The spanish word for "pregnant" is "embarazada." Not exactly a sordophone, I suppose, but it is pretty funny when an English speaker attempts to admit that they are embarrassed only to become more embarrassed.

Thanks for mentioning 70s Sci-Fi Art! I've got a whole tag for space cats. Here's one of my favorites, by keithspangle on Deviant Art.

I was hoping the article would mention David Pelham, and Ballard's enthusiastic collaborations with him... the bold but simple design of that poster really seems similar to Pelham's Ballard covers.

I think these photo compilations are my favorite part of this article. I love seeing the visual repetition.

I was just saying the other day that I wanted to see a found footage movie in which no one is filming, but the haunting turns out to be a ghostly film crew.

Inevitable discovery: Spacesuits perfectly preserve corpses.

Cool series, Rob! I love puzzles like this.

I could see a League of Extraordinary Gentleman for typeface designers: Claude Garamond; the timelessly classy leader; John Baskerville, the brash, blunderbuss-wielding hunter; Pierre Didot, the wealthy neoclassical art thief; Eric Gill, the bold heavy hitter; and Howard Kettler, their personal courier.

You're recursive. You're not mortal if

The Grounding of Group 6 sounds like it would make a great 80s-throwback comedy. Maybe Guardians of the Galaxy's success can pave the way for more throwback films like that.

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Sounds good to me. I almost bought some, but 4-dollar shipping is the cheapest they had, and that doesn't sound worth it.

CO2 alien timeshare solves global warming.

Reminds me of these Lovecraft ones I just saw on another site.

Well, they've still got "She Blinded Me With Science" left, but I don't know what they'll go for after that.

This is where a commenter would make her say something smarmy and irreverent... but she already is.

So meteors don't normally leave smoke trains? I've only seen one in my life and that was last Monday, but it did have the wisp of smoke after it. I assumed that was just normal.

Gotcha.

Because it was in French, right? I had the same problem. You can still sorta follow the story...

Can people really write Vonnegut/Gossip Girl/Vampire Diaries mashups under this plan? Because the possibilities for humor are there.