Writer's Block: Becoming a TV Character

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Some obnoxious, overly powerful corporate asshole from an '80s nighttime tv drama. An Ewing or Carrington or... some guy who owns a company. Just fucking up the lives of people who piss me off left right and centre.

Failing that, Captain Kirk, because he got a lot of pussy. In spaaaaaaace!

Or Dave Lister. Because there's something to be said for being the last human in the cosmos if your writers are wacky enough.

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Does anyone else find it indicative of the Catholic Church's sense of humour (at least during their third century glory days) that Saint Sebastian, the saint who was martyred by being shot full of arrows by a group of Roman soldiers* is the patron saint of archers?

Imagine getting to heaven and being handled THAT portfolio. "Hey, Seb! We've got some longbowmen going into battle today, and they're shooting you a lot of prayers. Maybe you can go give them a little divine puissance, eh?"

"Yeah, how about they go fuck themselves with their longbows sideways, instead?"

Isn't it a little ironic, though? A guy being designated the patron of the act that killed him? Especially if it wasn't, you know, his idea? Because I can totally see the guy who got blown apart by an explosion being the patron saint of demolitions teams.

* Although I read once that he survived the arrows so they beat him to death with clubs.

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Am watching Rush on Colbert Report

Amusing. No fewer than four people emailed me to tell me it was on tonight.