Welcome, Amanda.  

Retzev, I don't understand how you can complain about the effects- laden menus on the DVDs while your own post is full of visual effects itself!  If that isn't hypocrisy, I don't know what is!

Debate and discussion are what we're here for, but if I may post an excerpt from one of the Forum guidelines:

3. Debate should be kept on a non-personal basis. Flaming and name-calling will not be allowed. It is never appropriate to attack, criticize, or condemn another poster. Retaliation, sharp reproof and cynicism are to be avoided. Disagreement is a natural occurrence, but as stated above, should be done in a respectful manner.

To be honest -- and not trying to be offensive, but Hell -- this has got to be the strangest, most sexist post I have ever seen on the message board.  And I am not even a chick.

Does it really take a gay-boy to recognize blatant sexism when he see it?

No, it doesn't.  As a chick, I do think that asking which female character would make a better lover is sexist (true, the term "lovemaker" seems out of place, but I don't see the connection to sexism), though I don't find it any more sexist than discussing which DS hunk looks better shirtless.  As the Executive Moderator, I don't feel that either of those subjects hurts anybody.  And as a feminist, which I feel is all about having the freedom to choose, I choose to participate only in those polls that interest me.  Your honesty is appreciated, Fletcher, but if a poll or its phrasing is bothering you, you could try simply ignoring it.

TNickey, to answer your first question, admins and mods (only) can affect the voting results.  And sorry, but the voting in the 2nd set of polls (currently in Polls Archive) has been locked until MB is able to deal with the complication of duplicate polls.  Thanks!

Josette, Ben sent this along:

Inventing Late Night - Upcoming events

November 13 (7:30 - 8 a.m.) -- Rick Kogan's The Sunday Papers (WGN-AM 720).

November 17 (12:30 - 1:30 p.m.) -- Book signing at Barnes & Noble DePaul Center.  This is the newest Barnes & Noble located at the corner of State Street and Jackson Boulevard (1 E. Jackson).  From there I jet out to New York to do Fox and Friends (see below).

NATIONAL APPEARANCE: November 18 (approx. 6:45 a.m. CT) -- Fox and Friends (Fox News Channel).  My segment will air live from New York on America's No. 1 cable news morning show.  In case of breaking news, they will tape my interview for broadcast on a later date.  Please note: this is the Fox News Channel, a national cable channel, NOT to be confused with Chicago's local WFLD-TV Channel 32 or its local morning show, Fox Thing in the Morning.

NATIONAL APPEARANCE: November 18 (10 a.m. CT) -- The Alex Bennett Show (Sirius Satellite Radio).

December 2 (9 - 11 p.m.) -- Extension 720 (WGN-AM 720).  I'll be Milt Rosenberg's guest, along with a prominent media critic (to be determined).

I suppose it's better than saying that his greatest claim to fame is incessantly touching his hair. 

LOL, good point. 

His "greatest claim to fame was being Jaclyn Smith's first husband"?  Dude, that's harsh.

That's sort of a double connection, Kate Jackson/Jacyln Smith...

Also, Jaclyn Smith auditioned to play Vicki before Alexandra got the part.

That's cool, ProfStokes!

WireImage has terrific photos from Ben's Nov. 4 signing in Beverly Hills, CA:

L.A. Premiere Book Signing  There are 2 pages.

Edith Adams, ugh.