Stuff

Not particularly posty, but here are a few things...

- The new Diet Coke with Splenda is very, very sweet. Not sure if that's its real taste or the effect of my migraine drugs, which screw up some carbonated beverages. But hey, I can drink it. And it's better than Diet Rite.

- Green Wing premieres tonight on BBC America. I hear it's funnier than Scrubs. I'll have to see it to believe it, but with Fran from Black Books, Susan from Coupling and some guy from Notting Hill, it can't be bad.

- For some reason I could care less about Star Wars. I'm not burnt out on the hype, nor am I being anti-geek. I'm just not getting it. Maybe I need professional geek help. (And shock and horrors, it's already leaked on the intran3ts! Who didn't see that coming?)

- The BBC is axing a scene from the new Doctor Who series because it was just a little "too horrible" for their tastes. Having seen some of their crime dramas, it must have been pretty damn graphic. Considering the current climate in American TV, it makes me wonder if certain X-Files episodes would fly today. I already know that the beginning of the movie (a federal office building blowing up re: OKC) would've been kiboshed after 9/11. But what would the FCC think about "Leonard Betts" showing right after the Super Bowl today? (For non XPhiles, this was the ep where a guy regenerates his head after it's cut off 2-3 times in the ep, and it's rather ugly. This was my first ep, I think.) Or "Home"? (I typed out a description of this ep, but it's so nasty that you can go read it for yourself if you wish.) Or "Sanguinuriam"? (Ditto.) It's an interesting thought.

- The most useful Google Maps hack I've seen in a bit (at least for Chicagoans) - it maps out locations where crimes have been committed. Wonder if such a thing would be easily doable in Nashville?

- There was a story the other night about a lone buffalo wandering the roads of Lincoln County, TN. Think he'd come live with me? I've always wanted a pet buffalo for some reason. *whistles "Home on the Range*