Census of Middle Earth
The Smithsonian provides a census of the residents of Tolkien’s Middle Earth. (via @katelaity)
Guttersnipe
Just a critter in the Gutter.
Looking Back on 25 Years of Star Trek: The Next Generation
“The Next Generation awakened in me a feeling of terrible and suffocating yearning — that hopeless childish escape wish that’s the wake of a certain kind of fantasy. That feeling that in a different world you’d be happy. I carefully recorded each episode on our VCR — I […]
Cage + Cage
Nicolas Cage performs John Cage’s, “4’33”.”
Thousands Dead In Azeroth
A hacker’s attack left thousands of player characters dead in Azeroth. According to Forbes Magazine, community moderator Naethera responded on behalf of Blizzard, ““This exploit has already been hotfixed, so it should not be repeatable. It’s safe to continue playing and adventuring in major cities and elsewhere in […]
Salvador Dali’s Struggle, Illustrated by Molly Crabapple
Molly Crabapple illustrates Salvador Dalí’s personal manifesto, “My Struggle.”
Reading 50 Shades of Grey So You Don’t Have To!
“I don’t think she knows how the human body works.” Tonjes reads Chapter 1 and 2 of 50 Shades of Grey. For your further pleasure, “A (Drunken) Dramatic Reading” of 2 (NSFW) sex scenes by Gineriella. (And, in case you missed it, Jennifer Armintrout blogged her whole experience […]
The Cultural Gutter 