Lost

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Best Web Junk (May 28)

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Most important link this week -> Go Here and vote for Danny so one of my former students can win tickets to some country music thing that is apparently a pretty big deal These buildings are teh awesome

I am ashamed to even live in a country where this hat is a possibility. (Warning, it has a swear)

On the same week as the Lost finale there's really no more appropriate video to share than this one

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iggE4ImYwyc]

But if that video doesn't do it for you, enjoy Iron Baby which is awesome

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyoA4LXQco4]

The Lost Scorecard

Back in January, in anticipation of the final season of Lost I made a  I made a list of the questions I wanted to see answered.  In this post I am checking the score to see how that final season measured up to my hopes

  1. Jacob/Man in Black - Answered
  2. The Island (I know this one is pretty vague) - Really not answered, but at lest sort of addressed
  3. The numbers - Answered
  4. Walt and/or Vincent (the ability to make stuff happen) - Not even addressed
  5. Richard Alpert – why doesn’t that dude age? - Answered
  6. Christian Shepherd - Answered
  7. The smoke monster - Answered
  8. Why children can’t be born on the island - Not even addressed
  9. That giant statue - Not addressed
  10. Everybody being connected. Did the island choose them or what’s the deal with that? - Answered, sort of.

So by my count that is 6 of 10 questions answered.  Overall I was satisfied.  I found the finale to be emotional and enjoyable, even if it didn't answer the question what is the island.

All during Christian Shepard's speech all I could think of was that this is a postmodern / new-agey version of C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce.  Also I was terribly distracted by that ridiculous stained glass window tribute to every religion even if they are 100% incompatible.

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The Final Season of Lost is Coming

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It's less than a week away

And I have been rewatching the series since Christmas.  I'm only about halfway thorugh season 3 right now bu watching it again reminds me of just what a great show it is.

Like everyone else I have a list of questions that I hope is answered by the final season.  I know that not every single thing I wonder about will be answered, but here are the 10 questions that I feel are most important.

Let me phrase them in the form of   What’s the deal with…

  1. Jacob/Man in Black
  2. The Island (I know this one is pretty vague)
  3. The numbers
  4. Walt and/or Vincent (the ability to make stuff happen)
  5. Richard Alpert – why doesn’t that dude age?
  6. Christian Shepherd
  7. The smoke monster
  8. Why children can’t be born on the island
  9. That giant statue
  10. Everybody being connected. Did the island choose them or what’s the deal with that?

So those are my questions.  What did I leave out?

Finally, here's a promo to get you fired up.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XTIZ26KseY]