Retro Recap: Torchwood, Children of Earth, “Day Four”
This is the episode I’ve been dreading. It’s the reason that I haven’t re-watched the series since it first aired.
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Lunchtime Poll: Worst Kiss
Happy Thursdays, Persephoneers. Another work week is almost down and I can hear the faint cries of your rejoicing traveling over the intertubes.
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The Wednesday Open Thread Can’t Say That on TV
It’s been a while since I’ve watched George Carlin’s bit about the seven words you can’t say on television. Which is a shame, because I love to use the words!
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Come One, Come All: A Contraceptive Conundrum
Even before Little Juniper arrived, I was faced with questions about my contraceptive choices. Come to think of it, my GP asked me about my contraceptive choices when I went there to say those wonderful words, “I think I’m pregnant.”
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Putting Your Peanut Butter in the Mail Box
I come from a proud tradition of eccentrics, and my father has his own share of cheerfully embraced oddities. At an earlier point in his life, he decided that he was eating far more peanut butter than was healthy, and so he began stowing the jar of peanut butter in his mailbox across the street from his apartment so that …
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New Show Recap: Mad Men, Season 6 Ep. 6, “For Immediate Release”
This week Don gets an epic dressing down for failing to take others into consideration when he makes big decisions. He absorbs all of this, and promptly makes a big decision without taking anyone else into consideration. Who says TV characters are static?
Read MoreCommunication in Friendships
Ever had an email or chat conversation with a friend, talking about meeting up only to have the other disappear into thin air when you go into the details? And not because they suddenly decide they don’t want to see you, but just… I don’t know why. I wish I knew.
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News Appetizers: Welcome to the Hellmouth
Remember how in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the second hellmouth was in Cleveland, OH? This week’s news may confirm that.
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Commercials That Air During Maury
I’m (kind of) your typical home from college kid temporarily living back at my parents’ house. I don’t miss much about having to live under their roof and rules in the suburbs except for the free TV. Typical.
Read MoreLunchtime Poll: Familiarity or Novelty?
Are you a creature of habit or do you prefer to try new things whenever possible?
Read MoreP-Mag Nostalgia Project: 1999 in Europe with Freckle
We’re going to party like it’s 19- Hold up, it is! No, you didn’t immediately hear Will2k inside your head? I think that song ruled my head for 10 months of that year. Luckily, there were more things going on in 1999.
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Science News: 5/7/13
This week, science will both enrage and delight you. We’ve got extinctions, global warming deniers, and conspiracy theorists, but also the world’s smallest movie and a beautifully terrifying trip inside an active volcano, plus a look at how pregnancy shapes evolution. Let’s go!
Read MoreRecap: RuPaul’s Drag Race, Finale 5.14, “This Is Not America’s Next Drag Three-Way”
This is the main event — are you ready?! Last night the world crowned the queen of drag! Well, one queen of drag. The fifth queen of drag. Not counting All-Stars. Or Ru. Okay, last night a crown was given to a drag queen, who was voted to be pretty nifty.
Read MoreStrip Search: Penny Arcade’s Online Game Show
Strip Search has been going on for a while. It just took me a bit to write about it. So let’s catch up.
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