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god and Me – Rapture Edition

by May 22nd, 2011 - Society »

On that fateful day, I was the very first raptured thus causing god to cancel all further rapturing as he was content with only me for all of eternity. Unfortunately…god is not enough for me… Thursday Nights, This Fall on ABC!

Captain Jack is Company, Torchwood‘s a Crowd

by March 6th, 2011 - Culture » Film and TV »

In the 2005 Doctor Who episode “The Empty Child”, writer Steven Moffat created the character of Captain Jack Harkness. Played by the multi-talented John Barrowman, Harkness was a cocksure time-travelling omnisexual con-man whose sexuality was not trumpeted as some great progressive cause, but was instead just a free-wheeling reality of the character, a charismatic, impulsive […]

Virgin America Airlines – Disco Distractions

by January 15th, 2011 - Culture » Culture » Travel »

Many thanks to Virgin America for lubing up my nerves prior to my recent trip to Las Vegas. I don’t have much airline experience to compare it to, but Richard Branson has loaded up his Airbus A320s with enough technology and nightclub lighting to distract you from the crazy, crazy undertaking that is air travel. […]

The Network Wars

by December 26th, 2010 - Politics » Culture » Sports »

I’ve begun wondering if one of the main reasons we have so many military operations throughout the world is simply to fill the otherwise bottomless chatter voids during Holiday sportscasts and special events with good cheer and well wishes from and to the troops. TV EXECUTIVE: “What do you mean we’re not at war anywhere, […]

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