To Boldly Go Where a Lot of Men Have Gone Before

I suppose it was only a matter of time, an inevitable outgrowth of Rule 34*. Dennis Hof, whose Moonlight Bunny Ranch East of Carson City has starred in its very own HBO reality series for several years, has finally noticed that science fiction fans have a lot of disposable income and, according to a LOT of internet jokes, the have trouble impressing women. 

Hmmmmm. Might be a business opportunity here!

And so it was that he created "Alien Cathouse" where the discerning fan can fulfill his fantasies. He has enlisted the aid of famous madam Heidi Fleiss to design alien makeup, costuming and perhaps prosthetics? 

Hof purchased the brothel and adjacent gas station, bar and convenience store on U.S. Highway 95 from notorious longtime Nye County brothel owner Maynard "Joe" Richards.
The store is being rebranded as the Area 51 Alien Travel Center and will feature its own line of merchandise emblazoned with little green men and women.

Hof's alien theme is already well past the probing stage, but important details -- whether the working women will be painted green, for example -- are still being decided.
He did confirm one thing: There will be alien costumes made for employees at the travel center and the women in the brothel.




*Rule #34: "If it exists, there is porn of it."

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A Signing Statement From Lord Macbeth

   To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death.

     Act 5, Scene 5

    Dec. 31st. Round midnight. Waiting with a glass of porter and some single malt for the ball to drop on the old year and already things ain't looking too rosy for 2012. President Obama signed the indefinite detention law that he promised to veto and we all knew the weasel words would come later...and they did.

    And so with each oh so reluctant acquiescence to the lure of unbridled power the banality of evil creeps into the body of the republic, metasticizing, hidden deep within the gaol where Bradley Manning waits, alone...but not for long.

    But hey! The President sure has a way with words, doesn't he?

                 And what a dazzling smile!


      Welcome to the last days of the Weimar Republic. We've been expecting you.

Christian and Kosher Sex Toys

     Saw this item in the news and thought, "It's New Years Eve, when a lot of single people go out looking for sex with a stranger and get too drunk to do anything about it if they do find someone of like mind."

     Therefore, as a pubic service announcement I am informing you that there's back up, not just for the Pagan and the apostate, but for the devout as well. Several enterprising souls have opened on-line outlets offering faith-friendly sex toys.

     According to The Young Turks, at least four shops offer wares for Christian lovers, although at least one refuses to sell condoms. There is also at least one Kosher sex toy shop in cyberland. I wonder what makes a sex toy Kosher. Are the dildos all blessed by a Rabbi? I would love to see film of that!


     For more and a video clip see kosher-dildos

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Pity the Lowly Intern

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Return of the Son of Slime Mold

A Japanese scientist is cultivating slime mold that is capable of finding its way out of a maze.

This all sounds a bit familiar.

 According to Professor Nakagaki. "Humans are not the only living things with information-processing abilities," he said. "Simple creatures can solve certain kinds of difficult puzzles. If you want to spotlight the essence of life or intelligence, it's easier to use these simple creatures."

     Slime molds are a very primitive form of life that feeds on rotting leaves and do not possess a brain.

The Doctor believes that studying the intelligence skills of the slime mold may ultimately lead to more efficient transportation and communications systems.

 "Computers are not so good at analysing the best routes that connect many base points because the volume of calculations becomes too large for them," he said. "But slime moulds, without calculating all the possible options, can flow over areas in an impromptu manner and gradually find the best routes.” 

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Now That's Just Plain Mean!

   Only way I can make sense of this is the guy must have died owing the Appeals Court Justice money.

   The appeals court in question ruled that a man killed by a train while crossing the tracks can be held liable for the injuries caused by his flying body parts.

    The word "Kafkaesque" comes to mind.

     Back in 2008 Hiroyuki Joho was hurrying in the pouring rain to catch the inbound Metra train in Chicago that was due in about five minutes  when he was struck by a southbound Amtrak travelling at over 70mph.
A large portion of his body was thrown about 100 feet, striking and injuring one Gatane Zokhrabov, who sustained a broken leg and wrist as a result.

    A Cook county judge dismissed the suit filed by the injured bystander, finding that Joho could not have anticipated her injuries from his flying body parts. The appeals court, after noting that the case law involving "flying bodies" is sparse, has disagreed, ruling that "it was reasonably foreseeable" that the high-speed train would kill Joho and fling his body down the tracks toward a platform where people were waiting.


     Leslie Rosen, who handled Zokhrabov's appeal, said while the circumstances of the case were "very peculiar and gory and creepy," it ultimately was a straightforward negligence case, no different than if a train passenger had been injured after the engineer hit the brakes.

"If you do something as stupid as this guy did you have to be responsible for what comes from it," she said.

     More at syracuse.com


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Coming Soon: The $25 Personal Computer

The Raspberry Pi, a budget priced bare-bones computer, (case, keyboard, and monitor not included) is about to launch. Finally a computer will be within the reach of the poorest families, the youngest children, and most people in developing nations...at least potentially. 

"Early models of the Pi will be offered in two versions. The first, Model A (US$25), will sport 128M of RAM but no Ethernet port. Presumably, most of these will end up in educational use. The second, Model B (US$35), will have a larger production run and offer 256M of RAM along with 10/100MBit networking capability. Both are powered by 700MHz ARM11 CPUs and include hardware support for OpenGL ES 2.0 and Blu-Ray caliber (1080p30 H.264) playback."

Once the system is configured with user-supplied peripherals, Pi will initially drive ArchLinux, Debian and Fedora ARM GNU/Linux distributions - RPF has plans to add others later on. 

In other words: it won't support Windows, but what do you want for $25?

For lots more and a video clip see: gizmag

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