Excerpts from George Murray Levick’s journal of the 1910 Scott expedition to Antarctica have revealed horrified documentation of the “astonishing depravity” of penguins’ sex lives. His accounts include observations of “perversion,” necrophilia, coercion and “male hooligans.” – recounting the ‘Sexual depravity’ of penguins that Antarctic scientist dared not reveal in The Guardian Online Okay, look. It’s […]
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Recently voted "The Best Humor Site in America That I, Personally, Write," The Byronic Man is sometimes fiction, but sometimes autobiography. And sometimes cultural criticism. Oh, and occasionally reviews. Okay, it's all those different things, but always humorous. Except on the occasions that it's not. Ah, geez. Look, it's a lot of things, okay? You might like it, is the point.Mr. Byronic? I’m Worried About My Grade…
June 14, 2012
Hey, Kyle, what’s up? Ah, you’re worried about your grade. I see. You realize today is the last day of the term? Uh huh, sure, I guess now would be a good time to worry, that makes sense. No, I don’t know what it will do to your grade if your final gets a bad […]
Brace Yourself: TV is Fake
June 13, 2012
In news that could prove quite shocking to no one, more and more reality TV shows are turning out to be fake. I know. Fakery reigns, from Survivor inserting fake footage to make the challenges look more exciting, to participants on multiple shows being goaded into fighting, to it turning out that the contestants on […]
Snow White & The Huntsman 2: The Sequelling
June 11, 2012
Rejected titles for the recently green-lit sequel to Snow White & The Huntsman Hunstman: Snow Whiter Snow White & The Gathererman Snow White & The Huntsman & Ted & Alice Snow White & The Huntsman 2: The Whitening 2 Snowy 2 Hunty Snow White 2: We Guarantee That Kristen Stewart Makes An Expression Besides That […]
Now, Kids, I Will Drink This Glass of Water While Mr. Cronkles Tells You How He’ll Eat Your Soul While You Sleep!
June 10, 2012
This last week, people have been voting on what the best movie is to watch when you have insomnia. And then I got insomnia for a couple nights this week, which I think is rude. But it did give me a chance to try out the winner of this week’s entries! So, thanks to Michelle […]
Vote, or Vote Not. There Is No Try.
June 9, 2012
An unexpected by-product of last week’s Caption Contest: The discovery of how many people have never seen a Star Wars film. People. Seriously. If you read John Locke’s Social Contract, you know that as a member of society, you have certain expectations. Obligations. You stop at red lights. You don’t steal. You defend other people’s […]
Hey, Cassie Behle! Let’s Play 20 Questions!
June 7, 2012
I can’t remember how or when I first came across Cassie Behle’s blog, but I remember almost immediately thinking, “Hey, how do you make cool looking pie charts like that?” Also that it was very clever and funny. Oh, and also that she’s in Nebraska, my knowledge of which maxes out at “Name of Springsteen […]
Happy Birthday To The Byronic Mom
June 6, 2012
Just a quick note on a personal side: Today is my mom’s birthday, so I thought I’d say a quick happy birthday to one of my very first subscribers. I few interesting facts about my mother: 1. She has taken tap-dancing lessons. 2. She once booked a trip to England on a whim. 3. She’s […]
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