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A new look at funeral urns.

Thanks to ekatarina for linking to Keith Olberman responding to John Stewart's take down of him. It's mostly, actually a Stewart clip, but you also get a clip of what Stewart's responding to (which is Olberman and his epic stream of rage-filled adjectives) and the whole thing is pretty hilarious and sort of weirdly adorable.

From celiac is a link to a way to sign up for free gluten-free product samples and coupons and stuff. I just signed up, so don't know how worthwhile it is, but there you go.

Today we looked at cats in the Petco adoption area. Not in a serious way, but in a getting used to looking at cats way, because Pretty does need a friend. One of them looked so much like Little it was eerie. She had a big, fat "I hate you" face and everything.

I have spent a not insignificant part of this day on the phone to sketchy gun ranges in Los Angeles.

Tonight at 8 is your last chance to see this run of Dogboy & Justine We'll be there, so if you are, say hi.

Last night we went to see Fantastic Mr. Fox which I liked very much and found to have a lot of emotional resonance, largely because of the burnt orange 1970s color-scheme. Of course, Mr. Fantastic Fox himself who admits he can't shut the hell up or just stop because he always has to make sure people think he's really fantastic is a personality impulse I recognize too well in myself. I also loved Ash and his silly sock/bandit mask and the intensely eerie moment with the wolf and the sociopathic beatnik rat (of course that was Willem Dafoe, OF COURSE) and "if what I think is happening here is happening, it better not be." LOVE LOVE LOVE.

Torchwood fic rec: sqyd wrote Secrets and I liked it a lot. It's a fix-it, but it's a complicated one. sqyd uses a non-linear narrative, which I think the Whoniverse almost demands, and tells the story through moments versus the details of emotional development. The OC, David, could have easily been thrown away and forgotten in the story's resolution, but he's not, and there are aspects of the tale that re-raise the questions brought to us in Random Shoes. It's not a perfect story, and it's arguably fluff, but it was diverting, engaging and emotional and effectively fulfilled a type of story need while being something somewhat different.

In Boston? On January 29 Go Rogue with Dixie Douya, Busty Keaton, Ms. Sassypants, and Lilly Bordeaux. There will also be circus performers and muppets.