Daily Archives: August 28, 2012

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The GOP Keeps Talking About Rape, Proves How Little They Care

You just have to wonder what the GOP endgame is here. Is it that rape/abortion has become such a big ditch that they are compelled to keep digging with hopes on settling on the right answer, but (double drat!) what they’ve ended up with is such a continuing cycle of ignorance, offensiveness, and smug assholery that they’ve really got no clue how to stop looking for the saving grace as desperation sets in? It would sure seem that way. Continue reading

Spotlight On Artist Hsiao Ron Cheng

birdcage hsiao ron chengBased in Taipei, Taiwan, Illustrator Hsiao-Ron Cheng was born in 1986.  Using pencils, oils, mixed media and digital, she manages to pack an entire fairy tale into a single picture with that perfect balance of creepy, cute and curious.

“My work allides to the deformation that physically separates human from plants and animals. The environment and situations that I paint are often of surrealist nature, remniscent of school, and partly based on phantasy. My aim is to create more complex worlds with more complicated stories with childlike and cruel creatures, showing different kinds of the fragile and oppressive anima in life.” Continue reading

QOTD: What is Your Earliest Memory?

Yesterday Nurse Wretched asked a very good question: what is your earliest childhood memory, and how old were you?

Her question was prompted by having read this article by Bill Briggs.

The earliest memory that stuck with you likely came when you were “…3 1/2 years old, according to numerous past studies. At that age, the hippocampus, a portion of the brain used to store memories, has adequately matured to handle that task, experts say.” Continue reading

The 15 Greatest Road Trip Songs of All Time

Freddie King is a rock god and you will bow down

I love road trips so much, but is there anything worse than the friend who brings along a wack-ass mixtape for the ride? With Labor Day weekend coming up and my own personal road trip in the works, I sat down to put together a playlist of the 15 Greatest Road Trip Songs of All Time.  Continue reading

The Most Shocking Breaking Bad Scenes So Far

Part of Breaking Bad‘s immense success comes from its ability to keep viewers on their toes with scenes that leave them muttering (or possible shouting) “What the fuck…” With only 9 episodes left in the entire series, let’s take a look back at the most shocking scenes so far.

Hit the jump, but only if you are caught up or don’t mind spoilers! Continue reading