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So I felt inspired to whip this up in Bryce.  I like the way the coins turned out and I may do some more detailed close up renders of better coins when I get some time.  

With the recent discussions about FBI crackdowns on images containing "questionable" aduly oriented material on the internet I was rather upset upon receiving a new US nickel in my change at McDonald's.  Imagine my surprise when I saw this on the reverse of my shiny coin...



Yes it is a buffalo but notice the EXPOSED PHALLUS on the coin.  Well, I think the FBI and US Mint are obviously not on the same page when it comes to decency.  A US President and a Phallus on the same object, a few years ago that kind of 'art' would have gotten your government grant taken away.  Now the US Mint obviously feels it can simply flaunt it's ability to ignore the standards of decency we have come to expect from our government leaders.

I am considering confronting the McDonald's corporation with a letter from my attorney regarding their waton distribution of coins featuring such lewd images.  It borders on beastiality, what with the image of one of our presidents in such close proximity.  Perhaps I should inform the FBI of obvious infiltration of unsavory elements at the US Mint having some fun with our distinguished currency.  Perhaps the offices of my senators would be able to take action about this.  I think I may have to contact them with my very important concerns.  

What is next a nickel featuring one Bison mounting another one?  Naked Lady commemorative pens from the White House gift shop?  Where will the insanity end?

I just finished Schrodinger's Cat and already did the Illuminati Trilogy a couple of weeks ago.  I was wondering what those two books from the reading list are like as in funny, metaphysical, mind bending, etc.

I read the reviews on Amazon but they are not really all that enlightening.  I'd like to get some input from people here as to what the books are about/like.

I just finished reading the book and was thinking about the section in the appendix where they mention you will understand about all you need to about mysticism if you understand the passage about Hagbard abdicating.  Here is the section of the text:

..."As for the rest of you - who can tell me, without uttering a word, the fallacy of the Illuminati?"

A young girl - she was no more than fifteen, George guessed, and the youngest member of the crew; he had heard she was a runaway from a fabulously rich Italian family in Rom - slowly raised her hand and clenched her fist.

Hagbard turned on her furiously. "How many times must I tell you people: no faking! You got that out of some cheap book on Zen that neither the author or you understood a damned word of. I hate to be dictatorial, but phony mysticism is the one thing Discordianism can't survive. You're on sh*twork, in the kitchen, for a week, you wise-ass brat."

The girl remained immobile, in the same position, fist raised, and only slowly did George read the slight smile that curled her mouth. Then he started to smile himself.

I'm curious what people think they mean by that.

My first thoughts were that she was showing that the fallacy of the illuminati is that all control and authority is an illusion unless the submissive remain submissive.

I also wondered if making a fist was somehow supposed to be the sound of one hand clapping mentioned elsewhere in the book.

My only other thought was that it was a play on words instead of fallacy they meant phallic since according to their thoughts all magical or mystical symbols refer to one of a "few" special kinds of human sacrifice, i.e. penetrative sex.  They mention several examples like Cupid shooting an arrow in a pulsing heart, the sacred heart, etc.

I'm just curious what other people who read the book thought.

The Offering



I was playing with reflections and thought what is better than a golden apple.


Sanctuary Denied



This one reminds me of the images we used to play "1000 words" story games on some RPG boards.  Each person would post a few sentences to further the "story" behind the picture.  Kind of like collective storytelling except with a visual reference.

Take a peek and bear in mind I'm an engineer not an artist



This first one is my attempt at a "textbook" cover like image.  I found it entertaining to listen to the comments when I slipped it onto a few people's machines at lunch.



This is another "texbook" style but with a different slant.  I used the quotes, and I use that word loosely, to resemble the reviewers comments you see plastered all over any book nowadays.



The last one is one I did this morning instead of working.  I find that I need a large amount of motivation to be productive at work so while I waited for my motivation to show up I did this. I was torn between calling it "Interruption" and "The fun of flexible morality".