Catching Up

[kelson]

1. I've been going through old comic books looking for Hostess ads from the late 1970s.  They had these one-page stories where a hero would run into a really lame villain, and be able to stop them by distracting them with Twinkies, or fruit pies, or cupcakes.  Some of them are total crack, and there's a web archive with snarky commentary.  I got

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[maldis]

I was shocked this morning to discover Fringe premieres a week from today... if that's on your to-view list, you'd better hurry!

[kelson]

Yeah, I know. I kept thinking we had until October, but everything's starting early this year. Last night I ran down the list of returning shows and stuff that looked interesting, and the latest premiere is Pushing Daisies on October 1. I guess after the writer's strike shut down half of last season, they must have decided to start up production earlier.

As it is, it's too late to get anything set up for the season opener of Bones, which alenxa watched this summer (DVDs for the first few seasons, iTunes for the last one). Fortunately, there are other people's houses and, again, iTunes.

[kelson]

Ah, yes, the super-power of... appreciating peaches.