I got to work and obliged my bosses with a script so real, so topical, so without concession to tired television tropes, that it looked as if my first time out I might garner that elusive prize: a produced pilot.
More importantly, open data and open reviews address a real and topical problem in science: reproducibility.
This protocol was intended to model real-world topical gel application by women who would use it on a repeated basis and independently of coitus.
"There's a real validity to topical time-release products," said Dr. David E. Bank, assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, who said he believed they are the logical sequel to time-release oral medications.
Users can choose to view most of their FriendFeed pages in real time, including topical based pages.
But that "among other things" brings us, in a way, back to Magritte, because while "This Is Not a Film" bristles with a topical, real-world urgency pointedly excluded from the Surrealist project, it is also a provocative, radical and at times surprisingly playful meditation on the nature of representation.
Even in an era crowded with late-night shows and real-time Twitter jokes, SNL's topical material is closely scrutinized, and the show will be gearing up to churn out election sketches for the next season and a half.
"I think there is a real place for a topical arts and review programme on BBC television," adds Kearney.
Michael Legg and Robin Ince both keep very amusing blogs, though, and I'm passionate about two podcasts: John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman's The Bugle, which is utterly brilliant, and the Bill Maher topical show, Real Time.
The connection doesn't feel forced – it doesn't hide the fact that John Lewis is a retailer trying to drive sales – but it makes the brand more meaningful by highlighting a very real issue that is topical and relevant.
