Reavers ain't men. Or they forgot how to be. Now they're just nothing. They got out to the edge of the galaxy, to that place of nothing, and that's what they became.

Mal ,'Bushwhacked'


Natter .44 Magnum: Do You Feel Chatty, Punk?  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Topic!Cindy - May 09, 2006 1:52:33 am PDT #6172 of 10002
What is even happening?

No, Pertwee was the similarly-decrepit Worzel Gummidge. Imdb gives Geoffrey Bayldon as the actor playing Catweazle. And apparently he also appeared on Worzel Gummidge, not to mention Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit as a slightly cracked astrologer
This conversation made me blink really hard. The internet friends I expect to have this discussion are on one of the other internets.

Is Point Magoo a real place?
aha... Mugu. I swear it sounded like they were saying Magoo on 24.

It sounded so much like "Magoo" I figured there was a "Magoo" typo snafu at the Closed Captioning service. Is there a real Point Mugu?

Also re: 24 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh frickin' Miles had a frickin' tape degausser. Nooooooooo.

From the 24 preview for next week:

Good darned thing Aaron is alive, but whoever bloodied is wonderful Aarony face like must pay. Oh yes they must. Is Jack ever going to be able to crack Henderson? It's just stressful.


Jars - May 09, 2006 1:56:30 am PDT #6173 of 10002

I'm living near where Worzel Gummage was set, and there's a life-size Worzel in my local pub's window. There's an Aunt Sally's cafe just a bit down the road too.


Frankenbuddha - May 09, 2006 3:05:12 am PDT #6174 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Also re: 24

What I want to know is what the hell Chloe was doing with the tape that wouldn't involve, you know, actually playing the frelling tape. I'm actually more upset that if Miles had waited 2 more minutes to call Logan, we wouldn't have Logan to kick around any more. I figured with 3 more hours it probably wasn't going to happen; although we've still got the Blue Tooth Group to deal with.

I don't know what Logan thinks keeping Aaron alive is going to accomplish. I'm happy that he's not dead, but it smacks of Dr. Evil type planning.


Laura - May 09, 2006 3:10:32 am PDT #6175 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.

Sometimes payback can be a lovely bitch. [link] NYTimes (bugmenot is your friend if not subscribed)

President Bush arrived here Monday to face an awkward political situation about which his brother is mincing no words: the candidacy of Representative Katherine Harris for the United States Senate.

White House aides said Ms. Harris, a Florida Republican, would be on hand to greet Mr. Bush when he landed in Tampa on Tuesday morning en route to a talk about the new Medicare prescription drug benefit.

But on Monday the president's brother, Gov. Jeb Bush, raised new doubts about Ms. Harris's ability to unseat Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat, in the fall election.

"I just don't think she can win," Governor Bush told reporters. "It's just that's she's not gained any traction, and it seems that, unfortunately through no fault of her own perhaps, the press coverage is all about the problems in her campaign."

Some Republicans have expressed worries that Ms. Harris, who became nationally known while overseeing the presidential recount of 2000 as secretary of state in Florida, remains a polarizing figure and could galvanize Democrats to vote against her.

It just delights me that the Republicans have abandoned her. Hee.


aurelia - May 09, 2006 3:56:23 am PDT #6176 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I just met a couple of Chicago's finest. They were quite pleasant and kinda cute. Too bad I was unshowered and still in my jammies.

Is there a real Point Mugu?

The internets think so.


Ailleann - May 09, 2006 3:56:43 am PDT #6177 of 10002
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

Trudy, I don't think anyone answered your question about PB: As far as I could tell, he got him to cooperate by pulling a weapon. I think Pope didn't fight back because he doesn't think Michael's a bad person. That and he doesn't need to be a hero.

My fave part of PB? The guard who said "I'm not a hero for $14 an hour." Very honest sentiment.


Lee - May 09, 2006 3:59:24 am PDT #6178 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Aurelia, why did you meet the nice policemen?


Laura - May 09, 2006 4:00:19 am PDT #6179 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.

I'm sure the policemen thought Aurelia was mighty cute and pleasant in her jammies.


aurelia - May 09, 2006 4:00:36 am PDT #6180 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I called them because my upstairs neighbors woke me with their fighting and the wife was screaming.


§ ita § - May 09, 2006 4:05:46 am PDT #6181 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Nicer jammies for occasions just like this, then, aurelia. I hope the situation was resolved smoothly.

Wow. Trying to remember Worzel Gummidge totally sprains the brain. Without googling, Catweazel was brought forward in time, somehow. Why do I think that Worzel was a scarecrow?