Hello, my happy friend. You have high spirits and
know how to have a good time. When your friends
go out, most likely they invite you almost all
the time. You most likely will enjoy your
Halloween. Good for you. Keep up the
experiment. You probably light people's dark
days with your smiles and laughter. Although
you're good, doesn't mean you're an angel. You
can tend to have a scary and/or other type of
side to you. As long as you have fun, do your
scares this Halloween. Have a safe and happy
one, Joyous Pumpkin.


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The sharp eyes of Dave Barry (actually, one of his readers) spot this.

Makes me think of the Great Pumpkin.

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Via Gene Expression.

"Miriam" is fairly convincing.

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Athena


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My answers to questions 1, 4, and 5 remained constant. Trying my second choice to numbers 2 and 3 made me Morpheus.

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Very cool rendering of Escher's relativity here.

(Via Josh Cohen).

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Via the numerology of the Gematriculator, this site was certified 50% Evil (or Good) as of the time of posting.

For the sake of comparison:

Instapundit: 31% Evil, 69% Good
The White House: 67% Evil, 33% Good
Freedom From Religion Foundation: 15% Evil, 85% Good

And, interestingly enough:
The Vatican: 1% Evil, 99% Good

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Via Virginia Postrel, a site devoted to awful plastic surgery.

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Here. (Via The Corner).

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Yes, Mr. Phelps, it does appear that we have a coach.

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One of my favorite parts of the movie Contact was the long, slow, "zoom" scene at the beginning.

Here is a website that allows you to zoom your perspective in and out by powers of 10. Don't explore here if you have feelings of insignificance when you
contemplate the scope of the Cosmos.

Update: Reminds me of the Total Perspective Vortex.

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Do you like Escher? Listen to this while reading this.

(You might take a shot or two of this, first, too).

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It's always sad to see it happen. I was afraid last season that Alias jumped the shark when Sydney and Vaughn hooked up ("They Did It"), and even more certain once Sydney became a regular CIA agent instead of a double agent (the Alliance is destroyed).

The first couple of episodes this season have now confirmed my fears. Consider the shark jumped.

Update: My brilliant wife just pointed out the continuity error from the cliffhanger episode last season to the premier this season. Last season, the old CIA station director (the bald guy) took the call from Sydney when she woke up in Hong Kong. But he is nowhere to be seen this season, and Dixon is now the director. Remember -- in show time, there was no delay between the cliffhanger and this season.

Update: Just watched the end of tonight's episode. You've got to be kidding. The new character is Mrs. Vaughn??

***SPROING*** That was my suspension of disbelief completely and finally snapping.

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