“I was swallowing my pain,” sang Bryan Ferry (or John Lennon, depending on the version) in Jealous Guy; and this is perhaps a typical male treatment of pain and internal struggle. This is as true now as it always has been. In the age of […]
Television usually has me in a state of minor rage, but this week my favorite magical box has dug into me almost as painfully as when Dexter turned out to be a lumberjack. According to multiple entertainment news outlets, the folks behind How I Met […]
Back in September, CNN Parents posted a piece about the cross-Internet countdown to Kendall Jenner’s 18th birthday. It was pretty disgusting. (The countdown, not the piece.) It was disgusting not just because of the rampant and ultimately meaningless coverage of all things Kardashian – as […]
American Strong Ale: 9.3% ABV/26 IBU The flavor of coffee may not sound like a desirable compliment to ale to the entry level beer enthusiast. Think about it: “what happens if I pour a large shot of coffee into my beer?” It’s disgusting, isn’t it? But […]
I’d like to apologize for being, frankly, a bit of a cunt. The way I used to ramble on about friends’ and past lovers’ smoking habits verged on insane. Breaking entire packets’ worth of cigarettes in twain or throwing them out of moving cars? Yeah […]
Round the end of November the Daily Mail gave the genetics world a mite scare by publishing a rad article by Dr. Eugene McCarthy, a specialist in hybridization, about how we’re actually a nasty mix of chimpanzees and pigs. That’s right, Internet, a dude showed […]
Back in 2003, the Supreme Court ruled that sodomy laws were unconstitutional. Hooray! You can now have all the anal and oral sex you’ve always wanted. But before you get the lube and the flavored condoms out, you should know that there are some conservative […]
Alert: Do not read if you have not seen season 4 of Downton Abbey If you’re a smart American like me, you’ve found a way to watch the new season of Downton Abbey as it aired in the UK. For some reason PBS won’t air […]
Plenty of people are sharing apartment blocks, just as many are sharing houses but take a moment to spare a thought for the privacy-lacking few of us sharing bedrooms in our adult lives. Let me state first of all that this is not some sad-sack, […]
Women have been popping pills for years to prevent them from getting knocked up, and for almost as many years there have been attempts at coming up with an equivalent for men. Even though a recent breakthrough show promises, challenges up ahead are yet to […]
Eight major financial institutions in Europe have been hit with a fine of a combined total of EUR 1.7bn (US$2.31bn) following a European Commission investigation into Libor-rigging, but most of the potential fines were voided by active participants in the schemes because they co-operated with […]
London Mayor Boris Johnson has caused fellow Conservative Party members to distance themselves from the outspoken elitist after remarks he made during a speech at the Margret Thatcher lecture, where he condemned stupid people to ultimately fail in life. During his speech he pointed out […]
The stark reality is that women do not slink about the house in see-through silk camisoles smelling faintly of lavender and vanilla, lips pretty pink and hair piled up in flattering curls that frame their make-up-free but beautiful glowing faces. The 50s housewife of glamorous […]
Warning: spoilers you already know about! Before you read this, I have to admit something. I have never enjoyed Family Guy. Sure, I’ve giggled at a couple of Seth McFarlane’s cartoon gags, but the show has never hooked me. But the most recent development in […]
Oh man you guys, this week was actually pretty awesome for my television addiction, well, except for the fact that Elementary didn’t air this week (thanks, holidays!). But the three shows that remained were pretty damn good and I’ll tell you why, then will reveal […]
In 2010 Bradley Manning became a household name when he was identified as the whistle-blower who supplied WikiLeaks with classified US intelligence material. The former analyst who was based in Iraq was sentenced to 35 years in a military prison for various accounts of treason […]
A University of Oxford scientist is convinced that the Abominable Snowman still roams the Himalayas after he found a genetic match between a prehistoric polar bear and samples believed to come from the Yeti. Professor Bryan Sykes has conducted DNA tests on hairs from a […]
The new Logitech Z600 desktop Bluetooth speakers really are special. I know the speakers give off the depressing architectural aura of two worsted cloth and black vinyl nuclear cooling towers, but what they gift their dear listener, if they can look beyond the eye-ache, is […]
The BaDoink news crew was out for lunch the other day and while we were digesting our man-sized burgers we found ourselves doing what men do – looking at women. Before long the question was raised: “What is the first thing you look at when […]
Political parties need money. That’s a fact, if not of life then the political system. You can’t get elected without it. In the same way that a new fizzy drink can’t hope to compete with Pepsi or Coke without a billion-dollar marketing budget, a candidate […]
