my new blog

[Henry]

Crackers!  

Great stuff, Paul; a-and the next time that I'm near San Diego, I'm going to
the Museum of Hoaxes!

Really!


Henry Mu
Information, Media, and Technology Consultant

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/blog/henrymu 

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From: Paul Di Filippo
To: fictionmags at yahoogroups.com
Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org

PRESS RELEASE
 
July 9, 2008
 
Welcome, friends, to an exciting new world of weird!
 
In fact, many worlds—and so big, we could only call it—
 
WEIRD UNIVERSE.
 
WEIRD UNIVERSE is the new superblog that brings together three well-known
creators and experts in all things weird.
 
Alex Boese runs THE MUSEUM OF HOAXES, a well-known enterprise devoted to
debunking in amusing fashion the more outrageous claims foisted on a
credulous public.
 
Paul Di Filippo has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for
over thirty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer, and has
recently begun blogging on many curious topics with his three fellow writers
at The Inferior 4+1.
 
Chuck Shepherd is the purveyor of NEWS OF THE WEIRD, the syndicated column
which for decades has set the gold-standard for reporting on oddities and
the bizarre.
 
Now these three staunch and intrepid correspondents—under a beautiful new
banner by legendary underground cartoonist Rick Altergott—are pooling their
expertise to bring you the most wide-ranging daily collection of weird
reading material anyone could ask for. 
 
WEIRD UNIVERSE will feature Chuck Shepherd’s daily feed on the most oddball
news items of recent vintage.  Regular posts such as “Follies of the Mad
Men”—a history of Madison Avenue’s more dubious achievements—will alternate
with lists, historical oddities, commentary and speculation.  Together, the
mix will cover every aspect of a human and natural cosmos that is not only
“stranger than we imagine, but stranger than we can imagine.”
 
We believe in the power of the weird.
 
To entertain, to elucidate, to edify.  To humble, to horrify, to honor.  To
shock, to surprise, to scandalize.
 
Most vitally, we believe in the power of the weird as the final frontier of
gloriously untameable human nature.  In a world that grows increasingly
homogenous, regimented, authoritarian, timid and fearful, the weird stands
as humanity’s last best hope for spontaneity, ingenuity, bravery, goofiness,
laughter, astonishment, and crazy wisdom.
 
We believe in the power of the weird.
 
Visit WEIRD UNIVERSE, and you will too!
 
For more information, contact any or all of the participants:
 
Alex Boese 
Paul Di Filippo 
Chuck Shepherd  
 
 
LIST OF LINKS
 
SITES
http://weirduniverse.net/ 
http://museumofhoaxes.com/ 
http://community.livejournal.com/theinferior4/ 
http://www.newsoftheweird.com/ 
http://www.rickaltergott.com/ 
 
EMAIL ADDRESSES
alex at museumofhoaxes.com 
pgdf at cox.net 
WeirdNews at earthlink.net