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Interestingly, the new series Touch (from  Heroes  creator Tim Kring ) screened their pilot on January 25, 2012. It happened to be the same day that Boing Boing, coincidentally, also decided to publish my essay, " 23 + 5: Robert Anton Wilson Again ." As I wrote, " The 23s, 33s, and yes, 11s, heighten our awareness of the twilight language surrounding us." Touch goes there too. Touch is an American procedural and science fiction television series written and created by Tim Kring and starring Kiefer Sutherland . Fox officially picked up the series for a 13-episode season in September 2011. The series premiere is scheduled for Monday, March 19, 2012, Kiefer Sutherland's old 24 spot, with a preview on January 25, 2012. Here are the characters, and their plot lines, thusfar: Kiefer Sutherland as Martin Bohm – a former journalist and luggage handler whose wife was killed in the September 11 attacks. David Mazouz as Jacob "Jake" Bohm – a mute boy who i...

Late in November 2008, Showtime TV began screening the recent movie, Chapter 27 . I suppose it is being shown now because its broadcast is tied to the anniversary of the assassination of John Lennon on December 8th. Timing is everything. The movie has many intriguing moments. First some background. Chapter 27 is an independent film depicting the murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman, starring Jared Leto and Lindsay Lohan. It was written and directed by J. P. Schaefer. Although it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007, it did not make it to a release in theaters in the USA until March 2008. It came and went quickly, as they say, because it was a box office failure. It retains its "made for television" docudrama feel, and so, perhaps, it is more fitting I saw it on cable. The film's title refers to Mark David Chapman's alleged obsession with J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye . The title implies that Chapman's killing of...