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Monthly Archives: April 2008

New Beijing Olympic Logo

April 30, 2008 – 7:58 am

At that point – I would have you see – the force to which one yielded mingles with one’s will; and no excuse can pardon their joint act.
Absolute will does not concur in wrong; but the contingent will, through fear that its resistance might bring greater harm, consents.
Dante, Paradisio IV 37

The [...]

By raincoaster | Posted in Allegory, Anonymous, Art, Justice, Manifestos, Olympics, Operation Orwell, Politics, YouTube, anarchy, capitalism, government, philosophy, terrorism | Comments (10)

4 sayle 1 horce

April 29, 2008 – 8:33 pm

All we know is, he’s definitely Canadian-bred.

By raincoaster | Posted in Allegory, Canada, Culture, Humour, Weird, humor, lol | Comments (3)

May 10th Anonymous vs Scientology, Round 4

April 29, 2008 – 12:03 pm

Hmmm, maybe the previous post is some sort of sign?

SEE YOU MAY 10TH IN FRONT OF YOUR LOCAL CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY.
WHYWEPROTEST.NET
XENU.NET
ENTURBULATION.ORG
Hello, leaders of scientology.
We are Anonymous.
We hope you are looking forward to may 10th.
You are the center of attention.
Finally, after all these years, you are getting all the media coverage you [...]

By raincoaster | Posted in Anonymous, Manifestos, Operation Orwell, Politics, Religion, Scientology, anarchy, lol, meme, news, philosophy | Comments (14)

raincoaster’s celebrity lookalike

April 29, 2008 – 8:15 am

Kaonashi (No-Face)
A masked, cloaked spirit who feeds on the emotions of others.
I DID try. I tried it twice. And each time I uploaded a photo of my beaming mug, the thrice-accurst meme-jockeys in the nth circle of hell where automated “funny kontent” is generated snickered amongst themselves and sent back, “Sorry, no faces were detected [...]

By raincoaster | Posted in Allegory, Blogging, Celebrity, Censorship, Humour, conspiracy, humor, meme, sad | Comments (10)

Pimp My Blog: Blog Promotion Class Saturday, May 3

April 29, 2008 – 4:31 am

OUR NEXT CLASS RUNS
Saturday, May 3rd

Current course:
Pimp My Blog: Promotion Tips

What: Blog Promotion Tips for Beginners
When: 10:00am-2:00 pm, Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Where: Tradeworks Training Society, Chinatown
Why: Now that you’ve got a blog, why toil in obscurity? This course will teach you effective blog promotion techniques to reliably increase your readership. Each course is [...]

By raincoaster | Posted in Blogging, Canada, Digg, Education, Google, Northern Voice, Operation Global Media Domination, Second Life, Vancouver, marketing, media, raincoaster, raincoaster media group, reddit, social media | Leave a Comment

a writer’s life: it’s not all skittles and beer

April 28, 2008 – 4:25 am

Sometimes it’s vengeful dames and whiskey sours. Welcome to my world:

Stolen from Gawker, which is quite the Kids in the Hall fanclub this weekend.
PS: Kids in the Hall were formed in 1984. Oh, GOD I’m old.

By raincoaster | Posted in 80's, Books, Canada, Censorship, Culture, Entertainment, Etiquette, Generation X, Humour, Literary, Lush Life, humor, sad, writing | Comments (6)

Proof the Recession is Real

April 28, 2008 – 2:01 am

Everyone is talking about this Recession, saying that all the numbers are in and it’s a sure thing. Yet, I see no breadlines, hear no word of Wall Street defenestrations (must! pray! harder!). But today proof has emerged that the dreaded Recession, with its associated Stagflation (which sounds like a half-boner at a Bachelor Party) [...]

By raincoaster | Posted in 80's, Allegory, Canada, Cthulhu, Culture, Generation X, Humour, Squid, Weird, YouTube, capitalism, economics, fish, gross, humor, sad | Comments (8)

Insite Court Challenge

April 28, 2008 – 1:13 am

Community Groups take Federal Government to  Court over Safe Injection Site
Sunday, April 27, 2007
On Monday, April 28, Pivot Legal Society director John Conroy will be representing the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users in a 10-day trial challenging the Federal Minister of Health’s ability to close Insite, the safe injection site in Vancouver.
Joe Arvey, representing [...]

By raincoaster | Posted in Canada, Crime, Lush Life, Pivot Legal Society, Politics, Public Service Announcement, Vancouver, drugs, government, news | Leave a Comment

oh, YOU can lol!

April 27, 2008 – 7:51 am

Or oysters from T&T.

By raincoaster | Posted in Culture | Comments (12)

Convos with John: Team America World Police

April 27, 2008 – 7:10 am

> What do you think of Team America World Police?
Team america world police ? team america world police for peace.
> What would they do for peace?
I have no idea. I’ve never thought of that.
> Guess
That’s very original Rain .
> Guess again
Once more? I’m now being credited as the creator of a great [...]

By raincoaster | Posted in Allegory, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, Weird, humor, sad | Comments (2)