Pluto's moon SPLIT OPEN by ancient FROZEN OCEAN

Yes, some people have a gift for wrting grabbing headlines.  This one is inspiration for story titles, or maybe for a whole story:  "Pluto's moon SPLIT OPEN by ancient FROZEN OCEAN."

Music Video - Jane Siberry - "Calling All Angels"

Here, for the unfortunate few who have never heard it, is Jane Siberry’s hauntingly beautiful song “Calling All Angels.”

I’m the girl that knows the monsters

This poignant story will touch your heart:  “I’m the girl that knows the monsters.”

Free Erotic story - Paint

Be careful what you lust for.  You might get it.  Here's Robert Buckley's great story "Paint" in time for Halloween.

Pink Moon by Nick Drake

In honor of last night's lunar eclipse and "Blood Moon," here's the haunting song "Pink Moon" from the unsung genius Nick Drake.  This song will change your life.  Davinci already wrote a story inspired by it.  What's your story?

Spooky new pictures of Pluto

Spooky new pictures of Pluto courtesy of The Register.

Burning Man festival - Burned by Quiznos

Quiznos parody of Burning Man is hilarious.

I want you to be my love

The song "I want you to be my love" is from Over The Rhine's great album "Drunkard's Prayer," which is their second-best album, in my opinion.  "Good Dog Bad Dog" is their best album. 

Here's the video for "I want you to be my love."

Awesome selfies from Mars Rover

Here are some awesome selfies from the Mars Rover on, you guessed it, the planet Mars.

Giant Goldfish Attack Canada!

According to the CBC, giant goldfish are multiplying in Alberta ponds.

Every Light In The House Is On

Trace Adkins' touching music video "Every Light In The House Is On" could be the inspiration for an erotic story.  Will you be the one who writes the story?

Writing Like It’s 1999

Here's another great article from Kristine Kathryn Rusch about the business of writing, and how to make money at it:  Writing Like It’s 1999.

Music Video - Bach Cello Suite No.2: Sarabande - Pablo Casals

This fascinating music video is a bit out of the ordinary for this blog.  Enjoy the Bach Cello Suite No.2: Sarabande as performed by Pablo Casals.

DEEP SPACE platform arrives on station at L-1, snaps EPIC pic of Earth

DEEP SPACE platform arrives on station at L-1, snaps EPIC pic of Earth.

Eating chocolate helps you lose weight?

Eating chocolate helps you lose weight?  How the news media falls for junk science including this chocolate-flavored hoax.

Music Video - Natasha Bedingfield - "Pocketfull of Sunshine"

Natasha Bedingfield starred in a cheerful and fun video for her cheerful and fun song "Pocketfull of Sunshine."  If you're feeling down this video will cheer you up.

Historic comet lander finally phones home

The Philae lander has woken from hibernation for the first time since its 60-hour, energy-draining mission on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko last November.

Music Video - Ellie Goulding – Lights

Here's a fun music video of Ellie Goulding's hit song "Lights."

Sacrament at Gate A-4

Sacrament at Gate A-4.

Music Video - Aretha

What would you get if you mixed Dusty Springfield with Karen Carpenter?  You'd get some damned fine music.  In particular, you'd get the great song "Aretha" from Rumer's superb CD "Seasons of My Soul."  Enjoy.

Better Living Through Chemistry?

Tired of being an underpaid writer?  Long for a rewarding albeit boring career in, say, chemistry?  Where the chemicals which will either explode or else poison you are so much better than the chemicals which will poison you and then also explode?

Pharmaceutical chemist Derek Lowe skips gaily through the thrilling world of exploding glassware and flaming gloves in his blog of "Things I Won't Work With."

Pomplamoose "I Feel Good" music video

Pomplamoose's fun video will brighten up your day.

Purple Ear Syndrome

Did reviewers like your story except for one thing?  That doen't mean your story only has one problem.  You may be experiencing "purple ear syndrome."

The story behind "purple ear syndrome" is that a portrait-painter was painting a picture of a notoriously-picky customer.  The painter deliberately painted one of the customer's ears purple in the picture.  The customer told the painter something like: "Are you nuts?  That ear shouldn't be purple!  Just fix the ear and the painting will be OK."  The customer didn't notice any other real or imaginary problems.  He was content having one thing to complain about.  That one thing happened to be easy for the painter to fix. 

The engineer I learned this from presented a new piece of equipment to a notoriously-picky manager for approval.  The company logo on the enclosure was quite obviously wrong.  The manager immediately approved the equipment design "as long as you fix the logo."

Scandal - Patty Smyth - Goodbye to You music video

I love Patty Smyth's dancing in this fun music video!

Secret to success for writers

M. Christian, author of the WriteSex blog for erotica writers, reveals the secret for success for writers.

Music Video - Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All The Way Down

What supports the Earth?  It's turtles all the way down!  Here are the music video and the lyrics from Sturgill Simpson.

News Flash: Magnets are magnetic!

The story Manufacturer disabled MRI’s demagnetising switch would've been funny if a man hadn't been seriously injured because of a double-dose of stupidity.  Don't bring iron and steel objects near extremely powerful magnets!  Don't disable safety features!

Devils Wielding Scimitars

The little known band Devils Wielding Scimitars performs the song "She's a Hemingway" from their album "Worry Dolls" in this Youtube video.

Pregnant Kentucky Wildcats Fan Paints Her Belly To Look Just Like A Basketball

This is the greatest photograph of all time.  Picture here.

Writing characters with disabilities

Here's a thought-provoking article about writing about characters with disabilities: Special Needs in Strange Worlds: Nalini Haynes on The 3 Ways People Deal with Disability.

Music Video - Beekeeper

Here's a creepy but excellent music video from Aoife O'Donovan.  The song "Beekeeper" is from her superb album "Fossils."

Intuit crippled TurboTax Deluxe this year

Intuit crippled the 2014 version of TurboTax Deluxe by removing support for IRS tax schedules C, D, and E.  To get those features back you need to spend $40 on an upgrade.  NetworkWorld.com has the story.

Pillars of Creation

 Happy New Year from David and Davinci Strykker!

To start the year off right, here are beautiful pictures of the "Pillars of Creation" taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.  If you are using the Firefox web browser, you can right-click on the individual pictures and choose "View Image" to see larger versions.