses a 10X10 checkered board and dice instead of a standard chess board or pieces. The game can be played with two to four players. The…
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Face of Tomorrow . . . redux
by Brian David Phillips •
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Of Prostitutes and Big Boobs
by Brian David Phillips •
Hmm . . . mixed signals here . . . the Pentagon like big breasts on female soldiers but male soldiers who see prostitutes get prosecuted. Remember, the Pentagon’s much ridiculed recruitment device of offering to pay for breast enlargement surgery for women who joined the military? Now, the Pentagon plans to punish prostitution ‘johns’…
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FB versus FWB . . . or . . . the demise of the FB
by Brian David Phillips •
Noelle Hancock notes changes in culture and how the Fuck Buddy has been replaced by the Friend With Benefits . . . much to her chagrin . . . Farewell, My Fuck Buddy . . . Farewell, My Fuck Buddy I hadn’t had sex in two years, and it was starting to consume me. So…
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Memory Replacement Therapy and Transgenderism . . . sidebar on which is worse?
by Brian David Phillips •
More on Memory Replacement Therapy and Transgenderism . . . a question via email: Just curious, which is more dangerous (generically speaking) – ill-advised gender-replacement hypnosis? Or other-memory-replacement hypnosis? Well . . . I would suggest that memory replacement therapy as the original querant of this thread was asking for is ill-advised regardless of what…
Eroticatrance, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance
Evidently . . . Aaron is a Sick F**k . . .
by Brian David Phillips •
Exile posts at HypnoFocus a tirade by a woman who attacked him as the world’s worst sort of scum, a sick f**k who gives legitimate hypnosis a bad name . . . the dialog is on his site in message #670 . . . You’re a Sick Idiot . . . the thing is, she…
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Hypnotize This!
by Brian David Phillips •
Some time back, I was invited to contribute to a collection of essays, papers, and induction techniques for an anthology of hypnosis lessons and textbook . . . the resulting book as it turns out is an excellent resource for hypnotists, beginner and advanced alike . . . Hypnotize This! . . . the project…
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The Overwhleming Wisdom Of Graydon Carter
by Brian David Phillips •
Via Gawker . . . The Overwhleming Wisdom Of Graydon Carter . . . Vanity Fair is hosting a political debate and these are editor Graydon Carter’s words on John Kerry: “Kerry’s windsurfing, going skiing, and his sports equipment is too tight. I think he’s too fit. He’s got one of those stomachs where the…
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Thierry le Goues
by Brian David Phillips •
Welcome on Thierry le Goues has some wonderful work on his site. The line and contrast are very striking. Of course, most of you will be heading straight for the soul and nike projects. I did.
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Freshman Sex Diet
by Brian David Phillips •
The Freshman Sex Diet for college kids trying to avoid the “freshman fifteen” weight gain . . . while certainly allowing for more activities and being predominately aimed at women . . . sounds an awful lot like the onanism weight loss program devised by Dr. Hideo Yamanaka . . . weight-loss through masturbation .…
Cosplay
Anime Expo 2004 . . . wow
by Brian David Phillips •
Hello Kenney has some great shots from Anime Expo 2004 in his galleries at Cosplay Universe. Wow. Now, why don’t we have more cosplayers like that in Taipei?
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Kill for Kicks
by Brian David Phillips •
Yes . . . this is incredibly sophomoric and one really does wonder at the spare time some college kids must have on their hands to come up with this . . . but, it is also intriguing and really rather humorous in its own way . . . Kill for Kicks . . .…
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The God FAQ
by Brian David Phillips •
Okay . . . some people may not agree with this . . . I don’t . . . but it is a bit funny . . . The God FAQ . . . everything you need to know about God . . . everything.
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Memory Replacement Therapy and Transgenderism . . . sidebar on responsibility
by Brian David Phillips •
More on my post regarding Memory Replacement Therapy and Transgenderism . . . which I’ve been sidebarring as folks reply. It’s been suggested that, “Perhaps the ethical fetish hypnotist would put disclaimers on their site?” This is not a bad idea . . . the “for recreational purposes only” disclaimer would protect them. However, from…
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Deserters For Truth
by Brian David Phillips •
Uh, okay . . . Deserters For Truth . . . not sure this is very helpful, but it is funny. Note the disclaimer page as well.
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State Dept. Official Arrested in Inquiry on Taiwan Contact
by Brian David Phillips •
Today’s New York Times . . .
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Josephine Ho found Not Guilty of Morals Offence
by Brian David Phillips •
Good. Sure, the whole thing is weird . . . and . . . Beast Love is not exactly the model link to defend in an academic freedom case . . . but . . . the folks out to get her are the Taiwanese equivalent of Ashcroft and his cronies . . . so…
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Battleship
by Brian David Phillips •
Battleship . . . the old game with a nice interface. Fun, nostalgia, interesting.
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Cheney and Bush . . . using NLP to hoodwink America
by Brian David Phillips •
The London News Review had this bit of unbiased reporting . . . Cheney and Bush: using NLP to hoodwink America . . . while I am certainly not a big fan of Bush and Cheney . . . ultra-not . . . this article is wrong in some very key areas. First, yes, while…
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Are My Boobs Crooked? Yep, a bit.
by Brian David Phillips •
A clip from Playboy TV floating about that is funny . . . A pretty prankster for Playboy TV is shopping for swimsuits at trendy shop Moda when she flashes her massive mounds at unsuspecting shoppers and clerks. She’s worried that her boobs look crooked. We’re not at all worried about that. NSFW . .…
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Can You See The Difference?
by Brian David Phillips •
This is a tough one. It is very difficult at first too see any difference between the two photos however, once you find it it seems very noticable. It may take a minute or two to really see the difference but some folks see it right away . . . I saw it in less…
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Onanism
by Brian David Phillips •
A New York Escort writes about Christianity and Masturbation and notes how the Biblical story of Onan is the key link for many folks that leads to the belief that masturbation is a sin. This is true . . . this is the story many idjits refer to . . . but they are wrong.…
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Stage Hypnosis Ban Lifted in Kansas . . . about time!
by Brian David Phillips •
This is news to me . . . good news! From the AP, 14 Sept. 2004, hypnotism ban lifted, fairgoers are spellbound. This is very good news as the old law was based upon prejudice and misconceptions that are just plain ridiculous . . . they were allowing hypnotherapy and recreational hypnosis but not stage…
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The Nefarious Memos
by Brian David Phillips •
A New York Escort writes her take on the new National Guard memos in Bloggers:1 Sixty Minutes:0 stating that the bloggers who have claimed the memos must be fake based upon the typeface or similarity to Microsoft Word versions done today have beaten the Sixty Minute team. Not quite. While blogers were on this faster…
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Memory Replacement Therapy . . . sidebar
by Brian David Phillips •
Let me clarify one thing, when discussing Memory Replacement Therapy and transgender or other issues, I was not meaning to imply that recreational transgendered imagery is in anyway wrong or a bad thing or that the fetish folks are bent too far out of shape . . . there are folks who seem to enjoy…
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Photognome at Dragon Con
by Brian David Phillips •
Photognome just posted some great shots of himself from DragonCon which fill me with an inappropriate amount of envy. If only cons here were a bit more of that timbre. Ah well, will just have to live vicariously through images others put on the web. See the shots here and here.
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Face of Tomorrow
by Brian David Phillips •
You can’t tell me this isn’t extremely kool and beyond interesting. Well, you could, but you would be so far wrong as to be asounding. Photographer Mike Mike has created a project that looks at trends towards globalization and puts a human face on it . . . specifically, the Face of Tomorrow. Mike, who…