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04/27/2005 23:15 #34176

I Fucked Ann Coulter in the Ass, Hard

With every point I expressed that ran counter to a view she held, she removed one article of clothing. Soon she sat on my couch naked, gently pulling at her untrimmed pubic hair, staring intently but not quite invitingly at me. The growing hard lump in my throat was just outpaced by the one in my pants. I was a little nervous because we had agreed on the last two points--the need to reconsider the option of nuclear energy, and drilling in the Arctic--and I noticed her oversized nipples were no longer hard. Luckily, she was, by this point, determined.
"What do you think" she began provocatively, "of the President's plan to privatize Social Security?"
I sighed with relief; this was as sure a promise to seal the deal as her asking if I had a condom.Quoted from: I Fucked Ann Coulter in the Ass, Hard



No, not me. Some other guy. I just found this link. And it made me giggle with evil glee because Ann Coulter is really a bad, bad person.

04/26/2005 22:27 #34175

Right about the FGM
Just when you think nobody is reading...

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[inlink]jason,123[/inlink]
[inlink]uncutsaniflush,50[/inlink](I always thought you were "uncut" mr. saniflush...)
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[inlink]metalpeter,332[/inlink]

OK, OK, so I will concede I wrote too hastily and forcefully about FGM. Still, I do believe that the true extent of the damage done to infant boys in circumcision is seriously misunderstood and underrated. All those videos of it last night just pushed me over the edge. The screams!

And when I mentioned female circumcision in haste, I was not thinking of clitoridectomy, which, as I understand from reading, is generally included in the procedure. And, yeah, I agree this must be like having the head of your penis lopped off along with the foreskin.

But I'm so glad to see that most (e:peeps) wouldn't damage the boy. Good on all y'all.

04/26/2005 08:32 #34174

Bring Back the Foreskin!

    The National Organization of Restoring Men is a non-profit support group for men who have concerns about being circumcised, are considering foreskin restoration, or are in the process of restoring their foreskins. Our aim is to help men regain a sense of self-directedness -- physically as well as emotionally.Quoted from: NORM - The National Organization of Restoring Men



Last night Penn & Teller's third season of Bullshit! (http://www.sho.com/site/ptbs/home.do) started with an episode addressing circumcision. This is a topic that is dear to me (http://www.wdog.com/rider/mannish), especially since one of the early mythologies of my life is how the doctor botched my own circumcision, leading to an extended recovery period (although, no disfiguration beyond the intended disfiguration).

Here's a question, and I mean this as a serious feminist: Why is female circumcision widely reviled as barbaric and often listed as a human rights / civil liberties threat (and rightfully so), but male circumcision happens millions of times every day in "developed" countries all over the world, and nobody cares? Seriously, the difference, as I see it, is that female circumcision is advocated by religions and cultures that are considered inferior to western religiion (Judeo-Christianity) and western cultures. That's the difference. Those people who circumcise women are "savages" and "witch doctors" but the people who circumcise males in western culture are "doctors" and "rabbis".

STOP CIRCUMCISION NOW. Tell me you circumcised your boy and I will consider you guilty of mutilation. Lots of people are guilty, but that's no excuse. Just quit it.

The website linked above links to lots of info about restoring foreskins using nonsurgical methods. A little extra attention in the shower each day can see significant results in 2-3 years towards restoring the foreskin. Don't believe me? Look at the photos on these sites (this link is SFW and warns when any nudity is coming up, but then again, have you ever seen a circumcision? If you think a foreskin is ugly... *shudder*).

04/20/2005 09:28 #34173

Purveyor of Fine Comics
I was all taken in by (e:zipzock)'s post about the Comix Cafe ([inlink]zipzock,8[/inlink]). I thought it was a comix (books) cafe, and I was like, "Wow, a cafe dedicated to comic books? How cool!"

Alas, I am my own bad standup comedian... (*rimshot*)

But on a day like today I am wanting to avoid news of the pope and Columbine and most everything else. Let me fill my holiday with goodies from the Interwebs, and allow me to share some of my private stash:


Missing Image ;(




The link goes to twoplayer comics, which is the latest addition to GF! Written by longtime GF! staffer, Aaron Stanton, and inked by Noah Kroese, a totally great artist (both working out of Moscow, ID), twoplayer comics provides another POV on gaming and gaming culture.


04/17/2005 23:05 #34172

Scanner Camera Part Deux
So we had much better luck with the scanner camera today. We're starting to get the hang of it, and we got some great photos today. Mostly I'm just going to post up some photos for you to check out. I am also going to link to a gallery on my website where you can check out hi-res versions of the images.

So first off, here's what we did to make it work: We discovered an old opaque projector we had from awhile back and hadn't used in ages. It was a kid's art tracing projector called The Tracer. We bought it at a garage sale for like $10 about 10 years ago. It uses just a very basic (probably plastic) lens that happens to come off (because you need to focus the image on the wall).

We also got a couple of new boxes. We haven't painted or felted the insides of the boxes, and it was super easy to fit them in. We used a Canon LIDE 35 scanner, and the boxes were 15x12x10 inches. We placed the scanner inside the box, affixing it with duct tape at first, but eventually velcro tabs (velcro can hold anything to anything -- no artist should be without it, but we had used up our supplies). We made an X hole for the USB wire and ran it out the computer. Of course, we removed the lid of the scanner.

The first box is pretty much intact, and we've left one side open. The scanner rests in it as described above. The second box is completed the same way, except we cut the flaps off the open side. On the closed side we cut a circular hole to insert the lens. Then we inserted the one box into the other. We can slide the boxes to adjust the focus, and so far we've determined that 11-13 inches is prett good for a distance of about 5-6 feet. Here's what it looks like:

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So what do the photos look like? Well, check my gallery here (http://www.shawnrider.com/scannerCamera ) for the whole show. But here are a few for the Strip:

Just to prove that we can take normal pictures, here are me and Sarah in classid mode.
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Here is an example of distortion over time. As the image was taken (as the scanner scanned) I was playing with three dogs, Janis, Dolly and Mickey. It was fun.
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And here's an example of multiples -- you get this effect by quickly changing position partway through the scan one or two times. It's hard to get right, and when it happens it kind of makes a weird pop-out effect a lot of the time. Notice the dirty apron -- that's what happens when you USE an apron, gentlemen.
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These give a decent idea of the kind of fun we're having with the cam. Aside from the cool old meets new aesthetic, it really does new things in representing time and motion. It's like a super slow exposure without the blur. Each instance is sampled discreetly from the preceeding and following moments, creating that banding you see in the image. The image is crisp at the instant it's recorded. The images are literally sets of very narrow images captured in sequence.