Category: IRL
Fast Food Burgers Pulped Globally
The McDonald’s gender bender advertisements reminded me of the best discourse on fast food burgers ever captured on film. I am, of course, speaking of Quentin...
Anne Rice Takes on the Ultimate Supernatural Hero
Anne Rice says her protagonists always reflected her own spiritual unease and she is now ready to give her readers the adventures of the ultimate supernatural hero. Yes,...
Cool Skull Hoodies in New Blue Blood Boutique
I have clearly been out of it. Boing Boing knew about the Blue Blood Boutique before I did. Boing Boing reports, “Blue Blood, the old-school goth/alternative/punk...
Ronald McDonald Transgender Cosplay
According to the Media Guardian, a Japanese commercial artist, who answers to the name Kazoo, came up with the idea of translating the Ronald McDonald costume to a...
Milla or McMilla with a Side of Fries
Low Culture points out that the McDonalds advertising people must be Luc Besson fans. The Fifth Element was a beautiful movie. Now is that Milla or McMilla? Readers of...
Southern Decadence
I wanted to write a sort of cute entry about something. Southern Decadence is not the wild New Orleans party it would be most years. Ha ha. Guess I forgot the punch...
RIP James Doohan
Today is the anniversary of the date James Doohan got his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Best known for his role as Scotty on Star Trek, the actor passed away last...
New Orleans Horror
A lot of great horror genre literature has been set in New Orleans over the years. It will most likely never be the same.
Cyberparanoia
This seems like something out of an overly something cyberpunk novel, but I recently read that on this date in 1987, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed September 11 as...
The Big Easy
On this day in 1718, New Orleans, Louisiana, inspiration for so much genre literature, was founded. (via Wikipedia)
Happy Birthday
Here is wishing a happy birthday to a special woman who was a big inspiration for this site.
Terry Pratchett Schools J. K. Rowling
In a recent interview with Time Magazine, Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling claimed to not particularly like fantasy and to not really have thought of herself as writing...
