Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

Haunted Chuck Palahniuk
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Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.

Current Reading - Y The Last Man Vol 3

Y The Last Man
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Reading at friends' house. Y The Last Man Vol 3 - One Small Step. "In Oldenbrook, Kansas Yorick, 355 and Dr. Mann help a Russian woman named Natalya Zamyatin who races to recover two male and one female astronauts forced to return to Earth after being trapped inside the International Space Station, the day the plague hit. In Oldenbrook, the four meet twins named Heather and Heidi who are geneticists working in isolation. After Alter Tse'elon acquires Yorick for her nation, 355 tells Alter of the two men coming down in exchange for Yorick. Alter tries to use a surface-to-air missile to kill the astronauts but is stopped by Yorick."

Current Reading - Y The Last Man Vol 1

Y The Last Man
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Reading at friends' house. Y The Last Man Vol 1 - Unmanned. "On July 17, 2002, a mysterious plague strikes, killing every male animal on earth except for Yorick and his monkey Ampersand. Two months later, Yorick arrives in Washington, D.C. and finds his mother, Representative Brown. The new President assigns Agent 355 to escort Yorick to Boston, the last known location of the geneticist Dr. Mann. They hope that Mann can study Yorick, discover the reasons behind Yorick's survival, and help repopulate the world. Three days later, Alter Tse'elon, new chief of the general staff for Israel, is informed of Yorick's existence. Israeli soldiers destroy Dr. Mann's lab, forcing her, 355 and Yorick to travel to California to her backup lab. All the while, Yorick is more concerned with finding his girlfriend Beth, on vacation in Australia, to whom he proposed over the phone the instant the plague hit."

Vienna Tags

Vienna Streetart. Foto by Walljet.
Originally uploaded by Sigorski.

Vienna Tags

Vienna Streetart. Foto by Walljet.
Originally uploaded by Sigorski.

long train trip accompanied by nagging couples, x-mas with friends in Vienna, persian sweet limes, "Maraziya", copyright lawyers, the farytale of snowwhite, "The Last Man" science fiction comics, fat cat & fat tree, cinnamon sticks, pebbles, "Strombad" Kritzendorf, Vienna projects, lahmarschige Wurzelmännchen, ticket to Zagreb, to be continued...

Guten Tag

Guten Tag
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Guten Tag. Der Monats-Rückblick November / Dezember. Derzeitige Entwicklungstendenz im Berufsleben.

The Jill Txt Blog

Blog of Jill Walker. Jill Walker is an associate professor at the University of Bergen. Her research is on networked fiction, which includes electronic literature, weblogs, electronic art, web hoaxes and grassroots game-creation. Reading: Forthcoming in 2008: Walker, Jill. Blogging. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Mrs Bunz's Blog

"Guten Tag - Wir kommen aus Hamburg"
Image by Mercedes Bunz. All Rights Reserved.
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The blog of "Mrs Bunz" a journalist and "culure scientist". Her work is related to culture, new media and society.

Daily Reading During Coffee Breaks

20Minuten newspaper
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Weltgeschehen in 20 Minuten. "20Minuten" is a free daily newspaper in Switzerland, distributed to commuters in more than 150 train stations. Specific editions are made for the regions of Zurich, Berne, Lucerne, Basel and St. Gallen. Since September 2004, the German language newspaper in tabloid format has been the most widely read daily in Switzerland, surpassing Blick. The audited distribution in 2004 was 329,242 (WEMF) and readership 782,000. The newspaper was first published in 1999 by "20 Minuten Schweiz AG". The direct competitor metropol was available in Switzerland 2000 to 2002. Since 2005, 20 Minuten is owned by "Express-Zeitung AG", part of Tamedia group (majority) and Berner Zeitung (17.5%). Thus Swiss newspaper is no longer part of 20 Min Holding AG, owned by Schibsted.

Dear Santa

Dear Santa
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Dear Santa, Georgie Has Been A Good Boy. George Bushs letter to Santa. From a Guerrilla Girls' workshop with students at the University of Michigan, November 2002

Todays Bla Bla Bla

Guerrilla Girls
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Express Fast Food Journalismus in "20 Minuten" Ein Beispiel: "Die Stereotypen auf Google" "Biertrinkende Deutsche, nackte Schwedinnen und fettleibige Amerikaner: Die Google-Bildsuche bestätigt die gängigen Klischees. Sucht man mit Google nach Bildern von Männern und Frauen verschiedener Nationen, werden die gängigen Klischees grösstenteils erfüllt. Wird etwa nach "French man" gesucht, spuckt die Bildersuchmaschine als erstes einen Franzosen in gestreiften Leibchen, Halstuch, Beret und Schnauz aus. Bei "Swiss man" gibt's, wie könnte es auch anders sein, einen Bauern zu sehen der mit der Heugabel das Feld bestellt." Schneller oberflächlicher Journalismus, denn hier muss hinzugefügt werden dass es hier meist um das erste Bild eines Google Search Resultats handelt. Oder zumindest sind die Recherchen nicht weiter als eine Google Image Resultat Seite hinausgegangen. Natürlich findet man bei einem Suchterm "american woman" nicht unbedingt die Guerilla Girls. Zur Ergänzung des Bildes das von der "20Minuten" Redaktion gewählt wurde (europäische und amerikanische Dame in String) kann ich den Artikel Ueber Unterschichten von Mrs Bunz empfehlen. Eine Geschichte die so beginnt: "Eines Tages, so etwa gegen Ende der Neunziger, rutschte die Hose aus der Taille auf das Becken. Jungs trugen den Po ihrer Baggypants ja schon seit einiger Zeit in den Kniegelenken, jetzt konterten die Mädels im Spiel der eingeleiteten Absenkungstendenz...". Eine Geschichte über den Tanga - das angesagte Teil der Stunde an dem keiner mehr vorbei kommt." Nun - Okay, "20Minuten" behauptet ja auch nicht geistreichen oder seriösen Journalismus zu betreiben.