* Zofia Szeretlek: * I’ve been giving Zoetica shit about having dyed her hair black all week, and should probably apologise in public for calling her "the devil’s whore" this morning. Probably. * Totally missed this over the summer, just heard it today: Clinic’s "Tomorrow." I’ve still got "Distortions" on the shelf over here… * New Kode9, with LD — the BAD EP is available on eMusic. A bit dancefloor for me, but Kode9 never ...

Continuing problems with impotence appear to have affected the ageing Canadian cartoonist’s mind. I would say they’d affected his personality. But he never really had one of those, did he?

Mer’s sitting in with Ragwater Revue Friday night at the Stork Club in the east bay, playing violin and theremin. Go and pay tribute if you’re in the area. And trust me, if you get the chance to hear Mer play, you should take it.

Even though I know some people who are afraid of his mesmeric penis. Look at what he does with a camera, though:

陈丹青：教养与人文 作者：陈丹青 这些年我主要给艺术学生讲演，从来没跟非艺术专业的军人、医生交流过。主办方让我讲讲“人文”，我很茫然。人文是大话题，容易空。讲什么呢？ 我跟军人有渊源。我的爷爷是国民党军人，黄埔军校第七期毕业，参加过抗日，也参加过“剿共”，在淮海战役打了败仗，被俘虏了。他属于邱清泉兵团，打败他的呢，是解放军二野还是三野，我忘了，但其中有个军人后来成为我的岳父。我的岳父，山东人，打打打，一路打到南京，打到上海，因为懂点文化——原来是中学老师——就做了工程兵参谋长，好像是这样一个职位。淮海战役包围过邱清泉部，所以当年我爷爷败给我岳父。爷爷后来逃到老家广东，共产党一路打到海南岛，他就到台湾去了。 当然，我爷爷从来不可能见到我，我也不可能见到他。直到1989年，我才有机会从纽约到台湾去看他老人家，当时他已经过了80岁了。第二年，我父亲作为对台办干部，被批准到台湾，把我爷爷给拽回家乡，得到善待，在那里终老去世了。 所以，我跟军人有这样一层关系。 我是l982年出国的，对岳父母那个家的印象，全都穿着军装。11年后我第一次回国，非常怀旧，拼命找过去的事物。大家可能注意到我现在还背着“军挎”，我插队、上学、出国，都背着这样的包，一直用到现在。我女儿也背一个这样的包，在纽约跑来跑去——我回中国非常失落，尤其到我岳父家，更失落：都不穿军装了，马路上看到军人，军装和过去完全不同了，就像你们这样，配肩章之类，帽子样式全变了。 现在对着你们这一代新军人，我只好一路上拼命想出点新话题。 我呢，是“文革”一代人，老知青，插队8年，出国又是“洋插队”，整整18年——我说我是知青，没有夸张的意思，什么叫做“知识青年”？就是没有知识的青年。我的学历实际上是小学毕业。1966年“文化大革命”发生了，之后我勉强上过两年初中，数学、语文课都没有上过，就是参加批斗老师，参加游行，参加劳动，混了两年就和几十万知青到农村去了，从此再没上过学。等到1978年我考上中央美院，已经25岁，忽然变成研究生，让我填写学历，我就填小学毕业。他们说不可以这样填，你是同等学历，但我坚持这样填。结果很有意思，到2000年，我被清华大学美术学院聘用，又要填学历，我仍然坚持说：我小学毕业。表格栏目有个空格，要你填写谁为你的学历作证。我犯难了，怎么办呢，就填了一个领导人的名字。没有“文革”，我们就会上学。但我要告诉大家：我不喜欢上学。“文革”初期曾宣布：不上学了，闹革命了，孩子们高兴坏了。你们大概不一样吧，反正我不是个读书人，叫我讲人文，很奇怪的事情。好在市面上现在奇怪的事情非常多，我也来这么小小地奇怪一下子——跑到301医院跟诸位硕士生、博士生讲所谓“人文”。 ... (共1151字 阅读全部内容)阅读2007 评论9

Sara Gries with the FREAKANGELS Woven Throw, a weird idea my publisher had: FREAKANGELS is on a skip week today, but please click through to see the Avatar office make fun of poor Paul Duffield (instead of, well, me making fun of poor Paul Duffield.).

He tells people he’s Mel Brooks’ son. And has done prison time for same in twelve different states. Except for Maine. Which imprisoned him for fucking dogs.

ARIANA STOP IT

How you know it’s Monday: several of my friends completely lost their minds earlier in the day. And then things got worse:

Birdwatching is an age-old outdoor hobby. The bandwagon of birders has been increasing by leaps and bounds, BNHS has played a crucial role in bringing the birds into limelight and making birdwatching a popular hobby among naturelovers. Winter is best time to see birds as many migratory birds visit Mumbai, in order to welcome these migratory birds and learn more about our local birds, we have arrange Brunch with Birds programme for all small and ...

A rock found mostly in Oman can be harnessed to soak up the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide at a rate that could help slow global warming, scientists say

Designer don’t explain their decisions

John and Scott have made a closing argument for John McCain. For a closing argument against Barack Obama and his talkative, though recently subdued running mate, I turn to Thomas Sowell (via Real Clear Politics): After the big gamble on subprime mortgages that led to the current financial crisis, is there going to be an even bigger gamble, by putting the fate of a nation in the hands of a man whose only qualifications are ...

Hoje pela manha dei minha palestra no Latinoware. A sala estava quase lotada. O pessoal parecia interessado. Espero que tenham gostado. Conforme prometido, aqui estao meus slides para download. Divirtam-se! :)

I've been waiting and waiting for Barack Obama (D) to trot out his Warren Buffett and Colin Powell endorsements for some time, but I'm guess they decided to save some of their best stuff for a strong closing kick. Click here and here for Obama's latest television ads just launched today.