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#2982

I wish… the dubbed voices are just ridiculous. This was particularly evident in the scene where Adama confronted Tigh and Starbuck - so much was lost since evidently the voice actors couldn’t make any effort to reproduce the emotions of the scene in their voices. Same with most of the James Callis scenes - we’ve really got scared and kooky Baltar here, you get a lot of it from his voice, and it was lost.

That said, they were showing BSG on broadcast TV on a Saturday morning. If it had been on cable it would have been in English subtitled, but hey, it is what it is.

#2983

I am not sure how but I missed the fact that Caprica was on demand. Woot watching it now.

#2984

Yes! It’s minus the nudity and plus new effects and scenes as compared to the DVD. :smiley:

#2985

So less skin and more story?

#2986

Took my seven year-old shooting for the first time today and had a great time! We brought the 10-22 and my Mosin-Nagant up, I kept him on the 10-22 for obvious reasons, heh.

It was fanastic, can’t wait to go up again soon!

#2987

[dances for joy] My friends whose little boy is fighting cancer had some great news after surgery this morning: what looked like new tumor growth in the boy’s liver (he’s fighting kidney cancer) turned out to be a bunch of scar tissue. They’re still waiting for confirmation from pathology, but it looks like they’re out of the woods. [/dances for joy]

#2988

I’m sure that’s a relief. We’ll continue to send positive, healing vibes his way.

I signed on to be the props master for a local production of The Putnam County Spelling Bee. It’s been years since I worked on a show, but the crew is pretty much the same as when I worked there back in college. First production meeting tomorrow–excited!

#2989

W00t! Enjoy. Sounds like a splendid time is guaranteed for all.

#2990

After many trials and tribble-ations (my 6 year old cart stopped working at a layover in NY on my way to VA for the holidays, had to pay half of the $200 repair bill [no last minute presents for my family] to get it fixed in VA [after they first told me I’d only have to pay $85, but then they said my charger was “dead”], came back to Boston and tried to order a new cart, was told my doctor’s note needed to be submitted within 45 days, found out said doctor stopped working last week [that one really gets my goat], hauled sb to the medical center to talk with a new doctor and got a new note, and faxed new note), it looks like I should be getting a cart within 2 weeks. I hope…

Whew!

#2991

I am glad and send my good thoughts.

#2992

I posted a picture I took a couple years ago to reddit.com today that made it to #1!

Over 60,000 hits so far today, I’m once again briefly famous on teh interwebs! :smiley:

Here’s the pic:

Here’s it at #1:

Then, by request, I did a successful Q&A post about being a middle-class dude with a plane:
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/amt0d/iama_middleclass_private_pilot_with_my_own_plane/

All of this in the middle of a work-emergency that kept me in the office for like 11 hours, heh. When it rains, it pours!

#2993

Upvoted for awesomesauce!

#2994

Oh yeah…pathology confirmed it was just scar tissue. Bullet was dodged. My friends are estatic. (And so am I.)

#2995

Thanks! It’s been wild.

#2996

I don’t know if anyone remembers, but a few months ago my PC crapped out hard. After a month or so of limping along it finally died and I had to import my iTunes onto my wife’s 5 year-old 70GB HDD computer (I don’t know how she even got to pick such a tiny HDD). Anyhoo, with a few gigs to spare she bought herself an iPod touch 32GB, and while that’s very cool, the BEST part is that it means I was allowed to go ahead and get our next computer, a Dell Studio 17 laptop that I really had to dig around to re-find. It’s not going to be any kind of media server but the HDD is suitable for my Classic and her Touch with lots of room to spare (320GB), and I will FINALLY get to play Spore someday! Dell’s got a long lead time on it because I put a bit of extra RAM in it, but I have waited three months just to get the PC, so a few more weeks is no problem. So to summarize, I get to share in an iPod Touch without being limited by the size of one, and I’m finally getting a MODERN computer! Yay!

#2997

Woot! Thunderscreech!

Relieved Woot! Armando!

#2998

Went to Borders to exchange a book (duplicate xmas present) for another, and was caught $.04 short. A girl in line spotted me. Four hours later, I’ve finished reading “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” by Donald Miller. Thank you, helpful girl.

#2999

Anyone else expecting that story to end more along the lines of “four hours later, I let myself out her apartment with a friendly wave and went hone to start the book”? :slight_smile:

#3000

Yes. There are some holes in that plot.

That is just ripe with double-entendre.

#3001

Since tradition dictates I post here as well as the “teh suck” thread, let me tell you about my great winter cleaning of '09/'10. Unlike before, I’m now completely unpacked from my last move, my linen closet is actually a linen closet, my spare room is now a useable office area and not just housing my cat’s litter box and toys, and I feel much better!