I need 'Community"...

So, my world is dark right now. I have learned horrible news.
Community, the best show on TV, is going on indefinite hiatus. 

<<Time to collect yourselves.>>

I have no real idea of what that truly means in TV speak, but it isnt good when you have shows in the can, and promised contractually, and yet you have no idea when they will be on the air.

Ugh.

Here is some reasoning as to why:

In a recent interview with Digital Spy, Community creator Dan Harmon attempted to explain why his NBC show continues to get low ratings despite outstanding marks from critics. "Well, the average person comes home from work really tired, and just wants to flip through channels until they land on the thing that's the least objectionable to them,” Harmon said. “So they don't regard the television as an appliance that's supposed to spiritually satisfy them, they regard it as a thing that's supposed to comfort them and be a little stupid. It's not because they're stupid, it's because that's what TV has given them all their lives and it's hard to go out and do the work of finding a show.”

The sad thing is that he’s right. The worse thing is that this approach to television watching has resulted in Community being put on midseason hiatus.

I don't have a TV.
I watch everything on HULU.com.
So maybe I am part of the problem?
Regardless, I can't imagine some of the horrible drivel that will be on TV while Community will be sitting on the shelves. Again, I don't have a TV and have only caught a few things here or there, but there is some awful excuse for comedy called "Whitney"...

Ugh.

I can't believe I did an entire post about TV, but this is a sign that our culture really has no idea what it is doing. We want modern, secular, irreverent shows, and when we finally get one that does it well and without being too over the top... it gets ignored. People don't get it. Maybe because this show makes fun of TV in a kind-hearted way, it speaks past, or dare I say, over people.

Again, Ugh.

Back to regularly scheduled blogging... while my guitar gently weeps.

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What will hold you back

So I woke up today, and for a second, I looked around and thought, "I better check Drudge... just in case." Now, I don't think for a second that we can know when the end of the world will come... or when it does, what it will be like, but I had a "Rapture-esque" moment. 

What really got to me though was the thought, "What would have been my 'fault' had I been 'Left Behind'"? Now I know that as Catholics we don't believe the "End" will come the way that a lot of "Rapture" folks say it will... but dont tell me you didn't think for at least a second: "Wow, what if I am left behind?"

In that moment... what was it that you thought held you back? What would hold you back if the "Rapture" happened? What is it in our lives that we cling to and hold above God? We all have something, that is sort of what sin is. If nothing else we should use this past cultural phenomenon as a teachable moment to ourselves to fix what is 'broken.' 

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(Updated) Saturday: IT is coming...

THE RAPTOR!

***UPDATE***:

I have been informed that the person, some Protestant minister, who has predicted the arrival of the Raptor this Sunday Saturday may be mistaken. Foolish people are trying to disprove him by the use of Scripture. I can tell you most definitely that the Scripture is silent on Velociraptor attacks. (I have checked thoroughly). I guess the guy has billboards up all over the place and people are giving him grief. Let me tell you, anyone who is helping us be more aware of the Raptor the better. If this guy knows when they are going to attack, who are you or me to tell him different. 

Also, Dan from GLACC has some intel that suggests that the Raptors might have acquired Stealth and Camo technology... we might be doomed. 

Thank goodness we know this information! I suggest buying Ammo! .30cal and above, personally I will be relying on my .300wm and .12ga with slugs. 

Did you know May is Velociraptor Awareness Month? 

May is National Velociraptor Awareness Month! The American Society for Velociraptor Attack Prevention, along with the North American Velociraptor Defense Association and the United Velociraptor Widows Fund, will be providing free velociraptor safety seminars at local Red Cross centers across the nation. Contact your local center for more information.

Also, these Raptors are fierce, which is why I think so many protestant churches are warning us about this impending attack [Link]:

• Velociraptors hunt in packs, and are known to form an equilateral triangle around their prey.
• Velociraptors can accelerate 4 m/s2, with a top speed of 25 m/s on open terrain, 10 m/s while wounded, and 10 m/s in indoor laboratories.
• Velociraptors can open doors, but are slowed by them. They can open an initial door in approximately 5 minutes, and will take half that time for each subsequent door.
• Velociraptors do not know fear.

And a little help from XKCD.com:

And finally, are you "Velociready" for this Saturday? Here is some 1-2-3 help from Velociready:

So, with this knowlege, I hope you can survive this Saturday! I hope to see all most of you this Sunday. Don't become another senseless victim of The Raptor this Saturday, May 21, 2011. So when you read on all these blogs about the Raptor this Saturday, you will be prepared and can scoff at peoples fear adn anxiety. Remember, Blow - Throw - Go, and Buy Ammo!

You're Welcome!

Helpful Links:

• From LarryD: "How long could you survive being chained to a bunk-bed with a Velociraptor?"
• Happy Catholic has a Rapture Raptor Round-Up
• The Anchoress does too... but she didn't link us so you better go tell her that she needs to prepare! (And tell her I said 'Hi!')

P.S. I know that Velociraptors are actually the size of Border Collies or whatever, but please substitute Velociraptor for, Utahraptor or any other Dromaeosaurids

P.P.S. Please comment with any other links to life saving Raptor facts.

P.P.P.S. If you have no idea what I am talking about, or understand why this is funny on a base level or the allegorical level... you can skip to the next post... if there is one....[insert scary dramatic music of your choice]

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Where have all the... Sea Lions Gone?

Ok... so in the Crazy-Conspiracy-Laden-Theory Category, I found this post: The Digital Hairshirt: They Know Something We Don't

Umm... What? Someone HAS to be able to concoct a good conspiracy theory about this... anyone? If I were in San Fran, I might just spring for some extra earth quake insurance & go to reconciliation.

Sign the Apocalypse is tomorrow...

(h/t: Fr. Longenecker):

I know from a few Gospel's ago that we "know neither day nor the hour" but this might just be a sign that the Apocalypse is tomorrow...

Lesbian BISHOPS!?!?

Sure, they are Swedish Lutherans, but really? This is why Christ got up on the Cross? BTW - The Male Bishop does understand that he is just "in the way" right? [That is a quintuple entendre, maybe more.]