It seems that California may attempt to outlaw incandescent light bulbs with the twee “How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb [sic] Act?” (Seriously, that’s the name.)
There is some debate about whether this should be the sort of thing a government should legislate, but putting that aside, using less energy is an […]

Take it from the chief—firemen can’t lie.

The more I write for Dethroner, the more I think about the experience of maleness, of manhood. I think about what it means to be a man in the modern age, what lessons we are expected to learn, what ideals we are supposed to deliver intact to the next generation. Naturally, I have spent some […]

I say the wife gave them to me; she maintains that I bought them myself. Either is possible, we’re weird. If indeed I did buy them myself, in all honesty it was probably out of homage to Aquaman more than to the Pack, but this week’s theme has kind of metaprogrammed that thought into my […]

As my first post indicated, I’m no sports fan. However, I am an immense fan of cinema, from grade B horror schlock to Jerry Bruckheimer extravaganzas (well, so long as they feature Johnny Depp; the rest is crapola). Once in a while, even a football-centric movie has its merits, and I’ll view it […]

Despite the huge explosion from this Zenit 3SL rocket yesterday—nobody is quite yet sure why it blew—rumor has it that SeaLaunch expects to be able to continue operation from their off-shore launch pad.
Fortunately, no one was hurt. SeaLaunch conducts operations from a ship three miles away from the pad. Unfortunately, the loss of the NSS-8 […]

VICTOR GARCIA–As kids we dreamed about what it would feel like to play in “the big one,” nailing a 52-yard field goal to win the Super Bowl. (Hey, 10-year-old Pony League field goal kickers had dreams, too; not just the stud quarterbacks). Reaching the pinnacle of your favored sport is something that kids world-over dream […]

There is nothing sexier than two robots about to get it on, except perhaps two robots about to get it on with me.
Desktop-sized image [Dethroner]

Oh, we were crazy for those early videogames in my house growing up. We were one of the first homes to have Pong, and my older brother Chris was masterful on the knobs. The guy was a champ and I couldn’t beat him, but it was still fun to play all day, because in […]

Football as a theme has been more fun than I anticipated and we haven’t even gotten into the party planning yet. Still, something feels off-kilter—too much sweaty, heaving men on the cold field of battle—but that’s nothing a hot, videogame-playing chick can’t fix. I don’t know who you are, lady, but I want you to […]

You asked for it.
Okay, so flashback to 1990. I’m living in Wisconsin, and not yet 21 years old. My friend Cindy tells me that the best clubs in Milwaukee are the Mad Planet, La Cage, and 219. The latter two were gay bars. No stranger to underage drinking at gay bars (I went […]