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Watching Fringe S2 again, it is markedly better than S1, but still far too many derivative Monster Scientists of the Week. My favorite so far is the cosmonaut who picks up the weird organism which leaves his body like a shadow, and disintegrates people by feeding off the radiation inside them. Creepy episode. That one could give you nightmares. As Astrid comments, "That thing followed him home from the hospital? Now, I'm not going to sleep for a week."

Just watched, one episode that basically combined the O'Henry short story the Ransom of Red Chief with the Twilight Zone episode about the psychotic kid with something out of either Fire Starter or Ender's Game.
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Left of Center off of the beat....the vagarities of taste

1. ( Fringe )

2. Been thinking about individual tastes again, albeit briefly, since I got to go to bed in five minutes. On CBS Sunday Morning - they did a brief editorial on individual tastes...how people experience pleasure. What turns some of us on. Why we seek things out that logically would be perceived as painful, for pleasure. Such as horror movies, roller coasters, hot chilli peppers.
And the psychologist stated it is a brain over body thing. Or a body over brain thing. Our body is telling us to run, but our brain states we are safe - which creates an adrenaline rush, producing endorphins for some of us. Not all. You can't generalize about the human body. ( or not so briefly...ramble on taste )