Outrageous Malfunction

If you tried to visit microsoft.com today and got a 404, that was me.

Five years later, I finally started watching Battlestar Galactica this weekend. I made it through the miniseries, the first season, and about half way through the second season. I’ve found Battlestar Wiki quite helpful. I know that I’m five years late to the party, but I have two questions:

1. Didn’t anyone ever have sex with a Cylon in a room that was dimly lit, not primarily lit in red, or even from behind? That whole spine-lights-up thing would seem to be a tip-off that the guy/girl you’re with isn’t quite what they seem. I mean, neat party trick, unlikely to be human.
2. Why not just expose everyone to the type of low-dose radiation that was present on Ragnar? Cylons totally malfunction in a couple hours. Put people in a room; the ones that start sparking and saying PC LOAD LETTER are the ones you need to kill.

I’ve heard that the third season bites; I won’t skip it, but I am slowing down watching. I’m finding the second half of the second season is starting to bite, and I don’t want to ruin the experience.

Aspiring Chef Dies After Eating Red-Hot Chili Sauce as a Dare

In 2004, MSN and Sympatico teamed up to offer some service. There was a party in the RedWest cafe; window clings were stuck all around, facing in. I took a look at them today; they’re all at least 1/4” smaller on each side and well and truly bonded to the reflective coating of the windows. I’m willing to bet they’ll be there in another decade.

Father abandons 9 kids under safe-haven law. To me, this is a feature; take your interminable summer road trip via Nebraska. Should the kids mouth off, just take tours of each city; ask the kids which hospital looks like a place they’d like to grow up.

Don’t bring a knife to a car fight.

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