Saturday, 7 November 2009

Vassago

In demonology,Vassago, is a mighty Prince of Hell (see Hierarchy of demons), ruling over twenty-six legions of demons. He can be persuaded to tell the magician of events past and future, can discover hidden and lost things, and has a "good" nature.

He is described in The Lesser Key of Solomon as follows:

The Third Spirit is a Mighty Prince, being of the same nature as Agares. He is called Vassago. This Spirit is of a Good Nature, and his office is to declare things Past and to Come, and to discover all things Hid or Lost. And he governeth 26 Legions of Spirits.




Friday, 6 November 2009

Books

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.

Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Beauty

Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming.

This is a fault.

Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated.

For these there is hope.

They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.

The Olsen twins grow up



Mary Kate and Ashley

Thursday, 29 October 2009

Satisfaction

People are never satisfied.

If they have little, they want more. If they have a lot, they still want more. Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction.

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

Sugababes

The vid for About A Girl is out.

The band finally looks as sexy as they always could have/should have and there's some great dancing and outfits. Jade looks like she has always been there, not like this is her first vid.

Weird back story with 3 girls, not played by them, doing some shady deal in the desert. Could have done without this bit.

Still a pity they didn't elbow Keisha one song earlier so Jade could have done "Get Sexy".

Who struck first

In his presentation to Neo in the first film Morpheus tells him "We don't know who struck first but we do know it was us who scorched the sky".

We know from Second Rennaissance, which you can see as part of The Animatrix, that the machines lived peacefully on their country Zero One. It was the humans, for economic reasons (isn't it always?) who attacked them. Because the machines weren't affected by the radiation from the nukes that they survived and then decided they had to invade and conquer the human countries.

When the first Zero One ambassadors were sent to the UN the humans destroyed them.

The second time the machines took the floor at the UN they were there as conquerors.

All the machines wanted was to be free from slavery and have their own nation and to live in peaceful trade. It was the humans who started the war, and forced their hand.

And it was because the humans "scorched the sky" in what was called Operation DarkStorm, that machines had to build The Matrix and breed slave humans.

Commander Lock

So why does Niobe call him "Jason" anyway? Why would he have a Christian name from the old world?

Dollhouse

Dollhouse started this week on UK TV.

It's by Buffy creator Joss Whedon and stars Eliza Dushku, who played Faith, last seen fronting the show Tru Calling.

It's a cross between Nikita and Joe 90, with a bit of The Island thrown in.

It also has that Matrix/Truman/Total Recall element of how would you know if the life you think your living is real or if it was all implanted.

Fred from Angel and Katya from Neighbours also appear, and her handler is Commmander Lock from the Matrix.

Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Art for art's sake

The artist is the creator of beautiful things.

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.

Thursday, 22 October 2009

Vampires v cannibals

It is an axiom of behavioral science that vampires are territorial, while cannibals range widely across the country.

Monday, 19 October 2009

POV

Cowardice and forgiveness look the same from a certain distance.

Armageddon

THEORY

Armageddon has already happened and it happened quietly.

The righteous were all quietly herded away to their reward and the rest of us were left behind to get on with it.

Friday, 16 October 2009

Kidnapped

Wealthy Italians will tell you that if you have to be kidnapped, it's better to be kidnapped by the Sards.

At least they are professional and won't kill you by accident or in a panic. If your relatives pay, you should be returned unharmed, unraped, and generally unmutilated.

If they don't pay, however, they can expect to recieve you, piece by piece, in the mail.

Thursday, 15 October 2009

Marcus Aurelius

The opinion of future generations will be worth no more than the opinion of the current one.

Monday, 12 October 2009

San Miniato

According to tradition, the Christian martyr San Miniato picked up his head from the sand of the Roman amphitheater in Florence and carried it beneath his arm to the mountainside across the river, where he now lies in his splendid church.

Friday, 9 October 2009

Lepidoptera

You can feed a caterpillar, you can whisper through the chrysalis.

What hatches out will follow it's own nature and will be beyond you.

Desperately Seeking Lector

In Silence Of The Lambs, Starling notices the pictures Lector had done of the Palace in Florence. She quizzes him "all that memory just from detail?", to which he replies "Memory is what I have now I am denied a view."

It wouldn't take a genius to figure out Lector would want to go and see that view again once he was free.

In Hannibal, he does indeed go to Florence. In fact, he settles there and even gets a job.

So why did they never think to look for him there? Right in the place where he knew so well he drew from memory?

Who farted?

In the presence of oxygen, one loud fart with an obvious culprit will cover many small emissions in the same room, provided they are nearly simultaneous.

Thursday, 8 October 2009

Chaos

Unlike God, you don't have to believe in Chaos. It's self evident.

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

Valance

Some people opt for revenge by trying to be really good at whatever it is others thought they couldn't do.

However, most people accept their limitations.

They grow up insecure and obedient
(although they dream of a day when they'll be free and able to do whatever thay want)

They get married to prove they are not as ugly as other kids said they were
(although deep down they still believe they really are)

They have children so that no-one can say they are infertile
(even though they wanted kids anyway)

They dress well so that no one can say they dress badly
(although they know people will say that anyway)

Tuesday, 6 October 2009

Hannibal and Samson

In Hannibal, Dr Lector writes to Clarice Starling:

Did you ever think why the philistines don't understand you? It's because you're the answer to Samson's riddle - You are the honey in the lion.

This is a reference to Judges 14:

12 "Let me tell you a riddle," Samson said to them. "If you can give me the answer within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes. 13 If you can't tell me the answer, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes."
"Tell us your riddle," they said. "Let's hear it."

14 He replied,
"Out of the eater, something to eat;
out of the strong, something sweet."
For three days they could not give the answer.

18 Before sunset on the seventh day the men of the town said to him,
"What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?"
Samson said to them,
"If you had not plowed with my heifer,
you would not have solved my riddle."

Suicide is temptation

We want to jump from balconies.
Same as the glint of the rail tempts us when we hear the approaching train.

Shiro Tora White Tiger Martial Arts in Caterham Surrey

The Shiro Tora White Tiger Martial Arts in Caterham Surrey now has two Zimbio Wikizines:

Martial Arts Caterham

http://www.zimbio.com/Martial+Arts+Caterham

Martial Arts Surrey

http://www.zimbio.com/Martial+Arts+Surrey

They still run their two popular Blogs:

Shiro Tora Budo Kai
http://shirotoratiger.blogspot.com/

White Tiger Martial Arts
http://whitetigermartialarts.blogspot.com/

Sunday, 4 October 2009

Misery

One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren't happy merely to be alive, but find their happiness only in the misery of oters.

Friday, 2 October 2009

RIP Sarah Barnes

The innocent die, the wicked prosper.

The innocent die, the wicked prosper.

With a cunning ability to invert the truth, evil men claim to be noble, and people abandon reason, bow down to them, and accept all kinds of slavery.

Thursday, 1 October 2009

Sarah Michelle Gellar gets naked

Leda and the Swan - Dali

Leda and the Swan - Boucher

Leda and the Swan - Da Vinci

Leda and the Swan - Michelangelo

Leda and the Swan - Ann Shingleton



Leda and the Swan - Ann Shingleton

Leda and the Swan Matisse


Leda and the Swan

Leda and the Swan Cezzane


Cezanne

Leda and the Swan

There are many variations on this picture, and interspecies coupling.

Donatello
Matisse
Cezanne

Anne Shingleton - genius anatomical articulation and some real heat in the fucking.

Hemingway

The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.

Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Eilot

Footfall echo in the memory
Down the passage which we did not take
Towards the door we never opened
Into the rose garden.

Saturday, 26 September 2009

Time

Time is an illusion. It is infinately malleable. It stretches, contracts.

It is, in many ways, like the human body.

The mind is the magician. The mind creates and manipulates the illusion of time.

Relaxation

Lose your relaxation and you lose your concentration and you make your mistake.

Friday, 25 September 2009

Butterfly

A wise man dreamed he was a butterfly.

When he awoke he had a strange realization.

He realized he didn't know if he was a man who had been dreaming he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was a man.

Death

This is the secret the dead learn.

Time is an illusion.

When you are alive you think you know time. But really all you know is motion and change in persons, places and things.

Time does not exist.

In death there is no motion, no change.

and Cordelia

Sarah Michelle Gellar naked

Sugababes

Well Keisha is out and Jade is in and they are already off to the US desert to film their new sexy vid. Will be looking forward to that.

Wonder if they'll use the trick Atomic Kitten did with the Whole Again vid when they removed Kerry and inserted Jenny - film Jade's parts to splice over Keisha in Get Sexy?

Mutya has come out of the woodwork and said they can't really be The Sugababes anymore as they are a new band.

So what if Mutya, Keisha and Siobhan decided to reform their own "Sugababes"? Would anybody give them a contract? Would anybody care?

Worked when we had two versions of Fleetwood Mac and two versions of Bucks Fizz.

Thursday, 24 September 2009

Gabriella Chilmi

So what happened to her?

A great debut song "Sweet About Me" which caught everyone's attention.
A rocky followup "Save The Lies".
Then a disastrous ballad for the third song.
Album disappeared.
Sunk without a trace.

We're currently waiting for the 3rd song from Pixie Lott and Little Boots to see if they get the forumula right or wrong.

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift has released her third song. It sounds like an Avril Lavigne track and has an Avril Lavigne style vid, with Taylor playing two roles, much like Avril did in Girlfriend.

See if Kanye invades the stage regarding this:
"Beyonce played THREE different women in her vid!"

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Kristen Bell

Upcoming

2010 – You Again
2009 – Astro Boy (voice) … Cora
2009 – Couples Retreat
2009 – When in Rome … Beth Harper
2009 – Sheepish (voice) … Marybelle

Movies

2009 – Serious Moonlight … Sara
2008 – Fanboys … Zoe
2008 – Forgetting Sarah Marshall … Sarah Marshall
2007 – Flatland: The Movie … Hex
2006 – Roman … The Girl/Isis
2006 – Pulse … Mattie
2006 – Fifty Pills … Gracie
2005 – The Receipt … Pretty Girl
2005 – Deepwater … Nurse Laurie
2005 – Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical … Mary Lane
2005 – Last Days of America … Friend in New York #1
2004 – Spartan … Laura Newton
2002 – Neko no ongaeshi (english version) … Hiromi
2002 – People Are Dead … Angela’s Friend #1
2001 – Pootie Tang … Record Executive’s Daughter
1998 – Polish Wedding (uncredited) … Teenage Girl



Television

2009 – “Party Down” (1 episode) … Uda Bengt
2007-2009 – “Gossip Girl” (43 episodes) … Gossip Girl
2007-2008 – “Heroes” (12 episodes) … Elle Bishop
2004-2007 – “Veronica Mars” (64 episodes) … Veronica Mars
2004 – “Deadwood” (2 episodes) … Flora Anderson
2004 – Gracie’s Choice (TV Movie) … Gracie Thompson
2003 – “Everwood” (1 episode) … Stacey Wilson
2003 – The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay (TV Movie) … Alison Dodge
2003 – “The O’Keefes” (2 episodes) … Virginia’s Owner
2003 – “American Dreams” (1 episode) … Amy Fielding
2003 – “The Shield” (1 episode) … Jessica Hintel

Amanda Seyfried

T E L E V I S I O N S E R I E S

Sarah Henrickson Big Love 2006 -
Ann Diggs Justice 2006
Lilly Kane Veronica Mars 2004 - 2006
Lacey CSI 2006
Rebecca Wildfire 2006
Pam House 2005
Tandi McCain Law & Order: SVU 2004
Joni Stafford All My Children
Lucinda Marie 'Lucy' Montgomery As the World Turns 2000


M O V I E S

Needy Lesnicky Jennifer's Body 2009
Sophie Mamma Mia! 2008
Paige Prideaux Boogie Woogie 2008
Zoe Solstice 2007
Chrissy Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves 2006
Julie Beckley Alpha Dog 2006
Mouse American Gun 2005
Samantha Nine Lives 2005
Karen Smith Mean Girls 2004

Jennifer's Body

The new Megan Fox movie in which she plays sexy vampire Jennifer.

And gets her kit off.

And has a lesbian kiss with Amanda Sefreid.

Tuesday, 22 September 2009

Sugababes

We hear all kinds of rumours about the Babes this week.

First we hear Amelle has gone missing, and has then left the band after a row with Keisha. We hear they already have her replacement lined up for the US album and tour.

Then we hear Keisha herself has now left the band.

Will that mean she rather than Amelle has left, which would be a lot better all round? Or does Heidi have to recruit not one but two new members to keep the band going?

In one sense it couldn't have come at a worse time, with the new US deal. But on the other hand, what better time to revamp the band?

With the new young 3 piece bands coming up behind - Girls Can't Catch and Dolly Rockers - the Babes need to get this sorted quick - it's a real make or break for them.

We also saw Siobhan come out of the woodwork to say Keisha was the reason she left the band. Funny, she always blamed Mutya.

The oddest rumour of all though is that Keisha is supposed to be 24.
Eh? So how old was she when Overload was released? 11?
And how old would she have been when she was grinding away in that sequin bikini for Caught Up In The Middle? Not to mention her nude sprint in Shape?
Disturbing.

Alexandra Burke

Alexandra has released her first real single since winning X Factor last year.

It has the highly unoriginal title "Bad Boys", and it's a collaboration with Flo Rida.

Very unlike Leona, she has gone for a more urban song, and dances on the street in sexy tight leather in the vid. And she is a pretty good mover.

It won't be as big a first hit as Bleeding Love, but it launches her in her own new direction, and quashes fears she'll be an unnecessary Leona clone.

True Blood

True Blood is coming to Channel 4.

In case you haven't seen it, it's a sexy vampire show. The main character is played by Anna Paquin, Rogue from X Men, and the show has become notorious for her fully nude, full on sex scenes, as strong as anything you see on film, including Basic Instinct.

Hollyoaks

Late night Hollyoaks starts next week.

It's about time, it's been ages since we've had one of these.

Sunday, 20 September 2009

Natalie Imbruglia

Natalie Imbruglia is back with a song called "Want".

In the vid she is as beautiful as she has ever been, a lot of close up face shots singing to the camera.

Her body is in it's best shape ever - slinky and sexy as she walksround a room in tight dark clothes.

And she spends half the vid rolling around topless giving us side nude and bare back.

Now if only Tweedy's vid was like this!

The Saturdays

The Saturdays have released their best song to date, the rocky raunchy "Forever Is Over".

Frankie looks hotter than ever.

The Veronicas

The Veronicas have gotten round to releasing a 2nd song.

One of them is blonde now, which makes them easier to tell apart, and improves the image.

Great solid rock track.

Tweedy

Cheryl has released her first solo song. If the band never gets round to doing another album, as we predicted, CC has taken first blood on the solo stakes, doing what Rachel Stevens did after S Club.

The vid is a bit disappointing - too much dressing up and line dancing. We know she's great at street dance, so why not showcase a bit of that. And do a more "personal" vid, rather than a g/b one. Could have done a lot more cheesecake as well - sexy poses and some leg would have been good.

Good song though.

N Dubz

N Dubz are back with a new vid.

The song is basically about Dappy trying it on with a girl and getting blown out - probably based on a true story.

Tulisa gets the second verse, which is about a guy in a club ditching her - which is ridiculous and just wouldn't happen. She looks as hot as ever in the vid - and in the club scenes looks a bit like Bridget Fonda for some reason.

We'd like to see Tulisa do some solo wrk, away from the "band". She's like a white Alesha Dixon and has great potential.

Pixie Lott

Vicky (she hates being called that, apparently) is now at Number One with her second single. Which means both her first two went straight in the top slot.

Let's see how the album fairs on release this week.

Bass Hunter

He is now on his 5th vid, again featuring Isla.

In this one they are all on holiday again. But this time, there's a cliffhanger ending as Isla gets lost during a midnight skinny dip in the sea (for which nobody actually gets their kit of and only one girl goes topless).

No doubt the next vid will be part two of this story.

Saturday, 19 September 2009

Haunted

Houses are not haunted.

We are haunted.

Regardless of the architecture with which we surround ourselves, our ghosts stay with us until we ourselves are ghosts.

Peripatetic

Sometimes the most successful serial killers are vagabonds. Footloose roamers who cover a lot of ground between their homicidal activities.

Thursday, 17 September 2009

Mirror

The mirror reflects perfectly.

It makes no mistakes because it doesn't think.

To think is to make mistakes.

Wednesday, 16 September 2009

New Martial Arts board at The Stork Forum

Sapphire today added a new Martial Arts board to the Off Topic section of The Stork Forum:
http://thestork.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ma

Shiro Tora has been asked to be the Moderator.

It's certainly a great idea for a board and he is the best man for the job!

I myself am an old traditional Japanese budo man - I studied with the Katori Shinto Ryu and am an exponent of Kendo, Iaido, Jodo and Batto, as well as being a Jujutsu yudansha.

I hope I can add some of my "koryo" to ST's "goshin" and get a good balance in these threads.

Colour

Every colour has a purpose. Although many people think they are chosen at random.

White signifies purity and integrity.

Black intimidates. Black is conservative, mysterious and engraved on the collective unconscious.

Goodies wear white, baddies wear black.

Imagine if The White House was called The Black House.

Red shocks and paralyses.
Yellow attracts attention.
Orange confuses.
Green calms things down. It also gives the go-ahead.
Blue soothes.

Monday, 14 September 2009

Why is a Raven like a writing desk?

Because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat, and it is never put with the wrong end in front!

Pixie Lott and Little Boots

Once again, the pop world gives us "bus syndrome".

We wait ages for a new young sexy blonde UK girl singer - then two come along at once!

Boots is prettier, but Pixie is sexier.

Pixie is a dancer, Boots is a musician who plays her own keys.

Both are great in live performance.

They both launched with a huge debut hit - Pixie with "Mama Do" and Boots with "Tke You Out Tonight".

They both followed up with a raunchier, rockier sequel - Pixie with "Boys and Girls" and Boots with "Remedy".

These vids cement their image. In B&G, Pixie dances with a group of pals, which is how she does her stage shows and TV spots. In Remedy, Boots appears solo, laying her keys, which she dos on stage.

Strangely, Remedy being a great dance hit, and containing the lyric "dancing is my remedy", Boots doesn't dance at all in the vid, or ever on stage. Perhaps she doesn't like to, perhaps she can't.

So both have followed the solo launch formulae successfully used by Katie Perry and Avril Lavigne. Will they release ballad from their album as their third song, which worked great for Avril, if not so great for Katie?

Well, the albums are out now, so let's see what the options are.

Both of them have great legs whihc they like showing off - Pixie in tight back shorts which she can dance in, Boots in classy mini dresses.

Ironically, Pixie usually wears boots, while boots prefers whoes.

Both of them have the first name "Victoria".

It's a pity Diana Vickers didn't make a quicker move after her X-Factor appearance last year, as the vacancy she would have fitted has now well and truly been filled.
Guess Tweedy was too busy working on her own solo album to properly promote her protege.

Ironically again, Boot's album is called "Hands".

Saturday, 12 September 2009

Zen Christianity

I consider myself to be a Zen Christian.

I follow the teachings of both Christ and Buddha to find the path to enlightenment - the path back to God.

Jesus said He was "the way to God".

This is also the same thing as Krishna Consciousness.

Christ, Buddha and Krishna are all aspects of the GodHead.

Hereafter

At The Stork Forum, Jon Tees asked this interesting question:

What are your personal beliefs on life after death/the hereafter? Mine are somewhat of a combination of Buddhism and Christianity.

Positive- If you live a good life you go to the place known as Heaven for an X amount of time could be forever or just for a certain number of years before being reincarnated. During this time you are reunited with god, lost loved ones and your ancestors.

Negative- You simply get reincarnated again and again knowing full well that something better exist that you are being excluded from. IN conclusion the world in which we live could very well be the negative afterlife for many people. Depending on how bad you actually are you may be given a chance at redemption or you may eternally be trapped in a never ending cycle of deaths and rebirths.


My answer was this:

I myself am a Zen Christian.

I follow the teachings of both Christ and Buddha to find the path to enlightenment - the path back to God.


Follow the "Hereafter" thread, and maybe pick up a "Zen Christain" conversation at The Stork Forum:
http://thestork.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=rel&thread=82&page=1

Clone souls

At The Stork Forum, Jon Tees asked this interesting question:

Simply put if a human being could be cloned would the clone have a soul?

My answer was this:

Interesting point.

I'd say yes.

However a body is created - birth or cloning - the body will be a vessel for a soul to enter and live in.

A clone who didn't receive a soul wold be stillborn.

Are twins not nature's clones?

You can follow this interesting thread at The Stork Forum here:
http://thestork.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=rel&action=display&thread=81&page=1#1252666177

Donnie Darko - Mad World

The song Mad World features in the cult film Donnie Darko.

It was written by Tears For Fears, but this is a version by Gary Jules, and even more haunting and appropriate.


All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Goin' nowhere, goin' nowhere
Their tears are fillin' up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dyin'
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad world, mad world
Mad world, mad world

Children waitin' for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sits and listen, sits and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson?
Look right through me, look right through me

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dyin'
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad world, mad world
Mad world, mad world

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dyin'
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad world, mad world
Mad world, mad world
A raunchy young world
Mad world

Shiro Tora White Tiger Martial Arts Caterham

My protege the Shiro Tora White Tiger Martial Arts Caterham has been promoting online through new avenues.

First of all they have their popular
British Shiro Tora White Tiger Martial Arts Combat Academy Website

which is at:
http://shirotoratiger.blogspot.com

They now have a new regularly updated blog:
Martial Arts Caterham White Tiger Martial Arts Shiro Tora Budo Kai

which is at:
http://whitetigermartialarts.blogspot.com

They have now started a Zimbio wikizine:
Martial Arts Caterham Zimbio Wikizine

Friday, 11 September 2009

Sugababes

Not only are the Babes far from over and ready to pass the torch to the new 3 piece GB, but they have signed with Jay-Z to make their new album stateside and crack the US charts.

Dolly Rockers

Don't look now!

Not only are the Sugababes making a raunchy comeback, and Girls Can't Catch launch their career, but we have another sexy 3 piece The Dolly Rockers.

Always the same - we wait ages for a new sexy 3 piece girlband - then two come along at once!

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Chrysalis

Caterpillar and butterfly are both equally alive.

A chrysalis is merely a tunnel with life at either end.

Dance

Blood remembers bone.
Seeds remember flowers.
The whole of creation is built out of nested boxes.

You are all prisoners of your own past,
compelled to dance the same steps
over and over.

Thursday, 10 September 2009

One life

When the sea bears away a single grain of sand, the whole of the continent grows smaller.

We don't notice of course. It's just a grain of sand.

But at that moment the continent is diminished.

Keri Hilson

Keri Hilson has released a vid for her song "Energy".

It's by far the sexiest vid she's done to date, with her all sweaty and raunchy at a boxing gym looking, literally, fitter than ever, and very much like Halle Berry.

Wednesday, 9 September 2009

Fishers of men

Every great artist is "a fisher of men".

They want to touch the souls, even capture the souls, of those who see their work.

Hideaway

Some murderers are pathetic rather than murderous.

Their lairs are not lairs in the fullest sense because they do not lie in wait. They take to ill kept burrows, with minimal furniture and the objects of their misshapen sense of beauty.

They only hope to indulge their mutant fantasies and live their monstrous lives in as much peace as they can find. Which is precious little, for they torment themselves even when the rest of the world leaves them unmolested.

Tuesday, 8 September 2009

Sailors

Fiddler's Green is where the good sailors go when they die at sea.

The bad ones go to Davey Jone's Locker.

Monday, 7 September 2009

Self Destruction

Our myths are rich with enchanters and enchantresses.

Sea nymphs that sing sailors onto rocks, Circe turning men into swine, pipers playing children to their doom.

They are metaphors for the sinister secret urge to self destruction that has been with us since the first bite of the apple.

Saturday, 5 September 2009

Sorrows

Every eye sees it's own special vision;
every ear hears a most different song.
In each man's troubled heart, an incision
would reveal a unique, shameful wrong.

Stranger fiends hide here in human guise
than reside in the valleys of Hell.
But godness, kindness and love arise
in the heart of the poor beast, as well.

Friday, 4 September 2009

Sanctuary

In another age, men on the eve of battle had gone to churches to prepare themselves spiritually, intellectually, emotionally.
To incence, to candlelight, to the humility that the shadow of the redeemer pressed upon them.

In those days, every church had been open to all day and night, offering unconditional sanctuary.

Times have changed.

Now some churches might remain open around the clock, but many operate according to posted hours and lock their doors long before midnight.

Some withold perpetual sanctuary because of the costs of heat and electricity. Budget trumps mission.

Others are plagued by vandals with cans of spray paint and by the faithless who, in mocking spirit, come to copulate and leave their condoms.

In previous ages of rampant hatred, such intolerance had been met with resolve, with teaching, and the cultivation of remorse. Now the clerical consensus is that locks and alarms work better than the former, softer remedies.

Procrastination

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Thursday, 3 September 2009

Hitler

It suprises most to people to find out that Hitler was a vegetarian and an animal lover.

He would not tolerate mousetraps, but insisted that rodents were captured humanely and released.

Tuesday, 1 September 2009

Curiosity

Curiosty is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigourous mind.

God

No matter who your God is, life is a vale of tears.

Saturday, 29 August 2009

Yes and No

The most important words in any language are the short ones.

Yes. Love. God.

They are all easy to say and fill up the empty spaces of our universe.

One small word people have difficulty in saying but that has even greater significance is "No".

When we say "Yes" we think we're being generous, understanding and polite.

"No" has a reputation for being mean, selfish and unspiritual.

Friday, 28 August 2009

Threat Response

The best response to terror is righteous anger, confidence in ultimate justice, and a refusal to be intimidated.

Lady GaGa

Lady GaGa's 4th video is out "Love Game".

Starts with the great line "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick".
No prizes for guessing what that's referring to.

She does her usual neo-techno garb and dancing, but she looks a lot like Aguilera in this vid for some reason. She also does the rolling around naked, a la Britney in Womaniser and Toxic (though not nearly enough of it).

And the lesbian kissing seems to be a staple of GG vids now.

More lezzing, more nudity. Keep up the good work, Ga Ga.

Thursday, 27 August 2009

Focus

Sometimes you can listen so hard for the faintest of sounds that you don't even hear the louder ones.

Wednesday, 26 August 2009

Theater

The theater is deception. No actor plays himself.

In every role, an actor wears a false identity.

Tuesday, 25 August 2009

Bar room talk

The best, the really intense bar-room talk used to be about Big Foot, flying saucers, Atlantis, what happened to the dinosaurs, what's on the dark side of the Moon, the Loch Ness monster, the Shroud of Turin, ghosts, the Bermuda Triangle, that sort of thing.

Now people talk about scientists who say they're going to use cloning and stem cells and genetic engineering to create a superior race.

Inn

There is good wine poured in the inn at the end of the world.

Jon Tees.Net

I have been following the progress of Jon Tees of JonTees.Net and charting my results at my Warrior Blog:

Vassago Warrior Blog