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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
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Published Letters: 6 Editor's Choice: 5
I had a tough day and just finally got home, and the " shote a man" line made me laugh out loud. A good belly laugh was exactly what I needed. Thank you so much for publishing this.
Good show, Tennis.
In addition to the usual "Only losers are home on Friday nights" argument for BSG's move, several of my friends and I independently came to the conclusion that the change was made to make the show less fun to pirate.
Many people who love the show have friends at work who also enjoy it. With the show airing on Friday night, they had the weekend to download the latest episode and watch it, and it wasn't spoiled for them on Monday morning - they could talk about it with everyone else because they'd watched it Saturday afternoon on the laptop. Now, with the show on late Sunday nights, it's basically impossible to get the hookup and watch the show before Monday morning. You watch it when it's aired, or you're covering your ears all of Monday while you wait for your torrent.
I don't know anyone who's anywhere near contemplating cable because of this, but many of them are a bit annoyed and upset by it. So, if SciFi wanted to send a not-so-subtle 'fuck you' to illegal downloaders everywhere - well, we heard you. Doesn't matter to me since my apartment came with cable, but my friends who aren't so lucky are pretty bummed.
I am shocked, SHOCKED that network TV isn't like real life.
I really enjoyed this article. I agree with the commenter who said it helped bring weirdly strong feelings about our serialized cultural phenomena into focus. I will never forget that an event put on by my middle school experienced something like 50% of the expected attendance because the administration had the lack of foresight to schedule it on the same night as the end of Seinfeld. And of course the last season of X-Files was like pulling teeth, but I still wept bitter tears when it was over.
I haven't felt that way about a show since - until Battlestar, which I hope will live to a ripe old age. As for books, those of us who were attached to the Series of Unfortunate Events began our year of bereavement last October. And that was a more traditional serial; you could expect about one a year.
You've really managed to put a finger on my feelings about this; it does feel important to memorialize the end of something, to keep it under glass for all time as a way to remember that it wasn't always over. Cutting out the last of a beloved comic strip is another example (I still have the last Calvin and Hobbes, folded up in a book somewhere). It doesn't make any sense, but I guess it's a way to mark eras.
Before you dismiss this guy as a complete, unmitigated dick, you should find out what meds he's on and what the side effects are. There are some heart medications out there that really do a number on one's personality. A dear friend's father was on such drugs throughout high school and he was an abusive bastard to her for many years. After a major heart incident he changed medications and while he wasn't exactly transformed overnight into Santa Claus, he did start treating her much more like a human being than he had before.
Don't get me wrong - even knowing that his dick behavior is caused by the chemicals that keep him alive won't stop the hurt sometimes. He's still treating you like shit. But sometimes, when you're in a good mood and things are going great with you and your lady, you can idly wonder if there's a nice guy under the heart meds, and maybe that'll help a little.
...who immediately thought, man, that robot is going to be dope. Keef, we are for sure meant to be friends.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
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