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Reasons I enjoy the television show Human Target:

Jackie Earle Haley as Guerrero is a sleazy, deadpan delight.

Painfully awkward product placement.

When the hero is bodyguarding the Princess of Wales, they run into bad guys in the Arms and Armor room of a museum, just so everyone can conveniently get their guns knocked out of their hands and pick up random medieval weapons. I mean, come on. How often do you get to see halberd vs. mace-and-chain?

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Many, many congrats to all of my friends with Hugo nominations this year. I never lost the faith! =D

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Two of the many several things I enjoy: Math and Dr. Who.

Post located firmly within the intersection of that Venn diagram: Here.

The TL:DR version: It looks like that, with the exception of the Fifth (aka the "Young Doctor"), the ages of the various actors that play the Doctor fit a fairly steady linear function, f(x) = -1.89x +51.53, where X is the specific Doctor's ordinal position. In other words, each actor playing the Doctor is, on average, roughly 1.89 years younger than the last.

Wow. This post was extremely nerdy, even for me.

Music Monday

Nothing says "surreal and painful" like a Japanese variety show from the 80's: