Tray #6
iambarr | August 21, 2009
first thing: i love scotch
or, at least, i love speyburn highland scotch. i won’t pretend to be an expert or to even have a full set of taste buds at my disposal, but i have learned a thing or two. these, i will share with you now:
scotch is whisky from scotland. only from scotland. [...]
iambarr | August 18, 2009
Totally sweet computer animation video from 1992 called Beyond the Mind’s Eye. Blew my mind when I was in Junior High. It’s also a test for posting via PixelPipe.
Note: posting through pixelpipe works. Huzzah!! There’s a weird tagging system set up that slows the process a bit, but ultimately works for posting to various accounts.
So [...]
iambarr | May 14, 2009
It has always been the prime function of mythology and rite to supply the symbols that carry the human spirit forward, in counteraction to those other constant human fantasies that tend to tie it back.
-Joseph Cambell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces
iambarr | May 14, 2009
In the great robot wars, will you allow yourself to be reborn into the ranks of the techno-elite or will you die alongside humanity? I think there is a potentially amazing sci-fi plot in this divide – something that was touched on in Gattica, but more inclusive of multiple cognitive/consciousness-enhancing technologies. I’m a big fan [...]
iambarr | March 13, 2009
iambarr | January 2, 2009
Under the word “tradition,” Mirriam-Webster offers the following as the first definition: an inherited, established, or customary pattern of thought, action, or behavior (as a religious practice or a social custom). These words -inherited, established, customary- are exactly what make traditions feel sacred and special. The sense that a custom is eternal is what automatically [...]
iambarr | November 8, 2008
even the word itself is expressively erotic.
i like that it begins with “o” because it foreshadows the sound that the inevitable climactic sensation it will bring. it’s appropriate that it begins with “or” because it reflects its own implicit choices.
but it’s the soft g that gives the word its squishy, lubricated sound that conjures the [...]
iambarr | October 13, 2008
really, i looked into it. first i googled you. i asked jeeves about me. i yahood her. then i went to the library and look for us on microfiche.
there is no byline to describe us.
the new york times doesn’t mention us in its archives.
has zogby verified your existence? gallup?
were you surveyed by cnn or foxnews?
you [...]
iambarr | September 9, 2008
the first village we encountered was quite reasonable.
we negotiated a trade which benefitted everyone.
they gave us their land and their gold.
we gave them reruns of dallas.
the next village had to be purified with fire.
humans? yes i remember them. i’ve never seen a species more fascinated by placing things in boxes.
