I saw the latest incarnation of Cirque du Soleil’s Saltimbanco last week. Saltimbanco is the oldest major touring show of Cirque du Soleil, having run from 1992 to 2006. Saltimbanco’s last performance in its original form (under the Grand Chapiteau, or Big Top) was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  An adaptation of Saltimbanco started touring North America again on July 31, 2007. Unlike the original show, this version is staged in arenas and is stopping in some smaller locations for sho... Read Full Story

This Tuesday. April 29th, 2008 saw the passing of the “father” of LSD, Albert Hofmann, aged 102. The Swiss chemist created lysergic acid diethylamide-25 in 1938 while studying the medicinal uses of an ergot fungus found on rye and other grains at the Sandoz pharmaceuticals firm in Basel, Switzerland. His discovery of it’s potent halucinogenic effects was made after he came in contact with a minute amount of the substance, probably absorbed through the skin of his fingertips.... Read Full Story

 Having trouble getting you PayPal Donate Button to validate properly? I have read a few people having such problems after doing a search to try to fix my own. Not one of the sources offered any advice that worked for me, or the article was written too long ago to be relevant any longer.  Please check the code below. Example #1 is a code suggested by Pay Pal. Not the one that I got through the step by step create a button process. It was even worse. This code was posted under advanced. A whol... Read Full Story

(Record of a Yokohama Shopping Trip) a manga series by Ashinano Hitoshi. An Awesome manga commonly reffered to as YKK series. It was such an inspiration for me. I can not begin to describe it. I hadn’t particularly analyzed how it lodged itself so firmly in my heart, I just accepted it there, and it always gives me a warm feeling to read this manga. Writing this blog has helped me reflect on the qualities that drew me to it. Quiet, thoughtful, and meticulously constructed, the story un... Read Full Story

”Record of a Yokohama Shopping Trip”a manga series by Ashinano Hitoshi. An awesome manga, often reffered to simply as YKK. It was such an inspiration for me, I can not begin to describe it. I hadn’t particularly analyzed how it lodged itself so firmly in my heart, I just accepted it there, and it always gives me a warm feeling to read this manga. Writing this blog has helped me reflect on the qualities that drew me to it. Quiet, thoughtful, and metic... Read Full Story

A now international day of awareness, protest and freedom for marijuana users! A time for marijuana users to gather  publicly in a show of civil disobedience toward draconian laws that persecute an extremely useful plant and the people that use it. If you are one of the uninformed, uneducated, or already indoctrinated into the anti-marijuana camp, this blog is not for you. Re-education takes a lot of information, an open mind, and time. This blog is for my fellow freedom fighters. History Th... Read Full Story

Hello? Yes! My youthful instincts have proven right on some occassions?! I was a fangirl of Savage Sword of Conan when I was young. Conan is of course the most famous creation of  author Robert E. Howard with stories written in the 1930s. Savage Sword (1974–1995) was Marvel Comics large format, black and white rendition of Howard’s stories. It turns out that it is both sought after,  and thought to be the best of the Conan stories/series! I knew that back in the day! First read this bl... Read Full Story

Germby Robert LiparuloSynopses & ReviewPublisher Comments:The list of 10,000 names was created for maximum devastation. Business leaders, housewives, politicians, celebrities, janitors, children. None of them is aware of what is about to happen — but all will be part of the most frightening brand of warfare the world has ever known.The germ — an advanced form of the Ebola virus — has been genetically engineered to infect only those people whose DNA matches the codes embe... Read Full Story

It is a common practice through most of the world to do a “Spring Cleaning”.The origins of spring cleaning probably date back to the Norouz, the Persian new year, which falls on the first day of spring. Iranians still continue the practice of “khooneh takouni” which literally means “shaking the house” just before the new year. Everything in the house is thoroughly cleaned, from the drapes to the furniture.In North America and northern Europe, the custom was... Read Full Story

Germ by Robert Liparulo Synopses & Review Publisher Comments: The list of 10,000 names was created for maximum devastation. Business leaders, housewives, politicians, celebrities, janitors, children. None of them is aware of what is about to happen — but all will be part of the most frightening brand of warfare the world has ever known.The germ — an advanced [...] Read Full Story