Well, you know, we wouldn’t play Sun City when we were asked. And we were the only ones who were asked to play Sun City. No one in the video that said, “We ain’t gonna play Sun City” was asked!
— Penn Jillette
But what I want to know is...
…what’s so different about charm?
Bomb magazine has been around for quite a while, as this cover from 1984 shows. The thing I find most striking about it is that all of the photoshoots have English titles, but only one is written in Katakana: “charm color”.
On second thought...
First response: this picture of Maria Makino makes me want to find more pictures of her.
Second response: her Wikipedia entry makes me want to wait a few years before I do that image search. Idols really need warning labels.
Seems legit...
Glamour Photography Tip
If your model ends up looking like a RealDoll or the setup for Chobits, you’re doing it wrong.
Also, go easy on smoothing out her skin with filters and photoshop until she looks like plastic. The Uncanny Valley is a two-way street.
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Prediction
After the events of New Years Eve, future “slutwalks” in Europe are going to look like NRA conventions.
Agent Carter
Thanks to Christmas and my Amazon wishlist, I finally got to see the Agent Carter series. My DVR had skipped the first episode, and I never got around to watching it any other way, so the Bluray went onto my list. Well worth it, and now I can watch season two in two weeks.
…unless my DVR flakes out, of course.
