Civil rights struggles are universal and belong to all races, nations, creeds, etc., etc. To say otherwise or to emphasize exclusivity seems foolish.
That song is from the last U2 album I bought. I'm still kicking myself for missing their show in Madison at a small club around 1982. At the time, I only knew them from MTV and their version of "Gloria" which had nothing in common with Van Morrison.
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Wait, Bono's real name is Laura Branigan? Now it all makes sense about "all those voices in her head."
Last night's episode of Star Trek TOS was "The Devil in the Dark." Flawed, but it holds together surprisingly well. Nimoy gets to do the mind meld with the silicon-based, acid excreting, nursery-guarding Horta. Gets to emote agony at the camera.
In his autobiography, Shatner tells the story of how he used Nimoy's anxiety over that scene during rehearsal to play a prank and to humiliate Nimoy in front of cast and crew.
Shatner seems like a real fucking asshole. The only nice thing Shatner said about Nimoy was that Nimoy was a grand mal alcoholic who kicked it and who tried to help Shatner's wife but she ended up dead from booze and drugs, anyway.
It seems to be of utmost importance to Shatner that we all know that he's superior to Nimoy, who is at best Shatner's well-intending but inadequate sidekick.
See what I mean? See the evil genius at work? Here I am talking about Shatner instead of "The Devil in the Dark." Somehow Shatner managed to make this comment all about him.
Well, now that I think about it, maybe in a way I am still talking about the devil in the dark.
Last night's rerun of The Big Bang Theory was "The Plimpton Stimulation." That's the one where the very cute Judy Greer plays a brilliant visiting physicist from Princeton who turns out to be very, very sexually available to Leonard, Raj and Howard, individually, as well as in various combinations.
Casual sex for her is good, clean fun. Nevertheless, the guys manage to find a way to experience anxiety over it all. Hilarity ensues.
If you prefer your Sheldon as Felix Unger on steroids, then this is the episode for you.
There was a sly side-joke on The Big Bang Theory about Martha Stewart getting off on having a bunch of fat Japanese guys ritualistically ejaculate on her face.
I howled, but my wife didn't get it, which is just as well, I suppose.
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