I love Reid, and I do want to take care of him. Also, though (or perhaps relatedly) he is a physical type I tend to be attracted to as well.

A beginner’s guide to ‘Twilight’

Yeah, we've been talking about that article and the phenomena in general over in literary. It's getting beyond freaky. Seven year-old girls asking Rob Pattinson to bite them and other girls scratching their necks to blood runs freely just prior to meeting him.

So far the reviews on the movie seem to be universally "meh," stating that the screenwriter improved on Meyer's clunky prose and overwrought dialogue and that Kristin Stewart refuses to let Bella be a complete doormat. However, the USA Today reviewer pretty much loathed it.

Sounds like the actors are better than the material, at least.

The SF Chronicle review made me snort coffee:

Which brings us to the sparkling, a phenomenon that causes light-stricken vampires to suddenly look as if they've had a horrible accident involving a glitter truck and an angry mob armed with Bedazzlers. What may have seemed cool in the book looks like a human disco ball onscreen.

"Twilight" has a few gory plot turns - mostly offscreen - and one near-sex scene that may offend a few Amish people, but the rest is maybe 33 percent less wholesome than "High School Musical." It's almost certainly less risque than what you were watching when you were 14. (Cue the soundtrack to "Risky Business.")

-- Advisory: This movie contains some violence and sensuality. This material also attracts packs of girls with extremely high-pitched voices, who will scream every time their favorite character comes onscreen. Bring earplugs, or sit at least six rows away from anyone female between the ages of 12 and 15.

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Heh, my sons have been threatening to kidnap and force me to watch Twilight. They reason that I am a girl and like vampire stuff therefore must really secretly want to see it. They report that the fans they go to school with are very scary.

Why didn't I drive up for this launch? They are always awesome, but the full moon too. Shiny! [link]

Oooh... that's a gorgeous shot. Although I still think this is my favorite night launch photo ever, just because it's so quintessentially Florida. Equal parts awe-inspiring and tacky.

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Barb, that picture would make a great Christmas card.

Wouldn't it? It's tempting, if I wasn't so damned lazy about sending the things out.

Very late, Tom, but as a Rochestarian who has visited toronto in the dead of winter, they are awesome at snow removal and clean-up and keeping things not yucky. You can totally tell the difference between the US and Canada clean-up efforts as you cross the border. I once rode back from Toronto is a blizzard, and they were still keeping it clean!

I skipped a whole bunch but I have to say, except for the time they had to call out the army because of the snow.

(As a Canadian, it's my duty to mock Toronto for that incident.)

It could be way worse Tom, it could have been Ottawa or Winnepeg.