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A Gay Old Time
Yesterday the House of Representatives defeated another attempt to pass a constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriages. Republican leaders pushing the measure say that such unions pose a threat to the "sanctity of marriage."

Forget about the gays. The real threat to the sanctity of marriage is Britney Spears!!

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Lost & Not Found
The only new TV show of the season that has latched onto my somewhat limited attention span--and one of the top ones in the Neilsen ratings--is Lost. Basically, the show's premise is that 48 people have survived a plane crash onto some island in the Pacific. They were off course, so their chances for rescue are somewhat minimal. Oh, and there's some sort of hideous creature on the island. Although the people have heard it several times, no one has actually yet seen it.

Interspersed throughout the show are occasional flashbacks to the scene inside the cabin just prior to the crash. It's through them that we are learning about the backgrounds of some of the survivors.

It remains to be seen if the series' writers can maintain the show's quality for an entire season, and Lost may will end up "jumping the shark" if and when they finally show the creature, but for now it's a fun ride.

If you've missed it but want to see what the fuss is about, ABC is rerunning the first two episodes this Saturday (Oct. 2) night.