A great post on the JOpinionated blog about all the questions we’d still like answered on Lost. With Lost returning from hiatus soon, this is a great brush-up. Check out the questions here!
Now for something less sarcastic than my last few posts. 
I found a great blog post at Connect with Your Teens about movies that parents should recommend to their teens. This really fun list is “The Top 10 Movies to Recommend to Your Teens from Before They Were Born.” It’s a really great list! If you’re looking for some fun, family movies to recommend, check out this great list here. It might bring back some memories for some people reading this blog!
Some websites are collectively destroying our IQ, one person at a time. Here are a few that really just need to go away.
10. Friendster
Friendster is *so* last year. Or maybe even the year before that.
Today if someone asks, ”Are you on Facebook or MySpace?” and you answer, “No, I’m on Friendster,” you’re likely to be greeted with chuckles, sideways glances, and looks of pity.
Face it Friendster, it’s over. You’ve gone the way of the Apple Newton and floppy disks.
9. Blatant Rip-offs
This isn’t about a particular website, but a class of websites. I’m getting so tired of seeing one person have a great idea and then thousands of people blatantly rip it off with their renditions of MyIdeaIsFunnyToo!!.com.
The best example is my absolute favorite website, Despair.com. Since it became popular, countless people have tried to prove that they, too, can be negative. Just a few lame examples: CallCenterConsultant and SlapFish.
Geez people, at least admit that you were inspired by Despair. Although, seeing how completely *not* funny these are, maybe Despair is better off not being connected in any way.
8. eHarmony
For the love of heaven, WHY?
First, there’s someone for everyone? On what rose-colored-glasses-world does this site operate? And don’t forget the website’s assertion that you must scientifically match a person to be a great couple. Gee, if I wanted to date myself, I’d go to restaurants and put a mirror on the other side of the table. Boring!
But maybe I just hate the website because it’s spawned a series of really, really annoying commercials. If I hear “This will be an everlasting love” softly playing from my television one more time…
7. Perez Hilton
“PerezHilton.com - teaching men everywhere to magnify really, really tiny flaws.”
Sure, the site’s entertaining. But do we really need to see how many wrinkles Brad Pitt has? And does it matter that Jennifer Love Hewitt is actually a healthy size and not anorexic?
If I see one more guy use this site to promote Barbie Doll perfection, I’m going to scream. Hey dude - yes, you, the one who reads PerezHilton 10 times a day. You’re not a GQ model either, if you look in the mirror. Take the plank out of your own eye first.
6. Reddit
How does a site so ugly stay so popular? Just look at it:
I mean, with Digg we get accompanying pictures and article descriptions. Reddit looks like something designed to go side-by-side with DOS.
5. Ning
If you haven’t heard of it, there’s a good reason. Ning is touted as the website where you can “Create Your Own Social Network for Anything!” It’s the best idea since Friendster (*shudder*).
With Ning, I can create a social networking site based on my personal tastes! Hurray! It’ll have a grand total of three members!
Wait… This sounds familiar, but I’m not sure why… What does this remind me of? Oh, I remember now! Facebook Groups. So let’s see… I can either use an obscure site or a popular one to find people with similar interests. Whichever should I choose?
Tough call.
Ironically, a website designed to identify ugly websites has succumbed to its own worst nightmare.
This text-heavy website made me want to close it the second it opened. Lovely ads dot the top of the page and grammatically incorrect headlines abound. The absolute lack of any design or photos whatsoever is another nice touch. I wonder if this site has an entry about itself?
3. About.com
Many people will disagree with me on this, but it had to be said. About.com is the ugliest site this side of Reddit. Sure, it’s been around forever and it’s really popular. But if all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you do the same thing?
Each topic is discussed ad nauseum, with thousands of links in the left sidebar that each lead to tiny little bits of information. Searching for something on About.com is about as fun as watching grey paint dry. Sorry About.com, but I prefer the real Internet.
2. Proxify
Proxify, like so many other anonymous proxy sites, allows you to surf the Internet while keeping your identity and location a secret. Is this a great idea?
Actually, it’s a really creepy idea. The only people who have any use for this type of site are: a.) visiting places no self-respecting person should go; or b.) really creepy stalkers who shouldn’t be encouraged.
Sure, a random person might use this site to spy on an ex that he is too much of a coward to approach. So I guess these sites are great tools for immature folks who want to avoid responsibility. But do we really want to encourage this? Umm, no.
Every time this website gets a hit, a brain cell dies.
What’s even worse is that there are hundreds of LOLcat clones! Since when did bad grammar and stupid puns become funny? Apparently now (sigh).
Really now, this picture is funny? On what planet? Sites like this should carry a disclaimer on every page:
“WARNING: Made popular by the same people who thought Beavis and Butthead was intelligent humor. This site may cause loss of IQ, strange cravings for spam, or a sudden desire to start a talk show on PBS. Enter at your own risk.”
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I’m so excited! My “Top Ten Most Annoying Lost Moments” post has attracted “world” attention. First, it was posted onto a Spanish digg-like site here where you can also read comments about it in Spanish! Next, it was commented on in Hebrew on this blog. (I have no idea what it says, so if someone can read Hebrew, let me know!) 
And here it is, mentioned in an Italian blog, and here in Lithuanian.
Now the little post has been translated into Russian here! Anyone want to add Chinese or Japanese to the list? Feel free! (Edited to add: My wish is granted! Here it is, linked in a Japanese Digg-like site!)
You may recall back in January when I wrote a post about Sprint’s upcoming answer to the iPhone. Looks like it’s finally official. Introducing the Sprint Instinct:
Talk right now is that this might actually be better than the iPhone. One of my favorite features is 5.75 hours of talk time. OK, so it doesn’t beat my current 8 hours, but no one makes the phone I have anymore.
For more information on this beauty, check out this article by PC Magazine. Want to learn more about it on Sprint’s site? Just visit NowIsGood.
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In case you just haven’t had enough of Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalt, or if you just miss him:
Oh, no need to thank me.
Seems like Waaaaaaaalllllllllllttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!! has made quite a stir. The “Top 10″ blog post was linked on the UselessJunk forum, where readers proceeded to post variations of Waaaallllllllttttttt!!!! (There’s also an interesting discussion about the Top 10 post on the 4815162342 forum.)
But I just have to point out a hilarious blog post in which a Lost viewer asks: “How many a’s are in Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaalt?” She does research using Google to see which variation of Waaaaalt gets the most hits. Check it out!
A quick thanks to everyone who’s been visiting my blog and leaving comments here and at Digg. You’re awesome! Yesterday this lowly little blog got 35,000 hits! It definitely wouldn’t have been possible without so many people on Digg offering great ideas and comments.
Look for more Lost posts (and posts about other scifi shows) coming soon. I’ll also be adding a new page to this blog with a blogroll of links to all my readers who also enjoy writing about Lost, so we can keep discussing ideas back and forth! So stay tuned! You can get updates by email or RSS.
Lost is an awesome show. But every now & then I wonder just what the writers were thinking…
10. Nikki & Paulo
Yes, they were by far the two most annoying characters in television history. I’m glad to see them gone. But, with Patchy resurrecting all the time, Locke cured of paralysis, Rose cured of cancer, and Christian Shepherd sitting around in Jacob’s cabin… Might we see Nikki and Paulo again too? Say it isn’t so! I for one am hoping the immortality theory is not true.
9. Libby’s Death
Guess I’ll never know why she was stalking Hurley at the mental institution. Great way too create a really compelling mystery and then destroy it.
8. Eko’s “Smoky” Encounter
This left something to be desired. Sure, the morphing of Eko’s brother into Smoky was really cool and helped us realize many of the Losties’ hallucinations were actually Smoky appearances. But the next scenes where Smoky was tossing Eko around like a ragdoll were unfulfilling, to say the least. Sometimes Smoky looks and acts way too much like the water creature on “The Abyss” to be taken seriously.
7. Hurley’s Diet
Hurley wouldn’t be the same - or as much fun - if he were skinny. But Hurley really should be losing some weight on the island. He was sneaking Dharma food for awhile, but isn’t that long over?
6. Fake Smoky Appearance
Big goof. Lost viewers everywhere discovered that in the pilot episode, a “smoke monster” was seen hitting the airplane turbine shortly before it exploded. Much speculation ensued about this find. Sadly, the producers later confirmed it was a CGI effect left in the show in error. You can see it here:
5. Charlie: Death by Stupid
Charlie’s death was sad. But the saddest part was that it didn’t have to happen. He could have run to the other side of the door and shut it. There was plenty of time.
4. The Lost Experience
OK, a lot of people will disagree with me on this. Sure, The Lost Experience kept us entertained one summer. But the revelations ended up being very out of place. The solution it offered to Hurley’s numbers was unsatisfying and has never been mentioned on the actual show. Does anyone still believe that was really the answer?
3. Locke’s Bizarre Trust of Ben
Seriously Locke, grow a brain!
Ben shot him and left him for dead in a mass grave. Ben admitted to gassing all those Dharma people and thus committing mass murder. He’s insane. Yet Locke continues to release him and actually believe him. Utter stupidity. Why does Locke insist on trusting liars?
2. Lack of Curiosity Killed the Cat
How many times have we yelled at our TV screens because Locke didn’t follow up on a mystery when he was with an “other” or Jack seemed to care more about Kate and Sawyer than the smoke monster that was killing people? There were plenty of times the Losties didn’t share vital information with one another or “forgot” to ask Danielle or an Other about a question that was bugging all of us.
Sure, Locke finally asked Ben what the smoke monster was. And Ben said he had no idea. But really Locke, of all the people you could ask, you choose Ben?
1. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllttttttttttttttttttttttt!
Ah yes, it was the fodder of forum humor everywhere: Michael and his ever-present Waaaaallllltttt scream.
Waaaaaalllllltttttt! haunted us in our dreams. Sadly, we saw it again before “Meet Kevin Johnson.” Think the love of Waaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllttttttttt is over? Just run a Google search on Waaaaaaaaaaaaaalt!! and you’ll see we’re all still talking about it:
Notice the third entry in the picture above. Apparently Waaaaaaaaaalt!!!! translates into any language. No wonder Walt doesn’t want to see Michael anymore.
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