Paleo Retiree writes:

• The Soviet erotic alphabet.
• Great to see that the smart and cantankerous Will S. is blogging again.
• More on Bitcoin. The alternative-currency meme has really become something.
• Joys of multiculturalism, cont. And more.
• The things some people do to get themselves off …
• Smart pooch.
• Now even the New York Times is comparing Obama to Nixon.
• Has Yahoo ruined Flickr?
• How do women’s hormonal cycles affect their political views?
• Netflix Instant Recommendation Du Jour: “Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus.” Proof that scrappily likable exploitation filmmaking isn’t entirely a thing of the past, this shot-in-two-weeks 2010 cheapo action spectacle revels in so-bad-it’s-good effects, acting and storytelling, and it does so without falling into the trap of being excessively knowing or cool. It’s got a lot of the frantic, damn-the-torpedoes, we’re-going-to-tell-our-story-despite-everything sweetness of early Roger Corman movies. FWIW, my own imagination and giddiness kicked in about twenty times more watching this shitty movie than it does when I watch the usual slick, huge-budgeted, big-studio action fantasy. Hmm, maybe that means that “Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus” is a non-shitty movie …