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17 Channel Views
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31 Ringo Buys a Rifle (added 080504)
11 For What It's Worth (added 080509)
28 Eat All The Old People (added 080511)
59 Obama - So You Want To Be A Boxer (added 080514)
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170 Total Video Views

My YouTube Count

15 Channel Views
1 Subscriber

25 Original Pandas (added 080429)
16 Improved Pandas (added 080430)
28 Ringo Buys a Rifle (added 080504)
11 For What It's Worth (added 080509)
24 Eat All The Old People (added 080511)
38 Obama - So You Want To Be A Boxer (added 080514)
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My YouTube Count

15 Channel Views
1 Subscriber

25 Original Pandas (added 080429)
16 Improved Pandas (added 080430)
27 Ringo Buys a Rifle (added 080504)
9 For What It's Worth (added 080509)
20 Eat All The Old People (added 080511)
21 Obama - So You Want To Be A Boxer (added 080514)
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Good News for Catholics!

According to this AP story (via Yahoo! News), the Pope says it's okay for you to believe in aliens.

(You still can't practice birth control, even if you're an alien, though.)

A snippet:

"Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God ... such a notion 'doesn't contradict our faith' because aliens would still be God's creatures. Ruling out the existence of aliens would be like 'putting limits' on God's creative freedom, [Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory] said."

Now let us each turn to our neighbor and welcome the Roman Catholic Church to the 21st Century.

Fresh Video: So You Want To Be A Boxer

Uploaded today, May 14, 2008

My YouTube Count

14 Channel Views
1 Subscriber

23 Original Pandas (added 080429)
15 Improved Pandas (added 080430)
27 Ringo Buys a Rifle (added 080504)
9 For What It's Worth (added 080509)
16 Eat All The Old People (added 080511)
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90 Total Video Views

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Cutter Fashion

"Arm socks" or "arm warmers" - you've seen these things, worn most often by females (though not exclusively so), *adorable* fashion accessories that usually go from the hand to the elbow and feature bright colors and|or patterns.

But let me clue you in. They are - or at least were - more than a fashion statement.

This is cutter fashion, people.

What do I mean by that?

Well, that's simple. I mean that, when these things were first being worn (by people like me in the Eighties) they had nothing to do with fashion or any "scene."

They had one purpose: to cover the wounds and scars of self-mutilation. Cutting, in other word. Usually, one used the mis-matched, partnerless or beholed socks that couldn't be worn otherwise on the feet. Very punk, but also necessary if one didn't want to have to bear the scrutiny and condemnation of peers and elders for this very personal habit of self-injury.

And now, in the fullness of time, it's become a niche industry of the fashion world, and every cute little precious snowflake wants a pair or two to prove they are unique just like the rest of the herd.

So, as a public service, I've outted this accessory - an accessory to self-assault, rather than wardrobe - so if your little darling suddenly sports a pair regardless of how warm the weather is, consider taking stock of your relationship with them and their relationships with their bodies.

My YouTube Count

14 Channel Views
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23 Original Pandas (added 080429)
15 Improved Pandas (added 080430)
20 Ringo Buys a Rifle (added 080504)
5 For What It's Worth (added 080509)
5 Eat All The Old People (added 080511)
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68 Total Video Views (now equal to the number of vids I have watched)

STV: Eat All The Old People

Fresh video! Uploaded today, May 11, 2008