Rant, Television

Little Mosque and Scapegoats

Elephant in the room: a really horrible thing happened yesterday. A lot of innocent people got really badly hurt or killed for no reason, and that's really, really fucking awful, and whoever did it deserves every available variety of justice served up on a platter. On fire. No sympathy from me. But the thing that… Continue reading Little Mosque and Scapegoats

Characters, Rant, Television

Why TV’s “Perfect Couples” Aren’t

There is a thing that I have noticed in television (mostly sit-coms) that bugs the shit out of me. I have noticed this in several TV shows, but the most current violator is one I've been watching from the beginning, How I Met Your Mother, so that is the one I am going to talk about.… Continue reading Why TV’s “Perfect Couples” Aren’t

Characters, Television

Doctor Who & the Awful Companions

Okay, people, I know the Hunger Games movie just came out and everyone's all excited and posting about it, BUT! Something else big happened this past week in the world of sci-fi nerds, which I think deserves a bit of a nod and, in true Whoosh fashion, excessively critical over-analysis. What happened, you ask? Well,… Continue reading Doctor Who & the Awful Companions