My fascination with this “playground of anachronism” started when I was looking for a shirt with wings on it on ThinkGeek.com. I found one that said “Steampunk Angel” with really cool mechanical wings complete with a pressure gauge. Not wanting to purposefully invite abuse to myself by either having an insult printed on my chest (some people do those kinds of things), or by not being able to answer should someone actually read my shirt and probe me as to what it meant, I looked it up.

According to the Urban Dictionary, which everyone who is anyone knows is where to go to find the real meanings of things and maybe also the definition of life itself,

Steampunk is a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where STEAM POWER is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date.

OK.   Cool.

Today I found a blog that calls itself The Steampunk Home, which is pretty much just showing off the “style” derived from too many visits to the aforementioned playground.

I’m beginning to really like SOME of this stuff.

Nice room. Kinda makes my brain hurt, even though I'm not thinking anything.

$18K for a TABLE???? Do want. Looks like it may allow for more interesting activities than your normal everyday dining room table.

What is this? Looks a little scary. Probably goes with the table.

Cool light... I mean, lights. :p

Computers, since that is what life always has been and always will be about. Interesting concept since an oil lamp is necessary for lighting at this point. Glossy or matte?

Steampunk? Maybe. Creepy? Definitely.