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Nov. 30th, 2009 @ 09:04 pm About Christmas...Cheer?
I saw this at the store today.



Is this the right message to send at Christmas?

And moreover, are the "War on Christmasers" pro or con on this.
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Nov. 23rd, 2009 @ 09:14 am About Tradititon
Today I go to do what countless Jewish Americans have done before me. A sacred, holy, ancient tradition I am soon to be part of.

Today, I go to cash in my Bar Mitzvah savings bonds!


L'Chaim!
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Nov. 21st, 2009 @ 12:32 pm About the Fight Between Jim Walker and William McCoy
Current Location: Airport
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It occurs to me that in the legendary confrontation that happened in a pool hall on 42 Street in New York City that it's a good thing that Mr. McCoy from Alabama was nicknamed "Slim", or his tale would never have been committed to posterity.
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Nov. 19th, 2009 @ 07:34 am About Beagle Birthdays
It's Plush Porthos' Birthday YAY!!!!
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Nov. 12th, 2009 @ 05:04 pm About Songs I Like : Senses Working Overtime
XTC - Senses Working Overtime

Mandy Moore's cover of this popped up on my iPod, and it reminded me that I dig this song.

The Lyrics )

The MIDI:


The Video:


As said, Mandy Moore did a cover of the song for her album Coverage..an album of covers.
I rather like her version.

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Nov. 4th, 2009 @ 01:49 am About DWTS
Mark Dacascos was voted off Dancing With the Stars by the judges.

Besides being the Chairman...this guy was both The Crow and Sensei Ping...is he really someone you want to be voting against?
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Oct. 26th, 2009 @ 09:21 pm About Vampires in New York (Castle related)
So New Yorkers...is there really these vampire groups running around town?

I mean, other than in Castle, Crossing Jordan, the CSI's, etc...I don't see similar in my area...and I have vamp obsessed friends.. We mainly have Wiccans verging into "Woo, look at me, I'm a witch!" types.
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Oct. 22nd, 2009 @ 09:11 am About a Morning Funny
http://www.smouch.net/lol
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Oct. 7th, 2009 @ 10:08 am About Castle
Why can't ABC's Castle increase it's ratings?

It's been in second place for the past 3 weeks in it's timeslot, but that's really because NBC ditched programs for the great Leno experiment.

It's a quality show. Similar enough to other shows (cop shows) that it's not "that weird show" (see Pushing Daisies), but it's different enough it isn't a clone (see CSI's, NCIS's, L&O's). It's main cast is enjoyable, and the secondary characters compliment them well. I suppose it's most similar to Bones, but has much more likable characters, and no annoying shrink grafted onto the show for no reason.

It's not too gory to be the torture porn you get in like Criminal Minds but enough to be eye catching. It's mysteries aren't Nero Wolfe, but they're also not "who's the most famous guest star" level.

ABC can't be faulted for lack of trying. It's lead in is (I think) they're most popular show, and they were certainly promoting it heavily in the weeks leading up to the premiere.

And yet, it's ratings remain low..consistent but low. I can't imagine CSI: Miami is such a juggernaut something can't beat it..or at least gain ground.

I suppose they could try it on a different night, but I'm not sure what night would be better, given ABC's line up and the competition on the other nights.

[info]nthmike and I have discussed they could maybe bil it as the Police Procedural for people who like Rom Coms...or the Rom Com for people who like Police Procedurals.

I was thinking maybe have Nathon Fillion and Stana Katic show up on DWTS for a featured dance...either in character or not, to maybe entice some of it's viewers.

Anyone have thoughts on what the Mouse Network can do to push things up?


EDIT: HuffPo did an interview with the stars you may be interested in: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jenna-busch/nathan-fillion-and-stana_b_309886.html
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Oct. 7th, 2009 @ 08:23 am About An Article about Jews in Cinema...I think
I stumbled on this NYT article...it was an interesting read. I think it's just a thought piece brought on by a new Cohen Bros. movie...but not sure. It touches on several recent Jewish-esque movies.

Click here
(link from imdb for if you don't have a nyt account)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/movies/04scot.htm
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Oct. 6th, 2009 @ 02:08 pm About Bette Davis Eyes
Why do all the boys think she's a spy?
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Oct. 5th, 2009 @ 10:04 pm About Shiny Toy Guns' Burning For You
If you've seen tv recently, you've likely seen a Lincoln commercial featuring a cover of Blue Öyster Cult's Burning For You.

I've been wanting that cover....I learned it's by a group called Shiny Toy Guns.

The song is still unreleased thru iTunes etc, but you can get at the Lincoln site.

If you want it:

Go here:
http://www.lincoln.com/extras/tvads.asp

Click on the first ad."CLEANER. FASTER. SMARTER."
2010 Lincoln MKS (30 seconds)


A video window will pop up, and there's a button there you can click to DL the song (a zip file with the MP3 in it).
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Oct. 2nd, 2009 @ 11:16 pm About Sigh Fie's Latest
I got an idea...let's take the worst parts of Voyager and the worst parts of Nu BSG and make a show out of them!
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manga
Sep. 19th, 2009 @ 01:37 pm About Happy Talk Like a New Jewish Pirate Day
So what does it mean when Talk Like a Pirate Day coincides with the Jewish New Year?
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pirate
Aug. 31st, 2009 @ 02:08 pm About Disney buying Marvel
Dear Internet,

Calm the !@#@!# down!

That is all.

The best jokes about it behind here )
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Aug. 21st, 2009 @ 02:53 am About Archie
Archie #600 came out this week.

Most folks reading this will know it's the start of the big "Archie marries Veronica" story, if not from being a comic fan then from watch "Colbert".

Also, most of you would have figure out it's an "imaginary story", a "what if", as far as such terms mean for comic books.

Anyway, it's a pretty good book for part 1 of 6., and wouldn't be a bad thing to pick up.

(you can read a pretty good review of it here)

Why I wanted to comment on it was because of some very clever bits of writing that Michael Uslan put in the book.

Something I really liked was the idea/concept/pun used to set up the imaginary story.

Archie is walking around town, trying to sort out his life, and he winds up on Memory Lane. Rather than walk down it as usual, he decides to walk up Memory Lane.

The play on words to set up the idea of seeing the future is just fantastic. I've never thought of the phrase "a walk down memory lane" and thought...what would happen if you walk UP memory lane.....Michael Uslan did. It's just amazingly simple and clever.

And also for the Betty fans who are bemoaning the fate of their girl, on the walk, Archie comes to a fork in the road, and chooses the left path, saying he'll look at the right path later. Again, very clever word play, which I think also tells us that after the 6 issues of Ronnie World, we'll be heading to the BettyVerse.
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Aug. 10th, 2009 @ 01:43 pm About Truth in Fable-tising
Scientests have proved that the Aesop fable of the crow and the pitcher of water is in fact true.

In other news, gold can indeed be spun into gold and kisses shown to wake comatose patients.
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Aug. 6th, 2009 @ 03:04 pm About John Hughes
John Hughes died.

That's very sad.

He made the movies of most of our youths.
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Aug. 5th, 2009 @ 01:52 pm About Meme
[info]tiggerallyn did it, and it was bored:

Read more... )
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Aug. 3rd, 2009 @ 09:04 pm About the Red Menace
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During the Civil Rights era in America, the hight of the Cold War, the KGB came to the conclusion that some day, a black man would be elected President of the United States. This was an organization that knew that history marched to the will of the people, it was only a matter of time. Further, the KGB knew that the secret to victory was to guide the will of the people to their ends.

They infiltrated the West with hundreds, if not thousands of sleeper agents. Each with a specific mission, each with orders to wait until the time was right.

As time passed, the Soviet Union fell. Many of these agents, with no one left to report to, went home. Some stayed in their new homes. And some, because they were true believers loyal to their lost government or maybe they just didn't watch the news, stayed true to their mission.

And then, 17 years later, the time was right. Finally, a black man, was indeed elected to the Presidency of the United States. Finally, it was time for the sleeper to awake and put the plan into motion. This agent would complete this mission that she has dedicated her life to.

Finally, Orly Taitz , doctor, lawyer, realtor,... spy, would have her revenge!
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