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Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Subject:as without, so within... fractal bloom!!!
Time:3:55 pm.
Rena Jones - Open Me Slowly

Rena Jones - Open Me Slowly (3D Fractal Video) from Kris Northern on Vimeo.



thanks & praises that the cosmos is continually expanding inwardly & outwardly to encompass such beauty... and kudos to alobar greywalker for posting a link to Unraveling the 3D Mandelbulb!
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Subject:blood money
Time:11:32 pm.
without further aidieu, i bring you...
The Robotech UN PSA mashup with the Smurfs Unicef PSA (with all due respect to the original creators, and "Darkwater" from youtube):


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U.N. Landmine Removal Commercial, which saw no air time because of its 'contraversial' content:


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Do we need cartoon characters and tear-jerker scenarios pandering to soccer moms for people wake up & recognize what caused this economic crisis?

House Representative Henry A. Waxman (D. CA) interviewing Alan Greenspan during 10/28/08 Congressional hearing:


Greenspan’s Mea Culpa, by David Leonhardt

The Corporate Fallacy, by Noel Pearson
"Since the nineteenth century, when corporations were first anthropomorphised and granted the legal personality of human beings, we have come to assume that they possess the kind of self-interest that Alan Greenspan was banking on, the kind that would ensure they would not risk their own extinction as corporate entities. But a corporation is merely a collection of contracts between humans, whose individual interests are the true self-interests within the corporation. And in recent times, the decisive interests of the managers have become disconnected from the interests of the company and its shareholders."
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Subject:nature is not mute, but reductionism has made us deaf
Time:9:46 pm.

THE CU CHI TUNNELS: A Documentary of the Vietnam War, as recounted by the Viet Cong

obviously, one cannot conduct "just war" without an ethical authority... and especially not against an underdog who is using Sun Tzu's Art of War as their handbook, and who is also willing to live in an underground civilization until they triumph!


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lately, my dreams have been haunted by the concept a "just world"

most recently, my maternal grandfather was crying on my shoulder, literally calling for his "mommy!"

the most obvious macrocosmic situation (outside of our immediate family dynamics) that i could relate this to was...


Robert McNamara's 'about-face' concerning his bungled Vietnam strategy & the obvious correlation to Afganistan )


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As the health care debates continue & the troops keep marching on... I wonder, is there middle way between the the unfortunately often absolute apathy of the vulgar form of gov't (by which i believe societies tend to operate, ultimately... please help create an alternative?) & the sometimes perhaps unrealistically idealistic ethos of kindness (that i wish to engender among our communities, by whatever means necessary)?

An old friend & I had spoken at length about this, and he asked me how I thought that people would continue to treat each other with such compassion without the influence of role models such as the philosopher king?

I have often contemplated the pros & cons of the creation and inevitable dissolution of cults of personality...

And another of my trusted counselors brought up the famous example of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus
"His immediate resignation of his absolute authority with the end of the crisis has often been cited as an example of outstanding leadership, service to the greater good, civic virtue, and modesty..."
(In the Paradiso, Dante used Cincinnatus as an example of an ethical citizen.)
"...George Washington was often compared to Cincinnatus for his willingness to give up near-absolute power once the crisis of the American Revolution had passed and victory had been won"


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on that note, i started relating more to my paternal grandmother's side of the family... )


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Meanwhile, I'm going to have to reinterpret my concept of the bonobo methods of conflict resolution, according to some data that I recently discovered.

My first thought is that even the Orang Asli are hunters... they just don't hunt humans (although they have recently realized that they have to defend their territory from foreign aggressors, and at least the Islamic courts in Malaysia have defended them, as an example to the world for how indigenous people's sovereignty rights must be protected!)


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And although my last reference to enlightened absolutism does also remind me of the dark side of the philosopher king, I will also continue to support & encourage those rebels who contribute to The Great Work... in spite of the odds against them!

In this video, Terence McKenna points out the essential similarities between Alchemy & Shamanism, including synergetic reverence for Gaia:
The Alchemical Dream Rebirth of the Great Work

As a final note, I was looking for an Arabic reference for The Great Work, and besides references to Rumi & Sufism, I also found this transliteration: al-'amal al-a'zam!
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Friday, November 13th, 2009

Subject:friendly neighborhood reminder from jacques demolay
Time:12:46 pm.
Music:Bill Laswell - Hashisheen : The End Of Law - The Lord Of The Resurrection.
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Subject:wanna be a saint?
Time:3:20 pm.
you can help me move into a new home, tonight &/or tomorrow night... i promise it will be lots of fun!
call me anytime @ 512-573-6470 for further details.
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Friday, October 30th, 2009

Subject:*last minute warning*
Time:4:26 pm.
for those of you fortunate enough to have acquired an rsvp before all 1200 were gone...
i will be playing with hipnautica @ the "Halloween at the Graveyard!" bday party for do512
if you really want to attend the party later, then show up at noon to help us setup!!!

:::afterwards, i'll be (you know where) with the rest of the underground crew:::
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Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Subject:take MY car... please?
Time:4:57 pm.
ok y'all, this is your LAST chance!
if you want to own my flamethrowing art car, contact me immediately...
someone smashed the windshield while it was parked on the street, so i'm about to donate it to charity, unless someone out there wants it now.
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Subject:So Many Paths of Initiation... So Little Time!
Time:12:57 am.
The Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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Friday, October 9th, 2009

Subject:"drinking from the fire hose"
Time:6:18 pm.
the official recent news:
Lunar smash produces surprise, disappointment
LCROSS Finale: NASA Plays Down Lack of Fireworks
SMASH! Live Q&A about water on the moon and NASA's LCROSS mission
Five times more water on Moon? (2003 Nature journal article)
Water on the Moon? (2009 Nature journal article)
Detection of Adsorbed Water and Hydroxyl on the Moon (2009 Science journal article)
Water Found on the Moon
Controversial New Idea Surfaces on Origin of Moon's Water
Obama Facing Tough Decision on Whether to Keep Aiming for the Moon

related speculation, conjecture, & extrapolation:
Race to the Moon for Nuclear Fuel
Moon for Sale: A BBC Horizon Documentary on the possibility of Lunar mining for Helium-3
Fusion Power from the Moon (data from the Artemis Society International)
The Living Moon: Uncovering A Well Kept Secret
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Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Subject:road trip?
Time:5:25 pm.
When I was down, you homies stood up proud to represent (ROLLIN!)
And now I'm rollin all you homies come hop right in!
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As for the haters, they ass funny
My money like a road block
So watch how you roll roll your crash dummy
I'm rolling in, I roll and bounce, I roll and stop
Roll slow motion, then I let the beat drop!
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Subject:a friend in need
Time:8:33 am.
I was going to head home from epoch this morning to get back in my crypt before the sun rose & my car won't start... when I turn the key, the lights come on, but there's no clicking, no solenoid & no starter motor cranking (even though the battery is fully charged & connected properly)... grrr! well anyway, if you have the inclination to help me diagnose this, I would be eternally grateful! i'm driving a 1983 mercedes 240D with a lovecraft conversion kit (waste-vegetable oil fuled!), so it's probably old wiring... the glow plug light has been a little wonky lately, so I was just waiting for this to happen... sigh.

how are things going with you?

I guess I will just have to find my tools amidst the post-playa debris & follow these directions:
http://www.type2.com/bartnik/starter.htm

if anyone feels like assisting me in this exciting endeavor, I will do my best to compensate fairly... I can be reached anytime @ 512.573.647zero
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Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Subject:crossing the threshold
Time:8:40 am.
here's an awesome synthesis of the virtual & tactile experiences:
Touchable Hologram Becomes Reality

perhaps this bridge from information theory may lead across the uncanny valley into the zero point field?
...as i read about in this account of illumination developed through dissection of cadavers...
meanwhile, i'll be combing The Akashic Field with a reasonable amount of skepticism ;~})>
at least until mid-November, when the Large Hadron Collider is supposed to be ready to fire up, again!

so, while we're waiting for the "End Times" to come:
let us slay as many zombies as we can...
but still remember to be kind to one another!
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Time:12:01 am.

  • 00:03 : 17:04 stand back... i'm going to try: SCIENCE!: otherwise known as, "here, hold my beer & watch this!" onl.. bit.ly/AaJOv #

...pardon me, but which way is out of the recursion?
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Subject:"damn, nickel... why you gotta go out like that?"
Time:11:24 pm.
Colby Watkins, Atone Pain Tribe & Sunken City Circus Founder, Dead

and i'm tired of people reacting to suicide with apathy & rejection.
perhaps it's time for us to figure out why this keeps happening to our shining stars?
unfortunately, there seems to be a disturbing pattern to many of these scenarios...
if you want to be part of the (final) solution, come & celebrate his memory with us:

BENEFIT FOR COLBY WATKINS (C-Ba$) MEMORIAL SERVICE
Come (to NOLA, if you can &) pitch in to send him off proper!!!
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Time:12:00 am.

  • 17:04 stand back... i'm going to try: SCIENCE!: otherwise known as, "here, hold my beer & watch this!" only to be foll.. bit.ly/64ceA #

...pardon me, but which way is out of the recursion?
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Subject:stand back... i'm going to try: SCIENCE!
Time:4:35 pm.
otherwise known as, "here, hold my beer & watch this!"
only to be followed by the inevitable, "wait, you're doin' it WRON..."



  • 20:42 Maybe there will be free ice cream @ the man this year... The base of the effigy looks like waffle cones :-p #
  • 22:59 I just didn't believe that we would have cellphone service in the post-apocalyptic environment. However, we still don't have wood magnets:-p #
  • 21:55 WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT?!!! As fortold in the prophesies: last night we had a plague of scarab beetles, and we now have cell service on th ... #
  • 03:10 giddyup: looks like the temple caravan is moving out in the morning after pancakes...see y'all in the dust! bit.ly/ZfyZj #
  • 10:42 is it nat'l speed trap day or something?: there are police with radar guns on every highway in austin this morning! bit.ly/131PKG #
  • 16:12 Temple Fundraiser Benefit: TONIGHT!!!Thursday, July 30, 2009The Parish Room (214 East Sixth Street)doors at 9pm,.. bit.ly/LOUCl #
  • 15:39 Emerging Trends in Augmented Reality Products: Augmented RealityMedia delivery methods are transforming the way .. bit.ly/44EBy #
  • 16:11 One Race: The Human Race: Although snopes.com has already rather extensively debunked many slanderous claims abo.. bit.ly/YE4v5 #
  • 11:43 and for the OMGROTFLMAOBBQ-WIN!!!1111111!1!!!!11!!!1!!1!11!111111!!!!!!!!111111!!!!!111!11111: Making of Buzz Al.. bit.ly/4COgD #
  • 19:33 enlightening, transforming, & revolutionizing human society: The Rule of Law Radio reports on events @ the 2009 .. tinyurl.com/nnlkj7 #
  • 16:49 "Artists **** groupies, I **** the artists." - Allan Klein: I have written reported in my journal about how Alle.. tinyurl.com/nyoysh #
  • 04:52 @thehideout i was too busy getting shot in the face with roman candles during the benefit for the temple, q.v. communityartmakers.com #
  • 04:48 would you believe that i'm a sucker for romantic comedies?: it's a miracle how they managed to make deadpan sati.. tinyurl.com/rxlj5m #
  • 13:50 who knew?: perhaps this was a beneficial side effect of the flamethrowers exploding in my face, during the DPW p.. tinyurl.com/ou6yje #
  • 20:48 ready... aim... fire!: We're building a Temple!www.temple.communityartmakers.com/templeand throwing a fun.. tinyurl.com/m3fb47 #
  • 19:50 quantifying & comparing complex systems: "It has been estimated that the adult brain has around one hundred bill.. tinyurl.com/leegfe #
  • 17:48 tyranny may be able to slow our progress, but the will of the people cannot be stopped: "Transparency is an esse.. tinyurl.com/l3xywl #
  • 07:49 ain't it reanimated, yet?: Although the term, "steampunk" was coined by K. W. Jeter in 1987, and most .. tinyurl.com/mma56d #
  • 02:48 "...there's strife in Iran...": Personal Opinion & In-Depth Analysis: counting bodies like sheep to the rhythm o.. tinyurl.com/m75fwt #
  • 12:41 Electric Dream Theater, tonight 8pm-1am at 501 Studios, 501 N IH 35, Corner of E. 5th St. and Brushy mgfest.com/09/Austin/ #
...pardon me, but which way is out of the recursion?
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Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Subject:giddyup
Time:1:38 am.
looks like the temple caravan is moving out in the morning after pancakes...
see y'all in the dust!
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Subject:is it nat'l speed trap day or something?
Time:10:28 am.
there are police with radar guns on every highway in austin this morning!
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Subject:Temple Fundraiser Benefit
Time:3:49 pm.
TONIGHT!!!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
The Parish Room (214 East Sixth Street)
doors at 9pm, show at 10pm, $10 ($7 if in costume)


Hey, look! We got some coverage in local New Media!

So, if you know what's good fer ye... don yer best apparel & come on down to our last benefit before we head out for the playa...
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Subject:Emerging Trends in Augmented Reality Products
Time:2:51 pm.
Here's an adaptation of the Power Point presentation I gave today for my BCIS 1305 Class... )
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