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<font size="3">Hello World!</font>
It's that time of year again. We've begun the final week of 2003 and before the week is out, it will be 2004. Are your New Year's resolutions in order?
Breathe a sigh of relief--I promise not to bore you with mine! I toyed with that as the subject of this last Hello World column at CSIFiles for 2003, but instantly rejected it. New Year's resolutions are pretty personal, and who wants to read some else's anyways?
Instead, I'd like to raise a cyber-toast to an individual I admire a lot, and have this whole year (and well before that, too). That person is <font color=yellow>Joss Whedon</font>. Most of you know him as the creator of the shows Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly.
Joss is a personal hero of mine, for many reasons, but in large part for his determination and can-do attitude. I can't think of anyone else (if someone is slipping my mind, please e-mail me!) who turned a movie in large part deemed a failure into a hit TV series so influential that its heroine, Buffy, has been turned into a feminist icon. Essays and philosphical musings have been written about the show, and its spinoff, Angel.
Joss suffered a setback with Firefly this year. As creative, exciting, and innovative as the show was, it gained a devoted audience but not a full season, thanks to episode shuffling and preempting done by the network it aired on. Did Joss give up on the show? Not hardly. He's currently working on a script for a Firefly movie. Many shake their heads, but if anyone can (and I believe will) make it happen, it's Joss.
So please, join me in raising a cyber-toast to Joss. When I grow up, I want to be just like him. Which is to say, I never quite want to grow up so completely that I lose my capacity to imagine or believe one should give up on a dream.
<font size="3">Trek BBS Today</font>
Below are some of the topics currently being discussed at the Talk CSI BBS:
-Calleigh's new face??
-Early Seasons
-You know you're addicted to CSI when...
More topics can be found at the Talk CSI BBS!
<font size="3">Poll Results</font>
Below are the results of the most recent TrekToday poll:
<center> <TABLE Width=350 CelLSpacing=0 CellPadding=6 Border=0> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#000000"> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> <CENTER><TABLE Width=95\% CellPadding=4> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> <HR SIZE=1> How Would You Rate 'Coming Of Rage'? <HR SIZE=1> </center> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> 9-10</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 52.3\% - (68 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> 7-8</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 29.2\% - (38 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> Wasn't Able to See It</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 10\% - (13 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> 5-6</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 3.8\% - (5 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> 3-4</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 3\% - (4 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> Didn't Want to See It</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 0.7\% - (1 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> 1-2</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 0.7\% - (1 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size="2">
<center> Total Votes: 130 </center> <HR SIZE=1> </td> </tr> </table> </TD></TR> </TABLE> </center>
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<font size="3">Today's Television Listings</font>
Tonight, CBS will show a rerun of the CSI: Miami episode "The Best Defense." Here is <A class="link" HREF="http://www.tvguide.com</a>'s description of the episode:<ul><blockquote><font color=yellow>"The two young owners of a city bar are gunned down after hours and another man is wounded in the attack, which was allegedly committed by a masked gunman. Meanwhile, Calleigh's dad announces he is now a public defender and needs her help with a murder case in which a woman stabbed her boyfriend to death in his car with a screwdriver."</font></blockquote>[/list]
On Thursday, January 1st 2004, CBS will rerun the CSI: Crime Scene Investigations episode, "Last Laugh". TV Guide describes the episode:<ul><blockquote><font color=yellow>"Grissom and Catherine investigate the murder of a despised comic who died onstage, apparently after drinking from a tainted bottle of water. The case grows more puzzling when a 15-year-old boy dies in a convenience store after drinking the same brand of water. Also: Brass reopens a woman's accidental-death case after spotting the deceased's husband in a flashy new car with a trophy date on his arm."</font></blockquote>[/list]
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It's that time of year again. We've begun the final week of 2003 and before the week is out, it will be 2004. Are your New Year's resolutions in order?
Breathe a sigh of relief--I promise not to bore you with mine! I toyed with that as the subject of this last Hello World column at CSIFiles for 2003, but instantly rejected it. New Year's resolutions are pretty personal, and who wants to read some else's anyways?
Instead, I'd like to raise a cyber-toast to an individual I admire a lot, and have this whole year (and well before that, too). That person is <font color=yellow>Joss Whedon</font>. Most of you know him as the creator of the shows Buffy, the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly.
Joss is a personal hero of mine, for many reasons, but in large part for his determination and can-do attitude. I can't think of anyone else (if someone is slipping my mind, please e-mail me!) who turned a movie in large part deemed a failure into a hit TV series so influential that its heroine, Buffy, has been turned into a feminist icon. Essays and philosphical musings have been written about the show, and its spinoff, Angel.
Joss suffered a setback with Firefly this year. As creative, exciting, and innovative as the show was, it gained a devoted audience but not a full season, thanks to episode shuffling and preempting done by the network it aired on. Did Joss give up on the show? Not hardly. He's currently working on a script for a Firefly movie. Many shake their heads, but if anyone can (and I believe will) make it happen, it's Joss.
So please, join me in raising a cyber-toast to Joss. When I grow up, I want to be just like him. Which is to say, I never quite want to grow up so completely that I lose my capacity to imagine or believe one should give up on a dream.
<font size="3">Trek BBS Today</font>
Below are some of the topics currently being discussed at the Talk CSI BBS:
-Calleigh's new face??
-Early Seasons
-You know you're addicted to CSI when...
More topics can be found at the Talk CSI BBS!
<font size="3">Poll Results</font>
Below are the results of the most recent TrekToday poll:
<center> <TABLE Width=350 CelLSpacing=0 CellPadding=6 Border=0> <TR> <TD BGCOLOR="#000000"> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> <CENTER><TABLE Width=95\% CellPadding=4> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> <HR SIZE=1> How Would You Rate 'Coming Of Rage'? <HR SIZE=1> </center> </TD> </TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> 9-10</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 52.3\% - (68 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> 7-8</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 29.2\% - (38 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> Wasn't Able to See It</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 10\% - (13 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> 5-6</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 3.8\% - (5 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> 3-4</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 3\% - (4 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> Didn't Want to See It</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 0.7\% - (1 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD Width=50\%> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> 1-2</TD><TD Width=50\% VALIGN=TOP> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size=2> /poll/image.gif 0.7\% - (1 Votes)</TD></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2> <Font Face="Verdana,Arial" Size="2">
<center> Total Votes: 130 </center> <HR SIZE=1> </td> </tr> </table> </TD></TR> </TABLE> </center>
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<font size="3">Today's Television Listings</font>
Tonight, CBS will show a rerun of the CSI: Miami episode "The Best Defense." Here is <A class="link" HREF="http://www.tvguide.com</a>'s description of the episode:<ul><blockquote><font color=yellow>"The two young owners of a city bar are gunned down after hours and another man is wounded in the attack, which was allegedly committed by a masked gunman. Meanwhile, Calleigh's dad announces he is now a public defender and needs her help with a murder case in which a woman stabbed her boyfriend to death in his car with a screwdriver."</font></blockquote>[/list]
On Thursday, January 1st 2004, CBS will rerun the CSI: Crime Scene Investigations episode, "Last Laugh". TV Guide describes the episode:<ul><blockquote><font color=yellow>"Grissom and Catherine investigate the murder of a despised comic who died onstage, apparently after drinking from a tainted bottle of water. The case grows more puzzling when a 15-year-old boy dies in a convenience store after drinking the same brand of water. Also: Brass reopens a woman's accidental-death case after spotting the deceased's husband in a flashy new car with a trophy date on his arm."</font></blockquote>[/list]
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