Is Cecil Adams a Buffista? The Straight Dope

Assume a six-foot, 170-pound male vampire has a base metabolic rate of 1,800 calories per day. He sleeps two-thirds of said day but must adopt an active lifestyle by night in pursuit of hemoglobin, so add 2,400 calories. The energy required to turn into a bat, wolf, mist, etc, hasn't been clinically established but, judging from sparing use of the trick in Bram Stoker's book, must be substantial — say, 2,000 calories nightly, for a total daily requirement of 6,200 calories. A unit of blood (450 milliliters) contains about 600 calories; individuals typically hold 4,000 to 6,000 milliliters, giving us a potential of 5,333 to 8,000 calories per victim.

Hee. Take away the answer and it's like the coolest word problem ever.

Wow. A very unScarlett picture of Miss Johansson.

I have decided to rework the shoulder details of the costume, and feel much better about them now. My poor fingers are all scritched up from the wire and mesh work, though.

Oh my goodness. Maxim Scarlett. Well, I guess she's gotta live up to that whole sexiest woman alive thing.

And I have been imagining what this Aunie Entity costume will look like once it's all done. Are you going all out with the Tina wig as well?

I can't get a wig like hers, since she required both headshaving and a visible hairline. So my wig looks a little more like your usual Tina, just lighter blonde and plus headgear.

Right, right. I didn't realize that Tina actually shaved her head for the movie. I thought she'd just done one of those bald skull caps, like Tyra made the girls wear for their first photo shoot last cycle. I still have nightmares about freaky, bald Tyra.

I can't get a wig like hers, since she required both headshaving and a visible hairline.

Where's the commitment?!

I didn't realize that Tina actually shaved her head for the movie.

Shoulda asked me. She didn't shave her whole head, actually. Just back to the ears.

Where's the commitment?!

More oriented towards my job interview Monday.

I read a trivia note that sounded..surprised, maybe...that Tina had shaved for the wig. Uh, when's the last time we saw her real hair? Not exactly going to mess with her public face.

Added some darts to the dress and found the right camisole to wear underneath, since the fabric is totally not flash-safe.

I should do Project Runway, I tell you. The wonders I could construct if I weren't just stapling things around my own body or guessing on the floor.

I read a trivia note that sounded..surprised, maybe...that Tina had shaved for the wig. Uh, when's the last time we saw her real hair? Not exactly going to mess with her public face.

Well, it did take a bit of a leap for her, but yeah, she'd been wearing wigs since the early seventies and I expect she had a short natural underneath. So it probably grew out within a couple months.

And what does Dolly Parton look like under her wig? Only her girlfriend know for sure.

Uh, when's the last time we saw her real hair?

Since that time Ike wanted her to go platinum blonde and all her hair fell out!