Remiss!

Of course, as Jen pointed out, I'd be remiss in not also pointing out that my stepsister Holly and her husband Dan just had their very own baby! Of course, Holly did the lion's share of the "birth" work, so really she had the baby, but we got to include the father somehow, right?

Tonight's still a duty night for me, I'll be on call to respond to any campus events until Monday morning at 9am or so. It appears that campus is pretty quiet right now, a lot of students go home for the weekend, or away with friends, so I may not get awoken in the middle of the night. Here's to hope!

I did have to run around a bit tonight, taking care of a few minor issues, so I missed portions of Battlestar Galactica. However, I did get the general idea of the episode. If you watch the show, and haven't seen this week's episode yet, you should stop reading, and come back when you've seen the show.

• It's good to see Baltar finally fall in with the Cylons on a permanent basis, in a similar way to how the original Baltar did in the first series. Not that the process was the same, but now, we'll have a better window into the Cylon world with Baltar with them.
• The image of Galactica coming through the atmosphere was great. As was Adama's final statement to his crew, before the arrival of Pegasus.
• It's sad to see Pegasus go, but I am a sucker for ramming speed. And it's good that a piece of the Pegasus took out another Base Ship...
• Adama the Hero, Tighe the Forgotten...
• I was not surprised to learn that Casey was not actually Starbuck's baby, but I did think that she was a Cylon child. So, to see that she was just another human was a good twist.
• Will Roslyn now be President for Life or something along those lines, or will there be another election?

That's all my thoughts for now. I got another Galactica disc from Netflix today, so that will probably be my viewing for tomorrow.

NP: Emerson Lake & Powell - Still, You Turn Me On... (Summer 1986)

Thursday!

Yes, I've sunk to a new low. I have no other subject for this blog, just the day...

Granted, I don't really take much time coming up with my catchy one word titles. I just go for it. That's the wildman I am on this blog.

I've been thinking about asking for a roll call in the comments here, to see how many "regular" readers I get on this. I know of a few friends/family who check in like clockwork, but I'm curious about who else is out there. But, I wonder if asking people for "attendance" is a bit too much like seeking random affirmation. Your thoughts? Feel free to write comments...

On the reading front, I just started a new science fiction book by Alastair Reynolds, called Century Rain. I have been reading less SF recently, mainly because there's more non-fiction out there that's of interest to me than fiction. However, Reynolds is a newer author who I've found, and he writes stories that aren't just space monster shoot 'em ups. I'm all for a good adventure, but less in reading and more on tv or in movies.

I've just started this book, but it seems to be a sort of murder mystery, beginning in Paris 1959, but there's a future section to it also, taking place at least a couple centuries in the future, when Earth is uninhabitable. I'm assuming the two stories are going to link up at some point, but I'm too early in the narrative to see where it's going. I've enjoyed his previous books, so I'm hoping this one will be a good read.

Other books "on deck" I have are "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins, "Star Wars on Trial," edited by David Brin and some other guy, "Abducted," by someone named Clancy, and "American Sphinx" by Joseph Ellis. Having only four books in my on deck area is rare for me, but I haven't found a good bookstore in this area yet. There's a Barnes & Nobles in Hoboken I'll have to check out, and I'm sure there's some other ones around, I just haven't made time to find them yet.

And a hearty congrats to my friend Lou and his wife Sania, they had a baby last week!

NP: Jeff Buckley - Nightmares By The Sea

Stupid!

Have you ever done something really dopey, and spent the a lot of time kicking yourself about it? I just did something like that...

Sue and I opened up new bank accounts two weekends ago, since Citizens, our old bank from NH, doesn't have any branches in this area. On the Tuesday after Columbus Day, I gave our Human Resources office my new direct deposit information for the new bank. They said that the new deposit wouldn't take effect until my November 15th paycheck, so I could expect the October 15th check to go into my old account.

Therefore, when the 15th rolled around, I initiated some bill payments, and debited them from my Citizens account. Granted, I should have checked the Citizens website, to see if my pay had credited...

You see where this is going, don't you?

So, on Monday, I check Citizens on-line, and there's still no sign of my cash. With a sinking feeling, I check my new account, and bingo, there's my money.

Eep.

I do some quick transferring of money from my old Savings into my checking account, and I end up only being overdrafted by a measly 60 cents! Today, I sent a check off to Citizens to cover that small amount. But still, it's been a pain in the butt as I've scurried around on-line, and on the phone, trying to resolve all this. I don't like being overdrawn, but I do realize I should have checked the online accounts thoroughly before initiating payment. Now, I know for the future not to do this...

In happier news, my friend Brian came down to visit this weekend. It's always too short, but when you live a few states away from each other, you take what you can get. We geeked out, talking a lot about nerdy TV stuff, watched some fun movies (Shaun of the Dead, anyone), and just hung out. It was very casual, which was good. In the future, we may do some more NYC/NJ stuff, but for this visit, relaxed was the course of the day.

I'm sure there'll be more visits in the future. Maybe I can take Brian on the cemetery tour, and show him where all my old relatives are buried. Wouldn't that be *fun?*

Wouldn't it?

NP: Frank Zappa - Dental Hygene Dilemma