. . . at least when it comes to cliffhangers. Apparently transmission of the next series of DW is going to be split between spring and autumn, for the express purpose of giving viewers MORE time to freak out over a mid-season plot twist/cliffhanger.

Seriously, Moff, WTF. Especially after "Sherlock."

*grumble*sadisticshowrunners*grumble*

So I've been keeping up on the brouhaha following Judge Walker's decision to overturn Prop 8 in CA, and found this profoundly disturbing section in a recent article questioning the likelihood of the ruling being overturned by an appeal:

Other legal analysts think the appeals court will allow the group that raised $40 million to pass Proposition 8 ( Read more... )

. . . but I'm just a tad pissed off right now. I was doing a quick scan of the news headlines before logging off the work computer (trying to stay at least somewhat current) and found an article about the abortion restriction laws that look very much as if they're going to pass in Oklahoma right now ( Read more... )

Nicholas Cage in a what will apparently be a movie-length version of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice ( Read more... )

Fer crying out *loud,* I just saw that they're remaking Clash of the Titans!

And Teen Wolf.  And Footloose.  And . . . oh, hell, everything from about 1978-1985, apparently.

The deja vu, it buuuuuuurrns . . . :P

See, this is why I shouldn't logon after 11pm after being mostly logged off for a weekend.  Stuff like this is always waiting to ambush me.

Y'know, I'm very much for ethical treatment of animals, and I think our society way too often fails in that goal.  We *should* try harder, and all that jazz.  But I swear, PETA's publicity antics are often enough to make me want to go out and consume a cheeseburger just to piss them off.  The whole "sea kittens" thing was bad enough (even if it's ( Read more... )

At least the article itself is fairly balanced and factual.  But I see it's time to go back to being embarrassed about my nationality again . . .

Poll: 63% of Americans reject theory of evolution

Dangit.  Was feeling a little better, so I was doing housework, including cleaning my 55-gallon fish tank . . . and when I took the light hood off, I found a *major* crack in the frame.  I mean, heading-towards-massive-structural-failure time.

It would take $150 or so to replace the tank, new, which I don't have to spare; I could probably look for a ( Read more... )

Rackafrack.  More fun with the fish room and the water softener -- some of the pressure readings were off today, and I think a valve may have done an auto shut-off.  All of this info was emailed to me by the student who took over from me while I was sick today.  I emailed back instructions to her as to how to fix it all (she's probably the only ( Read more... )

RL rant, under the cut.  Mostly me venting in tl;dr mode about irritiating pieces of scientific equipment at work, to keep sane.  You've been warned.

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