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  • Story Time: "Where The Zooey Deschanel Blood Enters The Heart" by Kitty Glitter

    Remember when I told you about my new favourite writer, Kitty Glitter? Well, s/he put up a Fiverr gig to write a story about Meow Solo and Zooey Deschanel (stars of Wil Wheaton: Teenage Hump Machine and its sequel, Ashton Kutcher’s Space-Sex Rampage), featuring me, for five bucks. I know, bargain! Here it is in its…

  • Why Horror Movies Are Scary, and Why People Like Them Anyway

    Hollywood Horror by Tedakin A while ago, I was contacted by a PR agency who had seen one of my talks about the psychology of horror. A British media company was putting together a Halloween marketing campaign, and wanted some advice on how to use some scariness to make it more effective. I wrote them…

  • Instagram Explosion

    So, Instagram was just bought by Facebook, and may or may not die off or be swallowed as a result. I figure it’s a good time to post some of my favourite Instagram photos here, both as a backup in case Zuckerberg hits his “destroy everything beautiful” button, and as a way to recycle stuff…