posts from fear

Super Hepatitis Taco 3: Ultimate Championship Edition Alpha 5

by February 28th, 2011 - Science » Culture » Video Games »

As I tremble in stupid anticipation of my impending epidural, my mind turns to the last time my imagination was traumatized by an impending medical procedure. When I was around 7 years old, my father and I stopped one night to grab some tacos at Taco Bell. A week or so later, there was a […]

Virgin America Airlines – Disco Distractions

by January 15th, 2011 - Culture » Culture » Travel »

Many thanks to Virgin America for lubing up my nerves prior to my recent trip to Las Vegas. I don’t have much airline experience to compare it to, but Richard Branson has loaded up his Airbus A320s with enough technology and nightclub lighting to distract you from the crazy, crazy undertaking that is air travel. […]

Stumbling 36mph 855′ Down – SkyJump at Stratosphere Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas

by January 9th, 2011 - Culture »

This video does not do it justice. I got into Las Vegas after a 6 hour flight, having slept maybe an hour before the trip and having unfortunately eaten a questionable guacamole turkey sandwich at the airport, crippling me my first day in Las Vegas until very late with exhaustion and indigestion. The next day, […]

Teller and Todd Robbins Play Dead at The Players Theatre, New York City

by November 1st, 2010 - Culture » Performance »

“Better than Mary Poppins, but not as creepy.” That’s how Todd Robbins asks audience members to describe the spectacle they had just witnessed at the end of Play Dead, the new stage fright-fest written and directed by the smaller, quieter half of Penn & Teller. Indeed, although there is an ethereal elegance that runs throughout […]

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