06-03 links — 17

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s first gay weddings were held on Tuesday when two couples, [helped] by a sympathetic local mayor, defied the threat of criminal charges and the wrath of the Orthodox church to tie the knot…

…unlike Ironman and Indiana Jones…which left us decidedly unimpressed, we were practically peeing our pants with excitement…I’m not sure why the critics decided to hate this movie, but…listen to the wo/men on the street and go see Speed Racer…

There is no white-hot ubiquitous fandom this year – Stargate SG-1/Atlantis has finally fallen from that perch, although it is hardly “over.” To my amusement, what seems to be taking its place is Torchwood. || I note that TW fandom doesn’t have the tons of

the first non-racially-based and non-romantically-based argument about why Martha was the first companion to ever get the “just one trip” series of warnings that I found persuasive.

…she grabbed the tip of his ear and twisted, tugging him up to face her.

“Are you actually taking the piss and fishing for compliments at the same time?”

Fraser’s not as innocent as he acts. He usually gets the jokes, the insults, the references to women and tits and things that seem funny until Fraser stands there and refuses to laugh. It’s either brave or the most annoying thing Ray’s ever seen. Maybe bo

Musical flash cartoon plays automatically when it loads. And it loops forever and ever and ever…

People, we get a LOT of kitteh submissions, but not many that make us want to gouge our own eyes out like this one. Take a look, it may just be the last thing you ever see.

Aw, it’s an unhurt!

Find out how bumbling super-spy Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) and his right-hand lady Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) meet in a bunch of new clips from the Get Smart movie adaptation.

…an annual book list published by the Feminist Task Force of the American Library Association’s Social Responsibilities Round Table for the purpose of honoring children’s books with feminist themes…

Disqus (and others) are climbing up to take the one thing that made you unique – a sense of community. || OTOH, I find that Disqus and Firefox extension NoScript don’t play together well.