.	Friday, December 6 / 2002
Movies, movie errors, speling, and other curiosities.
That picutre is from filmwise.com where you will find a number of Invisible Movie Quizzes. They just get better and better. Can you idenify this film, Doctor Jones? For fans of Vision On there's a site out there dedicated to 'The Professor' and his various shenanigans. If you don't know the show, it's still worth checking out, but we warned - it's silly. You should also beware of Doctor Jest. He will eat your brain if you aren't careful. I've been getting together some new sounds for an upcoming project and I came across a wondrous site with a wondrous artform - circuit bending. In the future I may play some circuit bending music on my show. To describe it in detail would use up a lot of space here, but he basic principle is this: take something electronic that makes noise, and get it to make noises that it isn't meant to make. This site features a number of instruments from speak n' spells to a modified pikachu that is pretty darned cool. You may also wish to visit the site of the man who started it all(him and the racoon), where you can learn how to get started with circuit bending. FLASH STUFF: opera baby.... um ... that sorta says it all. Kinda funny. Cat Bowling. Fun and silly. What more could you ask for in cat bowling? Eugene Can't Sing it's a site for a standup comedian and it's chilling, yet strangely hypnotic So you'd probably expect a halloween themed update? Well I came across at least one thing worth sharing - this halloween costume is just wrong. Speaking of horrible costume here's a site that shows the many faces of Michael Jackson. My theory is that he doesn't want to be seen in public so he's been getting people who look a bit like him to act as doubles. Maybe he's building an army. If you go to a massage parlour - it's for a massage, right? Yeah. Riiiiight... Releasing tension through therapeutic touch... Sounds like a massage to me. This story is a somewhat humorous tale of someone who went to a massage parlour for a massage. Just a massage. Strange. For the nitpickers there's the human spellchecker. A site which points out spelling errors from around the world. See how Dell's website offers "Duel Processors" or Mazda gives a "sneak peak" at a new car (sneak peaks can be messy). I liked when my local papers mentioned an "Afghan Attack"... Those afghans are dangerous. Errors abound in the world and what better place to point them out than the internet. From 'The Slipup Archive' which has a huge collection of different errors to "Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics" (such as: Sparks from bullets, exploding cars, and visible lasters). If you caught my radio show this week I mentioned this section of Moviemistakes.com which has a list of errors in "The Lord of the Rings" (the movie). ...and another bigfoot note. Apparently, Bigfoot is dead.

.	Sunday, October 20 / 2002
Attack of the Clones.
Strap yourself in, true believers, there's a heap of Strange Weirdness in this month's instalment (this month? ... but I thought it was weekly... SILENCE YOU FOOL!) First up a lovely story about a man who got a "fake" cheque in his mail for $95,093.35. He cashed it for kicks, find out what happened. If that site has given you an appetite for strange legal stuff here's a site that lists off strange music performance riders. What bizarre items do various people require backstage, and why? One of the main reasons for putting an unusual request in your contract is to ensure that the local promoter has READ the contract. If they can't have your jars of green m&m's ... how do you know that they've done anything that you requested? All part of the wonders of live music... speaking of which... Do you want to have YOUR OWN BAND?! Now, through the wonders of flash -- you can. This site seemed kinda stupid, but I found myself spending way too much time playing with it. That's not the only flash I came across that was odd. This site has something which isn't so much odd, as it is STARK RAVING COOL! Wireframe physics in flash that you can use to act out scenes from "Total Recall" or the "Closer" video. It has to be played with to be believed. How about this music video? My favourite part is the "nothing wrong with meat" bit. You think that's strange? Often people mishear lyrics, with varying results. You like cheesy music videos about vikings? You have GOT to check this out. It amuses me in strange ways... but then again... I DO come from the land of ice and snow. I may be a viking. You may be a viking. Find out if it's true HERE, with "you might be a viking". It reminds me of the woman who had sex with Thor... "You're Thor?! ... I can hardly thit down!" For some really interesting and serious historical stuff you should take a look at this site which has manuscripts spanning 5000 years. There are some beautiful illuminated ones there. Not all collections are so dignified... People often collect strange things. Such as the condiment packet museum or the moist towelette collectors site. Collecting toys isn't always so strange... unless they're bootleg toys. This site has an amazing collection from the Titanic transformer to cheap mexican super-heroes - be sure to check out the Batman bootleg "Silverbat"... he has a horse! That really bad Darth Vader is from this site which also has some great links to lego movies. Such as "ONE - A space odyssey" (a brilliant little sci-fi flick) and "ALL OF THE DEAD" (a great b&w horror flick about the living dead). There are all manner of Lego films to be found at brickfilms.com. There are other strange toys to be found, from the ultimately cool "Zero-Blaster" which fires fog rings (it's self-powered and non-toxic), to BIBLE ACTION FIGURES -- I shit you not. They make figures of many biblical characters (my favourite is Job -- he has all these little holes in his shirt), the action figures come in both light, and dark skin colours so you can act out all of the exciting adventures to be found in the bible as either a blacksploitation film or the usual lame-ass mormon styles. Not everyone likes every toy. A while back mattel released a special *magical* toy based on the Harry Potter movie -- it's a broom which makes whooshing noises and vibrates as you pretend to ride it. Yup -- it vibrates. They made a vibrator for kids... "here -- stick this between your legs"... suffice to say, the girls loved it, and there were reviews on amazon that were of a humorous nature, but they pulled them. Then there's the FR-OOZE pop -- a candy that kids are supposed to suck on until they get to the center, where juice squirts out into their mouths. It's like taking your 3-year old to whore school! (not to disparage the fine skill that is oral sex. I'm a big fan of the blowjob, and have a great deal of respect for women who are skilled at this wonderful art form - but this candy is just too blatant). Now to the stuff that I can't segue to particularly well... For people traveling in the U.S. there's the BILL OF RIGHTS: SECURITY EDITION. This is a handy little card designed to fit perfectly into a breast pocket, upon which you will find written the entire bill of rights... oh... and did I mention?... it's made out of metal. That's right. When you hit the metal detector at the airport the alarm will go off -- why? The bill of rights did it. Will they take away your bill of rights? Have they already? At 3 for $9.99 it's endless fun for the whole family. ...and finally... Bigfoot fetish - Nuff Said. --30

.	Thursday, September 19 / 2002
Weebl, Clichés and Baptists.
I've been working on a new audio project and while I was doing research I came across this site which features Movie Sound Clichés. Ever wonder why you hear explosions as they happen -- regardless of how far away they are? Have you heard of "Castle Thunder" -- 'cause you've probably heard it. Check out the page, you won't be dissapointed. For some funny religious satire (I hope it's satire) visit the Landover Baptist Church Davi Gerrold calls it "A spray-Pepsi-on-the-monitor-through-your-nose kind of site. " I like pie. You like pie? ... Check out The Adventures of Weebl and Bob and sometimes weebl's friend bob. It's funny. I'm not even gonna TRY to describe it -- There are a number of flash things this guy has done on his site such as Obey the crab and atomic badger. You should get flash if you don't have it, and check them out. I've gotta get back to working with flash.

.	Monday August 26 / 2002
Math, cat - eating, digestive health, monopoly and eeeeeevil!
First off, something that isn't particularly strange or weird, but it's worth mentioning. If you haven't visited Bill M.'s site - you should. I got sucked into it the other day, and it's heaps of fun. Math IS your friend. I had the pleasure of meeting him a while back, and I did a live interview (a convenient excuse to get to talk with him for a while) where my sleep-deprived mind got the URL for his site wrong. I would have liked to have spent more time chatting with him, he's a really interesting guy. A little cat-eating song did the rounds a while back... in case you missed it here it is. Ever wondered where the obsession with "six pack abs" came from? Maybe it's a result of increased muscle tone during sexual arousal, maybe it's a way of seeing that someone is so successful that they don'e need to store fat in case of food shortage. I'm thinking that it could have a great deal to do with the emphasis on digestive health (A.K.A. - poop your way to fitness) that prevailed around the turn of the last century. Kellogg (the cereal guy) was a brilliant surgeon with an ass fixation, who developed corn flakes to help aid in digestion and the health of the bowels by ensuring regularity. The great Sandow, strongman, bodybuilder (yup, that's him on the Mr. O trophy), and advocate of a national health program, claimed that regular exercise of the abdominal muscles improved digestive health. You can read some of the original Sandow books here. They're lots of fun, and their similarity to future books in the muscle-building genre is eerie. I played some monopoly last week, it's a great game, with a fascinating and highly disputed history, and there's a park in california which has been building a huge monopoly board so you can play with people instead of little pieces (I'll be the scotty dog!). Since I started "Adventures in Satanism" I'm sure I've helped a few of you decide whether YOU are a satanist... but are you evil? This site might help - it's a guide to being evil.

.	Friday July 26 / 2002
Kittens, pictures, caffinated soap, masturbation, and guns.
Self abuse is the sincerest kind, and it this week's strange stuff is full of bad sexual jokes. Do YOU have a small penis? You might, and you can… anybody can thanks to this smarmy little prank page. That's a small tool, I've met girls with larger… um never mind. This person has a strange collection of pictures they found. I really can't tell what the strange part is, that people took these pictures, that people lost these pictures, or that this person actually collects them. This is a cute little story about a machine that kept losing money, no-one could figure out how until they got pictures of the thief at work. Caffinated soap? You bet. This site provides all manner of caffinated products for your stimulation. Yee HAH! I'M VIBRATING!!! I must confess. I actually LIKE airline food. Perhaps it's only because I get so damned hungry on flights, or perhaps it's because they're just incredibly tasty (yeah, right). Anyways, there's a project on the web where people take pictures of their airline meals. You can see meals from different airlines around the world right here. Is this site for real? I just can't be sure. I hope it is, 'cause it's hilarious. I think having "beat it" play would be a big hint, but I've met members of the anti-masturbation cult, and they are just that stupid. Under the right circumstances there are some really fun ways of dealing with them, but I'm not going to discuss them here. Speaking of spraying people, this site is amazing. It's a watergun museum. There is every watergun under the sun to be found there. It's like poking around in the world's biggest dime store. I think I enjoyed it way too much. Uh-oh… The power looks like it might be going down soon… time to wrap it up.

.	Friday July 5 / 2002
The Big Surf.
Yup... that's THE RECTO-ROTOR… Hang ten, true believers. I just went on a wacky - wild websurf and turned up some serious quantities of Strange Weirdness. Have you heard of laundry balls? I found a page that deals with this pseudo-scientific spere of delusion. How about this little hoax, where people were told that Manhattan was imbalanced and in danger of flipping - the solution ? break it off, sail it out to sea, bring it back and stick it on porperly. Lots of people sighned up to help. Or how about the time that Alan D. Sokal wrote a paper claiming scientific proof that the universe does not exist - as a joke. Inevitably, people took it seriously. I also came across some strange musems that you should check out, although they may take up a lot of your tine. They are the museum of questionable medical devices and the museum of hoaxes. Are you tired of being watched by security cameras? Well these people were, and they did something about it. One thing was to ask a security person if those ominous black spheres were cameras. Of course they were and the security person explained that unless they were criminals - they had nothing to worry about. Then out came the video cameras which the intrepid crew had - and they started shooting the security person (on video). Suddenly cameras were no longer a nice thing. Much of the time they simply shot footage of the cameras - which was often enough to illicit a curious reaction. A quick couple of stories I heard, they're probably not true - but they're funny: _____________ A few summers back, there was an MIT student during the summer break who used to go over to Harvard and feed the birds. Not strange, but she did it every day, always wearing the same black-and-white striped shirt and blowing a whistle as she scattered birdseed all the birds would come rushing in to eat. No one thought much of it. She was strange, but harmless … or so they thought. When football season began, at the first game when the referee strode out onto the field and blew the whistle… ____________ After months of being pestered by the local Jehova's Witnesses a woman finally snapped and one Sunday showed up during their services and tried to give them some magazines. I can think of at least one person who could probably have sold them a subscription to The Black Flame. ______________ These mad but brilliant people have copyrighted some songs you may find familiar… every time you dial a phone you may owe them royalties. Here's a fun little site (yes it's a hoax) with christians for the cloning of jesus. Theres a man who has been running a brillinat "reverse con". He offers people one-sided replicas of actual currency to shopkeepers and service staff, hoping they would like to buy his art in lieu of payment. What they fail to realise is that his works are worth significantly more than the cash itself, he passes their recipts on to his collectors who often pay thosands of dollars for a fake $20. Or is it just a new kind of scam? Either way you can't trust it anymore, but it was funny while it lasted. and finally… There's a DVD descrambling algorythm that's been doing the rounds. Some people don't want it to be in the public domain and yet those clever monkeys out there have been trying to copyright and distribute the code as songs, paintings and more. This site is a gallery of strange ways the algorythm has been passed along, it has to be seen to be believed.

.	Friday June 28 / 2002
Asylum sale, safari, the stork, robots, and dem bones.
Finally some srange weirdness! Wee hoo!! This site is hilarious. How hilarious? Dr. Jest says “*" I mentioned a pop-up book of my journey to the RFS bash? Here it is. I''ve been into robotic combat for a while now, back before Battlebots there was Robot Wars, and in Toronto there were the Sumo Robots. Guess what? It's become popular - who knew? Apparently in Australia there was at least one robot who wanted conciencios objector status. Some Strange Weirdness I got word of courtesy of the Church of Euthanasia, this is a delightful little animation that deals with the population problem. It isn't exactly the usual brand of strange weirdness but it's pretty cool and if you haven't seen it yet, you should take a look. Owen Leitsch from the Order of the Black Star makes some sculptures that are a little on the bony side check out his necrosculptures.

.	Sunday June 2 / 2002
Legodeath, Velveeda on the Defensive, and Music Law.
Here is a modern MUSEUM OF HORRORS. It's up for a webby award, and it is not for the faint of heart as it contains graphic images of LEGO CARNAGE!!! A certain company which makes beer, cigarettes, and Kraft Dinner (oops… I guess You know which company now). Has decided to take King Velveeda to court over his name. If you aren't aware of his work, King Velveeda makes some pretty groovy cartoons – I highly reccomend checking it out. For more details on this case get it from the horse's mouth at King Velveeda's site. I'm with you on this one, King Velveeda! Don't let the bastards win! Here's a great cartoon which someone posted a while back to Rev. Ventrue's message board it is yet another comment on the screwed up state of affairs with music law.

.	Monday, May 13 / 2002
Clans, kilts, and biblical Spider-Man.
In case you haven't noticed from pictures of me, I'm of Scottish and Irish descent. I'm actually from a really old clan too (it predates both Ireland and Scotland). We've got ancestral lands, a castle, a tartan, a traditional war cry... the whole shebang. What I didn't know until today is that the clan is actually still quite active, with a kick-ass website to boot. I came across it as I was looking for official rules for the highland games. Those things sound like a blast - You get to wear a kilt and throw around bloody great rocks and stuff. I haven't been out to the games since I was a wee laddie, but I've grown a bit since then, and with a few more years training I should be ready to kick some ass on the field of honour... somewhat drafty honour...but honour nonetheless. I also came across this article which discusses kilt etiquette. Of course I know some people who could learn a few lessons from this one, we've gotten views that tell more about them then we really need to know. There's also a radio station K-I-L-T in houston Texas. Up yer station! It has nothing to do with anything scottish (so its CRAP!), but this link was on a mailing list recently, and if you haven't seen it - it's worth taking a look at. It's a collection of Spider-Man bible stories.

.	Sunday, May 5 / 2002
ASCII Star Wars, The Magic Word, and "Sign Language" .
This one is a gem... I found out that someone is making an ASCII animation of Star Wars, Episode IV - a New Hope -I kid you not! It's incredible and you can view the whole thing across TELNET at this address: telnet://towel.blinkenlights.nl/ ...you can also view it as a java applet at: http://www.asciimation.co.nz/ ...although I can't get it to work on my browser right now, and TELNET is far cooler anyway (it's in all caps - that's just how cool it is). Ah, ASCII... now I wanna go play some L.O.R.D. ... For those who have an interested in furniture made from coffins (and who doesn't) there is a site where you can purchase some at http://www.casketfurniture.com/ fun! hip! other kinds of advertising claims! Doctor Jest forwarded the url for this little script to me, it's a transcript for an episode of "You Bet Your Life" with one of the guests being God... somewhat amusing. The local YMCA has been a source of regular amusement. It's right next to a "public storage" place and when you read their signs together, they do the strangest things. When the storage place said "Smaller units now available" and the YMCA said "Partnering with youth" I was quite amused ...but when the storage place said "what size unit could you use?" and the YMCA said "member appreciation day" ...I thought I was going to die laughing. I can't wait to see what they do next. Is it deliberate? do they have any idea? I can't say. I may try to get some pictures up if I have time to get out there with a camera. You may have heard about this story, in which a woman who worked at Hooters (although, looking at the picture - I find that difficult to believe) won a beer sales contest was told that she would get a new toyota... or so she thought. She really won a new "toy Yoda" - so she sued. I wonder if she gets to keep the Yoda... ...Today's magic word is "Triskadekaphobia".

.	Thursday, April 25 / 2002
"Bicep Guy", Government Spending, and Indestructable Sandwiches .
His name is Greg Valentino, but you might know him as "bicep guy". He's gotten a lot of attention for the wrong reasons, but he's playing an important role: he reminds us of what can happen when you focus way too much on one bodypart and develop it through chemical means. Kinda reminds me of this frightening stick-woman I recently saw with disproportionately developed abs; she was small, they were huge - it freaked me out. Bicep guy is 5'5" and has 25" arms, he claims not to use synthol (but he site-injects steroids - guess where). His website is here. I dunno what to say, other than - don't try this at home, kids! Look to the skies, the best planetary alignment you're gonna catch until 2040 is taking place. The U.S. government is spending $273,000 to combat "Goth culture" in Missouri, $50,000 for tattoo removal in California, and $5,000,000 to provide computer equipment, internet access, and other assistance to schools in Armenia. Take a look at the website of Citizens Against Government Waste to find out more chilling news. Some of the things they point out don't seem so bad to me - I like telescopes - they don't seem to think it's a good use of government money. On the plus side of the U.S. government, it's against the law to tell fortunes in Pennsylvania. There are a number of articles which critisise the laws that deal with it on grounds from arguing that it's a legitimate profession, to claims that it affects all the "pagans" in pennsylvania and freedom of speech. Should people be free to run scams? is that what freedom of speech is for? If I think about it too much longer my head is likely to explode ("if it weren't for my horse..."). The U.S. army has developed a sandwich that will stay fresh for up to three years! Yes! This is great news for slow-sandwich eaters everywhere! It reminds me of a Monty Python episode ..."Do you know that in our laboratories we have produced a cheese sandwich that can withstand an impact of 4,000 lbs per square inch?"

.	Thursday, April 4 / 2002
Insect Cookery.
(picture taken from the cover of "The Eat-A-Bug Cookbook" by David George Gordon) A while back I was given a book called "Kitchen Confidential" by Anthony Bourdain. If you are a food-service professional, or even just someone who loves to cook, I HIGHLY recommend it. Chef Bourdain now has a show on the Food Network called "A Cooks Tour" which documents his exploits as he seeks out the strangest and greatest meals in the world. It's a great show and it got me thinking a bit more about ingredients. I've prepared sweetbreads, alligator and calimari. I've eaten sea urchin, water snake, and I love haggis. I know how to prepare earthworms, and to not eat the liver on a polar bear, but I've never cooked with mealworms. Come to think of it, I haven't really cooked any insects at all, but after looking at this site from the Iowa Sate University's department of entomology and eatbug.com (which has some great links)... I just might. I don't think you'll be seeing bugs at Dean and DeLuca's anytime soon.

.	Friday, March 29 / 2002
Flags, Fake Whitehouse and Bi-genital Germans.
How many times have you said to yourself "I wish someone would take the time to look through all of the world's flags and assign them letter grades so that I can tell which flags are truly good"?. Well, wait no longer. This site has just what you're looking for. I had no idea how terrible some of the world's flags truly are. Why? ... just... WHY!? Another funny site that popped up around here recently is "whitehouse.org" and it ain't an official government site - it's satire, and not too shabby - Be sure to check out the "patriot registration" and "whitehouse for kids". I came across a video of a German guy with two penii, I may put it up in the future, but I just don't know.

.	Sunday, March 3rd / 2002
Farts, PBS, misleading previews, baby jesus backdoor playmates.
This site calls itself "the home of anal discharge" and features all things fart-related. Makes you glad the internet is not "smell-o-vision. I got sucked into watching "Spearhead from Space" for what has to be the hundredth time and it got me thinking. So I did some looking into how PBS works and it is, indeed, an interesting thing. I did come across something fun in my journeys; You know you just can't have PBS without pledge drives and this page has a way to turn those annoying pledge drives into a thrill-packed drinking game! I'm listening to the Night Rider's show right now, and I swear that the lead singer of this band is Gilbert Gottfreid (who, incidentally is a living lexicon of old monster-movie trivia. His imitation of the old gypsy woman from "The Wolf-Man" will have you in stitches "Even a man who is pure of heart, and says his prayers at night ...") This page lists a number of things which were terribly misleading in movie and TV previews - some interesting stuff. Including this link in no way endorses the show which they claim to be working on - I'm not particularly impressed. Sure, we all know that movie previews sometimes give away the end of the film, but to paraphrase the great Don LaFontaine "My job is to let people know about movies they might want to see by presenting them in the best light. If they go to the movie, and enjoy it, then who cares if the preview gives away some important parts of the film?" I also came across this snazzy site that sells religiously themed vibrators. One of their products is currently "Picture of the Moment". They sell such religiously - themed items as the "Baby Jesus Butt - Plug".

.	Wednesday, February 20th / 2002
Porn for kids, Conan, kittens, ass-morph, phone companies, a toy, and a sport.
First, a little censorship update - I don't know if you happened to watch "T.V. Funhouse", but I used to and just found out that the "porn for kids" segment ran only once and was then changed to "porn for everyone" in reruns. Too bad - It was a funny bit. You can find an interview with the anipals here. I happen to really dig the Conan movies. I'm sure Freud would have something to say about it, but how many times can you hear James Earl Jones say "I am your father" befrore you get sick of it... anyways, I do have a point here. I just got word that "Conan the King : Crown of Iron" is in the works. It's being written by John Milius (the same guy who wrote the screenplay for the first movie) and the Wachowski brothers (remember "The Matrix'?) are directing it. The script is being re-worked. I don't want to spoil anything, but from what I've seen I can tell you - it will kick ass. I happened to be hanging out at what has become one of my regular internet haunts when I came across this website which offers information on the art of "kitten bosai". Very funny, and many pictures of cute little kittens in jars. While sourcing stuff for an upcoming radio show (which should kick ass, BTW) I came across ASS MORPH. This handy little site allows you to morph people into asses. Bizarre? Yes. Strange? Yes. Werid? - definitely. You may have come across this article which is doing the rounds. Apparently, some schmuck got an extra charge on his phone bill for being an arrogant bastard - cute. Here's a fun little shockwave toy that allows you to run down innocent pedestrians. Silly, but good for a few larfs. There's a new nerd-sport that's sweepin' the net and it's funalicious. This website provides the rules for a sport which makes using google a strange and wonderful new experience. That's why this site has phrases such as "magnetronic scrotum" on it today. It may be cheating - but I betcha it'll make someone happy for at least a moment.

.	Sunday, January 6th / 2002
Christmas Satan, foreskin grafts, and ferret liberation.
It's a bit late for this article (with a cheesy picture), but I didn't come across it until just the other day. It tells of a wonderous christmas exhibit that the people at the Edinburgh dungeon put on. Instead of the usual "Santa's Grotto" they had a "Satan's Grotto" where there were implaled elves and a jolly old Nick holding court. You can read their official press release to find out what they had to say about it. This article, gives all sorts of info about circumcision - including a strange bit of info about using collected foreskins for skin grafts. Reminds me of the old story about the kid who was born without eyelids so the doctors managed to make new ones out of his foreskin - they worked just fine, but he was a little cock-eyed. For those who are curious - I'm uncut. Aside from my collection of spiders, I don't have any pets right now (unless you count a dead bat, farting Godzilla, or talking Pikachu). I tend to be a cat lover, but I've come to like ferrets. I dunno if they would survive around here for very long - my place isn't exaclty ferret-proofed. Terrible things await the fuzzy who tries to crawl into the wrong place, or who tries to stash the wrong object. I don't plan on getting a ferret but here is the website of the Ferret Liberation Organization - siren unit - It's part of the Siren Productions family of sites (no relation to "Siren" in Toronto, as far as I know), and it's good for a few laughs. Clever little devils those ferrets.

.	Wednesday, January 30th / 2002
Gangsta Starwarz and "Are You Professor Sinister?" .
First up - I just got this link from a fan of the show who really enjoyed Star Wars. It's hilarious - go there, go there now! After seeing this I think I might change my name to "Professor Sinistah" and form a rap band, yo. (BTW: TR966, There's more than one episode in the star wars trilogy - nuff said) I got it into my head to look around the web for other people with the name "Professor Sinister" and, believe it or not- I found a few: -The best had to be a villain from an episode of the Abbott and Costello cartoon. -This is another cartoon villain. This time from a strip named "crazy as a fox" which I wholeheartedly DO NOT indorse at this time (If you want a fun comic strip that I DO like check out " "Red Meat"). -This Sinister has something to do with alphabets (I didn't really read it. My boredom threshold was running low). -I found yet another Professor Sinister at the Delta-Alpha fraternity website. As this picture shows, it's pretty safe to assume we are not the same person. -Finally I found this site, where D.C. and Marvel comics meld together. Sounds far more interesting than it really is (I'm more of a "Marvel" man myself and was displeased that my favourite X-Man - Nightcrawler - wasn't in the movie. Sure he wasn't an original team member, but they changed the mythos... Perhaps he'll be in the next film). So there it is. A few of the Professor Sinisters in your neighborhood. If you suspect that you or someone you know is a Professor Sinister - let me know.

.	Sunday, January 6th / 2002
I like to watch .
I have a huge backlog of strange weirdness to get through, but here's some of it: This one doesn't exactly count as strange weirdness to me, but your mileage may vary. I don't know if you're familiar with the Church of Euthanasia. They've done some very groovy stuff - these people have some big time cajones and recently released their own take on the world trade center attack and the public treatment of it. I warn you - if you don't like porn then don't watch this. If you think porn is inappropriate for TV while showing people dying horrible deaths instead is okay, then watch - but I doubt you'll like it. You'll find it on their website Yes, I do watch TV. Sometimes I watch the beeb. I happened to get sucked into a brilliant series which was originally a comedy bit entitled "Are You Dave Gorman?" created, strangely enough, by a man called DAVE GORMAN! *gasp* It tells a tale of misadventures as he seeks out people with the same name as him on a bet. Check out his website at http://www.davegorman.com and if you get the chance - watch it or catch it live. The next links can all, oddly enough, be found on Dave Gorman's site. What a co-incidence. This website is the online home of a man who has been told he can't chain his bike to the fence near his home. So instead he chains other things to it. Here is yet another brilliant and surreal site which features a fake TV guide. Such shows as "I love the succession of glittering images which distract and amuse yet ultimately do little to quell the boundless sadness yawning at my core" are on this week. Good for a larf or two. These guys have a strange pastime - they try to blend in. That's where this picture is from. That's where the picture on the current front page is from. Check it out. This guy is completely insane. I hope. Is it a joke? I don't know but it is certainly a journey into someone else's madness. Warninng: this site is owned by someone who thinks that newsbroadcasters are talking about him. He probably thinks I'm writing about him right now. But he's wrong.