An ancient fertility idol found in the sands of Tatooine.

Ah, Election 08. What a great time we had. My loyal readers will no doubt recall this fine pic, which was accidentally released before the s...

You're awfully pretty, Jupiter.

Long time reader, first time caller. Yeah, I was wondering if you could add more sexy chickbots to the pages of your magazine? Yeah? Thanks ...

Just in case my previous post was not clear!

Say hello to Ida, a 47 Million old ancestor of yours. She was very young when she died - tragically, no doubt - and still had a little meal ...

I ain't no Saint, for sure, but I'll give this advice nonetheless: Once you see your first cigarette burn in your keyboard, consider...

H/T to Wonkette for the pic. Is anyone out there surprised by the continuing revelations of how truly f'd up the Bush Administration was...

"Honey....set the coffee pot to..... brew....."

The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin' That's what I said The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand Or so I have r...

I certainly did not want to kill you. I tried my best to stop, but you flew in the road directly beneath my truck, and then you froze even t...

Like the true nerd I am, I forgot my VOW!, and slinked into the local IMAX (really, the only way to watch movies at the theatre anymore) nic...

Fryeburg, ME September 2007

One nice upside to the Pig Flu is the ever growing popularity of wearing masks. Forget for the nonce that these typical masks do little to p...

As a natural born Trekkie, I'm having something of an existential crisis. One the one hand, I am hard wired, apparently, to get really e...

Hubba Hubba! Keep your Floppy Disks safe kids!

Here, we witness some elaborate mating ritual from the Olden Days. No one is quite sure what they are doing, but rest assured, there was som...

As if Obama does not have enough to deal with, here comes a Supreme Court appointment! Suffice to say, the Repuglicans will freak out over w...

Let me be clear: I am a member of no party, and I cannot imagine I ever will be. With that said, I am thrilled to watch the real-time disint...

If it really is Cap'n Trips walking the deserts of the Southwest, might as well stop worrying now, get your affairs in order, and be pre...

So, the arbitrary deadline of 100 days is soon to come and go, and I have to say I am 100% satisfied with Obama's performance so far. Bu...

Thought for the morning: Expendable has much in common with Inevitable.

Any photo of The King is a treasure, of course. But to have him with the President of the US in deferrance? Greatest humblage of all time. A...

Remember: When the US of A tortures (only applies under a Republican Administration), it's good, cuz we're the Good Guys, and we...

Add your own mockery. I would just like to point out the wonderful dissonance of railing against budget cuts for Defense (which isn't ha...

Those of a certain age will remember the introduction of the Star Wars action figure, and what a heady time it was. All was good for awhile,...

Introducing a new recurring feature: Mask Watch. My theory: With the ever growing preponderance of surveillance technology (cameras, satelli...

Not sure why this isn't getting bigger play, or maybe it has and I was out of the country (as I often am). Regardless, behold, an actual...

A fun game! Whenever you see or hear a reference to God, Jesus, Allah, Etc, replace the particular deity with the Flying Spaghetti Monster. ...

This pretty shot shows the Earth and Moon as seen from the Mars Orbiter on its way to Mars. As always with astronomical pictures, perspectiv...

So redo the movie again, George, and get it right this time!

H/T to L>E>ST>E>R; I quibble with the mushroom cloud here, since my sources tell me it's far more likely to be a super-volca...

President Barry is rocking the G20 house, y'all! Check out (find your own damn link) the tale of Obama with Sarko and Hu. This is what a...

First off, nutz to April Fools Day. Terrible idea for a day -- let's Punk everyone! Yeah! So, no joking here. Cold Fusion is back on the...

Lawsuits be damned! I love Ziggy!

This is the Deep Field shot from Hubble. There are a few stars in this picture (they'll have four points), but for the most part, everyt...

If you're one of my many thousands of regular, loyal readers, you're probably don't need any convincing. But if you just happene...

See what I did there? Witty, huh?

Can you believe known SPY and former COMMUNIST Vladmir Putin was able to get this close to St. Ronnie, without St. Ronnie even knowing who h...

Sometimes. Other times it's quite tasty!

That's not OctoMom of course. Don't know who that is. That's Dungeon Dad though. What a superhero team they could make.... But s...

Awww part 2; Enjoy the equinox everyone!

Imprinting is an amazing thing - Dogs and Duckies living in happy family harmony? Crazy!

If you haven't watched Battlestar Galactica by now, it is far too late for you to watch and appreciate the finale, which airs this Frida...

Odds are, you're not the Captain or the Doctor.

There is an approaching crossroads we will face, which briefly is: Our technology grows ever more powerful - exponentially so - yet our mind...

While you can. Cuz our future robotic overlords won't be so tolerant of your jokes.

It was the cat, I swear!

Word from the frontiers of science: According to a report in the journal Current Biology, the 31-year-old alpha male started building his we...

This is really big news from the Redshirt corner. This here satellite based telescope, named after that swell fella Kepler, is designed to s...