Category: IRL
What is a Mermaid?
A mermaid is a legendary creature with a female human head and torso (if it’s male, it’s called a merman) and the tail of a fish, which inhabits the water....
Drowning in Coffee
In Greek mythology, the Sirens or Seirenes were sea nymphs who lived on an island called Sirenum scopuli which was surrounded by cliffs and rocks. Approaching sailors...
What is up with the Starbucks Coffee Logo?
What exactly is that on the Starbucks logo? It looks like some fantasy femme we ought to be lusting after, but it is unclear what sort. Many people mistakenly believe...
Is Starbucks Coffee Named for Battlestar Galactica?
There are people who assume that Starbucks Coffee was named after the Lieutenant in Battlestar Galactica. There is apparently even a scene in a Starbucks in the revamped...
RIP Hunter S. Thompson
Science fiction fandom button makers everywhere would have made fewer sales had Hunter S. Thompson never written the immortal words, “When the going gets weird,...
Darth Vader vs. Apollo and Starbuck
Peeved I suppose at being outgrossed at the box office by Battlestar Galactica, George Lucas and the Star Wars folks had to sue Glen A. Larsen and the Battlestar...
What is the connection between Flesh Gordon and Star Wars?
Both Flesh Gordon and Star Wars were inspired by Flash Gordon. Which was inspired by Buck Rogers. Flash Gordon was a science fiction comic strip originally drawn by Alex...
Keep Tom Savini Out of the Bedroom
Okay, you’ve celebrated Valentines Day and Lupercalia and now you need the opportunity to laugh about both Hallmark love holidays and fertility. You need look no...
Happy Lupercalia!
Today we celebrate Lupercalia. Party time! Bust out your togas and get ready for some drinking and S&M. The Lupercalia was an annual Roman festival held on February...
Happy Valentines Day!
I guess, after I much I went on about Star Wars this month, you all know what I’m doing today. The spelling of Valentines Day has always bothered me. VDay is an...
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things
Ever wonder why your VDay cards have hearts on them? In the Bible, and in much later literature, the heart is used as a metaphor to refer to the moral core of a human...
What is Valentines Day?
Valentine’s Day, on February 14th, is the traditional day on which lovers in the West let each other know about their love. Its obscure origins as a Catholic...
