The person who turned me on to the Doors, and in fact, the very first person I knew who had even heard of the Doors was "Animal Etkins."

Animal, a 400 pound, 20 year old toothless hillbilly with a flat top (he used red, not yellow, Butchwax), worked at a gas station. He had a '61 Ford Galaxy 500 two door hardtop equipped with a behemoth 390 V8, noisy brakes, spinner hubcaps, and balding PEP Boys tires. Having no teeth, he drooled constantly.

He gave me and one of my idiot friends a ride up Robertson Boulevard one 1967 summer morning.

Wanting to impress, he said--no blubbered--something about this boss new band, put a brand new "Doors" cartridge in the 8-track, punched up "Break on Through," cranked the volume, and then staring at us across that vast bench seat and grinning like an imbecile, he mashed down on the foot feed. That 300 horse 390 came to life, and that big copper brown hog of the road reared up and took off down Robertson Boulevard towards Cadillac Ave (a 25 mph zone).

As my friend and I recoiled in loathing and terror, pinned to the seatback, I thought to myself, "He's right. That new band *is* bitchin."

Special for Emmay: Mock Shakespeare quote about 5 minutes in.

I love all the young people.

Richard Dawkins' asserts that belief in god is irrational and
inflicts great harm upon societies.
Jeremy Paxman interviews Professor Dawkins as part of the
Newsnight book club.

About a year ago redhotannie posted a review of the movie, The Aristocrats. I totally did not "get it".

Now, I've seen the movie (and I concur with her review).

Judge for yourself.



Bob Saget tells the joke.

Martin Mull and others tell hilarious variations of the Joke.

It's a wonderful life

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the
inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.

I took a home movie I found on the net of the 1939 World's Fair and added a sound track.

Caution, contains nudity. If you're a fan of Sally Rand, you'll feel right at home viewing the beauties in this video.

If you are offended by pretty naked women who are either dead now, or pushing 100, move on and read somebody's meme.

It's different in Japan. Different

I was looking for some action. It was night. Late at night.

the sultan's girl
From the Sultan's Elephant, an event event put on by master theatrical magicians and puppeteers, Royal Deluxe in the streets of London the week of 6 May 2006. The two-story tall girl marionette entertains children then stands and walks off up Regent Street.

See the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE1ebb6wsr0

Current Mood: happy

03-KEELE
Originally uploaded by rent-a-moose.

If it doesn't come back, you never had it. If it comes back, love it forever.

musica en vivo
Originally uploaded by tj scenes.

Found in the welcome to tijuana pool

aunt irene, uncle alec, and their hog of the road
Originally uploaded by bunaen.

"1949" is written on the back of the print. Uncle Alec was partial to the biggest, most powerful Oldsmobiles money could buy. He bought a new one every two years.

As I mentioned, Alec liked the big Oldsmobiles. My favorite was his '63 Olds Starfire two door hardtop. It was electric blue with four bucket seats, a brushed chrome center console that ran down between the two rear buckets and on to the front and up into the dash. It had a 330 horsepower 395 cubic inch V8. I think it was the one that had a speedometer with a thermometer-style bar that would change from green to yellow to red as it traversed from left to right across the miles per hour numbers. It might have been his '58 that had that trick speed-o-meter, but I remember he used to joke that after it turned red and passed the 125 miles per hour mark, the radio would come on and play "nearer my god to thee."

(the whole megillah)

No, not YOURS! Ann Marie's!

I'm trying to give this flickr site to Ann Marie. Oh sure, I've gotten more offers of gratuitous sex in the past three months than ever before, but I'm ready to just go back and become a mild mannered 60ish accountant again. It's sooo tiring being a hot 26 year old female model. So Ann, take this site, please.

Current Mood: quixotic

Can't seem to stop or at least cut down on your consumption of "Non-PC" foods like human flesh or whale meat?

Maybe you need a healthy substitute.

Welcome to EatHufu.com, home of Hufu

Current Mood: happy

I guess the rumors are true.

Apple announced Aperture yesterday, a image editor that is unique in that it works on images in the RAW format.
http://www.apple.com/enews/eissue/2005/21/01hg.html

Here is a link to a movie about it.
http://www.apple.com/aperture/quicktours/

In the ocean of Sand
Originally uploaded by !efatima.

This is not photoshopped and it is not an ad.

It is an actual photo of what folks do on weekends in the United Arab Emirates.

Taken by a 19 year old female car nut who resides in Dubai.

( get the big picture )