The
Point
There really isn't one. I named the 6 buttons on the navagation bar with the first 6 topics that came to mind. I only knew I wanted 6 buttons. I didn't have any intention of making a point about anything when I made the buttons nor do I now.
I curiously google for my site from time to time and imagine others with home sites do the same. Searching on Zirp currently places me in the number 6 and number 7 spots. I was at 3 and 4 for awhile and the first time I tried it I must have been feeling a little obsessive getting to 378. The improvement is not due to chance, there is some strategic planning involved. Aside from this, a good and fast way to direct people to this site is to inform them to google ericnp and hit I'm feeling Lucky. Asking to see the omitted results pulls a total of 44 pages: In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar to the 2 already displayed. If you like, you can repeat the search with the omitted results included. Some of these pages may come up not found or at least with images missing. There was some really old stuff just tossed (07/03.)
About the iGoogleme logo: The trademarked Google logo uses the font Catull. I don't have Catull. I don't think I would have used it if I had it--you know how things are these days And Catull costs a hundred bucks. Do you think ancient tribes would fight over respective cave drawings? One guy would accuse the other of copying his prehistoric buffalo, smack him over the head and proceed to take an extra slab of beef as a royalty fee.
Zirp and Cooties
Speaking
of Google, sometimes it still amazes me how much you can find, about just
about anything you want to find, on the internet. For the life of me I
couldn't remember what we called these little paper fortune tellers
we used to make when we were kids. So I googled, origami
fortune and found more than ample reference.
Cootie Catchers was the term we used and seems
to be the most common. In German, which was what I found first, oddly
enough, they are called himmel und hölle or
sky and hell. Neither term makes much sense
to me.
Why did I bother? Three of the five 2 1/4" inch negative scans. which I just started working on for Zirp are images of Zappa playing with one of these. I don't recall what the story was regarding Frank and company making the paper hat and the cootie catcher for the photo shoot..Anyway, phase two of Zirp is coming with a cootie catcher and more of Frank in the Wall Street Journal hat. The 2 1/4 negatives don't have the problems I encountered with exposure, lighting and makeup on the 35mm. On the darker side, I'm not very happy with the scan job.
If you want to make a cootie catcher I found instructions here.
There
is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what
the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There
is another theory which states that this has already happened.
--Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
In fond memory: Douglas Adams 1952 - 2001
Most fun I've ever had reading.
Planet of the Apes...
There seems to be a great obsession about unwanted body hair lately.
I am certain that some television station somewhere in the US is showing
the Epil Stop & Spray commercial every given minute of every
day. 
Briefly, in case somebody reads this who hasn't seen the ad, this is what it's about. This Epil Stop & Spray stuff is supposed to remove hair from most portions of one's body. It can possibly be used on portions of the body other than those mentioned in the commercial. Even if you are instructed NOT to put this stuff on those other portions of the body--a number of people will.
Anyway, they show this crap being sprayed on this guy's moderately hairy back and then they just wipe the hair off him with a towel. They don't say anything about "hey, five to ten minutes just went by and it wasn't very pleasent." They make it appear as though it's just spray and wipe. There is also something very fake looking about the hair on this guy's back. It's looks like someone taking a hairbrush to a stuffed animal.
Here's what the Epil-Stop people say.
No more painful hot wax! An easy, gentle way, to remove unwanted hair in just minutes! Clinically tested, Epil-Stop works anywhere you need to remove hair for weeks... face, underarms, legs, arms, bikini line... leaving your skin softer, smoother and healthier.
Here's what some customers had to say.
I saw a "Trouble Shooter" piece on my local news concerning Epil Stop. It is a total scam and the makers are laughing all the way to the bank! In 95% of testers, Epil Stop did not work at all and the other 5% had minimal results.
I've seen nothing but complaints about epil stop, regular, but has anyone tried the epil stop citrus? [It's possible that just because one of the mfg.'s. products doesn't work and burns your skin doesn't mean their other hair removal products have problems? It's pretty much just a different way to sell the same product.]
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The Epil-Lady-- still ashamed of body hair. |
This one is the best! (click here, uncensored)
Ingredients
Vitamin E & Aloe Vera. The infomercial mentions other compounds that one would think of as being "natural," they make no mention of what the stuff is that melts your hair out down in the folicule. Active Ingredient:
The creams contain thioglycollate, a chemical used in perming solutions to weaken hair so it can be reshaped. In depilating creams it dissolves the protein structure of hair, causing it to separate easily at the skin surface. They can be smelly and messy to apply.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1997 POISON CENTER WARNS ABOUT SKIN BURNS FROM EPIL-STOP, A DEPILATORY PRODUCT The California Poison Control System (CPCS) has issued a warning to the public about a product called EPIL-STOP, a depilatory agent used to remove hair from the legs and other parts of the body...
The burn victims apparently had used the product as directed on the label, with an application time of less than three to five minutes, Olson said. They reported an immediate burning pain, with skin discoloration and blister formation which suggested to CPCS Hotline staff that they had received second-degree chemical burns. One of the victims has persistent skin discoloration and scab formation ten days after the event. "According to the manufacturer, EPIL-STOP contains thioglycolic acid salts, emollients and moisturizers, and is supposed to have a pH of 10.0 to 10.2," Olson said, "In fact, one of the victims brought the container into the California Poison Control System center in San Francisco, and we measured a pH of greater than 12." The product that was brought in was in a white plastic jar with an imprint code that appears to read #C250EXP6/99, Olson said.
This is another of what I feel is an obligation to the home
website. The little icon that takes you back to the index page.
Here's what happened the night I got carried away with this image