American’s aren’t ready for an apocalypse.

I blame George Bush.

Why not?

The demotion of Pluto was seized on by the Democratic National Committee as another Bush Administration failure.

…from Chaucer. Figures.

Spoyler alert: If ye haue nat yet sene the performaunce of ‘Serpentes on a Shippe,’ rede nat of the romaunce, for it doth telle of the manye suprises and straunge eventes that happen in the course of the storye, and thus it mayhap shall lessen yower enjoiement of the performaunce yt self.

I just think that it’s great that he finally got a blog after all these centuries.

I haven’t had much (anything, in fact) to say about the Pluto imbroglio. I do think a lot of the commentary about it is kind of silly, anthropomorphizing an icy rock with talk of “poor Pluto.” Get over it, folks.

Here’s what I would have written, if I’d had the time and more inspiration.

Can’t wait to extrapolate to this decade (aka, “The Naughties“…

[Via an emailer–if anyone knows to whom to credit it, let me know]

But pretty amusing. Cliches from alt.s3x.stories.

Blond goddesses with gigantic breasts and gorgeous bodies are all secretly in love with nerdy computer geeks, and their ambition is to move into the apartment next door to a computer geek.

The Superbowl is every wife’s big chance to finally get to f**k 2-4 of her husband’s closest friends, and these friends are always attractive.

There are several Trek-s3x-related ones as well:

Odo quite simply IS the best f**k in the galaxy (he’s a shape shifter, do the math).

Bridget Johnson has the most shallow analysis of the Mideast war ever.

I like it, though.

Bridget Johnson has the most shallow analysis of the Mideast war ever.

I like it, though.

Bridget Johnson has the most shallow analysis of the Mideast war ever.

I like it, though.

Scott Ott is asking the question that’s surely on everyone’s mind.

[Update in the evening]

Michael Clarke explains the weird fascination between Jihadis and aircraft.