GWC Podcast #68

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#41

On the “kids with blue eyes” front, a high school biology teacher told me he treads lightly now when talking about genetics due to this story:

A teacher was giving examples of genetics with eye color, saying (and this might not be techinically correct, I’m not the biology teacher) “parents with brown eyes can have a blue eyed child, but parents with blue eyes can’t have a brown eyed child”. Of course, a brown eyed child piped up that he had blue eyed parents. “I guess they’re not your real parents” said the teacher. This ended up being true, and several unhappy family secrets got exposed thanks to the genetics lesson.

(I’ll also admit this could be an old joke/urban legend, but don’t you love the mine field that is a career in education?)

BtHR

#42

Hee! That’s funny. And kind of sad.

Have eyes become the new ships? I think we’re getting close…

#43

Oh my! Is that what the Buffy musical is like? (I never watched Buffy, I’m afraid.)

Maybe it’s my increasingly irreverent self, but every time I think of the can-can these days I think of Stanley Kubrick’s montage of can-can dancing Jesus statues set to the scherzo from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in “A Clockwork Orange.”

So now I have visions of dancing centurions wearing crowns of thorns. Thanks. :eek:

#44

Um, “Something” is a George Harrison song recorded by The Beatles on their final studio album, “Abbey Road.” Please, give credit where credit is due.

-Armando, Beatles snob. :smiley:

(Seriously, I’m not surprised to hear James Taylor recorded “Something,” since his first record contract was with The Beatles’ own companny, Apple Corp.)

#45

Two more thoughts on the podcast:

Regarding other potential survivors back on Caprica, I think it could be argued that there aren’t any. The only survivors we saw received some form of Cylon help. Helo was first allowed to live so to hook him up with Sharron, and then they were on the run together. Also, the band of rebels was led by Anders. While he isn’t one of the Seven, maybe he had special knowledge or divine help (depending on what the Final Five actually are) that enabled them survive.

Also, as always I love the pontification (I’m an expert myself), but until someone can explain to me how Head Six knew about the Cylon baby before Helo and Sharron returned to the fleet I will consider her an external intelligence in Baltar’s head. Many of the points made during the podcast were good ones, but I don’t see them as excluding the ‘outside influence hypothesis’ (OIH?). It would be reasonable that the external intelligence would still have to be interpreted by Baltar’s and Caprica Six’s psyches, and therefore reflect many of their own fears and insecurities and aid in overcoming them.

#46

Uh oh, songwar !! You had me wondering there, Armando, so I dug my old James Taylor music/lyrics book out of it’s secret basement location…then did a little internet lookup. The song I’m referring to, “Something in the Way She Moves” is credited as words and music by Taylor in 1968, it appeared on his debut album. Now, Mr Harrison seems to have written his own song, “Something” in 1969 for inclusion in his obscure band, The Beatles’, album (wink wink). One reference stated that Harrison actually got the title idea after listening to the Taylor song the previous year. Another stated that Taylor had originally wanted to title his song “I Feel Fine” but changed it to “Something in the Way She Moves” after noticing that The Beatles already had a song by that title !!
And yes, all were signed to Apple at that time, and in fact were friends.
So, two songs, similar titles, different lyrics…All hopelessly intertwined for eternity…Argh.
I think we would all be much better off now if all these damned 60’s musicians had just done fewer drugs and stopped hanging out together, sleeping/trading each other’s wives, and tried to come up with less confusing song titles !!!
And I’ll be darned, Harrison had Brown Eyes while Taylor seems to have Blue Eyes !!! Which means, uh, zzzzzzzzzzzzz…

#47

I’m a toaster and I’m OK
I sleep all night and I work all day.

Chorus:
He’s a toaster and he’s OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

I plant my trees, I stomp around
I go to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays I go shopping and have an oil change for tea

Skinjob Chorus:
He plants his trees he stomps around
He goes to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays he goes shopping and has an oil change for tea.

Chorus:
He’s a toaster and he’s OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

I plant my trees, I shine my armour
I like to clean my guns.

I put on human clothing and hang around in bars.

Skinjob Chorus:
He plants his trees, he shines his shell
He likes to clean his guns.
He puts on human clothing and hangs around in bars?!

Chorus:
He’s a toaster and he’s OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day.

I plant my trees I wear high heels
Suspenders and a bra.
I wish I’d been a skin job, just like my dear Mama.

Skinjob Chorus
He plants his trees he wears high heels
Suspenders and a bra?!..

Just the centurion:
I wish I’d been a skinjob, just like my dear Mama!!

#48

Sweet !! Someone has been a busy bee this afternoon methinks !

Can you put little bow ties on them ??

#49

Dude, you’re absolutely right! I can’t believe I forgot that.

Song war averted.

Though the eye color thing…weird! Maybe Harrison was a younger version of Taylor? Hmm…

#50

I just hope we didn’t bore the craaaap out of everyone with our rock n roll lore !!

#51

WOW! I LOVE this kind of talk! I’m so glad you looked this up and clarified. I feel like I learned something new and cool today.

#52

Gafra, LOL! :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

#53

Gafra, my silly picture is honored by your lyrics.
And I am laughing my ass off.

#54

All it took was the vision of a chorus line of cylons the get THAT train of thought going.

#55

It was the “has an oil change for tea” that killed me…

Man that was funny - well played!

#56

They talked about the webisode, or 'sode, or whatever… the thing with all the viper flybys… anybody got a link?

— Dismal who wants to see what’s happenin’

#57

Never mind… I was stupid… wow… cool…

— Dismal overwhelmed by physical activity and dietary limitations

#58

Lee and Adama not talking about flying,

I think they don’t, because of Zach dieing how he did Lee now knows, his father has no blame, but I’m sure it brings up a lot of baggage that the just don’t have time for with all the day to day cylon killing and love squares.

Not meant to be flack, just my opinion

Not sure that the Katie is the most interest BW on BW, she by far more instantly gratifying, kicking butt and taking names, for me the new one, (can’t remember her name, maybe I just proved you right:o), has to grow, and become stronger, the character has to build up and become the BW. Still Katie seems to out act her in most scenes so maybe that’s part of it as well.

P.S. Speaking for the entirety of Canada, (as I often do, but shouldn’t) Canada loves you all too it’s just our way, well most of us anyhow?

#59

According to the Wiki, DA chief has been on Columbia, Atlantia, and Pegasus (the episode where he’s questioned is “Resistance”)

Now the interesting thing is, did they build a new Columbia? Salvage the ship and repair it? Which Columbia did Tryol serve on…

#60

:slight_smile: me, …yup, me :slight_smile: