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Stranger in a Strange Land

In Heinlein’s novel, the protagonist Valentine Michael Smith is often seen as a kind of Christ/Messiah figure, but I wonder whether anyone ever thought of nicknaming him Martian Luther King …

Heaven must be bidding on cars with Bob Barker

Riche Lorraine

Watching “Crime Scene Kitchen”, we saw two quiche’s made; and if I had a pie shop, I’d likely call it “Nouveau Quiche”. But a new drag name is free for the taking.

Va-jay-jay Abrams

It’s no Arson Welles, but what is? And as with Arson Welles, someone has already used it.

Move over Liver King …

… the Bladder Baron and Pancreas Padre would like to have a word …

If I ran an online Cabinet of Curiosities …

… my username would be MC Wunderkammer.

There are not many people as good as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

From the producers of The Lovely Bones …

… comes a true-crime supernatural thriller in which Jean-Benet’s ghost helps to solve her own murder: Boldergeist.

Girth Brooks …

… free to a good home. I’m not sure whether it’s a porn name, drag name, or band name. As for Shish Kabal, well, I’m still working on it.

Through the Looking Glacé, Or: On the Sugar-Coating of Fantasy Literature