Sandy, Tom Cruise, and Fake Fish

Did Sandra steal your power? Are you stuck home, bored? Well, so are these people: That’s why they’re standing around and staring at eachother like they’re waiting for the mothership to arrive. They came out to see what Times Square looks like when there aren’t any people in it. You, on the other hand, get to watch them watch the empty streets from the comfort of your own home. Sidenote:.. Read More

Blueprints to Eternity: Inquiries on the Infinite

A lot of people will say “I wasn’t a believer in X until I saw Y” in order to make their case about all things paranormal seem more believable. I’ve heard it over and over with ghost stories and near-death experiences and never gave much credence to any of it. I still don’t know how I feel about it; but a day or two ago I was mulling over the.. Read More

Girl Model

I was down with the flu, so I spent my sick day watching a documentary I’d been wanting to see for a while about young girls in the modeling industry. It’s a little different from “Picture Me”, though. Video embedded after the blog! Against the creepy backdrop of some Aphex Twin sounding music, “Girl Model” invites you into the twisted world of teen modeling. We follow Nadya, a beautiful 14.. Read More

I should make this App for Iphone…

Let’s get something straight right now. I don’t “count” calories. I add them via my mouth, and subtract them from my ass via low impact cardio. That’s just me. That’s just what I do. Everyone else doesn’t have to…but I will say that if more people did do this, there might be a hell of a lot less carping about size. It might also keep fewer women from lying to.. Read More

How it all began – not with a bang but a Swarzchild Radius

So, we’re a few months out from the end of the world and I think I’ve finally figured out how it all began… or close to it, at least. As I was watching a fun TV show called “The Universe” with its musings on the Big Bang, and how our universe can be traced back all these billions of years to that one point in time, I couldn’t help but.. Read More