Fox is optioning an American version of Torchwood.

Massachusetts has a Republican US Senator.

I have officially woken up in the seventh circle of hell. Way to ruin everything good in the world.

NOOOOOOOOOOO.

Edited to Add: Oh god, oh god, did you see the line about how they "may try to reboot Doctor Who for US audiences"? I just threw up a little ( Read more... )

Wading into the DVRed coverage of the Bejing Games, and of course I'm going for the men's swimming stuff first ( Read more... )

Heath Ledger.

Tim Russert.

George Carlin.

Seriously, 2008 is not so much a good year. Ewan, my little thrill-seeking love, play it safe, okay?

Rest easy, funny man. You made our lives more bearable.

I was going to post the seven words you can't say on TV in tribute, but I can't say number four anyway, so I'll just link.

For the record, my favorite George Carlin routine is not seven words, but "Golf Courses for the Homeless."

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[this is the sort of thing i would normally friends-lock, but in retrospect, it's too funny not to share ( Read more... )

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Heath Ledger was a brilliant young actor and a wonderful man. He died tragically, leaving behind a young daughter, an ex partner, and countless friends and family members, as well as international fans. And yes, I'm still upset about it ( Read more... )

God, I love that man. He says what I want to say, but with more vehemence. And a better vocabulary.

Take seven minutes and watch this and be pissed enough to go register voters or something.

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[ETA: i love that the play button is right over his mouth!]

Signing off the interwebs as of this moment, to finish my church work for Sunday and tidy up, so that I can devote myself to reading Deathly Hallows-- oh, and watching LittleOne ( Read more... )

( more about the disaster that is Pirates III )