I'm not a John/Sherlock shipper, but their friendship is my favorite thing about the show, so I bought this one:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/96892093/bbc-sherlock-johnlock-scrabble-tile

I bought these DVDs of a show that aired in Japan in April, purely for the title. The main character, Katoyama, is a policeman, but he thinks he's not suited for it and prefers cooking or possibly working in a flower shop. His father was a policeman, though, and wanted SOMEONE in the family to carry on the legacy... so his sister and mystery-writer brother insist he tough it out.

The titular character is a cat that hangs around the women's college where the murder in the first episode takes place. It hates everyone except Katoyama. It also transforms into a very fat, very made up man who gives him a pep talk about how he's the only one who can solve the case.

Thus far it appears entirely ridiculous, but I think it must be something of a parody of Sherlock, because apart from the title, the hero's got a bright red button holding open his left lapel.

If I notice any other references, I'll post them here.

LOL at Tantalus.

I'm voting. Will choose Obama although I'm not thrilled with him. Guess expecting to be thrilled by politicians might be asking a bit much.

I'm not horrified by the candidates so much as the incredible influence of money in our political system and the distorting effect it has on our politics. Not so much in the presidential race, actually... it's more insidious at lower levels.

Any candidate or party that credibly promised to move to publicly funded elections would have my vote in a heartbeat. That way the politicians could stop trying to please the deep pockets, wealthy businessmen like the Kochs on one side or the labor unions on the other, and start actually doing the work of governing. They'd have to get something done, because it'd be the only way to win votes.

The Bieber thing is genius.

Does this mean there's going to be a Sherlock-themed Simpsons episode? I might actually watch that.

This is wonderful. I'm definitely going to try to make it.

Also, when I was little I was a huge (original) Trekkie... the author of this fic is also the author of my all-time favorite Star Trek novel (Spock's World). I guess I shouldn't be surprised she also writes fan fiction. What's a Star Trek novel, after all?

Uh... I'm not Jimella. But you're welcome!

-Na-chan, what will you do when you quit AKB?
-To tell you the truth...
[scream]
-What?
-She's dead.
[CASE FILE #1]
-It can't be true.
-Leave it to me!
(group) -Na-chan!
[text over armor: Original idea by Yasushi (?) Akimoto]
- The victim is Rena Kato. She was clubbed to death while filming a commercial.
[text over lamp/bust: Original story by Somebody Aoyama] (I'm sorry, I'm terrible at reading names.)
-The clues are the letter N and this mysterious code. Who was on the scene?
-Nobody apart from the members (of the group).
-All 89 members of AKB are suspects.
-But taking out Na-chan...
-... and the victim too...
-All but two!
(group) -She changed how she said it.
-Will the mystery be solved first, or the ice cream melt first? Aisu no mi! (In Japanese the word for "solve" is the same as the word for "melt" so this is a pretty catchy slogan. Aisu no mi,or Ice-cream Fruit, is the brand name of these little ice cream balls.)

sherlockskitty wrote:

  While many laypeople use the term “antisocial'  to apply to people who are introverted and uncomfortable interacting with large numbers of people, mental health professionals use it very differently. When a psychologist or psychiatrist diagnoses someone with antisocial personality disorder, they mean that the person exhibits “a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others'  (DSM-IV), which typically involves criminal acts, chronic lying, physically assaulting others, disregard for others’ safety and needs, and lack of remorse for one’s actions. 

I don't quite understand why this part is in the article.   I don't like interacting  with large groups of people,  in person, that is,  but that's because I have a severe hearing loss,  and I'm afraid I'll say something that's totally wrong.  All I 'hear'  is background noise...which  is why I hate noise.   So--- does this make ME  anti-social?  I've been told I don't have any 'social skills'  but I don't believe that.   I  have personal friends,  but not too many,  which suits me fine. I'll admit to a little lie  now and then,  but that's it.

My  point is,  the statement above is not taking deaf ppl like me into consideration.   In my opinion they are only referring to normal hearing ppl like Sherlock.

"Laypeople" means non-psychologists. That part of the article is comparing common usage of the term "antisocial" (untrained people think it's synonymous with "introverted") and contrasting it with the meaning of a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder (which includes all the bad stuff (lying, lack of empathy, etc).

It's an interesting point that certain conditions, such as the kind of deafness you describe, could produce "introverted" behavior in non-introverts.

I think Sherlock isn't really either one. In general I get more of an Asperger's feel from him, but he does have a great deal of empathy when it's convenient -- the few times he's "faked" neurotypical behavior it was with great facility.

His false tears with the wife of the "murdered" banker in the Great Game, the "I've forgotten my keys" speech to get into the apartment in the Blind Banker, and his impression of the vicar in Scandal... maybe I'm misinterpreting what Asperger's is, but those impersonations would be very hard for someone who lacks the emotional empathy the article describes as the province of sociopaths.