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Excerpts from the Zombie Kama Sutra -- Halloween exclusive

In honor of Halloween, below is an excerpt from the Zombie Kama Sutra, which is sort of like the regular Kama Sutra that we living people all know and love, except that it's aimed at the Undead. This excerpt features some highly disturbing and erotic images of zombie sexual positions. Please stop reading if the thought of such matter disturbs you.

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Actually, no, profanity is not "making a splash in book titles"

USAToday has fearlessly reported on the alleged use of profanity in book titles. Sort of. Actually, USAToday isn't sure exactly what it's reporting on, since it did one of those the-headline-and-first-paragraph-say-one-thing-which-is-then-directly-contradicted-by-the-very-next-paragraph things that most "journalists" seem to thrive on.

Here is the headline: Profanity is making a splash in book

The first chapter of the second Arsole Fantüme novel, Underwhere

The first Arsole Fantüme novel, Arsole Fantüme, Gentleman Immoralist, has done so well that I'm often asked, "When will you be getting around to publishing a sequel?" And when I say "often," I actually mean "occasionally." Actually, the novel has done surprisingly well-- well enough that I've been working on the translation of the second in the series, Underwhere, for awhile now. I've got the

My response to Madison's email to me and me alone

Recently I was excited to get an email from Madison, who is apparently a long-lost acquaintance of mine, or something. For some reason, this email went directly to my spam email folder. This makes no sense, since, as I've already stated, she is apparently a long-lost acquaintance of mine. Or something. She seems to know a lot about me, anyway. I thought I would take this opportunity to compose a

PCMR C*nt of the Month for October 2011: Psychic Pscumbag Theresa Caputo

At the beginning of each episode of the reprehensible new TLC program "Long Island Medium," the c*nt Theresa Caputo voice overs,

"I'm Theresa Caputo. I like to think of myself as a typical Long Island mom. But, I have a very special gift. I talk to the dead. No matter where I go, spirits come to me and I am compelled to help. This not just my job. This is my life."

During this voice over we see

The fantastic lyrics of Paul McCartney

Steve Allen, one of the creators and the original host of the late-night talk show "The Tonight Show," used to have a bit in which he would recite lyrics from popular songs. Here he is giving this treatment to the song "Be-Bop-A-Lula":



More recently, in England, late-night chat show host Jonathan Ross "borrowed" the idea, and had American actor Christopher Walken recite lyrics from Lady GaGa's

The Avengers trailer: not as good as the "Phoenix Jones Vs. LadyShoe" video

The trailer for next summer's !B!L!O!C!K!B!U!S!T!E!R! superhero adventure The Avengers has been released. I can't stand it because of all the anticipation. Can you believe that you have to wait all the way until next May to actually watch the film in its entirety?



I admit my anticipation level for this film was extremely low before. It's lower now. I'm pretty sure I've already seen this film,

Phoenix Jones: The face of real superheroism; in Seattle, you're not above the law just because you dress up in a costume

If you've ever wondered what real superheroism looks like-- as opposed to that glamorized, sanitized version you see in ridiculous films and in comic books-- check out this video of Seattle Washington's Phoenix Jones, rushing to break up some kind of, um, well, a group of people.


Phoenix Jones Stops Assault from Ryan McNamee on Vimeo.

Did Batman ever get attacked by a loud, angry,

Please be absolutely, completely clear in expressing yourself, and make sure that the people who are listening to you understand exactly what you mean, so there's no confusion whatsoever and then no one will get hurt okay?

On September 29, The Onion newspaper tweeted that there was a hostage situation in the Capitol.
The tweet, which read "BREAKING: Witnesses reporting screams and gunfire heard inside Capitol building," went out to more than 3 million followers, and gave no indication that it was a joke. Some quickly suggested that the account had been hacked; an Onion spokesman said that was not the case, and the

Grueling etiquette training

Standing in line at the Walgreens checkout yesterday my eye casually fell upon the cover of the latest issue of US Weekly. There was the smiling face of the elegantly constructed "princess" of England, or something, Kate Middleton. It wasn't her face that captured my full attention, however. Check out the copy to the left of her face:


Okay, kidnap threats are serious. But, this woman is now