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| location | Provo, UT | |
| age | 36 | |
| visits | member for | 7 months |
| seen | May 17 at 6:30 | |
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I am the Director of Digital Humanities at Brigham Young University. My research interests include web application development, American Literature, XML publishing, and streaming media. I am an avid baseball fan... my sons and I are always hoping the Chicago Cubs will give us something to cheer about.
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May 2 |
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What's the name of the TV series with an Army guy who can control electronic devices signals with his mind? The power is referred to as 'technopathy,' a subset of technological manipulation. I don't remember a show where a fellow in the Army does it, but if it exists it would be listed here: powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Technology_Manipulation -- one of the best examples of this power showing up on a TV show is the character Micah in Heroes |
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May 2 |
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Why was “The Social Network” made so quickly after Facebook took off? That's interesting ... I didn't know that. Thanks for pointing that out. |
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Apr 23 |
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What music were in “The Americans” ep. 1 and 4? Quick question ... I often see music identification questions closed for the reason that they are off-topic; however, the official FAQ for movies and TV SE do not state that such questions qualify as off-topic. If questions like this are going to continue to be closed, shouldn't the FAQ be edited to reflect the off-topic nature? |
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Apr 5 |
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Identify this Disney TV series? I'd vote for Boy Meets World as well ... it wasn't produced by Disney (although its sequel is), but it was a precursor to the style of show that you see on the Disney Channel now (some have argued that the Disney Channel has taken the place of the 90s TGIF). What's more, baseball was an integral part of the first season -- half the episodes had references, and several were completely centered on the Phillies. See here for more details: withleather.uproxx.com/2012/11/… |
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Jan 21 |
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Downton Abbey Christmas Special order In fact, while they're called "Christmas specials," that doesn't carry the same significance that it might for an American show. It's best to just think of them as the season finales of the various seasons. |
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Jan 6 |
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Tv show about another dimension/magic land through a magic mirror Spellbinder is certainly a good guess ... I remember it being on the Disney Channel in the late 90s... |
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Dec 7 |
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Identify this movie about hypnosis and mind-reading A Disney classic ... the sequel is great, too (The Monkey's Uncle). |
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Oct 25 |
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What is the IQ of Raj? As far as I know, this has never been revealed either on the show or in any sort of interview with show runners/writers. |
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Oct 23 |
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Why did Javert not check for the tattoo in Les Miserables? In the book, Jean Valjean had no tattoo at all; rather, in the courtroom he demonstrated who he was by identifying obscure tattoos on the bodies of other prisoners (who were there to testify against the false Valjean and whom the real Valjean had known in prison). In various movie versions (and the musical) this was altered so that Valjean himself had a tattoo of his prisoner number (of course, though, this would never happen in France at the time; rather, they likely would have just been given the fleur de lis tattoo to mark them as a generic criminal) |
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Oct 22 |
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Why does Buster not join in the family chicken dance? @ChristianRau -- huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/23/… |
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Oct 22 |
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Why does Buster not join in the family chicken dance? @Arabella That's right ... I wasn't thinking of that fact that Lindsay was adopted. I guess that means genetics aren't the determining factor at all, here. |
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Oct 16 |
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Thriller about a group of kidnappers wearing Santa Claus masks and taking a group of kidnapees into a cave? I think this is probably it ... the kidnapees were members of a school class in a small Australia town. They called the kidnapper with the Santa Mask "Father Christmas." |
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Oct 10 |
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An Animated Short Film About Horses Living In Heaven It was all Google; I'd never seen it before last night. I started off searching on the upright horse image, as it seemed the most distinctive and the most likely to show up. But when that came up empty, I tried to think like a 6 year old and realized that it might not be actual horses, but animated characters that just looked horse-like. Also, I focused on the floating island, as that's another distinctive image that would likely be mentioned somewhere. My search string, then, was "animated short horse people floating island" -- the second result was Skywhales (the first was your question). |
