In praise of...Doctor Who

As a kid, I loved Doctor Who and it has always held a fond place in my mind as a good way to spend an hour while having absolutely no idea what was going on in the teevee machine but being fascinated nonetheless.

Then they rebooted the series and it being more than the campy show of PBS of my memory, it was something special.



Someone who is new to the Doctor posted this on Cracked.com over the weekend...

"How Doctor Who Became My Religion"

Still, after much analysis, I came up with a three step answer. More specifically, one realization composed of three parts. I'll take you through the analysis, but because this is the Internet which exists only to oversimplify things to the point of being incorrect, the basic realization was:
Watching Doctor Who Is Like Having A Relationship With God.
And I don't mean the Doctor is a metaphor for gods we know, the way the lion is Jesus in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I mean the Doctor is a god. But one we can see and understand. And he loves us more than all the other creatures in the universe. He would die for us, but what he really wants to do is live with us. So it's no wonder the show has fanatics. It's not a show. It's a philosophy. A religion.


While I will not go nearly as far, I will admit that I will happily stay home on a Saturday night in order to catch an episode.

One of the episodes that blew me away was the current season's mid-season finale also know as "A Good Man Goes To War"


Another take, with the eponymous poem:


Even Radiohead admits their fandom.

Radiohead - Up on the Ladder
"I'm stuck on the TARDIS, trapped in outerspace."


So, what do you think? Do you love Doctor Who? Hate it? Have you ever experienced it?

Important Movie Quotes - Fight Club

The Rules:



The Trailer:


My favorite, which is not in the trailer, or in the movie, but in the book, is:

"I want to have your abortion."

Recapping for a Monday Morning

Radiohead was on Saturday Night Live:



Would it be wrong if I admitted that this was one of the highlight of my weekend? (Rhetorical. I think it was awesome. There are a surprising number of you who missed the Radiohead train. I think that is to your determent.) Well, that and Sunday Football with TEA. Yes, TEA and I headed out to watch the Giants beat Michael Vick the Eagles like a dog (too soon? too crass?) while also watching Brady and his Patriots lose to a CFL team. It was, a win-win with pulled pork sliders, boneless wings, and southwestern egg rolls (they were surprisingly okay).

I have, unfortunately, succumb to the great plague of the modern world, or at least those of us who have smart phones that are not...ancient. (If my father has had two phones that are more current than yours, you are using ancient tech. All I see when I see you talking on it is Lee Atwater.) Yes, I am speaking of Angry Birds. Why did I do this to myself? I cannot remember my thought process at the time, but...the download was so easy and the gameplay so distracting and then...three hours later I am wondering where my afternoon went.

Speaking of apps, has anyone used Layar? I like the idea of Augmented Reality in the palm of my hand and this seems like an interesting implementation of this. However I am wondering if there are better implementations or different uses for the technology.

One final thing: I like the new user interface for Facebook. I think that the lists are great and I enjoy seeing more of what my "friends" (because if we are being honest, how many people are we actually friends with on Facebook) are doing and I have set up those lists to see what is showing up in the feed. If you are uncomfortable with the amount of information you are sharing, then maybe you should reconsider being on a social media network. Also, the likelihood that someone actually gives a damn about what you are doing is remarkably low. Just sayin' is all.

Oh, and a mea culpa: FAU, yes, it is my fault that the Yankees lost on Sunday night to the Red Sox. I know that I should not mention the score of any game to you on the phone on a Sunday or Monday evening because that will lead to the team that you are rooting for to lose. I take full blame for that pitch.

You're right...

No human being would stack books this way...

Important Movie Quotes - Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdowm

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, dyin' time is here."



Wouldn't you love to see a press conference start with something like that?

"That's a good question and my issues with the Common Council are well known so I can only hope that my new policies will have a beneficial effect on these negotiations."

"What are your new policies?"

"Oh, Dyin' Time is here."