Shook the Spot

We could post more, but unlike im.bitch, Shook the Spot would never sink as low as ripping photos straight off Facebook. Speaking of which (and in the interest of not fixating on this blog war), this is pretty fucked up . . .

College student Michael Guinn thought the photos he posted of himself dressed in drag would be seen only by friends. But he made a mistake. And when someone showed the photos on Facebook to administrators at John Brown University, a Christian college in Siloam Springs, Ark., it was "the last straw for them," says Guinn, 22, who is gay.

In January, he was kicked out of school, his virtual paper trail of musings about boyfriends and visits to clubs a clear sign to administrators that, despite repeated warnings, Guinn's activities were in violation of campus conduct codes stating that behavior must "affirm and honor Scripture."

Although, while insane, that's a ridiculously more awesome way to get kicked out of school than failing a fucking Henry James tutorial. And on a similar note, picked up by a fellow hustler who's keeping the bed warm, this appeared in the Times' report this morning on the three college students arrested for setting ten churches ablaze in Alabama . . .

The three suspects had their own pages on Facebook.com, a networking Web site for college and high-school students.

In the area on Mr. Moseley's page where visitors can post messages, alongside more than 12 expressing shock at the arrests and promising to pray for the accused, was one that Mr. Cloyd posted on Jan. 9. It read:

"To my dearest friend Moseley:

"The nights have grown long and the interstates of Alabama drunk driverless, the state troopers bored, the county sheriffs less weary, and the deer of Bibb County fearless. 2006 is here, it is time to reconvene the season of evil! Only one problem stands in our way. I got a new cellphone for Christmas and I no longer have your number, so send it to me and evil shall once again come to pass!

"May our girlfriends be concerned about our safety, may our parents be clueless, may our beers be frosty, may our love lives be fruitful, may our weed be green as the freshly mowed grass!"

Word on weed being green; less so on burning down churches. And while we're quoting random articles I have open in my browser . . .

ATHENS, Ohio — Ohio University police need to brush up on their obscure folk-punk bands.

An OU officer on patrol saw a bike in a busy area of campus early yesterday that sported a sticker reading, This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb.

Buildings were shut down. The Columbus Division of Fire’s bomb squad drove down to investigate. Authorities used a high-powered water spray on the bike, and then pried it apart with a hydraulic device.

Hours later, police learned that the sticker referred to the Pensacola, Fla., band This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb and had nothing to do with the bike’s contents.

Also, the pope has a fucking iPod. The New York Post's lede . . .

March 9, 2006 — Guess you could call him the iPope.

Nope! But noted: "In accepting the 2-gigabyte gadget, the pontiff noted that 'computer technology is the future.' "

A suggestion for the pope's nano . . . "My Alcoholic Friends," Dresden Dolls (via Fluxblog)

Oh, and also, there are no winners in a blog war, but on the bright side, this escalating spat with im.bitch has brought in a lot of new readers to Shook the Spot. Greetings to im.bitch's friends at Skidmore, Pomona, Dartmouth, Brown, Emory, and—of course—Northwestern (!!!). And a special shalom to the Brandeis community, who now comprise a full 11 percent of this site's visitors.