Obscanity: You'll know it when you see it

I may already have posted a couple of these, but here are some choice coupons:

Store	Offer	Code	Expiry
Barnes & Noble Online	Additional 15% off after membership discount	E7J6C7K	2/18/2007
JoAnn.com	Free Shipping with order of $25	FEBFSA725	2/28/2007
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Dell Home	$300 off $1499 on Inspiron notebooks, limit 10000 uses	QQ0PKWMH$RVZ02	2/15/2007
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Yankee Candle	Free shipping on orders over $40	XF702F1	2/11/2007

Remember how I mentioned Barnes & Noble membership? Well, I just got a coupon! Check it out:

15% off a single item, on top of your BN membership, with coupon code E7J6C7K. Expires February 18th. Each BN member can use this coupon once.

Sign up for a Barnes & Noble membership now!

Not a member? Use this code: H9A4U7J. I’m not sure when it expires, though.

Some iTunes mixes I thought you might enjoy…

• 80’s Radio
  – A mix of all my favorite 80’s songs (ha, cool, the airport radio just started playing “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!”)

• Summertime
  – Songs that remind me of summer. Don’t ask me why!

There’ll be plenty more to come… I love making playlists, and I have some really great ones on my iPod.

Well… I’m going out of town for a while (I’ll try to post a few times if I get a chance!), and I have a 13-hour airplane / airport day ahead of me. I’m just making sure my iPod is well-stocked with all the important tracks!

Highlights of what I’ll be listening to tomorrow:

• Lecture recordings from missed classes – no, I know you don’t want those.
• Corinne Bailey Rae – Corinne Bailey Rae
  • I am actually just about to purchase this – I heard it a while back and really loved it, so I figured it was time for me to buy!
  • [Get it from iTunes | Get it from Amazon]
• Raining Jane – Diamond Lane
  • Love ’em! What else can I say?
  • [Get it from iTunes | Get it from Amazon | Tour schedule!]
• The Weepies – Say I Am You
  • Sweet, mellow folk.
  • [Get it from iTunes | Get it from Amazon]
  • Holy crap, they have an iTunes Live Session???? I’m so getting that RIGHT NOW.
• Audiobooks from Audible.com
  • I’ll write more about this site later!

There, that ought to keep me busy for now!

My partner and I LOVE Netflix. We can rent all the movies, new / old-school / classic TV shows, and documentaries we want for one low monthly price (our queue has at least 250 DVDs in it right now, not counting the dozens and dozens and dozens we’ve already been through! hehehe). We can also connect with our friends and leave cute little notes about the movies we loved and the movies we didn’t love so much. It’s way fun to see what our friends have in their queues.

Netflix is SO easy to use, especially if you’re one of those people who gets lots of late fees because you just can’t get around to taking the DVDs back to the store. They mail you the DVD(s) (the number depends on which plan you get), you watch them, you pop them back into their envelopes (no postage required!) and stick ’em in the mail! Keep each disc as long as you want; there are no late fees!

The turn-around is very rapid; once you mail it, you usually have a new one within a couple of days. You can also switch back and forth between plans, so you can pay less during the school year when you don’t have as much time, and get a better plan during the summer when you’re all about watching movies. I love this, because I’m a law student, so during the year I don’t have lots of time for movies, but the second the school year is over, I want to just park myself in front of the TV and catch up on everything I’ve missed!

Right now, my partner and I are zipping through Punky Brewster and The West Wing, as well as a whole slew of movies we’ve been meaning to see. That’s another great thing about Netflix — new releases come out pretty quickly. If you always manage to miss movies while they’re in the theater, worry no more – as soon as you think of a current release you don’t want to forget, you can save it to your queue, and when it’s released it’ll come to you according to your queue order.

Finally, Netflix is a great way to preview films before you take the step of adding them to your home DVD collection. There are plenty of movies we really like but don’t necessarily want to own… but it’s such a hassle getting to the rental store, and then returning it… this way you don’t waste money buying DVDs you’re going to watch once!

Convinced? Try it now, for free!

If you’re a student like me, odds are you’re spending obscene, insane (ha, obscane!) amounts on textbooks. I’m in law school, so you can imagine what my textbook bills are like!

Luckily, I figured out early that there are ways to get your books at low prices without having to buy a torn-apart used copy – not that used books in good shape aren’t great! Sometimes, though, you just can’t find one in decent shape, and you have to buy new. Do what I did – get a Barnes & Noble membership!

For $25/year, you’ll get in-store and online member prices ranging from 10%-40% off the list price, but the real paydirt comes around the various holidays, when you check your email and find online coupons offering 15-25% off a single item in addition to your member discount. Friends, fellow students, THIS is what you really signed up for. Use those big chunky coupons to buy your big chunky textbooks. It’s SO WORTH IT. You’ll get them particularly often around the holiday season, but they still show up throughout the year. I was able to get all new books this semester, for LESS money than it would have cost me to get used books. Granted, you won’t always get one JUST when you need to order books, but especially for the winter/spring term, you’re generally in pretty good shape.

Want to cash in on these awesome discounts?

Sign up for a Barnes & Noble membership now!

P.S. Did I mention that you can usually use these coupons on used textbooks as well???

Hello, is anybody else getting impatient for the upcoming release of the final Harry Potter book??? I know I certainly am. I still need to reread the fifth and sixth books. Every time a new HP book comes out, I reread the entire series beforehand. I don’t think I’ll have time to do that this time! LOL. I’ll still read the last couple, though.

Want to avoid waiting in loooong lines? Preorder it now, from Amazon or from Barnes & Noble.

In the meantime, come on, out with it – who has theories or predictions? There are book 6 spoilers here so I’ve made the text white: I think a lot of us think Snape did kill Dumbledore, but that Dumbledore told him to, if it came down to it. It’s possible Dumbledore was actually wrong in trusting Snape, but it would seem like such a waste otherwise… More commentary after I read book 6 again. I tend to tear through it the day it arrives, so it’s been a long time since I read it!

EDIT: Possible spoilers in the comments too! Just so you know!

If you haven’t already heard Lily Allen’s CD, “Alright, Still,” where have you been???

When I first heard Lily Allen on NPR, I thought her song had a peppy, catchy melody. After a minute I started to catch on – she’s a pop princess, to be sure, but her lyrics are pure smartass. The album features tracks such as “Alfie,” where the narrator pleads with her brother to put the weed down and get up off his ass, and LDN, where Allen shares a side of London that only an urbanite can appreciate.

If you don’t already have the album, here’s a taste of what you’re missing:

Oh gosh. The American Foundation for Self-Righteous and Holier-than-thou Consumption of Pornographic Materials strikes YET AGAIN. I LOVE it when this happens.

Behold, the email I received this week, [and my own contribution, what you know they were thinking, in brackets]:

January 23, 2006

Please help us get this information into the hands of as many people as possible by forwarding it to your entire email list of family and friends. [Seriously. We think they’ll really want to see this one.]

Ford Helps Sponsor Explicit, Sickening [Hot] Homosexual Scene

Description and video of the scene below. [Keep reading; this is a really offensive, explicit one. We promise!]

Dear Obscanity,

Rather than backing down from its support of homosexuality, Ford Motor Company has apparently taken a ‘rub it in your face’ attitude. [Yes. They want to rub it all over your face. How dare they?]

On the January 16 episode of ‘Dirt,’ which airs on the FX channel, Ford helped sponsor one of the most explicit, sickening homosexual scenes ever shown on television.

Because it is so explicit, I could not even include a description of it here. [I needed to give it its own page complete with explicit descriptions and a link to the video.] I hope you will simply trust me. However, if you want to read our [detailed] review of the [hot] scene, or to see the video of the [hot] scene, click here. Be forewarned, it is extremely graphic [and hot].

Ford has made it extremely clear that they have no intentions of ending their support of homosexuality. Among other things, the company reneged on their agreement to remain neutral in the culture wars, increased their support of homosexual publications, sponsored TV programs pushing homosexuality and required employees to attend ‘diversity’ training promoting homosexuality. For more information on Ford’s track record, go to BoycottFord.com. [For more hot man-on-man action, see our previous action alerts.]

Take Action

Send an e-mail to Ford’s new CEO Alan R. Mulally.

Forward this e-mail to your local Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda or Ford dealer (all owned by Ford). Find their e-mail address here (click on the auto icon). Ask the dealer to forward it to CEO Mulally.

If you haven’t already done so, please sign the Boycott Ford Pledge.

Print out the Boycott Ford Petition and distribute it at Sunday School and church.

Extremely important! Help us get the word out about Ford by forwarding this to friends and family! For more information on Ford’s support for the homosexual agenda, click here.

Click Here for an update on SB1 and Fox network alerts

If you think our efforts are worthy, would you please support us with a small gift? [Maybe an issue of Playgirl?] Thank you for caring enough to get involved.

Sincerely,

Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman
American Family Association

P.S. Please forward this e-mail message to your family and friends!

Now, if you were wondering what you might find in their ‘review,’ check this out:

The following is a description of a scene taken from the January 16, 2007, episode of ‘Dirt’ on the FX network.

WARNING: The following description is graphic and offensive. [It’s so dirty you’ll want to wash your hands after viewing.]

Two [big, strong, supple] men on a backyard patio are discussing their acting careers when one of them asks the other if he may ask a personal question.

The other man says, ‘Relax. I’ve been thinking the same thing.’ He then places his hands on the first man’s face and pulls him in for a very long, passionate kiss.

He then says, ‘Every since I met you, I’ve been thinking the same thing.’ He then moves one hand down the first man’s shirt and rubs his crotch. Immediately he falls to his knees and begins undoing the man’s belt, pants and zipper. [Mmmm, isn’t that HORRIBLY perverse? Mmmmm. Yes. Perverse. They are bad boys. God hates them. God wants to spank them.]

After gazing at the man’s penis, he moves his head forward toward it.

The scenes cuts to a distance view, where the second man is seen giving the first man oral sex.

[We realize this may not be quite enough for you. In order to show you how TRULY offensive this is, we’ve taken the additional step of uploading the scene to YouTube so that even MORE people can witness this atrocity while typing one-handed (the other hand is on the Bible, of course).] To view the actual scene, Click Here.

I’d forgotten about this, until I received a reply recently that said, simply, ‘Thank you.’ I guess sarcasm is completely lost on them.

I received this email from the American Family Association. All links were included in the email, and I’ve left their emphasis (here’s some background about the AFA’s fabulous emails, if you need reminding):

May 11, 2006

Ford Makes Historic Move in Support of Groups Pushing Homosexual Marriage

Dear Obscanity,

Sign the Pledge! Earlier this year, Ford Motor Company sponsored a program showing two lesbians passionately kissing each other. Now the automaker has made an in-your-face move against traditional marriage advocates with the historic step of advertising all their name brands in a homosexual magazine. This followed a request by AFA that Ford withdraw from supporting any homosexual magazine.

In the May issue of the homosexual publication OUT, Ford has advertised all eight of their brand automobiles. This is first time in history that Ford has advertised all their brands in a homosexual publication.

In this issue of OUT, which Ford supported with their advertising, are articles such as Nightlife: Party All the Time. Here is the description OUT gave of that article: ‘Rockin’ and raunchy queer clubs are making a comeback, and we tell you where the three hottest places to play are.’

Another article was The Mix: Scary Lady, Porn 2 Go. Here is the OUT description: …porn stars cook up their favorite meals for your pleasure…’

Under the title The Long and Short of It, we find this description by OUT: Ronni Radner goes inside Runt, a weekly party for bite-size gay guys and the men who love them, and looks at the rise of the vertically challenged queer man.

To view the front cover of OUT, click here. To see the Ford ad supporting OUT, with all their brands, click here. Notice the wording at the bottom of the ad: ‘Standing strong with America’s families…’ Since this ad was run in a homosexual publication, evidently Ford considers two homosexuals to be a ‘family.’

To which I responded:

‘I want to thank you for the emails you send out regarding homosexuals in the media; were it not for you, I would never get to see two men posing half-naked on a magazine cover, or two girls kissing on TV. Like the rest of your readership, I very much enjoy staring at these images as I commend myself on standing up for morality. You brighten my day with your continuous flow of pictures which I can behold with revulsion as I print them out and paste them on my walls as reminders of your generosity and selflessness. Thank you, AFA. Thank you.’

Tell me if this doesn’t seem more like a promise or an advertisement than a warning:

WARNING: By scrolling down this page, you will see only a few of the offensive photos taken at the last Gay Games. There are dozens more. These photos are provided for informational purposes and only to show the types of activities Kraft Foods is sponsoring at the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago.

Scroll down to see photos.
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I shit you not. This is on the “Gay Games Proof” page created for and linked from the American Family Association’s most recent email, which proclaims, “Kraft Says It Proudly Supports The Gay Games,” and offers these photographs as a representative example of activities commonly held by and/or sponsored by the gay games.

Never mind that these photographs bear the prominent copyright of chrisgeary.com, which is a pornographic site (heads up, AFA members! Not only are they sending you free porn, but they’re telling you where to find more!!). Never mind that these photographs were obviously taken of chrisgeary.com models, for chrisgeary.com. No, clearly these photographs represent the heart, soul and core of the Gay Games. It’s like sending a porn crew to dance outside a junior high school and then using their pictures to convince people that this is what sex education is like. It bears no relevance to anything. (Speaking of inappropriate behavior, did we all hear how Phucking Phred Phelps and his Klan o’Krazies just went to an elementary school to protest and threaten hellfire and brimstone for the homasexshuls because some little kid wrote an essay about Ellen DeGeneres?)

I can add this latest AFA email to my Hall of Shame, along with the following classics I’ve shared in previous posts (emphasis added):

“On December 31, 2004, CBS re-aired an episode of Without A Trace, complete with an extended teen-age orgy scene. The original broadcast of this episode had thousands of FCC complaints against it, which were tossed out in the November FCC/CBS “back-scratching” deal. Click here to view the abominable Without A Trace scene for yourself! Be warned, it contains offensive and graphic scenes.“

and

“YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE THIS ABOUT PROCTER & GAMBLE, SO WE INCLUDED THE PROOF! . . . Suppose I told you Procter & Gamble created and ran an ad that showed two men (in fuzzy focus at top center of the ad) in bed after an apparent sexual encounter. . . Suppose I told you the ad showed clothing scattered across the floor like the two men were in a hurry to get undressed and get into the bed. . . [Thousands of self-righteous closet-cases are nodding their heads eagerly at this point, anticipating the next line even as they savor the last.] Suppose I told you the P&G ad was captioned with these words: “You were more concerned with taking them off than folding them up.” (In other words, the two men just could not wait to get into bed to have homosexual sex.) . . . Suppose I told you this ad, which leaves the impression that homosexual sex is normal, thrilling and exciting, was created by P&G and run in a homosexual publication called Xtra. I know you would have a hard time believing me. So see it for yourself. Click here to see the ad. If that link is no longer active, Click here. There should be no doubt P&G is aggressively promoting the homosexual agenda. A company doesn’t create and run an ad that leaves the impression that homosexual sex is thrilling and exciting unless they support the homosexual agenda. . .”

How many times can you say homosexual in one email? Does it get them off to say it? Do they say it with that conservative twang, which comes in several delicious variants? You know which ones — the two most common are “HomaSECKshul” and “HowmowSECKshools.” God forbid they should actually say SEX. Hmm. I wonder how the author of these emails says it. Really, I just wonder how old the naked men are — you know, the ones you know he’s imagining with relish as he drools drawls it out.