Links ahoy ...

Homosexual marriages are part of "a new ideology of evil" that is insidiously threatening society, Pope John Paul says in his newly published book. Because why would evil express itself in society through war, genocide, bigotry, suffering and the like when it could do it through gay people in love? (As for comparing abortion to the Holocaust ... uh, NO. Neither is pretty, but neither is comparable without offending one side or the other, either.)

Jennifer Love Hewitt Lands Psychic Gig for CBS -- What gets me is the working title for the show: Ghost Whisperer. Yeah, let's not do that, okay? Medium isn't perfect, but up against that show with that cast, it'd be easy to argue it was.

Plummer Joins Reeves, Bullock in 'Il Mare' -- The Warner Bros. project revolves around a lonely doctor (Bullock) and a frustrated architect (Reeves) who live in the same house, only two years apart. They fall in love via letters they exchange through a mailbox that mysteriously links the two of them. Okay, it's yet another sign Hollywood's run out of ideas when they boost a plot idea from a made-for-TV movie from about five years ago featuring Campbell Scott and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Ben Affleck is going to play George Reeves in a movie about the 'Superman' actor's life -- Oh, good God, that means he'll be in a Superman costume. There's not enough headdesk in the world for that one.

Severed Penis Retrieved from Toilet, Reattached -- "Note to self -- don't tell this story to women at bars ..."

Also, apparently the remake of The Longest Yard doesn't suck. You know what I need to do before I see the remake? See the original. That might be a good idea. Mmm-hmm.

If anyone actually gives a damn (which I know none of us do, but what the hell), TWoP recapped the Dr. Phil special featuring Jonathan and Victoria. That link goes straight to the part about them, by the way.

And spotted on IMDb ... Noting that the animated feature Shrek 2 has been attacked on the one hand by conservative family-values groups for presenting "subtle" messages concerning cross-dressing and transgender acceptance and on the other hand by transgender advocates who object to being parodied, a University of Toronto professor notes that the scenes are aimed at parents and go way above the heads of the kids. "If the kids don't get it, it doesn't really matter," film studies professor Charles Keil told the Canadian Press. Keil's comments came after the Traditional Values Coalition issued a warning to parents that while the movie "is billed as harmless entertainment," it actually "contains subtle sexual messages" directed at kids. Keil replied that the overall message of the Shrek movies is tolerance and that the group's "argument that borders on the paranoid is really misconstruing the general aim of this entertainment." Dear conservative family-values groups -- for all the worrying you do about other people not being straight, you certainly don't seem to give a shit about how straight your own priorities are. Sheesh.

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*glances at clock* No, damn it! It can't be time to go for the bus now! I've only got a few more paragraphs until this chapter is finished! *pounds out more story*

Oh, and I just have to say that the ten-things meme is amusing the hell out of me. I don't know about the rest of you, but I am finding out some neat stuff I didn't even know about you guys. :)

EDIT: Aw, that's pretty.

62,077 / 80,000 (77.6%)

Granted, at the rate I'm going, I'll finish with around 100k, but the 80k progress bar looks so much more encouraging. ;)

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You know the down side of being a virgin? The ugly wardrobe options.

EDIT: Okay, the other down side. You know, aside from the obvious.

OTHER EDIT: We're supposed to get six inches of snow tomorrow?! Where the hell was I when this happened?

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Note to self: '80s movies I seriously need to get on DVD when I finally break even with a paycheck again ...

Arthur
Caddyshack
Ghostbusters
Amadeus
Tootsie
The Last Emperor

*sigh* I want to go DVD shopping again. God, I'd better get a goddamn refund this year.

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Whoever edited together the radio commercial for tonight's new Smallville needs to be smacked. It could accomplish the same point it's trying to make if a bunch of baby woodland creatures gathered together and sang a Disneyesque song all about Lana. Sheesh.

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( Lost: ... in Translation )

ICON EDIT: ( Kinda spoilery icon based on tonight's episode )

EDIT: You know, I just thought of another thing for that ten-things meme that I know for a fact that only one other person on my friends list has done (*waves to ibanezaxe*): In my high school planetary science class, our teacher took us all into the planetarium, turned off all the lights so we could see the stars, had us all shut up and look up at the ceiling, and made us listen to the entirety of "Stairway to Heaven" just like that. All visits to the planetarium should be like that. :)