Jin, the Watch, the Hitman, and the Confrontation

A Synopsis of Lost episode "The Package"

Lost episode "The Package" aired March 30, 2010.  As expected, this episode revealed in its flash-sideways segments why Sayid found Jin in a restaurant walk-in refrigerator at the end of the episode "Sundown".  I did not notice whether the refrigerator contained any pepperoni, which I also had expected to be in there. At least some, anyway. (I really like pepperoni. Don't you?)

We also learned why there was a lot of cash hidden in Jin's luggage.  What's interesting to ponder... was that amount of cash also hidden in Jin's luggage in the normal timeline?  In both timelines, he is transporting a fancy watch to deliver in person. Hmm...

Meanwhile, back on the island...

Fake Locke goes on a nature hike, some of Widmore's people knock out everyone in his camp with fancy blowdarts and take Jin to the Hydra island where he's questioned about a Dharma map he made 30 years ago, and Sun looses her ability to speak English when a tree refuses to move out of her way while she's jogging/fleeing from Fake Locke.

The episode ends with Fake Locke and Sayid going on a field trip to the Hydra island.  Fake Locke whined to Widmore about him bringing war while Widmore smirked at him from the other side of the sonic fence he set up, while Sayid stayed behind and discovered that Desmond is "the package".

My guess is that Desmond being "the package" has something to do with his time jumping ability.  And may be the real reason as to why Widmore wanted to keep Desmond and Penny apart... he knew what was in store for Desmond on the island and that it would break Penny's heart if they got close.

On the next episode, "Happily Ever After", Desmond learns he's back on the island.  My prediction: he'll call someone "brother" at least once.  Probably Jin.

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From Super Bowl 44.

Snickers Super Bowl Commerical - Betty White (video)

From Super Bowl 44.

What the Federal Budget Freeze Looks Like (video)

Hat tip to Jonah Goldberg at National Review Online.

2009 - The Year in Review

Happy New Year!  Welcome 2010!

(By the way, will you pronounce that "two thousand and ten" or "twenty ten"?  The great debate begins!)

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As one year ends and another begins, it is quite common for people to reflect on the news highlights of the outgoing year.

Dave Barry, writer extraordinaire at the Miami Herald, wrote his "Dave Barry's Year in Review: 2009" article.

Some common themes are:

• Somali pirates, 
• The Appalachian Trail,
• North Korea's continual pleas for attention,
  
• The Obama Administration complaining about inheriting things from the Bush Administration, and
  
• California's financial problems (attempted resolutions included selling San Diego to Mexico and renaming the state South Oregon).

Here's one of my favorite quotes from the article (from the December news section):

"On the environmental front, Copenhagen hosts a massive international conference aimed at halting manmade global warming, attended by thousands of delegates who flew to Denmark on magical carbon-free unicorns."

Because, obviously, how else could so many people of gotten there without unnecessarily spewing vast amounts of evil global warming causing climate changing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?

Read the whole article here.  And remember the year that was.  And smile.