Chess Monk

A guy tries to improve his chess game by joining a Buddhist monastery, hoping to escape the limitations of nirvana and apply his powers of concentration to the chess board.

He fails, ridiculously so. Early on the path to enlightenment he renounces the eternal game as a mere exercise in distraction. His heart and mind open into a world of empathy and he turns his focus on others.

Ironically the monastery is short of funds, falling prey to parasitic forces in the giant bureaucracy that are more concerned with expensive cars than karma. They set Ed on a chess quest to win prize money and influence young minds toward the monastic way of life. Ed begins winning tournaments and gaining a following.

He ultimately becomes disillusioned with the corrupt bureaucracy of the monkhood and drops out only to find his chess game suffer.

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ACCA (ABBA meets ACDC)

Take a Chance on Hell
For Those About to Dance (We Salute Queen)
Knowing Back Knowing Black
Dirty Mama Done Mia Cheap
Vous Shook Me All Night Long
Gimme Gimme Gimme A Bullet
Hell O. Bell
Lay All Your Love on Hell

Non-Alcoholic Drinking Establishment: PUBE

Nojito
Masturbation On The Beach
Non-Alcoholic Whiskey
Stapler
Sans Gria
Suki
B5.2
Thomas Collins
Gym & Tonic
Hail Mary
Both Kinds of Non-Alcoholic Beer on Tap

Bi-Fi Story: The Infinite Sequence

The story takes place in the near future. Professor Cynthia Rena creates the initial conditions for life to start, the Holy Grail of all modern biochemistry. In the wake of this monumental discovery, Rena is caught in a maelstrom of political agendas, sectarian violence, and must flee for her life. The most startling discovery has yet to unfold while the world still tries to catch its breath from the first.

Screenplay: Cage

Someone should write a screenplay about Phineas Cage, one of the first lenses into human psychology taking place in the historical 1850's. Cage's personality completely alters after suffering the most dramatic head injury in recorded history. His situation exposes the limitations of our belief in a soul and reflects, with blinding clarity, the underlying illusion of consciousness.

Chinese Warning Sign

If language is fluid, then some tranlations are pure absinthe. This sign is posted over sensitive equipment on a train in Taiwan. The exclamation point is a nice touch, though strictly interpreted, intentional vandalism is seemingly permitted.

Stamp Chain Mail Meme

Inspired by the joke stamp that I made to poke fun at the chinese proclivity to STAMP anything, this is a Chain Mail Graffiti Blog where you send a friend the Meme Stamp with these easy instructions:

1) stamp until ink runs dry
2) take pictures
3) post pix on this blog (http://www.stamp.blogspot.com)
4) refill STAMP and mail to friend

It would be interesting to see the random convoluted trajectory of your favorite meme. If enough people follow through, then we can publish the results in the Journal of Memetics. (fuck that, do it for the story)

Meet the Mayor

Nicola's 3rd Law of Partydynamics in full effect. We were really
wasted when we met Taichung Mayor Jason Hu.