So I am apparently all about infographics this week. This one from wine.com talks about champagne. As I mentioned on Mom-amo earlier this week, I’ve been reading French Women Don’t Get Fat, and it has made me want to drink wine or champagne at dinner every night.
Brought To You By Wine.com, Purveyors of Fine Wine and Champagne
I am a WOW player. In fact, that is what I did today for longer than I care to admit — I’m working on some of the holiday achievements. Anyway, I was interested to learn that we ladies make up 20 percent of the players.
I keep seeing ads for the Body Worlds exhibit that is currently here in Portland.
I am torn whether I want to attend. The exhibit looks fascinating, and the process of preserving the bodies is amazing. But I’m a little squeamish about being so close to actual human cadavers. Maybe the next time it comes, PCC Jr. will be older and like the idea of seeing dead bodies. We’ll see.
Every time I think of this exhibit, I am reminded of the Anatomy films, which feature the bodies. The movies are German, so they are subtitled, but like any good foreign film, the story is so involving that you quickly forget you are reading. Even Mr. PCC, who is not a big fan of foreign cinema, likes these movies.
The thing I like about these films, especially after laughing through Piranha last night, is that they don’t rely in gruesome scenes to build tension. They are just scary.
Find Anatomy and Anatomy 2 on Netflix or your favorite video service.
Here are your five favorite posts of the year, based on number of unique visitors. As always, I have not included the Supernatural link roundups because of their inherent draw to readers and because they just don’t have a huge archival value.
Final Thoughts on Season 6 of Supernatural
In this post, Katie shares her reactions to a shaky season of Supernatural. Based on how the show treated the brothers and the fans over the year, she decided not to make Supernatural appointment viewing anymore. A lot of you shared your thoughts on the matter, and we both loved the discussion.
The CW’s Secret Circle: How Does It Compare to the Books
Julie Harpin visited us to share her thoughts on The Secret Circle soon after its premiere. I enjoyed her post a lot because she compared the books (which I haven’t read) to the show as it had aired so far. Do you find that her predictions of what would stay and what would go remained true as the season progressed?
Is ‘Grimm’ the ‘Supernatural’ Killer?
In this post, I share my thoughts on the new show Grimm. I stand behind my initial review: that it is more enjoyable on a weekly basis than a bad episode of Supernatural. And, since we never know when Supernatural will be bad, Grimm is often the show Mr. PCC and I watch live.
Ten Reasons The Vampire Diaries Is Better than True Blood
Katie and I got together to create this list. I stand behind it, even though I still love True Blood. Maybe one of these days we’ll do a debate post where we go over the relative merits of both shows.
Why HBO Leads the Emmy Nomination Field
In this post, I go off on a tangent about my view of Hollywood economics. I firmly believe that the network model is dying and, in the future, the relationship will be between production studios and consumers of the shows—no middleman needed.
What did we learn from this list? Genre television is definitely our stock in trade here at Pop Culture Curmudgeon, and we both like to complain about what is wrong with the pop culture landscape.
Are your favorites on the list? We’d also like to know what you would like to see more of in 2012. Let us know in the comments.
I will not be watching live tonight, because I will be at the first Pac-12 championship game. But I will definitely be DVRing it for tomorrow so I can find out what happens to Bobby.
Supernatural: We Are an Amazing Fandom: If only the show runner seemed to appreciate us this much. For more on this sentiment, see the next article on the list.
How did another week pass us by already? It is now time for another roundup of Supernatural stories to get us caught up on last week, prepared for tonight’s episode, and informed about happenings with the cast and show.
Last Week’s Episode
Consensus is that last week’s episode was a bit of a letdown after the good work done with “Slash Fiction.” What do you think?
Supernatural: Friends Never Say Goodbye: Our friends at After Elton offer a good recap to remind you what you loved or hated (or both) about “The Mentalists”.
Misha Collins to Guest Star on Ringer: Are you watching Ringer? If not, will you tune in to see how Misha’s character will be similar/different from Castiel and Jimmy?
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February 10, 2012 6:24 am | 
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