July 2010

  • Fiction Runs On Dead Naked Ladies

    By erika on 7/30/10 1:42pm
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    Have you ever noticed the preponderance of dead naked ladies in fiction?  I'm talking television, movies, books, graphic novels, the whole shebang.  If it's aimed at adults, it probably has a dead naked lady in it.  This goes extra for any work of mystery or suspense.

    Just as a random example, where would CSI and all its clones be without dead naked ladies?  I wonder what CSI: Miami would look like, if its producers decided to challenge the writing staff by banning dead naked ladies from the scripts.

    I began pondering this recently as I was reading Stieg Larsson's runaway global bestseller The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.  What started out as a fairly intriguing mystery at one point (not to give anything away) suddenly devolves into a collection of dead naked ladies.  How disappointing.


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  • Flying Pasties, Don't Leave Home Without 'em

    By mous on 7/23/10 4:11pm
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    Whether we like them or not, airport scanners aren't going away anytime soon, at least not until we get rid of this pesky problem with terrorism and whatnot. Despite criticism that they are an invasion of privacy, body scanners for now are a necessary evil. But now you can protect yourself and your loved ones from the humiliation of having your bits and pieces exposed to the ogling eyes of airport security employees with a clever product called Flying Pasties.

    Flying Pasties are basically stickers that you insert underneath your clothes to cover up your more private parts. According to their website:

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