Life on P-Earth January 30, 2003

21st Century at the Lola Gallery
The Lola Gallery reopens with its first exhibition of 2003: 21st Century
A show of art, sculpture and installation representing issues of contemporary society and the age of information technology.

Opening Reception this Thursday January 30 from 7-11pm
The exhibition runs from January 30 - March 8, 2003
Works by
Christopher Carter
Clint Imboden
Johanna St. Clair
Elizabeth Scheidl
Kevin Diminyatz
Matt Smizer
Philippe Jestin
Scott and Satoe Haile
Amy Bond
Jane Woolverton
Andrea Wyner
John Eric Otter
Cornelia Jensen
Arthur Comings

The Lola Gallery
2519 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Tel: (415) 401 6800
info@lolabrown.com

Character Heaven and other Works
sculpture - printmaking
January 26th - March 15th 2003

Opening reception Sunday, January 26th.
5 pm - 9 pm

Scott and Satoe Haile's Character Heaven and Other Works will be showing at San Francisco's Glama-Rama Gallery & Salon from January 26th through March 15th. Character Heaven is an explosive work of creative chaos. Cartoon characters are sculpted, then interpreted, and reinterpreted to create unique and unexpected identities.

Glama-Rama Gallery & Salon
Bay Guardian's best salon of 2002!
417 South Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 861-GLAM

Life on P-Earth September 20, 2002

He Worked for 6 months!

The owner of a Hostess Bar in Urasoe, Okinawa is in trouble for breaking the Child Welfare Law by hiring a 14 year old Junior High school student to serve drinks and sing Karaoke with customers.

What he didn't know was that the student was a boy.

Wanting to earn extra pocket money, the boy, who is short, slight and is yet to have a change of voice, responded to the bar's ad for bar hostesses dressed as a woman, complete with a wig and full make-up. He was hired in April.

Police say even his hostess colleagues were convinced that he was woman.

Life on P-Earth April 4, 2002

Tails of the City 2002

I'm proud to say I'm again participating in the "Tails of the City" art show and auction to benefit the Destination Foundation.
Voting for your favorite artwork is free, and feeds a hungry artist's ego! The online bidding will begin later this week.
You can also see my mouse, "King Karl - The Lesser Known 47th Wonder of the World" on display at Macy's at Union Square.
http://www.tailsofthecity.org
http://www.destinationfoundation.org

Life on P-Earth March 3, 2002

Which one was the dummy?

A woman with a mannequin as a passenger drove into the car-pool lane on Interstate 405 in Renton, Washington, triggering a chain of collisions involving six cars and two buses.

"Her passenger wasn't breathing, and that's one of our requirements," State Trooper Monica Hunter said of the car-pool lane.

Susan Aeschliman-Hill started the series of crashes when she made a lane change in front of a bus "into a lane she never should have been in," Hunter said. The six other vehicles struck one another or were sideswiped as a result of the initial collision.

Aeschliman-Hill, who had dressed the dummy as a passenger, putting it in a business suit, wig and make up, acknowledged yesterday she sometimes slips her van into the car-pool lane "When traffic gets real bad, " but maintained she wasn't at fault in the accident.

The freeway was closed for 40 minutes during rush hour, and it took over 90 minutes to clear the wrecked vehicles.

Life on P-Earth February 25, 2002

THAT'LL Keep Em' In School

A student-run class on male sexuality at the University of California at Berkeley was suspended Friday after it was reveled that the curriculum included Polaroid picture "guess whose body part" games, nipple sucking at gay strip clubs, and an orgy.

UC Berkeley spokeswoman Marie Felde said the class was suspended after the student instructors failed to show up for a meeting to explain what happened, which was a shame as she was really really interested in meeting them.

Life on P-Earth September 22, 2001

Little Monkey is playable on the WEB

Click the icon to play the little monkey game in a Shockwave player! Fun and Free!

Life on P-Earth August 25, 2001

He Didn't Think She Would Notice...

Sandra Perry had told her plastic surgeon William Shaw repeatedly she only wanted some excess skin removed, but when she woke up from her 1994 operation she found he had increased her size 34B breasts it a 40DD
Dr. Perry told her afterward that she might be upset but would be happy about the augmentation within a year.
This April the Court of Appeals demanded Shaw pay $59, 000 to Perry for medical costs, and $1.03 million for emotional distress.

Life on P-Earth March 27, 2001

Pull My Finger... Or ELSE!

Japanese gangsters have been extorting tea groups in Kyoto by telling them that unless they are paid off they will attend their tea ceremonies and belch or fart at aesthetic moments.

Life on P-Earth March 2, 2001

Scott Haile's sculpture in "Tails Of The City 2.0"

A charity auction of 100 Microsoft mice, each one creatively interpreted by local artists, celebrities, high tech heroes, designers, and architects.
The mice for Tails of the City 2.0 will be on public display from March 23rd through May 17th, 2001 at microsoftSF on the second floor of Metreon-A Sony Entertainment Center located at 101 4th Street at Mission in San Francisco. Store hours are 10am to 10pm daily, except during special events. There will not be an admission charge to view the exhibit, but tickets prices for the auction and cocktail party begin at $100. For more information, call Destination Foundation at (415) 970-3333 or microsoftSF at (415) 369-6030.

Life on P-Earth October 22, 2000

We Want More "Authentic" Indians...

Upon her death last year Carol Galantino willed nearly 12 acres of land in a Philadelphia suburb to the Delaware Indian Tribe that had called that area home since colonial times.

The neighbors are now protesting, saying they want to make sure nothing ruins their landscape. "It's really a very quiet street," neighbor Linda Mathiasen said. "I'd hate to see it with a big artificial Indian look to it."

"It's their land," said Carol's surviving husband, Peter Galantino, 78. "We took it from them."

Life on P-Earth October 4, 2000

San Francisco Open Studios

Scott and Satoe Haile are showing at this years San Francisco Open Studios.

Life on P-Earth August 31, 2000

NOBODY Touches MY Kid!

Dr. Yvette Cloete, a specialist in pediatric medicine at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Wales, had her home vandalized by enraged vigilantes who mistook "pediatrician" for "pedophile"

"Are they just so dull they don't realize the difference between the two?" said Karl Close, chief inspector with the Gwent Police.

Life on P-Earth July 13, 2000

Toe Touching Exercises

Fetishist Lester Stanley DeBoard, 36, was caught in Worthington, Ohio lying to an 11 year old girl in order to touch her feet. He claimed to be designing a new athletic shoe, and asked to trace her feet. While tracing, he touched the girl's feet and her ankle.

The girl's father said, "we...want families and children protected."

The girl's mother said, "...he's exhibited a more bold and brazen pattern as time has gone by."

DeBoard said he's aroused by feet.

Judge Michael H. Watson said DeBoard could have the maximum time of 5 years in jail for disorderly conduct.

Life on P-Earth June 5, 2000

Seaplane Sunk by Amorous Amphibian

Queensland, Australia -- A nine foot crocodile copulated with a seaplane Saturday night, sinking it and leaving it's crew stranded on a trawler in Princess Charlotte Bay.

On Saturday the plane had delivered a mechanic and spare parts to the trawler, anchored 17kkm north of Cooktown. But in the romantic Aussie evening, a seaplane's float can look like... well... something ELSE.

Strange noises in during night brought the crew out to check on their plane.

"They shone a spotlight onto the plane and saw this great crocodile tying to make love to the float," a Coast Guard spokesman reported.

The crew gaped from shore as their aircraft tipped over under the crocodile's weight and sank into the bay.

The Coast Guard received the stranded crew's distress call Sunday. Their spokesman reported that they 'nearly died laughing when we heard about it.'

Plans are underway to salvage the seaplane.

There has been no comment from the crocodile, but one can only imagine he will always be sinking of that little piece of tail.

Life on P-Earth May 21, 200

Flapjacks, not Jack's Flaps!

Decorah, Iowa -- Administrators at Luther College have organized a 2 a.m. pancake breakfast to compete with the student's tradition of late night nude soccer matches. College officials craftily served the breakfast on the same field the students have used for the stress-breaking finals week naked games.

About 400 students and employees enjoyed breakfast and a free show as the games continued as usual.

Luther spokesman Jerry Johnson said, "Generally faculty and staff don't participate because our uniforms are too wrinkled."

Life on P-Earth May 15, 2000

Blah Blah Blah Blah... WHOOOPS!

A 30 year old woman plowed her SUV into the back of a stopped police car late Thursday night as she chatted on her phone. The San Francisco resident hit the stopped police cruiser, despite the fact it's lights were flashing.

"She never said she she was sorry," said Officer Richard Aceret, "she just made numerous phone calls while she was waiting in her car."

Life on P-Earth May 9, 2000

Research Expanding in Fort Collins, CO

Anthony T. Lasirena was arrested Monday after tricking several women into taking part in phony sex research.

According to police, Anthony, 45, claimed to be a researcher studying the changes in a woman's body after orgasm.

Anthony, suffering from depression and living on a disability income, placed ads in the Fort Collins Daily and the Colorado State University newspapers for a nonexistent firm called Research Associates offering $10 an hour to participate in the study.

At least five women took part in the phony research during the first part of April.