The Other McCain

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

Rule 5 Sunday: Control Issues

— compiled by Wombat-socho So I’m sitting here munching on some homemade mac & cheese, wondering what I’m going to do about tonight’s Rule 5 post, and suddenly it hits me – who’s the most famous actress associated with pasta? Why, Sophia Loren, of course! Here she is in that famous picture with Jayne Mansfield, […]

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 […]

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