1. BME is updated with plenty of new experiences. As always, the best ones (picked by you) are marked with red stars.
2. IAM is updated with all the latest security patches and so on. Sorry for the couple reboots this morning, but that's part of the deal.
3. I seriously regret selling the car below. I miss most of my old cars, but the Manta is one of the funnest toys I've ever had… Dunno what I was thinking letting it go.
A big thank you to Shawn Porter for allowing me to use some of the history photos off his webpage for the introduction pages. This is far from the first bod mod club around, and I'm very happy to be able to publish a record of the fact that there is a bridge between all these communities.
I know that this picture is in the entry below too, but I wanted to say that I really like Ed's hat in the picture below, probably mostly because it perfectly matches his facial expression… That said, I really need a “Keep on Truckin'” shirt for so many reasons (althought Rob liked my “There's no fiction in crucifixion” shirt).
Just got this email from someone who'd had their experience rejected. They just had minor problems, so they were simply asked to make some changes and resubmit the experience:
What an entirely waste of time! No, I can't resubmit since I didn't keep a copy of what I submitted - maybe that's a piece of advice you should include to novice members. I didn't copy a single word and feel offended that some commenters thought I did. I found your site useful and it did persuade me to go ahead and get a hafada. But your system stinks.
The punch line of course is that not only were they told to save a copy on their own computer, but you actually can't even submit an experience without checking off a box that says “I have saved a copy of this experience in case I am asked to make changes”. Oh well… I'd have assumed that if someone's willing to go to the effort of writing 800+ words they'd also read the things they're checking off. But I assumed wrong (this is one of the most common complaints)…
Well, it could be worse. Most of the email I get — and you get too I imagine — starts with “Mom's sweetest girl fucked on film…In front of here entire class!” or “HURRY TODAY! Generic Viagra is now available to consumers! As low as $2.50 per dose PLUS a FREE Doctor's Consultation!” and things like that.
Hope people like the new tracker thing, and I hope it's useful. It did a good job of keeping my mind off the pain today, so on a purely selfish level it was worth doing!
From left to right, here are the photos in the pictures. I'm going to see if I can remember everyone's real name. I shouldn't be that out of touch with reality that I can't do that (sorry they're such bad pix, that was with the JoyCam)…. Anyway: Joan, Steve, Michael, Julie, Jen, Ed, Greg, Jonny, Jason, Marty, Mari, Jake.
PS. I think those are from the May 20th BBQ.
Last night I pinched a nerve in my right shoulder. I don't know exactly how, but since about 9 PM last night my entire right arm has been nothing but dull undulating ache… Incredibly painful — I could barely sleep, and I can barely think right now. I'm going to try and finish off this tracker module today, but please don't hold it against me if I'm not up to it… This is really very unpleasant, plus I have a pounding headache from all the glue I've been sniffing*.
First let me show you some photos:
 badseeds at the CNE. |
 Shawn gets cut by Keith |
 Scott Fox and I at Xanadu (abandoned earthship-type home) |
Then there's the snipers. Remember the anthrax attacks, how eventually it was pretty conclusively shown that the attacks were done by government personnel, operating from inside a government lab? (And then it dropped out of the media?) Well, there's a lot of people starting to suggest that these snipers are also government operatives. This is paraphrased from that link, but they clearly cann do the following repeatedly:
In general to do this, you have a team of snipers — and not just hunters or cops. These skills aren't taught on the firing range or in police academy. The team of snipers most definitely has military training, and its potential size implies government involvement, most likely US or Israeli judging by past actions.
Anyway, check out the posting if this general argument interests you. Please note that on this one I haven't confirmed/denied any of the statements in the article, so you should probably do so before you take it too seriously.
