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Battlestar Galactica Meets Planet of the Apes

I had one of those lazy Sundays where I just got caught up on Battlestar Galactica…from season three right into season four. There’s something to be said for watching the whole lot at once - you aren’t constantly waiting for those incessant cliffhangers.

And how about that ending, eh? Well, I sure didn’t expect the kind of happy earth reception we had for the original series, where the kids got to play a baseball game with their super jumping skills thanks to the gravity differential. No, this earth was a bit darker.

I was wondering, actually, when they would place our earth in the BSG timeline. Would it be in our early history or in our future? Obviously, the writers chose our future. I think the only thing that could have possibly improved on BSG’s mid-season finale would have been if we got to see a shot of the Statue of Liberty buried in the sand, with a bunch of clothed apes coming out to meet the crowd.

Then Dr. Zaius (the ape) could greet Dr. Gaius (Baltar) and we’d find out that the apes were actually cylon-ape hybrids all along. Or something like that.

A Really Great Book and DVD Trading Service

Just a heads up: On occasion you’ll see me review a book or DVD here and I’ll be giving it away for free. I’ll be doing this through Bookins, which is a fantastic online book/DVD trading service. What you do is sign up and then earn points for giving your used books and DVDs away. You can then use those points to get other books and DVDs. You just pay $4.49 for the shipping (ONLY when you receive).

I’ve been so excited about this service. It is beyond easy to use. The great thing is that if you have old books and DVDs to give away, you don’t have to pay to ship them out. You go to the website, print out a label with postage, and the receiver pays the shipping.

I’m on a mission to promote them a little bit more because I’d just like more people taking my books and DVDs. (OK, I do get some free “points” through referrals, but no cash.) If there’s one downside to this service, I find that some of my books can sit there for a long time without getting taken. So sign up using my link here and then when I have something available and post it here, you can be the one to get it.

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Ghostly Photo Blog

Recently, more anomalies have been showing up in my photos…anomalies such as those mysterious “orbs” you may have heard about. While skeptics say they are just dust on the camera lens, others think they may be signs of the paranormal. Whether they are real or not, I find them to be a ton of fun. So I have put up a new photo blog to share pictures of orbs and other ghostly apparitions. Please check it out at:

http://www.orbsandghosts.com

Torchwood’s Owen Harper

WARNING: SPOILER if you haven’t watched the series recently! So am I the only one who will not be missing Owen on Torchwood? I could never get his appeal. Somehow he was this sex-god with women, and every woman on Torchwood was in love with him, but he was just so unappealing to me, physically and personality-wise. But where Torchwood really lost it for me was when Owen became the living dead man. So somehow, his body was dead, and he couldn’t recover from a wound, and yet he was able to SPEAK, which meant he was breathing. This was some of the worst, unscientific sci-fi nonsense I have seen in ages. I was really glad when they just finally offed him. Farewell, Owen, but sorry, I’m not going to miss you.

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