It’s just not fair. I should be able to post to plasticbag.org during the day if I want to. I have to feed my baby. It’s so unfair.
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On Barbelith on Morrison…
Yesterday on Barbelith (so sue me, I’m stressed): Grant Morrison (Part One) – “In the first part of this archived interview from 1999, Grant Morrison talks about the Justice League, Animal Man, Alan Moore and 2000AD.”
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Not just for Porn!
Possibly the most useful thing in the world: images.google.com – and not just for porn!
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The Problem of Happiness…
In my mind at the moment is the following quote from Brave New World, combined with my refreshed memory of temp slavery and the realisation that business news is full of conversations about unhappiness at work, frustration and stress and the medical profession is still pumping the population full of anti-depressants.
“The most important Manhattan Projects of the future will be vast government-sponsored inquiries into what the politicians and the participating scientists will call ‘the problem of happiness’ – in other words, the problem of making people love their servitude. Without economic security, the love of servitude cannot possibly come into existence; for the sake of brevity, I will assume that the all-powerful executive and its managers will succeed in solving the problem of permanent security. But security tends very quickly to be taken for granted. Its achievement is merely a superficial, external revolution. The love of servitude cannot be established except as the result of a deep, personal revolution in human minds and hearts.” [Aldous Huxley]
His ‘suggestions’?
1) The development of suggestion, through drugs and conditioning.
2) A science of determining which people should be doing what and in what part of the social and economic hierarchy.
3) Something ‘less harmful’ and ‘more pleasure-giving’ than gin or heroin.
4) A foolproof system of eugenics, designed to standardize the human product and so to facillitate the task of the managers.
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Pixies DVD retrospective?
Thanks to Luke for finding me a news story about the soon-to-be-released Pixies DVD retrospective. I’m awed, and a little scared by how excited I am.
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Buy Davo presents…
My life has been saved several times by the kindnesses of young Davo. At this precise moment, however, I am unable to buy him a gift for his birthday (tomorrow). So I’m going to send all of you guys off to make his day special and cool (you can buy him shit too if you like) and then I’ll get him something when my finances are perkier.
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On Pleasing Poofs…
Kerry and Sean got their presents. The wonders of Amazon.com vouchers. Twister, Pets.com glove puppets and an Austin Powers Shaguar. What more could two poofs want?
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Looking for Tom Coates…
I’m not the Tom Coates that likes curling, swimming or hunting (although he’s kinda cute), nor am I the Tom Coates that is married to Judith. The most spooky part of this whole process is that I’ve seen both of these sites before. And it wasn’t on a vanity hunt for mentions of myself on the net.
My mother and father split when I was two years old for a variety of reasons. The last time I saw him was when I was four, and I don’t really remember much about him, except him buying me a present and giving it to me on the doorstep. I haven’t heard from him since that time, although my mother was contacted by him when I was six or seven. But since then, nothing. Not a word. His name was Thomas John Coates, and he’d be in his early sixties now. He worked in computers, and every so often I go online and try to see if I can figure out where he might be, if indeed he’s still alive. I don’t know that I want to meet him, but I’d be interested in knowing more about him. So if you get bored, look around for other Tom Coateses – and if you find him, let me know.
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Protecting yourself from Echelon…
Today on Barbelith: Echelon (3) Protecting yourself – “So what is the threat to privacy that Echelon poses, and what can we do about it. In the third part of out Echelon series, Frances Farmer get practical.”
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On becoming someone’s project…
I hereby declare Ralph to be stroppy guardian of my soul and well-being and agree in principle to being ‘his project’.