EVENT: 2/1/07 Chicago: Come see what your made of.....

From my man T.P. aka Tip Drill:

Thursday, 2/1/07, 5pm at CCC's Ferguson Theatre, Chicago, one of the world's leading evolution scientists will be talking about TIKTAALIK; a fossil that was found a few years back that is the oldest trace of sea creatures becoming amphibians. Tiktaalik pulled itself from the oceans and evolved into many different land based creatures, very possibly humans!!! It also closely (very closely) resembles the so called scary shark. I've been working on wall sculptures that are mixed media odes to these creatures.

Thanks Tip Drill!! Be sure to check it out!!

How We Shag '07

Finally, Esquire and Marie Claire do something helpful! Polling over 1,700 American men and women aged 21-49, we finally have a comprehensive picture of how we get our groove thing on in America! Some highlights:

Single men in monogamous relationships have a lot more sex than married men (4.5 times vs. 2.7 times a week, or 66% more).

The more money men make, the more sex they have, but the men who have the most sex - more than 15 times a week - make less then $100,000 a year!

Favorite positions: Women: Missionary (31%), Doggy style a close second (27%)
Men: Doggy style (31%), woman on top (29%)

Least favorite: Women: Reverse cowgirl (only 2%)
Men: Tie, Reverse cowgirl and spooning (5%)

Republican men prefer woman on top, Democrats prefer doggy style (hell yeah!)

How men like her pubic hair: Trimmed or waxed but not bare (55%), completely absent (24%), all natural (22%)

The most powerful aphrodisiac is: Men: Looks (38%), Wealth (5%), Power (4%), Wit (11%), Intelligence (17%), Kindness (26%)
Women: Looks (17%), Wealth (2%), Power (6%), Wit (15%), Intelligence (18%), Kindness (43%)

Looks are most important to women in their 20s and least important to women in their 40s. Intelligence in a partner is least important to married women and women who earn more than $100,000 or more. Meanwhile, men who earn more than $100,000 care more about a partners' looks than poorer men.

Don't say The Church doesn't give back to the people.

LINK: http://www.esquire.com/features/articles/2006/070108_mfe_February_07_sexsurvey.html

Pops Got Jokes

My Pops wanted to get in on the whole Internet revolution he's heard so much about on NPR, so he sent this. Thanks Pops!

King of Bling Indicted

Jacob Arabo, aka Jacob the Jeweler is in BIG trouble. Best known for blinging out nearly every rapper, NBA player, Elton John, Bono and even Rudy Guiliani, Arabo has been indicted for a money laundering scam run by him and the BLACK MAFIA FAMILY of Detroit. The government's case alleges that Arabo helped launder millions for the BMF family, fabricated IRS documents, and conspired with gang members to cover up illegal activities. Damn, this is worse than when I found out wrestling was fake! Say it ain't so Jacob, say it ain't so!!


LINK: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0123071jacob1.html

Dirty Belgians

Your Els Van Doren, 37, a mother of two and avid sky diver. You have friends, as sub-cultures tend to produce, namely one Els Clottemans, 22 (above), and her boyfriend. Let's just call him Marcel. You all sky dive together for years. But what you don't know is that at 14,000 feet alot of things happen, so damn your marriage, and your friend Els Clottemans, you start having a clandestine affair with Marcel. I know, I know, happens all the time. Here's what doesn't:

You go out, one sunny Belgian morning. You, Ms. Clottemans and Marcel are 13,000 feet in the air, joined together in a star formation, when you break away, ready to pull your parachute. But yours doesn't open. A witness, Wally Elters, described it this way: "I was working on my plane when I heard someone on the ground screaming and pointing to the sky. I looked up and saw a black spot falling quickly to the ground. It was wriggling about and it was pretty obvious it was a person. Above it were three people in parachutes coming down slowly. Then it hit the ground. It was an appalling moment."

Even more appalling - Mrs. Van Doren's head-mounted camera filmed her final moments. Even more appalling - her friend Els Clottesman has been charged with the murder by tampering with her parachute. Damn.....


LINK: http://youtube.com/watch?v=V7u2O9Tgdzg

WU-TANG! WU-TANG!

The Wu is back! Led by Steve Rifkind, LOUD Record founder, the Wu-Tang will drop its first album in years this summer, called "The 8 Diagrams."

Little trivia: What does "The 8 Diagrams" stand for? First 5 correct answers will get somethin - it'll be good, just haven't figured it out yet. In the meantime, enjoy some classic Wu isht:

LINK: http://youtube.com/watch?v=27zhsc_O508

Snitch Factory

Taking snitching digital was the only thing left, and (drum roll please....): introducing WIKILEAKS.

A safehaven for snitches, whistleblowers and tattle-tales around the world, Wikileaks says its primary interests are oppresive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet Bloc, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. Kim Sawyer, vice-prez of Whistleblowers of Australia said Wikileaks would "give us a mechanism to get stories out more into the international arena." Or just another outlet for sh#t talking, public embarassment, paper thin search warrants and people getting stabbed in they neck on the way to the store. Word.......

LINK: www.wikileaks.org

If MOESHA comes calling....

For all my aspiring actors and actresses, STAY AWAY FROM ANY MOESHA CASTING CALLS. The sitcom marked by bad acting and cheesy R&B cameos now has a new call to fame: DEATH WISH. The latest death was caused by singer and Ray-J sister BRANDY, who according to Los Angeles police, caused the death of Awatef Aboudihaj, a 38-year-old married mother of one, no doubt on her way home from another long day at a real job, in a car pile-up on an LA freeway. Good thing - no drugs or alcohol were reported. The bad - this is the THIRD death associated with the show!!

Brandy's co-star, Lamont Bentley, was killed in January 2005 when his car plunged off the SAME freeway. Another Moesha co-star, Merlin Santana, was killed by a gunshot wound while sitting in the passenger seat of a car in 2002. So if Moesha calls, hang up, it ain't worth it.

Old School Scary Shark

In more "what the F-?!!" news, a shark so old its called a "living fossil" was caught by the good folks at the Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka, South of Tokyo, videotaped, and then died a few hours after being caught. The female frilled shark, who usually lives between 600 and 1,000 meters under the water, feeds on other sharks and sea creatures. They got film - good thing they could film it rather than just return it to its natural habitat.

LINK:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mneDhOtVEQw

Wanna Get Happy (Again)?

Then this man can help. French-philosopher-turned-Buddhist monk MATTHIEU RICARD can help. MRI scans show Ricard is the happiest man in the world. Through meditation Ricard is able to experience massive levels of "positive emotions" in the left pre-frontal cortex of the brain, where your happiness lives, and this time of year, takes a vacation. But Ricard says, "Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time."

Lucky for us, he's sharing his secrets - check out his book "Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill," out now.

The Jump-Off Contract

So, after months of prodding from my homegirl Kyana and various other members of the tribe, I have decided unilaterally to launch my first ever blog, appropriately named The Church of Cool.

So what will you find?

Well, good question. My ol' girl says these things take on a life of their own, sort of figure themselves out, like those trippy tailored ads that pop up on my gmail, so to begin, I guess look to The Church for off the wall, life is a movie type goings on in the world. We'll make a pact, I'll do the research, you do the reading, commenting and passing on. A little one-sided, I know, but es mi casa, y yo vivo aqui.

As we go along, maybe this will reflect more of my interests and become more focused, but for now, use it as the place to find out cool sh#t that you can pass along to your friends, making you the "in the know" kid. Don't hate me if they look at you strange.

Also if you 'd like to share some wild buisness, links, photos, clips, etc., please send them to "churchofcool@gmail.com" and I'll post them. Also product, music, web, movie and whatever else reviews are welcome.

Enjoy!

Peace & love,

Rich boi, aka Yardbird, aka I done got in trouble again.......