Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Today, on June 30, we gain what is known by women and men of science as a “leap second,” a rare occurrence where our normally twenty-four hour day is blessed with one teensy extra moment of bliss to wash over us like a dragonfly kiss. You must be wondering about the science of this extra…
Oh my stars, it seems America’s most virginal born-again virgin is with child. Again: I wanted you guys to be the first to know that I am pregnant. Honestly, I’ve been trying my hardest to keep my chin up on this one. At the end of the day there’s nothing I can’t do with God…
As long as we’re on the subject of flags that should and should not be flown in states, let’s take a moment to talk about state flags. Every state flag is wrong. If you don’t believe me, look at them. Here are the 50 worst. Someone gave the state of Alabama a box to check…
Unlike your run-of-the-mill cheap liquor — you know, the stuff that’s sold in plastic onesies — Arnold Schwarzenegger is like a good bottle of your drink of choice. Why’s that, you ask? Because the older Arnie gets, the better everything he does is. Consider the man’s charity work for the After-School All-Stars program in California….
Jurassic World is delighting audiences, smashing box office records, and making people excited about dinosaurs again. But did you notice the movie is also sort of terrible? If the new installment of Jurassic Park left you with questions, our patented Spoiler FAQ has the answers you didn’t even know you needed! How would you summarize…
Who knew that Neil Armstrong‘s giant leap for mankind would one day lead to a world of space porn? Digital smut mogul Pornhub is trying to raise $3.4 million on Indiegogo to shoot an adult film in outer space. Established industry stars Johnny Sins and Eva Lovia are already signed on to the zero-gravity venture. If…
As you know, Superman is wildly protective of his Clark Kent identity. What you might not know is exactly how far this alien nutbag is willing to go to protect that secret. For example, above. You see, in the ’50s and ’60s, no comic book writer had any idea how to create an adventure for…
On Tuesday, Joyce Carol Oates, the American author whose Twitter feed is an jewel box of absurdist, vaguely offensive half-thoughts, showed her stripes as a true conservationist. Oh man, I bet that guy is so humiliated and will never post to another trophy hunting message board again! Just kidding, the animal in that picture is…
https://youtu.be/AQte2nz80Is via ▶ Tiny Hamster is a Giant Monster!! (Ep 7) – YouTube.
New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell doesn’t tweet a whole lot. He made an exception after hedge fund billionaire and financial crisis profiteer John Paulson’s ludicrous $400 million donation to Harvard, which is naming its engineering school after him in exchange. It came down to helping the poor or giving the world’s richest university $400…