By now you’ve probably all heard about The Secret, probably in mocking terms.  It’s that book that so many are buying as a self-help tome.  It’s basic message is, “REALLY want it.”  Seems basic enough, and it also seems silly that someone had to write a book to articulate that.  Sillier even that people are buying it and treating it as some kind of… well, secret.

“You mean, if I want to succeed at life, I need to want it and work at it?  Well shit!  Goodbye Doritos and Xbox!  I want to be a squid breeder!”

Well, scoff no more.  Here’s a tale where The Secret actually saved someone’s life, as posted on Amazon.com’s book review page:

Please allow me to share with you how “The Secret” changed my life and in a very real and substantive way allowed me to overcome a severe crisis in my personal life. It is well known that the premise of “The Secret” is the science of attracting the things in life that you desire and need and in removing from your life those things that you don’t want. Before finding this book, I knew nothing of these principles, the process of positive visualization, and had actually engaged in reckless behaviors to the point of endangering my own life and wellbeing.
At age 36, I found myself in a medium security prison serving 3-5 years for destruction of government property and public intoxication. This was stiff punishment for drunkenly defecating in a mailbox but as the judge pointed out, this was my third conviction for the exact same crime. I obviously had an alcohol problem and a deep and intense disrespect for the postal system, but even more importantly I was ignoring the very fabric of our metaphysical reality and inviting destructive influences into my life.
My fourth day in prison was the first day that I was allowed in general population and while in the recreation yard I was approached by a prisoner named Marcus who calmly informed me that as a new prisoner I had been purchased by him for three packs of Winston cigarettes and 8 ounces of Pruno (prison wine). Marcus elaborated further that I could expect to be [...] raped by him on a daily basis and that I had pretty eyes.

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Some people like eggs.  Some people like chicken.  Some people are both of those previous people in one.

So, if you liked the semen cookbook below, you’ll LOVE the Testicle Cookbook.  OK, probably not.  Wait, what am I saying?  If you liked the semen cookbook, you’re fucking insane and would probably eat subway tokens out of a grease trap.

Anyway, here’s the Testicle Cookbook:

Just because Native Americans used every part of the animal doesn’t mean they ATE the balls!!  I’m pretty sure they would just put them under their loin cloths to impress the ladies.

Hit the jump for images of ball skinning and ball pizza.  Those with sensitive stomachs may want to point your mouth away from the keyboard.

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So freaking funny.

Thanks to Stillfinger for the link.

Former MTV executive Terrance Dean better watch his six: he’s bringing out the claws on an industry used to fists and guns next month with his book Hiding in Hip Hop: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry – From Music to Hollywood.

“Hiding In Hip-Hop” uncovers a hidden and well-known unspoken secret. Deep within the confines of Hip-Hop is a prominent gay sub-culture. A world that industry insiders are keenly aware of, but choose to ignore.

According to Dean, “This book is filled with intrigue, sexy celebrity bed partners, abundance of drugs, and of course, the down low/gay men and celebrities in the entertainment industry.

This puts a different perspective on the fact that Kanye West, who has long been donged by gay rumors, just a few days ago called off his engagement to longtime girlfriend Alexis Phifer (they were together since 2002). The bitch even asked for the ring back. Maybe girl wants it for himself.

Hrrm…was it a showmance? Is he perhaps ready to come out of the closet before he’s shoved out? Kanye is constantly talking about accepting “our gay brothers and sisters”…

The book pages flutter onto the shelves May 13th.

Source.

P.S. Stink’s recent picture was pretty telling, no?

Sadly, this seems to be a radio interview, so there’s just a static picture. However, Harlan Ellison is such a hyperactive speaker you hardly notice.

Now, first off, Harlan Ellison is the only person in the fucking UNIVERSE who can out-talk Robin Williams to the point that Robin seems sedate and boring by comparison.

But more importantly, it’s absolutely fascinating to hear about the origin of Scientology. It was a goof! A bunch of pulp authors getting together to get wasted and trade stories results in the wackiest of the wacky religions, care of L. Ron Hubbard, money hungry pulp novelist.

http://fantastic.library.cornell.edu/index.php. Part of the online collection of Cornell University’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. Some of the weirdest images you’ll ever care to look on, in sections with provocative titles like, “Possession and Insanity” and “Freaks, Monsters, and Prodigies.”

The image below, of the demon “Diable,” is from J.A.S. Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal (1863) (Demonographia).

The demon “Belzebuth” after the jump–

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