iON | Talking To & Commanding The Angels

Payday

Bob Dobbs’ private session 212 with iON, 28 November 2009. iON reveals that humans have power over the angels and can control them and gives some insight into communicating with them using the language of the angels.

download mp3

iON | Electrons & Ions

Payday

Bob Dobbs’ private session 211 with iON, 27 November 2009.

download mp3

Liu Bolin | The Invisible Man

TED

Can a person disappear in plain sight? That's the question Liu Bolin’s work seems to ask. The Beijing-based artist is sometimes called “The Invisible Man” because in nearly all his art, Bolin is front and center — and completely unseen.

Jilly Ballistic | Wild in the Streets

A day in the Life of Street Artist Jilly Ballistic from DEGA films.

Mansoor Khalid | Candy Cab

The New York Times

Mansoor Khalid, a 37-year-old electrical engineer from Pakistan who has been driving a yellow cab since 1996, keeps his taxi stocked with free candy. He also recently bought a $400 subwoofer that, in his words, makes “your heart go boom,” and invites customers to plug their devices into the speakers. To complete the nightclub-in-a-cab experience, the car is also outfitted with an advanced lighting system that, when activated, flashes fluorescent reds, blues and purples.

“Everybody is depressed, stressed, New York City is not an easy life, so when New Yorkers see all the candies, chocolates,” they cheer up, Mr. Khalid said. “Some people start screaming, they’re so happy.”

His altruism isn’t bad for business, either. Mr. Khalid’s cab has become an Internet celebrity, earning thousands of followers on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. That loyal online following supplies a steady stream of customers for Mr. Khalid, who fields frequent requests for pickups from fans who send their locations to him via Twitter or Facebook.

Elio | 84 MPG, $6800

Made in Shreveport Louisiana, the 2-seat gas-powered Elio gets 84 mpg with a top speed of 100 mph and costs $6800 which includes radio, air conditioning, heater, defroster, power windows, power door locks and three airbags.

iON | Communiqué #6, 12 May 2013

iON with Bob Dobbs and Dr Carolyn Dean.

download mp3

iON | NESARA, Ft Hood, 9/11

Eben Rey’s private conversation with iON and Bob Dobbs after her 26 November 2009 radio program.

Begins with a discussion of the silver certificates and the Ft Hood incident which was a cover for the actions regarding the silver certificates. Also discussed, the twin towers and 9/11; the debt owed to St Germain and China; Joseph Moshe.

download mp3

Audio below: from Eben Rey’s 29 November 2009 radio program.

download mp3

Real Japan Blues 105BSP Jeans

A few months ago I was willing and ready to pull the trigger on some Momotaro 1005SP jeans, but couldn't decide (with 100% certainty) on the size. Moreover, I couldn't find any reputable domestic vendors, and wasn't too keen on the idea of buying them from a random Japanese website. As a result, I put those Momotaros on my wish list and moved on.

A few weeks after NOT acquiring the Momotaros (No-motaros?), I "coincidentally" found myself randomly wandering into a brick and mortar Self Edge store. I wasn't really looking to buy anything in particular, but I thought it would be a great opportunity to try some different jeans on to see if anything fit well. I tried on several different jeans, and decided buy the 105BSP jeans from Real Japan Blues (tagged size 30).

Brand New! No Soak, No Wash, No Nothing

I like the cut of these jeans because the legs are far from skinny and because the all-important rise measurement is somewhat generous relative to my Roy jeans. The jeans have some cool details, too . . . super important features such as: different colored stitching on the back pockets; a sewn-in red "tag" on the back pocket; an extra deep knife/coin pocket; and doubled denim material along the front pocket openings. The as-new inseam measured 38 inches long! I had Self Edge cut off about five inches and hem them with the goal of having a 30 to 31 inch inseam after shrinking. Self Edge does a great job at hemming jeans, and they even use a vintage Union Special chainstitching machine to do the job right.

I Like These Arcuates

Red "Tag"

Deep Coin Pocket
Doubled Front Pocket Material

After the initial soak/shrink in the bathtub and hang dry, the 105BSPs were slightly on the stiff and crusty side. My understanding is that the post-soak stiffness is caused by the starch that is used during the manufacturing process. I wore them for the first time on January 1, 2013, and they broke in quickly after several wearings. If I'm honest, they were less than comfortable on the first day due to the stiffness.

Post-Soak Magic Pants!

I've been wearing these jeans at least a couple times per week, and they have become quite comfortable. I haven't washed them yet, and they haven't developed any distinctive fading effects or unique wear patterns yet. The sizing is very good, and Self Edge did a great job with the hemming by estimating and compensating for shrinkage of the inseam - the length is spot on. That said, the rise might be a little short, which means they are not a perfect fit. Oh well, I still have the Momotaros on my wish list.

Dan Brown | Inferno

NBC

Dan Brown's Inferno is another globe-trotting, world-saving adventure — and a chance for readers to ponder a new set of mathematical and scientific puzzles.

The Italian poet Dante Alighieri was, if anything, more of a numbers freak than Dan Brown: Who else would write a three-book masterwork consisting entirely of three-line stanzas? Each book is divided into 33 cantos — plus an extra one in Dante's Inferno, to make 100 cantos in all. The verses are riddled with references to threes, sevens, nines and other numbers with mystical meanings.

Numbers and codes have played a part as well in the buildup to the release of Inferno. Even the publication date is a puzzle: Greg Taylor, author of “Inside Dan Brown’s Inferno,” noticed that if you reverse the American date notation, 5-14-13, you come up with the first five digits of pi (3.1415). Brown’s publishers later confirmed that the date was chosen for just that reason.

Pizza Box Lamp

Fattelo

Four Italian designers created the 01LAMP desk lamp from an old folded pizza box. Visit their website and download a free PDF file to print, trace, cut, lock and make your own pizza box desk lamp.

Phillip Patterson Writes Every Word in the Bible

Associated Press

Although rare now, hand-crafted Bibles were common before the invention of the printing press. In those times, monks who made ornate copies of the Bible saw it as part of their sacred calling.

Photos: Laura Glazer

Four years ago Phillip Patterson, a retired interior designer, began transcribing the King James Bible. 2,400 pages and a multitude of pens later, as he copies the last words of the last book, Patterson sees all that he has created.

In the beginning (2007), Patterson copied the first five books of the Bible, known as the Pentateuch. Work on this “prototype” allowed him to figure out technique, layout and technical details like the type of paper (19-by-13-inch watercolor) and writing instruments (felt-tip pens). He pencils in ruled lines on the sheets to guide his writing and erases them when he is done, leaving black ink on creamy white pages.

“…I came to discover there was more in the bible than I had been told. The only way to find out what was in it was to sit down and write it.”

Patterson does not see any kinship to those long-ago scribes, seeing himself merely as a regular guy who ended up learning something.

Photo: AP

Taylor Swift | 60 Minutes & 2020

Taylor Swift | 22

iON | Communiqué #5, 4 May 2013

iON with Bob Dobbs and Dr Carolyn Dean.

download mp3

iON | Communiqué #4, 28 April 2013

iON with Bob Dobbs and Dr Carolyn Dean.

download mp3