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First, my cousin sent me an e-mail about Ben Stein ranting about how he doesn't feel persecuted if people shove Christmas down his throat (he's Jewish), and now this? How did I not know about this? I feel ashamed for each episode of "Win Ben Stein's Money" that I ever watched (and not just because I am implicit in propelling Jimmy Kimmel's career).

Surprise, surprise, the filmmakers were less than honest about their intentions to paint adherence to scientific principles as discrimination, cover-up, and academic fraud. Like this last bit:

Dr. Scott, whose organization advocates for the teaching of evolution and against what it calls the intrusion of creationism and other religious doctrines in science classes, said the filmmakers were exploiting Americans’ sense of fairness as a way to sell their religious views.

Wake up, morons. Science? IS NOT ABOUT FAIR PLAY. It's about proof. I don't care how many people you can push through the Creation Museum or sway with promises that the great sky fairy is going to make us liberals burn in hell. Can you show me the finger of your Intelligent Designer on a planarian? No? THEN FUCK OFF. And, preferably, DIE.

Going slightly mad?

I had a dream in animation last night. I literally dreamt about the ending to Disney's Cinderella. OMG spoilers, but you know the scene where, after all the struggle on the part of the mice to get Cinderella out of the locked tower so she can try on the slipper the Duke is bringing around? She comes running down the stairs and sits to try it on, but as the guy with the glass slipper comes running over to her, the wicked Stepmother trips him, and the glass slipper shatters. The Duke despairs, crying over the slipper and then Cinderella brings out the other slipper, and she fits it and happily ever, much to the horror of the Stepmother?

Well, here is the ending as viewed by my subconscious. The Duke is crying over the slipper being broken. All dialogue was direct from the movie except the part in bold which denotes my bold re-invisioning of that scene.

Cinderella: Well, perhaps, if it would help... (she goes to remove the other slipper from her pocket)
The Duke: No, no, no, nothing can help now!
Cinderella: But you see, I have the other slipper.
(The Stepmother is aghast--very famous look of horror on her face as the Duke kisses the slipper and puts it on Cinderella's foot.)
Cinderella: (Looking up triumphantly at the still-shocked Stepmother) That's right. I have the other shoe, bitch.

That's one you won't see on the special edition DVD folks.