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T-shirt: "I am not a terrorist," in Arabic

After reading about blogger Raed Jarrar's experience at JFK (he was forced to take off a shirt with Arabic writing on it or miss his flight), I finally stopped being depressed about the war on terror and began being proactively pissed off. I made this shirt, which says "I am not a terrorist" in Arabic. I plan to wear it every time I go to the airport from now on.

Reader comment: George Murray says,

Xeni, Thanks for linking to the Arabic shirt. I just bought one. I'm a 6' 2", 220lbs white guy with red hair and an Scottish last name. I wonder what will happen when I try to wear it while flying from St. John's to Toronto in September. I'll let you know.

One thing: are we sure it doesn't say "I've got the mother of all bombs up my ass, please check"? Cause that would be bad.

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Home sweet apocalypse-resistant home.

BoingBoing reader Spluch says,

Someone has built a home equipped with a genuine Swiss-made Luwa nuclear, biological, chemical air filter that will effectively filter out all known bacteriological agents, all known viruses, and even radioactive fallout.

In addition, the earth home is made from a kind of patented steel-reinforced concrete which could withstand almost any natural or man-made disaster. This coupled with the chemical air filter makes it a safe haven for future plagues, biological terrorism, and even nuclear war.

Reader comment: Gabriel Pillar says,

I think the biggest question regarding this house would be: is it zombie-proof?

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he Curtis Creek Manifesto

Anderson presents the material in beautifully composed comic-book style pages, using a variety of hand-lettering styles to organize the material on each page. It's clear that Anderson spent ages planning, writing, and illustrating The Curtis Creek Manifesto, because I can't imagine it being any better. All 17 reviewers on Amazon seem to agree, because every one of them give it 5-stars.

After reading the book, I was excited to track down Sheridan Anderson to see if he might be able to contribute something the magazine I edit, Make. There's precious little about him online, but I finally found a 2004 article from the LA Times about him. He died in 1984 at the ago of 47.

He claimed four names. He favored black hats and a flowing cape and considered himself "one of the last Edwardians." He died 20 years ago at age 47, leaving only the most cryptic biographical clues in his work.

Looking like a Renaissance Faire bouncer, the author stares out at readers from an opening page, mustache bristling, hair tousled, perhaps from jousting. His chin rests on a hand and the eyes blaze in ferocious thought.

As for the man behind the pen, "he was big. Probably close to 300 pounds…. Always dressed in black, and had that black hat and big black cape," recalls Amato's sister, Lorraine Guelker.

"He came to our home once," says Amato. "My wife was cooking two roasts, with the idea that we would have one the next day. I brought out a bottle of Scotch. He pretty much put away the whole bottle before dinner. And then he polished off one of the pork roasts. Voracious appetites."

MidCurrent has another good article about him. Link

Update:

Kevin Kelly reviewed this book a while ago, and included a few sample pages. Link

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