Juile James gets married!!

Congrats Julie and Artie on your surpise wedding. Great idea to combine a wedding and New Years Eve. And to eat the cake first!

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The 90s are back, again.

Last night at the gym, 5 of the 7 TVs were tuned to Friends. The other 2 were on VH-1′s I Love the 90s, Part Deaux. I thought there was an unwritten rule of gym etiquette that required at least one TV each for CNN and ESPN.

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BSG arrives

This weekend was the premier of the new Battlestar Galactica TV series on SciFi, and it seems to be living up to the standard set by the excellent mini-series from December 2003 – Movie-quality special effects and an interesting human story.

If you haven’t heard about it yet, this is a revival of old TV series from the late 1970s, only it isn’t a remake. It follows the original premise, but with entirely new scripts. The industry buzzword is “re-imagined.” For example Dirk Benedict‘s Starbuck character is still present is now a woman! It caused quite a bit of controversy in the science fiction community. Original series star Richard Hatch lead a very vocal opposition to the re-imagining, lobbying instead for a continuation where the old series left off. However, that conflict seems to be dying down now that fans have seen the new footage. Hatch is even slated to make a cameo in next week’s episode.

My only complaint is that the whore-turned-nurse character of Cassiopeia has been dropped in the new series. Oh, and they did do a lame knock-off of Jeri Ryan’s Seven of Nine borg character… A hot Cylon babe called “Model 6.” Maybe someday BSG will crossover with Star Trek and we’ll get to see some android-on-android action.

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It’s easy, mmmmmkay

My weekly-ish trip to the Penn Valley dog park with Ginger provides a lot opportunities to observe some good Darwin Award candidates. Here are some helpful hints to keep in mind at your local doggie park…

• If you have a small toy dog in your arms, the big dogs WILL jump on you to get at your lap dog.
• If you try to give your dog a treat, you will instantly find 15 other dogs swarming around you. Leave the treats at homef.
• Ladies, wearing those fancy dress shoes to an ice-covered doggy playground is gauranteed to get you ticket on your very own Iditerod race. Happy dog sledding!
• Dogs hump and sniff each other. Even the most well-trained dog will do it sometimes. It’s genetic. If that freaks you out then stay at home.
• If you bring your sack full of McDonald’s to the dog park, dogs WILL jump on you to get at that Royale with Cheese. Eating lunch in a park full of loose dogs is not a good idea. Duh.
• Wheeling a baby around in stroller will definitely invite curious dogs to poke their head inside or jump on your precious.
• Carrying a kid around in one of those backpack or frontpack things is also a poor choice. The dangling arms and legs look like tempting toys to a dog.
• If your kid is scared of dogs, then the dog park is not the best place to take him. Running away from the dogs will just encourage them to chase Junior.
• You only have yourself to blame if you try to setup a picnic in the middle of a dog park and it gets overrun by drooling beasties.
• If you park your lazy ass in a lawn chair and send your dog out to play unsupervised, I WILL send my 60 pound pup over to jump on you.

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Napoleon Dynamite

I laughed so hard at this movie that my face hurt. Then in the morning my stomach was sore. It’s one of the most random movies I’ve seen in a long time, and a great story of being a misfit in a 1980s small town.

Update: Just found this Napoleon Dynamite soundboard, with most of the good sound clips (but no “flippin”).

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