Another BSG-Related Piece

This in today's New York Times. Judging by the headline and photo, it's BSG-related. But again, I did not actually read it because I'm afraid it might include spoilers. But if you've already seen the end of the series, have at it. Just don't tell me anything, please!

Six episodes to go.

Now Playing: Bagpipes

Jigging about the house, listening to Piper's Day, a cd we got in Scotland a couple of years ago.

If you're even a wee bit Irish/Scottish (and I'm more than a wee bit), bagpipes are bliss. Not quite as much as accordians, but . . .

Inaugurating the New Site With A Photo

I had great intentions of launching this new site with something "new" -- namely, adding a photograph to a post, which was something I could not do at my old blog.

In fact, I couldn't do much of anything at the old site. I had nearly zero control over the contents, and that ancient version of Moveable Type was hard to work with. (Not complaining, mind you, because every new technology moves through generations and changes with each. Think Kindle.)

Anyway, I'd planned to include a photo in the first post, but obviously that didn't happen. (Because dealing with hundreds and hundreds of dead links.)

But now? Well, why not? So apropos of absolutely nothing except that now I can do things like this, here's a photo taken two weeks ago while I was speaking at an event at Living History Farms in Des Moines.

Yes, I often look this manic when I'm speaking to a group.

Thanks to my pal Ginger Johnson.

Edward James Olmos, Post-BSG

Today's Wall Street Journal contains an interview with Edward James Olmos and his plans for his post-BSG life. (*1)

I have NOT read the article because I don't know if it contains any spoilers and I've still got seven episodes to watch. (I actually got my shit together and recorded them so I don't have to wait for the dvd to come out. Whoo hoo!)

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*1: BSG = Battlestar Galactica, which, if you've not seen it, what the HECK is wrong with you? It's as Shakespearean as The Sopranos. Stupdendous. Amazing. Riveting.

AIG Scandal? Wrong Track.

Great contrarian view of the AIG "scandal."

Brits' Views on Drinking, Class, and Other Matters

Astute Reader Dexter (our man-on-the-beach in Hawaii) sends along a group of links to some fascinating discussions about beer, beer's image, and other matters -- from a British perspective.

As always, make sure to read the comments posted at each entry; those make some of the best reading.

First this from the Real Ale Blog.

Then this from Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog.

The estimable Pete Brown also weighs in here.

And this, too, from Pete.

To that last entry from Pete, Dexter adds his own punchline: a terrific riff of Aquarius" --- and, presumably, my own recent series titled Is This the Age of E-Quarius?

Golden liquid dreams of visions Mystic hoppy revelations And the mind's true libations

Love it! Major tip o' the mug to Dexter for taking the time. (And sorry I didn't get to this sooner. Was focused on correcting all those dead links. Which, I might add, have been repaired.)