shakatany | Today's Whimsies

Now that "Threshold" has been cancelled there are only two "incursion" shows left and "Surface" is now on hiatus until January leaving the fate of little Nim (yes it appears dead but we know that in SF/fantasy dead isn't always dead) up in the air until then. "Invasion" just kicked into high gear with a glimpse of a "light" critter. The question that arises is it the actual invader or just a biomechanism used to create duplicates for the true invaders?

Horses and bears and Walt oh my...what is going on in "Lost"? I keep thinking of the TOS ep "Shore Leave" where the crew visited a planet that was an alien amusement park and all their secret desires came true. The Losties appear to be on a Shore Leave island in the Pacific version of the Bermuda triangle. I like the theory that those mysterious numbers are co-ordinates of that island. And lastly I must admit that everytime I hear the name Dharma I automatically think where's Greg?

I'm now officially in the holiday season mood as last night TNT aired "A Christmas Story" which is my favorite holiday movie. It's sweet and sentimental yet Shepherd's ascerbic wit keeps it from being cloying. I also like (carryovers from my childhood) "March of the Wooden Soldiers" and "Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol" which IMHO is the definitive version as far as I'm concerned *g*.

Came across an ad in today's Daily News which had a store that doesn't have sales clerks but "sales counselors". Since the store was selling high-tech stuff I guess counselors might be necessary but it still looks weird or maybe, since I haven't bought anything high-tech in a while, they're now commonplace.

For my friend