Archive for April, 2009


Today I recieved an awesome response on one of my past posts entitled, “Thought Exercise [Eliminating 'is'].”
(check out the comments)

…and It was such a good response, it got me thinking about what ‘GOD’ really is, and I would like to share with you my response, which can be read, out of context, and still hold ‘water.’ 

Me…er…Ego…

I am constantly changing, both in my physical and mental ‘world,’ and the more I read into spiritual and religious subjects, I find that it’s becoming increasingly difficult for me to pin-point what ‘proof/evidence’ of “GOD” really is.

A lot of what I’ve been reading talks in depth about how we each ‘create’ our own unique perception of the world. Mind over matter.
All of this leaves me thirsty for more, and on as I go, I find I know very little. So in a sense it confuses me as to why so many people are firm in their own beliefs, yet without hard-evidence(and many cease to question & refine).
But I guess evidence could mean ‘something in a physical sense’ but it also can differ depending on that individual’s own unique definition of what ‘GOD’ is or is not.

Question:
Was ‘GOD’ found when Albert Hofmann discovered LSD-25? Many people have had a religious/spiritual journey while on LSD, and most come out with an overall feeling of interconnectivity with mankind as a whole.

I guess what I am getting at now, is that “GOD” seems to be unique to the thinker, just as a fingerprint is.

 

-Ego

Unique Custom 404 Error Pages

I love Art a lot, and I especially love viewing other artist’s work.

This morning I found a great list of “60 Beautiful 404 Error Pages,” from the stellar PSD tutorial resource site, 10Steps.sg. [I recommend any designers out there to add 10Steps.sg to your RSS feed reader, they've always got fresh unique content!]

…I’m actually psyched because I was able to be featured in the list(after the fact), and I thank Johnson Koh, founder of 10Steps.sg, for including my 404 page in the list.

There’s just something about seeing your designs featured on another’s website that will always bring a smile. =)

-Ego

In keeping with my ‘distorted-mass-media’ theme, I’ve decided to go off again and point out the halfass backward-ness of how people go around repeating things they’ve heard on television.

Tune In or Be Left Out!

Tune In or Be Left Out!

Ok, go…

It’s interesting to note the amount of people who hear something once and then repeat it to someone else as fact.
What’s even more alarming is the amount of people who repeat things they heard on the news(television), without having researched this information for themselves.
Very seldom does someone hear something and look further into it(self-education).

Rule of thumb:
Just because it’s on T.V. doesn’t make it real/factual.
(Just because the news reports it doesn’t make it true.)

There is a VERY closely calculated formula in News media.
This is the result of years and years of research and development.
The people who write the anchors’ scripts use key words which have been researched/polled to capture and hold(hostage) your attention.

For more on the manipulative-biased-media-formula read my post HERE.

Don’t be so trusting of anything coming out of the T.V. box…

Here is an excellent post on “Detecting Bias In News Media,” from fair.org

-Ego

Today I stumbled onto a great little video from Charlie Brooker‘s show Newswipe.

It kind of ties in with what I was talking about in my post “How To Watch The News & Stay Sane!

In this video Brooker rips on American media, namely the goofy talking heads that appear regularly on the entertainment channel, Faux News…er…I mean Fox News…which isn’t really news at all…it’s more like opinionated emotional ear/eye-rape.
Nothing about Fox is news worthy. They’re more about scripted politics and a fake personalities.
EGO EGO EGO, under the guise of ‘faith-based’ American Patriotism!!!

Destroy The EGO!!!

Thanks Charlie! I really needed a good laugh!

…Fox News anchors are all bunch of TOOLS! Fair and Balanced my ass!

 

-Ego

Here is an interesting drink recipe presented by one of my favorite comedians David Cross.

“Brown Sugar Fountain”

Here is the recipe:

Makes 1 serving

  • 12 oz. Brown Ale (preferably Newcastle)
  • 4 oz. Cranberry Cocktail
  • 1 tsp. Brown Sugar(sugary-powder kind)
  • 1 shot Dark Rum (preferably Bacardi Select)

Pour your beer into a frosted drinking glass,
add the cranberry cocktail,
sprinkle brown sugar over top,
add dark rum,
and enjoy!

***I’ve been getting a ton of traffic from people searching for this video / recipe. If you’d be kind enough to comment and share your own experience with this drink, that’d be great!***

-Ego

Here’s a little something I created for the Church of the SubGenius.
Praise Bob!

Slack-o-Vision

Slack-o-Vision

-Ego

I Am The Walrus by Jim Carrey [Video]

I couldn’t believe my eyes(or ears) when I heard this song.
I had no idea this version of I Am The Walrus existed!

Enjoy!

-Ego

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