A.C. Wise

Contrary to the weather’s best efforts, the world didn’t end yesterday, so here are these…

On a completely unrelated note, I have mixed feelings about this video, but I feel the need to share regardless. On one hand: Oh my God she’s going to damage that autographed copy what the hell is she doing?! On the other hand, I find it amusing. Also, the song is disturbingly catchy, and now that it’s stuck in my head, I refuse to suffer alone! Fuck Me, Ray Bradbury. Oh, yeah, and if you’re offended by references to sex and use of language, then you probably shouldn’t watch this video…or be on the internet.

Science is sexy. Science fiction is sexy. Geekitude in general is sexy. The interwebs agree, and why would a series of tubes lie to a person?

Wired Magazine is holding a poll for readers to vote for the sexiest geek of 2009. Judging by the results so far, Wired’s readership is primarily made up of straight men, lesbians, or straight women who find other women sexier than they find men. Tor.com has their own version of the poll based on their initial criticism that Wired’s poll was full, not of actual geeks, but those who play geeks on tv. Both polls are kind of fun though, and provide further proof that brains can be just as important as bodies, and when you combine the two…yowza!

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