I had no idea that David Lynch had a foundation for conscious-based education and peace, but he does. And he’s speaking tonight with John Hagelin and Fred Travis, two PhDs. It looks like it’s going to be about Transcendental Meditation (TM).

This makes me think of a couple trivia questions somewhat related to this topic:

Question 1: What is the name of the Midwest town where Maharishi University is located? (Hint: The Gothic House is nearby.)
Question 2: What is the name of the Maharishi town near the university? (Hint: there are double-vastu homes available.)
Question 3: What celebrity owned a loose-meat sandwich restaurant in a nearby town?
Question 4: What the hell is a loose-meat sandwich?
Question 5: Why the hell does loose-meat sandwiches have with transcendental meditation?

Disclaimer: I do not practice TM. But I will buy you coffee if you can name the nearby town I was exiled in for 10+ years.

Spencer/5000 was bummed about the omission of Machine Project in the LA Weekly’s art issue. Fortunately I have good news…continue reading

LAT reports that Self Help Graphics will re-emerge…continue reading

There’s a new non-profit game in town – LAXART…continue reading

What. The. Fuck.

Bail remained at $200,000 Wednesday for a La Mesa woman accused of twice letting her 2-year-old son play on the trolley tracks near downtown, causing two trolley trains to make emergency stops.

What? I’m sorry. Did you just say this woman let her two year old play on the train tracks twice?

Rachel Gaeta, 22, is charged with two counts of child endangerment. She faces up to seven years and four months in prison if convicted.

[. . .]

At Gaeta’s arraignment last Friday, Deputy District Attorney Lucy Weismantel told the judge the defendant had been asked by a trolley security guard at about 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 to watch her 2-year-old, but she still allowed the child to walk on the tracks.

After a train was forced to make an emergency stop near the San Diego Convention Center, the woman was once again warned to keep an eye on the child, the prosecutor said.

Once again warned? Once again warned? Isn’t this the point when someone called protective services and takes the child away from this brain donor?

[. . .]

Gaeta, who has no criminal record, was ordered to have no contact with the 2-year-old and another 4-year-old son, who lives with his father.

Oh, great! She’s got another kid! Okay, we have to create a whole new kind of stupid, because this dipshit just blew the whole curve away.

Protesters were out in full effect today for the World Can’t Wait. 03202003 took the shot above and has more pics and video here. Tons of kids ditched school to protest as well, Tony Pierce took some photos, and so did Marc Brown. Enjoy.

The Orange Line (San Fernando) had its public grand opening on Saturday, October 30.

It had been previously reported that there were “ongoing concerns about safety.”

Today, an Orange Line bus collides with a car.

Doh.

How messed up is this…you know the OC kid that put on a crazy suit and went on a shooting rampage last week? Well, here’s a link to a Something Awful thread (with other links to earlier threads) where the users are realizing that it’s the same kid that posted the thread about where to buy heavy buckshot earlier and he actually bought heavy buckshot based on their recommendations and then went out and killed two people. The thread title, Holy Fucking Shit, couldn’t be more apt.

…and someone offers you a prosthetic leg, check to make sure it doesn’t belong to Melissa Huff. (She’s been through enough as it is).

If you’re a designer, don’t forget that Kernspiracy is tomorrow night:

KERNSPIRACY
A Place for Designers to Share Secrets
Wednesday, November 2nd
7-9pm

Barbara’s @ The Brewery
(in the Brewery Arts Complex)
620 Moulton Ave, LA, 90031
Map & Directions

More details and fancy artwork at abLA.

…or going to the Free Clinic across the street for that matter, watch out for a crazy spikey-haired dude with a bullhorn leading hoardes of people in blue shirts and yellow hats with power tools.

Thanks to musikchyck for the heads up and the blurry picture from her cameraphone.

On my list of things to write about this week was Art Review’s Power 100 list…continue reading

Below is a transcript of a telephone call with the governator that took place only in my head, but now that he only wants voters who agree with his bullshit agenda to go out of the polling place next week because a low turnout is the only way he’ll win, this call could very well happen, I swear!

Me [answering the phone]: Hello?
Arnold: Hello dare. Dees eez duh governor of caulifourneeya calling. May I speak wit William Camp Bell?
Me: It’s Campbell, you ass. One word. Like the soup. Mmm Mmm good. Try it again.
Arnold: Camp. Bell. May I speak wit Willi –.
Me: No. Cam and bull together. Cam… bull. Campbell. Once more.
Arnold: No. Dis eez not important. You are Mr. Camp –. You are him?
Me [sighing]: Fine. Yes, I am him. What do you want, you idiot. You ridiculous excuse for a political leader. You illegitimate and usurping novice and despicably opportunistic pretender to the California throne?
Arnold [ignoring me]: I just wanted to tell you that, uh… you are I suppose aware of the election next week?
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How was it?

(I stayed home and was in bed by 10:30. I waited for trick-or-treaters but NONE came by.)

In a follow up to this and this I’d happily like to report that I’ve gotten a full refund for the tickets for both movies.