Archive for June, 2009
An Australian official has demystified the crop circles in Tasmanias legal poppy plantations saying they were formed by wallabies that walked in circles after getting high from eating the opium plant.
Tasmanian Attorney-General Lara Giddings made the explanation while addressing the security issues at the states poppy fields during a budget hearing in parliament Wednesday.
In all my years covering weird news, nothing surpasses the night I went to temple with Michael Jackson, Kosher Sex Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, and the spoon bending psychic Uri Geller.
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Mind Hacks has a fascinating link to, and post about, a collection of videos of trance states at Neuroanthropology. The Mind Hacks article offers further links of interest, so you can spend the night pondering how fragile your awareness is.
Equally fascinating is the cultural/mythical attachments which come along with the various trance traditions. From the methods of reaching trance states, to the beliefs of the people about what the trance state means, its a topic which you could dig into for a lifetime. Any reader suggestions for good literature on the various traditions of trance?
This is a beautiful and evocative montage – comprised of over 400 video clips it takes elevator passengers on a trip from hell to heaven. See how many movie clips you can spot, but dont let it distract you from the overall beauty of the piece.
Would love to see it in full HD on a big screen – for now, a bigger version can be found at Vimeo. Best to view it now, before a cast of 400 Hollywood lawyers send out their cease and desists…
Firefighters in Waipahu, Hawaii were called back to their own station to put out a fire caused when they left food cooking while out on another call.
Responding to reports of a traffic crash on May 22, firefighters at the station left the food cooking as they rushed to the sccene. On their way back from the crash, they received a call to put out a fire at their own station, Fire Capt. Terry Seelig told the Honolulu Advertiser.