Battlestar Galactica

So now that I'm home all day I no longer have work Magic: The Gathering or DS play or whatever to fill my lunchtime. This week I've been catching up on Battlestar Galactica episodes, and now I'm completely current on it. (I'm still behind a couple of Enterprises.) So minus points for social interaction but a big plus on my sci-fi consumption scale. (shrug) And I have to say I was pretty indifferent to the BG mini-series but the show kicks major ass. It's dramatic, it doesn't wrap everything into a neat package for every episode, and truth to tell it's being somewhat politically subversive in our current times. It's only had what . . . five episodes so far? But it has tackled issues of dealing with terrorists, of witch hunts, of civilian vs. military control. SIlly minor point that really sold me on it? (minor spoiler alert) For two episodes after the one where Apollo fought the terrorist he had a slowly healing scratch on his face. It's a minor point, and I actually thought at one point "What's wrong with his face?" before realizing it was from a prior episode. I'd contend that's a major problem with modern Trek - the push for syndicated content means there is very little story that carries episode to episode. This season starts those three episode arcs - but you could swap around the order of those arcs with very little impact. Think about it - take a season one episode of Enterprise and compare it with tomorrow's episode. What has actually CHANGED between the two? - T'Pol no longer works for the Vulcans - Enterprise now has marines on board - Ummmmmm . . . the teleporter works better? Battlestar Galactica has had more development in four EPISODES than Enterprise managed in four SEASONS. A few episodes ago I would have said that BG is the best sci-fi currently on TV. I'd actually say right now it's one of the best SHOWS on television, bar none.
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The Writer's Life Day 3

So I'm blocking myself up a little bit and I'm pretty sure I know why. 1) I'm a creature of habit, of routine in large part. I'm a little adrift until I figure out what my new routine needs to be. I've got too many variables to game and I have to get that all sorted before my productivity will go up. 2) I set myself a pretty stern deadline, and that's interacting badly with 1). So I'm moving to Plan B - without the deadline and giving me a little more time to figure out the new lifestyle. I *AM* getting some writing down - just not the same effortless groove I was achieving towards the end of the NaNoWriMo novel. I'll get there, I just need to take things as they unfold and not obsess on rates of progress. Until the second week anyway :-) It's been raining since I quit, today was the first time I'd seen the sun in four days or so. I was putzing around on the computer doing some pre-writing web surfing and suddenly realized "Hey, it's really bright outside." So the iPod and I took off for an hour or so of walking around the neighborhood. That was certainly very cool - I'm not used to even particularly noticing an unexpected hour of sunshine, much less exploiting it. Then I came home and read some short stories and ended up taking a nap with my tricksy little cat. You won this time Schrodinger! (shakes fist in the air)
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Memory Stick Decoder Ring

Does anybody possess the secret decoder ring to interpret Memory Stick labels? For instance, say I wanted to get a reasonably large Memory Stick to put in a PSP. I think the Duo format is slightly smaller physically? And Pro has Magic Gate? So you want a Duo Pro stick? Is that required? I've got this theory that I should mail order a large enough stick to put video on, and do it BEFORE the PSP releases.
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