There are two kinds of people in this world: those who liked Starsky and those who liked Hutch. TVLand is airing a Starsky & Hutch marathon today, and Sheila and I stumbled across the Christmas episode with Kristy McNichol as Pete the tomboy! My God, that took me back. To Saturday nights when I was around 12 or 13 and my mother didn't watch me to watch the show because it was too violent, but I would watch it anyway. My love for Hutch was too powerful and would not be denied. (and I remembered that the diamonds were in her baseball glove!)



And I still think Hutch is hot, even if the jokes are unbearably corny, the dialogue unbelievably hokey -- "Quit tryin' to con me, turkey!" -- and his pants way too bell-bottomy.

So? Starsky or Hutch?

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"But to talk about murder victims as patriots ready to make the ultimate sacrifice is to inadvertently give credence to the motives of their killers."

An honest examination of the way in which our country grieves publicly, post-Oklahoma City and post- September 11. As harsh as they may seem, his words need to be heard if we are ever to fully heal:

"When people have died a sudden, violent death there's an understandable impulse to replace the senselessness of the violence with some kind of meaning. But, as Linenthal writes, an act of mass murder is not a conscious sacrifice for a nation. You can speak of sacrifice when talking about the cops and firemen who went into the World Trade Center knowing there was a good chance they wouldn't come out. And you can speak of it when describing the people who chose to die on the plane that was crashed in Pennsylvania to prevent it from reaching its target. But the office workers who died at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, like the people who died at the Murrah Building, died for nothing, sacrificed not to their country or for freedom but to the fantasy lives of madmen. "

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Get a load o' this clown.

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Filmwise Stuff

Invisibles #53 - are these getting harder? I could only guess on 4 and only 3 of those were correct. Hmmph.

Answers to last week's quiz. Aha.

New Visuals Quiz - But of Corpse #2. GrueSOME!

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This is just too, too sad for words.

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In Case You Were Wondering...

What's happened with the other big news stories?

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NORAD Santa Tracker


Santa flies by the Mir Space Station

I love this. Today's holiday treat - NORAD's Santa Tracker. Track Santa on Christmas Eve as he flies around the world. The image above was taken from a previous year's satellite surveillance. I didn't realize he flew so high! Besides satellite tracking of the Jolly One, the site also offers info on Santa, including answers to such questions as how he gets down those chimneys and what kinds of snacks he likes. If you have a question for Santa, you can send him an e-mail - NORAD will make sure he gets it. The Santa Tracker site goes live on December 24. Don't forget!

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Oh my God, hang on. You can buy thong underwear for men at JCPenney. At Penney's. Polite society as we know it is dead.

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I'm about to color my hair. Wish me luck!

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Theft, Interrupted.

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Ew.

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Dadum........Dadum........Dadumdadumdadumdadumdadum...

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Today's weirdest headline:

Groom Chokes to Death on Bride's Finger Nail

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Bare Room with Light that Switches on and off with Egg on its Walls.

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Howard Lutnick, Three Months Later

Remember Mr. Lutnick, the Cantor Fitzgerald CEO who wept openly in a Connie Chung interview in the wake of the loss nearly 700 employees on September 11? New York Magazine has a follow-up on his story. And an amazing one it is.

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I'm watching the bin Laden tape being aired live right now, from the Pentagon. Bin Laden and his cronies are sitting around congratulating themselves on the success of the Al Qaeda attacks on the U.S., laughing, smiling and eating fingerfood. The tape will not change a thing - those who support bin Laden will assume it is a US fabrication (or more likely, agree with him), I'm sure, and it will only add purpose to those who are convinced he is guilty.

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Fa la la la la



Today's holiday treats:

1. Decorate your desktop with Holiday Lights. I do every year.

2. How to Take Great Photos of Holiday Lights (the ones on the tree and house, not your desktop)

3. National Christmas Tree Association? Who knew? Find out about tree types, care, watering (I thought that was the extent of "care") and the "Grand Champions". Ours is a Frasier Fir.

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As I said to some friends the other day, Geraldo needs a testosterone-ectomy.

"It makes me sound like a tabloid talk show host goes to war."

Um, Geraldo...that's because that's what you are.

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Mornin'

I'll be out much of the day doing somethin' close to nothin', so there won't be anything new until a little later on. Have a good day.

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The Secret History of Mr. Happy

Yes, that Mr. Happy.

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OK, Another One.

Here's a real personality test - the E!Online Buffy Personality Test. Me?

Buffy

You are the quintessential badass [yeah! that's me all right!]--always ready to fight for a cause you believe in (and looking damn good doing it). Your love life most likely takes a back seat to your career, but you're still surrounded by more than enough loved ones worth making sacrifices for. So, keep that gorgeous head up: We see a revival in your future.

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Personality Test

This one's quick and easy and I'd have to say, very accurate. Just click on the most appealing shape. My results:

Introspective
Sensitive
Reflective

You come to grips more frequently and thoroughly with yourself and your environment than do most people. You detest superficiality; you'd rather be alone than have to suffer through small talk. But your relationships with your friends are very strong, which gives you the inner tranquility and harmony that you require. You do not mind being alone for extended periods of time; you rarely become bored.

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On Comet.

On Cupid.

On Donner.

On - - B L A M!!

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Gosh, this looks like a CGI effect.

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"A wave of infant rapes has left South Africa shocked and outraged."

I can't decide if I want to cry or to vomit. Both, I think.

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"Bare Room with a Light that Switches on and off." Bollocks, I say.

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Will his life be any better when the war is over?

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New X-Files Episode Review

I am woefully behind in my episode commentary, I know. I am trying to catch up and I managed to finish Nothing Important Happened Today II this afternoon. Next up, Daemonicus.

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"Style rather than substance became hugely important in order to distinguish oneself aong the many competing magazines," says Brown Weissman. "The 'voices' of these magazines were reinvented over and over, as was their look." A very enlightening article on the literary history of women's magazines such as Mademoiselle, Redbook and even Cosmo. I don't read them myself, but it sounds as though I would have, once upon a time.

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At last! A slash fiction template! While I find the idea of Harry Potter slash immensely disturbing, I still managed to get a laugh out of the article.

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Tell me this isn't the stuff of which Disney movies are made.

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Let's all go to Bikini Bottom!

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"Ab Fab is the gay man's sporting event," says Kerry Tucker, a San Francisco resident from Wales.

New episode tonight! (Comedy Central, 9:00 PM)

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As the holidays descend upon us, I'll be posting a related link here and there; here's your first holiday treat.



[link courtesy dollarshort.org]

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"The five-year rule of the Taliban, exceptionally harsh even in a land governed for decades by bloodletting, came to an official end today as the last Afghan province slipped from their control. Their fractious opponents, due to start governing in two weeks, agreed to bury some of the many feuds that could jeopardize peace, but the two men most wanted by the United States continued to elude capture."

Their fractious opponents inspire little to no confidence from me. Are we really expected to believe that someone like General Dostum is going to end his reign of "bloodletting and war" now that he will actually have even more power than before? I loved the irony in this sentence: "The Friendship Bridge between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, closed for years by enmity and fear, opened today and a first shipment of aid came across."

The fall of the Taliban is indeed good news and we should all rejoice at it; however, I have very little confidence in Afghanistan acheiving a stable and peaceful future for itself.

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The Goose is Getting Fat.

Mary and the kids came out yesterday to help decorate our tree. More ornaments were dropped than were hung, but it was fun. We had a little snow last night, adding to the holiday atmosphere. Here are a few pics.

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All posted external links will open in a new window now.

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They're gonna get this guy if it's the last thing they do.

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