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Oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh, this is just *nifty. It's a cube made of matchsticks that are woven together. If you can, watch the video...it feels like something from Sesame Street.

Well...except for being encouraged to play with matches...*grin*

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I posted the annual winter card poll on Friday.

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Via yendi, we have this utterly cool news. Ion (which used to be Pax) will be airing both Hogfather & The Color of Magic.

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We watched a couple of documentaries last week. The first was Show Business: The Road to Broadway which would have been marvelous without Alan Cumming and an interview with Patrick Stewart. But their addition tipped it over into "Oooooh, faboooooooooooo" territory. It's very behind the scenes, and something any Broadway geek would love. Oh, and darthgeek liked it too. ;)

The other was Fuck which was very good. Even with the commentary by the very scary ultra-right-wing woman with the mismatched drawn-on eyebrows. It was a little long in places, but it was informative, interesting and downright hilarious in parts. And, they used one of my *very* favorite quotes.

"Take away the right to say fuck and you take away the right to say fuck the government" - Lenny Bruce

Pat Boone was in it and said that there's no need to cuss...he's turned his own name into an expletive, so when he stubs his toe, he says "Boone!". I'm kind of hoping that catches on. And that, over time, it replaces fuck. And in a thousand years, people will hear about Pat Boone and go "Whoa. Why'd he choose *That* name? Didn't he know it was a baaaaaaaaaaaaad word?"

I was thinking about the human need for expletives. I've never heard anyone suggest that when the toe is stubbed or the jar of pasta sauce breaks in the middle of the just-washed kitchen floor, one should just sigh. The suggestions are always what to *replace* the "dirty words" with. And I know for a fact that sometimes yelling a word *does* feel good in those situations...also, cussing something out can help. But why?

I'm thinking (I've done no research on this, so don't take my words as gospel or use them to answer questions on Jeopardy) it might have something to do with babyhood. In infancy and toddlerhood, when something goes wrong/is frustrating/surprises us, we let the world know, immediately and often with great volume. Maybe it's just an instinct that is with us from the time we're born. It would certainly explain why people are always trying to change the words, not stop the need for them.

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Hmm...there was other stuff that was on my mind...but I guess it's off my mind now, 'cause I can't remember any of it.

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Oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh, this is just *nifty. It's a cube made of matchsticks that are woven together. If you can, watch the video...it feels like something from Sesame Street.

Well...except for being encouraged to play with matches...*grin*

~~~

I posted the annual winter card poll on Friday.

~~~

Via yendi, we have this utterly cool news. Ion (which used to be Pax) will be airing both Hogfather & The Color of Magic.

~~~

We watched a couple of documentaries last week. The first was Show Business: The Road to Broadway which would have been marvelous without Alan Cumming and an interview with Patrick Stewart. But their addition tipped it over into "Oooooh, faboooooooooooo" territory. It's very behind the scenes, and something any Broadway geek would love. Oh, and darthgeek liked it too. ;)

The other was Fuck which was very good. Even with the commentary by the very scary ultra-right-wing woman with the mismatched drawn-on eyebrows. It was a little long in places, but it was informative, interesting and downright hilarious in parts. And, they used one of my *very* favorite quotes.

"Take away the right to say fuck and you take away the right to say fuck the government" - Lenny Bruce

Pat Boone was in it and said that there's no need to cuss...he's turned his own name into an expletive, so when he stubs his toe, he says "Boone!". I'm kind of hoping that catches on. And that, over time, it replaces fuck. And in a thousand years, people will hear about Pat Boone and go "Whoa. Why'd he choose *That* name? Didn't he know it was a baaaaaaaaaaaaad word?"

I was thinking about the human need for expletives. I've never heard anyone suggest that when the toe is stubbed or the jar of pasta sauce breaks in the middle of the just-washed kitchen floor, one should just sigh. The suggestions are always what to *replace* the "dirty words" with. And I know for a fact that sometimes yelling a word *does* feel good in those situations...also, cussing something out can help. But why?

I'm thinking (I've done no research on this, so don't take my words as gospel or use them to answer questions on Jeopardy) it might have something to do with babyhood. In infancy and toddlerhood, when something goes wrong/is frustrating/surprises us, we let the world know, immediately and often with great volume. Maybe it's just an instinct that is with us from the time we're born. It would certainly explain why people are always trying to change the words, not stop the need for them.

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Hmm...there was other stuff that was on my mind...but I guess it's off my mind now, 'cause I can't remember any of it.