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Deuce of Clubs Ravers

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:22:17 -0700

From: Laurie M.
Date: Wed, 2 May 2007

I met Mark from Negativland a couple weeks ago and we were talking about phoenix/modified arts and he said the name of the place that it used to be - that great name what was it?

probably metropophobobia.

and I said oh yeah thats right my friend Deuce told me it was called that. He lived in tempe before it got ruined too and Mark said Deuce of Clubs?
it's a small world ain't it?

it certainly is. when i was in oakland for a couple of weeks i stayed with (well, parked my van in the front yard of) friends of mine who live next door to puzzling evidence (of the church of the subgenius), who is, i believe, a friend of mark's.

He spoke fondly of whipped cream car.

good to know poor whip it! left her Mark (so to speak).

From: [DUMB GUY]
Subject: [DUMB BAND NAME DELETED] (not spam, I promise) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007

Hey man, I was wondering if you could help me out. My name is [DUMB GUY] and I'm a guitar player in the band [DUMB BAND NAME DELETED]. We're a local Metal band in [A DUMB TOWN]. Is there any way at all you can help us get votes to play at the [DUMB FESTIVAL NAME DELETED]? Nothing big, just a banner somewhere on your site that leads to [DUMB URL DELETED]. We need all the votes and plays we can get. You don't have to, but any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.

Josh
[INITIALS OF DUMB BAND NAME DELETED]

no.

From: David Di Sabatino
Subject: Larry Norman page
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007

I laughed my ass off at your Larry Norman page.

Who are you?

wondering,
dd

suppose i were larry norman. what then? hrmm? we'd both be feeling pretty *foolish*, wouldn't we? you, with your infernal questions, and me, being larry-norman-pretending-not-to-be-larry-norman, ridiculing your "infernal" questions and yet reveling in the attention, always the attention, any attention at all? ah, what a complicated thing life is--almost as complicated as e-mail.

larry--no, scratch that, amy
no, scratch that. . . .
doc

From: [ ]@aol.com
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007
Subject: Puppet Koolers

What is story behind Puppet Koolers?

outer-space aliens? the mentally ill? mentally ill outer-space aliens?

I found a Michael Jordan Puppet Kooler at a garage sale and bought it for $20.00
Are they rare?, of any value?

no one's tried to steal mine, yet. you might check ebay for recently completed auctions.

From: John S.
Subject: Hi doc
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007

I recently found myself on your web site doing a general search for fonts with "hearts" dotting the "I's" can you please tell me which font you used for your imaging. Thanks

the font itself is bauhaus93, but it doesn't have the hearts; i just made those in photoshop.

From: aspears
Subject: confirmation that dollar bill is mark of the beast
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007

alpha.rtf:

Revelation 13:16 states " He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead,
This verse is indicative of the fact that all [mankind] will be forced to use this mark or have the mind set of the mark. What could this possibly describe?
Revelation 13:17, says: �And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.�
Verse 17 is a continuation of the stream of thought from verse 16, and it states that no will buy nor sell unless he or she has one and/or all of the following three things: mark, name of the beast, number of his name. Notice that this verse gives two variables that one has to know in order to determine the mark. This logic then requires a simple algebraic equation to determine the "mark" by adding the X variable "name of the beast" [666] to the "number of his name" [unknown Y variable] i.e. X+Y=Z.
Revelation 13:18 states "Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six".

Revelation 13:17 states that the mark of the beast consists of the name of the beast or the number of his name which indicates an alpha/numeric value or identity and that is indicative of a monetary system of currency that involves the transaction of necessities and/or goods. Therefore, it is vital that the mark [alpha numeric identity] of the beast is determined since Revelation 13:16 states that everyone will be "forced to receive" [influenced by and/or use of] the mark. Revelation13: 18 also states that those who are assisted by wisdom of God should calculate the mark of the beast.

In order to identify the mark of the beast, it is vital that we know what the given number [666] represents. In order to determine the pertinence of 666 one must acknowledge that John was confined on the island of Patmos by the Roman government, we should consider the significance of this. Why would John use 666 as part of the equation to determine the mark of the beast and what is the correlation? The Roman number system during the time of John's confinement on the island of Patmos was: D, C, L, X, V, I. * The conversion from the Roman number system to the arabic/decimal number** system is 666. The correlation of the Roman number system [666] with the fact that John was imprisoned by the Roman government is too obvious to ignore. The conversion of 666 from roman numeral values to arabic decimal value is pertinent to determine the mark of the beast in Revelation 13:17 which as stated above is indicative of an alpha/numeric value system.

As previously stated, the second step consist in the solution of an algebraic equation: X + Y = Z
To solve for "Z" [mark of the beast] by calculating the given "X" [666 or M,D,C,L,X,V,I] to "Y" [number of man] ***that was foretold by John to identify the second man or governmental numbering system. The greek manuscript interpretation of Revelation 13:18 indicates that the number of man is in future tense thus a number not in existence at the time of prophecy.***

The next step is the addition of the given [666] to the future number of man. This is verified by Number 1:19 that verifies when the word "count" is used it is in reference to addition as when Moses counted the men in Sinai. Solve the algebraic equation for "Z" [mark of the beast] by calculating*** X to Y whereas X denotes [666-D,C,L,X,V,I] * and Y denotes the "number of man" [1110-M,C,X] .**

666 + 1110 = 1776 [arabic-decimal value] and DCLXVI + MCX = MDCCLXXVI [roman numeric value]

These two values are identical, but presented both numerically and alphabeticaly as stated in Revelation 13:17,18 [ �And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.� and again "Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six"].

CONCLUSION:
Obedience is what determines whom you will serve, God, Jehovah or the beast [satans system]? The image of satan lives and rules now! His mark rules the world and is the cause of all the evil and violence in this system of things! You shall forever be distinctively and symbolically marked depending on whom you serve. The important thing is to know what the true commandments of God are so we can obey them and know the mark of the beast and what rules satan's system of things. As Jesus, Jehovah's son, gives us the Truth throughout God's word [bible], and tells us throughout the bible from Genesis to Revelation that you CANNOT be of God and of this system too. The mark [alpha/numeric identifying mark-"or the name of the beast, or the number of his name"] of the beast is here and has been here since 1935 when the seal of the United States was placed on back of the one dollar bill [monetary currency for transaction of goods - "He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead" and also �And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.�] (Matthew 6:24, Luke 16:9, Luke 16: 11, Luke 16: 13)

bravo.rtf:

CALCULATION OF NUMBER OF A MAN-Reference *3
Here is (5748) wisdom. Let him that hath (5723) understanding count (5657) the number of the beast: for it is ***(5748) the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

Wde h sofia estin; (5748) o exwn (5723) noun yhfisatw (5657) ton ariqmon tou qhriou, ariqmov gar anqrwpou estin; (5748) kai o ariqmov autou ecakosioi echkonta ec. FUTURE NUMBER OF MAN:

Strong's Number: 2076 ei�mi�
***
Original Word: ei�mi�
Word Origin: third person singular present indicative of (1510)
Transliterated Word: Esti
Phonetic Spelling: es-tee'

charlie.rtf:

ROMAN NUMBERS: Reference *1

The big differences between Roman and Arabic numerals (the ones we use today) are that Romans didn't have a symbol for zero, and that numeral placement within a number can sometimes indicate subtraction rather than addition.

Here are the basics:

I — The easiest way to note down a number is to make that many marks - little I's. Thus I means 1, II means 2, III means 3. However, four strokes seemed like too many....
V — So the Romans moved on to the symbol for 5 - V. Placing I in front of the V � or placing any smaller number in front of any larger number � indicates subtraction. So IV means 4. After V comes a series of additions - VI means 6, VII means 7, VIII means 8. X — X means 10. But wait � what about 9? Same deal. IX means to subtract I from X, leaving 9. Numbers in the teens, twenties and thirties follow the same form as the first set, only with X's indicating the number of tens. So XXXI is 31, and XXIV is 24. L — L means 50. Based on what you've learned, I bet you can figure out what 40 is. If you guessed XL, you're right = 10 subtracted from 50. And thus 60, 70, and 80 are LX, LXX and LXXX. C — C stands for centum, the Latin word for 100. A centurion led 100 men. We still use this in words like "century" and "cent." The subtraction rule means 90 is written as XC. Like the X's and L's, the C's are tacked on to the beginning of numbers to indicate how many hundreds there are: CCCLXIX is 369. D — D stands for 500. As you can probably guess by this time, CD means 400. So CDXLVIII is 448. (See why we switched systems?)

DECIMAL NUMBERS: Reference *2

The decimal (base ten or occasionally denary) numeral system has ten as its base. It is the most widely used numeral system, perhaps because humans have four fingers and a thumb on each hand, giving a total of ten digits over both hands.

Decimal notation is the writing of numbers in the base-ten numeral system, which uses various symbols (called digits) for ten distinct values (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9) to represent numbers. These digits are often used with a decimal separator which indicates the start of a fractional part, and with one of the sign symbols + (positive) or - (negative) in front of the numerals to indicate sign.
The decimal system is a positional numeral system; it has positions for units, tens, hundreds, etc. The position of each digit conveys the multiplier (a power of ten) to be used with that digit�each position has a value ten times that of the position to its right.
Ten is the number which is the count of fingers and thumbs on both hands (or toes on the feet). In many languages the word digit or its translation is also the anatomical term referring to fingers and toes. In English, decimal (decimus < Lat.) means tenth, decimate means reduce by a tenth, and denary (denarius < Lat.) means the unit of ten.
The symbols for the digits in common use around the globe today are called Arabic numerals by Europeans and Indian numerals by Arabs, the two groups' terms both referring to the culture from which they learned the system.

The most familiar numbers are the natural numbers, which to some mean the non-negative integers and to others mean the positive integers. In everyday parlance the non-negative integers are commonly referred to as whole numbers, the positive integers as counting numbers. In the base ten number system, in almost universal use, the symbols for natural numbers are written using ten digits, 0 through 9. An implied place value system, one that increments in powers of ten, is used for numbers greater than nine. Thus, numbers greater than nine have numerals formed with two or more digits. The symbol for the set of all natural numbers is N.

whatever ya say, there, jefe.

Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007
From: LosT
Subject: Cards, booths, KEDJ

Ni hao DoC-

Out of curiousity, are you still in Tempe?

no, not for several years now.

Is your booth still alive an well?

you mean the booth that went to defcon, or the mojave phone booth?
actually, i guess it doesn't matter--they were both taken away. blows, pretty much.

kedj is still on the air, however.

From: Bob C.
Subject: BitterMan
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007

Stop being a bitterman. We do things, life goes on. If I could blame everyone for my losses of MM cards in my life, it would congest the www. I lost many cards like you did (not any Mantle's) get over it. Mantle is gone. Some time soon we will all be gone. We all make major mistakes in our lives. Stop blaming Mantle. Stop blaming everyone else.

why anyone would bother writing in about this is beyond me, but it is obvious that you didn't even read the entire article (including the postscripts). go back and try again.

maybe I need to add a note after each paragraph i post to the site, saying: NOTE TO DUMB PEOPLE — AFTER READING THIS PARAGRAPH, CONTINUE ON TO THE NEXT PARAGRAPH AND READ THAT ONE, TOO.

From: There is only one Catch
Subject: hello mr deuce, someone stole your name
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007

howdy

surfing myspace I stumbled (really no clue why) upon this dude with a rather interesting tattoo:

at first I thought it might be you sporting that ink, but as i read his profile i noticed that his heroes are "limp bizkit"

loser though he may be, you cannot question his commitment to sparkle motion. (See also)

and I somehow figured that you are not really into those guys, or are you?. you should take em to court stealing your name and all that.

no, that deuce of clubs is most definitely unaffiliated with this deuce of clubs—which is almost a pity, because i'm sure he is CPF and BFF with every single one of the 315 porn stars in his "Friends" list:

Have been reading stuff on your site for some time, keep up the good work!!

greetings from antwerp, belgium, will be rooting for the papacy of kardinaal danneels next time he has a chance.... GO godfried!!!

i think by the time of the next pope election, poor kardinaal danneels will be too old to be considered.

From: Stacy T.
Subject: Please help me!
Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007

I have been looking for years for that glow in the dark Alien air freshener! Do you have some for sale? Mine really deserves to be retired! Please let me know!

mine is not a retail site, just wholesale foolishness.

elsewhere, however, there is this.

and you might try froogle--they have a bunch of just great brand air freshener products listed.

Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007
From: Daniel M.
Subject: Nothing, Airzona [sic]

Nothing, Arizona is actually located on Highway 93 NW of Phoenix, not 96. Thought you would like to know. Thanks for the great website. Keep up the good work.

right. 96 is what simpson, the author of the book, chose (possibly as a hedge against getting sued, if someone who writes a UFO book worries about getting sued for lack of verisimilitude). as you can see, i had already noted the correct highway number right beneath simpson's error.

(unless you're talking about a different page on the site. in which case, i plead ignorance. as usual.)