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The Prologue teaser makes me think our worst fears might be realized.

On a side note, I am very happy to see these prologue teasers as a nod to the old show. While NuWho still does tend to have something happen setting up the story before the credits, the rushed nature of the show tends to make them a little less off the beaten track. It's nice that for some episodes they film these little scenes an leave them on the web.

Not really sure what to say about this one. It seemed very rushed, despite being a 2 parter, and I am not sure whether what appeared to be some strange moments are actually just screw ups or whether they are things to be settled in part 2.

So this will be a bit more in depth, both good and bad, concerning my thoughts on episode 2.

( Throw it all against the wall. )

So did Moffat lose a bet with RTD and have to write an episode this sloppy and incoherent or is this just what we have to expect now?

Spoiler free version: Some good lines, too little plot.

( Hello, Sweetie. No reading, now. Spoilers. )

To sum up - mostly a wait and see. Who sometimes needs a few eps to hit its stride, so I am ok with that.

Quick, non-spoiler impressions of the first episode.

It looks wonderful. No one looks like what I imagined them, but everyone still looks right.

Something about the way the Targaryan storyline is going is bothering me, but I'm not sure what it is, exactly.

I suspect I am going to *love* Tyrion in this show.

In a discussion at work of the Erdos-Bacon number of Nathalie Portman, I wondered if there was such a number for the life sciences.

A quick look turned up nothing, but perhaps my google-fu is crippled at work?

From a very unexpected source, this video makes the case for Riho.

Of course, others might argue for Dragon Dragon

I have to admit, I am liking the Game of Thrones preivews.

I always wonder if the fact my gmail gets "Phone India" adds means my account was hacked.

A review of Scott Pilgrim that goes to the issue that is so often the problem in the stories we tell in this culture: "Boys are defined by what they do. Girls are defined by who they go out with."

Which leads to a reminder that there is more than one way to think about things, and that your way may just be a default you picked up. (Not that that makes it wrong.) Do blocks have names, or do streets?

Speaking of assumptions, a sex worker talks about her experience with male sexuality and the fact that just about everyone is messed up about sex, so maybe we should all be more sympathetic to one another.

The more men I talked to, the more sympathetic I felt. I was approaching the biggest epiphany of my life: men had as much anxiety and shame around sex as women did. We were all in this together, and any ideology that couldn’t admit as much was doomed to fail.

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Therefore, some advice on how not to be an asshole while you're having sex with someone.


I may have to check this blog out.