Housecleaning, Eggs From a Toaster and Gay Marriage

California has finally lifted the ban on gay marriage, which is the sort of news that makes you happily think “Wow, California is the second state to do so”, until you sadly think “Wow, California is the second state to do so”.

Hopefully this will help turn the tide and other states will jump on the bandwagon.

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Breakfast Scramblers, little toaster pastry things with egg, cheese and bacon or sausage in them, are not very good. But they’re good enough to serve as a quick breakfast before work, which is why we have them.

Why am I telling you this, you ask?

I’m not sure.

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A few things before I return to cleaning house.

The trailer for Joss Whedon’s new show, Dollhouse.

It will air on Fox, which means it will probably be canceled three or four episodes in.

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Anyone who has read I Am Legend by Richard Matheson who has also seen the Will Smith film of the same name, knows well enough how badly translated it was. The original book was a classic work of science fiction, the writers of the Will Smith version took this classic and butchered it, only to sew the bloodied remains together in a vain attempt to pass it off as an homage to its former self.

Well, Hollywood is at it again.

Universal Pictures has announced that Brett Ratner, director of the Rush Hour films and X-Men 3, will helm a remake of Richard Matheson’s The Incredible Shrinking Man.

Who will play the title role?

Eddie Murphy.

I weep for Matheson.

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This site has posted a list of The Top 25 Batman Stories of All Time.

I’m glad to see quite a few episodes of Batman: The Animated Series making the cut (especially Almost Got ‘Im, one of my favorite episodes).

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A good friend from California, Wendi, brought this to my attention recently.

It’s a map of the United States, color coded to show which areas call carbonated cola products “Pop”, “Soda”, “Coke”, or “Other”.

I’m a soda man living in a pop state, it seems.

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And now, cleaning.