Friday Ephemera
Japan’s leading toilet manufacturer says electric bidets “may catch fire.” Appliance in question features “pulsating massage spray, power dryer, deodorizing filter and Tornado Wash flush.” Burn treatment upgrade forthcoming, presumably. (H/T, Protein Wisdom) // North Korean Socialist Realist Art. Proletariat glorified, tractors worshipped. Realism aspect somewhat doubtful. // Unhinged race activist Dr Kamau Kambon proposes a final solution. Exterminating white folk will save the world, apparently. // Luggage labels. Lots of them. // Hotdoll. “The sex doll for dogs.” I kid you not. (H/T, Ace) // Via Mr Eugenides, an alternative to the previous item… Neuticles! “Allow your pet to retain his natural look and self esteem. With Neuticles, it’s like nothing ever changed!” Choose your preferred size and firmness. // Via Cox & Forkum, the 1940s political cartoons of Dr Seuss. // The Hollywood Animation Archive. From Uncle Remus to Playboy. // Rapatronic images of early atomic tests. First ten millionth of a second. Eerie and compelling. // Dave Pressler’s Toy Explosion. The Endorphins are fun, as is Tummy, the Brave Little Stomach. // Japanese Hyper Rescue Robot. Lifts cars, clears snow. // The Ragtime Ephemeralist. Cut a rug to the Honolulu Cake Walk and other bygone ditties. // Repeat after me, “All cultures are equal.” // When post-it notes attack. // Apollo Mission multimedia archive. Sights and sounds, Buzz and Neil. Onboard recordings, mishaps, Nixon calls long distance. // Earth and Moon, to scale. // William “The Shat” Shatner sings Common People. A post-ironic triumph, methinks. // And finally, to class the joint up a little… Mr Dean Martin.
In regard to Kamau Kambon, Jeff Goldstein has done us a tremendous favor by interviewing him. Here’s a tidbit:
Kambon: “Listen: logic is a tool of the White oppressor class that is invoked to stifle the creative mentation of the Black man, whose mind functions according to ancient narrative patterns inscribed in his genetic memory and which is borne of an oral rather than a text-based cultural dialogic.”
http://www.proteinwisdom.com/index.php/weblog/entry/19220/
It’s great stuff.
Well, it’s really just a satire, but it’s likely to be what would come out of the guy’s mouth anyway.
I was hoping someone might comment on one of the weightier items, like the combustible bidet or the synthetic dog testicles.
I saw the bidet earlier this week, framed in the context of difficult Japan-China relations. Apparently the bidets didn’t start burning until they were outsourced to… China. The hotdog’s been very popular around the office, but I’m beginning to suspect it’s only in the concept phase. Hercules is going to be disappointed.
Maybe I can make a contribution. Yesterday I tried to go to filesend, but that’s forbidden by our server, which redirected me to this, a pretty fair exchange, to my mind:
http://www.broadcaster.com/fresh/oj/
Initial reactions to the Hotdoll toy seem to be a mix of “ahh” and “eew”. The image of the terrier using the item is sort of cute and, well, not so. And it’s been brought to my attention that washing the thing, erm, afterwards may be an issue.
That’s why I’m proposing the development of a new doggie female condom. First of all, it would considerably simplify clean-up of the hotdoll. But the potential market is actually much, much larger. Consider how much it frustrates poor little Precious to be locked in the house while she’s in heat. Think how happy she’ll be to express her natural sexuality without fear of sextuplets. Much better than a rubber bone that squeaks.
Hi David,
This is unrelated, but I was just wondering if you knew when the next issue of the CSER Review is meant to be out. I enjoyed your contribution to the first issue, and subscribed, and am looking forward to the next one.
The CSER website has no information pertaining to this.
Thanks,
A Reader
A Reader,
I suggest you contact the editor, Joseph Hoffmann. His details are here:
http://www.centerforinquiry.net/contact.html
Thank you for the tip, David.
Best of luck with your writing. I enjoy your posts a lot.
CS