In my previous post, I outlined what I felt was the purpose and meaning behind "Lost".  After giving it some more thought, I've come up with a few new points:

1. Jack is the new Jacob and Sawyer will become the new "Man in Black"
   In this final season, the show has gone to great lengths to make Jack the "man of faith".  In essence, he's become Locke -- the epitome of "faith".  Now, based upon what we learned in last week's episode, we know that the "Man in Black" was desparate to leave the island to return home.  Sound familiar?  Well it should: Sawyer has done everything he can to get off the island.  He's been particularly relentless this season, lending credence to my theory.

   In addition, Jack and Sawyer have always been at odds, just like Jacob and MiB.  Consider their relationship with Kate.  Not unlike Jacob and MiB's "mother", Kate has always had a tough time choosing between them.  In the end, she knows that she should be with Jack, but she loves Sawyer more -- just like "Mother" preferred MiB, but chose Jacob.  In essence, Kate is synonymous with the "mother".  Need more evidence?  Recall that Kate raised another woman's son (Aaron), a la "Mother" raising Jacon and MiB.

   One additional point deals with their names -- "Jack" and "Sawyer".  Admittedly, this is a bit weak, but "Jack" and "Jacob" are roughly the same.  As for the "Man in Black", we never learned his name.  Again, sound familiar?  We didn't learn "Sawyer's" real name until midway through Season 1.  Not the strongest argument, but the Lost writers have been known to reach on occassion (see all of Season 3).

2. Desmond will kill "The Smoke Monster"
   So far, we know that Desmond can survive high levels of electromagnetism and that "fake Locke" wants Desmond dead.  As I detailed in my last post, "The Source" represents the origin of the universe.  If you go along with the theory that it shares the traits of a black hole, it'll have high levels of electromagnetism.  My guess is that either a) the "Smoke Monster" shares similar traits or b) Desmond will enter "The Source", which will ultimately kill "The Smoke Monster".  Option B feels more dramatic, so I'm guessing the writers will go in that direction.

Again, we'll know more tonight and everything should be revealed in a little over a week.  Happy viewing!

After watching last night's head scratcher, I'm wondering if the show is about life's greatest mystery -- where do we come from? 

Last night we learned about "The Source", which was defined as the source for pretty much everything (life, death, good, evil). By not knowing where we originate from (Big Bang vs God -- or Science vs Faith -- or Jack vs Locke), we're effectively "lost" since we don't know how go back to our very first starting point. In other words, returning "home" is nearly impossible (like being lost on an unknown, remote island).

We also have the origins of good (Jacob) and evil (MiB). In addition, the battle between good vs evil is represented as a game (the stone game where you roll *ahem* sticks to determine what happens next) and the rules of the game change depending on who's in control -- just like life.

Electromagnetism on the island *could* be a Big Bang reference -- black holes are associated with electromagnetism and black holes are directly associated with the Big Bang. I also found this site (http://www.big-bang-theory.com) which refers to the Big Bang as a moment of "singularity" -- the characters are currently experiencing "duality" (real vs alternate reality), yet are unknowingly pursuing "singularity". 

If I'm correct, last night's episode makes more sense. Unfortunately, this is also WAY too much for your average viewer to digest and could result in a lot of "Well, I just wasted 6 years watching this dumb show" viewer reactions. With only 2 episodes left, we'll have our answers soon.

When I see videos like the one above, it really makes me start to wonder if Honda will become an actual Cyberdyne Systems (a.k.a., the company that built SkyNet, a.k.a., the machine that built the Terminators, a.k.a., the cause of my night terrors).

I've seen some great examples of tilt shift photography, but I've never seen anything quite like the video above.  Artist Keith Loutit made this excellent video using the tilt shift camera trick.  What you're looking at above are actual people and actual places -- they are not miniatures.  Pretty slick, huh?

UPDATE: If you liked this video, Keith Loutit has seven more tilt shift videos for your enjoyment.

This is just one example of the hilarious (and free) cards that you can create/send using someecards.com.  I'm *this* close to telling friends and family that I'm no longer sending physical cards.  Hallmark charges roughly $4 for a decent card, which typically winds up in the receiver's garbage can within 5 minutes of opening the card (I'm speaking from personal experience).  The funny thing is that if I sent someone $4, they'd probably be upset with me.  But when it's in card form, it's okay.

Abstruse Goose posted this comic today:

At first, I chuckled at it, but then it got me thinking. Are we really that far away from a mobile application that can do everything noted in the comic?  Apple recently bundled some outstanding facial recognition software with iPhoto and there are a bevy of dating websites. Would it really be that hard to mesh the two together?  Or, better yet, have it poll the National Sex Offender Registry.

Long story short, when "iScreener" becomes a reality, you can say you read about it here first.

* Compliments of (and to) Dunkin Donuts.

It's around this time of year that I turn my radio dial to whichever station is playing non-stop Christmas songs.  Yes, it's kinda corny, but it helps put me in the spirit of the holiday season.