Perkins, I hope your stomach shapes up and quickly.

I'm slightly dizzy this morning, but not enough, I think, to stop me from driving in an hour or so.

Sue, I thought the wedding was very sweet, although I wish they'd explained what the argument with the grandmother was --it was obviously predictable to the characters, but I felt like I missed something. There was also minimal use of the townspeople considering, but I really missed the hot boys and hated the oh-so-predictable outburst of Lorelai's poorly managed resentment. And what set her off seemed so minor, all told.

Of course, a civil war or two in the next couple of years might change the calculus somewhat.

I'd argue that there's been a cold civil war going on for a good 15 years or more. At minimum, since Buchanan's speech at the 1992 Republican convention.

ita, I had actually had the TV on mute during Lorelai's outburst, (My sister called) so it didn't really register with me, even though I could totally see what was happening, even with the show muted.

The 100 unsexiest men in the world: [link]

[checks list]

[breathes sigh of relief]

Perkins, I hope you're feeling better, and/or taking a sick day today. Sick is sick!

I hated Loreilai's drunken speech at the end - but there was much to love in this episode. I wondered whether the untranslated Korean was thanks to Lost ?

US map of religiosity

eta: There's a big mess of religiosity in Texas, and another big one in Minnesota/Iowa/N & S Dakota. Huh.

That map is weird to me, though, because it only counts congregations that are part of the larger organizations they surveyed, and a lot of congregations aren't. I think even a lot of the mega-churches are independent, so might not be counted?

Ooh, Stephen from Top Chef has a website -- and it's ultra-pretentious!

(I know -- shocking.)