An I-POD vibrator, what the F!

So I have always been concerned with the human race becoming more and more "connected" or as it should be more accurately described, disconnected. By this I refer to many things, including: Issolation from our natural environments, issolation from other members of society, addictions to television/computers/or other personal electronics. Things that have worried me recently are cell phones and how they have evolved ideas of what is acceptable; ie, conversation on a blackberry while doing your banking, or talking on phones while driving, or interupting person to person communication to answer a phone call. I could go on forever how rude I think poeple really are as to what they think is acceptable behavior for using a cell phone. The latest electronic device that has troubled me--not only as a very entrenched fan of music, but also as a human being who greatly values inter-personal communication--is the use of mp3 players and thier most popular seller--the I-POD. My reasons for disliking this device in particular range from a broad spectrum of complaints: From the death of the listening to a record from start to finish, to favortism of singles over artists, to consumer money going to Apple's I-Tunes and even further from the artists pockets, to things as simple as loss of quality from vinyl format all the way to the MP3. I might sound like a purist--or even a pretentious bastart--but I must remind you I don't have an MP3 player, cell phone, or any other techno-device that I have mentioned above. So I guess I'll get to the point. Today I saw an add for a device from a company called OH-MY-BOD! that has put a new twist on the use of the I-POD. This company's product is a splitter that attaches to an I-POD and on one end attaches the headphones for the user to listen to his or her favorite band, and on the other attaches a vibrator that is calibrated to vibrate to the beat or pulse of the music being listened to. And while I am attracted to the notion that poeple can finally "get off" on the bands that they love. My problem with this device is that--one, I can't get off on a standard vibrator--and secondly, I don't really want the gals that are using this "all new" adapter for the I-POD to be pleasing themselves to the kind of mass consumed, over produced, lacking in substance--crap (insert genre here)! I know this isn't much of an argument; but shit as much as I want liberated women to masturbate as much as men have during thier maturations, I don't think crappy musical artists deserve thier first and following orgasms. So as humans become less connected with thier fellow humans and more connected with this all so everpresent techno-crap, all I have to say is--hey OH-MY-BOD! make me a fucking male vibrator, or sleave, or love doll, or whatever (and make it cheap)--so I can finally get off on every Led Zeppelin record and finally feel every John Bonham triplet ever played. Bring it bitches!

Fuck Seattle for trying to hide its homeless problem. . .

Poeple never really make this connection, but visible homeless poeple are so very important to everday life, and without them we would be lulled into a sense of false comfort that our system works and there are no poeple that get spit out on the lower side of the captilalist spectrum. So I guess I'll get to the point; King County is considering barring panhandlers from ceartain areas of the city, ie. freeway on ramps. And, I say that this is the only place (other than downtown) where the upperclass, yuppie, gentrified--white and clueless--inhabitants of our "fair" city can see that homeless poeple even exist. Without those pesky, depressing, and sometimes drunk transiates manning the streetcorners, our rich and comortable would not see that, truly our system does not work; and also that for thier capitlalist success stories to exist in the first place, alot more underclass people must--not only stay poor--but suffer in most cases. So for anyone that cares, and like me does not want to allow the ruling class to just usher the homeless away from view of thier commute than I propose two suggestions. One, research the issue and write your council members, representatives, and anyone else relevant about your concerns. Or, secondly, if this is made into law - then to dress up like a homless person and fill every street corner with signs that read "I am poor because you are rich", or "you have my money, I would like it back," or "every person homeless, is a sign our system does not work." Of course you can add your own witty sentiment and make them all your own; and remember activism doesn't have to be boring, hippy, and annoying. It can be fun, artsy, amusing, and even fun.