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Doctor Who End of Time Part 2 S04E18 (BBC)
Doctor Who: The End of Time Doctor Who is a long-running, award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as “the Doctor” who travels ...
Doctor Who The End of Time Part One S04E17 (BBC)
Doctor Who: The End of Time Doctor Who is a long-running, award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as “the Doctor” who travels ...
Doctor Who The Waters of Mars S04E16 (BBC)
Doctor Who is a long-running, award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as “the Doctor” who travels in his space and time-ship,...
My Year In 365 Seconds
Ganz Frische Frischmilch Jahr in 365 Sekunden. Posted in blogs, politics-social-racism Tagged: 2009, blogs, entertainment, retrospective, social, video ...
Scalzi Puts 1st Chapter of The God Engines Online
John Scalzi just put the first chapter of his latest novella online. He says that it’s dark fantasy and it’s pretty interesting. It makes me want to read it. Posted in asides, entertainment Tagged: books, John Scalzi, science-fiction, The...
The Gravity Wells of The Solar System
xkcd marvellously illustrates the gravity wells of the solar system Posted in entertainment, science Tagged: gravity, science, solar system, Xkcd ...
I’m On The Phone Yeah! NSFW
This NSFW video had me cracking up pretty hard. It’s about douchebags and douche-lords who keep talking very loudly on their phones and Bluetooth headsets. This was created as part of a contest. These guys won $5,000 for this. Believe me when ...
The Jackson Who Should Have Died
It’s kind of funny, in a sick way. My wife and I are trying to imagine the scene, how Joe Jackson climbed into the window and scared his little son shitless. One night while Michael was asleep, Joseph climbed into his room through the bedroom w...
Avatar Raked In 232 Million This Weekend
Reuters reports that James Cameron’s Avatar made 232.n million this weekend. Here’s what I thought of it. Posted in asides, entertainment Tagged: asides, Avatar, box office, movies ...
Survivor Samoa This Game Aint Over S19E15-16 (CBS)
via Wikipedia Russell is already up and about. The rest of the tribe is still in bed. He gets the tree mail. Nat looks anorexic. Russ tells Nat that they absolutely have to win the next immunity challenge, or she might go. It’s time for the next im...
Avatar Review
Jake and his Navi/human body double I saw Avatar and wasn’t disappointed. It was definitely worth watching. During the first hour, I kept thinking that this is exactly what would happen when we discover a planet filled with other sentient being...
Jersey Shore Fade to Black S01E04 (MTV)
"When I say I'm ready to go wild, I'm gonna go wild." via NYmag I’ve mentioned to someone that watching the Jersey Shore is like watching Animal Planet. It’s like watching the mating habits of a cheetah, or something li...
Survivor Samoa Two Brains Are Better Than One S19E14 (CBS)
Brett is giving Shambo a head massage after tribal. Russ tells Jaison that Brett needs to go home. The next day, Brett is spouting Bible nonsense to Nat. Nat likes it. Shambo tells Russ that she needs a haircut. It’s time for the next reward challe...
Electra Galaxy’s Mr. Interstellar Feller
Candice Sams, the author of this book, was annoyed at a Amazon one-star review she got. So she promptly got involved using a pseudonym. It all went wrong from there. Here is part of the initial review. Sounds execrable! Sagan Carter, an Earth policew...
Conflicted Existence Of A Female Porn Writer: Lynsey Goes to a Porn Expo
In her latest column, Lynsey goes to her first porn expo, where she meets a bunch of different porn starlets. I like her descriptions of what she saw, but there’s more to her post than just that. It’s well written and it tries to shatter ...
LEGOs On Hoth
The Y-Wing's only problem by Avanaut Finnish photographer Avanaut has some incredibly beautiful photos of LEGO Star Wars toys on Hoth, the arctic planet upon which the Rebel Alliance has a base in Empire Strikes Back. Check out his Flickr set. If...
Francis Urquhart & House of Cards
via Wikipedia You might think that, but I’m afraid that I couldn’t possibly comment. Francis Urquhart When I was younger, I enjoyed two famous dramas on PBS from the UK. They were mini-series and both had Ian Richardson. The first was Por...
A Vampire Comments On Twilight
I thought that this was pretty funny. A vampire comments on Twilight and New Moon. Readers: does anyone know what a Mormon human actually is? Apparently Stephanie Meyer, the human female responsible for the Twilight novels, is a Mormon human. And jus...
The Mentalist A Price Above Rubies S02E09 (CBS)
The Mentalist tells the story of Patrick Jane played by Simon Baker, a man specializing in studying the micro-expressions of people who became involved with trying to catch a serial killer named Red John. Red John killed his wife and daughter. Since...
The Mentalist His Red Right Hand S02E08 (CBS)
The Mentalist tells the story of Patrick Jane played by Simon Baker, a man specializing in studying the micro-expressions of people who became involved with trying to catch a serial killer named Red John. Red John killed his wife and daughter. Since...
Jersey Shore Good Riddance S01E03 (MTV)
"Yo, seriously, she's like on a whole 'nother level on pickles.", via Vulture This trashy bit of trashiness is a strange testament to Americana. I don’t really like MTV’s reality TV shows, but I sort of like this one. Wh...
Castle The Fifth Bullet S02E11 (ABC)
Castle title card via Wikipedia I’ve been a Nathan Fillion fan for quite a while. Ever since Firefly, I was really impressed by his acting. Since he is starring in a new series named Castle, I took it upon myself to watch it weekly. Anyway, wha...
Sanctuary Penance S02E09 (Syfy)
Sanctuary title card, via Wikipedia I have to say that the season premiere of Sanctuary impressed me quite a bit. From on online show, Sanctuary has developed a lot. The show has a lot more money poured into it. Plus, the story is just getting intere...
Survivor Samoa Damage Control S19E13 (CBS)
This was a really good episode, probably one of the best of the season. Although it seems like Russell is in the driving seat, the others have become weary of him. They know that he is in charge. Last episode, Russell revealed to Mick that he made $1...
Fringe Grey Matters S02E10 (Fox)
Fringe intertitle, image via Wikipedia It’s fitting that this show will premiere on Fox, since this was the network of the X-Files. Fringe has got much in common with the X-Files, yet it is different. Fringe is the latest show of wunderkind J.J. Ab...
Cats Use Tails to Communicate Their Moods
Yoda the kitten in July 2008. She was so tiny! I found this little post quite interesting. It details the different moods of cats and how they communicate them using their tails. I also wanted to know why my cat tends to gently bite me. I happily fou...
Wikipedia & Our Sex Life
Another really funny piece at McSweeney’s about a couple’s sex life that was documented on Wikipedia. Posted in asides, blogs, entertainment, politics-social-racism, technology Tagged: asides, blogs, entertainment, relationship, sex, soci...
A Former Investment Banker & Plan B
I thought that this piece on McSweeney’s was pretty funny. It’s about a failed investment banker turning to his plan B, law school. Posted in asides, entertainment, finance, politics-social-racism Tagged: asides, bank, banking, entertainm...
What If Women Were As Horny As Men
Hilarious video, obviously NSFW. You’ll see a bunch of male strippers and women creaming their pants. The part of the video where the man imagines Oppositeland, where women behave like men, is really funny. The strip club was my favorite part,...
Alice S01E02 (Syfy)
Alice on Syfy This isn’t the first re-imagining of Alice in Wonderland that has premiered. Actually, this is the 2nd in two years on Syfy. That’s not really true, but Tin Man tried to do the same with The Wizard of Oz. I didn’t like it much...
