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07:59 pm
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Fringe Season 3, Episode 22: The Paradox of Peter's Presence
The final episode of Fringe's third season is bugging me for a number of reasons, several of which other people have already pointed out in their generally strongly-worded blogs and articles throughout the internet arguing why the episode is or isn't good. However, as always, I'm irritated with the inconsistencies (As always - it still irks me that Walter's lab wasn't in the same university as Walternate's, yet Walter was able to view Walternate through his cross-universe portal to watch Walternate test out possible disease cures [a portal that needed geographical correspondance, such as when 1985 Walter demonstrated for the military by pointing the portal to show zeppelins that only existed on the other side, or when he showed his wife that the alternate Peter was happy in his bed although the bed in front of them was empty. Not to mention the fact that Olivia traveled back to our foundation universe through the sensory deprivation tank which somehow took her between the labs as she crossed universes. Maybe Walternate had moved his lab to match Walter's some time after Peter's disappearance. Either way, I find it irritating.).
However, what is bothering me now is (unsurprisingly) the final few minutes of this season finale. Peter comes down from the machine, tells both Walters (in a particularly appropriate but cheesy speech) that they need to work together, then disappears. The Walters look at each other and argue, Olivia tells them to grow up, and we see the Observers comment that Peter has fulfilled his destiny and had never existed.
Perhaps Peter no longer exists because he's the one who took the pieces of the machine back and he was unable to return and was for some reason unable to exist; maybe his leaving means that a different Peter was born in his place; maybe he simply doesn't exist because the quantum issues that made him important have been rectified and some kind of chain reaction cancelled out his birth. I don't really care. What bothers me is this; if the Observers are (presumably) watching the same scene we are - the one in which Walternate tells Walter he's "shattered his universe", Walter argues that at least it was accidental, and then Olivia tells them to work together - then the Observers are implying that this small conversation immediately following Peter's disappearance is somehow an indication that the moment Peter disappeared everyone forgot that he'd ever existed and failed to remember him at all.
In that case, though, to what is Walternate referring when he accuses Walter of shattering his universe if not the initial incident on Reiden Lake when Walter stole Peter and caused the rift between Walters and their universes? In order for that to have happened, Peter would have needed to exist at SOME point even if he died at some later point. It is implausible, considering the emphasis the show makes on the impact of every tiny decision on the development of one's version of reality, that some other chain of events NOT including Peter could have brought them to this exact same situation.
If Peter had drowned in Reiden Lake instead of the Observer having saved him, it still would not have made him cease to exist, just no longer exist.
So I'm positing that although everyone forgetting about Peter is a silly development, it is the comment about Peter having never existed that is completely at odds with the entire framework of the series. Even if he'd been sent from some third alternate universe to unite them (which makes no sense since he addresses his Walter directly, knows Olivia, and is behaving in complete agreement with his previous behavior in both universes... although it would mesh with his prior confusion after initially waking up in the hospital after his accident and thinking that Walternate was his current father and that he had been living in the alternate universe). he still would have existed, just not in either of their universes.
Perhaps the Observers were saying that the ADULT Peter never existed because his survival of the accident at Reiden Lake was somehow undone with this action - perhaps due to the Observer going back in time and not saving him after having saved him before. However, to say that they don't remember Peter because he NEVER existed makes no sense. They could have forgotten the Peter who was speaking to them seconds before, but not the child Peter at the center of both their universes. No longer exists? Sure. Never existed? No.
If Peter never existed, what is Walternate so mad about? And what did Walter accidentally do to destroy Walternate's world that brought them to this point? Their only connection was Walter's abduction of Peter. I doubt either one would suddenly have no memory of Peter but would continue to fight over events that have occurred solely because of and in conjunction with Peter. Either he never existed [and therefore Walter & Walternate have some bizarre vendetta identical to their fight over Peter for no apparent reason] or he's been magically removed by the Observers [and he therefore no LONGER exists but did at one time in the past]. It can't be both. Make up your mind, Fringe writers.
Tags: fringe, peter bishop, season finale, walter, walternate
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07:13 pm
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Gingival graft. What could possibly be more appealing?
So, today I finally got the gum graft that i was originally threatened with over 15 years ago.
As a child I had experienced some gum recession on my two lower front teeth (if that grosses you out, you should probably just stop reading now. No, seriously stop reading. I'm not going to b) and I was told to brush more carefully (less aggressively, in other words) or else I would have to have a gum graft. I managed to avoid this until recently, when I somehow managed to damage the gum tissue under my lower front right tooth. It had become pushed down to the point that it was nearly exposing the root (although I wasn't feeling any pain, strangely enough. Possibly because I've had less gum tissue than most people for the majority of my life so my teeth are tougher... who knows.) Apparently the phrase "long in the tooth" originated with the fact that as people age and their gums recede, their teeth appear longer. As of yesterday, I appeared to have one verrryyy long tooth amongst a slightly-recessed partner and a number of other marginally-longer-than-average teeth; now I have a huge blob of pinkish putty-like material with the tops of my teeth popping out from behind them like treetops peeking through a massive snowfall. Okay, maybe more like a set of teeth with a big blob of putty attached to them.
The procedure itself was more unnerving than painful. The initial anesthetic application was somewhat painful but not as bad as some local anesthetic applications I've had for cavity fillings. I didn't watch any part of the procedure - which was an excellent decision - and I was listening to an ipod the whole time which was even more critical to my happiness. The equipment isn't particularly loud but the music helped to drown out the sensations that came though the anesthetic.
Although there was very little pain during the procedure, it was extremely jarring to be able to feel my mouth being tugged on, scraped, sutured, and generally messed with for about an hour (the entire thing took 2 hours including application of anesthetic and finishing up the procedure), which was the worst part. I could feel a lot of what the dentist was doing although there was almost no pain, so much so that for the entire first half of the surgery I was worried that the anesthetic hadn't completely taken effect. I was extremely glad that I didn't know the exact details of the procedure - what little I did know was creepy enough. I kept expecting intense pain corresponding with whatever part of the procedure the dentist was at and this anticipation was really the worst part. I think if I'd known nothing about the details of the surgery I would probably have felt more comfortable. I might research it in detail later on but at the time I was really glad not to know exactly what they were doing whenever I felt them working on me. I now know for certain that my decision not to become a physician or veterinarian was pretty much the best decision I've ever made. I now know what a failure I would have been.
However, I'm now a little creeped out by my LACK of pain. Since I know how extensive the surgery was (based on the depth of recession & the fact that the dentist told me to be extremely careful for 8 weeks rather than the usual 6) - in that they sliced the gums under my teeth, pulled them back, sliced my frenulum connecting my gums to my lower lip (I think... the dentist didn't mention anything but it sure feels like he did), removed tissue from the roof of my mouth, sutured up the donation site, and sutured that donated skin into the space they'd created in front of my teeth, I really don't understand how I'm not in more pain. I've had a lot of dental work in my life - primarily preventative work such as braces, retainers, nightguards and even headgear - and my braces were much more painful than this for entire months of my life. So now I'm concerned that I'm somehow in some kind of anesthetic bubble that's going to wear off and thrust me into a world of unexpected pain. I'm not even swelling too much... which reminds me that I'm supposed to be icing my face (with I haven't remembered to do since an hour after the surgery), so I'm going to go.
So if you're going to be getting a gingival graft (also called a gum graft), don't be too terrified. It's not exactly fun but it's far from the nightmare I had feared. I know plenty of people online are talking about their horrible experiences and while I believe them, it's important to remember that they're statistical anomalies and the vast majority of people get through this procedure with minimal pain. So prepare yourself for the worst - ( ie. stock up on Ensure and liquid foods and take a day off from work) but expect the best. You might just be right.
Tags: dental work, gingival graft, gum graft, oral surgery
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07:51 am
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Oh the horror...Weight Watchers*' sordid past. KILL IT WITH FIRE
Much thanks to blue_squishie for this ridiculously awesome and terrifying site: http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html and to the site's author for the amazing display and comments! I bet a lot of marketing guys are desperately trying to go back in time and remove the Weight Watchers* logo from this entire series. Oh the shame.
~~~~~~~ Please enter the laboratory. Don't mind the skeleton, he's...umm... fake. Yes, that's it. He's definitely not real. ~~~~~~~~
[I do not own the rights or even the physical copies of any of these items, just a severe appreciation of their inherent value and need to be spread through the internets. And to the original creator of these recipe cards: My joking is not so much directed at you but at the era in which these were produced. Okay, maybe just a little bit at you. In retrospect, surely even you recognize that fish and 'onion sauce' aren't synonyms.]
Green Bean and Mushroom JELLY salad? Yes please! "See how the Ceramic Mushroom Family has gathered to show their children what happens to bad little mushrooms" is really the only way to explain this. It's clearly not a recipe - it's a bizarre mushroom punishment reserved for only the worst fungi. (I only noticed the page title- 'Poke it! It trembles'- afterward... fantastic!)
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/beanmushroom.html
Chicken Liver Bake? (The title "I love you Pecky. Every part of you" pretty much sums it up disturbingly): Because of course the liver is definitely the healthiest part of the chicken to eat and will help you lose weight.
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/chickenliverbake.html
Fluffy Mackerel Pudding: "Once upon a time the world was young and the words "mackerel" and "pudding" existed far, far away from one another. One day, that all changed. And then, whoever was responsible somehow thought the word fluffy would help."
The very best part? It's labeled under the category of "Convenience Fish". Because carefully producing these monstrosities in individual servings and cooking would definitely be convenient. But hey, "you get your very own cup!" (I love you, site author and producer of these wonderful page titles!) I guess that's the good thing about this meal... because you wouldn't want to accidentally throw up in the main serving dish.
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/fluffymackpudding.html
Hot Wrap Ups: "There's lettuce. There's pickles. There's capers. There's lime. There's parsley. There's celery inside. Chives, too. It's green. No other guiding culinary principle except... green. It's a meal! It's an obsessive disorder! It's both!" And again, the category is fantastic: "Snacks, Beverages and Light Meals". I wonder if they've figured out which category this is supposed to fall into?
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/hotwrapups.html
"Italian Style" Roast Chicken? It's okay, you can just say Mafia since it's clearly some kind of scare tactic second only to a horse's head.
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/snuffchicken.html
Chilled Celery Log? The only chills I'm getting are the ones down my spine from the angry ghosts of these "celery" sticks. I'm still not convinced that's what they are, unless horticulture has come a LOONG way since these were published.
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/celerylog.html
Caucasian Shashlik: To once again borrow from the original poster - "I have no idea what "shashlik" is. All I know about this dish is that it's meat. And that the meat's, uh... caucasian." Wow. Sadly cannibalism has appeared to have produced the only normal-looking dish in the series. And that's worrisome, to say the least.
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/caucasianshash.html
Onion Sauce: No. That is not Onion Sauce in any way, shape or form.
"They call this "onion sauce" but it looks more like the end of a snuff film to me. Yep. Fish snuff. Die, fish, die."
Too true. IT'S FAR TOO TRUE. RUN. RUN AND DON'T LOOK BACK.
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/fishsauce.html
Snappy Mackerel Casserole: And yet again, under what I can only assume is the joke category of "Convenience Fish" we have this gongshow. I am so truly sorry, fishies, if there are indeed fish in there.
I agree with the site author that the "Four toast points form the hellmouth", closely watched by their devilish beverage overlords.
Casserole? How can this not be a cruel, cruel joke?
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/snappymack.html
My favorite recipe of the series by far, however, is the Inspiration Soup. I will not sully the glory of this image with further commentary.
(Okay, I lied. I just have to share the comments that accompany this photo: "We make those candles right here at the compound...The Soup is Inspiration, and you do not want to leave. The Soup is Love, and we have an electrified fence. The Soup is Inspiration. And the Soup is Love.") I do feel vaguely inspired to throw away this photo and actually learn to cook, though. Not your original intention, but effective nonetheless.
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/inspirationsoup.html.
Marcy's "Enchilada": Okay, if even the good people who 'invented' this dish (or found it in a gutter somewhere) have to admit it's NOTHING like an enchilada but can't think of any other words to describe it that won't induce vomiting or paralysis, we're clearly in trouble.
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/quoteenchilada.html
Peach Melba: always best illustrated with the help of a "huge-ass ceramic cheetah".
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/peachmelba.html
Once again, I present to you a hybrid Snack/Beverage/Light Meal mystery dish, bred to survive even the toughest palates (and, I suspect not actually containing just tomato): "Here's to... placenta!" Oh, I mean Jellied Tomato Refresher. That's definitely more accurate.
And again, I can't improve on the original commentary: "Yes, let's have these in brandy snifters. Let's just tip our heads back and let the chunks slide in. The time you spent eating these is time you'll want back at the very end of your life. That's why they're served with a clock." I would like to restate my previous assertion that these are actually not-so-cleverly-disguised Mafia torture methods. Ugh.
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/jelliedtomatorefresh.html
Sometimes the English language doesn't provide you with adequate descriptors for such intricate flavor combinations: human, meet Mackerelly. Don't worry, it's harmless. It's your new best friend and will help you carry your bags to school. Now eat it.
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/mackerelly.html
Melon Mousse: And now for one of the most visually terrifying photos in this collection. Yes, we haven't yet reached the scariest part. Hold on to your digestive tracts and taste buds.
That mystery black liquid it's being served with must either be coffee to keep you from slipping into unconsciousness or some kind of drug to help you forget what you've just ingested (I feel that "eaten" would be a strong word here).
♬ Just a spoonful of lithium helps the medicine go down, the medicine go down...♬
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/melonmousse.html
Fish "Tacos": "Mexican food is easy to make! All you need is toast and quotation marks!"
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/fishquotetacos.html
Why oh why oh why is paté being presented as the primary component of a Weight Watchers* recipe? I guess this explains why all the people raised during this generation seem to be confounded by the principles involved with calorie-counting and exercise. They were instructed very, very differently than people are today. (PS I'm not really joking here). Then again, maybe this is like the "Onion Sauce" and the paté is actually the little bits on top of the beige cake, which is actually just a plastic prop used to present the paté. (Shhh.. I know they look like radishes to the untrained eye. Just go with me on this, okay?) That would make it so much healthier.
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/liverpateensnot.html
Frankfurter Spectacular: if the word 'spectacular' is in the title itself, you know it's amazing.
Mostly I'm just baffled as to why this is listed as a Budget Best Bet. Were pineapples and that much sausage not expensive? Or are they just suggesting that as the centerpiece for a fancy party it's actually pretty cheap compared to the alternatives? I guess that would work.
http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/spectacular.html
Forget Mad Men - this site really gives some insight as to why anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs became so popular from the 50s onward. The people were drugging themselves either immediately before designing these recipes, or immediately afterward so that they would have the courage to eat them. Their poor, poor children and spouses...
In any case, these would certainly cause people to lose weight, much like a diet of only pond sludge would cause people to lose weight because they suddenly and mysteriously lose their appetite entirely. Well done, Weight Watchers*! Another early success! (Although to be fair, I'm pretty sure they were just following social trends unless... oh god... they're in charge of everything and this was their master plan all along. Are we certain this isn't the Truman show and we're just guinea pigs? After seeing these I definitely think it's possible.)
Really, though, I feel so sorry for those poor women religiously restricting themselves to paté, chicken liver and gelatin and wondering why they had gout and couldn't lose weight. Yikes.
We may laugh now, but at one time these all somehow managed to survive the process of development, sampling, marketing, editing, and ultimately publishing to make it to the esteemed pages of these cards. Although I suspect that perhaps the printer was drunk that day and lost the pages he was supposed to print so he whipped these up, hoping no-one would ever notice.
But seriously though, these are indicative of a time that can only be described as scary. I was born (thankfully) well after this period which has undoubtedly saved me many hours of therapy. There were days when all I could find to snack on from the fridge were pickled herring and pickled beets (my family preferred things that didn't go bad... can you tell?) but I now realize how truly lucky I was. *shudder*
Wow.
And blue_squishie, I am inspired. I am going to make one of these if I ever get up the courage or decide that I really really REALLY need to punish a member of family.
Needless to say, blue_squishie and candyboots, whoever you are, you are my new heroes.
Edit: This strange journey has led me to this gem, which I will leave you with.
Back to the cannibalism issue, I'm very concerned that this pamphlet is dedicated to the American Housewife who is trapped in the rolls of meat pictured at the center. Although the site suggests it's giraffe esophagus (oh how I wish it were), to me the blob at the top of the roll looks like the top of someone's head, someone trapped in a sleeping bag of meat and wearing two white flowers for the sacrifice-performing ceremony. Now I can't get the thought out of my head... poor american housewife. And I clearly need to watch less Fringe before looking at these images. I'm going to hope that's the only reason for my horrible perception in this case and that I'm alone in seeing it this way...
http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/covers/18.html
And finally, this generation certainly wasn't lacking in effort and the desire for innovation. That much is sure.
http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/covers/32.html
It's interesting how marketing of kitchen electronics and appliances has veered dramatically from advertising the benefits of various food preparations and now focuses either on ecological benefits or on the merits of the products without any mention of the foods it can support. I suppose that there are many factors involved: we are now far enough away from the rations of wartime that we are no longer seduced by elaborate culinary constructions that boast of abundance and defy all logic and gravity, technology has been giving us appliances and meeting our needs for long enough now (icebox, anyone?) that we have lost the wonder of being able to store an entire turkey in the freezer or toast our bread in a little metal box, and with globalization and the outsourcing of food production we can now have access to pretty much anything we want at affordable prices. Not to mention the fact that women's liberation may have caused a dramatic shift away from anything that might be seen to promote a woman's role as being the family cook (note the "convenient" foods above... most of those are more elaborate than any dishes in most people's Christmas or Thanksgiving dinners in modern times) and have consequently begun to focus on appliances as tools to be used rather than magical assistants to the wife of the house - as was previously depicted in so many advertisements of elated woman proudly showing off her fridge or stove and just how much time and energy she could put into filling and maintaining it. Now that being a housewife is no longer glorified (along with all the accompanying elements of easing "women's" work with machines) there is no need to point out the magnificent food she could make with these tools. Men are just as likely to cook, and everyone already knows the potential they have to create wondrous food.
Or maybe society is just exhausted from the cacophony of food it was exposed to in the 70s and is desperately trying to bury itself in the cynicism of instant food and TV dinners to drown out the memories.
Current Mood:  and amazed!
Tags: 70s, 70s food, awesome, gelatin, jelly, recipes, retro, weight watchers
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05:42 pm
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Burning the Qur'an
With this recent Burning-the-Qur'an thing, I have a few comments. I don't generally post on here anymore but I have enough to say on this topic that I think it warrants a post.
The ethnocentric attitude and treatment of Islam that this whole issue has exposed and promoted is sickening, although far from surprising.
I am quite distressed that while many people recognize that burning the Qur'an is wrong, far fewer people reacted with equal disgust when the whole "Draw-Muhammed-Day" thing was going on (it was briefly supported far more widely than had expected - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day).
***Caveat - in the following I will refer to "America" and the "West" as generic terms to describe culture encompassing modern Western/ American viewpoints, including anyone with similar views and not specifically confined to- or all inclusive of- citizens of the United States or the western hemisphere.***
Essentially, Americans can only view Islam as though it were another version of Christianity (or whatever psuedo-Christian religion they susbscribe to and perceive to be truly "American"). Christians would be angry if the Bible were burned, therefore (most) Americans become irate at the thought that some radical fringe groups are trying to popularize the notion of burning what they see as the Muslim equivalent of the Bible- the Qur'an.
However, it seems to have escaped many Americans (and again, I refer to the much more widespread popularity of the Draw-Muhammed movement as compared to the Burn-a-Qur'an movement) that although Christianity or the "West" has no such reservations about drawing their diety/dieties, that does not make it less reprehensible if Muslims do. Essentially, just as some Americans (again, I generalize for the sake of clarity) perceive Islam to be a different form of Christianity and its followers to be slightly different Christians, they refuse to see the sacrilege involved with drawing Muhammed from a Muslim's perspective. If for a moment these people recognized what this truly means to a Muslim - unfortunately for this exercise not particularly comparable to anything in Christianity, which is essentially the problem- I contend that they would not for a moment consider it so much less offensive. LESS offensive, perhaps, but not to that extent.
Furthermore, as an interesting side note, I think few Christians recognize the significance of the physical Qur'an within Islam. Unlike Christians (among who I count myself) who treat the Bible as a holy but portable version of God's law and happily tote it everywhere, underline portions, buy "study" versions with liberal commenting throughout and decorate it with colorful and modern jackets, Muslims venerate the Qur'an with a religious respect only rivaled perhaps by a Catholic's respect toward the chalice or other religious items specifically reserved for the other similarly holy items used by the priest. How many Christians would even consider washing themselves before reading the Bible, or bother to worship multiple times a day, much less actively cherish the physical Bible itself and memorize portions? I say this not to insult Christianity or its followers but to point out that for the people responsible for these movements to consider drawing Muhammed or burning the Qur'an to be in any way an assertion of their rights to free speech and not a hideous example of how self-centered they are is absurd. Most of them would probably consider burning the flag to almost as bad as burning the Bible- and that truly says something disturbing.
"Most Muslims treat paper copies of the Qur’an with veneration, ritually washing before reading the Qur’an.[111] Worn out, torn, or errant (for example, pages out of order) Qur’ans are not discarded as wastepaper, but rather are left free to flow in a river, kept somewhere safe, burned, or buried in a remote location." (taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur'an, as tacky as that is. I was unable to quickly find as concise a summary anywhere more reputable on the internet, but this corresponds with what I have otherwise learned about Islam's perspective on the Qur'an so I've decided that it will have to suffice unless I find a better source to reference).
If only Christians as a whole could say they approach any part of their religion with as much respect and attention.
Good grief.
Edit: "You aren't responsible for Quran burners. Don't hold Muslims responsible for 9/11." This quote (found at http://www.slate.com/id/2266535/) neatly sums up the way in which the Qur'an burning and similar issues should make Americans more sympathetic to Muslims, and not just because they're suddenly being victimized in a more public way, but because it really puts radical Islam into perspective for Americans who might otherwise be unable to relate.
Tags: americans, burning the koran, fanatics, islam, koran, muslims, qur'an, radicals, religion
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03:38 am
[Link] | I've been reading an article commenting on how kombucha can contain more alcohol than previously thought... which I already figured out myself.
About a month ago I was driving in Seattle, and decided to take a swig of the Kombucha I'd just bought on my sister's recommendation. After a single sip I decided that there is was no way I was going to drive around in such a traffically-deraged city smelling so boozy, so I capped the drink and didn't have any more. About two minutes later an enormous black truck hit me in an intersection. Things went relatively well - I wasn't injured, although my car was, and his wasn't although the accident was about 90% his fault. *sigh*
Anyway, I can only imagine what would have happened if I had smelled like booze. I imagine that I could have proven to the cops that it was just the kombucha sitting in my car (and probably taken a drunk test, if it got to that point, but the entire point is that I could conceivably have surpassed the limit had I decided to drink enough of it). Either way, getting into a car accident with beer breath isn't a good thing - even if the smell isn't from beer (although I swear to you that I wouldn't be able to tell the difference... it's that bad.)
Moral of the story? Health fads are dangerous. Back to my refined sugars I go!
Tags: kombucha
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04:01 am
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Rolling Kansas
After having finished the film, I have to say that it was quite sweet and charming. I think I prefer James Roday when he's being more subtle and serious rather than silly (on Psych as well), but he does quite a good job of both.
And I have to say that I appreciate Psych's frequent mentions of the Mentalist. Very cute.
Tags: james roday, psych, rolling kansas
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09:38 pm
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James Roday's Hotness Prevails
James Roday's hotness is fairly well disguised in Rolling Kansas, but his character is still surprisingly appealing. Well done, Roday.
And if Shawn Spencer and Juliet don't hook up soon, I'm going to have a serious problem with Psych.
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12:52 am
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German laws regarding incest/inbreeding
"Under Germany's criminal code, which dates back to 1871, it is a crime for close relatives to have sex, punishable by up to three years in prison: disabilities caused by inbreeding are viewed as deliberately inflicted bodily injurty to the child"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Stuebing
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12:12 am
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Colin Powell helped America ignore the massacre at My Lai?
Apparently Colin Powell "whitewashed" the My Lai massacre? What a strange world we live in. What a strange, strange world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre
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02:08 am
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Craigslist, you never fail.
This is fabulous. It's wrong is so very many categories... but I won't mention them individually. I will let this work of art speak for itself.
at http://calgary.en.craigslist.ca/msr/1725860795.html
you can find the following:
"Want to have a mixed-race child? - m4w - 45 (Downtown calgary)
Here is the deal: I am a big, Caribbean-born man seeking a lady of mixed race to have a kid of her ancestrory have my kid of Caribbean ancestry. I will offer you my seed unconditionally. You could be Asian, Black, White, or even native. If interested, reply with your photo and stats. I would also consider visitors from other countries who would like to get pregnant whilst staying in Calgary!!!!"
Ahh, craigslist. You never fail to amuse.
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