• Clan: McTiVo

    Amazing Race 6

    Yes, the screaming begins anon. There are a lot of people here, a lot of snark to get through. Adam/Rebecca (generic models) Avi/Joe AKA Geeky Guys Don/Mary Jean AKA Team Duffer Freddy/Kendra (generic models) Gus/Hera AKA Daddy/Daughter Kickass Hayden/Aaron (generic models) Jonathan/Victoria AKA Botox/Boobs, Son Of Colin Daughter of Chucky Kris/Jon (generic models) Lena/Kristy (generic models) Lori/Bolo AKA Wrestlemaniacs Meredith/Maria (actual real women) Not all of the generic model teams above are really models – they’re just suspiciously good looking. I had been prepared to dislike the wrestlers on the basis of stunt casting alone, but have decided it might…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Kevin Sites

    Kevin Sites is the reporter who shot the video footage in Fallujah of the Marine who allegedly shot a wounded, unarmed insurgent in a mosque. He also has a photoblog full of amazing, wonderful, and disturbing images. Previously, he was working for CNN, who shut his blog down for a while in 2003. The blog is shut down again, along with the commentary forum, which had predictably enough filled up with screaming ranters of the “Support Our Troops!!! Or Else You Hate Amerikkka!!!!” flavor. I hope he’s able to start it up again. In the meantime, what a mess: The…

  • Clan: McTiVo

    CSI NY Repeat Friday

    Yahoo! News – U.S. channel apologises for Arafat interruption I should think so. I was happily watching the latest CSI:NY episode on TiVo, and we were in the last 5 minutes – the part where all the loose ends are tied up and the “twist” is revealed. And then the earth-shaking news that Arafat was dead (again, but for real this time) came on. Highly irritating, because they hadn’t yet revealed ALL of the plot twists, so I’m in the dark. Fortunately, they’ll repeat it tonight. Must verify that TiVo will pick up on it. For some reason, David and…

  • Geek Out!

    DSL Reports Versus Shaw

    since my husband David is quite familiar with the community at DSL Reports, I thought he’d be interested in this item from Boing Boing: Shaw is censoring Internet feeds and lying about it – because DSL Reports did the outing.

  • Politics, Schmolitics

    Voter Intimidation

    Apparently, that young man that gets such a kick out of politics was an elections official at a Pennsylvania polling place. While there he apparently intimidated a female Democratic poll watcher into keeping silent, successfully challenged a homeless man who attempted to vote but left in frustration, and harangued a woman who asked for information about her ballot. The future of the Republican Party. Believe it. Via Jesus’ General

  • Clan: McTiVo

    TiVomania

    Along with everyone else in TiVo land, I have to discuss whether my fave shows are on the TiVo Top 100 Season Pass List However, I’ve chosen to edit the list down to just those few items we watch that are on the full list, rather than posting the whole thing and marking my few choices: Rank Title ———- —————————————- 2 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 9 CSI: Miami 12 CSI: NY 22 Queer Eye for the Straight Guy 25 Enterprise 28 The Simpsons 31 Cold Case 32 Smallville 36 The Daily Show With Jon Stewart 37 Rescue Me 46 Stargate…

  • Clan: McTiVo

    Serenity: Not A Vanity Production

    Serenity’s Nathon Fillion does a little press for the upcoming film on Sci Fi Wire: As for his acting style, Fillion said, “I haven’t made any drastic changes or anything. I have noticed that my nose is a lot bigger on screen. It’s like, there are times when if you could put your arms up, that’s about how wide my nostrils are. I’ve always known I have big nostrils, but now I could park a Buick in them.” The above quote is a good indicator of why Nathan Fillion is one of the funniest actors in “the industry.” Also one…

  • Childfreedom

    What’s Next, Rhythm?

    Via Clack: Don’t think for one minute that it’ll stop with just abortion. Some pharmacists refuse to dispense birth-control pills on moral grounds. There are legal protections for pharmacists who refuse to dispense birth control, too. They’re supposed to make arrangements for another pharmacist to fill the scrip, but some even refuse to do that. Which makes me wonder if the RTL movement has been quietly working to get a lot of pharmacists into their tent… if you object to birth control on moral grounds, one way to stop it is to cut off the supply at a convenient choke…