The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Rule 5 Sunday: Homeko At The Beach

— compiled by Wombat-socho Sometimes Rule 5 is about sexy. Sometimes it’s about cute, and this is one of those times. Given the Japanese penchant for anthropomorphizing everything under the sun that has even vaguely human characteristics, it should be no surprise that there is a whole “family” of anthropomorphized computer operating systems, a/k/a OS-tans. […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Claudia Cardinale

— compiled by Wombat-socho Claudia Cardinale, the glorious Tunisian/Italian actress who featured in a lot of spaghetti westerns, first came to my attention in perhaps the greatest of those not starring Clint Eastwood: Once Upon A Time In The West, where she played a beautiful widow beset by the eeeeevil Henry Fonda. More appropriately, she […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Victoria Baldessara

— compiled by Wombat-socho It’s Canadian Teen Drama Starlet Week here at Rule 5 Sunday, which is why we’re wishing Victoria Baldessara of The Next Step happy birthday. She’s been a regular on the show for six seasons, playing a member of a competition school dance troupe, with all the drama that entails. Baldessara has […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Kathy Zhu

— compiled by Wombat-socho The Miss World pageant organizers apparently have never heard of the Streisand Effect. On Friday, the pageant’s notional director stripped Miss Michigan, College Republican activist Kathy Zhu (@PoliticalKathy) of her title for allegedly “racist” tweets and her refusal to try on a hijab, and the result has been that a lot […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Baba Fumika

— compiled by Wombat-socho Thanks to the Daley Gator for tweeting about this young Japanese actress this past Thursday! If you’re a fan of the Kamen Rider movies & TV shows, she made her TV debut as the enemy Medic in Kamen Rider Drive, and since then has appeared in two movies in the franchise. […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Cynthia Kirchner

— compiled by Wombat-socho Actress, model, and grad student at NYU, Cynthia Kirchner appeared in Mr. Popper’s Penguins and Entourage, as well as several independent films and TV series. She’s best known as a lingerie model for Guess, Intimissimi, and Victoria’s Secret. Here she is advising guys on buying lingerie for the wife or girlfriend. […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Cheryl Ann Tweedy

— compiled by Wombat-socho I seem to getting into a rut of British pop stars, but as long as they’re good looking, who cares, right? This week, it’s Cheryl An Tweedy, also known as Cheryl Cole, who debuted as a member of reality-TV girl group Girls Aloud in 2002 before going solo in 2009. She’s […]

Rule 5 Monday: Camila Cabello

— compiled by Wombat-socho Cuban-American pop singer Camila Cabello made her debut as a member of girl group Fifth Harmony via The X Factor back in 2012, and went on to a successful solo career – her debut album Camila went platinum – in December 2016. She’s been the opening act for Taylor Swift on […]

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