Intel takes web porn mainstream

10.05.05 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Jesus H. McLordybritches. Have you seen the new Intel Centrino ad? It asks, “Would you to experience ultimate entertainment…in your lap?”

Folks, you can’t make this stuff up.

Dear Science Fiction Book Club

09.29.05 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Ellen Asher
Senior Editor
The Science Fiction Book Club

Dear Ms. Asher,

Thank you for The Science Fiction Book Club catalog you sent me, which arrived unsolicited in my mailbox today. I appreciate the personal letter you wrote me on the inside cover, and I hope it is not too much to ask you to respond in kind to the following questions which your letter provoked.

Specifically, you mentioned that by signing up for membership I would receive "6 books for only $1, plus shipping and handling," and that after I pass your membership induction procedures (Tolkeinesque, I hope, though not too much Quendi influence, I trust), my book selections "will arrive with a FREE gift, our Science Fiction Book Club Pewter Dragon or a FREE BOOK" (emphasis yours). My questions are as follows: Click to continue reading “Dear Science Fiction Book Club”

Targeting gentrification

09.26.05 | Permalink | 4 Comments

The wife and I stopped by a local t-shirt shop/art gallery Saturday night, and one of the artists whose work is displayed there also has a few pieces for sale in our local coffee shop. The recurring element in his new pieces is a bleeding Target logo.

This summer several new big box retailers moved into our neck of the woods, just down the way from Atlanta’s trendy-trendy neighborhood and retail district. The developer has a bad reputation for exacerbating urban sprawl, and many in the neighborhood were none too happy about it.

While I am a little worried now about the fate of the neighborhood’s feminist bookstore, so far Little Five Points’ eclectic blend of overpriced t-shirt, fetish ware, and bong shops have not gone out of business. I guess Bed, Bath & Beyond just can’t handle the competition from Cherry Popper and Nothing But Frisbees & Hacky Sacks. Click to continue reading “Targeting gentrification”