Ars Nihil

Yoga is one of those things I have a passing interest in so to acknowledge it being International Yoga Day , here are some fun things to...

Kudos to those Girl Scouts who re-configured that psycho Sylvester Graham 's bland crackers into s'mores ...

A thing to always remember about Pride Month is that while Stonewall is often the "ground zero" for queer rights, it fits in a much...

In a bright spot amongst all the shit , today's International Sushi Day ! So grab your favorite maki rolls and/or nigiri (eating mine...

Overton Loyd's art is always distinct and wild , which helped make the P-Funk mythos all the more memorable. I watched this video from...

"You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is...

Fun things I learned from this Nerd With Microphone video about animator Ladislas Starevich 's 1937 movie The Tale of the Fox : 1.) The...

Drag has a long history with how soldiers blow off steam while waiting for the fighting to start. It's also been long-tied to queer...

I grew up with The Beach Boys on the radio during car rides to Virginia Beach in the 1990s, so finding out about Brian Wilson's death is...

A poet I've known about for a while, Amy Lowell is both well-known and not known enough. Since she's famous for drawing from her...

How can anyone not like platypuses? They lay eggs even though they're mammals, they can fend for themselves with huge spurs, and their...

While I shared Aja (1977) as my Album of the Day for this morning's journal entry , I also mentioned it's not my absolute favorite....

Sly Stone died today at 82. All the Sly & The Family Stone albums are fantastic but their Woodstock performance is my favorite (they...

Cycling is one of those sports up there with cricket and F1 that the rest of the world goes crazy for but is generally ignored by us...

While I've been more focused on other things, I also want to take a moment to acknowledge that today is the 81st anniversary of D-Day (...

For some good ol' queer swashbuckling fun, here's a few videos about one of the coolest women in history, the French opera singer Julie...

Chess boxing is one of those weird things I've come across here and there throughout the years, so I finally looked into some videos and...

Today was apparently National Cheese Day but also only one of many cheese days . Regardless of whether this was the superior Cheese Day,...

I asked my spouse - a Queer both personally and professionally - what some good post topics for Pride Month could include. They...

One of the best aspects about public domain is that people find ways to gather cool things and spruce them up to showcase them in...