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Sam Sugar, of Sugar Bank and related fame, is a very funny man. His post yesterday on 10 Lies Pornographers Tell had me in stitches. I was particularly amused by “1. Porn stars are breaking into the mainstream” and “9. Art Porn,” the latter of which included the beautiful explanation “Bach was a better composer [...]
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How very pleasant to be finishing up the week here with news of Fatal Beauties, featuring some nice artsy photos of some very cute tattooed girls. (via SpookyBlog)
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If only there existed a private video of Catherine Chandler and Vincent getting it on, no doubt Mr. Skin would have it in their collection of Linda Hamilton’s more naked cinematic moments.
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Happy birthday to actor Vince Vaughn, best known in science fiction circles for his turn as the White Rabbit in Sex and the Matrix. Okay, not really. Really happy birthday, but not really best known for that particular MTV spoof of The Matrix and Sex and the City.
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Marcus Severus Didius Julianus (133 or 137–193) was emperor of the Roman Empire from 28 March until 1 June 193. He ascended the throne after buying it from the Praetorian Guard, who had assassinated his predecessor Pertinax. This incited the Roman Civil War of 193–197. Julianus was ousted and sentenced to death by his successor, [...]
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The modern waffle has its origins in the late middle ages. Waffle irons consisted of two metal plates connected by a hinge, each plate was connected to a wooden arm. Some plates had imprinted designs such as a coat-of-arms or landscape, while some had the now-familiar honeycomb/gridiron pattern. The iron was placed over a fire [...]
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International Waffle Day was started in Sweden where it is known as Våffeldagen. It is annually held on March 25. The Annunciation of the Virgin Mary was once called “Vårfrudagen” (Our Lady’s Day) in Swedish. In certain dialects, the word “Vårfrudagen” was pronounced as “Våfferdagen” [1], Over time the word became “Våffeldagen” (Waffle Day), giving [...]
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On this day in 1909, Clyde Barrow was born. He would become famous, or at least notorious, for his bank robberies and romantic luring of young Bonnie Parker to a life of crime. Contrary to what one might assume, he was not much of a cocksman.
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Alienware‘s new leader is Austin’s favorite college dropout, Michael Dell. According to a press release on the Dell site yesterday, Dell has confirmed their intent to acquire Alienware, the computer gaming system company which brought us all the nifty Star Wars pimped out boxes. The plan is for Alienware to continue to operate as a [...]
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Ethnorotica waxed most eloquent on the topic of drawing manga females. “I have to come clean here. You see, in junior high I fell in with a bad crowd, a group of multi-racial misfits who studied martial arts, collected manga and anime, went to comic-cons and traded duffel bags full of illicit hentai. Luckily for [...]
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Sugar Click is a new site reviews blog. The writing style is lively and personable. The reviews are in-depth without being boring, which is very rare. Essentially, SugarClick.com has the intelligence you wish Fleshbot had. (via Blue Blood)
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The queer horror site is a free resource for people who identify as both part of the GLBT community and as horror fans. The site’s web design is a bit out of date, but I think this site’s mission makes that unimportant. The basic concept is that anyone with a marginalized sexuality has experienced some [...]
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