Lost, Season 6, Episode 8
Blurb: Locke assigns Sawyer a mission. Sheesh. Could that be any more vague? Ryan Alan Sepinwall EW Pre-episode blather EW Recap Special bonus! A Playlist of 71 of the songs used in Seasons 1-5, downloadable!
Archive of entries posted on March 2010
A self-reminder
The Navy Exchange Pharmacy has a late lunch hour. Get there before 2:00pm or after 2:30pm. Do not get there at 2:05pm. This is the second time you’ve done this, idiot. Get it through your head.
When my convenience trumps tradition
I love baseball and I love the Dodgers. I have since 1959, when we moved south from Monterey to San Pedro just in time for the newly-arrived Dodgers to beat the Chicago White Sox in the World Series. I’ve always wanted to go to spring training at Vero Beach to see the team play someday. …
HBO’s “The Pacific”
We’ve had HBO off-and-on ever since we first got cable. We’d get it, pay for it for months, realize that we never watched it or any of the other premium channels with which it was bundled, and cancel it. We’ve done that at least twice. We’re in an “off” period at the moment, and that’s …
Rob (G.I.) Joe to pay (St.) Peter?
In an ordinary world, this behavior by Pawlenty would badly damage his political chances, even with Republicans. Sen. Don Betzold, DFL-Fridley, told City Pages? Matt Snyders on Thursday that Gov. Tim Pawlenty has diverted funds from the ?Support Our Troops? license plate program to his Governor?s Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, an office that works to …
What is this great yellow thing in the sky?
And why are the trees standing straight up? For the past ten days they’ve been leaning over at 45-degree angles. ‘Twas a great day for going to the library, parking in its lot in an illegal space and paying $2 in overdue fines. Then for going over to the barber shop and paying $13.61 for …
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Texas has some very stupid elected officials
In particular, the State Board of Education qualifies as my candidate for “dumber than a box of rocks.” “I reject the notion by the left of a constitutional separation of church and state,” said David Bradley, a conservative from Beaumont who works in real estate. “I have $1,000 for the charity of your choice if …
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Urban squalor
Why on earth would anyone want to live in a city where this could happen spontaneously? Hey Jude Times Square Subway Station from 39forks on Vimeo. I’ve only been to NYC once, for our senior class trip in 1968. Seeing this makes me wish I’d had more chances to spend time there. Via Making Light.
The decision of Aragorn
So, what was Aragorn’s thinking when he looked into the palantir in Chapter 2 of “The Return of the King?” Kate Nepveu says “Me, I can’t get particularly passionate about it: he did it, it worked, so he was correct that he was able to do it.” Her commenters suggest he was claiming his kingship …
Harry Reid, sports fan
“The filibuster has been abused. I believe that the Senate should be different than the House and will continue to be different than the House,” Reid said. “But we’re going to take a look at the filibuster. Next Congress, we’re going to take a look at it. We are likely to have to make some …