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Deadwood Dead

I loved the first season of Deadwood. I watched the second season on DVD, prepared to be disappointed (that's the kind of person I am.) The first episode felt a little loose and uncertain to me, but the second and remaining episodes tightened like a noose and pulled me off the ground. And now I hear that HBO plans to leave me dangling.

This show has the feel of time travel. The DVD came with a documentary on the actual town of Deadwood, circe 1870, and the reality and the fiction could have worn the same muddy clothes. A perfect fit.

The third season, already filmed in its entirety, ready to begin this June, will be the last.

It's like reading a novel and discovering that the publisher cut the last hundred pages.

Found Gold

The only thing better than an Easter Peep that's been allowed to dry out for a month prior to the holiday (by request) is a Peep that's discovered in the back of the closet a few months later. Amazingly, the crunchy marshmallow shell is no more formidable than it was two months ago. Maybe there's a limit to how far a Peep will go to protect itself from the elements.

I have a dream, however, of one day creating a Peep with a rock-hard shell, harboring its antithesis inside itself.

Nik Scott

Nik Scott offers an inflated rendition of Spot at the gallery page.