by Fred Topel

Pat Tillman was a safety for the Arizona Cardinals. In 2002, instead of renewing his NFL contract, he decided to enlist in the Army. As a Ranger, he served tours in Afghanistan, where he was killed in 2004. Early reports said he died taking enemy fire, but further investigation showed that it was actually a friendly fire incident. This would simply be a tragedy if the facts came out. But the military tried to spin a different story which resulted in a now exposed cover-up.

The Tillman Story is a documentary that shows what we were told about Pat Tillman, what actually happened to Pat Tillman, and why the government lied. Director Amir Bar-Lev follows Danni Tillman, Pat’s mom, and Kevin Tillman, his brother who also enlisted, as they piece together the truth and bring it to light.

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Trinidad Suicide in Tart

• INTO: Literature, photography, vegan cooking, art house films, poetry, good art, bikes, and cute dogs.
• NOT INTO: Misogyny, from either men or lesbians.
• MAKES ME HAPPY: Sunny days.
• MAKES ME SAD: Meat eaters, consumerism, ignorance.
• HOBBIES: Cooking, taking pictures, writing.
• 5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Camera, vibrator, notebook, lip gloss, and cupcakes.
• VICES: Forgetfulness.

Get to know Trinidad better over at SuicideGirls.com!

by Damon Martin

Dressing like a nerd has become the “in” thing to do (which is a little worrying when you consider yesterday’s “in” is today’s “out”). Personally I’ve been dressing like a nerd pretty much my whole life, because well, I’m a huge nerd – so I’ve little choice but to ride the wave (even if it beaches me in fashion oblivion in 6 months time). That said, there’s nothing wrong with being a stylish nerd (at least for now) and so with that I present “Geek Chic: The May the Force Be With You” edition.

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by Tara Diane

I was supposed to go to this dinky little local amusement park tonight, but things didn’t exactly work out. In an effort to hinder my depression, I felt like some fatty fair food was in order. I don’t need your Ferris wheel to enjoy myself, bitches! I remember going to the boardwalk in Santa Cruz when I was in high school. We would usually go down to the caves and take an educational tour of the local vegetation, then go pig out on funnel cakes. So let’s make some fricking funnel cakes!

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by Ryan Stewart

William Gibson will always be the cyberpunk prophet, the man whose Hugo-winning 1984 debut novel Neuromancer, about a future underworld dystopia where radically advanced computing possibilities exist in tandem with sex, drugs and political skullduggery, introduced the notion of “cyberspace” to the public and predicted the emergence of a world wide web, along with computers of ever-increasing intelligence and dubious motive. In the post-September 11th world, however, his attention has increasingly focused not on a new imagined future (the branch of Matrix-style cyber fiction his work spawned chugs along regardless) but on the complexities of the present. In a recent NYT op-ed about Google’s tightening grip on our lives, Gibson conceded that “science fiction never imagined Google” and characterized the search engine as a “coral reef of human minds” with an impact so potentially transformative that it should cause us to consider new ideas like “training wheel” identities for today’s minors, whose every stupid, impolitic thought is being cached to their potential future detriment.

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Osaka Suicide in Let The Sunshine In

• INTO: Chris, music, girls, The Sword, and old school D&D.
• NOT INTO: intolerant f**ks!
• MAKES ME HAPPY: Presents, music, sex and good food.
• MAKES ME SAD: Stupid people.
• 5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Chris, music, and things to occupy my mind with.
• VICES: Being pessimistic and cynical. OMG aren’t I cool – lets add sarcasm to that list.
• I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Procrastinating.

Get to know Osaka better over at SuicideGirls.com!

September 9, 2010 was a red-letter day for SG, with five beautiful ladies going pink. “What made this particular day so extraordinary is the fact that all five girls have been longtime members of the site,” explains SG Model Coordinator Rambo. “Eclipse, Akito, and HollyStar’s sets had all been in Member Review for 6-plus months, and Fabrizia has submitted SIX sets to Member Review over the past two years.”

Our congratulations go out to Akito, Auriga, Eclipse, Fabrizia and HollyStar, who will each receive a lifetime membership to the site, $500 and a super cute gift pack full of SG goodies. “The girls are all very diverse with regards to age, ethnicity, and location,” notes Rambo, “and are a wonderful representations of what SG is all about!”

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