Having watched Gossip Girl I have to say I find Chuck Bass repulsive (and dull) and associate that too much with Ed Westwick. I am really disturbed by people finding Chuck attractive; it should not reflect on Westwick,

Only from looking at the posts bellow do I know that Kellan Lutz is from Twilight. Otherwise I keep wishing he were Chris Pratt.

Well in a world where Obama is accused of being a "secret Muslim" do you really think one of the most prominent members of the Nation of Islam, who changed his name to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz shortly before his death as a sign of his devotion to Islam would be openly lauded?

Well said, and the show goes out of its way to show how everyone has touchy subjects that are always being brought up, from her parents conceiving her when they were teens, to Sadie's weight issues, to Matty's non comital resistance to change, everyone has that.

Probably not, but I do wish its half hour were closer to 30 than 20 minutes.

I am going to take this opportunity for some personal reminiscence.

OBviously he is beating off to beating a dead horse.

Thank you, I was going to post something similar, only without that personal story (I am glad you and your family are okay).

Having a case of the week is really a mixed blessing for TGW. They get to cover a lot of stories, but never really deeply. It gives a sense how relentless the world is around a persons feelings/ emotional life, but it also leaves some inconsistent storytelling. I do think it might be necessary for a 20+ episode a…

Interesting that Coach Eric Taylor is the only paradigm of masculinity type analyzed here who is not a complete fuck up. He did take advantage the perversions of ideals financially (ie. S3's Jumbo-Tron story demonstrating how the field house did not have to compete for funds the way the rest of the school did). The…

I am really curious to see how the Americanization of Prime Suspect works. It may be blasphemy but I hope it translates well and becomes a hit as I like Maria Bello, some of the supporting cast and some of the people behind the cross over.

But they have a lot of overlap in character actors...

I think you need to watch more than one episode to see that the show treats the hyper masculinity as something perverse and unhealthy rather glorified.

Thank you for this. I do like a good scream. The photo used was Melissa Gilbert on B5 right?

Not realizing that it was Keanu's birthday this week I watched Bram Stoker's Dracula for the first time earlier this week (just finished the book, and while it was stupid I had to watch movie adaptations). He came off as pretty insipid, and the movie was terrible. Thank God he and Winona Ryder later made A Scanner…

I thought Prussia was a district in Germany, like Bavaria. And while Prussia united Deutchland in general the various Kings and Dukes retained their titles under the Kaiser, and apparently subsequent governments.

Wait, aren't the patrons, not the dancers being taxed?

I remember election night in 2000 wen they said that Florida had chosen Gore and being so relieved.

Today I actually did get my updated website up, instead of just prematurely announcing it like I did yesterday. This includes the glass blowing guide I have tried to hype up. It is, like all of life, a work in progress, so please visit, send your thoughts. However I will be away from most internet activity for the…

Oh Arcade Fire Unplugged could be brilliant!