another important poll question

[Poll #1114899]

This was a matter of discussion amongst me, oeilade, and yahtzee63 on New Year's Eve. Blanche was out for me because I didn't want to deal with finding strange men in my kitchen every Sunday morning, so I chose Dorothy, because she'd probably keep to herself for the most part and would add a delightful dose of snark. (Plus I'd probably get along with her best.) oeilade chose Sophia, because she's a good cook and goes to bed early. And yahtzee63 was leaning toward Rose for reasons I still don't entirely understand, but I'm sure she will elaborate in comments.

ETA: Feel free to pimp this poll, as it is a timeless and universal question. Stay golden!

democracy inaction

Iowa went pretty much the way I expected, although I didn't think Huckabee's margin would be quite so wide. Romney must be pissed. A bonus is Giuliani's 4 percent, though, which made me laugh and laugh and laugh. And Dems are still practically a three-way tie, no surprise there (sounds like youth turnout helped Obama in a major way -- I'm suspecting the fact that Kucinich and Richardson told their peeps to caucus for him had something to do with it, too). But much more important than any "wins" from the tiny percentage of Americans who voted tonight, is the fact that Democratic turnout was double Republican turnout. Now if that trend continues nationwide, I'll be a happy camper. (ETA: Dodd dropped out. Not surprising, but still a shame, as his voice was an important one, I think.)

In the meantime, Gail Collins wrote a very funny and pointed column about the Iowa caucus here. ("Tonight, the Iowa Deciders will divide into 1,781 local caucuses. Past history suggests that a few of these gatherings may not draw any attendees whatsoever and that several others will consist entirely of a guy named Carl.") And a more serious takedown of the caucus by Christopher Hitchens here. (It should be noted my distaste for this process has nothing whatsoever to do with Iowa itself, and I shall spread this distaste to New Hampshire soon enough. It's the process that I have serious issues with.)

I watched the Celebrity Apprentice tonight. Yeah, I know. Hey, nothing else was on. I had to watch it on time delay though so I could fast forward every time Omarosa opened her mouth.

Anyway, let's move on to the mess of entertainment links I have for you:

Indiana Jones on the cover of Vanity Fair! I have to admit, Harrison looks good. And cover art for the tie-in comic book.

They're making a Greatest American Hero movie! OMGWTF.

Kristin Kreuk is playing Chun-Li in a Street Fighter: Chun-Li movie. I must echo my OMGWTF. It's a little known fact that I'm a big Street Fighter fan (I have one of the subtitled anime films on bootleg VHS somewhere) and Chun-Li is always who I play. This information is totally breaking my brain right now. Plus, Chun-Li has the body of a fighter, k, not a Hollywood waif. Oh well.

Sacha Baron Cohen is playing Abbie Hoffman in the Steven Spielberg/Aaron Sorkin movie.

Fly Oceanic Air! (Seriously, Lost fans need to click on this link.)

marakara passed this one on to me: Alan Sepinwall suggests we all re-watch Cupid during the writers strike. AWWWW.

So I'm thinking of not going to TAR Con again this season. It's potentially on an inconvenient day, and there's no one left I'm really excited about this season, and fewer and fewer of the former racers show up anymore, and it's at least $50 and you might not even get a table -- eh. I don't know. I might be over it. Unless there's a future season where I fall in love with a team. Oh well.