Day: March 25, 2015

Machete kills, taco fills

Danny Trejo is bringing the most intimidating tacos to Los Angeles. So there’s that.

No, really. Infamous character actor Danny Trejo is opening a taco shop in L.A. Trejo’s Tacos will open later this month. Black leather seating found inside will represent the black leather pants that Trejo is known for wearing. Black Venetian plaster will apparently also represent the black leather pants that Trejo is known for wearing. Gnarled, threatening grimaces on the employees will represent the … well, not necessarily the black leather pants that Trejo is known for wearing, but definitely something that Trejo is known for wearing.

Crisis in Tunisia finally matters to U.S.

Members of ISIS really hate it when you call them "sand people."
Members of ISIS really hate it when you call them “sand people.”

As elements of the Islamic State menace the region in which nearly all elements of civilization were invented (writing, math, language, beer, money and etc.), we’ve kind of sat back as they destroy the world’s heritage for a quick buck. Well, now they’ve finally affected American culture.

ISIS now occupies Tataouine, Tunisia — the namesake and setting of Tatooine from Star Wars, home to Luke Skywalker, Biggs Darklighter and scores of unfortunately-named extras/action figures like Ephant Mon and the butt-faced Ponda Baba.

Several governments, including the United States Embassy, are warning tourists to stay away from the area, effectively denying pilgrimages to the only culture most Americans actually care about. Fortunately, they can still visit the statue of Samantha from Bewitched at Salem, Massachusetts and a life-sized replica of the Statue of Liberty from Ghostbusters II (it doesn’t walk, though) in New York.

Finally, you can enjoy a martini in space

If you’ve always dreamed of drinking in space, science is here to help.

A company called Cosmic Lifestyle Corp. has designed cocktail glasses they say will work in zero gravity. The cups look sort of like what glasses we know here on Earth, but they’ve got a system of grooves that the company says will hold the liquids more or less in place until you’re ready to put them in your face. Like any foolish endeavor, the zero gravity cups are doing a Kickstarter funding campaign.

Beats drinking out of those lame Capri Sun-style packets.