calliopes_pen | When Good Puppets Go Bad

You know things have gone too far into the realms of weirdness when people decide to get politically correct (or whatever this is) for Sesame Street--the exact bit of oddness? The early DVD’s of Sesame Street are not considered appropriate for children, and are being marketed as adults only. Why? Because Cookie Monster once held a pipe, and Oscar the Grouch is apparently an undiagnosed depressed person. Yes, really.

You can read most of the stuff over at

metro_weird, here. Fox News and CNN also mentioned the story.

I wonder if they’ll go after Eeyore for being too sad next...

Sidenote: Mom said this stupidity makes her want to run out and buy the DVD’s. *laughs*

And now, a couple questions for my friends list. Is Life on Mars worth watching? I found it for download somewhere--I won’t say where--and just wanted to know if it would be worth downloading at all. I mostly wondered because BBC America has been advertising that the final season starts soon, and I know they tend to chop things to pieces.

The second question is this: Does anyone know of any groups that are hosting Rose drabbles? I found the Martha drabble contest over at

lifeonmartha a while back, and wondered if there was one for Rose. Just so I can practice and get Rose’s voice right for the fanfic I’m writing for the OT3 ficathon.