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Television hunks, separately and together
Previously on Shirtless Television, David Boreanaz (Angel in Buffy) and James Marsters (Spike), plus Spangel (Spike/Angel) slash imagery. More Spangel images are now on AZBlogX, in “Television notes”...
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BK twink
(Not about language.) Omitted from my last posting on more television hunks. the earlier history of Brian Krause (Leo in Charmed, 1998-2006). In his very early 20s, Krause did Return to the Blue Lagoon...
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slashclip
My recent postings on slash fiction and imagery, and fan fiction and art, pulled up a series of truncations and clippings, the most notable being manip, a count noun referring to a digital or photo...
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Twerk time
A New Yorker cartoon by Emily Flake: (#1) The reference is to Miley Cyrus’s performance at the recent Video Music Awards. From Rolling Stone on the 25th, “Miley Cyrus ‘Can’t Stop’ Twerking at VMAs...
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Cyrus – Timberlake
It seems to be a Chuck and Beans morning (see here and here). Now an up-to-the-moment strip: (#1) The two stories: Miley Cyrus and twerking (coverage on this blog here), and the casting of the next...
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Use, mention, anaphora
Noted in an episode of the old tv show The Rifleman, this bit of dialogue. The main character, Lucas McCain, has just explained to his son, Mark, that Mark is quite a psychologist (after Mark’s deft...
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One more twerk
From the NYT on the 1st, this entertaining piece by Teddy Wayne, “Explaining Twerking to Your Parents”, beginning: Every child dreads this day: sooner or later, your parents will come to you,...
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Quisp and Quake
Reflecting on portmanteaus yesterday, I was reminded of the breakfast cereal Quisp, with a name that combines Quaker (Oats Co.) and crisp. Quisp was introduced with a companion cereal Quake, with a...
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kick-ass news
From Ben Zimmer, two instances of ass-avoidance in the news. First, from the New York Times, a story about GoDaddy shifting its advertising strategy, “GoDaddy Steps Away From the Jiggle” by Stuart...
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Riley/Xander
(Not much about language.) Catching up on old episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer this morning, I noted that though I’ve posted about two of the hunky male characters (Angel and Spike), I neglected...
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Saturday morning showoff
The cover of the August/September 2013 Instinct magazine, with (as usual) male eye candy: (#1) Given the sexy photo, I expected the Putignano piece to be about so-called “sex addiction”, but in fact...
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Miscellany for 9/19/13
Twelve items that have come by me recently. 1. Today’s holiday. It’s (International) Talk Like a Pirate day today. Last posting on the holiday on this blog (with links): 9/10/11 “R!”. 2. On the spam...
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to clean up well/nicely
Caught in passing in a posting of mine on AZBlogX about porn actor Boomer Banks (I am not making this name up), who’s notable (at least) for his very long and thick cock (illustrated in my posting),...
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The Czech finger
From several sources, pointers to this piece of in-your-face public art: (#1) The story from the NYT on the 22nd: “Angry at Prague, Artist Ensures He’s Understood”, by Dan Bilefsky: “The finger,” said...
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House men
(Not really about language, but just about popular culture on a Sunday morning.) Re-runs of House have been going past me this morning. On the show, from Wikipedia: House (also known as House, M.D.) is...
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Briefly noted: tv film noir
(Mostly not about language.) Seen on Smallville this morning, an episode (centered on character Jimmy Olsen) that switched into film noir style for most of its time. This is a trope — duly noted on the...
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White Man(n)a
Today’s Zippy, a pointedly political strip (Griffy vs. Claude), but reproduced here for the diner in it: (#1) The diner here is famous in the diner world. From Wikipedia: White Manna [Hackensack] and...
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Modern Diner
Today’s Zippy, with yet another diner: (#1) That’s the Modern Diner in Pawtucket. Then there’s the allusion to the limerick beginning “There once was a man from Nantucket”. On the diner, from...
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Comics on comics
Today’s Bizarro, punning and meta: Carbon footprint, cartoon footprint. Plus the cartoon references, Two references, to Mr. Natural and Nancy. From Wikipedia: Mr. Natural (Fred Natural) is a comic book...
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macho nachos
The rhyming name was inevitable, but today’s Zippy takes a strange turn with it: Macho Nacos: flame retardant, Liquid Paper, Bondo [putty], and Glue Stik. In the real world, Macho Nachos are more...
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