Drugged Water

As if we don’t have enough to worry about these days, now we’re faced with tainted drinking water!  Turns out, our water is even more polluted than we had origionally thought.  No, it’s not excrement or other bodily wastes, now it looks like drug companies have managed to spread their products into our drinks.  Pretty scary, trust me, it is!  Have you taken a good luck at the warning labels that come with the meds you pick up?  It’s a huge ass list with lots and lots of scary side effects.  Now just think…even though the amount of drugs is technically “diluted”, but it is a huge coctail of strange drugs all blended together, and it’s heading into you body.

So….what next?  Ok, the red flag is waving, the siren’s blaring, and we’re all up in arms.  Companies are going to start pointing fingers, covering their asses, and say “it’s not that bad, really”.  But what can we, as everyday people, do?  If you think bottled water is the answer, you may need to think again.  There’s a chance even this source may not be as clean as we thought.

I’ve just read this article online, really doesn’t say or help much, but it is a start.

http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/pharmaceuticals-drinking-water-47031110?src=rss

And about bottled water?  How about this article?  What do you think?  I for one am not ready to start sprouting a third eye any time soon.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_re_us/pharmawater_bottled_water_1

 

The Vicar of Dibley

As many of you know, I love British programming, especially British comedies.  Well Jen introduced me to The Vicar of Dibley and I’ve been hooked ever since. 

It’s about a female vicar (preacher) that gets a new assignment to be the vicar of a small but beautiful village called Dibley somewhere in England.  Now for some reason, practically every one there has a screw loose or two in the head, but not in a mean way…more like a “see a banana peel and swoosh, land on backside” type of way.  Anyways you have to see it to understand.  So she’s there and she soon becomes the heart of the village.  Although technically the show goes on from 1994-2007, there was only a total of 24 episodes, so there’s not much to watch unfortunatelly. 

The vicar is played by Dawn French of the power duo French and Saunders.  You might have heard of these duo many times before because these two producers/writers/actresses have been very prolific and successful.  Here in the United States most people would have heard of Jennifer Saunders, the creater of Absolutely Fabulous, who plays the character Edina.  F.Y.I, the actress who plays Sarah on Ab Fab is Naoko Mori, who now plays Toshiko on Torchwood.  Yes!

So anyways back to Vicar of Dibley, the show is awesome and has done exceedingly well back in England.  I have heard that FOX network here in the US has tried to make an American version of the show starring Kirstie Alley.  Based on what I was told, the pilot bombed.  Truthfully, I’m torn about this.  On one hand I’m glad they are leaving the origional alone, on the other hand, I would love to see more.  I was also told that no new episodes of VOB will be made.

So last night, while having some exceedingly delicious cheese and wine (courtesy of Viv) we watched a few episodes of VOB.  One in particular, The Handsome Stranger, was incredibly well made and funny.  And there was this one song that really tied in the story.  It’s called “It should have been me” by Yvonne Fair.  I did some searching online and found a vid of the song with the bit from the show.  Watch and enjoy, it’s terribly wicked!  Cheers!!

Torchwood S2E09

Just watched it, and I’m thinking, the writers probably had a little too much to drink when writing the episode.  It was fun, don’t get me wrong, but it was like a roller-coaster event.  Here’s what I mean.

Gwen finally gets to walk down the aisle, but of course, being Torchwood, nothing ever goes according to plans.  The night before the wedding, Gwen and her team are chasing down a shapeshifter, but Gwen gets bitten in the process.  The team takes down the alien, and everyone goes on their merry ways.  Until the next morning, when Gwen wakes up 9 months preggers.

So here’s where it starts getting a bit loony.  Gwen decided to go on with the wedding, while the team try to figure out why and how she got prenant.  At the mansion where the wedding is to take place, we get to see in the in-laws.  The fathers appear to be good guys, but the mothers are like slobbering pit bulls, taking verbal punches at each other all the time.  The entire wedding party are mystified, rumors floating around at how Gwen could be pregnant and having kept it all a secret.

Now it turns out, the alien shapeshifter has a partner, and that partner is at the wedding as well.  Seems the aliens impregnate a host, and the female alien turns up to do some slicing and dicing of said host, thereby delivering the hatched egg.  Of course, our intrepid team races off to save Gwen.  How it’s done, you just need to watch the episode.  But let’s just say, it involves the alien scalpel and a good dose of “Army of Darkness” humor.  Very funny!!

What was cool was watching Toshiko kicking ass.  Seems Toshiko is not as deficient in the love department as expected.  Looks like Tosh does get picked up on quite often, and she has the hutzpah (sp?) to deal with unwanted amorous “Bananas”.  (again watch and you will get it).  Way to go Tosh!!

All in all, quite a lot of fun.  With a lot of “what the f*c%!!”.  I think it’s because the last few episodes have been so dark and depressing dealing with Owen and his “state” that the writers wanted to bring some comedic relief back into the show.  Quite fun actually, and well needed. 

Until next week!

                                   

Project Runway Finale

So last night, Christian won.  Was that a surprise to anyone?  The kid (he’s only 21) really does have talent, even though I wonder at some of his work.  All in all, this season of PR has been very entertaining, if somewhat lackluster in the villain department. 

This season, there were some snippage and snappage, but nothing I would call a fight.  There was no Santino, no Laura, just Christian again providing some snarky comments on his fellow competitors.   He did coin the key phrase of the season “Fierce”, which I can do without ( too reminescent of Paris Hilton’s “That’s Hot” *shudder*).

The show did have it’s share of “interesting” performers.  Sweet P, the tattooed, with a biker chick exterior, yet with a Mrs. Cleaver persona.  She’s very good at releasing the waterworks.

Speaking of waterworks, I don’t think I’ve seen that much crying on any other show before.  I am of course speaking about Ricky.  What the hell is wrong with that guy?  Just about everything and anything sets the guy off.  After a while, when he was still on, we’d place bets on just how many times he was going to start bawling in each episode.   I just don’t get it.  Orange…boo hoo!!  Spandex…boo hoo!!  Boo hoo!!  Argh!!

Oh yeah, of course there was Chris and Elisa.  Oy!  Those two!  I’ve never seen that large of a Wonder Woman  in drag before.  But hey, coining Christian’s term, that’s “fierce”.  And that laugh, yowsers!  And Elisa, truthfully, which planet did she come from?  I lost on the bet on just how early she was going to be leaving.  Yet she stayed and stayed.  But she was good, in her own right.  Just not sure about spit marking though, now that was something I’ve never seen nor heard before.

As for the judges, both Micheal Kors and Nina Garcia were very lackluster this season.  I think without the infighting amongst the cast, these two judges had nothing to feed upon.  Their comments and critiques therefore were very light.  I wonder if it isn’t time for some new judges.

And of course, there’s Tim Gunn and Heidi.  These two really do symbolize Project Runway.  Tim is the father figure.  His remarks are really spot on, upon foreshadowing what the judges would be picking on prior to the runway.  Many of the contestants lasted longer than they should because they listened to Tim and altered their designs.  Tim is really the inner voice, the angel on has sitting upon one’s shoulder.  Can’t say anything bad about him, he is an all around nice guy.

Then there’s Heidi.  Now her bite hasn’t dimmed at all throughout the seasons.  She calls it like she sees them.  During the reunion episode, she said Victorya was uptight right to her face.  It is her show after all.  I caught the Victoria Secret Special where Heidi was the main angel, and wow, there’s a reason why Heidi deserves to be on the air and in the media.  Just maybe, Heidi should stay away from the mic a bit.  Leave that to her husband.

In all, this season has been fun.  I think it really was about the clothes this time.  And I think the best person did win.  It’s going to be months before the next season begins, and I hope there will be a whole lot more infighting, cause it’s fun to watch.  But at least BRAVO isn’t leaving the viewers emptyhanded.  Next week Top Chef is coming back and I know Work Out will be coming in too. 

FIERCE!

                         

Big News Day

Looks like Hilary will be giving Obama a run for his money.  Now with Ohio under her belt, and Texas’s final results only partially in, seems the once-Mrs. President still has some steam left in her.  It will be interesting to see tomorrow just how Texas’s primary turned out.

Gary Gygax, a legend in the D&D field, has passed away at age 69.  He’s one of those silent icons of history.  Even for those that game, many of us did not know who he was.  Yet his impact on our childhood can not be discounted.  In essence Gary is the spirit of our generation, and he will be sorely missed.

Chef Robert Irvine, of Dinner Impossible, has got the ax from Food Network.  Turns out he has not been entirely truthful in his resume.  If you watch the show, you’ll hear Robert saying he’s cooked for the royal family as well as for presidents.  Now it seems all this has been untrue.  So Food Network has pulled him from the show and is currently looking for a replacement host.  Have you seen the guy?  I wouldn’t want to be the one to tell him to his face that he’s been fired. 

All this and much more happened today.  Wonder what tomorrow will bring.