Gynomite’s Reading Room!
Nerdist Theater at Meltdown, or NerdMelt, the comedy theater I run in LA, got a shiny new website! Go check it out now!
Here is a charming little article about lost words of the English language to promote a book called I Never Knew There Was a Word for It. Apparently, the trend to put words together “celebutante” “blacktress”- comes from Through the Looking Glass, and is called a portmanteau. The more you know!
This is a great piece at Sociological Images about “clowning postures” for women in advertising. I think about this every time I see a starlet on the red carpet with her feet crossed and slouched over, which is done under the guise of looking thinner. A must read.
7 hidden things in video games that you’ll wish you never learned about… The GTA IV Statue of Happiness thing tripped me out.
This review of the premiere episode of Entourage by Gabe at Videogum destroyed me.
Here’s the winner of the Bad Fiction Contest in the category of Fantasy. Go read and enjoy the other winners!
“Within the smoking ruins of Keister Castle, Princess Gwendolyn stared in horror at the limp form of the loyal Centaur who died defending her very honor; ‘You may force me to wed,’ she cried at the leering and victorious Goblin King, ‘but you’ll never be half the man he was.’”
