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[ Comments Off ]Posted on August 14, 2008 by admin in Lifestyle & Culture
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Can I please just pull up to the next window?
I’m gonna skip all the Whopper, Supersize It, and Have-It-Your-Way jokes. The news item linked to at left details how a Burger King employee bathed in the restaurant kitchen, videotaped it, and put it on MySpace. Yet another reason to not eat at Burger King. But what do you expect from a company that markets itself using Coq Roq and subservient chickens ? Full video here, if you enjoy watching gutter punks bathe in fast food restaurant sinks. Quite an interesting addition to the Freegan Subculture.
Hey, Cut That Out!
[ Comments Off ]Posted on August 12, 2008 by admin in Lifestyle & Culture
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008It may help save your life…
Second Thoughts?
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I bet you didn’t know that getting circumcised greatly reduces the risk of contracting HIV. Personally, I feel getting circumcised is something you’d rather have done when you’re too young to know what’s going on, but they seem to feel a bit differently in Uganda. Apparently the U.S. government is supporting the program. How? Partly, by paying them $3 to compensate them for losing a day or two of work (no, that’s not a typo). Fifteen years ago, 18% of Ugandans were HIV positive. Although awareness programs brought this number down for a while, HIV was on the upswing again, much like in the U.S. The new Ugandan program even has a song, written and performed by Isaak Simba and the Circ Squad:
The Circumcision Song
Getting Your First Tattooth
[ Comments Off ]Posted on August 6, 2008 by admin in Lifestyle & Culture
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008And an Etcha-Sketch manicure while you’re at it.
What do Princess Diana, Amy Winehouse, Abraham Lincoln, Elvis, David Letterman, Tiger Woods, and George Washington have in common? You can get them all “tattooed” on your teeth. Heward Dental Lab of Sandy, Utah offers a (thankfully) unique service. Tooth tattoos. To compliment your attractive new dental body mod, maybe you’d like to try some DIY laser-etching on your nails. Way cooler than just wearing black nail polish (Please, how eighties!). Of course you’ll need to build your home-made laser cutter to complete the task. Careful though, all this body-modding can be addictive.
Aryan Outfitters?
[ Comments Off ]Posted on August 1, 2008 by admin in Lifestyle & Culture
Friday, August 1st, 2008And I Thought They Shopped At KKKMart
Ever wonder where the KKK gets their stylish apparel? Mother Jones has an insightful piece that focuses on 58-year-old “Ms. Ruth” who works seven days a week making KKK robes, blessing each one (I’d love to hear THAT prayer). The Audio/Photo Essay was assembled by New York photojournalist Anthony Karen, a former Marine who spent several years photographing members of the KKK. When Ms. Ruth isn’t busy making robes, she says she’s taking care of her animals, including her “chickens, puppy dogs, and sugar glider“, or teaching her granddaughter how to take over the business. It’s strange to see and hear someone with such an offensive view on humanity talking so casually about their life. On that note, I must confessed that until today I’d never visited KKK.com, where they inform you right away that they’re “Bringing a Message of Hope and Deliverance to White Christian America! A Message of Love NOT Hate!” and that “Our Entire Group of Sites are Family and Christian Friendly”. Weird.
Unprotected Sex Means I Love You
[ Comments Off ]Posted on July 29, 2008 by admin in Lifestyle & Culture
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008No, really baby, I mean it.
In the NPR piece Sex Without Condoms is the New Engagement Ring, you’ll hear brilliant statements like “It’s an engagement more practical than spending money on a piece of jewelry, or a marriage that might not pass the test of time”. Man, if my friends and I had thought up a spin like this as teenagers, how different life would be. Sex without condoms? Well, it feels good, but I’m sure if we’d pursued this path in our youth, we’d have exponentially more fatherless children, friends dead from HIV-related symptoms, and a general pandemic of STD’s. NPR listeners had some thoughts on the topic too. I’m inclined to liken sex without condoms to riding a motorcycle without a helmet. While it shows a passion for the sport, the consequences can be disasterous.