Mark Wahlberg, the actor best known for being an action star, but in what, exactly, you can never really recall, recently gave an interview in which he explains the tragedy of September 11, 2001. No, not that tragedy.  The tragedy that he wasn’t on one of the planes that day. Seriously.  Wahlberg was, apparently, supposed […]

Today’s edition of 20 Questions features the popular and prolific Brainrants.  If you’re unfamiliar with Brainrants, I think it’d be safe to describe his style as “blunt.”  He posts something every day (which I think is rude, making me feel bad about myself like that) on a huge range of subjects – from food to […]

2011 has ended and the myriad search engines have been releasing year-end round ups of the top Internet searches during the past year.  The results are… well, they don’t speak highly of humanity.   For starters, these lists filter out spam and such, which makes sense, but they also had to not include people looking for […]

Did you know that certain names are illegal?  True story!  There have been numerous instances throughout the world of parents naming their children only to have the courts rule “No, that name sucks.  Try again.”  (a quote from the decision in the case of The State of Idaho vs. QuackyDuck Poopbooger*) *Not true.  Unfortunately. In […]

British artist David Hockney has an exhibition happening at London’s Royal Academy that features pieces he did on his iPad.  His iPad.  You know, that thing that you’ve seen people with, and they’re playing Zombie Cafe or downloading Dirty Dancing?  Yeah, he made paintings that are being publicly displayed at a place that includes the […]

“Get to a dark place as quickly as possible and try to lure the bee out of your ear with a single source of light like a flashlight… Never try to pull it out with your fingers.” – From “Tormented By A Bee In Your Ear,” Dangerous Situations, And How To Escape in One Piece, […]

Today marks the kick-off of what will hopefully be wildly enjoyable and successful feature here at The Byronic Man: The 20 Questions Interview. It’s modeled after the famous Proust Questionnaire designed to get to know artistic types a little better.  Mine’s perhaps not as poignant and sophisticated as the other one, but on the other […]

I remember when I was a kid and learned how bees see the world.  I thought, “How funny that bees don’t see things like they really are, like we do.”  A moment passed.  A synapse fired.  Then I thought, “Wait a second… What if we don’t see the world the way it really is?”  Another […]