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Rereading last week's entries I see that there were two occasions where my writings were 'censored' by their sudden disappearance. I remembered only one. I do remember that the one I remembered retained the title (tap).

My few notes are: Beg the Question - The Gates - Shiite Celebrations - Survivor - Season Pass.

I've noticed increasingly frequent use over the last couple of years of the phrase, 'beg the question,' as a substite for the phrase, 'raise the question.' These two phrases describe totally different processes, yet they are being used more and more often in television media by people who should know (professional journalists) as if they are halfway interchangable. I find this irritating for some reason, somewhat in the same class with, 'nuculer' (nuclear). It seems to me that this expression is diluting one of the principles of logic and that it ought to be challenged. Therefore I remind you: to raise a question is to create and then formulate a question; to beg a question is to create and formulate a question such that the answer to the question is implicit in the question itself. Do you get that? If not, I recommend, Handbook for Writers, by Celia Millward.

The Gates refers to my opinion of the 'saffron in Central Park.' Twenty one million dollars was spent to produce that 'work of art' in Central Park. Some love it and some hate (tap) it. I find myself somewhere in the middle, leaning toward the group of haters. As I think about it, the definitive judgement of history comes to mind here: it will soon disappear into the scrap heap.

Shiite Celebrations are all over the news today, featuring Arab men bludgeoning themselves ritualistically with chains in remembrance of something which happened long ago. I love this time of year! I love to see those IDIOTS beating themselved in the name of their stupid religion! I giggle often as I watch the news this time of year. I say, 'Harder, boys! Harder!' This time of year always reminds me that the Muslim religion is even stupider than the Jewish religion.

Survivor Palau aired last night and I watched it on TIVO today. I love that show. I don't meet new people in real life, and this show introduces me to new real new people every year. The first episode is important because I like to judge every character by my initial impressions, then see if my judgements are validated by subsequent shows. Three characters come to mind from the first show: the obvious pansy, the tatooed bartender lady, and the not-so-obvious pansy. The OP and the TBL struck up a tentative alliance because they recognized immediately that they were the two 'weirdest characters.' They swore (in effect) undying devotion to each other based on that recognition. This alliance was unfortunately terminated when the OP met the NOP, with the result that the OP failed to select his female 'love,' who was obviously devastated by her sudden reversal of emotional fortune. One thing I know about Survivor: faggots are inevitable. This fits in with my daily life, in fact (boom). I am going to love this season!

Season Pass refers to my TIVO. My season Pass list is a sort of cross-section of my interests. As such it deserves a place here in my blog. Therefore at the risk of apparent arrogance here is my current season pass: