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O R’lyeh? Ya, R’lyeh.

June 15, 2010 6:09pm

I always knew there was something different about Michael Phelps.

And now, when I think of Lovecraftian horror, Dagon tends to come to mind even before great Cthulhu. It’s mostly due to Nile and their song, 4th Arra of Dagon. Below is the last, chanting part of the song – the whole song clocks in at just under 9 minutes. I /really/ like it when the chorus chants at about 30 seconds in.

(For you LJ /RSS feed readers, click here to hear the embedded clip)
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Painted and inscribed on flat stones
Abhorrent to the deep ones
Abhorrent to their great father
Is the symbol to guard against Dagon

Created by the elder things
Long ages past
To guard against Dagon and his spawn

No deep one will cross a threshold
That has the symbol painted upon it
No deep one will follow a path
That has the symbol upon it
No deep one will emerge from a beach
That is strewn with stones
Bearing the sacred symbol

By this sign those who dwell
Near their submerged city of cyclopean stones
Are not molested unless they venture into the waves
Where the deep ones exact
A terrible vengeance upon them

Metal.

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Tags: Dagon, HP Lovecraft, Michael Phelps, Nile
Posted in Amusing, Music, Random

Wait a minute, /b/ was actually helpful?

February 12, 2010 10:03am

For those of you who know what /b/ or 4chan is, you know that it tends to be the absolute dregs of the internet. We’re talking the depths of the Marianas Trench bad. I’d link, but if you really want to check it out on your own, you have to find it – and it won’t be hard.

Oddly enough, it’s also the birthplace of LOLcats. Go figure.

A few minutes ago, I randomly decided to pop onto /b/, as an odd way of figuring out what to do next with my day, work-wise.

Well, I was shocked to see a non scat/cp/horselove/furry/lolcat/tubgirl/2girls1cup/meme/whatever post, but this instead:

dear anon,

for many, many years there were these strange dots and filaments in my field of vision and i didn’t know what it was. i went to the oculist _several times_ but he said he couldn’t see anything unusual.
then, years after i started to live with my strange little friends (believe it or not, but i even named the first and biggest one, he’s called “horst”), i went to /b/ for a smooth little fap and then i see this picture in a “if you have floaters you must post ITT” thread.

world stood still for a second. then, i googled floaters (mouches volantes for the non-english) and found out what was accompanying me for so many years. it was so fucking relieving to just _know_ what it is, to have a term for it. it’s pretty harmless and so much fun because there isn’t a single day where i don’t play with my little friends in boring moments by letting them “jump” over obstacles and stuff. i think, my live is better with floaters, but it’s definitely better since i know what that “sickness” is.

so, anon, thank you for just sharing your diseases with other people, it might be helpful for someone! you’ll always have a place in my heart! (watch next post for tits, it’s an act of honor that i deliver)

tl;dr If you have floaters you must post ITT!

I SO have this – it’s called myodesopsia – and I’m guessing it’s quite common. I’ve had it as long as I can remember, but it’s never really negatively affected my vision, so I just ignore it most of the time. Mine is more subtle than the image below, simulating looking at a blue sky with myodesopsia:

I still can’t believe that /b/ was, well I wouldn’t necessarily say helpful, but I guess informative. And not in that “Oh my god, I really didn’t need to know/see that” sense.

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Tags: 4chan, Eye, Floaters, internets, myodesopsia
Posted in Amusing, Random

Hey there, Fancy Pants

April 28, 2009 2:51pm

A bit ago, I received word that Todd‘s awesome and affordable Hong Kong Tailor™ would be making his way on his U.S. Tour, and would be adding New Orleans to his list of destinations.

I figured why not, and dropped him a visit when he came though – a scant 28 days ago! After all, my black suit jacket didn’t quite match the pants, my blue dress shirt has a hole, and my white dress shirt has a weird thing happening with the collar. I was also very interested in obtaining an overcoat, as I had just been in Chicago in February for a funeral, and ’bout damn near froze my ass off.

Getting shirts, and especially jackets that fit me is a bit of a pain in the ass. I invariably have to get my jackets adjusted because shoulders are proportionally much wider than my waist.

Well, I just tried everything on (the overcoat has not yet arrived), and the fit is just great. I’m a happy customer.

Bea’s female co-worker Christy says I need a haircut, and her male co-worker Evan says I need to grow it out. I like Evan, but Christy’s probably right.

Click to embiggen:

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Tags: hong kong tailor, suit
Posted in Domesticamation, Photos, Random

What a difference 150 years makes.

January 2, 2009 1:59pm

I ran across this quote this morning, and thought I’d share.

I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in anyway the social and political equality of the white and black races – that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any other man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race. I say upon this occasion I do not perceive that because the white man is to have the superior position the negro should be denied everything.

Abraham Lincoln
Fourth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Charleston, Illinois
September 18, 1858

I wonder what our first presidents would say about our president-elect. Much has changed in the past 150 years, and if it were possible it would be interesting to hear what they’d say then and compare it to what their views would be today.

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M(i|u)x Tape

May 21, 2008 11:19am

I ran across this, and found it interesting: Mux Tapes. Create an account, upload up to 12 or so songs, and share it with people. I took a sampling of what has lately been in heavy rotation, and ordered it alphabetically.

Here’s mine, so go forth and enjoy.

And if you create one, let me know – I want to hear what you’ve been listening to! A nice feature I’ve noticed is that the tapes have RSS feeds – so I’ll automagically know when your tape has been updated.

Dethklok is a noticeable omission from this list due to lack of source material on this computer – a situation that is guaranteed to be remedied in short order.

The current playlist:

Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – This Guy’s in Love With You
The Budos Band – King Cobra
Johnny Cash – God’s Gonna Cut You Down
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Messiah Ward
Deepakalypse – driftin
dj BC – Bogalusa Shimmy
Firewater – Hey Clown
High On Fire – Turk
Juvenile – Get Ya Hustle On
Scarlett Johansson – Town with no Cheer
Ulver – Waltz Of King Karl
Ween – King Billy

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Posted in Geekery, Music, Random

Born Under a Bad Sign

January 3, 2008 11:53am

I just read that not only does the Chinese Calendar have an animal assigned to it (I knew that), but that it also has an Elemental and a Yin|Passive|Feminine / Yang|Aggressive|Masculine assignment.

According to Holy Mountain, I was born in the year of the Aggressive Metal Monkey.

As a quick rule of thumb, the principles governing each element and thus the modifications they produce within each sign are:

Metal – Fixity, strength of will, fluency of speech

Water – Powers of reflection, sensitivity, persuasiveness

Wood – Imagination, creativity, idealism, compassion

Fire – Dynamism, passion, energy, aggression, leadership

Earth – Stability, reliability, practicality, industry, prudence

Chinese wisdom sees a polarity in every element, a negative and a positive side, an essentially feminine (passive, represented by -) or masculine (active, represented by +) disposition, or in Chinese terminology, Yin and Yang. Consequently, each element is repeated twice in succession so that it presents in the first year its Yang, or masculine side, and reverses the next year into its Yin polar opposite.

Time to listen to some Dethklok.

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Happy Katanakka!

November 22, 2007 11:05am

For those of you who are wondering what in the Wide Wide World of Sports™ I am talking about (ie all you non-ninjas), Katanakka is a Ninja holiday celebrated on the same day as Thanksgiving so “that we still get the day off”.

If you wish to read more on the origins of Katanakka (and I suggest you do), then please click the image below of Dr. McNinja high-fiving a cooked turkey, and you can read the story in a friendly, graphic-novel format.