[AlbionGirl]

I appreciate the ping, Dr. E.

FX and "Nip/Tuck" creator Ryan Murphy have made a deal for a new drama called "4 oz." that will follow the metamorphosis of a married sportswriter who is a transsexual.

These people have raped their own sensibilites to such a degree that the only thing left for them to make cool is incest. And to top it all off, they're huge bores. They can't write. What a degradation when you think of some of the letters that those ordinary, salt of the earth, Civil war folks wrote to each other. I read somewhere that the Civil war period boasted a literacy rate of 98%. That's one heck of an accomplishment, if you ask me.

Murphy will exec produce with Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner as Pitt makes his first series foray.

Exec produce? Exec produce? I could just hurl!

[Dr. Eckleburg]

"Hurl" is right. "Exec produce" means it was Pitt's idea. His production company found the idea, nurtured it and sold it to FX. He owns the show, assuming it ever sees the light of day.

You're exactly correct; they have dulled their senses to such a violent extent that extreme titillation is all that's left.

Did you watch that new show, "Studio 60" or something by Aaron Sorkin? It was 60 minutes of trashing Christians and deadening, boring blather among effete low-lifes and pseudo-intellectuals who apparently know NOTHING about life or people or television.