Coming back from a work trip to Rutherglen, I was struck again how what logically should be the Northern Ring Road, as distinct from the Western Ring Road, is instead labelled the Metropolitan Ring Road. Wikipedia tells us that it is officially the Northern Ring Road, but the signage says it is the Metropolitan Ring Road. As if being not Western ( Read more... )

Came across this funny and touching short memoir of the time the LA Count Dracula Society screened the gay porn film Gayracula (nws), and the poster ended up interviewing, and becoming friends with, the star, Tim Kramer ( Read more... )

Really cool 100-episodes-of-Castle tribute.

George Takei has a wicked sense of humour. A nice discussion by George Takei of the casting as John Cho as Sulu, extending to Gene Roddenberry's philosophy and where the name Sulu came from.

My favourite musical number in any movie.  Though Heath Ledger singing Can't Take My Eyes Off You in 10 Things I ( Read more... )

Eye-witness story of police doing their bit to ensure that sexual assault is such an under-reported crime.

Ice hockey rivalry brilliantly expressed in a picture and three words.

2 cellos do Smooth Criminal and Smells like Teen Spirit.

Suppose you had a twin brother and you hadn't got around to mentioning to him that you were gay ( Read more... )

Peter Capaldi (aka Cardinal Richelieu) brings it all together.

What does it matter if you were a mass-murderer and ideological psychopath: what's matters is that you look good on a poster or t-shirt.

5 rules from every Chuck Norris movie. Lessons from Arnie movies. Top 10 actors who die in movies (a lot) (massive spoiler alert). Top 10 actors who play villains. Top 10 iconic movie villains.

Internet trolls are likely to be sadists: the news that many trolls take pleasure in your pain is hardly surprising.

Was in the Melbourne CBD today, walking along Elizabeth St when heard this sudden loud crunch! Looked around and a small hatchback with P plates had made a highly illegal right-hand-turn from Elizabeth St into A'Beckett St from the right hand lane directly into the path of a tram. Trams are big things, hard to miss, one would think. Fortunately, ( Read more... )

Oooh, pretty. Great shots of 10 spectacular caves

A fun comparison of why Sam Winchester (Supernatural) and Derek Hale (Teen Wolf) have a lot in common. And. of course one watches Teen Wolf for the … And also.

An amusing comparison of a relationship in the story and a shipped one.

A key part of the appeal of fanfic.  The best description of ( Read more... )

Tip: if you ring someone from a hospital and don't get through, leave a message so the person with "X Hospital" as caller ID on his or her phone is not left wondering who rang and why.

An amusing take on an amusing take.

A musical ode to fandom.

What appears to be a very classy response from the Bic Corporation.

A slogan for fandom. (Or Fanfic ( Read more... )

A fun Sterek video with explicit inserts (SO not office or child friendly) to the tune of S&M by Rihanna.

And, generally identified by background song: Sterek (kiss me hard before you go); Sterek (why do you care); Sterek (I know you loved him), with Giles voiceover; Sterek (but the sex is good); Sterek (crush). Sterek (teenage dream + a thousand ( Read more... )