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abc’s flashforward: sawyer’s responsible

September 25, 2009

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abc’s flashforward: sawyer’s responsible

Two years ago, I wrote on this blog about the TV series LOST, and its link to the book FlashForward
by Robert J Sawyer. Tonight ABC aired the premiere episode of FlashForward, inspired by the very same book I’d mentioned.…

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lady blazers & emmys

September 20, 2009

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lady blazers & emmys

I love our girl Tina Fey. No question. So when she mentions that a kissing scene with Don Draper makes her sweat through her "lady blazer," I take her for her word. She busted a pit. But then I began…

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i don’t like Kiptyn: will Jillian marry Mr. Ed?

July 6, 2009

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i don’t like Kiptyn: will Jillian marry Mr. Ed?

Jillian & Ed
Jillian, I love you. I do.
Whenever anyone begins with proclamations of love, they’re about to go somewhere ugly. And I am. I’m about to get ugly. But first, I’m going to be pretty: I love neurotic…

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real housewives of the lone star state: bantam babes won’t you come out tonight?

July 5, 2009

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real housewives of the lone star state: bantam babes won’t you come out tonight?

"Ma, you can’t feed the chicken chicken!" "What, I should make separate meals?"
They’re coming. The real housewives of The Lone Star State. They’re really coming.
Growing up, I’d always heard my mother refer to the women at our country…

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lost season finale: trading places

May 14, 2009

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lost season finale: trading places

 
The season finale of Lost begins very much like the setup to a punchline joke: a priest and rabbi walk into a bar. Except it’s a tiki bar, and we’re about to realize that this is a total sci-fi…

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my very educated mother just served us noodle pudding

April 30, 2009

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my very educated mother just served us noodle pudding

 
It’s why I love Lost. Yes, go ahead, skip the post if you don’t watch Lost. But let me say this, I love TV that makes us feel. Lost, I will say, never makes me feel. It makes me…

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lost: that douche is my dad OR how do you feel about polar bear feces?

April 15, 2009

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lost: that douche is my dad OR how do you feel about polar bear feces?

 
It’s like reading Monarch Notes before you read the actual book: you know all about the author’s personal history, the influences in his life, the literature to which he was exposed, the constraints of his society, and then you…

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dead is dead: LOST

April 9, 2009

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dead is dead: LOST

 
This dude looks like Kevin Spacey’s brother, and I KNEW he’d have an accent. And then there’s Richard Alpert, who speaks to the English Dude (Charles Widmore?), reminding him that the island decides who to keep. Obviously, this bloke…

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