Scrawled in Wax

Did you know that bananas prove the existence of God? No? Well, you obviously haven’t seen The Atheist’s Nightmare: The Banana, starring everyone’s favourite actor-gone-nutjob Kirk Cameron. Religion is one thing - this is… well, I have no fucking idea really. (Also, try and not snicker when he points out that “the banana is perfectly curved to fit in the mouth”).

You know how white people are always saying that henna is so cool and so earthy and so ‘traditional’? Check out these pics using it to advertise by writing on some unknown woman’s hands. (Also, corporations literally inscribing upon the body? OMG! The marxist lit theory student in me just got his keyboard sticky).

Ever wonder why Leno, despite being stupid and banal, still triumphs over the smarter and funnier Letterman? This piece on the NY Mag site argues it’s because the talk show format is meant to reward mediocrity - which Leno absolutely excels at.

Vanity Fair put up a 4,000-word piece on “The Next Great Chapter in the Star Wars Saga“ which, as it turns out, is the new Star Wars video game The Force Unleashed. While it’s great to see the form starting to be taken seriously, was choosing a Star Wars game really the best way to introduce the sophistication of modern games to a mainstream audience? That ain’t doing much do dispel the greasy geek myth.

I know, I know - everyone thinks you can do the Panjabi folk dance bhangra anywhere you please. Turns out, that is very very wrong.

For my obligatory weekly link to Slate, here’s a history of the verb “to pimp”. So… at least something good came of that crack made about Chelsea?

I’ve never really liked Sarah Slean before but new single “Get Home” is simply stunning.

Finally, because you’re all so desperate for an example of URL brinkmanship, here ya’ go. The second to last one works and is kinda’ funny.