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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Matt Smith could have fought a space cactus, you know

Wed, Aug 18, 2010
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Not everyone was thrilled with every moment of Matt Smith’s debut season. But it could have been worse…

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a few thoughts on ‘Mad Men’: “The Rejected”

Tue, Aug 17, 2010
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You can sort of feel the weight of the future bearing down on everyone in this episode…

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wtf: Steven Slater: The Reality Show

Mon, Aug 16, 2010
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Is something less horrifying when it’s also inevitable, or more horrifying?

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deep thought (re the journalmalism of cable news)

Sun, Aug 15, 2010
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How does a 24-hour news channel “run out of time” to cover a story?

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a few thoughts on ‘Mad Men’: “The Good News”

Fri, Aug 13, 2010
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‘Shall we begin 1965?’ Joan asks the top guys at SCDP at an executive meeting at the end of the episode. But what a way to exit 1964!

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Torchwood news!

Mon, Aug 09, 2010
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Tidbits are coming out about *Torchwood: The New World*…

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a few thoughts on ‘Mad Men’: “Christmas Comes But Once a Year”

Thu, Aug 05, 2010
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Christmastime! It makes me feel a little better sitting in the sticky New York summer. But, boy, it’s not really a fun time for the Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce gang, is it?

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question of the day: What aspects of widespread pop culture can help save the world?

Tue, Aug 03, 2010
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I was Googling around for some information on the U.K.’s equivalent of the Miranda warning, the caution, for my *Life on Mars* blogging, and I came across a most interesting tidbit from Neal Stephenson’s essay “In the Beginning… Was the Command Line”…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Neil Gaiman talks about his script

Mon, Aug 02, 2010
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You do know that we’re gonna get a *Doctor Who* script next year written by Neil Gaiman, don’t you?

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omg: ‘All Creatures Great and Small Babies’ on its way

Fri, Jul 30, 2010
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I’ve been rewatching *All Creatures Great and Small,* and I’m so happy to find that this 1970s-80s series holds up very well indeed.

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