Monthly Archives: May 2009

Zuh?

So, I am pretty sure this will go over like a fart in church: According to the Hollywood Reporter, the rights holders of Buffy the Vampire Slayer – which began as the 1992 crapmound film starring Kristy Swanson and was later transformed by … Continue reading

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A call to activism in Australia

From Lauredhel of Hoyden About Town comes this notice of intended changes to the criteria for using handicapped spaces: The government is proposing a national harmonisation of disabled parking schemes. Sounds great on the surface, doesn’t it? But they’re going … Continue reading

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Possibly the most Awesome thing I have read this week…

I have been far too tired to do full weekly links posts, and I keep meaning to.  I have a whole reader full of things I want to share.  This though, is just too good, and I need to share … Continue reading

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Call him Mr. Farenheit

If, indeed, as the rumors say, Queen has talked to Adam Lambert about performing w/ them, I, for one, will be over the moon. I have never actually watched American Idol.  I don’t really like reality TV (sometimes life is … Continue reading

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Great Women by Women

I have spent a great deal of time blogging about the Twilight Saga and critiquing the way that the characters, especially Bella Swan, are written.  I want everyone to know that I read other books too, and want to take … Continue reading

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The Kid is Patient Zero

I think I have teh plague again.  The Kid is definitely Patient Zero. Enjoy this video which is the best thing on the internet, evah. I am sure many of you have seen it before. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCiageqMHJc]

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Does Gender Matter?

Dovetailing into my thoughts from earlier on Star Trek and if race matters in movies like this, I thought I would also like to discuss gender, specifically, Kirk’s gender.  If Gene Roddenberry had originally decided that Kirk should be a … Continue reading

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The fine line…

So I was reading Whatsername’s review of Star Trek (it’s good, go read it), and we started discussing how some people (she is hardly the first person I have heard mention this) are reacting to John Cho playing Sulu, since … Continue reading

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Lil' Miss Hard to Handle

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Amazing

Voting officials check electronic voting machines at India’s recent general election. The photo collection is amazing.  See the whole thing here.

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