Galactica Finale, thoughts about the

So, to end on a slightly happier note than horny teenage escapades, The Battlestar Galactica finale!

First of all, I’ve read a lot of feedback from people since the finale aired and there’s definitely a fair amount of people who both loved it and hated it, and ultimately I think I fall into the category of those who enjoyed it, although I will admit that it took me a while after to actually absorb what had happened to get to that point. Yeah, I can certainly see where there would be some contention for those true sci-fi fans who were hoping for a little more than “It’s all part of God’s plan…” for the biggest answers, but frankly, the way season 4 has been going so far and really even what’s always driven the colonists to Earth from the get go, I’m not sure that this should come as such a big surprise.

…and in my opinion, even not being a religious man myself, I think the final ending worked out just fine.

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Daily Tweets from Twitter…

  • 12:55 Alright, this is it – time to watch the BSG finale. Five years of television greatness ends in roughly 2 hours… #
  • 14:41 Ok – so the finale was certainly bittersweet, but do we really need MULTIPLE spin-offs??? Caprica, The Plan … so much for THE END! #
  • 17:40 Apparently my game in Zelda didn’t save and I have to do a bunch of stuff over again – even 20 years later, save games aren’t perfect… #

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  • 08:35 Dear TBO.com – your site constantly lags waiting for stupid advertising to load. Either load content before ads, or get better advertisers. #
  • 12:09 I just revisited why I don’t go to shows anymore – tickets for Flight of the Conchords, $38.50 – SOLD OUT. Ticket Scalper.com – $371.00. #
  • 12:55 @rickiep00h Wow – it makes me feel old, but back when I did concerts all the time, floor seats were normally $40-ish plus a few for fees. #
  • 12:55 @rickiep00h None of this 25% of the ticket value crap that Ticketmaster pulls these days. Plus even the tickets themselves are overpriced. #
  • 16:24 @rickiep00h I can’t believe I read the whole thing. Is it bad that I see sparklies when I look away from the monitor now? #
  • 20:16 Saw a baby alligator trying to cross the road on the way home. Hope he made it – he was almost impossible to see in the dark. #

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  • 19:06 Just got passive-aggressively called an asshole because I slowly drove around a family that was walking down the center of the parking lot. #
  • 19:17 Note to Self: Cool, reusable grocery bags do little good for the environment if I forget them in the trunk… #
  • 20:13 Watching "Battlestar Galactica: The Last Frakking Special" in preparation for tomorrow night – how will it end?! #
  • 22:57 President Obama is on Leno tonight. #
  • 22:58 It’s kind of interesting to see our President embrace celebrity and fatherhood and other non-political avenues that priors publicly hadn’t. #

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  • 12:00 There’s a chair in addition to the toilet in the men’s room at Macaroni Grill, apparently if you’re waiting your turn? #
  • 14:23 @edeckers I’ve used RackHost (www.rackhost.net/) for years and they’ve always been very dependable. And they do use cPanel, too. #
  • 18:45 Not sure what it says about ME tweeting this, but it’s still pretty funny. "Twouble with Twitters" from Current_ (tinyurl.com/cx723z) #

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rebate fun, part 37!

Getting ready to put a new rebate in the mail – $10 for my new video card. Latest communique from Corsair was that they would print a new check with the correct name and expedite it, but that was a week ago and nothing yet. So that particular rebate is now going on 15 weeks … for $25. Kinda makes you wonder if it’s worth the hassle, but then again, if I just give up / forget / cast it aside, that’s really what they want me to do because then it’s just free money for them.

Anyways, Gigabyte’s paperwork is boasting an impressive 3 weeks for their rebate, possibly because I entered some stuff online before printing the forms to mail in. Should be interesting to see if I get that one before I hear back from Corsair again…

belated bragging of the geek variety…

So the compruder upgrades from here and here have finally been completed – technically the new beast was up and running as of Wednesday evening, however I just today finally got around to the final clean-up of putting the front panel back on, arranging cables behind the desk in a manner that actually makes sense, and pitching out all of the packing materials so that one can actually walk across the floor again.

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