Archive for October, 2009
Communication Problems
Y’know what I miss least about the dating scene? The endless relationship talk the womenfolk go on with. Yak yak yak. All ‘what are you looking for in a girl?’ this and ‘do I look hot in this slutty Catwoman outfit?’ the other. Enough, ladies, with your interminable chattering about intimacy and sex toys and [...]
Posted: October 30th, 2009 under thoughts.
Tags: catwoman, sex toys, true love, womenfolk
Comments: 2
Heroes Season Four, Episode Seven

The latest Heroes recap is up over at the Preppies of the Apocalypse blog. As always, this means commenters are weighing in with weighty and not-so-weighty debates, including: Who is the brainiest cast member (hint: he may be a kickass turtle)? Is Claire being rushed to the least sexy sorority ever seen on television? Does [...]
Posted: October 28th, 2009 under heroes.
Tags: apples, braininess, heroes, skulky the turtle wonder, unsexy sororities
Comments: 1
FlashForward Season One, Episode Five
Posted: October 26th, 2009 under meta.
Tags: flashforward season one
Comments: none
9.05 Mopey Dick

Starring Clark Kent (Tom Welling) as Superlad, Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) as Sinead, Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) as TIAC, Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) as Bo, Martha Kent (Annette O’Toole) as Boring Old Ma, Lionel Luthor (John Glover) as Porthos, Kara Kent (Laura Vandervoort) as SBH and Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) as herself. For more information [...]
Posted: October 25th, 2009 under smallville.
Tags: betamax player, bogus fbi agents, early seasons, impromptu flashlights, lady in red, laundry, mind games, moping, popcorn in bras, smallville season nine
Comments: 4
Heroes Season Four, Episode Six
The latest discussion of the latest episode of Heroes is taking place at the latest recap of the show over at the Preppies of the Apocalypse blog. This week’s highlights include: When did Sylar become emo? When will he stop? Are toilets the secret wormholes used by all teleporters? Who rose-tinted HRG’s infamous glasses when [...]
Posted: October 23rd, 2009 under heroes.
Tags: claire bear, skulky the turtle wonder, superpet, teleporters, wormholes
Comments: none
Jerry Springer (and again)

Doyen of Darwinism, Richard Dawkins, must surely be a fan of Jerry Springer. For there is no finer example of contemporary evolution in action than the Jerry Springer audience. I haven’t watched the show in over five years, but I accidentally flipped over to it the other day while looking for New Zealand’s Next Top [...]
Posted: October 21st, 2009 under television.
Tags: darwinism, daytime television ratings, girl guides, national anthem, naysayers, new zealands next top model, predator prey relationship, relentless pressure
Comments: 3
FlashForward Season One, Episode Four
Posted: October 19th, 2009 under meta.
Tags: flashforward season one
Comments: 1
9.04 Can You Read My Mind?

Starring Clark Kent (Tom Welling) as Superlad, Lex Luthor (Michael Rosenbaum) as Sinead, Chloe Sullivan (Allison Mack) as TIAC, Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) as Bo, Martha Kent (Annette O’Toole) as Boring Old Ma, Lionel Luthor (John Glover) as Porthos, Kara Kent (Laura Vandervoort) as SBH and Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) as herself. For more information [...]
Posted: October 18th, 2009 under smallville.
Tags: cellophane, chris reeve, hostage situation, marketing 101, moping, perimeters, smallville season nine, swoosh swoosh, telepathy, two cars at the beginning of the night
Comments: 2
Fun With Keywords – Special Lionel Luthor Sayings Edition

It’s been a couple of weeks since my last ‘Fun With Keywords’. Plenty of time for the beautiful people to find this site with some crackin’ new ones, right? Right. dan liebke is exturious! I sure am! I assume. Why not? she has been turned into a mannequin You might be thinking of Kim Cattrall [...]
Posted: October 16th, 2009 under meta.
Tags: dan liebke is exturious!, dan's diner where they talk crap to you, don bradman zombie, fun with keywords, james van der beek hated dawsons creek, lex luthor charming (smallville), lionel luthor sayings, magic tricks revealed tv show when is it on, she has been turned into a mannequin, xorn was awesome
Comments: none
Heroes Season Four, Episode Four
Another week of Heroes. Another recap and round table discussion over at the awesome Preppies of the Apocalypse blog. This time around, the round table discussion (cunningly disguised as a linear string of comments) covers the following topics: The disappointment of Claire-Bear’s lesbian smooch and whether some turtle-on-turtle action might have improved ratings further How [...]
Posted: October 15th, 2009 under heroes.
Tags: claire bear, disappointing lesbianism, heroes, skittles, skulky the turtle wonder
Comments: 4