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The Nice Guy Syndrome?
Are you a Nice Guy?
This little booklet has become a bestseller, so on some level it must address some need or percieved need. However, some people have a different opinion altogether.

Manic Depression and Bipolar Disorders - Electroshock Treatment - Electroboy
ANDY BEHRMAN WAS SUPERMAN
He slept only three hours a night. Sometimes he didn't go to bed for days. He was a public relations agent, an art dealer, a hustler and a forger who made millions. He would fly from Zurich to the Bahamas then back again to balance out the hot and cold. He learned new languages in a week. He spent his money on wild shopping sprees all around the globe, buying up clothing, paintings and extravagant gifts for friends. He gave complete strangers spontaneous gifts of thousands of dollars from the cash he kept in his freezer. He was moving at breakneck speed - - fueling his behavior with drugs and alcohol. After seeing more than eight doctors, he was finally diagnosed with manic depression. Then he was arrested for art forgery and was convicted of fraud. He was sent off to prison. When he was released, he returned home, forced to live in his apartment under house arrest. After two unsuccessful years of experimenting with all different combinations of medication to stabilize his wild mood swings, he opted for intensive bouts of electroshock therapy as a last resort. He was temporarily cured. No longer Superman, he was now Electroboy.

}{ The God Module }{
A real-time online novel by Wade Inganamort.
I have always wondered how it had all come down to this; The way in which we had all been blindly led to believe that this was the way things were supposed to be. It was almost as if any other option defied logic or reason.
Now every aspect of our society has been threatened, and it seems that there is nothing we can do about it. How could this escalate into such a problem?, and how come no one took notice?
I wish there were something more permanent that I could leave behind to reveal the foreshadowing of the monster we created – The Beast – whom of which seems to be unstoppable.

The Technological Singularity - The Future of Humanity?
Posthuman is something that is after human, something that follows the human condition.
But what is this something? How does it look like? How does it act? Could it threaten us? Could we benefit from it? Will we be able to relate to it? How is it created?

Science of belly lint, ostrich love honored
The definitive study on bellybutton lint, a dog-to-person translation device and an inquiry into what arouses ostriches were recognized with Ig Nobel prizes for dubious contributions to science and cocktail-party conversations everywhere
The Ig Nobel Prizes, announced Thursday and awarded annually at Harvard University as a spoof of the Nobel ceremony, recognize achievements that "cannot or should not be reproduced."
"It's a great honor. It introduces people to the idea that science is fun," said Karl Kruszelnicki, a University of Sydney researcher who wrote the paper on bellybutton lint.

The Book on Mitnick Is by Mitnick
Six months ago, the world's most notorious hacker was wondering if he'd ever be able to live down his reputation as a serial killer of corporate computer systems.
Kevin Mitnick was unemployed, depressed and in danger of losing his treasured amateur radio license. He was starting to think that even though he'd been released from prison, he'd still somehow be serving time forever.
Now he's happily wondering how he'll manage to juggle a cross-country book tour schedule with the demands of his new security business.

Mo' Better Exhibitions at MoSex
The director of the newest museum in this culture-packed city is surveying the prizes of his permanent collection: leather straps, condom boxes, video porn playing on large screens.
He stops and points at a 1940s Wonder Woman comic book cover. "Just look at her," Daniel Gluck says. "The cinched waist, the high heels, the rope ... She's always tying people up."
Wonder Woman is among the tamer attractions at the Museum of Sex, which opens this weekend in Manhattan and aims to catalog American sexuality, from 19th-century brothels to turn-of-the-millennium sex parties.
In a city that has affectionately shortened the names of its culture hubs --MoMA, the Met -- the new museum has already been dubbed MoSex. And it has stirred opposition from those who say it is merely a celebration of smut.

Black hole outburst looks 'faster than light'
Resembling cannon shots from a ship at night, one toward shore and the other away, two X-ray jets streaming from a black hole have been observed during their entire trajectories for the first time.
The milestone, accomplished with one of the most powerful space telescopes, could help explain the behavior of a variety of mysterious objects that populate the universe.

All in One Today
Belief Systems has a plentiful, juicy, bounty of MP3s for your techno listening pleasure.

Conform or be cast out?

Whitey Beige will be performing at the Improv-LA, October 16th, with the Rebels of Comedy. We suggest everyone stage dive during his performance.

Sign of the times or just "about damn time?"

Strange, the things that catch on in this country. Stranger still the culture of litigation.

Now here's an idea we can get behind or in front of. Be thrifty, shower with friends!

If this is what happens to your attitude when you get older, shoot me now.

The great Nose of Russian literature, which in Nikolai Gogol's masterpiece goes on a surreal walk-about, seems to have taken off on its own again.

IMAGINATION or F*CK Hollywood, Make you're own movies
The images you are about to see might seem familiar, iconic even. You might recognize an American flag, the HOLLYWOOD sign, a computer chip. How might the meaning of these familiar symbols change when they are recontextualized? What new ideas can be conveyed through thoughtful juxtopositioning? By rolling over the images, you can enlarge them one at a time in order to look at each one carefully. Choose four images to arrange into a visual statement of your own. By clicking on the images that mean the most to you, you can move them into the strip at the bottom of the screen. If you change your mind about an image, just click on it again to remove it from your selections. When you have completed your edit, write a brief description of your idea in the box below. Then hit the submit button to read and see the ideas of other contributors.

High school Satanism club prompts parental outrage
A group of San Mateo High School students trying to stir up controversy formed a club based on Satanism, a religion typically associated with hedonistic philosophy and with the rituals of black magic.
Calling themselves The Satanic Thought Society, co-president of the club James Doolittle admits he originally started the club with his friend Matt Heeney to "rile things up a bit.

Beware al-Qaida, Branch is on to you
The reports seem to be taken from a Sept. 18 edition of The Onion headlined "Report: Al-Qaeda Allegedly Engaging in Telemarketing."
In that report, the humor publication reported, "In a chilling development, the CIA announced Monday that it has acquired a videotape showing suspected Al-Qaeda operatives engaging in what appears to be telemarketing."
The spoof goes on to report that the video shows men believed to be Al-Qaida "members making phone solicitations for vacation-home rentals, long-distance phone service, magazine subscriptions and a vast array of other products and services."
At least one radio station in the Coldwater area broadcast the information from the news release.

MIT CourseWare ... MIT is offering free online courses. This is amazing.
MIT and the OpenCourseWare team are excited to share with you a first sampling of course materials from MIT's Faculty. We invite educators around the world to draw upon the materials for their own curricula, and we encourage all learners to use the materials for self-study.

Mind Control Marketing?
At first when we read the following endorsement we were skeptical.

"The best book of the new millennium!"
Robert Anton Wilson, Author, Illuminatus! & Schroedinger's Cat

The we looked into it.
MindControlMarketing.com by Mark Joyner
How ordinary people use forbidden mind control psychology and ruthless military tactics to make millions online.

Then we were really skeptical. Are they for real?

On Ecstasy, Consensus Is Elusive
Study Suggesting Risk of Brain Damage Questioned by Critics of Methodology.
New research has escalated a decades-old scientific and political battle over the risks inherent in the popular street drug known as Ecstasy.
A synthetic chemical cousin of "speed," Ecstasy already had a rap sheet as long as its chemical name: 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, or MDMA. Studies in animals have suggested it may be toxic to brain cells that help regulate mood. It's been linked to memory impairment in some users. And rarely the drug triggers a mysterious reaction in which the body becomes radically overheated, causing sudden death.
If that weren't enough to make potential users think twice, Ecstasy is highly illegal. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has placed it in its most restrictive "schedule 1" category, meaning it has no medical value and carries serious risks.

Dem Bones, Dem Really Weird Bones
Scientists have found the remains of one of the weirdest creatures ever discovered -- a big flying reptile that lived during the time of the dinosaurs, snapped up fish with a scissors-like beak as it skimmed over the water, and had a head crowned by a huge, bony crest.
Brazilian scientists Alexander Kellner and Diogenes de Almeida Campos on Thursday described a previously unknown type of pterosaur (pronounced TER-oh-sawr), winged reptiles that were cousins of the dinosaurs.

Health Advice From Dr. Pete
Exercise? Fergetaboutit!

Forrest Richey (Ficus Strangulensis)
Ficus runs TRANSMORG, which is a print zine without a web counterpart. Can you imagine that? Get off of your sedentary ass, lick a stamp and subscribe. You'll thank us.

Tractates: Cryptica Scriptura (from the Philip K. Dick novel 'VALIS')
From the appendix of the sf novel "VALIS" (Feb. 1981) by Philip K. Dick

Insanity Test
[1] Turn on the Speakers and allow the page to load fully
[2] Stare at the Picture without laughing for 60 seconds
[3] If you start laughing consider yourself legally insane

Heisenberg's Fun House - Cult Watch
As a service to its readers, HFH will occasionally publish excerpts from the recently declassified U.S. Directory of Cults & Sects (USDCS). (For further information on these or other groups, contact the U.S. Office of Homeland Security.) ! ? !

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Reptilian queens, UFOs, a cancer cure — strange New Mexico case gets under way
Henning, who has said she believes that the U.S. and other world governments are run by puppets controlled by reptilian-alien masters, was indicted by a grand jury on 20 counts, including first-degree murder, kidnapping, tampering with evidence and perjury.