Galactica Replay

02.07.2005

I've managed to get sucked into the new Battlestar Gallactica series airing on the SciFi channel. The hardest part is remembering that it comes on at 9:00 on Friday nights. Luckily I'm old and don't have an exciting social life, so I'm usually home.

This Tuesday SciFi is showing a little marathon of the 5 episodes that have aired so far. It's a good chance for anybody interested to catch up on the series.

The one thing that has gotten me to like the series is that I've told myself it's not a re-hash of the original. The character names may be the same, but other than that forget it. Sharing the galactica name really just allows the show to forgo a lot of background explanation. Evil robots after the last struggling batch of humans. Don't care why, just accept it. The new series is more about the personal interaction of all the characters, with some nifty special effects added in. Honestly, this is more of what the Wing Commander movie should have been. Looking at it from that viewpoint, this series is great!

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Of Groundhogs and Spines

02.02.2005

Groundhog Day, the day I traditionally say "Happy Birthday Dad!". Unfortunately, saying it here doesn't count since Dad's off trucking somewhere between home and Chicago, so I guess I'll have to be making a little phone call later.

Monday morning as I prepared for work I felt fine. The later in the day it got, the more my back started to hurt. It was my twisted and bent spine contortion that usually puts me out of action for a day or two. The confusing part was that I generally wake up broken, but this time it crept up on me. I'm now on Day 3 of being broken and I'm not really feeling better. It's reached the stage of pissing me off because now it's interferring with karate and yoga (which should all be doing wonders for my back, dammit!).

I'm ready to be over this crap....

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Hyai Arghhhh!

01.26.2005

I stole this idea from Jerry - After ninja school yesterday I seem to be really sore. I think it's because I've been trying to hyperextend my knee(s) when kicking. When you've got as much leg as I do flinging around, speed is hard to control once it gets going. As a result, I think I'm more sore now than I should be. Jerry was talking about a Flash app with pulsating red globs highlighting his soreness. I found the poor man's version...

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Star Trekdom

01.21.2005

There are some things in life that I want that I leave for eBay. Those little things that I wish to possess that aren't worth full price. Or even half price sometimes (I'm watching you Backyard Wrestling 2). I've been picking up various seasons of the Star Trek series on eBay and through Amazon resellers, so I've been getting those at a discount, too. I've managed to build up quite a little Star Trek DVD collection.

I've also gotten an assortment of Star Trek video games over the years. My favorite was probably Star Trek 25th Anniversary Game, mainly because each mission was set up like an episode of the series (I never did get all the way through that one...). I can't discount the Starfleet Command series, although I can't get any of them to accept my cd key and get to the point of playing them again!

My latest addition to arrive yesterday in my mailbox is the deeply discounted Star Trek video game world is Star Trek: Shattered Universe. It's a starship combat game set in the mirror universe of Star Trek. It sounds hokey. Flying a starship with PS2 controls is usually more of a dogfighting scenario. Most of the reviews have been bad, but I just need to see how bad it is for myself.

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Old Timer Time

01.20.2005

Today marks the 36th birthday of my good close personal friend, Chas. Once again, we enter the 6-week period of me calling him "Old Timer". To this day I think of Chili's "Old Timer" cheeseburger whenever calling him "Old Timer", but they no longer have the burger. Maybe I should start calling him "Baby Back Ribs"?

We now enter the realm of knowing each other for 21 years. We have recollections that are now old enough to drink. We've shared hobbies, homes (well, home), money, food, women, wine, spare change, and deep dark secrets that can be used as blackmail to this day should the need ever arise. So happy birthday buddy, ya old timer!

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