I love BSG. That doesn't mean that I don't know how to read and had to settle for a format where I didn't have to exert myself. I have been reading sci-fi since I was a kid, starting with Asimov's Foundation trilogy, then on to the Dune books, the the amazing Ursula K. LeGuin, now reading Iain M. Banks' Culture series. I also read so-called 'literature', and a hell of a lot of text-books, as well as online zines, blogs, cereal boxes...

Another amazing episode. This guy rocks and my thoughts are with him and all Iraqis who are trying to make sense of this awful situation and also just to live life and keep striving for a future, for stardom, for expression, for hope.

I only wish that I could try that delicious porridge. I've never thought about visiting Minneapolis, but I may have to consider! Thanks for a bit of good news to start my day Salon.

Suddenly the phenomenon of actors punching papparazi in the head makes so much more sense. Levitt is one cool customer. Respect.

For the last few years she has been posting ultra-conservative commentary on Frank and several other online discussion boards. Most who see the name know immediately that they are dealing with someone who has, in the past acted in ways that are unhinged and criminal. She has been the butt of ongoing jokes and I don't know if anyone anywhere imagined her making pundit status on Fox News.

Here in Canada Marsden is an embarrassment. She is also unhinged and scary. Fox must be desperate.It just confirms how much these psycho-nerd freakshows apppeal to Fox viewers.

If you want the hollywood version, rent the movie Swim Coach, which was based on her story.

I am in law school.

Imagine if you went back to junior high, and you gathered up all the aggressively ambitious junior republicans - not the nerdy one's, but the polo shirt, sports playing, good-looking-in-a-preppy-murderer way types. Then you added the cheerleaders, the pretty ones with annoying laughs, streaked straightened hair, and too short skirts (they're actually bright but they'd rather have a limb amputated than show it and they never, never steal thunder from the jocks). Then add the nastiest of the debating club, the creepy guys and gals who wear suits and bring brief cases even though they're 14 and specialize in snarky put-downs reserved for anyone who resides a rung lower on the pecking order.

Put these folks together, add a dash more of plain ole' uptight juice, some competitive bell-curving, and frat-boy drinking on the weekends, and voila! Law school.

But hidden in the library, social clubs, and seminars, are a few really smart, really good people. The LW should leave the crowd he's in behind, and head to the margins, seek out these misfits, and start enjoying the facinating intellectual challenge of really getting inside the study of law, which is intensely interesting and satisfying. He should also seek out work that is calculated to weed out these types. May I suggest social justice?

Just a thought.

LW,

I apologize for not realizing that you are a woman. That does not change my advice. However, I just read your blogspot, particularly the posts from your assailant, Stephen. He is clearly a sociopath, and his tone is distinctly menacing. I am at a loss as to why a 3rd year law student is blogging to the world about something so serious. You need to shut down the blog spot, print what you've got, and go talk to the police. ASAP.

Further, and I do not intend to blame the victim, but you have displayed highly questionable judgment, both in posting details of the altercation publicly, and failing to take action to bring charges. This is not necessarily a sign of generally bad judgment, but may be an indication that you are (understandably) not in the best frame of mind right now. I suggest that you seek out a parent, priest, rabbi, therapist, whatever, and do your talking in private. I wish you the best of luck, and remember, this guy is a menace to others. By standing up to him, you will do the entire community a favour. You will also get a first hand look at the criminal justice system, which will no doubt be highly educational.

Um,

When I think of B-listers, I think of tacky celubutards like Lara Flynn Boyle or bad actors who got a lucky break like Sean Astin. I live in Toronto and right now Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an all out it-boy; he's on the cover of every indie magazine and weekly, as well as many of the mainstream rags. He is the critics darling and with good reason - he's damn talented. And, in general, the media can't get enough as far as I can tell, which just goes to show how totally out of touch these two idiots are. Leonardo DiCaprio is busy phoning it in for stale Scorcese knock-offs. Levitt is getting the great roles and the buzz.