and so begins the Twilight Zone

the debate – about guns – continues in this opening monologue from the recent reboot of The Twilight Zone: About this episode the Wikipedia entry reads: No. Title Directed by

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Venom is a Normal Symbiote in Search of a Normal Host

In 2018’s should-be-flop film Venom by Marvel/Sony/Columbia/Tencent there are three instances of normal. In the first the supposed genius that is Carlton Drake decides to build rockets at age 24

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HANNA Wants to Not Live a Normal Life

I don’t know anything about this series but I appreciate the trailer’s commentary: Watch the complete ad trailer movie thing:

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Antoinette Harris Likes to “Push Normal” in Her Toyota RAV4 Hybrid

and neither have you too!! Watch the full video ad commercial:

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Steve Martin as “Normal and Straightforward Guy” Roger Stone

Tucker Carlson (Alex Moffat), Jeannine Pirro (Cecily Strong), Ann Coulter (Heidi Gardner), Wilbur Ross (Kate McKinnon) talk about the government shutdown and Roger Stone (Steve Martin) stops by to talk

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Jon Snow knows, “These are NOT Normal Times.”

In Hardhome (S5E08) of Game of Thrones, Jon Snow travels north of the North in an attempt to convince the Wildlings to come south of the Wall – with safe

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Normal People Walk Around Trash – Kevin Wendell Crumb is NOT Normal

In this scene from the movie Split a psych therapist by the name of Dr. Karen Fletcher describes one (of many) of her patients Kevin Wendell Crumb (or was it

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the Not Normal Water Crisis in Flint, Michigan

Michael Moore’s docu-film Fahrenheit 11/9 contains two references to normal and it is no surprise to this author that they are both in relation not to the outright absurdity of

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Charles Grady was a Completely Normal Individual Until He Killed His Family with an Axe

In this gripping early scene from Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 thriller The Shining, Overlook Hotel general manager Stuart Ullman explains to Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) the legend of Charles Grady. The

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are virtual reality modules in deep space normal?

Virtuality is an OK film. Not great – but it does deliver at times. Still, it is probably in the best interest of everyone involved that the series wasn’t picked

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A Boyband Fangirl Story is Totally Not Normal #movietrailer

New Kids on the Block, N*Sync, One Direction and, of course, The Beatles: Bands with big hair, bigger personalities and the ubiquitous screaming fangirls. I Used To Be Normal profiles

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Jaundice is NOT Normal

Instead it is caused by “the dysfunction of the normal metabolism or execration of bilirubin.”

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“We’ve had a lot of normals.”

Following a 1+ minute USAgasm human spokesperson for the color orange and POTUS Donald John Trump calls a bunch of previous Presidents an apparently disparaging term when expressing his subconscious

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upgrade to a … … normal life

I mean, everything that’s installed just allows you to live a more… “normal life”

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this is not normal: the shithole projections

Bell Visuals have been lighting up the Trump DC (aka ‘shithole’) hotel with Free Speech since last year. Recently this year ‘This is Not Normal‘ was spotted over an entrance

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2010 Was the Normal Year We Made Normal Contact Normal

These days 2010 seems soooooooo long ago. When we had a POTUS who could speak in complete sentences, when 1/3 of Twitter accounts were not Russian trolls, and when we

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for Mutant Turtles, the struggle to be normal or not to be normal

Interestingly in both of these scenes from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows it is Raphael who at first struggles with the desire to be normal, then questions

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‘Normal?’ is a ‘Festival of the Brain’

Thursday 25 – Sunday 28 May Normal? Festival of the Brain brings science and art together over four days to wonder at the brain. This year we are exploring neuroplasticity

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more normal tweetin’ instagrammin’ social goodness

Here’s a collection spanning a few months of tweets-n-‘grams each addressing in their own way the question of “what is normal?” From self-help expressions to Joker-inspired artworks coupled with self-help

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‘am i normal?’ the podcast launch

Check it out here on iTunes and give a listen (and possibly a laugh) while you ask yourself, “am i normal?” A Comedy-Psychology Podcast studying the mental health challenges of

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The New Normal 9 Year Anniversary

9 years ago today was the opening of The New Normal at Artists Space in NYC – in perfect ‘art world’ exemplification the website created dedicated to the exhibition is

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Normal Distribution explained, graphed

From the Wikipedia article on continuous probability distribution aka “normal distribution“: In probability theory, the normal (or Gaussian) distribution is a very common continuous probability distribution. Normal distributions are important

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‘Not being normal isn’t strange.’

What is normal? #whatisnormal #ThursdayThoughts pic.twitter.com/GQ8gu7Esmo — Steve Zanella (@sczanella) March 30, 2017

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Remembering the Life of Kayla Mueller

“Syrians are dying by the thousands, and they’re fighting just to talk about the rights we have,” Mueller said.   “For as long as I live, I will not let

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running for POTUS makes people ‘not normal’

From an episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden interviewing Seth MacFarlane, who points out the semi-obvious non-normal nature of the side-effects of running for POTUS, whether you

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Freedomain Radio on ‘What is Normal?’

This video-podcast is circa August 2014 but is a good listen for broadly analyzing ‘what is normal?’ and even can be construed as hinting at our current political crisis, and

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a Normalmap for Normalmapmakers

NormalMap-Online This website lets you create normal maps from height maps for free. All normal map textures you create are your own. Textures are not saved on the server and

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‘The New Normal’ is an art by Stéphane Kropf

‘The New Normal‘ is a limited edition 40×60 cm inkjet print on satin paper by Swiss artist Stéphane Kropf – as it is a multiple it can be yours for

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‘The New Normal “Soft Serve” (promo)’

I frankly have no idea what is going on here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FhJKY8Yi1o The song “Soft Serve” copyright 2016 Parallel Axis Records (ASCAP) and Le Royale Records (ASCAP) thenewnormalmusic.com

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‘back to normal’ was the Punchline about a White POTUS

Man how time flies. It was already two years ago that Chris Rock re-emerged to give the opening monologue at the 2014 BET Awards, at that time 5 years since

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Bread Face also has a “Normal Day Job”

Instagram sensation Bread Face is “giving the people something they didn’t ask for” by capturing videos of her smashing her face into various loaves and styles of bread – muffins,

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Normal vs/and/or Abnormal: ‘Social and Cultural Histories of Norms and Normativity’

This fascinating volume tackles the history of the terms ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’. Originally meaning ‘as occurring in nature’, normality has taken on significant cultural gravitas and this book recognizes and

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‘The New Normal’ is a course for academics at Strelka Institute

this. Looks. AMAZING! Apply to Strelka to educate yourself all about The New Normal, or watch this video to learn more about what they’re about: Education Programme Director Benjamin Bratton

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“What is Normal” — an exhibition by C.B.Perry

There’s next-to-no information on this exhibition other than a Facebook event (with next-to-no information, and a private Instagram account), but nonetheless it looks promising: "What Is Normal" new exhibition by

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‘The New Normal’ is a blog for the Brain Cancer Community

‘The New Normal‘ is a brave blog about the story of Alex and Amy – their ‘about’ bio is below which defines their ‘what is normal?’ inquiry better than I

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‘What Is Your Normal???’ That’s a Great Question!!!

Have you settled so long until now it’s become your normal? Have you forgotten what true happiness is? Do you know how “healthy” feels?

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“I am not normal,” says Amy Sequenzia

Furthermore: One thing needs to be clear: we aren’t, and will never be, normal. And this is ok. Read more.

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The ‘Myth of Normal’ with Gabor Mate

This is a clip from a longer segment (link below) which itself is merely a segment of a full-length documentary due out later this year – crowdfunded on Kickstarter in

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Normal by Carl Bessai

Normal is a movie featuring Carrie-Anne Moss of The Matrix acclaim. It’s a pretty good drama, especially if you have any familiarity with – and frankly disdain of – boring

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Everyday Normal Guy

He might be proclaiming to be something that he’s not – for a laugh – but comedian John Lajoie’s YouTube video is a hit regardless (nearly 4 million views already

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‘Reflections on what is normal, what is not, and fuzzy boundaries in psychiatric classifications’

Chapter 8 of Vagueness in Psychiatry – aka ‘gradualist approaches to mental health and disease – is scribed by Lara Keuck and Allan Frances and resolves around the subject of,

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this is STILL not normal – ‘Media in the Age of Trump’

Kurt Eichenwald speaks simple truth to power in this short but to-the-point clip during an exchange with Jonathan Capehart & others. What was seemingly a novelty act is now a

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some more insta-tweet wisdom

#ilovehorror #horror Yeah #true #whatisnormal #thecraft #yeahiis #besexy #believeinthefangirls #normalisew #ilovemovies A photo posted by Jess aka Trixie (@xxjessabugxx) on Sep 23, 2016 at 3:14pm PDT   View this post

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‘Telehealth’: ‘the new normal for care’ #infographic

Telehealth isn’t a new trend or an emerging technology. In fact, telehealth has quickly become an essential part of the comprehensive healthcare ecosystem. This informational graphic highlights the prevalence of

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‘New Normal’ Headlines December 2016

(this one is actually from late November but it’s so good I had to be sure to share it!) THE WORD “NORMALIZE” has become, well, normal. Long before Donald Trump

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there is Average weather, and then there is Normal weather

Here are some instances of ‘normal’ appearing in the weather, even though what is ‘normal’ seems un-quantifiable, and instead the word should be ‘average’:   and this set of images

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‘Mastering the New “Normal” in 2017’

In short, How do we deal with change? I’d say, as best as we can. However, I’m sure that is the last thing you’d like to hear. On some level,

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A Normal Executive Order to Extend Nondiscriminatory Treatment to the products of China

The Republican memory is short – it was only 15 years ago today that President George W Bush signed into law the following executive order… For Immediate Release Office of

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Normalverse is a Free Kindle Book with meh Reviews

Normalverse is a trilogy of Kindle e-books. The first novel was released two years ago today and is available as a free download – at 122 pages it’s a quick

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‘Normal Maps’ add depth to architectural renderings

Chief Architect make ‘home design software’ and this sneak peek of their X9 software they demonstrate their newest feature… Normal Maps!

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Roundup of Latin American ‘Normal School’ Seals & Buildings

Similar but different from their Chinese counterpart, Normal School is a place for training teachers using seminars; founded in the late 17th c. in France, the schools quickly spread to

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Next to Normal

Next to Normal was a contemporary Off-/Broadway ‘rock’ musical about bipolar disorder and suburban living; it won three 2009 Tony Awards and a Pulitzer in 2010, among a litany of

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‘Normal is Boring’ lightbox lamp is boring

I mean, c’mon, this is just boring: [hat-tip Kim O’Neil for the photo – her focus was the ceiling lamp but she inadvertently including the ‘boring’ lamp which I spied

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a normal star is hot & massive – this one has a bonus neutron co-star!

Using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and other facilities, scientists have found the first gamma-ray binary in another galaxy and the most luminous one ever seen. The dual-star

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part-time model with a normal job

This clip from the first episode on HBO of Flight of the Conchords kind of succinctly sums up their notions of romance, the perception of them (and nerdy men like

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animated instruments register ‘normal’ in ‘The Time Trap’

Another Star Trek reference, only this time animated from 1973! The episode is ‘The Time Trap‘ and in this other-verse all weaponry is registered inert, or rather, normal, by some

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Compilation of ‘Normal’ TV Tropes

While browsing around looking at various content I stumbled upon a number of ‘normal’ tv tropes compiled by the website of that namesake. I stumbled upon one – Badass Normal

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Source Code Normal

A soldier wakes up in someone else’s body and discovers he’s part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train. A mission he has only

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Happy vs Normal Users

Stumbled upon from some “user experience” company if I remember correctly; I would point out that their layout is wrong, and the title really should read “NORMAL VS. HAPPY USERS”

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Normal is Big Gimmick

Obama was just elected to his first term. And a few months later meme-machine Chris Crocker released his post-Britney question-video, ‘What is “normal”?’ Some users posted responses (circa 2008/9!): I’m

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‘Normal Person’ by Arcade Fire

Do you like rock and roll music? ‘Cause I don’t know if I do Is anything as strange as a normal person? Is anyone as cruel as a normal person?

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brain function normal

In this clip from the 2013 sci-fi surprise Elysium the badass antagonist Kruger (Sharlto Copley) is hoisted onto a medi-bed by his two henchmen Drake (Brandon Auret) and Crowe (Josh

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and now for The Museum of the Normal

This event is already sold out so there was no need to elevate its promotion, but – but! – if I were in London on Thursday (during America’s Giving of

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Donald Trump is NOT Normal; Keep Reminding Yourself ‘This is Not Normal’

John Oliver tore orangutan-fathered human tire fire a new tire firehole in his latest segment, aired post-election. It includes two momentary clips juxtaposing #Drumpf against that which is absolutely not

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What is Normal? Episodes 1-3

Some guy named Nathan Dalaklis is uploading ‘new videos everyday.’ On top of that self-imposed quota being really demanding to keep up with, one of his series is titled ‘What

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Insta-wisdom

#Sapiosexuals #Intelligence #IntelligenceIsSexy A photo posted by sapiosexuals (@iheartintelligence) on Aug 31, 2016 at 6:19pm PDT

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The Imitation Normal Game

The Imitation Game is an excellent movie; I don’t care about historical accuracy, it’s simply a good movie. Not least of all because it contains two scenes that play on

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< scorpion > Geniuses, aka Not Normals < / scorpion >

I haven’t watched CBS’s Scorpion, but the short and long trailers each include mentions of what is normal?; the inference being that the characters portrayed are some of the smartest

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‘Normal is an Illusion’ – the Tattoo

Normal is an illusion. #whatisnormal pic.twitter.com/IoWURvurmm — Sadly Lost (@OddlyGates) August 21, 2016

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Why can’t Superheroes just be Normal people?

In this clip from Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, Arthur Curry just finished his first battle with Trenchers, and is coming to realize his destiny, with no future to choose

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What is Feeling ‘Normal’?

Matt from Surviving My Past blog – the author is a self-avowed “adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse, bullying, and narcissistic abuse” – has an emotional and powerfully-written article about

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‘County Normal’ carved in stone

From Wikipedia: The term “normal school” originated in the early 16th century from the French école normale.[4] The French concept of an “école normale” was to provide a model school

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I’ve heard of normal schools before, but normal universities are a whole new normal even for me! Here’s a small collection of some of their uni seals, including East China,

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I ‘NORMAL’

Hat-tip to my friend Georgia who wrote in with the note, “I found you in the form of a Danish shop! WEIRD

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The Great #WhatIsNormal? Twitter Memes Roundup of 2015/16

Here are a number of Twitter tweets from mid-2015 to now (July 2016) that used the #WhatIsNormal hashtag in conjunction with a meme image or slogan-expression: #WhatIsNormal pic.twitter.com/hga52jMY1O — Jami

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The Great #WhatIsNormal? Twitter Roundup – 365 Days and Then-Some

Below is a roundup of some five-dozen-plus status updates from Twitter over the past year, using the #whatisnormal hashtag – these do not include some of the many hashtags surrounding

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on Zoology and Homophobia

(needless to say the original poster took down their hate-post, unable to accommodate the barrage of ‘but-wait what about?’ and logic-questions their island metaphor couldn’t sustain.) http://applegrasscoffee.tumblr.com/post/132614084352/barbells-and-highheels-wsswatson

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The #WhatIsNormal? Self-Service Chalkboard

Here’s the chalkboard, followed by some of the user-additions below: Here's @lisaletters adding her voice to our #whatisnormal chalkboard at @yalc_uk! #YALC pic.twitter.com/y0eWNOOeGa — David Fickling Books (@DFB_storyhouse) July 17,

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When Being “Normal” is a Political Asset – or is it?

"I am normal": #LabourLeadership candidate @OwenSmith_MP says being ordinary is his strength https://t.co/rO2EhEv31g — Sky News (@SkyNews) July 18, 2016 (Interestingly, he doesn’t embrace being ‘normal’ in his Twitter feed,

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Hunger Games: Eating Berries vs Starving

Surprisingly, this is the only instance of ‘normal’ through four movies (this is from Catching Fire, the second film) – I wasn’t looking for more, but I figured given the

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Shooters and Their Shootings Becoming More “Normal” Year After Year

Podcastian and 20-year New Yorker Staff Writer Malcolm Gladwell talked with CBSN about the recent shooting at the Pulse night club in Orlando; at one point he refers specifically to

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For multirotor mean battery values, use normal.

eCalc is a website that has multiple battery calculators for many remote controlled aircrafts including airplanes (propCalc), helicopters (heliCalc), and multirotor (i.e. ‘drone’) designs. And specifically on the multirotor calculator

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