I have no clue why anyone would choose to feed on the chemically enhanced and processed "food" they serve the astronauts in space, but there's obviously a market for it. Space Food Sticks were introduced back in the '60s and, to my surprise, are still available online today. The following commercial claims that these dog treats provide "lasting energy to feel alive."
Tomorrow Today was a UK television program of the '70s that claimed to predict trends and lifestyle habits of the future. And where did the experts foresee fashion going? They had a space-age getup in mind, complete with metallic miniskirts and "specially adapted cosmetics belts" to free us ladies of our bulky purses.
Valentine's Day is long gone, I know, but this is too unworldly to keep to myself. What lunatic actually thinks that an alien pointing a gun at his love, while robotically chanting "you must be mine" and "obey me," would make any gal swoon? He's gotta be joking, but even so, this is more nightmarish than funny.
Depending on how you look at it, Ed Wood Jr. was either one of the worst filmmakers who ever lived or, as I see it, one of its geniuses. It takes work to make bad movies this bad. And from his magnum opus Plan 9 From Outer Space to his sensitive (and autobiographical) look into crossdressing, Glen or Glenda, this dude knew how to write some dialogue.
This fiasco masterpiece by Ed Wood, Jr. has been called the worst movie ever made. Plan 9 is about aliens who want to stop humans from creating a weapon that will destroy the universe. How to do this?
Hillary Clinton finally sat down for a long-overdue Vogue interview. She offended editor Anna Wintour during the primaries by turning down the fashion mag out fear of looking "too feminine." And though she won't be on the December cover, the article is as substantial and satisfying as a cover story.
OK, so Tessa's not from outer space, but she might as well be. She eats ice cream with a spoon, Fancy Feast with a fork, and spaghetti with chopsticks! I know we've posted this before, but I guess there was a resurgence of interest in utensil-usin' cats while I was on vacation (naturally!) so here I am playing catch up.
Stephen Colbert always has his eye out for naming contests. He's managed to get his name on an ice cream flavor, a Hungarian bridge, and a bald eagle. Thanks to his fans' enthusiasm for write-in campaigns, he might get a room in the International Space Station!
If you're anywhere between 27 and 30 and have ever had, oh, a problem, someone might tell you not to worry — or, actually do worry. It's all part of a perfect celestial storm known as Saturn's return. Taking about 29 years to orbit the Earth, Saturn returns to the place it was in at your birth every 29 years.
Would-be Japanese Space Tourist wants $21M back
You know how you sometimes buy a $200 pair of shoes, say, and then later regret it? Well, replace "shoes" with "trip to outer space" and $200 with $21 million and you'll understand Japanese millionaire Daisuke Enomoto's position. (As much as you can understand any problems a millionaire would have.) Without getting into the he said/she said details, this "eccentric entrepreneur" paid Virginia-based Space Adventures a buttload of money so that he could dress up as his favorite cartoon character and, through Space Adventure's alliance with the Russian space agency, be the first space tourist to do a spacewalk.