Expanding The 'Human Centipede' Franchise
Apparently Dutch film writer/director Tom Six wasn't content to make only one sick horror flick about multiple people sewn together to share a single digestive tract. A sequel to his 2010 film The Human Centipede is now in the works-this time featuring 12 people joined ass-to-mouth, instead of just three. So he plans to supersize the human centipede! What could be more impressively American than that-especially coming from a Dutch guy? READ MORE
Today in Facebook Status Updates: Who’s Got a Buttplug?
Many Facebook users like to illuminate dark corners of their lives, casting light where the sun rarely shines. They keep us plugged in to so many aspects of their daily existence! And thanks to recent changes Facebook made to its default privacy settings, they may be plugging in more of us than they bargained for. READ MORE
Today in Facebook Status Updates: Who’s Masturbating Now?
Thanks to the glory of the Internet, you can now learn more than just what your Facebook friends are up to; you can also get intimate updates on the lives of total strangers. Your Open Book uses theFacebook API to enable anyone to search all public status updates by keywords. And given that Facebook changed its privacy settings last December to make all status updates visible to the entire Internet by default (unless users changed them back a more restricted setting), most Facebook status updates these days are probably public ones-whether the people who posted them know it or not. READ MORE
Nine Fine Wikipedia Entries, on the Occasion of Its Ninth Birthday
Wikipedia commingles inane and profound topics willy-nilly, most always with equal weight and seriousness of tone. Cataloging everything under the sun with such seriousness of purpose and attention to detail is an amazing endeavor. The excerpts that follow are both very silly and very informative. The complete entries on "Deep-fried Mars Bar" and "Exploding Whale," for example, are each almost as long and serious in tone as the entry on "Immanuel Kant." They highlight the oddity and incongruity and wonder of the whole enterprise. What's more, these excerpts are proof that Wikipedia is most likely the most positive development in the history of our extremely troublesome Internet. READ MORE
A Very Christmas Listicle Without Commentary: The Best 85 Words Ending In -icle, In Order
85. listicle
84. cubicle
83. charticle
82. bernicle
81. funicle
80. reticle
79. appendicle
78. cornicle
77. follicle
76. caulicle
75. bursicle
74. article
73. fairnyticle
72. sicle
71. conventicle
70. radicle
69. lenticle
68. isicle
67. fascicle
66. fairniticle
65. disconventicle
64. adminicle
63. fernyticle
62. fernticle
61. pedicle
60. curricle
59. ridicle
58. verticle
57. sanicle
56. auricle
55. cuticle
54. vernicle
53. particle
52. versicle
51. caudicle
50. thesicle
49. pneumoventricle
48. panicle
47. infraclavicle
46. silicle
45. pannicle
44. calicle
43. ferniticle
42. proventricle
41. monticle
40. clavicle
39. perpendicle
38. pendicle
37. sphericle
36. tunicle
35. subarticle
34. ossicle
33. cicatricle
32. microparticle
31. rusticle
30. interparticle
29. spiricle
28. denticle
27. utricle
26. postclavicle
25. chronicle
24. pellicle
23. cementicle
22. vesicle
21. orbicle
20. microvesicle
19. ventricle
18. interclavicle
17. antiparticle
16. vitellicle
15. multiparticle
14. wavicle
13. planticle
12. vehicle
11. bipedicle
10. quasiparticle
9. epicuticle
8. papulovesicle
7. pseudoventricle
6. icicle
5. canticle
4. testicle
3. supraclavicle
2. chicle
1. popsicle
