I join the ranks of those suffering from the "Lost Effect"...

The "Lost Effect"... Originally uploaded by russdogg.

I got home from work just in time to religiously watch ABC's "Lost" in HD last night. After another excellent hour, they followed it up with "Invasion", a terrible aliens-among-us show replete with sub-par acting and cheesy special effects. The main character is pretty boy Eddie Cibrian, you may remember him from ESPN's lame duck poker drama Tilt. Half way through it, I realized I knew ALL the characters and storylines. How was this possible? It then dawned on me that I had watched EVERY episode, since it comes on right after the best show this season. Lost is just that good; so good it puts me in a drooling trance for another hour. It could have been test patterns or re-runs of that "Steve Urkle" show, and I would watch still it with a zombie expression, mouth agape. I dub this the "Lost Effect". I can't be the only one afflicted by this, can I? Are there millions suffering out there?

my parents riot their way through France

Gordon and Aileen love to smash things
Originally uploaded by russdogg.

The riots in France started the same day my parents went there on vacation. Coincidence? I think not! Yahoo news confirmed as much, as well as provided a more detailed map of my parents site seeing/ car burning trip. Reuters reports that my dad prefers to keep destruction close to the capital city of Paris, while my mom enjoys razing southern costal towns.

french Officer supresses riots with bladder

Riots are no match for my excess of body fluids!
Originally uploaded by russdogg.

Riots turned out to be no match for one Parisian police officer - or " Les Flic" as urban youth in France have so eloquently nicknamed them - as he used only his power of urine and excellent bladder control to douse the flames of a burning car; no-handed no less.