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• Sam always had an irrational fear of clowns, from the day that his subconcious memory jumbled a woman in white with the ingestion of blood to the clown mobile over his head... to the last day Dean spent on earth with him, killed by a monster in a faceless, clownish mask. Maybe it wasn't irrational after all.  Maybe it was a premonition that was too vague to be fully rendered.

• Mythically, Dean had to be killed by a Faceless Man, otherwise known as Kuchisake-onna. The Faceless Man harks back not only to the vampires and the forced ingestion/breeding of blood, but also to the very first hunt that scared Dean too much to face alone: the Woman in White. They've appeared to the boys before in various forms (sometimes with faces, stay with me and read the Wiki link). At each encounter, the mythos being addressed is the Ultimate Fear. The fear of loss, of blankness, of emptiness.  The fear of having no purpose and no meaning, of never truly being able to go "home".  Anytime that an antagonist wanted to truly, deeply cut Dean wide open, they brought up those feelings he had of emptiness, of a void he couldn't fill, of never finding peace again, of being simply a weapon with no greater purpose. In order for Dean to make it to Heaven, that part of Dean had to die "at its own hands".  And Dean tried to explain it to Sam before he went. To let Sam know that the dead part of him was killed now, and that he was finally free and knew his purpose - to live beyond death and stay with Sam for as long as Sam lived. He could finally see himself as the legacy he had become, a man who had a purpose and had lived it. The fear was the only thing that truly died that day.  Which isn't to say that Dean wasn't scared. He still wanted Sam to know that he wasn't leaving him intentionally. He desperately needed to know that Sam understood that and that it was okay, that he truly had Sam's ackowledgement and permission to go. All those things were like a series of keys clicking into place over ten years in the world's most complicated soulmate psyche lockset I've ever seen.

• Sam and Dean were able to survive a beating from God himself (and who hasn't ever felt the same way a day in their life). It was the sheer act of ENDURANCE that made them heroes. They didn't have the whole answer. They didn't have a weapon. All they had was their courage, and their faith in their friends.  Endurance takes determination and hard lessons and lots of mistakes and above all, it takes honesty with yourself and the willingness to trust others to do the right thing. So, the next time you're having a bad day, remember, you don't have to fix it. You don't have to save everyone. The only thing you have to do is look up and hold on.

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Jared and Gen's son's name revealed!
Jared Padalecki‘s new role: Superdad!

The Supernatural star and his wife Genevieve Cortese welcomed a son, Thomas Colton Padalecki, on Monday, March 19, his rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.

Baby boy weighed in at 8 lbs., 6 oz.

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Zap2it: The number of conventions you do, all around the world, is unprecedented.

Padalecki: It's absolutely unprecedented. We've spent our summers that way for a few years. So much more than 'Star Trek' is what we've been told from the people who put on the conventions. We relate to the fans. Jensen and I are pretty casual guys, we're pretty laid back, we're Texas boys. He and I are just like 'People [SOYLENT GREEN!!!] are people!' Not to say that people on other shows don't know that, but I've been to conventions where there are people from other TV shows where there's a distinct air of 'I am the actor, and you are the fan, and I will use the royal 'we' when I address you.' And it's just like, f*** you, who do you think you are? These situations could be switched. Jensen and I get that. We know what it's like to be a fan. If you tell me you're a fan of my show, it's no different from us saying that to a Dallas Cowboy or an actor we like, or a musician. I freaked out when I saw Mike McCready of Pearl Jam. I was grabbing my wife, like 'Oh my god!' and she's like 'Dude, I'm pregnant, I'm going to need that arm.' I never thought I'd react like that. The fans are integral to our show. We've made episodes for them -- not just episodes with them in mind, but episodes about them. I can't imagine any other TV show ever being able to get away with that.

- Source

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Bob Singer: Let me show you a clip from my latest film where my faulty depth perception kept me from yelling "cut" at the right time.
[on a movie set, just as The Impala plummets off a cliff, Singer yells]
Bob Singer: Cut!
[but it's too late, and the car explodes at the bottom of the cliff; back to the press conference]
Bob Singer: If I had yelled "cut" on time, those actors would be alive today.

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Friend --

Early this morning, the last of our troops left Iraq.

As we honor and reflect on the sacrifices that millions of men and women made for this war, I wanted to make sure you heard the news.

Bringing this war to a responsible end was a cause that sparked many Americans to get involved in the political process for the first time. Today's outcome is a reminder that we all have a stake in our country's future, and a say in the direction we choose.

Thank you.

Barack