TV

Is anyone else watching this show? Fringe is so great -- I can't get enough of it. Sure, the writing is a bit off, but so far the characters are developing at a steady pace, the comedy touches are light but placed well, and the various conspiracies in the show are just real enough to be engaging. It shows every Tuesday night. Check out online episodes.

Scientologists striking back?

This kid joined a pro-"Anonymous" group on facebook, went to a couple protests, and shared some food with like-minded folk. Then he got a knock on his front door...

Hmmmm....

Am I stoned...

...or is this presidential candidate totally insane:

"...to develop records on the United States Government Presidential Campaign because I am on an academic intelligence hotwire that can not be unhooked by anyone."

Seriously, read on, the whole website is like that. And if you think this is a bizarre joke, its not.

How To Blow Your Mind: The 10th Dimension

Warning: this is some strange mess.

An entire museum dedicated to crap

No, I'm not talking about the Museum of Poop. I'm talking about the brand spankin' new Creation Museum in Kentucky. Now you too can pay $19.95 a pop to be told that the Earth was created in 7 short days and that dinosaurs are a myth, their "bones" having been planted by Satan. Salon has a review.

Gattaca is closer than you think

Radar just published this article about genetic testing, how some parents are choosing particular traits for their offspring pre-conception. Creepy.

I find it intellectually interesting that one could potentially screen out children that would suffer from colon cancer, but at the same time I am petrified that the world really could become overrun with identical towheaded model-types.

[shudder.]

I can only imagine that in the next 20+ years, the 'regular' babies born today will be pumping out genetically 'perfect' babies of their choosing. Hell, they'll probably just grow babies in a big field and harvest them like corn cobs. It's one thing to research DNA to figure out how to regrow someone's arm or cure cancer, but screening out "imperfections" like brown skin, gayness, short stature, or freckles is really just an exercise in eugenics.