Don’t worry, it’s not a crusade.  Honest.  Just ignore the biblical references inscribed on our weapons.  Yeah, it’s all about freeing the oppressed masses and spreading democracy.  Really.

Carnal Nation | Jennifer Love Hewitt “Vajazzles her Vajayjay”

Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt claims she “vajazzles her vajayjay” with Swarovski crystals and you can too! In the video below, she tells talkshow host, George Lopez, that she began decorating her “precious lady” like a crystal ball to feel better after a rough breakup. She advises other women to do the same and exclaims that she is currently vajazzled in hot pink for the show.Since the vajayjay is actually the space on the inside, it seems unlikely that she actually glues crystals inside of her vagina, but she may very well attach them to the outer portion of her privates – her vulva.

Hewitt even offers to bedazzle Lopez’ goatee and when the amused host suggests that the crystals could be irritating for “the dude”, she replies, “I’ve had no complaints.

Finished reading Already Dead last night.

Good book.  Fairly quick read…  Not terribly deep or substantial…  But a lot of fun.  I’ll definitely be reading more of these Joe Pitt books.  Which clearly shows the wisdom of making that book available for free…  It really isn’t the kind of book I would ever have purchased for myself.  But, because it was free, I read it anyway.  And now I’m going to go out and buy more.  Smart.

I’ve just started in on DEAD(ish) by Naomi Kramer.  Another ebook I got for free on the Barnes & Noble website.

Honestly, I didn’t even really check to see what it was about.  The cover looked cute, it had “dead” in the title, and it was free.  So I grabbed it.

When I opened it up for the first time on my nook I noticed something interesting though…  In the first few pages, where the copyright notice normally is, it indicated that the ebook is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution and Non-Commercial Use license.

This is interesting, because no dead tree publisher would ever touch such a license.

A quick search showed that while someone named Naomi Kramer does have some other books published…  DEAD(ish) is only available in ebook form…  And is published by Smashwords, Inc.

Smashwords appears to publish only ebooks…  And it appears to be completely free.  Simply create an account, submit your manuscript, and off you go.

So, once again, we see digital distribution breaking down the barriers to entry.  Just like the advent of the Internet, inexpensive computers, good-enough recording equipment, and MP3s made it possible for pretty much anyone to record and distribute music…  The advent of the Internet, inexpensive computers, and good-enough ebook formats is making it possible for pretty much anyone to publish and distribute books.

Very cool stuff.

Looks like I won’t be doing too much mining this next week…  Hulkageddon II will run from January 7 to the 14th.

Hulkageddon is an irregularly re-occuring in-game event in the space MMO EVE-online.

Organized by Helicity Boson of the Python Cartel the event takes the form of unprovoked terrorist suicide attacks on mining players. Prizes are sometimes given out for special achievements or to the pilots aht claim the most victims.

Hulkageddon isn’t some official CCP-sponsored event…  It’s something that the players of EVE have arranged.

In theory, the idea is to cut down on mining bots.  Mining bots are notoriously stupid and will frequently just sit there and let you kill them.  Someone who is actually at their computer, playing, mining, is unlikely to lose their ship during Hulkageddon.

It does mean, however, that folks who mine half-AFK like I do, are going to have to play it safe for about a week.

I won’t even be undocking my hulk during that week.