Wow, four days without posting. I have a bit to make up for, so here a few things on my mind.
Torchwood - The Saturday debut was BBC America’s highest rated show ever. Good going. Next up is “Day One”. This will be Gwen’s first adventure with the Torchwood team and they square off against a creature lovingly named “The Sex Gas”. It’s an alien that feeds off the energy of male orgasms (straight or gay) and kills the “donor” in the process. This is what I meant about the more controversial aspects of the show. While there’s no outright graphic sex (simulated or otherwise) you see a good deal of bare butts. Now Rhys (Kai Owen), Gwen’s boyfriend may be more Average Joe than muscle god, but he’s got a cute ass and has no problem showing it! Back to the point, while BBC America didn’t significantly censor the first episode, now that we get more into the nitty gritty, I hope that remains the case.
Madeleine L’Engle - This great author inspired me to read some of her works again. I ordered nice new hardcover copies of “A Wrinkle In Time”, “A Wind In the Door” and “A Swiftly Tilting Planet” and they arrived yesterday. Afterward, I’ll listen to the same read by the author. I was also inspired to concoct a way to spread the works of Madame L’Engle and increase the readership and commenting here (hopefully) by bribing the audience with a contest. Look for it in early October. Right before that is the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week. “A Wrinkle In Time” is consistently in the top 25 of banned and challenged books. Read it!
The News - Senator Toilet “I have a wide stance” Tryst has decided to try and have his guilty plea withdrawn. Something tells me he’ll be successful. Since it’s four days before the date he promises to resign, he may just stay on till the end of his term. My only disappointment is that he won’t be running for re-election. It certainly would have been the most entertaining contest of 2008. The attacks from his fellow republicans would have been both more vicious and more original than any the democrats could think up.
Now another prostitute has come forward to denounce Senator Vitter. Still, his fellow party members either ignore the incidents or spring to his defense. Here is a man of God who, unlike his counterpart from Idaho whose proof of a crime is tenuous at best, has admitted to breaking a secular law (it’s only legal to pay for sex in certain parts of Nevada after all) numerous times and breaking a commandment. Somehow he believes God has forgiven him. Is there a crash course to cure someone of adultery like there is to cure someone of homosexuality? And if so, who supervised him?
Former senator, crappy actor and presidential candidate running on the heels of the late Ronald Reagan, Fred Thompson first can’t remember the details of the Terry Schiavo affair. Then, after being reminded of the details, he says it should be left up to the locals to decide who lives or dies. If it takes him many hours to remember something that happened a mere two years ago and was significant enough for buffoon in chief George Bush to drag Congress back into session, maybe he has more in common with Reagan’s less desirable characteristics than he cares to admit. Maybe we should ask Oliver North.
Is it possible to get too close of a shot in a porn movie? Check out this article on high-definition porn. Apparently producers are having some issues with the high definition image revealing too much. Now all those “perfect” bodies have cellulite, wrinkles and razor burn. This should a be a boon to the California plastic surgery and fitness industries. It will probably push the envelope on software technology to cover up these imperfections because it’s unacceptable for a porn actor to look like a person. No wonder Barbie remains popular and Slutz Bratz are even more so.
Worldwide scam network, Exodus, is releasing a report today that reparative therapy for gays ain’t so bad. Of course, it’s being released by a publisher noted for its dedication to Christian ideology. Also, it’s unknown if the report was actually peer reviewed. If nothing else, it should be a funny read.
We’re still in Iraq with no end in sight. And buffoon in chief still believes this is going well and we should stay even though we can’t even successfully train a security force over four and a half years. Obviously this is the wait until it’s someone else’s problem strategy.
Keep reading. It can only get better.
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