Week 89

07.21.03

http://www.israel.org/mfa/go.asp?MFAH0n210

Gallery of mayhem here from female Palestinian martyr operations.

The homicide bombers who fail to blow themselves up are more remarkable than those that do.

Hamour backed out at the last minute, claiming her operators directed her to dress provocatively like an Israeli woman, such as wearing her hair down, heavy makeup, and tight pants. During media interviews Hamour stated that, 'I wasn't afraid. I'm not afraid to die. I went for personal reasons. However, I did not want to arrive 'upstairs' for impure reasons. I did not want to dress that way, because it is against my religion.'" Yeah, sure, okay, lady.

07.22.03

Man, that is some kinda hard-working Romanian sci-fi website over there.

http://www.imagikon.ev.ro/

What are they doing running Poppy Z. Brite stories?

http://www.imagikon.ev.ro/pages/article/article.php?art=206

07.23.03

How's the ol' PzBster doing these days?

http://www.poppyzbrite.com/

Looks okay.

http://www.poppyzbrite.com/news.html

Dang, man, she's got her own cafeshop.

http://www.cafeshops.com/pzbshop

07.24.03

I'm a great believer in using "Zoob" toys during literary workshops.

You can tell that people are getting bored when you hear the loud plastic clicking and clacking from participants assembling stuff.

http://www.thunkdesign.com/v3/clients/
zoob/zoob_site/gallery.html

http://www.viridiandesign.org/062803.html

07.25.03

Azizah magazine. For the woman who doesn't apologize for being a woman, and doesn't apologize for being a Muslim.

http://www.azizahmagazine.com/

And who probably lives in Atlanta.

http://www.azizahmagazine.com/
info-about-us.html

Muslim WakeUp! "Should Women Wear Bras?"

http://www.muslimwakeup.com/
mainarchive/000061.html

The Muslim WakeUp! blog.

http://www.muslimwakeup.com/blog/

Alt.muslim: "Turbans R Us"

Bruce Sterling writes books like Darwin watched animals. Find out more about him, and read tattered electronic copies of Cheap Truth, at the Bruce Sterling Online Index. He lives with his wife Nancy and their two daughters in Austin, Texas.