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Is this not the most awesome thing to come out of India since Richard Sharpe?

Via Moe Lane and Ace.

As for what's going on my life...besides being up way too late, that is.
( cut to spare the f-list )

No more "Hitler in the bunker" YouTube videos for YOU!
Fair use? Parody exceptions to copyright? Never heard of them!

Leave it to conservative lesbian Cynthia Yockey to spot the true irony of this: "I seem to be the only blogger who noticed they did this ON HITLER’S BIRTHDAY!!!"

As if that weren't enough amusement, apparently the director of Downfall found the videos quite amusing, and many Americans no doubt echoed Rush Limbaugh, who said today "I never even heard of the movie until I saw one of the videos."
(The Other McCain)

UPDATE: I suppose it was inevitable...
( Hitler doesn't like this! )

This post by Instapundit reminded me of this ad that played last night during the Series:


The poem sounded familiar - not that I'd heard it before, but the way it was put together, the words and scansion and all...and when I looked up the words today, sure enough, it was Walt Whitman. Pretty good ad.

Watched my second episode of Dollhouse, "Spy In The House of Love" tonight, and have decided I'm going to have to get the first season DVD. Mind you, I'm no diehard Joss Whedon fan, and I didn't have that much interest in La Femme Nikita when it was on the air, but something about this series really sets the hook in me, and it isn't just Eliza Dushku. Although Ms. Dushku is pretty damn awesome all by herself. (Inevitable question: So why haven't you seen Tru Calling yet? A: Shut up.)

Anyway, the most recent episodes and a first season recap are all online, and if you haven't watched them yet I highly recommend them. This is the first thing since House and the Nationals that's even remotely tempted me to plop myself down in front of a TV.

There are these shows on TV which a number of my friends insist that I have to watch because the writing is SO AWESOME and the acting is RILLY COOL. Usually when this happens, I back away slowly, brandishing my plush chibi-Cthulhu and mumbling under my breath, because I have a gut feeling that the show in question is a piece of crap. Well...it's happening again. And once again my instincts are proved sound.

For the record, there are a number of things wildly popular in fandom that I don't like. One of them is Douglas Adams. Another is the Muppet Show. It is for these reasons, among others, that therevdrnye has often condemned me as a backslider and a heathen. All I can say in my defense is "You damn right."

(Baseball Crank)

Brad Templeton, he say: "The worst ending in the history of on-screen SF." (David Thompson)

Some chick at Suicide Girls was even more blunt.

( Taking a break from driving that one meme into the ground )
tl;dr, Ron Moore screwed the pooch and I saved myself a lot of time not watching a good series that ended really really badly.

Number 6 allegedly dead at age of 80.

After drunkenphlower posted that the third episode of Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog was back up, of course I went and watched it.
I think in some ways this hurt worse than the episode where Buffy's mother died.

Didn't realize that Doctor Horrible was only going to be available for a limited time, and so missed Part III by not watching it yesterday. Meh. I'll be buying the DVD when it comes out anyway, and in the meantime I can cultivate patience.