The Best TV Show That You're Not Watching

When you hear the title, you will cringe. Just the very name of it will send you running for the hills for fear that you will have been embraced into geekdom. The show in question, is Battlestar Galactica. As one reporter has stated, "The best show with the worst title." Now I realise that the very name evokes memories of Lorne Greene and Richard Hatch flying around in stock footage trying to evade the deadly race of "Cylons." However, the new series is definitely not your old school Galactica.

The basic premise of the show is about the same. The Twelve Colonies of man created a race of "robots" called the Cylons. The Cylons basically did all the shit that their human master/creators did not feel like doing. The Cylons, not liking this so much declared war and all Hell broke loose. After a period of 40 years, the Cylons just kinda, went away and sort of a cold war existed. The Cylons then came back, some in robot form and some part of a series of 12 human looking and acting models and all but annihilated the race of man in a series of "Pearl Harbor" style attacks. Now, the human race (whittled down to some 50, 000 survivors) is on the run in a handful of ships protected by the last remaining "battleship" of the fleet, the Battlestar Galactica. The Galactica is searching for a lost 13th tribe that is mentioned in their holy scriptures that left the original Twelve Colonies for a mythical planet called, Earth.

Ok, I know what you're thinking, still sounds pretty hokey. I am seriously not a big fan of science fiction. I'm all about Star Wars, yes, but you won't find me kicking back and watching the Dr. Who marathon on SPACE (Sci-Fi in the States). I usually am pretty skeptical about sci-fi shows, so this is coming from a relative non-believer. But Battlestar Galactica is amazing. Very well acted, high production values and the plot lines are trippy and deal with modern parallels such as the conflict in Iraq and the nature of how to protect your people. It's dark and paranoid and one of those rare shows that you actually have to put a little effort of thought toward when you watch it.

Give it a chance and let me know what you think. Check out the show's website at http://www.spacecast.com/bsg/ in Canada and http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/ in the U.S.
It airs Sundays in both countries at 10:00 p.m.

Slainte

Your Congenial Host

This is a photo of yours truly. It was a going away party for a co-worker and friend. We decided to have a pot-luck at the home of another co-worker and friend. In hindsight, he really was quite foolish to suggest a staff party at his home. Especially with my staff. At any rate, I was preparing the dish that I brought, which was delicious I must say, and I somehow managed to drink half a 26-er of Absolute Vodka in the course of about an hour.

So, being half snapped, I found his mom's apron and oven mitts and the rest is now photographic history. And now you know...the rest of the story.

Arrival

And yet again, I am attempting this whole "blog" thing one more time. I have made several attempts in the past and, for some reason hidden in the dark recesses of my mind, I still feel that I am a "blogger" when past attempts have indicated otherwise (heavy sigh heaved here). So, I am dedicating my wee corner of cyberspace to all the things that come into my head and feel that I need some sort of outlet to share. Things that I feel strongly about, that piss me off, that amuse me and that I'd like to discuss, et cetera. I am also probably going to fill this space up with items that highlight my vast interest in all things pop-culture. Some embarrassingly geeky and others embarrassingly geeky. So, here it is and here I am and maybe I'll meet some cool folk along the way, but hopefully, this time, I'll actually be able to do this and I can finally proclaim to all, "I AM A BLOGGER."


Slainte,

R.J.