Well, it was reasonable to be surprised to discover she was a full-blown Dalek; I think most of us assumed she was a human-Dalek, a sleeper agent (like the woman at the beginning), or something similar.  I didn't suspect she was a Dalek-in-Dalek-suit until the moment the Doctor entered the room.

I was born in 1979, so my cohort had a strange relationship with AIDS.  Since AIDS was all over the news, we knew about it long before anything else sex related.  Like, I remember Ryan White being a huge fucking deal when I was in elementary/middle school, as was Magic Johnson a few years later.  So, AIDS was this…

I was born in 1979, so my cohort had a strange relationship with AIDS.  Since AIDS was all over the news, we knew about it long before anything else sex related.  Like, I remember Ryan White being a huge fucking deal when I was in elementary/middle school, as was Magic Johnson a few years later.  So, AIDS was this…

Ooh, here's the link to that episode on Youtube.

Ooh, here's the link to that episode on Youtube.

My favorite episode of Loveline featured a caller who wanted to know why people thought it strange that he had "consensual" sex with his male dog.  They kept the guy on most of the night—they just kept putting him on hold, talking to someone else for a while, and then going back to him.  It was awesome.

My favorite episode of Loveline featured a caller who wanted to know why people thought it strange that he had "consensual" sex with his male dog.  They kept the guy on most of the night—they just kept putting him on hold, talking to someone else for a while, and then going back to him.  It was awesome.

While sifting through the discard pile at a library the other day, I found a fantastic book entitled something like "A Young Person's Guide to VD" or "What Every Young Person Needs to Know about VD" from 1973.  It was awesome.  Clearly intended for a high school health class or something, with lots of information…

While sifting through the discard pile at a library the other day, I found a fantastic book entitled something like "A Young Person's Guide to VD" or "What Every Young Person Needs to Know about VD" from 1973.  It was awesome.  Clearly intended for a high school health class or something, with lots of information…

Basically.  Even then, I had to skip over the 70+ page chapter that's just an uninterrupted monologue on Objectivism.

Basically.  Even then, I had to skip over the 70+ page chapter that's just an uninterrupted monologue on Objectivism.

No, where I was (Tomsk) wasn't really that bad.  It definitely had that 1950s late-Stalinist vibe, but they were in the midst of a lot of rebuilding/renovation/etc. for the city's 400th anniversary (which I want to say was 2004; I was there in 2001).  But, there was also a lot of really beautiful old buildings from…

No, where I was (Tomsk) wasn't really that bad.  It definitely had that 1950s late-Stalinist vibe, but they were in the midst of a lot of rebuilding/renovation/etc. for the city's 400th anniversary (which I want to say was 2004; I was there in 2001).  But, there was also a lot of really beautiful old buildings from…

I was teaching English.

I was teaching English.

The reason I read Atlas Shrugged was because I was in the middle of Siberia, had already finished all the books in English that I had brought with, and was offered it by a friend who did very little to sell it.  Had I not been in Siberia without internet or TV or anything better to do, there's no way in hell I would…

The reason I read Atlas Shrugged was because I was in the middle of Siberia, had already finished all the books in English that I had brought with, and was offered it by a friend who did very little to sell it.  Had I not been in Siberia without internet or TV or anything better to do, there's no way in hell I would…

"What happened?"

"What happened?"

On the bright side, the Bates/Anna relationship did bring us this badass fan art:  http://pinterest.com/pin/12…