Polite Dissent

As usual, Polite Dissent was a frequent stop for people searching for Hawk and Dove, Bwana Beast, Dave Trampier and Kim Possible. Some of the more interesting searches this month (with my comments in italics):

• anxious vigilante - The worst type of vigilante. You never know if they’re going to shoot the criminal or a passerby.
• ornithopters fiction - I know Michael Moorcock used them in his writings, especially in the Hawkmoon series.
• hawk and dove homosexual comic - You do realize that the only time Hawk and Dove haven’t been siblings, they’ve been boy/girl, right? You’re either misinformed, or need some serious help.
• medical term for tricycle antidepressants - We tend to call them tricyclic antidepressants, not tricycle. Try searching for that.
• medical terminology for poison ivy - It’s a type IV hypersensitivity reaction (a type of allergy). Old — but still fashionable — terms for poison ivy include rhus dermatitis and toxicoderma dermatitis (from it’s scientific name).
• best anime openings - I like Witch Hunter Robin, Gunsmith Cats, Martian Successor Nadesico and Full Metal Panic best, though I still have a soft spot for Starblazers, with the asteroids circling the ship while the music starts.
• Medical show with Ben Casey - Umm…how about Ben Casey?
• med school disease - This occurs when a medical student is convinced that they have whatever disease they’re currently studying in class.
• the gift of the magi climax - She gives him a watch fob and he gives her a set of brushes.
• superman for the animals - Please, let’s never mention this again.
• orginal bat-girl - Betty Kane, the niece of Kathy Kane (Batwoman). She’s been ret-conned as Bette Kane, Flamebird.