 |
|
|
Note: Not work-safe. The last two R-rated photos are buffered with a few paragraphs of general ranting, and a photo of my new gaming system. Proceed with discretion! 
Airline Avoidance
My vacation was a success, based on what constitutes an ideal vacation: I accomplished almost nothing, I used very little brainpower, and I did the things I enjoyed the most. And am I the bomb or what, choosing VERY wisely to stay in San Francisco as opposed to booking airline tickets to every corner of this mudball! What horrid nonsense I would have faced at the airports this week. I would have lost hundreds of dollars of moisturizer, hair goop, and sunless tanning lotion. And (ahem) expensive lubricant. But of course this is immaterial, considering that transatlantic flights were in danger. I am very proud of Pakistan for helping the British government to thwart this terror plot.
Daniel the Pro-Zionist
How disappointing. Another terrorist plot emerges, just I was just beginning to make sense of the violence in Israel and Lebanon. I have been pro-Zionist for well over 20 years, having studied passionately the history of Jerusalem. And even though I am almost enraged at the actions of Hezbollah, I am also now very disappointed with the atrocities that the Israel Defense Force has committed, in the name of Israeli policy. I will always be pro-Zionist, as my personal standpoint refers to history spanning over 3,000 years. But the indiscreet targeting of civilians— by both sides— is a shameful example of two forces locked in a cycle of mutual retribution with no way to come to terms with their past and tolerate each other as neighbors. I am looking forward to Monday morning's cease-fire, as I won't have much time to follow this conflict when I return to work again.
The one thing I did accomplish during my vacation was to construct a mean gaming machine. I bought a decent PC with plenty of memory and a dual-core processor, then I topped it off with one of the toughest graphics cards on the market— a GeForce 7900 GT Overclocked. View the two components below. I specifically bought this to play a new PC game released this summer, and I will be discussing it in detail in the coming weeks. My blog will transform itself to the theme of the game's saga. Until then, you might be able to guess what this PC game is that requires such an extravagant hardware investment.
 |
|
The Beast Awakens |
Bondage Teaser
And lastly, the two photos depicting me in bondage from Van Darkholme's book. Again, these are the tamest in the book and are rather vanilla to many S&M practitioners. Honestly, I'd rather not look quite as satyric as the other subjects in the book. Click both photos for in-your-face enlargements!
 |
|
Fence Noir |
 |
|
Praedicamentum |
|
|
|
|