Why Astronauts Are My Heroes

And I mean the ones I grew up watching, not the ones wearing cross-country diapers. Buzz Aldrin, for example, when confronted by a troofer demonstrates the right stuff.

Battling Straw Men

Ready to get a little dizzy?

And here, Neiwert — who performatively redefines masculinity as that which talks incessantly about how it would never talk incessantly about masculinity (much less engage in any of its gendered conspicuous consumption). Those who refer to masculinity without the requisite disclaimers about how it is unmasculine to refer to masculinity can lay no claim to that real masculinity — which evidently comes from recognizing that real masculinity is seldom pointed out by really masculine people, unless they are pointing it out to show how pointing it out is unmasculine.

Breaking the First Law of Thermodynamics

After hearing that some studies indicate that dieting can sometimes lead to an increase in weight, I wondered how they were violating the First Law. I mean, the body can’t store calories it doesn’t take in, right? I still think that’s the law is true, but things other than calories can apparently generate fat cells. If it turns out to be true that a virus can do that, expect someone to work on a vaccine.

Silky Pony: Male Bimbo

I think that’d make a swell title when they make the biopic about this guy.

I wonder if the History Channel has ever run a cartoon biopic before.

Monkeys

A coworker of mine is obsessed with monkeys. An old film he was shown at age seven has just surfaced on the web, causing him to wonder if it triggered the obsession. It at least gave him nightmares.

And he’s not the only one.