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Worldly Distractions: Modern Family 5.2 - First Days

Welcome back to the rest of the Modern Family double premiere. Let's continue without further ado. Well, Modern Family has been on the air for five years now, and the kids are growing up. Luke's voice is deep and he's gotten tall and STOP GETTING OLD, kid. Everyone's starting school today, but most importantly, Claire has finished her 20-year tenure as a stay-at-home mom, beginning work at her dad's closet company. Phil encourages her, but still seems to think that she's in charge of

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Worldly Distractions: Modern Family 5.1 - Suddenly, Last Summer

No, this has nothing to do with the Tennessee Williams play of the same name, unless Cam and Mitch are more interesting than I thought. Yes, after cleaning up at the Emmys last weekend (how do they keep on winning?), we are back with Season 5 of the least divisive comedy on the air. I'm particularly interested in this season now that same-sex marriage is re-legal in California. Bet the writers thought that wouldn't happen. Will Cam and Mitch take the plunge? Will Haley act stupid? Will Glori

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Worldly Distractions: Downton Abbey 4.1 - Episode One

Well, Downton may have plotzed at the Emmys, but at least we have a brand new episode to review!  Yup, I’ve added it to the lineup, just because it is great fun and a highly popular series over on FJ. Due to the abbreviated British seasons, we’ve been waiting forever to catch up with Crawleys and Downstairs folk alike, so let us jump in with both feet.  Spoilers. Spoilers spoilers spoilers. Do not proceed if you do not want spoilers. Everyone seems particularly touchy about last seas

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Worldly Distractions: How I Met Your Mother 9.2 - Coming Back

Okay, so we can all agree that Part 1 of the premiere kind of sucked, right? Well, I suppose it's time to get these guys paired off and continue limping to the show's tired, sad finish line, so let's do this. 54 hours before the wedding (wait, they split up in the car only an hour ago? Is this season going to be like 24, an hour per episode? Gross.), Ted gets a bunch of simpering from the front desk clerk over his single status. Huh? What hospitality worker has ever behaved like this

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Worldly Distractions: How I Met Your Mother 9.1 - The Locket

Hey, everyone! Despite my busy life, Worldly Distractions will continue! But, er, due to said busy life and an enormous time difference from my new home of Russia, please forgive me for any unusual delays. This week,  many of our favorite TV shows are returning to our cultural landscape. This week I will come out with Downton Abbey, The Simpsons, Modern Family, and The Big Bang Theory, but first, let's start with the one no one asked for and no one wanted. That's right, it's Season 9 of Ho

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

I Read It So You Don't Have To: Not Afraid of Life-My Journey So Far by Bristol Palin With Nancy French

When I first heard of Bristol Palin after her mother Sarah Palin was tapped to be Senator John McCain’s running mate in 2008, I had some empathy for her. It’s not easy being a teenager. It’s not easy being a pregnant teenager. And to be a pregnant teenager thrust into the glaring spotlight? Wow, I can’t even imagine. I hoped Bristol would keep it together and hold her head high. Sure, I found her mother to be a vindictive idiot, but I wouldn’t judge Bristol by the actions of her mother

GolightlyGrrl

GolightlyGrrl

Curiosity killed the cat....

...and apparently the fundie. (For me, this topic holds particular interest (and even in that sentence, I'm showing more curiosity than the Maxwells\Duggars ever have) because I live and breathe information.  I love to read and I love to learn; without these things - and the means\ability to create something from said information - I would probably lose my mind.) Curiosity.  It defines the lives of quite a lot of us here at FJ, I believe, which explains why a recurring topic on the f

kunoichi66

kunoichi66

Worldly Distractions: Mad Men 6.13 - In Care Of

Well, here we are. It’s the final coun- oh, wait, that’s Arrested Development. Anyway, we’ve arrived at the final episode of Season 6 (which by all accounts is the penultimate season), and a lot of questions need to be answered. Will SC&P stick together? Will Ted and Peggy reconcile their situation? And most of all...will Joan ever get a decent storyline? All joking aside, this has been a slow-burning but ultimately satisfying Season 6. The show thrives on character, and boy did i

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Worldly Distractions: Mad Men 6.12 - The Quality of Mercy

Okay, so we're at the penultimate episode of the season. Traditionally this is the one where everything happens, which means of course that nothing's going to happen tonight. Oh well - enjoy a photo of Cutler's epic stankface in the meantime. Previously on: Peggy looks at Ted, Pete tells Peggy Ted's hot for her, Ted and Don argue over Sunkist, Sally catches Don with Sylvia, Bob Benson joins Chevy and hits on Pete, Megan wears the Sharon Tate shirt and tells her husband something must

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Movie Review: Things Behind the Sun

At our humble message board, we’ve discussed rape and sexual assault many times and our disgust over people who think “women ask for it.†This is especially maddening when women like Sunshine Mary and Judgy Bitch follow this “women ask for it†way of thinking. I just want to throttle them but they’d probably get off on my anger. Fortunately, there are so many people who are just as angered by rape and rape culture as those of us at Jingerites. The following movie review of the in

GolightlyGrrl

GolightlyGrrl

Worldly Distractions: Mad Men 6.11 - Favors

Ooh, tantalizing title. One of the great advantages of being late for an episode is that “Next Time on Mad Men†isn’t quite so far away. Still, a two-day wait is long enough, so l think we’d better get started. The season is winding down – which means the crazy storylines are just beginning. Previously on: Ted and Peggy kiss, Benson hires a nurse for Pete (hmm, wonder what that implies, FJ readers), Don and Ted argue about Chevy and Don quits the account. Opening credits: Wei

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Worldly Distractions: Mad Men 6.10 - A Tale of Two Cities

The blogger is in – five days late, to be sure, but only one episode behind. While I roamed the wilds of Northern Alberta, Madison Avenue’s finest were living the high life and undoubtedly making a mess of it. Let’s get to it before they finally murder Pete. Previously on: Bob Benson’s a jerk, Don makes a creepy pitch, Ken is injured, everyone’s overworked, Harry mentions Joan’s shagging. The opening credits tell us that John Slattery directs (yay!) and Matt Weiner co-writ

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Meet Our Bloggers: kunoichi66

Live in Scotland, unlikely to move.  May be developing gills. I studied classics, but my interests range far and wide beyond that, in both practical and theoretical subjects.  I am very interested in religion*, and also in the workings of the human mind - why people think the way they do, why they act the way they do.  These things are probably the main reasons for me being so interested in (and, needless to say, horrified by) fundamentalists. To be perfectly honest, my first foray

kunoichi66

kunoichi66

Worldly Distractions: Mad Men 6.9 - The Better Half

So we can all agree last week was a total mindfuck, right? Hopefully the entire office won't get high again. Nonetheless, I'm sure that Matthew Weiner and his Merry Band will find a way to leave us totally flummoxed. Spoilers abound, naturally. Let's see what Don does wrong this week. Previously on: Ted and Peggy kiss, Megan has a love scene on her show, Abe and Peggy find an apartment and talk about kids, Roger and Joan discuss Kevin, Peggy chides Don for not being more like Ted.

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Worldly Distractions: Modern Family 4.24 - Goodnight, Gracie

Okay, I lied. There was one more regular episode to go. Modern Family finishes this week. Let’s get this show on the road – preferably with the help of Jolene. We join Claire on the couch with the kids, where she breaks the news to the camera that Phil’s mother has died. Apparently the old lady had been sick for a while. Alex was especially close to her, as she states several times. The family will go to Florida to join Phil, who had been there when his mother passed. And when C

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Worldly Distractions: The Simpsons 24.22 - Dangers on a Train

Oh, boy, time for the final episode of Season 24! Though the first one tonight was encouraging, this season has been so hit-and-miss (emphasis on miss) that I don’t expect it to hold up. This, in turn, gives The Simpsons a really good chance for a pleasant surprise. Challenge accepted, guys? Title joke: Otto slides down a rainbow. No opening credits. Couch gag: a loon, a Canadian hockey player, what appears to be John A. MacDonald and a beaver all sit on the Simpsons’ couch. O Can

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Worldly Distractions: The Simpsons 24.21 - The Saga of Carl Carlson

So, The Simpsons did something weird this week – they aired two episodes for the season finale, which do not appear to be connected in any way. Chances are at least one of them will be fun, right? Let’s explore “The Saga of Carl Carlsonâ€. Will he and Lenny finally kiss? Only time will tell. Side note - I've been advised to look out for Icelandic band Sigur Ros, both as themselves and for some of their compositions. Hmmm. Couch gag: The Simpsons are all different kinds of fish.

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Worldly Distractions: Mad Men 6.8 - The Crash

Ooh, scary title. Is this going to be exactly like Signal 30 last season, where we all thought someone was going to die and it turned out Pete was just learning to drive? STOP DOING THAT TO US, WEINER. Previously on reminds us that: Don and Sylvia shagged in the hotel room, they then broke up, Megan is famous, Frank Gleason’s dying, the merger happened, Peggy’s hot for Chaough. Opening credits. Weiner co-writes (awesome!), Michael Uppendahl directs. Surrounded by what looks l

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Worldly Distractions: The Big Bang Theory 6.24 – The Bon Voyage Reaction

Ah, here we go. The season finale is here. Raj is exploring what might be his first real love, Penny and Leonard are...doing what Penny and Leonard have been doing for five seasons, and Sheldon and Amy have taken their relationship to the next level – through Dungeons and Dragons, nonetheless! What magic developments are going to finish out Season 6? Let’s take a look. In the cafeteria, Raj tells the guys about his relationship with Lucy. Everything is going swimmingly. The guys w

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Worldly Distractions: Modern Family 4.23 - Games People Play

The penultimate episode of the season begins, and Claire begins her career. Maybe this modern family won’t be so outdated anymore! Let’s join the Pritchett clan in their usual madcap antics. Phil calls a “Family Fun Meetingâ€, which piques absolutely no one’s curiosity until he unveils their brand new RV. He got a deal on it as a favour for selling a house to an RV guy, and has already named the vehicle Jolene. They set off on their first adventure in what my dad calls “wuss

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Worldly Distractions: How I Met Your Mother 8.24 - Something New

Here we are. After many seasons and dozens of ups-and-downs, we have arrived at The Big Wedding. Robin and Barney are tying the knot, and tonight Ted will meet the mother. Does anyone actually think we’re going to see her face? I doubt it. Regardless, tonight’s season finale is a night of changes. Join me for one more glimpse at Ted’s single life. We join Ted as he puts the finishing touches on his monstrosity of a house. Unfortunately, he’s not very good at it, and various bi

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Worldly Distractions: The Simpsons 24.20 - The Fabulous Faker Boy

We come to the penultimate week of this season, with two episodes airing next week, and have stumbled across the much-hyped Justin Bieber show. Forgive me if I am not overly enthused. On the bright side, Jane Krakowski, Bill Hader and Patrick Stewart are all supposedly joining us this week, so we have a lot to look forward to! Let’s get to the recap. Billboard: Seymour and Agnes, “If you haven’t got your mother flowers, it’s too damn late.†Chalkboard: “This school is

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

Worldly Distractions: Mad Men 4.7 - Man With a Plan

After a humdinger of an episode last week, with mass upheaval for everyone concerned, we return to see the fallout. One thing's for sure, after this nothing will be the same. Let's cut to the chase. Previously on: We remember Don with Bert Peterson, Roger getting shoved out in Season 2, CGC and SCDP merging, Gleason has cancer, Don fucks Sylvia. Gotcha. Directed by Slatter, co-written by Weiner, should be a treat. We begin in the elevator as usual, where Don overhears Sylvia thro

crazyforkate

crazyforkate

I Read It So You Don't Have To: 50 Things Liberals Love to Hate About America by Mike Gallagher

Okay, liberals, tell me the things you hate. Off the top of your heads you probably mentioned the biggies like racism, sexism, homophobia and all sorts of bigotry. You hate environmental degradation, corporate greed, and the growing chasm between the haves and the have nots. You’re also probably not fond of the Bush administration, Fox News, the religious right, and the Tea Party. However, according to Mike Gallagher, liberals hate things like apple pie, John Wayne, small businesses, and the

GolightlyGrrl

GolightlyGrrl

Worldly Distractions: The Big Bang Theory 6.23 - The Love Spell Potential

Friends, readers, nerdy folk. As we approach the end of Season 6, we must wonder what they’re planning to spring on us. Usually a season finale will have a surprise or two – a giant step forward for a character, or a significant life event. My bet? Sheldon and Amy will take their relationship to the next level (which in their case probably means frontways hugging or something). So daring. The gals are on their way to Vegas – “no husbands, no boyfriends, no rulesâ€. Amy wonders

crazyforkate

crazyforkate



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