who: jackshoegazer when: 2009-07-16 11:44 what: JACKART SALE! secure: Public

For a limited time, 8"x10" prints from jackart are on sale for only $10! Head over, pick your favorite and press the Buy Now button here or at jackart . Enjoy!

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2009-07-04 18:48 what: Shampooing is frequently followed by conditioners which increase the ease of combing and styling. secure: Public

Greeting, Brethren! As Keeper of the All-Seeing, All-Knowing, Almighty ICONOMICON! I find myself swamped with an overabundance of icon fodder! This post would have been almost 500 icons in total, so I am splitting them up! Here is the first half, the second you should see next week. Let the festivities begin!

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( Shampoo cleans by stripping sebum from the hair. Sebum is an oil secreted by hair follicles that is readily absorbed by the strands of hair, and forms a protective layer. Sebum protects the protein structure of hair from damage, but this protection comes at a cost. It tends to collect dirt, styling products and scalp flakes. Surfactants strip the sebum from the hair shafts and thereby remove the dirt attached to it. )

Shameless Self-Promotion: Check out my photography at jackart!

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2009-06-10 19:03 what: During Your Iconomic Interlude secure: Public

Dearest Brethren!

While you are waiting for the next installment of the All-Seeing, All-Knowing, Almighty ICONOMICON! (next week, most likely) I thought I'd give you the heads up on my latest venture. I've set up a journal for selling prints of my photography.



Check it out and order some fine, fine art at jackart!

(I am also still taking orders for ICONOMICON! photomosaic posters as well.)

New ICONOMICON! post in a week!

Thanks!

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2009-05-28 21:36 what: A distinguishing feature of capitalism is that each person owns his or her own labor. secure: Public

Ah, dearest Brethren! The All-Seeing, All-Knowing, Almighty ICONOMICON! is turning to capitalism!

Many of you have expressed interest in seeing the ICONOMICON! on your walls. Now you can have it! For $24.95, you can have a 16"x20" poster made of any image you wish as a photomosaic created from ICONOMICON! icons.

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I can make larger posters as well. Email me if you're interested in larger (or smaller even) and I can get you a quote on that as well.

So, if you're interested, email me [fnord777@gmail.com] with the image you'd like done (the higher the resolution the better) and send $24.95 using the PayPal button below and get the All-Seeing, All-Knowing, Almighty ICONOMICON! for your wall.

Thank you!

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2009-05-22 06:58 what: The universal R-matrix in the arbitrary infinite dimensional matrix quantum group is derived. secure: Public

Brethren! There are too many icons for a proper introduction! Behold!

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( A new quantum group bootstrap approach to the solution of the quantum Yang-Baxter equation is presented. It generalizes the conventional bootstrap approach to the problem. )

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2009-04-11 20:41 what: Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar. secure: Public

Brethren! It is a mighty holy time and the ICONOMICON! provides! Behold!

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( Ishtar is a goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex. In the Babylonian pantheon, she was the divine personification of the planet Venus. Ishtar was above all associated with sexuality: her cult involved sacred prostitution; her holy city Erech was called the 'town of the sacred courtesans'; and she herself was the 'courtesan of the gods'. )

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2009-03-15 19:08 what: Are people blind to the unexplained because they can’t handle anything they don’t understand? secure: Public

Holy shit, you guys! I mean, Brethren of the ICONOMCION! It is a glorious day, the most holiest of holy days for the followers of the All-Seeing, All-Knowing, Almighty ICONOMICON! It has been three years, count them, three years since the ICONOMICON! graced the beloved internets! That is 3 years, over 4000 members, over 10,000 icons, 4422710 monthly hits, and 150GB in monthly bandwidth! HOW FAR WE HAVE TRAVELED, HOW MIGHTY WE HAVE GROWN! Thank you, dear Brethren, I could not have begged, prayed, and pleaded for a better bunch of supporters. YOU PEEPS ROCK! ENJOY!

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( When the tall European ships first approached the early Native Americans, it was such an ‘impossible’ vision in their reality that their highly filtered perceptions couldn’t register what was happening, and they literally failed to ‘see’ the ships. Their shaman stared out to sea and by imagining what he was looking for, was finally able to make out the ships. He was then able to point them out to others, until at last everyone could see the ships. The shaman could do this because he alone was open to the possibilities of strange things from other worlds. )

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2009-02-25 10:40 what: Was he really so hard to kill? secure: Public

Brethren! It has indeed been too long since we have convened for such a monumental feast! I will say no more, but let the festivities begin!

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( Rasputin was assassinated in December 1916. Because of his devil-derived magic powers (or superhuman strength, or protective insanity, or immunity to poisons) he refused to die, despite being fed a gigantic dose of cyanide, being shot at point-blank range in the back (or chest), further shot in the head and shoulders, and beaten seemingly to death by several men. He was tied up and thrown into a frozen river and escaped but froze to death on the bank. )

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2009-01-18 22:29 what: The tarot (also known as tarocchi, tarock, et cetera) is typically a set of seventy-eight cards. secure: Public

Brethren, oh Brethren! Another winter has seized the land! Yea, but such frozen demons can not hold back the fiery power of the iconic! Behold and bewilder! The bounty of the ICONOMICON! is plentiful and pouring pizazz! Behold, another sentence with an exclamation point!

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( The Star represents hope, meaning, and faith in one's life. On this card is Pandora, who in myth opened the chest which Zeus had maliciously given to mankind, and released all the Spites. Upon opening the chest, the terrible afflictions Zeus had gathered - Old Age, Labour, Sickness, Insanity, Vice and Passion - escaped and spread over the earth, infecting the whole of mankind. Hope alone, which somehow got locked in the chest with the Spites, did not fly away. The image of Pandora and the Star of Hope symbolizes how even during times of depression, disappointment, loss, etc. we can still cling to hope. Pandora's eyes are not fixed on the unhappiness of the human condition, but rather on hope that there will soon be a dawn. The appearance of this card in a spread augurs a time where hope and faith are useful in overcoming adversity. )

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2008-12-05 14:39 what: The maligned Old Gods — colossal beings of elemental fury — once ruled the world. secure: Public

Greetings, dear Brethren! It's that time of year again, when the Old Gods rise from their celestial slumber and bring forth horrendous tidings of iconographic lore! The feast will be rich and terrible and you will feel joy and terror! Behold!

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( Little was known about the Old Gods and their mad worshipers; practically no one on Earth even knew the Old Gods existed until C'Thun made its presence felt in Ahn'Qiraj. The Old Gods do possess worshipers, though, even from their prison below the earth. Most followers of the Old Gods are completely insane and wholly evil. The Old Gods are imprisoned or sleeping, but so great is their power that their unconscious but destructive, maddening auras seep out and influence some denizens of Earth. )

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2008-11-04 06:17 what: IN AMERICA, TODAY IS ELECTION DAY! secure: Public

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2008-10-19 16:29 what: Lovecraft transcribed the pronunciation of Cthulhu as "Khlûl'hloo" (IPA: /xlʊl.hluː/). secure: Public

Greeting Brethren! The ICONOMICON! returns from the brink of the Abyss! My surgery was a resounding success and it wouldn't have been possible without your kind devotion. Some of you have received your donation-icons and the rest will be coming soon. However, I couldn't wait any longer to unveil a new batch to you dear Brethren! Enjoy!

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( Cthulhu is a giant creature, one of the Great Old Ones. It is often cited for the extreme descriptions given of its appearance, size, and the abject terror that it invokes. Cthulhu is often referred to in science fiction and fantasy circles as a tongue-in-cheek shorthand for extreme horror or evil. )

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2008-07-07 18:02 what: Fibrosis is the formation or development of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue. secure: Public

Oh, dear Brethren! Your outpouring of support has been amazing, stupendous even! Words cannot begin to express my gratitude, so I will let icons do it for me! In this batch are two icons made for those who have donated so far. Your Donation Reward graphics will be done after I return from my surgery, but in the meantime, please enjoy this plentiful bounty, which will be the last ICONOMICON! post until I return. Again, thank you so much, dear Brethren! This truly is the best icon community on LiveJournal, and it's all you! I feel humbled and privileged to have such excellent members. If you haven't been able to donate, you can still do so here. Thank you!

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( The vein graft is brought into approximation with the right atrial appendage. The appendage is isolated by vascular clamp. The tip of the appendage is excised. )

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2008-07-02 21:52 what: A Call For Help secure: Public

Greetings dear Brethren,

Yours truly, Jack Shoegazer, Keeper of the Almighty ICONOMICON! is undergoing a very invasive surgery on July 21st. Basically, my superior vena cava (the main veint hat brings blood back to the heart) is obstructed and I need a rare spiral-vein bypass in order to correct it. You can read about it in more detail in this post, and see the actual procedure here. I will be in the hospital for five to seven days, depending on how things go, and then I have to stay in a hotel afterwards for a few days, the doctors tell me, before I will feel strong enough to travel home.

Luckily, I have excellent insurance that is going to cover the surgery. However, I live in Madison, Wisconsin and the only doctor that performs this particular surgery is in Salt Lake City, Utah. (My doctor's father invented the procedure.) Unfortunately, My insurance will *not* be covering my travel expenses in order to get to Utah. So, after much consideration and suggestions by antarcticlust and dakini_grl, I've decided to ask the Brethren of the Almighty ICONOMICON! for help.

If every member donated just $1, that would more than cover my travel, food, & lodging expenses to Salt Lake and back. I am not asking for blind handouts though. I will make custom icons for anyone who donates $10. Donations of $25 or more can receive a header or friend's only banner. Donations of $50 or more will receive an ICONOMICON! mood theme. $100 will get you a custom or personalized mood theme. I can also make other arrangements and take other requests.

When donating through PayPal, please put your LJ name in the comments here and a way to identify you so that I know who you are. Thank you in advance to anyone who is able to help. I appreciate this more than words or icons can express, but I'll try.

Thank you,

Jack Shoegazer

(P.S. I am discovering that for $1 donations, PayPal takes 33 cents of it as a fee, but for $10 donations, only take 59 cents, so I guess bigger donations are better as more money ends up in the fund. I don't want to discourage you $1 donors though :) Thank you again. You are wonderful.)

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2008-05-19 22:50 what: The location was known as Notre-Dame-de-Ratis, then changed to Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. secure: Public

Ah, Holy Brethren of the Almighty ICONOMICON! Oh, how your numbers grow! Over 3000 browse these hallowed halls! Rejoice and celebrate with this batch of lovelies!

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( After the Crucifixion of Jesus, Mary Magdalene set sail from Alexandria, Egypt with her uncle Joseph of Aramithia, and arrived off the coast of what is now France, by French legend. )

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2008-04-13 22:04 what: Belief, in the traditional sense, or certitude, or dogma, amounts to a grandiose delusion. secure: Public

Hear ye, dear Brethren, as we enter the First Iconomic Posting of the Third Year of the ICONOMICON! Enjoy the random babble, the multitudinous cacophony, the mystic megalomaniacal musings of your favorite iconteur, the All-Seeing, All-Knowing, Almighty, ICONOMICON!

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( The Copenhagen Interpretation is sometimes called 'model agnosticism' and holds that any grid we use to organize our experience of the world is a model of the world and should not be confused with the world itself. Alfred Korzybski, the semanticist, tried to popularize this outside physics with the slogan, 'The map is not the territory.' Alan Watts, a talented exegete of Oriental philosophy, restated it more vividly as 'The menu is not the meal.' )

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2008-04-05 05:17 what: From the Latin anniversarius, from the words for 'year' and 'to turn,' secure: Public

The All-Knowing, All-Seeing, Almighty ICONOMICON! has turned TWO this week!  It has been an amazing two years and every day we move closer to our goal of taking over LiveJournal, one icon at a time.

We can boast of our 2800 members, of the 13,000 comments received, of the thousands of icons available here, of the 500,000 hits per month and 17.7 GB of monthly bandwidth we're getting from PhotoBucket.   Oh yes, we can boast!

I say 'we' because this isn't about me.  I am a mere servant of the holiness that is the ICONOMICON!  The ICONOMICON! would not be without you, my faithful Brethren.

So, thank you to all who have commented, those who have left suggestions, made requests, those who have tithed generously to pay for my account time and PhotoBucket account, to those who have gifted me through Amazon, and thank you to those who use these icons, giving them a life outside of these hallowed halls.

Much love to you, dear Brethren.

Sincerely,

Jack Shoegazer
Keeper of the ICONOMICON!

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2008-03-25 11:21 what: Bush was complicit with the slave labor out of Oświęcim, where Auschwitz was constructed. secure: Public

A ICONOMICON! update twice in a month, my Lord the Heavens must be falling - falling in tiny icon-sized fragments! Enjoy the bountiful freefall!

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( On July 23, 2007, the BBC Radio 4 series Document reported on the alleged Business Plot and the archives from the McCormack-Dickstein Committee hearings. The program mentioned Prescott Bush's directorship of the Hamburg-America Line, a company that the committee investigated for Nazi propaganda activities, and the 1933 attempt to stage a military coup against President FDR to install a fascist dictatorship in the United States. )

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2008-03-06 11:41 what: The term has come to be used as a metaphor for impending doom. secure: Public

Ah, dear Brethren! The ICONOMICON! stands against the Ides of March, bringing you plentiful bounty of iconographic lore! Behold!

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( Caesar summoned the Senate to meet in the Theatre of Pompey on the Ides of March. A certain seer warned Caesar to be on his guard against a great peril on the day of the month of March which the Romans call the Ides; and when the day had come and Caesar was on his way to the senate-house, he greeted the seer with a jest and said: 'The Ides of March has come,' and the seer said to him softly: 'Yes, the Ides of March has come, but it has not passed.' As the Senate convened, Caesar was attacked and stabbed to death by a group of senators who called themselves the Liberatores; they justified their action on the grounds that they committed tyrannicide and were preserving the Republic from Caesar's alleged monarchical ambitions. )

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who: jackshoegazer when: 2008-02-10 08:28 what: The priest Valentine secretly performed marriage ceremonies for young men. secure: Public

Oh glorious Brethren! Behold and bask in the glory that is our ICONOMICON! Let these icons be fruitful and multiply and have dominion over all creation! Or something like that.

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( St Valentine was persecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II in person. Claudius was impressed by Valentine and had a discussion with him, attempting to get him to convert to Roman paganism in order to save his life. Valentine refused and tried to convert Claudius to Christianity instead. Because of this, he was executed. Before his execution, he is reported to have performed a miracle by healing the blind daughter of his jailer. )

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