Fahrenheit 104.51

Fahrenheit 104.51

The esteemed science fiction author, Ray Bradbury, who died in 2012, claimed, perhaps erroneously, as it turns out, in his famous post-apocalyptic novel, Fahrenheit 451, that 451 degrees is the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns. In the dystopian...
But Wait, There’s More!

But Wait, There’s More!

On a crossword puzzle, we came across this 5-letter clue: “But wait! There’s more!” The answer if you grew up in the ‘80s like we did was immediately evident: Ginsu. Click on the video above to watch the so-bad-it’s-good infomercial for the Ginsu knife that...
KEVLARx: Hit Me With Your Best Shot

KEVLARx: Hit Me With Your Best Shot

We have officially designated Pat Benatar’s 1980s take-no-prisoners smash single Hit Me With Your Best Shot as the official anthem for KEVLARx. This is the randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 2b clinical trial of RRx-001 (nibrozetone) given as pretreatment before...
EpicentRx Word of the Weak (WOW): Epicene

EpicentRx Word of the Weak (WOW): Epicene

“We’re neutral about the word epicene.” Epicene Definition (adjective): 1) weak, flaccid an epicene style of writing 2) genderless they is an epicene pronoun 3) androgynous Pat was an epicene character played by Julia Sweeney on SNL during the early 1990s...
Mad, Dad, and Dangerous To Know

Mad, Dad, and Dangerous To Know

This is the third post we’ve written that riffs on Lady Carolyn Lamb’s awesome, reputation-defining epithet for her mercurial lover, the English poet, Lord Byron: mad, bad, and dangerous to know. The “Dad” in question from the title is an extremely kind, and doting...