Mama Deltoid certainly loves her son Henry. Beer number five from my mama’s Christmas variety 6-pack gift is a delightful Belgian style pale ale by Ommegang of Cooperstown, New York. Ommegang advertises itself as a “brewer of Belgian style ales”. And they ain’t bullshittin’. The […]
While Confessions was directed by notorious adult filmmaker Anthony Spinelli, it was still a year or two before his biggest films (SexWorld, Talk Dirty to Me, Aunt Peg) hit the theaters. Spinelli was still using pseudonyms then; in this case his last one, Leonard Burke. […]
Andrew Quitmeyer is a busy man. He meets me over Skype in a bright and chatty mood, but he *does* look tired. Who can blame him? As co-founder of Comingle, Andrew is currently dealing with the recently published crowd-funding campaign for Comingle’s innovative Mod. He’s […]
Super Bowl XLIX will be about much more than the New England Patriots vs Seattle Seahawks. Even if #DeflateGate has whipped up a mild storm, the Patriots’ place in one of the world’s biggest sporting showpieces doesn’t appear to be in jeopardy. And so, from […]
At the Golden Globes, watching standard network sitcoms winning the Best Comedy Series award is a pretty common thing. Some actually good shows that get the rare nomination are usually ignored for what passes for the lowest common denominator’s “smart” series of the moment. For […]
It’s the final season of Cougar Town and if you’ve been keeping up with the show, you’d know that Brian Van Holt who plays Bobby Cobb has left the show (to go star in upcoming SyFy channel TV series Ascension). Being a fan of both […]
The year is 1995. Renee Zellweger looked much more familiar, while Liv Tyler looked pretty much the same. It was also the year that the two starred in Empire Records. Let’s get down to brass tacks here. It may have entranced you as a teenager, […]
Are you sick of trying to think up brilliant user names and passwords that you don’t have to jot down in a notebook? It’s not really very funny if the gag is on you, however. Given the rate at which America’s retail credit system has […]
Barrett Brown has been sentenced to 63 months in prison, minus 28 already served, by a court in Dallas today. He has also been ordered to pay $890,000 in restitution. The journalist originally faced a maximum term of 105 years before a plea bargain brought […]
These are tough times for Panasonic. Although the company’s nowhere near on its last legs, it is in deep trouble. Those of us who fell hard for the aesthetic and quality of Plasma TVs—and you’ll know I’m one of them if you read my column—were […]
Amidst all the chaos in the world, it’s nice to see something genuinely awesome and silly explode into the world. That thing is the new ridiculous card game Exploding Kittens, a brilliantly inventive party game that’s taken the Internet by storm, overwhelming the Kickstarter-verse with […]
A mouse is a mouse is a mouse, right? The Apple Mouse in my house is the same ol’ same ol’ thing it’s been for a decade. Time for a change? Well, worth a try. Unlike most everything else in electronics, computer mice seem to […]
4chan founder moot has today announced his retirement from the popular image board. moot, aka Chris Poole, created the site in 2004 aged just 15 and has since weathered the storm as the site’s captain, overseeing rapid growth, becoming one the melting pots for the […]
Ah that time of the year when we get the results from all the surveys we’ve filled up last year. Best of all of course are sex surveys because now you get the real details about sex, based on what someone put down on a […]
I might be late to the party, but it’s never too late for The Comeback! Remember Phoebe Buffay from Friends? The quirky, weird one who was both lovable and scary? Although Friends ended ages ago, not all the cast members went on to enjoy the […]
Free the Nipple is not a documentary. It’s a fictional story based on real events about a group of women in New York City who advocate for the equal rights to be topless in public and help break the ridiculous taboo laws involving the sight […]
If you’re into outdoor sports, you’re probably more familiar with Outdoor Tech than you know. If you’re not wearing or using something of theirs, you’re paying too much at Eddie Bauer or, worse, using a knockoff. Their cool merchandising catchphrase ‘Stuff You Probably Want®’ is […]
As sure as the world never stops turning, it never quits thrusting either. A cursory glance at social media will usually dredge up a headline detailing some sexual misdemeanor or other. BaDoink is more than happy to round them all up into a neat little […]
Xue Wang, a Chinese-born artist now residing in London, has a very distinctive style. At first glance, you’d be forgiven for thinking that her work is cute, what with all those doll-like, big-eyed girls, but it won’t take more than another few seconds to discover […]
Claude Goddard’s Winter Heat belongs to the sub-genre of 70s porn and sexploitation known as “roughies” — movies focused on terrorizing, degrading and often raping women — which immediately makes it not everyone’s cup of tea. I add this disclaimer because these tend to make […]
