It seems like it is always the villain who drives most stories forward - the villain is the main agent of action, and everyone else is respo...

Whenever I go into one of those mall based limbos like TGIF's or Outback (which is exceedingly rare) and note the various wacky olde tym...

My constant, depressing, monitoring of current events leads me to believe the above product neatly encapsulates most aspects of Repuglican f...

The monsters are indeed loosed, and we'll all be paying for their freedom soon enough, I suspect. But! This is an actual cover from Ses...

I've been thinking - as an UberNerd is wont - about this Stormtrooper v. Redshirt divide in my head. Yes. But then, I think about a lot ...

How does Darth Vader pee? Trick rhetorical question! He/She has no need to pee, since most bodily functions are handled by the suit, maki...

The Dark Lord of the Sith knows how to type up a proper protest sign, thank the Force! Apparently it's a crime to wear costumes now in C...

An actual person running for Congress from MA. Loons on the left - Ralph Nader 2000 voters, in short hand - are out there, they just don...

Even in the deepest depths of Bluest America, you find these Morans - have you ever noticed how many spelling errors they have in their nons...

This fine gentleman was photographed at Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally this past weekend - seems like the kinda guy who...

How much more blood must be spilled for Dilithium Crystals? It occurred to me, as things are wont, that the old school monsters are all v...

Inspired fan art, but is not all fan art inspired? Good is another matter. If you have not seen the very short Tele-Vision series "...

That was the trouble with tribbles, after all - humans thought them too fecund. But do you think the tribbles thought this to be the case? D...

This is a slide from some scientist's presentation back in July - it raised quite a storm in the community since it's pretty obvious...

In retrospect, it really was a Revolution. Perhaps my memories of pre-Regan times have been clouded by nostalgia, but I remember a time befo...

I'm sure there's a fancy academic word to describe this phenomena, but it's fairly obvious people "get" data a lot bet...

This map represents the following: Red dots indicate a tourist photo of NYC; blue dots, a resident; yellow dots cannot be determined, but ar...

Yeah, I know, I know: Times Square is exciting, and there are a lot of bright and shiny lights. However, it's also filled with people. S...

It's heavily implied that Glinda arranged for Dorothy's house to land on the Wicked Witch of the East - she shows up right after it...

Glinda never told you what happened to your Father...

No, I AM Mr. Pink....  LEAVE BRITTNEY ALONE (please note the blood in her teeth)!  Otis in the outhouse with a bung (Mulberry Clue).  COM...

I could go on, but I trust by now you see my point: People have too much time on their hands! And need to understand the proper plac...

An analogy, if you will: A speck of dirt in an oyster's "mouth" produces an irritation in the oyster which responds my secreti...

Check out those Old Man Pants on the tough guy Redshirts. Except they don't really look that tough, do they? An observation: Not only ...

BUT! Even if this might be a tad too phallic, it's the Shat, man, in Kirk form. Still he-manly - he'll beat you down with that phall...

Logic would indicate that a redshirt in training is wasting his time, since he's going to die regardless of his training. Better to just...

Not much to add - certainly puts the matter into proper perspective, right? Redshirts = Deadshirts. Let's light a candle for all our ...

Math might be hard, but, occasionally, it can also be tasty. And as a former die hard mathaphobe, I am coming around completely to the ...

One of my favorite new subjects: Futuristic visions from the deep, dark past. For instance, the Automat! How our moon living children will e...