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Books and Writing that Matter. Travel fiction, philosophy, memoir, and experimental work from the road.

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  • Teledictonics

    Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things Violet Blue’s Teledildonics show-‘n’-tell photoblogged Boing Boing reader VonGuard sez: Last night at Dorkbot SF, Violet Blue gave a wonderful presentation on the…

  • Johnny Depp arranging HST's Blastoff

    Go Johnny Depp. I wonder if he will help arrange for me to be consumed by wild animals after I die? May 27, 2005 | Aspen, Colo. — Organizers of…

  • Seduction

    I am fortunate enough to have a glass of this fine wine in front of me. The unfortunate part is that the wonderful lady who sent me the bottle is…

  • Drug Granny in Kalihi

    Police arrested yet another drug-dealing grandmother Wednesday morning on Oahu. this time a Kalihi woman selling crystal methamphetamine, or ice, out of her daughter’s apartment, where her five grandchildren live,…

  • Police Arrest Man In Chinatown Destruction – Yahoo! News

    Police Arrest Man In Chinatown Destruction – Yahoo! News Honolulu police arrested a 31-year-old man they said wreaked havoc in Chinatown early Sunday morning. Peter Hsu works seven days a…

  • Monkey Marauder in Japan

    Japanese in Hot Pursuit of Roaming Monkey By Associated Press TOKYO — Japanese officials are struggling to capture a rogue monkey roaming the streets of Tokyo. Believed to be a…

  • More on the fat virus

    AD-36 AD-36 Virus classification Group: Group I (dsDNA) Family: Adenoviridae Genus: Mastadenovirus Species: Human adenovirus D (HAdV-D) Serotype: Human adenovirus 36 (HAdV-36) AD-36 is one of 51 types of adenoviruses…

  • Remote Chicken Stroker

    Internet chicken fondling device built Cyber fowl play By Nick Farrell: Thursday 19 May 2005, 07:12 BOFFINS AT the Mixed Reality Lab have developed a system that will allow physical…

  • Boy Crawls in Vending Machine

    Boy Gets Trapped Inside Vending Machine The Associated Press Friday, May 20, 2005; 11:00 PM ELKHART, Ind. — A 3-year-old boy upset that his mother wouldn’t let him use a…

  • Urban Survival Manual

    Okay…I assume that this blog is not an excercise in mental masturbation on my part. Although if it is, that is perfectly fine. It’s fun. Almost as fun as masturbating.…

  • Demon Rape in Zanzibar

    CHAKE CHAKE, Tanzania (Reuters) – Mohammed Juma starts to sweat and fidget as he recalls his rape by Popo Bawa, the most feared spirit-monster of the Zanzibar spice islands. “We…

  • Fat People Virus

    This is pretty amazing. It seems like the practical applications for this virus would be pretty far ranging. Huge, as a matter of fact. AN OBESITY VIRUS? By Sean Henahan,…

  • Satan?

    COLUMBIA, Md. — The U-shaped street in Columbia was supposed to be named Satin Wood Drive, based on an obscure poem by a whimsical poet. But the devil, it turns…

  • The Godlight heals the sick

    When we last checked in on Canadian mad scientist Troy Hurtubise, his Angel Light — a homebrew device that he said could see through walls and stop electronics from working…

  • Nazitown, Tennessee

    Okay, so it’s not really called Nazi town…but check out this story from Yahoo news. I used to be stationed near there back in my USMC days. It’s strange…you would…

  • More Dead Monkeys

    3 Endangered Monkeys Die at Chicago Zoo By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: May 15, 2005 CHICAGO, May 14 (AP) – An endangered monkey is in quarantine while experts at the…

  • Monkeys Killing Bushmen

    Monkeys infect bushmeat hunters Emma Marris Cameroon survey suggests viruses often jump from primates to people. The transfer of viruses from animals such as monkeys to human populations is a…

  • Fashion

    It must be the Sake but I’m going to come clean. I love fashion. Maybe a part of it is watching beautiful women in fascinating colors swirling through life’s anxieties…

  • Ginormous Vocabulary

    SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The response from the “vocabularians” was so “ginormous” that the lexicographers let out a “whoot.” “Confuzzled?” You must be a “lingweenie.” ADVERTISEMENT The editors of Merriam-Webster dictionaries…

  • Lil' Kim Jong Il

    Okay…I know it’s a little strange to be obsessed with the 5’2″ dictator of North Korea….so from time to time I will post strange bits about him… soon you will…

  • Let the Monkeys in the Club

    Sometimes people that are trying to do good, cause the death of innocent creatures. As they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions…case in point the monkeys…

  • Car Attack in my town…

    From the Honolulu Star Bulletin…this happened near where I live…I bet I knew at least one of the three people involved…lol…. WINDWARD OAHU Woman uses her car in alleged attack…

  • Friday the 13th

    Friday the 13th is a day that seems to promise bad luck – but on the upside, it only happens once this year. And there is no evidence linking Friday…

  • Rusti the Orangutan

    The saga of Rusti the Orangutang goes on ….it has been more than a year since the City Council of Honolulu voted to build Rusti a $200,000 dollar permanent enclosure…

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  • Black Rednecks and White Liberals

    I saw an editorial by Thomas Sowell in the Honolulu Advertiser yesterday talking about his book Black Rednecks and White Liberals… Strange man, I’m sort of fascinated though and will…