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NBC Done Ridiculing Xians?

After spending the last couple of seasons making fun of Christians and Red-Staters, and seeing plummeting to last place among the networks, NBC is now appealing to the Fly-Over Lands. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/business/media/16nbc.html?ei=5065&en=1907ccc5f68aaf99&ex=1127448000&

Spooky Stuff Around Set of Emilie Rose

> On the set, there were scares that weren't found in any script. "On three different nights in my hotel room, my TV came on by itself," [actress Laura] Linney says with a shiver. "Jennifer [Carpenter's] stereo did the same thing. Call it

Maybe There's Hope . . .

. . . for American pop culture, after all: > Four out of five Americans say they think too many reality shows are on the air, according to an AP-TV Guide poll. Only 4 percent of respondents said there were not enough. Link [http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/tv/article.adp?id=20050912152109990038]

March of the Penguins

March of the Penguins has appealed to conservatives, according to the New York Times this morning. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/science/13peng.html?pagewanted=1&8hpib]. Excerpt: > [C]onservative groups have turned its stirring depiction of the mating ordeals of emperor penguins into an

I'm Feeling a Bit Nauseous

> Brokeback Mountain stars Jake Gyllenhaal and an amazing Heath Ledger as cowboys who discover they are gay while falling in love during a summer of shepherding and spend the next 20 years wishing they could be together instead of in loveless marriages. Link [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/

1958-2003

This site (link) [http://www.basichip.com/vertigo/main.htm] offers a variety of "then and now" pictures from San Fransisco. The "then" pictures are from Alfred Hitchcocks' Vertigo. The "now" pictures are the same locations, in 2003. I've never been

Sounds Great

A new movie, The Exorcism of Emily Rose [http://www.theexorcismofemilyrose.com/movies/theexorcismofemilyrose/], is intended to make people think hard about demonic possession. Link [http://www.bdtonline.com/articles/2005/09/09/lifestyles/01rose.txt]. Excerpt: > The movie was inspired by the story of Anneliese Michel, a German

Roman Numerals

One nice thing about the NFL season starting this week: Americans will learn a fourth Roman numeral sign: L As in, XL. Superbowl 40. Related: I turned on ABC at 8:10 to see what was happening. There was some rap/pop duet on stage. Nothing offensive, unless utter stupidity

Escaping Frodo's Oppression

I can't blame the guy: > Can you picture gentle Frodo as a violent soccer hooligan? Is it possible to envision a timid soul like Baggins as the grandson of a Ukrainian Jew, exploring his relative's survival of the Holocaust? No, these aren't alternative-universe

What Philosophy? "Ginger or Mary Ann?"

> I knew that by assembling seven different people and forcing them to live together, the show would have great philosophical implications. Sherwood Schwartz, writer-creator of Gilligan's Island. I watched more Gilligan's Island than I can admit in polite company. I don't recall much