From Licence To Roam:

Dear 17674 American bloggers who have posted about the season finale of Six Feet Under. Stop - or at least mark you posts with big spoiler warning. Some of us who live in other countries haven't seen it yet.

Hear hear. But then, I'm a man who never bothered to watch it and so is already sick of hearing about it

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You may remember the Piano Man that we blogged about before. Today, the BBC ran a news story saying that he had been discharged and had been sent back to his native Germany. BoingBoing even picked up the story of this mysterious virtuoso piano player that had no identity. All very enigmatic and “Twilight Zone”.

Except in it's zeal to maintain the air of mystery, it seems BoingBoing neglected to quote one very important little tidbit that the BBC report also mentioned (my emphasis):

The man was first taken to Medway Maritime Hospital where he drew a picture of a grand piano and was then taken to the hospital chapel. It was reported that health and social workers said they were “stunned” when he proceeded to give them a virtuoso performance. However, newspaper reports now suggest he was only able to play one note continuously.

I don't want to be a party pooper here, but I would also like to point out that my 1 year old son could also be considered a toy xylophone virtuoso with that definition of the word.

Full BBC article here.

UPDATE: The truth will set him free - all a hoax?

Ok maybe I'm coming around a little on the Six Feet Under finale. This page on HBO's website is actually kind of cool: Obituaries (spoilers, of course)

Is Christopher Walken gunning for the White House?

[Unfortunately, he's not.]

Thanks to West Coast Wordsmith Ryan Scott for the link.

"There were certain things that happened in the series that I didn't buy."

Peter Krause (Nate Fisher) recently spoke to the Toronto Star and expressed his feelings on some of the odd turns his character took in the final season of Six Feet Under.

"The problem for me after a while was I was having a difficult time surrendering to the material because I didn't feel like the writing staff was always surrendering to character," says Krause. "There were story ideas being forced upon the character rather than stories growing out of character."

Interestingly, Krause reveals that his character's final fate had been pre-ordained since season 1, although there was some talk at some point of a different character following this path.

Read more of Krause's opinions about the character arc of Nate Fisher.

Yesterday's New York Times Magazine cover story on the oil crisis sounded pretty scary.

Stephen Levitt is the author of Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores The Hidden Side of Everything. Here's his response to the Times piece. Makes some good points.

You decide. I'm going to go siphon my neighbor's H3.

While the image that started it all (of the naked fat guy reflected in the kettle) has become internet legend, it's nice to see a new site dedicated to the art of ReflectoPorn. We whole heartedly endorse this emerging genre, so much so that if anyone wants to mail us their own example, we'll be happy to feature them here.

“The Bastard Child of Steve Coogan and Courtney Love” may sound like the kind of phrase I'd usually use as a metaphor, but perhaps we may actually get to see what that love child would be like. It's being reported that Courtney Love is pregnant after a fling with British comedian Coogan, and is now carrying his baby.

Of course, as this was originally reported on Ananova, which is the internet equivalent of the National Enquirer, there's probably no truth to it. But some rumors are just too juicy not to repeat.

Résumé
Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smell awful;
You might as well live.

On this date in 1893, Dorothy Rothschild was "a late unexpected arrival in a loveless family" in West End, NJ.

Meet the Dorothy Parker Society in the lobby of the Algonquin tonight to celebrate her birthday. Open to the public. Birthday toast at 7 p.m. (I recommend their Dorothy Parker Martini - it'll put hair on your chest.) This evening will be the last performance of “The Talk of the Town” show in the Oak Room.

Been reading the Six Feet Under bulletin boards for the past hour. Some more great comments on the show. I was gonna post one, but didn't want to give anything away.

I will say that last Thursday the Daily News ranked the SFU finale as the third best of all time, behind St. Elsewhere and The Bob Newhart Show. Honestly, I think they shorted it by two places. I have never been so completely satisfied by the ending of a series. What they did was so simple and so great, it's tough to figure out why no show had ever done it before.

Goodbye Fishers.

Fin!

I just finished watching the series finale of Six Feet Under with my soon to be ex-wife. It stirred some emotions.

I cried like the little bitch that I am

I spent high school with you and grew up with you.

A little part of me died tonight.

If my mom hadn't told me we were gonna go deposit my paycheck after the show was over, I think I would've taken longer to get over it.

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