The Other McCain

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

Rule 5 Monday: Michelle Dockery

— compiled by Wombat-socho I have a lot of friends who all think Terry Pratchett was God’s gift to the fantasy genre, but with a couple of exceptions I just haven’t gotten around to reading his books or watching the various movies & TV shows made from them. Until last night, when I spent a […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Merry Christmas!

— compiled by Wombat-socho As we all know, our friends in Japan are somewhat confused about the history and practices of Western Civilization, and nowhere is this more evident than in anime, manga, and video games. For example, in the tremendously popular phone game Fate/Grand Order, many historical figures have been recreated as Heroic Spirits, […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Eliza Dushku

— compiled by Wombat-socho I first became aware of Eliza Dushku (as I suspect most people did) from her portrayal of the “bad girl” Faith on Buffy The Vampire Slayer and its spinoff series Angel; I was aware that she’d gone on to other roles in other Joss Whedon shows like Dollhouse and Tru Calling, […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Babe In Toyland

— compiled by Wombat-socho Today I learned that one of my favorite Christmas movies, Laurel & Hardy’s Babes In Toyland, had been remade in 1961 with Ray Bolger, Annette Funicello, and Tommy Sands…and again in 1986 with Keanu Reeves (!) and Drew Barrymore, though the last one sounds like the scriptwriter got the plot confused […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Happy Hanukkah!

— compiled by Wombat-socho We used to have a saying in the Cold War Army that certain women were so hot they made fatigues look good, and I don’t think there’s any doubt that former IDF soldier Gal Gadot, better known these days as the actress who plays Wonder Woman, is one of those women. […]

Rule 5 Sunday: Roll Tide!

— compiled by Wombat-socho My original intention for this week was to go with a Thanksgiving theme, but much like John Madden’s mutant turkeys, all the pics I could find had too much leg and not enough breasts…fortunately, the Crimson Tide crushed Auburn in the Iron Bowl yesterday, which meant I had a backup plan. […]

Late Night With Rule 5 Sunday: Pepper Potts

— compiled by Wombat-socho Stan Lee is dead, but along with all the costumed superheroes, he left us a cast of gorgeous & competent women in lead and supporting roles. One of my favorites is Virginia “Pepper” Potts, Tony Stark’s gal Friday and sometime love interest. Pepper’s played in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by Gwyneth […]

Late NIght With Rule 5 Sunday: Nurse! Nurse!

— compiled by Wombat-socho One of the few good things about being in the hospital for the last few weeks was the nurses, who were uniformly young, mostly cute, and generally Asian. They weren’t dressed like this, but scrubs can be sexy too when they’re tight in the right places. Three weeks’ worth of links, […]

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