Institute of Sociometry or is practices and promotes guerrilla sociometry. As the term implies, guerrilla sociometry is similar in focus to text book sociometry, yet in no way conforms to the rigorous demands of science or mathematics. is has accredited 596 special agents in 23 countries to conduct experiments in guerilla sociometry. is posts their reports here. Still confused?
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//// 03 NEW IS Special Agents ////
//// 601 TOTAL AGENTS////

IS went to pay the 6 month PO Box fee and found applications from 03 new agents!

EU based street-artist and zine maker Dave The Chimp (pictured), Denver Designer and Book Artist JDST, and Bend Oregon Visual Artist and talismen crafter Sweat Pea will all be receiving IS Special Agent starter kits in 6 to 8 months.

(Go to the PO Box)
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//// IS MISSION 1111 2012 ////

IS recruiting an additional 513 IS Special Agents (for a final total of 1111) prior to the 2012 Sociometry Fair Infocalypse. Chart IS Progress!

Special Agent Starter Kit circa 2004 : We’ve dropped the Red+Black Attack ’cause Blue is the new Green.

To receive your free special agent starter kit please send a home-made or modified post card and include your:

Name or aka:
Astrological Sign:
Postal Address:
(optional) web/url:

to:
Institute of Sociometry
PO Box 44425
Denver CO 80201-4425

IS does NOT accept electronic applications. We are honoring analog applications on a first-past-the-post basis. 1111 will be the final tally of IS agents for the rest of time. Please allow 6 to 8 months for delivery. Already accredited? email IS a photo of yourself with your IS_ID badge and/or Diploma for posting!
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is INCIDENCE UPDATE: Mad Made HI
This is an update to the Man Made Incidence Report from WY

Special Agent Peter Miles Regenold Bergman submitted these Man Made images from the island of Hawaii.

See 6 MAN MADE HI images

Download a MAN MADE sticker sheet for your next outdoor adventure! Print on matte crack-n-peel for maximum biodegradability, and always pack out the backing sheet!
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INDIVIDUAL: Special Agent Jay Critchley
GROUP SIZE: 5
NATURE OF GROUP: Holy cash boners storm tracking legacy-powered frenemies bullshining hole body scanners with toddler music.
INCIDENCE OF SOCIOMETRY: The 27th Annual Re-Rooters Day Ceremony

The following is a transcript from the 27th annual Re-Rooters Day Ceremony
January 7, 2010 - Provincetown Harbor, Provincetown MA

Heat–Trapping Asses
sessA gnipparT-taeH

And the Lord appeared to Moses in the form of a burning bush and gave him…
The Ten Commandments of Shovel Ready Prayer Tweets

1.Immaculate Recession is the Lord Thy God and thou shalt not have buy-in operative broners baseloading heritage chic vloggers texting irrotainment before me; CHANT AFTER EACH: sessA gnipparT-taeH

2.Thou shalt not unfollow transgenic tea baggers delurking blast-resistant warmists’ social distancing puffer machine miserablism;

3.Thou shalt not scan rogue celled predictive smiles sexting schmeat fanboy deathers;

4.Thou shalt keep holy cash boners storm tracking legacy-powered frenemies bullshining hole body scanners with toddler music;

5.Honor thy father and thy mother: snatch and grab;

6.Thou shalt not kill bio-cidal visa vipers watch listing unfriended “You lie!” teachable moments of restless lip syndrome;

7.Thou shalt not commit transparent sibling universes, Dracula sneezed, incentivized and enriched uranium climategated misselettes;

8.Thou shalt not steal Ponzi-ed lo-fi-ing airplane contrails flogging dopplered pre-habed insurgent ecosexuals;

9.Thou shalt not bear + bull + penguin + cougar false witness against actionable piglet-flued Predator drones procrasterbating mascaries;

10.Thou shalt not covet global dimming, blast-resistant Palin-tologists distracted while f**king pharm-fresh Asian Carp.

Let it be known that the devils and sinners who deceive us shall be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beasts and false prophets are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. AMEM.

Twelve Days of Stockpiling
(Twelve Days of Christmas)

1.+ Procrasturbating frenemies.
2.Predator drones
3.Birth panels
4.Fish pedicures
5.Visa vipers
6.OMGs
7.Pornaments
8.Webinars
9.Swine Flu parties
10.Cow taxes
11.Irrotainments
12.Nowisms

Photos by Dana Dunham: www.danadunhamphotography.com
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Postmark: Denver, CO USA 80201
To: is agent Jill Bergman / From: Institute of Sociometry

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Postmark: Denver, CO USA 80201
To: Creative Gumbo / From: Institute of Sociometry

This was returned to sender. Undeliverable.
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INDIVIDUAL: “A visibly rattled (U.S.) Chamber of Commerce spokesperson Eric Wohlschlegel”
GROUP SIZE: 2
NATURE OF GROUP: The Yes Men!
INCIDENCE OF SOCIOMETRY: Will the real chamber of commerce please stand up?

is special agent Mike Bonanno of  The Yes Men was one of the Institute of Sociometries founding cabal of San Diego California agents in the mid-nineties.

Mike and his partner Andy Bichelbaum in The Yes Men have been all over the news this week. (Reuters, NPR, Rachel Maddow, Fox) after Andy successfully posed as a “representative” of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce named “Hingo Sembra” and had his statements carried by Reuters Newswire. See the video of a Fox affiliate in Idaho reporting it as breaking news.

Hingro gave a press conference at the National Press Club to announce the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s support of current global warming legislation going through the Democratic controlled Senate, and specifically support for a “carbon-tax”.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce spokesperson Eric Wohlschlegel did manage to burst into the room to disrupt the proceedings but was unable to prevent the press release from going out on the wire.

Read the full report on TheYesMen.org
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