The "23 Enigma" refers to the belief that all incidents and events are directly connected to the number 23. The number 23. Think am crazy? Think again. Heres some examples, skim through them, or read them all if intrigued. What I want you to read really is below all this sh!t.

***2/3= .666 the number of the beast
The New York Yankees won the World Series 23 times
The Uranium isotope used in Nuclear bombs is U235
AOL chat rooms only allow 23 people at a time
In the film Airport, the mad bomber has seat 23
***There are exactly 23 charicters, numbers and letters, on the face of all U.S. coins
***Every 23rd wave crashing on a beach averages twice the size as normal
In the film Airplane II, the name of the spaceship is XR-2300
230 people died in the conspiracy plagued TWA flight 800 disaster
The Unibomber killed or wounded 23 people
The address of the Freemasons lodge in Stafford, England, is 23 Jaol Road. In New York City it's on 23rd street.
***The letter W is the 23rd in the alphabet and has 2 points down and 3 points up
The first Apollo landing on the moon was at 23.63 degrees east; the second was 23.42 degrees west.
April 19th the date of the battle of Lexington, the holocaust at Waco, and the Oclahoma city bombing is written 4/19 by Americans and 19/4 by Europeans. Either way it adds up to 23.
In Star Wars Princess Lea was held in cell AA-23
***Shakespeare was 46(2*23) when the King James Bible was published. Psalm 46(2*23) has it's 46th word "shake" and the 46th word back from the end is "spear".
On the Seinfeld show, Kramer hides an Air-Conditioner on levl purple 23 of a parking garrage.
***William Shakespeare was born on April 23,1556 and died on April 23, 1616.
51, as in Area 51 breaks down to 23 + 23 + (2*3)=51
August 23,1305 William Wallace was exicuted for treason.
August 23, 1970 River Pheonix was born.
The original Star Trek, as well as Babylon Five are set in the 23rd century
***The human Biorhythm cycle is 23 days

***It takes 23 seconds for blood to circulate through the human body
***Julius Ceasar was stabbed 23 times by the assasans.
X-Files: 10.13 productions.10 + 13 = 23
"Scottish Rite Freemasonry" has 23 letters.
A technological singularity has been predicted by "experts" in the near future. It is expected around 2030 AD.
***Geosynchronous orbit occurs at 23,000 miles above Earth's surface.
Psychic Edgar Cayce started having visions of lost Atlantis in 1923.
Hitler joined a secret society in 1923.
Avagadro's number as used in the ideal gas law is 6.02 * 10^23
The CIA headquarters in McLean, VA is located on rt. 123.
***The tilt of Earth's axis is roughly 23o accounting for the changing seasons and the procession of the Zodiac.
***Homo sapiens are given 46 chromosomes from their parents, 23 male and 23 female.
***The Dog Days of Summer begin on July 23 when Sirius the Dogstar rises from behind the sun.
Sydney Carton was the 23rd man beheaded in the climax of Dickens' Tale of Two Cities
Accordidng to Noam Chomsky over half of the national media is owned by 23 companies
The average smoker inhales 23 ciggarettes a day
There are 23 chapters of the Cult Awareness Network
Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints was born on December 23, 1805.
On December 23, 1805 the Federal Reserve Act passed in congress.
***According to ancient Mayan prophesy on December 23, 2012 the world will end.
***In both ancient Sumaria and Egypt July 23 is the start of the new year.
The Nissan car takes its name from "Ni" which means 2 in Japaneese and "san" which means 3. Nissan means 23.
The articles of Impeechment used against Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton are under Article 2, section 3 of the constitution.
The United States set off 23 atomic bombs at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
Lines 22-23 of Book I of Milton's Paradice Lost "What in me is dark/ Illumine, what is low raise and support."
In a recent film version of Alice in Wonderland a stuffed Rabbit comes alive and runs away from a case numbered 23.
***The first prime number in which both digits are prime and add up to make annother prime is 23.


It is believed that Adam and Eve had 23 daughters. [citation needed]
It is believed that the verses of the Qur'an were revealed over a period of 23 years. There exist hadith that support this figure, but many more that give other lengths of time.
Psalms, the longest book of the Bible, is the 23rd book of the Old Testament, and the famous "Divine Shepherd" psalm is Psalm 23. Those repeating this popular claim overlook that it is only true in a handful of very specific modern Catholic translations. The famous psalm is actually number 22 in the Septuagint and traditional Catholic Bibles, while the books of the Old Testament appear in several different orders; Psalms is number 23 only in modern Catholic Bibles, being book 21 in the traditional Vulgate, book 26 in the Greek Orthodox Bible, book 19 in most Protestant Bibles, and book 14 in the Jewish Tanakh. It is therefore completely false for the Vulgate (chapter 22 of book 21), and only partly true for the King James Version (chapter 23 of book 19).
December 23, 2012 is the date on which the Mayan calendar ends, predicting an apocalyptic event.
Both the ancient Egyptian and Sumerian calendars begin on 23 July. Both calendars were apparently calculated from the date of the heliacal rising of Sirius, which occurs at that latitude around that time of year.

The list goes on and on.
They say that once you reasearch heavily into the 23 mystery, they say that the number starts appearing in your life everywhere. You become obessed, paranoid, it comes after you. It...haunts you. I am living proof. Heres my diary of how the number 23, is coming after me. It can mean many things, patterns, messages, clues to future events, many things. In theory anyway.

The physical biorhythm cycle is said to be 23 days. It takes 23 seconds for blood to circulate through the human body. The male and female each contribute 23 chromosomes during conception. A full turn of the DNA helix occurs every 23 angstroms. The number of joints in the human arm is 23. There are 23 vertebrae in the human body. Tantrists believe the male sex cycle is 23 days.

Shakespeare was born on April 23. Shakespeare died on April 23. Two 23's equals 46 and, that's how old Shakespeare was when the KJV was published. Grab a King James Version of the Bible and turn to Psalm 46. Count 46 words and you arrive at the word 'shake'. Turn to the end of the chapter and count 46 words backwards and the word you end on is 'spear'.

The Ancient Egyptians hailed the New Year on July 23 - the day Sirius rises behind the sun.

The ideal orbit, Clarke's Orbit, for a satellite is 23,000 miles above the earth.

The first prime number wherein both of the digits are prime and add up to another prime number is 23.

The 23rd letter of the alphabet, W, has 3 points up and 2 points down.

Two-thirds or, 2/3, is equal to .666.

The first Morse code transmission is reported to have been “What hath god wrought?”. A Biblical quote from Numbers 23:23.

Alexander the Great was 23 when he cut the Gordian Knot and Caesar is reported to have been stabbed 23 times. The Knights Templar had 23 Grand Masters.

The “Day the Music Died” was February 3 or, 2-3. This was of course the day Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died.

Devin Hester, whose jersey number is 23, becomes the first person to return the opening kickoff for a touchdown in a Super Bowl ( XLI ).

Throughout history, the number 23 has had mystical significance., as its the Pentagram: 2 & 3 points. This number appears too frequently for it to be a co-incidence. 23 has an energy field that is resonating all around us. Also 2+3=5, in binary: '101'which is another number you see everywhere. The human body consists of 46 chromosomes, 23 from each parent. Geometry is based on 23 natural laws. There are many examples that describe the power of this number. However, many believe that the number is cursed with dark and evil properties. I believe that It means something if you empower it to by believing that it has some mystical power over you. The way you use it is the key to understand it.

Kurt Cobain died in the year 1994 (1 + 9 + 9 +4 = 23)
Humans have 23 chromosome pairs

Find the 23rd letter on your keyboard. That is the letter “W” now look above it. 23 again.

I Ching

TheI Ching Hexagram 23 means "Break Apart". Telegrapher's use 23 as the code for 'break the line'.

irplane disaster

230 people died on TWA Flight 800.

Aleister Crowley

In Aleister Crowley'sCabalistic Dictionary, he defines the number 23 as the number of "parting, removal, separation, joy, a thread, and life.

Aliens

23 Annunaki, the number of the original advance team of "aliens" who aided in the seeding of life on this planet.

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg died at 2:39pm April 5: 2+3+9+4+5=23. The code at the bottom of theReuter's article about Ginsberg's death reads: '23:28'. (28=23+5).

Alphabet

E is the fifth letter of the alphabet, and also the most commonly used in the English language. W is the 23rd letter of the alphabet. Half of W is V, which is the roman numeral for 5. Once again, therefore, the inherent connection between 5 and 23 is proven.Relent ye skeptics!

Apollo Lunar Landings 1 & 2

First landing on the Moon was in the Sea of Tranquility, 23.63 degrees East. Second landing was in the Ocean of Storms, 23.42 degrees West. Notice the names of the picked sights and how they contrast. Note: First two landings were Apollo 11 & 12 (11+12= 23!). Justexactly what does NASA know?

April 19th

As in 4-19... 4 + 19 = 23. April 19 is the date the Battle of Lexington, Waco, and the Oklahoma City Bombing... (4+19=23).You connect the dots.

Astronomy: March 23, 1997

The comet Hale Bopp was at her closest point to Earth, 123 million miles.

Astronomy: Sirius

Sirius A has a luminosity of 23.5.

Astronomy: Sirius

The "Dog Days" of summer begin on July 23rd when the star Sirius, in the Constellation of Orion, first rises from behind the sun.

Astronomy

On the evening of March 23, 1997 in the US, not only was the comet Hale-Bopp clearly visible, but there was also a lunar eclipse. Mars was also at its closest distance to Earth.

Astronomy

The axis of the planet Earth is 23.5 degrees.As it is above, so below.

Astronomy

The distance from the center of the planet Mars to the center of it's farthest moon is 23,500 kilometers.

Astronomy

The number of days in a year on Earth is 365.2422.

August 23, 1305

The day William Wallace, whose life is fictionalized in the movieBraveheart, was executed for treason to the crown by leading a Scottish revolt. Interestingly, this was the pre-cursor to the underground Knights Templar refugees' involvement with Robert the Bruce at the Battle of Bannockburn. Now it's starting to make sense, isn't it?

August 23, 1970

Birth date of River Phoenix, actor. Died of drug overdose,"You call him Dr. Bones, doll!"

August 23

Birth date of Keith Moon, original drummer for the Who. Also died from drug overdose,"my decomposition".

August 23rd, 1995

David Gottel, a member of Skinny Puppy, died. Huh.

Average Lunar Cycle

Average Lunar Cycle is 28 (23+5) days.

Average Menstrual Cycle

An average menstrual cycle is 28 (23+5) days.

Avogadro's Number

The number of atoms of an element in one mole (cf. Atomic Weight) is 6.21x10²³.

BCE	Politically correct term meaning "Before Common Era", or more to the point, before the supposed birth of Christ the Zealot. B, C, E: the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th letters of the alphabet

Base 3

The number 23, written in base 3, is 212 (2+1+2=5)

Base 4

23 written to the base 4 is 113 (1+1+3=5).

Base 7

23 written to the base 7 is 32 (3+2=5).

Beer	Rolling Rock beer labels have a mysteriously marketed "33" (2 3's) on the back of every bottle. Sure they have an innocent story about the number of letters and blah blah, but what's thereal Masonic meaning behind all this?

Bible: Revelations

Revelations ofThe New Testament has 22 sections the 22nd having 21 lines; implying a progression to 23

Bible: Revelations

The most frequent numbers in the Book of Revelations are 4 (the powerful beasts), 7(seven seals, seven churches, etc.), and 12 (12 apostles, etc.). 4+7+12=23!

Bible: Revelations

There is no known 23rd Chapter to Revelations.

Bible

I Corinthians 15:56, Paul said "The sting of death [23] is sin and the strength of sin [13] is the law [10]."

Bible

Daniel 8:14And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

Bible

Psalm 23:The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want...

Binary Digits

10111 is the binary equivalent to 23. Note the five digits, yet another connection to the Law of Fives

Biorythm

biorhythm cycle is generally 23 days. One measures a circle beginning anywhere.

Blood Circulation

It takes 23 seconds for blood to circulate through the human body.

Boy Scouts

The Order of the Arrow: a secret organization within the Boy Scouts of America uses "WWW" as one of their symbols. W is the 23rd letter of the alphabet. Hmmm... 'w w w' has a ring to it.

Buddha

2x2x3x3x3 or 2 to the power of 2 times 3 to the power of three = 108, the number of auspicious signs by which the Buddha is known.

Burrough's 23 Enigma

In the early '60's in Tangiers, William Burroughs knew a certain "Captain Clark" who ran a ferry from Tangiers to Spain. One day, Clark said to Burroughs that he'd been running the ferry23 years without an accident. That very day the ferry sank, killing Clark and everyone aboard. In the evening, Burroughs was thinking about this when he turned on the radio. The first newscast headlined the crash of an airline plane on the New York-Miami route. The pilot was anotherCaptain Clark and the flight was listed asFlight 23 (ala the line "Captain Clark welcomes you aboard.").

CB Channels

There were originally 23 channels of Citizens Band (CB) radio in the US. There are now 40.

Cartoons: Bugs Bunny

Bug Bunny says in one cartoon "frick-a-frack-a fire-crack-er siss boom bah! Bugs Bunn-y Bugs Bunn-y Rah Rah Rah!" There are 19 syllables in this cryptic statement. 1-9=-8, or -2³, the prime number before 23. Wow... people are funny.

Ceasar

Ceasar was stabbed 23 times when he was assassinated.

Charly

The Academy Award winning filmCharly is the story of a low-grade moron (IQ around Dan Quayle's) who is transformed by neuro-surgery into a superhuman genius (IQ 200 plus). In the crucial operation scene, the number on the operating room is visible, and it is 23.

Chomsky and 23

Over 50% of the national media is owned by 23 major corporations, as reported by Noam Chomsky. To recapitulate... more than half of the information thrust upon the American people is controlled by only 23 corporations.

Chromosome Pairs

The human body has 46 chromosomes, which are paired, in somatic cells. Generative cells have half this number, 23, which is the number of chromosomes each parents gives to human deoxyribonucleic acid.

Church of Zypgx

7.32 is the Holy Number of the First Church of Zypgx, which gives all of its members a number between 7.32 and 8. (7 being the number of luck, 32 being 23 backwards and 8 being approximately the symbol for infinity. 3.1415 is of course, the mathematical enigma which is pi. Multiply these two numbers and you get almost exactly 23. The followers of the First Church of Zypgx also believe that when pi is found to the last decimal place, the number of their Savior timesexact pi will be precisely 23. And you thought the Heaven's Gate people were a bit kooky?

Church of the Process

Famed church, espoused by Skinny Puppy and Psychic TV, which regards 23 as a special number of great significance.

Cigarettes

The average smoker smokes 23 butts a day.

Clinton

Bill Clinton's numerical initials are B=2 C=3.

Clinton

The number of letters in William Jefferson Clinton is 23.

Clinton

William, W being the 23rd letter of the alphabet.

Comics: Superman

Superman got his new 'electric' look inSuperman issue #123.

Computers: 32 bit bus

The fifth generation is the 32 bit bus, 32 being the fifth power os 2, and 2³ * 2².

Computers: TCP/IP

Standard TCP/IP port for Telnet is 23.

Computers: URLs

Most URLs for the web contain 2 "/"s and 3 W's..

Computers: World Wide Web

23+23+23=WWW, the World Wide Web is referred by "WWW." W, of course, occupies the 23rd position in the alphabet. Tim Berners-Lee, at CERN, created the Web. CERN=3,5,18,14. 24=(18+14)-(3+5). Close one.

Computers

Computers communicate in 2³ bits (bytes).

Cults: L. Ron Hubbard

His Axiom 23: All thought is concerned with motion.

Cults

There are 23 chapters of the Cult Awareness Network. Incidentally, the over-zealous law firm which for years has represented the "Church" of Scientology, a more successful joke religion than even Discordianism, purchased the logo and license agreement of the Cult Awareness Network (CAN). The Heaven's Gate Away Team nerds were really happy about this according to some of their USENET posts.

December 23, 1805

Birth date of Joseph Smith, founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or as the better marketing name goes, Mormons).

December 23, 1913

Passage of the Federal Reserve Act by 3 members of Congress, 2 of which were stockholders of the parent firms of the Federal Reserve Bank. Another example that conspiracies are nothing more than a good ol' boy network of elitist college buddies. You do the same thing all the time... this just happens to affect more people.

December 23, 2012

A huge cycle ends in the Mayan calendar. Terence McKenna thinks the Eschaton will Immanetize. Other theories suggest the ice caps, having become wobbly from the gravitational pull exerted by the alignment offive planets directly opposing the Spaceship Earth on 5-5-2005, will cause the crust of the Earth to slip over the soggy innards, causing the ice caps to melt, and new ones to form. Of course, this will cause massive flooding, earthquakes, general mayhem and undoubtedly affect the quarterly earnings of Nike. All because the earth is slightly tilted, averaging about 23.5 degrees! (Refer to Graham Hancock'sFingerprints of the Gods for more background on this phenomenon. It ties in the Egyptians and other ancient civilizations, Atlantis, Osiris, star-charts, geological evidence, and hard physical evidence of the remnants of a lost, technologically superior pre-historic race.)

December 23, 2012

The date the Mayans believed the world will end. Hence why they werereally obsessed with time and it's observance.

December 23, 679

The date that Dagobert II, a Merovingian King was murdered. Speculation, derived from the research of the highly controversial book entitledHoly Blood, Holy Grail , leads one to conclude this assassination was performed in connivance with the Catholic Church. The church leaders, unhappy with Dagobert's apparent policy of religious tolerance in his kingdom, located in the south of France, allegedly got him out of the way to best serve their own interests. A predecessor of Dagobert, Clovis, had an alliance with the Catholic church, so it is possible that church leaders saw Dagobert's actions as a betrayal of what was considered a long standing policy of pro-Catholic reforms.

Descartes

2+3=5 is the equation Descartes chooses to theorize about as being an objective truth that he is possibly being fooled into believing is true in hisMeditations on First Philosophy.

Dillinger

2323 Clark St. Chicago, IL: this is the theater where John Dillinger was allegedly shot while leaving after the flick Manhattan Melodrama ended. Also, have you noticed that in most movies hotel room numbers are based on five, with many of them being 23, or some variation that breaks down to 5? Oh sure, go ahead and roll your eyes, but you can't escape it.

Dillinger

John Dillinger robbed 26 banks, but only 23 for money. Now that's a statement.

Dutch Shultz

Arthur Flengenheimer (a.k.a. Dutch Schultz) died in a New York hospital on October 23, 1934 and uttered: "A boy has never wept nor dashed a thousand kim... French Canadian bean soup... The bears are in trouble and the sidewalks are in trouble..."

Dvorák's Symphony No. 9

In Dvoráks Symphony No. 9 in E Minor (5th letter of the alphabet, btw), you hear the morse code for V, the Roman Numeral Symbol for 5. TitledFrom the New World, probably as in "The New World Order". You also hear the same BA BA BA BUUUMMMMMM (Dot Dot Dot Dash) in Beethoven's 5th Symphony, which he wrote after being "Illuminated" by Adam Weishaupt.

Fallen Angels

Two-thirds of the angels decided to stick it out in Heaven with God after Lucifer and the other third fell.

Film: Blue Meenies

In the epic cartoonYellow Submarine the Blue Meenies are comprised of a wild pack of destructive anti-music villains. Among them is a character named the Butterfly Stomper (butterfly being a symbol of transformation). The Butterfly Stomper is one who destroys all things of beauty. On his shirt is the number 23... and you know what that means.

Film:Airplane II: The Sequel

In the movieAirplane II the name of the space ship is theXR - 2300.

Film:Airport

In the movie Airport, the mad bomber has Seat 23.

Film:Babe

In the movieBabe, the little piggy is the 23rd contestant for the Sheep Dog contest. Kind of takes the innocence of the flick away doesn't it?

Film:Die Hard III

In the movieDie Hard III the train derails in subway station 23.

Film:Hackers

In the movieHackers, the data which causes all the action is take from 'data bank 23'.

Film:Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

The first trash truck seen transporting pods is labled number 23.

Film:Lawrence of Arabia

Anthony Quinn's character proclaims he has 23 wounds upon his body.

Film:Lost Highway

In David Lynch's film,Lost Highway, Fred's number in the jail is 47516 (4+7+5+1+6=23).

Film:Nixon

In Oliver Stone'sNixon, Tricky Dick's football jersey at Whittier is number 23.

Film:Quiz Show

A waiter chooses 23 when asked for a random number, and the contestant follows with a list of 23 related facts to show his knowledge base.

Film:Star Wars

TheMillennium Falcon escapes Mos Eisley spaceport from docking bay 94 (9/3=3 and 4/2=2 reverse it and you get 23).

Film:Star Wars

In the final assault on the Death Star, Luke Skywalker is in Red 5. Red 2 and Red 3 start the bomb runs at 23 degrees. "Stay on target!"

Film:Star Wars

R2-D2 and C-3PO: R2+C3=RC (Rosy Cross, Rosicrucian) and 23.

Film:Star Wars

TK421, the only stormtrooper called by name in theStar Wars trilogy. T(20)+k(11)+4-2-1=32. The reverse of 23.Now that's the spirit! Why aren't you at you're post?

Film:Star Wars

The cell block where Princess Leia was held on the Death Star was AA-23 on Level 5. A.'.A.'.?

Film:Star Wars

When Luke Skywalker is in the trench during his bombing run, the first number you see on the targeting computer is 23. The next scene that shows the computer shows the number 32.

Film:Support Your Local Gunslingler

James Garner's character, who despises roulette, announces that he has "an irresistible urge to bet on the number 23." 23 becomes a running gag throughout the comedy-western.

Film:THX-1138

George Lucas' first real movie, in alphabetic order, T=20, H=8, X=24. (T)20-(H)8=12; 1+3+8=12; reconcile: 12-12=0 which leaves (X)24-1=23.

Film:The Prophecy

In the movieThe Prophecy, the Bible belonging to the dead angel Uziel is bookmarked on the 23rd chapter of Revelations.

Film	The number on Adam Sandler's helmet inHappy Gilmore is 23.

Flight 800

The two recovered seats from TWA Flight 800 with shrapnel damage were Seats 23J and 23K. The explosion is theorized to have occurred at this location.

Freemason Henry Price

Henry Price is buried in the cemetery of Townsend, Massachusetts. His monument is an obelisk that measures 69" tall (69 / 3 = 23). On the side of the monument facing west it says:Henry Price "Founder of Duly Constituted Masonry in America." On the east face it says:Born in London about 1697, removed to Boston about 1723, appointed Provincial Grand Master of New England in 1733. The monument is carved on 2 faces, made of 3 pieces - base, block, and cap stone.

Freemasons

The address of the Freemasons lodge in Stafford, England is 23 Jaol Rd. In New York it is on 23rd street.

General Custer

Custer achieved the rank of General at the young age of 23, the youngest general in the U.S. army at the time.

Geometry: Pentagons

The angle between the rays of a symmetrical-pointed star is 72 degrees. Also, the angle between legs of a pentagon is 108 degrees (the complementary angle of 108 is 72(108+72=180)). (2^3)*(3^2)=2*3*2*3*2=72. (Note that 5 (2^2)*(3^3)=3*2*3*2*3=58. Numbers are 2*3*2*3*5=180 multiplied in each equation.)

Great Pyramid

Supposedly there are 2,300 stones comprising the Great Pyramid. Uh-huh... sure.

Harmonic Convergence

The harmonic convergence occurs every 23,000 years.

Health: Centrum Silver

There are 23 vitamins and minerals in a Centrum Silver tablet.

Hiroshima

Hiroshima was bombed on August 6, 1945 (8+6+4+5=23).

Human Lifespan

63 years, the average lifespan of a human being on the planet Earth, is roughly 23,000 days.

Human body

The number of joints in the human arm is 23.

January 23

Adolf Hitler organized the National Socialist Congress on January 23. On November 23 he tried to seize power.

January 23rd

On January 23, 1968 theUSS Pueblo was hijacked off of North Korea. The crew was held exactly 11 months until December 23, 1968 when they were released after being beaten by soviets to give back an intercepted USSR message stating plans to start a nuclear war with Red China.

July 23, 1996

"Mysterious Eyes" of comet Hale-Bopp first sighted.

July 23

More reported UFO sightings on this day than any other day of the year. This is the flapday of the year.

July 23rd

July 23rd is both the Sumerian and Egyptian New Years.

June 1, 1996

The day Tim Leary died. The date 6-1-1996 provides 6+1+1+9+9+6=32, or 23 backwards.

June 15th, 1904

(19 + 04 = 23) The date the ship "General Slocum " catches fire and over a thousand die.

June 16th, 1904

(19 + 04 = 23) The day James Joyce uses inUlysses, who mentions theGeneral Slocum disaster the day before repeatedly within this book.

Knights Templar

October 13 (10+13=23) is the month and day that the Knight Templars were arrested in France... hence Friday the 13th being considered a day of bad luck. Amazing how it all starts to fit together, isn't it?

Knights Templar

The Templars had only 23 Grandmasters. Jacques de Molay was the 23rd and last of the Templar Grandmasters."Jacques de Molay, thou art unhinged!"

Latin Alphabet

There are 23 letters in the Latin alphabet.

Level of ONE

The newest front society of the Illuminated, the 23rd level of the ONE is reported to be the last level attainable (achieving departure from Earth). Remind you of something else?

Literature: Charles Dickens

In Dickens' Tale of Two Cities, Sidney Carlton, the 23rd man, is guillotined in the final scene." The murmuring of many voices, the upturning of many faces, the pressing on of many footsteps in the outskirts of the crowd, so that it swells forward in a mass, like one great heave of water, all flashes away. Twenty-Three."

Literature:Catch-22

The Catch-22 of Joseph Heller's book/film: "If a bomber-pilot don´t want to fly missions then he´s sane, for mission-flying is deadly dangerous. If a bomber does want to fly missions then he´s insane for missions-flying is deadly dangerous. The only way to stop flying missions is to be insane, but if the flyer does want to fly missions then why shouldn't he go on? No way out (23)."

Literature:Paradise Lost

Lines 22-23 of Book I of Milton'sParadise Lost read, ".... what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support..."

Male Sex Cycle

23 days in the male sex cycle (according to Tantrists).

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe's former address is 12305 Helena Drive.

Mathematics: Hexadecimal

The Hex equivalent of 23 is 17, therefore all references to the number 17 are indirect references to the number 23.

Mathematics: Primes

23 is the first prime number in which both digits are prime numbers and add up to another prime number.

Mathematics: Primes

Two (2), three (3), and five(5) are the first three prime numbers in our counting system. (1 is not prime, it's an identity.)

Mathematics: Square Roots

Square root(s) of 2,3, and 5 are used in respect to tetrahedral hyperdimensional physics and perfect form in design. Square root(s)of 2, 3, and 5 supposedly relative to D&M Pyramid on Mars and other similar relationships. Also these square roots were quite common in early architecture and considered the most aesthetically pleasing in design.

Mathematics

23 Axioms in Euclid's Geometry.

Mathematics

In base 5, 23 = 2x5 +3 = 13 in decimal notation. 13 is an amazingly significant number being theactual level of most floors labeled 14 in American hotels.

Mathematics

Two-thirds of numbers which are divisible by 2 are not multiples of 3.

Microsoft

There are 23 buildings on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. Where do you want Bill Gates to go today?

Mob

Gangster "Mad Dog" Coll was shot on 23rd Street when he was 23 years old; a year later, Dutch Schultz (who paid for the Coll assassination) was himself fatally shot on October 23, 1935. Marty Krompier, king of the Harlem numbers racket, was non-fatally shot on the same October 23, 1935. ("It's got to be one of them coincidences," he told the police.) Shultz's killer, Charlie Workman, served 23 years of a life sentence and was then paroled. Coll is buried in St. Raymond's Cemetery.

Money: U.S. Coinage

There are exactly 23 plainly visible characters (letters & numbers) on the front of U.S. Coins.

Nissan brand cars

Nissan is a brand of Japanese cars. In Japanese, "ni" is 2, and "san" is 3. So Nissan would be 23.

Nixon's Articles of Impeachment

The Articles of Impeachment meant for Richard Nixon were under Article 2, Section 3 of the Constitution. In the sweetest irony, Our Beloved First Lady, Hillary Rodham Clinton, was one of the young lawyers who helped research the constitutionality of impeaching a reigning President. Nice of her to do all the groundwork for us...

November 22, 1963

The day Kennedy was shot.

November 24, 1963

The day Oswald wasallegedly shot.

Nuclear Tests

The USA performed 23 tests of atomic detonations at Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific.

Numerology

Two (2) and Three (3) are next to each other in our numbering system (e.g. 1,2,3...). Takethat!

October 23, 1956

The day the Hungarian revolution began against the Russians. Not to be confused with any of the many previous Hungarian revolutions.

October 23, 4004 BC

According to Bishop Usher in hisAnnales Veteris Testament (Annals of the Old Testament), the supposed date of God's creation of the world is October 23, 4004 BC. Thus the 6th Millennium is this year. Gonna pa-arrrrrrrrrr-ty likes it's 5999!

Parliamentary Procedure

23 votes are required to rescind a Motion.

Pepsi Cans

Calories: 150 = one 5 Carbohydrates: 41 = 5 As % Daily Value: 14% = 5 Sugars: 41g = 5 1 Can: 12Fl (355 mL) = two 5s, 1, 3, & 2: 1(3+5) = 5, = three 5's. The Pepsi sigil is a corruption of the Holy Chao... also directly to the left of the ingredients you'll find a bold "K" = Kallisti?

Pepsi

The advertisementSecurity Camera, in which a Coke worker tries to take a Pepsi in a convenience store and knocks down the shelf, displays the time in the upper right hand corner as 6:23.

Physics: Tidal Wave Frequency

On average every 23rd wave crashing to shore is twice as large as the average wave.

Physics: Uranium Isotopes

The name of the Uranium isotope used in bombs is U235.

Physics: Vanadium

The symbol for the 23rd element is V (roman numeral 5).

Pookah!

In the film version (titledAlice) of Charlie Dodgson's classicAlice in Wonderland by the Czech director/animator Jan Svankmejer, Alice's taxidermically stuffed rabbit flings open the door by dressing itself and running 'away'. The case that holds the white rabbit (i.e. Pookah (i.e. one who takes you OUT)) is labeled "No. 23".

Qabala

In the Qabalistic Tree of Life, the 23rd path is associated with the Hanged Man Tarot Card. Aleister Crowley also states that this card represents the concept that the only way OUT is WITHIN!

Rave scene

23 HOP is the club where the Toronto rave scene was created.

September 23

Rosicrucian (AMORC): Annual Outdoor Fete is held on September 23, when the sun enters the sign of Libra.

September 23

The Fall Equinox.

September 23

Yom Kippur.

Sex: Positions

69 (23*3) is one of the many loved sexual positions of humans. The Zodiac sign for Cancer looks like a sideways 69. Cancers are born between June 21 and July 21 and 21+2 (the number of characters in 69)=23

Shakespeare

Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616. 23+23=46. Shakespeare was 46 years old in the year 1610 (1+6+1+0=8, 8=2³), the year the King James Bible was published. Psalm 46 in that translation has as its 46th word "shake" while the 46th word from the end is "spear." Go ahead, explain that one. I dare ya. It's also a fun party trick!

Space Program, Russian

On March 14, 1997, NASA representative states that MIR 23 space station is having problems resulting from the February 23, 1997 fire and has used 23 of their oxygen-generating canisters. It is the 23rd day aboard for the Russian crew. Progress 233 supply vehicle has problems of its own and cannot redock with MIR.

Space Program, US

Saturn V (2+3=5) rockets were used to launch the Apollo missions to the moon.

Space Program, US

The longitudinal coordinates of the Apollo 11 moon landing were 23.63 degrees. (2+3=5 while 6+3=9=3²)

Sports: Car 23 Camel Cigarettes racing machine bears the number 23. And what is up with Tom Robbins anyway?

Sports: Darts

23 is the lowest positive integer number not scoreable with one dart on a dartboard.

Sports: Ryne Sandberg

Number 23 on the Chicago Cubs, holds MLB record for consecutive errorless innings, 123. The 1 in 123 added to 4, the numerical designation for second base equals 5, adhering to the law of fives.

Sports: World Series

23 World Series have been won by the New York Yankees. Also they won their first World Series in 1923. Ah, statistics.

Sports

Michael Jordan's shirt number is 23, which is also the day of his father's murder.

TV: Cartoons

Popeye is seen repeatedly pondering the number 23 in many of his 1970's TV Cartoons.

TV:Babylon 5

A 5 mile long space station, a 5 year story line, set in the 23rd century, naturally. And if you watch closely, you'll notice it's all parable for Clinton and Whitewater.

TV:Seinfeld

Kramer hides his air conditioner on Level Purple 23 in a shopping carpark. This episode was played in Australia on 23 September 1996.

TV:Sesame Street

Bert is a member of the National Association of W Lovers. W is the 23rd letter of the alphabet, if you haven't had that driven into your head by now.

TV:Star Trek: The Next Generation

In most every episode of ST:TNG, if a number is given it will usually be a 23 (or 23,000).

TV:X-Files

Ten-Thirteen (10+13=23) is the name of the production company famed for producing shows like theX-files andMillennium. 10-13 is the Birth date of creator Chris Carter and the day the Knights Templar were arrested in France in 1307.Aha! you exclaim,More proof!

TV:X-Files

1013 (10+13=23) is the number on the abandoned nuclear missile silo where a UFO is contained and Crycek is locked up by the Men in Black in an episode of X-Files.

TV:X-Files

Agent Mulder goes to the apartment of a recently deceased man in one episode, and we see the number 23 on the door as he is let in.

TV	Max Headroom broadcast on Network 23.

Tarot

2 is the number of balance, 3 is the number of synergy and 5 is the number of strife in the Tarot deck. Presumably, therefore, if things always changed, or if things never changed we would be all right, but when both happen, we experience troubling times.

Tarot

The trump cards, or the Major Arcana of the Tarot represent a cycle, or wheel. The cards are 22 in number, "beginning" with the fool and "ending" with the universe. But, as the standard musical scale of western music is an octave (seven notes (ABCDEFG) with the first repeated as the last (ABCDEFGA) to represent the progressive cycle of the musical scale), the 22 trumps, when arranged with the fool at the "beginning and end", actually form a cycle of 23.

Tarot

There is no 23rd card in the Major Arcana.

The Artists Formerly Engaged as The Police

Their songSynchronicity I is 3:23 long.

Timothy Leary

Fortean Times #97 reported that Timothy Leary's ashes were to be launched into space the 2nd week of March (the third month). The launch contained the ashes of Timothy Leary,Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and23 others...

UFO's: Roswell, NM

The date of the 'weather balloon' crash at Roswell, New Mexico was July 3, 1947. 7+3+1+9+4+7=32. The reverse of 23.

UFOs	Regarding UFOs, the myth-inspiring Hangar 18 is yet another alien parts store. (23-5=18)

Unabomber

The Unabomberallegedly hurt or killed 23 people.

V	In filing systems which make a special place for the symbol 'Mc', V is the 23rd letter of that system.

Victory/Peace hand sign

Consisting of five fingers: 2 up to form a Roman Number V, 3 fingers down. Hippies and Nixon: willing dupes for THEM.

Video

After the Rodney King verdict, a Korean shopkeeper during the L.A riots can be clearly seen shooting at looters from the roof of a building in front of a large sign proclaiming the number 23 and nothing else.

W	W is the 23rd letter in the alphabet and is also the shape a woman's legs form while copulating in the missionary position. W is also the first letter in the names of many important historic figures (Washington or Weishaupt for example).

W	W, the only letter in the English language to be renounced polysyllabically, is 23rd in line. Note also that it is a double(2)-u and that t has three(3) syllables.

Washington, D.C.

Washington starts with the letter "W" which is the 23rd letter in the alphabet. The Pentagon (5 sides) building is located in Washington D.C.

"When you start looking for something you tend to find it

A train hits a bus load of Catholic school girls and they all perish.

They are all in heaven trying to enter the pearly gates past St. Peter.

St. Peter asks the first girl, "Jessica, have you ever had any contact with a penis?"

She giggles and shyly replies, "Well I once touched the head of one with the tip of my finger."

St. Peter says, "OK, dip the tip of your finger in The Holy Water and pass through the gate."

St. Peter asks the next girl the same question, "Jennifer have you ever had any contact with a penis?"

The girl is a little reluctant but replies, "Well once I fondled and stroked one."

St. Peter says, "OK, dip your whole hand in The Holy Water and pass through the gate."

All of a sudden there is a lot of commotion in the line of girls, one girl is pushing her way to the front of the line.

When she reaches the front of the line St. Peter says, "Lisa! What seems to be the rush?"

The girl replies, "If I'm going to have to gargle that Holy Water, I want to do it before Tiffany sticks her ass in it

An old cowboy sat down at the Starbucks and ordered a cup of coffee.

As he sat sipping his coffee, a young woman sat down next to him.

She turned to the old cowboy and asked, 'Are you a real cowboy?'

He replied, 'Well, I've spent my whole life breaking colts, working cows, going to rodeos, fixing fences, pulling calves, bailing hay, doctoring calves, cleaning my barn, fixing flats, working on tractors, and feeding my dogs, so I guess I am a cowboy.'

She said, 'I'm a lesbian. I spend my whole day thinking about women.

As soon as I get up in the morning, I think about women. When I shower, I think about women. When I watch TV, I think about women.

I even think about women when I eat.

It seems that everything makes me think of women.'

The two sat sipping in silence.

A little while later, a man sat down on the other side of the old cowboy and asked, 'Are you a real cowboy?'

He replied, 'I always thought I was, but I just found out that I'm a lesbian.'

Have you heard?
Have you tried to understand?
It´s all right
It gets easy on with time
How are you?
Are you ever comming back?
I´ve changed
And I´ve realized I was wrong

I was wrong
Now I´ll never see your face, anymore
Oh my love,
I´d give anything for one more day with you

I´m getting through
Wish you felt the way I do
I´ve changed
And I´ve realized I was wrong

I was wrong
Now I´ll never see your face, anymore
Oh my love,
I´d give anything for one more day with you

I was wrong, I was wrong
Now I´ll never see your face, anymore
Oh my love,
I´ll do anything for one more day with you
I´ll do anything for one more day
I´d give anything for one more day with you

animosity is for cowards. show yourself or be silenced forever.

J-Pop’s Definition and History

What is J-Pop?
J-pop is an abbreviation of Japanese pop. It refers to Western-influenced Japanese popular music. The term J-pop was coined by J-Wave, an FM radio station, to denote what was once called “New Music.” The term is widely used in Japan to describe many different musical genres including pop, rock, dance, rap, and soul.

History of J-pop
J-pop can be traced to the jazz music which became popular during the early Sho-wa period. Jazz reintroduced many musical instruments, previously used only to perform classical music and military marches, to bars and clubs. It also added an element of “fun” to the Japanese music scene. As a result “Ongaku Kissa” (lit. music cafe) became a very popular venue for live jazz music.

Under pressure from the Imperial Army during World War II the performance of jazz music was temporarily halted. After the war ended the United States soldiers and the Far East Network - who were occupying Japan at the time - introduced a number of new musical styles to the country. Boogie-woogie, Mambo, Blues, and Country music were performed by Japanese musicians for the American troops. Songs like Shizuko Kasagi’s “Tokyo Boogie-Woogie” (1948), Eri Chiemi’s “Tennessee Waltz” (1951), Misora Hibari’s “Omatsuri Mambo”, and Izumi Yukimura’s “Omoide no Waltz” became popular. Foreign musicians and groups including JATP and Louis Armstrong visited Japan to perform. 1952 was declared the “Year of the Jazz Boom” but the genre itself demanded a high level of technical proficiency and was difficult to play. As a result many amateur Japanese musicians turned to country music which was far easier to learn and perform. This in turn led to a proliferation of country-based music.

In 1956 the rock-and-roll craze began thanks to a country music group known as Kosaka Kazuya and the Wagon Masters and their rendition of Elvis Presley’s Heartbreak Hotel. The rock-and-roll movement would reach its peak in 1959 with the release of a movie featuring performances by a number of Japanese rock-and-roll bands. However, the demise of rock-and-roll in the United States was quickly followed by its downfall in Japan due to the fact that many groups were heavily influenced by their American counterparts. Some performers attempted to merge traditional Japanese pop music with rock-and-roll. One of few musicians to be successful in this effort was Sakamoto Kyu- with the song “Ue wo Muite Aruko-” (lit. “Let’s Look Up and Walk”), known in other parts of the world as “Sukiyaki”. Other performers decided instead to play the music and translate the lyrics of popular American songs resulting in the birth of “cover pop.” The popularity of these individuals faded though as radio and television gave every household the opportunity to watch real musicians perform. However the concept of karaoke and its subsequent popularity can arguably be attributed to the cover pop phenomenon.

During the period from the early 70s to the mid 80s the emphasis shifted from simple songs with a single guitar accompaniment to more complex musical arrangements known as New Music. Instead of social messages the songs focused on love and other personal events. Takuro Yoshida and Yosui Inoue are two notable New Music artists.

In the 80s the term City Pop came to describe a type of popular music with a big city theme. Tokyo in particular inspired many songs of this form. It is difficult to draw a distinction between City Pop and New Music and many songs fall under both categories. Wasei Pop (lit. Japan-made pop) quickly became a common word to describe both City Pop and New Music. By the 1990s, J-pop became the common term to describe most popular songs.

The late 1980s saw the emergence of one of Japan’s most famous rock groups of all time, Chage & Aska. A massively popular male singer/songwriter duo consisting of Chage (Shuji Shibata) and Ryo Aska (Shigeaki Miyazaki), they released a string of consecutive monster hits throughout the 1980s and 1990s, establishing themselves as Asia’s most popular rock group. Their “Asian Tour II / Mission Impossible” tour was the single largest concert tour ever put on by a Japanese group - the tickets for all 61 concerts in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan sold out on the first day. Ryo Aska is widely considered today to be one of Japan’s greatest songwriters. However, with the advent of the Japanese dance-pop music pioneered by Namie Amuro and Tetsuya Komuro in the mid- to late-1990s, the popularity of rock groups like Chage & Aska has declined.

R&B got popular in Japan in the late 90’s, when young singer-songwriter Utada Hikaru debuted with her 1st single Automatic/time will tell. Her 1st album, First Love sold around 7 500 000 copies, making it the best selling Japanese album of all time, and the best selling debut album ever in the country. While she sold millions with her R&B sounds, pop music was still popular in Japan with solo female singers such as Hamasaki Ayumi, Kuraki Mai and Ami Suzuki, and female pop groups like SPEED and Morning Musume sold millions of records with their pop-techno sounds.

Now in the early 00’s, R&B and Hip Hop influences in Japanese music are stronger than ever. J-Hiphop/rock bands such as ORANGE RANGE and Ketsumeishi are at the top of the Oricon charts, with some older pop/rock groups like Mr.Children, B’z and Southern All Stars. The current charts are mainly ruled by male only bands and solo male singers, female pop has declined a lot since the 90’s but pop singers like Hamasaki Ayumi and Otsuka Ai still get to #1 with most of their releases.

From. ASIAFINEST

you may be disinclined to find the love we've left behind

"Let's face it -- English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant
nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins
weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are
candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that
quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is
neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't
groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the
plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index,
2 indices?

Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend, that you
comb through annals of history but not a single annal? If you have a bunch
of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preacher praught? If a vegetarian eats
vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? If you wrote a letter, perhaps
you bote your tongue?

Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum
for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and
play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that
run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and
wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while
quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell
one day and cold as hell another.

Have you noticed that we talk about certain things only when they are
absent? Have you ever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown? Met a
sung hero or experienced requited love? Have you ever run into someone who
was combobulated, gruntled, ruly or peccable? And where are all those
people who ARE spring chickens or who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house
can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out
and in which an alarm clock goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the
creativity of the human race (which, of course, isn't a race at all). That
is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are
out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but
when I wind up this essay, I end it." __________________

(Black flash)
Black flash over my own love
Tell me of my eyes
Black flash come though my own life
Telling these things
And I believe them
And I believe in you

White flash sees the sky
And it turns its side from you
She won't turn my back
And I know you turn so blue
And you know
And your sky is feeling blue
And your heart
So cold when I'm with you
And you feel
Like no one told you to
And your time is your side
And your time with me
Ah, don't talk to me
Ah, don't talk to me
Don't talk to me

You know
Like no one told you how
But you know
Though the king that howls has howled
But you feel like sentimental
But you don't care
If I just share it in your heart
(heart...)

Hopelessly
So hopelessly
I'm breaking through for you and me
And you don't
Though no one told you to
And you found out
Where you were going, where to
You're through with me
But I know that you will be back
For more

You know
And though no one told you so
And you know, blue sky
Like a harder shade of blue
And you walk
When you want
To let go
Me, I'm the outside, tell me fade away
Drop me down but don't break me
In your sleep

In your sleep, inside
It's in your heart and mine
Whole sea is dark
It's in your heart and mine

Sweetly, those will come
Loving is on your side walking through
So let me in your heart
Your beat is like something...

They...
Run...
See say you're sad and reach by
So say you're sad above beside
Oh stay you're sad over midnight
So stay sad above we said

You know I don't
No one told you how
(and you don't)
(and you wipe sweat off your white brow)
And you care
And no one told you tried
And your heart
Is left out from the side

And the rain beats down
And the shame goes down
And this rain keeps on coming down
And this sky
Tonight...

You know "S" "O" "N" "G", why
You're going go join to God
You know "S" "O" "N" "G", why
Give away some him no lie
Give away some my de day no

You know
And though no one told you sky
And you feel
Like you pretend you can
You say go, you live
Go live outside of me
Don't you leave
Don't leave out part of me
Then can feel
Like I feel before
Like I hurt now
And I see the floor
If you pick me up
Bits and pieces on this floor

how much of human life is lost in waiting?

We walked together often
On our usual street
While under the moonlight
A sorrowful melody

I didn’t want to show such a face
But it’s because I just like you
I made you sad
The tears that day

I want to see you but
No matter how I try I can’t get
my feelings across
If my overflowing words could reach you
I want to sing out my thoughts of you

I want to see you but
No matter how I try I can’t get
my feelings across
Tonight too I am only thinking of one thing
I am still loving you

To meet would be just selfish
When I sometimes talked too much
You just smiled and forgave me
Just like an adult

When you were lonely I thought
If I could recognize it
If I reached softly with my hand
Your warmth and after this
would we be together?

I want to see you but
No matter how I try I can’t get
my feelings across
If my overflowing words could reach you
I want to sing out my thoughts of you

If I could return to that day
All these would be no more
Tonight too I am only thinking of one thing
I am still loving you

My feelings that can’t be put into words
I want to convey them through this song
If my overflowing words could reach you
I want to sing out my thoughts of you

Tonight too I’m looking at the sky
Towards where the moon is shining
I want to walk there with my important person
Forever, forever I want to be beside you

Please don’t let go of my hand

if you want something with all your heart
the universe conspires for you to get it for you.

a dream when destroyed makes your world a void.
your love is not your's anymore.........
your life is a barren core
why does this happen?
when this heart sobs..........
around me the howling winds toss
and my life seems totally lost.

Obama’s Harmony of Intellect and Intuition

by Bono 11-07-2008

Mr. President, Barack,

Every room I have ever been in with you was a much easier room for your presence.

It’s rare to meet a person like you, where intellect and intuition make such a perfect rhyme.

Your intuition tells you that the well-being of the American people, spiritually as well as physically, is connected with America’s role in the world. I know you know that the prosperity of your fellow Americans, though hard fought, is less fulfilling knowing there is so much more that can be done to alleviate poverty and suffering in the developing world. You know that less than 1 percent of government income as a contribution from the world’s richest economy to the world’s poorest is not a fair tithe — even in times like these — which is why you have promised to double foreign assistance. As with our own personal sojourn, so it is with country and community -– we discover who we are in service to others.

I know your intellect — fashioned in the halls of Harvard and on the floor of the United States Senate — has weighed up the evidence on how effective American tax dollars are, when converted into smart, targeted, focused aid. Putting children into school where they can think freely of freedom. Giving farmers on the parched land seed varieties that double the size of their crop yields. Giving mothers 20 cent immunizations to protect their newborns from the deadly viruses that they pass on through childbirth. I know your intellect has taken in the data and seen the analysis on the transformative power of effective aid in places where the United States flag is currently not one smiled at. I know you know how much cheaper it is to make friends of potential enemies than to defend yourself at a later date. I know you know all this stuff.

My prayer for you is that your instinct and intellect stay in harmony in the difficult months and triumphant years ahead.

Me no mae ni iru kimi ga sukoshi kagayaki
Mawari ga mienai
Watashitachi wa doko ni iru no

Zawameki hajimeta keshiki no naka ni
Mada kienaide ne
Mou nannimo kikoenai
But I can feel you breathe

Odoroku hodo kimagure na tenkai ni sukoshi dake
Watashi rashikunai kitai wo oh oh shiteru

I wanna be here eternally
Kono mama mitsume atte itai
I can feel you close to me
Itsu mademo soba ni wa irarenai
Kono shunkan dake wa zutto eien ni

Tatakai ni dekakeru mae no hitoyasumi
Anata to sugoshitai
Yakusoku wa kondo aeta toki ni
Can you hear me breathe?

Odoroku hodo de wa nai tenkai ni mo
Kandou shichau toki ga dare ni datte oh oh aru

I wanna be here eternally
Dare ni mo mitsukaranai tokoro ni
I can see you're all I need
Ashita made tasuke wa iranai
Kono shunkan sae mo kitto just a fantasy

I can feel you close to me
Ano basho ni kaeranaku nattemo
Ima no kimochi dake wa zutto eien

I wanna be here eternally
I can see you are all I need
Kono shunkan dake wa eien ni

Sunday Dispatch .405

Contrary to common belief, Huxley and Orwell did not prophesy the same thing. Orwell warns that we will be overcome by an externally imposed oppression. But in Huxley's vision, no Big Brother is required to deprive people of their autonomy, maturity and history. As he saw it, people will come to love oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.

What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.

Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism.

Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance.

Orwell feared we would become a captive culture. Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy.

As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distraction."

In 1984, Huxley added, people are controled by inflicting pain. in Brave New World, they are controled by inflicting pleasure.

In short, Orwell feared what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us.



~from Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman

everyday i sit and daydream about you. alas our lives are nothing like my dreams. i'm here, rotting away in my despair. you're across the globe, oblivious to me. if only you could see that i'm everything you want, need.
so far away, yet so close.

You and me
Are the world
She said
Nothing else is real
The two of us
Is all there is
The rest
Is just a dream

Always meant to be
I can't feel it
Like the destiny
And fate
Written in the stars
Inescapable fate
It's out of my hands
Falling into your arms

And I don't want
To get in a ?
But I would love you
To take your time
We're on the edge
Of a beautiful thing
She said
So come on
Stay here for awhile

Oooooh, girl
He is the one for sure
Oooooh, girl
He is the perfect boy

Yeah
Me and you
Are the world
I said
But not the only one
I need
The two of us
Is never all there is
That doesn't happen
For real
If it was
Meant to be us
It was meant to be now
Don't see
The sense in wasting
(Wasted?) time
If you're so sure
About this ??
Well then tonight
You're mine

And I don't want
To get obvious
But I have to be
Gone by three
We're on the edge
Of a beautiful thing
He said
So come on
Jump with me

Oooooh, girl
He's not the one
For sure
Oooooh, girl
He's not
So wonderful
Oooooh, girl
He's not the one
For sure
Oooooh, girl
He's not
The perfect boy
At all

You and me
Are the world
She said
Nothing else is real
The two of us
Is all there is
The rest
Is just a dream

And her heart
May be broken
A hundred times
But her hope?
We'll never destroy
Her heart?
The happy ever
After girl
Will never find
The perfect boy

well another cousin got married. and another one will be getting married in may. i'm still single of course, what a surprise, and i'm older than all of them.
lonely old age here i come.

Don't worry about the banks, the crash, or the bailout. Sure, they're awful. And yes, things will get worse. A lot worse. Worse than you ever imagined, probably. But you've been in tough spots before. Remember when you lost your job and went on unemployment for a while? This will be like that, only it will last for years. But you're a New Yorker. You're tough. Or at least you like to act that way when you've been drinking and listening to Nas. You'll pull through, if you economize. And the new Depression will help by forcibly trimming some of the flab from your personal operating budget. Here are nine ways that will happen:

1. No more gym memberships. A small cadre of Alphas will do all the brain-work. We cubicle monkeys will be carrying hods and mixing cement in the new Public Works Administration, and what a workout that'll be. Good thing you've still got a closet full of loose-and-comfy jeans and a drawer full of comfortable Gap t-shirts for those long days in the sun. Remember to keep your knees bent. And breathe! (But if you're doing demolition, keep your particle mask on.)

2. No more illegal drugs. $120 an ounce for weed*? $50 a gram for coke? It's true that some poor people already take these drugs and others, but we are still in days of affluence, if only our last ones; a poor tweaker can currently do some manual labor, or hook, to get meth. Soon you will be doing these things to buy food and shelter. When all else fails you could, like the tweaker, turn to crime, but when people have less money, you will have to mug more of them to buy drugs, increasing your opportunities for arrest. Console yourself with the return of generic beer, which you will gloomily down in your cold-water flat while the rich trust-fund hipsters tipple PBR.

3. No more Jenny Craig. There'll be no need to pay someone to tell you not to eat.

4. No more $19 cocktails. Dive bars are in! Real ones, we mean. And the days when you had to dress fly and spend big to pick someone up are also gone; like as not, you'll just have to offer them a sandwich.

5. No more pro sports tickets. Admit it: When you heard the new Yankee Stadium and the Mets' new Citi Field would be more expensive to attend than the old ballparks, you wondered if you'd have the courage to resist giving the bastards your money, didn't you? Well, wonder no more. When it costs $19 to watch the Mets blow the 2009 season from the upper deck, you will discover the alternate pleasure of watching gang initiations from your fire escape.

6. No more tech upgrades. Those of you who have grown accustomed to grabbing the latest iThing as soon as it hits the blond-wood shelves will learn to live with whatever you're currently holding until it dies, and then scrounging for rich people's cast-offs at the newly popular Salvation Army Thrift Stores. But what you lose in computing power, you'll gain in stimulating creative challenges. Remember the Atari music retro scene? Cash-strapped knowledge workers will find themselves doing similarly amazing things with Kaypros, Wordstar, and MacPaint.

7. No more expensive grooming products. Soap and hot water will be your new skin care regime. You will be able, and called upon, to shampoo less. Get a hat; there's more than one reason why everyone wore them in the last Depression.

8. No more upscale entertainments. Broadway? Nokia Theatre? A bottle club? Maybe on your birthday if your uncle dies and leaves you money. When you're not throwing craps or whittling, you'll head to the cineplex to watch Seth Rogen, the Wallace Beery of the new Depression, and hope they're giving away dishes. But everybody else will, too, and over time the price of underattended plays, concerts, and much other nightlife may drop into your league. The swells will go to the opera and swank nightclubs; you will catch glimpses of their highlife back at the movies, when Seth Rogan bumbles into the Copa to belabor the oily villain, Will Ferrell.

9. No more big plans. This is the biggest $avings of all! Have you expected to rise in your profession, occupying ever larger offices, gaining ever more exalted titles and salaries? Have you planned to move from your little apartment to a bigger condo, and thence to a nice house, maybe with a spouse and some well-cared-for children? You had a perfect right, and a pretty good chance; but both are now diminished. Where once you merely had to be a less than total screw-up to advance, in our new hard times you will have to be both endlessly ambitious and utterly ruthless -- Horatio Alger cross-bred with Scarface. If you're not, accustom yourself to a new dream: three squares and a warm place to sleep.

But take this comfort: to whom little is given, little may be expected. You won't make much but you probably won't have to take work home with you, and no one with be calling you at night from the job when the power grid goes down. When you lose your pre-Depression advantages, you will also lose the need to strive, to keep up, to run yourself ragged. You may find yourself cultivating pleasant, inexpensive hobbies, like writing, painting, or maintaining a pigeon coop. Your kids, deprived of constant day-care and supervision, may play in sandlots or in the streets, using bats made out of broom handles to hit spaldeens. You may even find yourself adjusting quite happily to a life with lower expectations.

That is, if you don't contract tuberculosis or scurvy.

& Law of Mechanical Repair
After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee.

& Law of Gravity
Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

& Law of Probability
The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.

& Law of Random Numbers
If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always answers.

& Law of the Alibi
If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the very next morning you will have a flat tire.

& Variation Law
If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works every time). < U>

& Law of the Bath
When the body is fully immersed in water, the telephone rings.

& Law of Close Encounters
The probability of meeting someone you know increases dramatically when you are with someone you don't want to be seen with.

& Law of the Result
When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.

& Law of Biomechanics
The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.

& Law of the Theater
At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle arrive last.

& The Starbucks Law
As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.

& Murphy's Law of Lockers
If there are only two people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.

& Law of Physical Surfaces
The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor covering are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet/rug.

& Law of Logical Argument
Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.

& Brown's Law of Physical Appearance
If the shoe fits, it's ugly.

& Oliver's Law of Public Speaking
A closed mouth gathers no feet.

& Wilson's Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy
As s oon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it.

& Doctors' Law
If you don't feel well, make an appointment to go to the doctor; by the time you get there you'll feel better. Don't make an appointment and you'll stay sick.

As the global economic crisis continues, uncertainty has now hit Japan
hard.

In the last 7 days Origami Bank has folded, Sumo Bank has gone belly up and Bonsai Bank announced plans to cut some of its branches.

Yesterday, it was announced that Karaoke Bank is up for sale and will likely go for a song, while today shares in Kamikaze Bank were suspended after they nose-dived.

While Samurai Bank is soldiering on following sharp cutbacks, Ninja Bank is reported to have taken a hit, but they remain in the black.

Furthermore, 500 staff at Karate Bank got the chop and analysts report that there is something fishy going on at Sushi Bank where it is feared that staff may get a raw deal.

It isn’t faith, this intuition that guides your hand. It’s something deeper, something more primal, something instinctive. It draws you beyond yourself, pulling you into the larger universe, letting you see the cosmic motions at play. It requires no belief, no decision on your part. It simply is.

No, it isn’t simple faith.

It isn’t hope, this force that tugs at your feet. It’s something stronger, something more pragmatic, something truer. It draws you beyond yourself, pulling you to greater heights, catching you when you make your inevitable falls. It requires no dreams, no goals on your part. It simply is.

No, it isn’t simple hope.

It isn’t love, this bond that wraps itself around you. It’s something sharper, something more forceful, something tidal. It draws you beyond yourself, pulling you together with other people, making you see them as you see yourself. It requires no affection, no emotion on your part. It simply is.

No, it isn’t simple love.

And the greatest of these…

She cast a glance,

angelic blue eyes calling.

An appeal so meltingly sweet,

with lovely locks of blond softly falling.

Yet sweetness slips into seductive,

with the most subtle of shifts.

rivers of passion overflow,

for the touch of her body

and taste of her lips.

She cast a glance,

angelic blue eyes calling.

An appeal so meltingly sweet,

with lovely locks of blond softly falling.

Yet sweetness slips into seductive,

with the most subtle of shifts.

rivers of passion overflow,

for the touch of her body

and taste of her lips.

Political .Unrest .Stabilizes .Society. Yeeeah

Wear Yo Hat Buried And Bald

A hat is the last line of defense between the black man and the weather
"Where`s my hat?
It`s a fact that the white man wants to keep you bald
We promise we will keep our heads covered...with any hat available."

Gotta keep your head covered and wear your hat
to avoid all the noise that destroys the black
or they take you out, one by one.
Basted, baded and done.
A nigger dead from exposure to the sun.
Victims of hostile elements.
Not so swell events.
Designed to keep the black irrelevant.

Hats in the ghetto streets decrease the blood shed
Hats in between the sheets and you won`t be dead
Hats that preach and teach decrease the knuckleheads
Hats dealing with the police and ya won`t get bled-
-son
Hey we ain`t done
Ice meets the heat with a bigger gun
Bustin caps that free the truth
wearin hats that save our youth
An while you busy drinkin forty and eightball
we takin a roll call to see who`s down to fight the white y`all

We ain`t stoppin
Steady clockin
My lid`s on tight so their knees keep knockin`
We be the niggas that pull all the triggas
takin no prisoners, raisin casualty figures
Dressed for the battle but not fatigued
My hats made of metal to avoid debris
Yo gee they stole the kangol right off my head
better grab a fedora instead

It`s genocide the way they be snubbin ya
grab a brim babushka or yarmulke
Yo gee what about a bonnet
it really don`t matter just put a lid on it
Cause they want more than to see you fall
they want to keep a brother buried and bald

Don`t wear a toupee cause that`s assimilation
Don`t say it`s okay that`s oral masturbation
Hats offer inclosure from deadly exposure
of sucker imposers ready to close your Coffin
and lower you down black
bald buried and beaten into a pre-dug track
that`s whack- the way they dis the black
how can a brother complain when we don`t fight back?

It ain`t hate cause we retaliate
with the gat in my hands and the hat on my pate

See back in the day out in the fields they kept us
exposed to the rays, without no shields they left us
Without a hat we wuz exposed
without a hat we wuz sunstroked
The African sun was pure and good
never needed a hat just brotherhood
But the good old days are a brothers worst enemy
tell me stay bald I say it ain`t me
Look in my eyes and you`ll realize
these ain`t lies I wouldn`t lead you wrong
Get wit the facts as I chart the stats
cold kick the hats make the black grow strong
Time to make the change
gotta cover my brain
start dealin the pain
to those who`d keep me in chains
Cause they want more than just to see you fall
they wanna keep a brother buried and bald

My Peanuts

Well they`re low cholesterol and high protein
hotter than a Mexican jumping bean
Have em dry roasted or vacuum packed
my peanuts come alive when you open that sack
Smoother than jiff, and fresher than planters
my peanuts exceed all standards
Def enough to knock you to your knees
and even planters don`t crack no nuts like these
My peanuts!

Well they rock they top they hit the spot
open a can and gobble em up
They`re ready for action, the girls do snatch em
sure to give you some satisfaction
So let`s not squibble they sure ain`t little
Deffer than any ole peanut brittle
An if you wanna chill no need to get ill
my peanuts give you a thrill
Like mickey dees my peanuts an me
were tasty eating from sea to sea
My peanuts!

My nuts stand tall they never fall
Ripe and yes always on the ball
FDA fresh and they are the best
A winner of every damn taste test
Eat em for pleasure or at your leisure
a taste that all the girls do treasure
Never illin but chillin
Never stealin but dealin
my peanuts are what you`re feelin
I take em to the beach, I take em to the park
I takem to your mothers house after dark
They ain`t like no nuts from Jimmy Carter
I know my nuts rock you harder
My peanuts!

I met a home girl from around the way
she saw my peanuts and wanted to play
She said can I hold your peanuts inside my hand
I said be careful cause they`re in demand
I took my peanuts outta the sack
her hand started movin up, down and back
She squeezed too hard, I said oh brother
it looks like you made peanut butter
Next time I jam her
I think I am a gonna talk a little bout my banana
Banana and nuts, banana and nuts
I`m gonna give you some banana an nuts
Banana an nuts banana an nuts
I think you need my banana an nuts

Always classy, never trashy, always flashy, never rashy, always tasty, never hasty, always racy, never pasty
You know nothin will come between us, unless of course it is-
(What is it?)
My peanuts!

This girl was yellin my head was swellin
What she was sayin there ain`t no tellin
I needed something to quiet her down
and my peanuts was all I found
I baked em I shaked em and then she taked em
Soon all was quiet in the house
because my peanuts were in her mouth
Like M&M`s you understand
they melt in your mouth and not in your hand
My peanuts have the fame my peanuts have the glory
my peanuts will invade your territory
My peanuts!

I`ll tell ya a little story bout a man named mel
Keep his peanuts inside the shell
Then one day he got hungry for some food
He ate his own peanuts now ain`t that rude?
(Dry roasted, vacuum packed, on a half shell, don`t tell Granny)
A girl who looked much better than bad
took my peanuts from inside my bag
Tasted them and then said I had salt peanuts, salt peanuts
My peanuts always rise to any occasion
My peanuts can handle any social situation

I met a home girl from Albuquerque
who ate my peanuts with her turkey
I know this song is kinda long
I guess I have ta go and I`ll be gone
Bust this beat just one more time
cause I think I have just one more rhyme

Have my peanuts and a diet coke
My peanuts and a little joke
My peanuts and some hog jowls
My peanuts and some candied yams

Ice Froggy Frog

From the depths of the pond back to the top
ice froggy frog jumpin and I got the drop
git so low in the grass, tadpoles will sing
long reach to the spot where my tongue will fling

Hippin and hoppin hoppin and hippin but don`t your sleep,
nine four-zay`s the ye zear for me to buck up the sheets
and I ain`t holdin` nothin` back and
I`m bout to yank nine from my gunny sack

It`s like that and as a matter of fact, (fling your tongue fast)
cause I never hesitate to give a dragonfly a smack.

Yeah, so jump through the sands a bit,
you see that it`s a must we hop logs n` sit
What`s my name fool?
Chorus
Ice froggy frog. Ice froggy frog.

It`s the frog to the log, hippin and hoppin.
Ribbit in all an` ice froggy frog in the middle of the pond.
Like every day, amphibian slippin in all the way, like I said
none of ya`ll can hip to this and none of ya`ll can hop to that
flies that I drop and you know I don`t
stop, mister 187 on a CB 4 plot.

Hip hop, not wit a glock just some rocks and a shock
ever call me kermit and you'll feel that blood loss.
and I spring through the bog and I bounce through the fog
cause I`m ice froggy froggy froggy frog!!!
Chorus
Croak croak croak ribbit croak ribbit croak Croak croak croak ribbit croak ribbit croak

Now just flick your tongue way up in the air and lap it
all around like it all around till you taste that tail
yeah, roll up the plank and walk the length, you in the drank
why? Cause froggy`s on the bank

My croaker sacks all swoll
my skins is mean green and now I`m on a roll, so flow
With the frog pond right behind me and up in your toad is
where you might find me slingin` and swingin` that swamp thing

She wants the frog with the croaker sack, so jump back
polly gets what polly-wogs, the frog with the biggest log
What`s my name fool?
Chorus
Croak croak croak ribbit croak ribbit croak Croak croak croak ribbit croak ribbit croak

Im Just A Human

You are just like me
I`m just a human
I am just like you
I`m just a human
We all stand or sit when we pee
I`m just a human just a human being
When I doo-doo is my shit not brown
it`s a universal thing we all flush it down
And when you wipe do you look at the tissue
most folks do, it ain`t even an issue
Hot stuff makes it burn comin out
I bet everyone knows what I`m talkin about
Cause we are all one race on this planet
we all burp and fart, and that`s the way God planned it
So don`t act like your superior
eat something bad an just like me you`ll get diarrhea
Cause black, white, yellow, red, brown or gold
our shit all comes from the same little hole

You are just like me
I`m just a human
I am just like you
I`m just a human
We all stand or sit when we pee
I`m just a human just a human being

Like most humans in my car I pick my nose
we`ve all mined a rock or two I`d suppose
The nose might be white when you reach to clean
but red, yellow, brown or black the booger`s still green
An sometimes it`s anchored to some snot
that hangs from your nose, and you`re afraid it`s gonna drop
So you catch it in your hand and hope no one realizes
you`ve got mucous on your hand while your driving
So you look for a place to try and hide it
you open up your mouth, and there you slide it
But it ain`t really much for you to worry about
cause you won`t be first or last to put a booger in your mouth

You are just like me
I`m just a human
I am just like you
I`m just a human
We all stand or sit when we pee
I`m just a human
Just a human being

Sometimes I smell the lint from my belly button
how could somethin so small make a stench so rotten
At night there`s always jam between my toes
sometimes I pull it out, and that`s the way it goes
When I`m alone I`ll take a leak in the shower
I bet you do it too, it`s only water
I pick sleep from my eyes and wax from my ears
I rub the goo between my fingers and I watch it disappear
It might sound gross to you
but these are the things we all do
So shake hands with your fellow man but first
make sure he`s washed his hands

You are just like me
I`m just a human
I am just like you
I`m just a human
We all stand or sit when we pee
I`m just a human
Just a human being

Guerrillas In The Midst

Guerrillas in the midst of a race riot
Say it ain`t black or white but I ain`t dumb and don`t buy it
Talkin` about a time to heal
But step to it, Time for you to get real

We can`t do it
We were lookin for healin in the court see
Out in the valley of the seemi
But a black man gets no justice
Cause the kangaroo court don`t trust us

Wasn`t the first and won`t be the last
brothers gotta move to get that ass
Plead your case to the court but they don`t see you and me
Verdict by a punk assed jury opened up a black man`s fury

Now see me jack you in the valley
Now see me take you in the alley
Now see me pull you out the truck
Now see me I don`t give a fuck
Now see me burn this shit down
Now see my hatred shape this town

Guerrillas in the midst
Guerrillas in the midst

Guerrillas in the midst of a sequel
gonna rock make it real gonna go until we treated equal
An I`m runnin with a set that`s a threat
and you bet we lookin for payment on the debt
Ain`t lookin for a handout looking for a way out
before a nigga gets played out
In the hood where the cops do lie
they`d rather see a nigga just die
See the fear in their eyes when they realize
how a brother gets wise and he starts to rise

Up from the bottom of the heap we creep
squeak, peep breakin through the concrete
Tired of livin in an occupied state
other motherfuckers decidin our fate

Now see me jack you in the valley
Now see me take you in the alley
Now see me pull you out the truck
Now see me I don`t give a fuck
Now see me burn this shit down
Now see me terrorize this town
Guerrillas in the midst
Guerrillas in the midst
Guerrillas in the midst
Guerrillas in the midst

Guerrillas in the midst of a concrete jungle
pretty soon we gonna tunnel
Out of the city ain`t lookin for pity
from another committee we about to get busy
Cause memories fade every damn decade
more promises made ann the past gets replayed

Ya`ll forget about all the shit you talked about
once again we get blocked out
People say violence ain`t justified
stay silent when a nigga gets crucified
So let`s go, you know, toe to toe on the floor
see em rock and watch us roll
heads down the street as we defeat the elite
those that lead become obsolete

Now see me jack you in the valley
Now see me take you in the alley
Now see me pull you out the truck
Now see me I don`t give a fuck
Now see me burn this shit down
Now see me terrorize this town

Granny Says Kick Yo Black Ass

Yeah suckers it`s me
the tiddly tiddly "T"
Servin up dynamite and
strikin` like a cobra at the foot of your bed
it`s over when I leave you for dead

Ice melts when the "T" gets hot
Ice cracks when the "T" does rock
Gonna hit you so hard you scream
how could a little nigga be so mean
I`m ready to blast like a megation
I`m strong I last for millenniums
You`re gonna feel stress when you mess
with the best the one and only taste "T" yes

Power packed like t-n-t
when I rock you get no relief
From the barrage of rhymes I`m droppin
on your head and the ammo ain`t stoppin
Packed, stacked, tracks that ain`t ever whack
and I ain`t jacked, sucka step to the back
It`s not a game when the T attacks you
you so weak I could just bitch slap you

I`m gonna kick your black ass
Granny says kick your black ass
I`m gonna kick your black ass
Granny says kick your black ass

My foot is ready to fly like a government stealth-G
I`m hazardous to your health
Got your butt in the bulls-eye
and my leather boots ready to fly
Direct to the center of the most soft tissue
so far up in you that you`re gonna wish
you never ever heard my name
never ever tried my game
It ain`t murder it ain`t homicide
but when you fuck with me its sheer suicide

When my foot goes in that posterior
you`ll taste it in your mouth`s interior
Cause this is the way I play
sucka punks get outta my way

I`m gonna kick your black ass
Granny says kick your black ass
I`m gonna kick your black ass
Granny says kick your black ass

Don`t know what you get
when you mess with this kid
G- tell em, don`t even make a bid
Cause I see red
leavin other poot butt suckers cold left for dead

An now I`m aimin at you
callin you out, so what you gonna do
You weak wanna be hard
booty wipe punk
gonna step to me and talk that junk
And G you`re dealin with a man
and you`re gonna stand like a punk
with your meat in your hand

Time for you to get nervous
cause I`m impervious to the pain that battle serves us
Tastey-taste will go to the top
Tastey taste will always rock
Tastey T will go to the battle
killin more fools than mickey dees kills cattle

I`m gonna kick your black ass
Granny says kick your black ass
I`m gonna kick your black ass
Granny says kick your black ass

Grab Yo Stuff

People ask why I walk this way
protection first is all I say
I got it they want it
believe it, they`ll steal it
Some of them punks just want to feel it
When they see me grip with both hands
it`s a black thing they don`t understand

It`s true they want to take it all
so before they rip you ball for ball
Cup your hand and cover up
NWH say grab your stuff

Chorus
Grab it, you gotta grab it
Grab it
Grab it, you gotta grab it
Grab it
You gotta grab your stuff

Four hundred years and it ain`t enuff
Suckers still tryin` to take our stuff
Stealin it, swipin it, rippin it, bitin it
they can`t grow it so punks try to heist it

NWH ain`t down with that
gotta look out for the black
When they start going for the family jewels
protect that gear by whatever tools
Cup your hand and cover up
Nwh say, grab your stuff

Chorus

Ladies this involves you too
stand by the man that stands by you
Help him, love him, need him, believe him
Plenty of others will try to defeat him

If your man is wit you
let no other make issue
When they try to take him down
you can keep him off the ground
Lend a hand and lift him up
NWH say, grab your stuff

White Cops On Dope

Me an my boyz creepin in the nighttime
roll the blvd. peep the ronies with the phat behinds
But we can`t get even kick it and relax for a bit
cause the local five-o wants to start some shit

They`re white cops on coke
jackin boyz in the neighborhood
kick your ass cause you`re black but not broke
They`ll steal the evidence for their own home use

White cops on coke
White cops on coke
White cops on coke

Why they have to bring their ass to the ghetto
don`t they have some place like semi valley they could go
Stopped me and said they`d treat me like a king
beat me with night stick, and tazed me with some string

They`re white cops on dope
jackin boyz in the neighborhood
kick your ass cause your black with some hope
Searched my nuts, and looked in my butt

White cops on coke
White cops on coke
White cops on coke

Sadistic punks that can`t get none without a badge
take away their guns they ain`t nuthin but fags
Arrest you for the product but then what they do
turn around and sell it for a profit on you

They`re white punks on coke
Jackin boyz in the neighborhood
kick your ass cause your black but not broke
Can`t trust em, cause they ain`t no good
White cops on dope
White cops on dope
White cops on dope

BOOTY JUICE

NWH is in the house
to tell you punk little suckers what it's all about
When it comes to butts we are the masters
Ain't a butt with a kitty in front gettin past us
But there's a part of the butt that we want to introduce
it's nasty and wet and it's called booty juice

Chorus
That booty juice, juice, juice
That booty juice, juice, juice

Booty juice comes right from the source
Whats the source an ass of curse
The kind that spreads out extra wide
The kind that's nice when you come inside.
It's fresh an meaty all pasturized
But I always rise when I tap the thighs
'Cause I like'm big , I like'm greasy
I like'm round and I like'm easy
I like'm when the girls steps on the floor
Shake'n them booties just like a ho
I like it when it shakes in the pants so loose
but I love it when it's drippin -- that booty juice

Chorus

When booty juice falls gotta go for yours
When it's really wet you gotta mop the floor
When I look fine fade to dance
I make my decision by the shape of her pants
Cause the bigger the butt, the bigger the shake
the bigger the shake, the more it's gonna make that booty juice
Ain't made by hand but yes it does come from a can
Pop it open and take a sip careful not to catch you lip
In a can is where the river runs and quench your thirst between those buns

Chorus

See I like the fit with the nasty ass
the kind that hums when the shit goes past
Grab a cheek when the girl goes by
slap it hard make the booty juice fly
Yo baby doll pull down those tight draws
when your butt expands it'll slap the walls
I'll grab it from front and from behind
we'll do the nasty and do the grind
slip and slide all over the sheets
cause booty juice is just like grease
Buck so hard that your butt gets wet
put that ass in full effect
Take off those draws, take off that lace
have a seat on my face and let me taste
That booty juice

Chorus

COME PET THE PUSSY

Come and pet the pussy, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Come and pet the pussy, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

Political unrest stabilizes society yes
and I must confess
When you step to it, step to it hard
it'll open up so don't bogart
The p- the u- the s- and another s- y
pet it and you will decide
The fate of this entire nation
when it comes you'll get total elation
Step to the l.i.p.s
pucker up and press
Your lips to the lips of the funk between the hips
Naw, this ain't no dis
Time to stand erect and gain entry
to the richness that waits within see
We gotta work hard if we wanna groove it
and I'm in it to win it so let's do it

Come and pet the pussy
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Some gonna try to lock you out
but you take the time to knock it out
It's our job to educate, infiltrate or shread em
so come on let's spread em
Wide and to the side some
and see the i.c.e plant ride on
The political unrest tip so get hip
put up or shut up and give the lip
The service that it needs rock
steady and hard and feel the squeeze
Of the country as it comes to my rhythm
The rebellious hardcore groove that hits em
This is the jam that lubricates
the revolution we instigate
Insertion take them to another level
Pet the pussy and you're that rebel

Come and pet the pussy
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Don't fight the might of this political statement
take it for what it is, and it'll make sense
The way the words hit your ears
the meaning's changed to get the cheers
Of those who want to see
across the board equality the role of law should be
Not to try to hold another man down
so step up, let's change this town

Political unrest stabilizes society yes
and this ain't no test
Gotta tear it down, to build it up
from the ground floor or else your stuck
In the same ole situation
so bust it, make change your occupation
Time to move so don't lie
you know you gotta step to the p-u-s-s-y

Come and get the pussy
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, I say,
Come and pet the pussy

One day God was looking down at earth and saw all of the misbehaving that was going on. So he called one of his angels to go to Earth for a time.

When he returned, the angel told God, 'Yes, it is bad on Earth; 95% are misbehaving and only 5% are not.'

God thought for a moment and said, 'Maybe I had better send down another angel to get a second opinion'

So God called another angel and sent him to Earth for a time too.

When the angel returned he went to God and said, 'Yes, it's true. The Earth is in decline; 95% are misbehaving, but 5% are being good.'

God was not pleased. So he decided to e-mail the 5% who were good, because he wanted to encourage them, give them a little something to help them keep going.



Do you know what the e-mail said?


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Okay, just checking with you. I didn't get one either...

Soon we shall plunge into the cold darkness;
Farewell, vivid brightness of our short-lived summers!
Already I hear the dismal sound of firewood
Falling with a clatter on the courtyard pavements.

MASTERED BY MUPPETS

End of session day, Rubin works away:
I'm your source of song-destruction
Tunes that hurt you ear, poor sound engineer
Leaving spikes on my instruction
Trust me you will see
Volumes all you need
Dedicated to
How I'll limit you

Compressing faster
Limit your Master
Your albums sell faster
With a loud Master
Master

Mastered by muppets, brickwalling your dreams
Clipping, distorting and smashing extremes
Ruined by me, you can't hear a thing
Just spiking snares, and auto-tuned screams
Mastered
Mastered
Rubins my name, and I'll hear you scream
Bastard
Bastard

Need to mix this way, never you dismay
Loud makes death magnetic clearer
Gain monopoly, ritual Waves L3
Squash your tracks til its severe
Gate and you will see
More and more dB
Dedicated to
How Im killing you

Compressing faster
Limit your Master
Your albums sell faster
With a loud Master
Master

Mastered by muppets, brickwalling your dreams
Clipping, distorting and smashing extremes
Ruined by me, you can't hear a thing
Just spiking snares, and auto-tuned screams
Mastered
Mastered
Rubins my name, and I'll hear you scream
Bastard
Bastard

Master, Master, where's the version I've been after?
Bearded, Bastard, you promised only lies
Blaster, Blaster, recorded on a ghetto blaster?
Laughter, laughter, laughing at those highs
Spike to me!

Lars aint worth all that natural kick and hats
Kirk adds wah without a reason
Never ending phrase, Jaymz goes on for days
Rob, your shirt is out of season
Ill record til 5 (then)
I will help you buy
Sandals that suit you
Now you look cool too

Kingofsorrow

He’s a prince of lassitude
a king of sorrow
and he sits on his throne
and looks out at tomorrow
my love for you is a journey
if you stop and remember
starting at forever
and ending at never
to live is to be
a slave to pain
and the music is the love,
the life-blood in my veins
generally quiet by nature, a loner
from the island of trinidad
but my love for the geisha, Hikaru
is driving me mad
I want to find communion
like samurai sex
I’m a king of sorrow,
what do you expect?
as I sing out my sorrow
as I sing out my pain
as I sing out the music
flowing through my veins
I sing out my sorrow
like my blood-tears that glisten
and I wonder if Hikaru
is listening.

don't find love, let love find you.
that's why it's called falling in love,
because you don't force yourself to fall.
you just fall.

Brave Mountain Lion Fends Off Group Of Hikers

EUREKA, CA—A local mountain lion came face-to-face with a group of hikers and made it out alive, sources reported Monday. Wildlife officials are crediting the courageous cougar's quick thinking, catlike reflexes, and 150 pounds of coiled muscle with successfully fending off the human foot travelers.
The quick-thinking cougar managed to escape by going for his attackers' vulnerable torsos.
The mountain lion was reportedly enjoying a quiet afternoon walk around Redwood National Park, on the same path it had taken almost every single day for the past three years, when it heard a rustling sound emanating from the underbrush. Upon investigation, the large feline noticed that a pack of hikers—one adult male, two young children, and an adult female that it instantly recognized as the mother—had crossed into territory that the cat had clearly marked as its own via tree scrapings and urine.

Outnumbered four to one, the cougar, fearing for its life, somehow managed to stay calm. It remained perfectly still in a crouched position and stared directly at the hikers, in the hopes that they would simply pass by. The hikers, however, were undeterred. They began shrieking loudly, clapping their hands, and throwing sticks and rocks at the animal in an apparent attempt to injure it.

"Nothing can prepare a mountain lion for an encounter with four hikers," said park ranger Kenneth Meiggs, noting that it is unusual to find hikers in that particular area of the woods. "In order to defend itself, the cougar had to rely on pure instinct alone."

Armed with nothing more than four-inch claws, razor-sharp teeth, and a 5.4-meter vertical leap, the mountain lion lunged at the adult male hiker. In a defensive measure, it pinned the hiker to the ground, thus disabling the man's primary means of attack. After a brief struggle, the animal was eventually able to lock onto the hiker's skull with its jaw.

"Repeated biting of the skull and face is the textbook way to fend off a human attack," said Mike Kasperski, biologist and author of the book Hikers: Shadows In The Forest.

The mother, however, became increasingly aggressive due to the presence of her young. She reportedly ran toward the mountain lion with a four-inch-wide log and began striking it upon the head. Not knowing what else to do, the feline tore a foot-wide hole in the hiker's stomach, but the enraged female continued to fight, poking the feline in the eye with her finger. The cougar, in a last-ditch effort for survival, whipped its claws across the woman's throat, killing her instantly.

Remarkably, this brave mountain lion is only 4 and a half years old.

"It's amazing what some mountain lions are capable of when faced with the most dire of circumstances," Meiggs said. "To think that those hikers were a mere 20 yards away, and the lion walked away unscathed…. Wow."

The two younger hikers received small lacerations on their legs and chest, while the adult male is being treated for massive head trauma and internal bleeding. The mother, identified as Cyndi Thalls, 38, of Pacoima, CA, was pronounced dead at the scene.

"I think it's safe to say those hikers will think twice before getting into another tussle with this feisty little fellow," Meiggs added with a chuckle.

Following the incident, the mountain lion retreated into the woods, escaping with nothing more than a few minor scratches and a blood-covered snout. At press time, it is resting comfortably on a large rock

I've never talked about this before, but I really need peoples advice on what could be a crucial decision. I’ve suspected for some time now that my girlfriend has been cheating on me.
The usual signs… Phone rings but if I answer, the caller hangs up.
My girlfriend has been going out with the girls a lot recently although when I ask their names she always says, “Just some friends from work, you don’t know them.”

I always stay awake to look out for her taxi coming home, but she always walks down the drive. Although I can hear a car driving off, as if she has gotten out of the car round the corner. Why? Maybe she wasn’t in a taxi?

I once picked her cell phone up just to see what time it was and she went berserk and screamed that I should never touch her phone again and why was I checking up on her.

Anyway, I have never approached the subject with my girlfriend I think deep down I just didn’t want to know the truth, but last night she went out again and I decided to really check on her.

I decided I was going to park my motorcycle next to the garage and then hide behind it so I could get a good view of the whole street when she came home. It was at that moment, crouching behind my bike , that I noticed that the valve covers on my engine seemed to be leaking a little oil.
Is this something I can fix myself or should I take it back to the dealer?

Subject: 5 Minute Management Course




Lesson 1:



A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings.



The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs.



When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next-door neighbor.



Before she says a word, Bob says, 'I'll give you $800 to drop that towel.'



After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob, after a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 and leaves.



The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs.



When s he gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, 'Who was that?'



'It was Bob the next door neighbor,' she replies.



'Great,' the husband says, 'did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?'



Moral of the story:



If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.



Lesson 2:



A priest offered a Nun a lift.



She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg.



The priest nearly had an accident.



After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.



The nun said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'



The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again.



The nun once again said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'



The priest apologized 'Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.'



Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way.



On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, 'Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory.'



Moral of the story:



If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.



Lesson 3:



A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp.



They rub it and a Genie comes out.



The Genie says, 'I'll give each of you just one wish.'



'Me first! Me first!' says the admin clerk. 'I want to be in theBahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world.'



Puff! She's gone.



'Me next! Me next!' says the sales rep. 'I want to be in Hawaii , relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life.'



Puff! He's gone.



'OK, you're up,' the Genie says to the manager.



The manager says, 'I want those two back in the office after lunch.'



Moral of the story:



Always let your boss have the first say.



Lesson 4



An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing.



A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, 'Can I also sit like you and do nothing?'



The eagle answered: 'Sure, why not.'



So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.



Moral of the story:



To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.



Lesson 5



A turkey was chatting with a bull.



'I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree' sighed the turkey, 'but I haven't got the energy.'



'Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?' replied the bull. They're packed with nutrients.'



The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough str ength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.



The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.



Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree.



He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.



Moral of the story:



Bull sh!t might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there...



Lesson 6



A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field.



While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him.



As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was.



The dung was actually thawing him out!



He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.



A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.



Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.



Morals of the story:



(1) Not everyone who sh!ts on you is your enemy.



(2) Not everyone who gets you out of sh!t is your friend.



(3) And when you're in deep sh!t, it's best to keep your mouth shut!



THUS ENDS THE FIVE MINUTE MANAGEMENT COURSE

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