I owe a couple of decent posts about these episodes, which were chock full of good stuff and a few things that resonated with some my own recent experiences. Who votes for Romo Lampkin as the fifth Cylon? Or maybe it's Romo's cat, who apparently … [Continue reading]
BSG: Guess What’s Coming to Dinner
In some ways the Galactica story is advancing at hyperspeed through this episode, which begins with the arrival of the Cylon base star in the middle of the human fleet, and ends with the base star's abrupt disappearance -- with President Roslyn and … [Continue reading]
BSG: Faith
First, how nice was it to see Nana Visitor guest in this episode (aired May 9)? Visitor portrayed a favorite character from Star Trek: Deep Space 9 -- Major Kira Nerys, who was a sexy, independent-minded and tough former resistance fighter. In … [Continue reading]
Bodies
There were body parts everywhere. I spent a couple of hours last Saturday touring the "Bodies: The Exhibition" display at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh. It was the next-to-last day of the exhibit, and I'd been saying for months I wanted … [Continue reading]
Death dreams
I've been thinking about someone's dreams about being killed, and I have a notion as to what might have been causing them. Dreams are the subconscious mind's way of working through problems and emotions that may or may not involve the concious … [Continue reading]
He That Believeth in Me
The first episode of Battlestar Galactica's Season 4 ("He That Believeth in Me") dove headlong into the deepest rooted beliefs and traditions of Christianity, and who knows where it will all end up. The title is taken from a verse in the Book of … [Continue reading]