Category: IRL
Zero Gee Sex with a View
This week, The Independent published an article, by their Washington Correspondent Rupert Cornwell, which asked whether human space exploration is really such a good...
A Little Late for Joan
On this day in 1456, Joan of Arc was acquitted of heresy. Unfortunately for Joan, she was executed twenty-five years prior. Being a strong woman can be rough. I’ve...
What is a chode?
There seems to be much debate on what the word chode means and why it is funny that the captain on Tripping the Rift answers to Chode. The Urban Dictionary has a raging...
Hotheaded Naked Ice Borers Do Anything for a Dollar
The Museum of Hoaxes has a listing of the top 100 April Fools Day pranks. Included are the BBC convincing people that spaghetti grows on trees in Switzerland or Discover...
Science Fiction Channel Acquires Sexy Fandom
Once the sale of Sexy Fandom to the Science Fiction Channel goes through, I’ll be doing a lot more coverage of stuff like what I’d like to put through a...
Happy Birthday to Vince Vaughn
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...
Can you buy a dictatorship on ebay?
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...
Don’t Make Me Get Medieval on Your Breakfast
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....
Happy Waffle Day
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...
Warren Beatty is Sexy
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...
Take Me to Michael Dell
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...
How can I draw manga females?
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...
