‘Quiet Ryan’ Trailer Spoof Better Than Most Actual Trailers


Ryan-Gosling

Internet, I did something really embarrassing on the Internet today. Don’t worry. It wasn’t this bad. See, I followed a link to watch a trailer for a movie called Quiet Ryan, starring Ryan Gosling as a man who doesn’t speak. At all. Curious about whether Gosling’s current swell of popularity could carry such a gimmick, [...]

“Family Values” Activist Sandy Rios Equates Birth Control with Mani-Pedis


Sandy Rios

You know what two experiences have almost nothing in common? Pap smears and pedicures. Beyond the fact that each occurs in a room with outdated magazines and involves someone usually wearing protective gloves, I’d say they’re not even in the same ballpark. Oh—there’s also the fact that I don’t get either as often as I [...]

Laws Gone Wild: Mom Narrowly Escapes Jail For Son’s Jaywalking Death; Cops Double-Ticket Panicked Dad


Atlanta mother of 3 Raquel Nelson was charged in the death of her son A.J. when he darted into traffic from an unsafe bus stop.

Last spring (April 2010) 25-year-old Raquel Nelson shuttled her three small children off the city bus across from their apartment building in Marietta, just outside of Atlanta. As they went to cross the street, Nelson’s 4-year-old son A.J. darted ahead, only to be struck and killed by an oncoming car.  The driver fled the scene.  [...]

Oh, This? Just A Human-Horse Hybrid Embryo, NBD


Microscope image of stem cell harvest

Well, I mean, technically, it might not actually be a human-HORSE embryo. It could also be a cat. Or tiger. Or meerkat. Shit. It could be a fucking armadillo for all we know. Because the fact of the matter is that scientists in the UK (and across the world, apparently), have been creating human-animal hybrid [...]

Minnesotan Students Sue Their School District Over Gay Curriculum Policies


In the past two years, six students in the Anoka-Hennepin school district have committed suicide. Six. It is a staggering number of deaths and more tragedy than a community should have to endure. As parents and citizens look for answers to this horrible spate of suicides, the school has examined their bullying policies and made [...]