Greetings Earthlings!

Ultraviolet was a great BBC six part mini-series that had a brand new take on vampires. One I wish they had continued beyond the the first season. Felt like a X-files for vampire myth. A fair amount of info can be found here and here about the show.

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Alterations to Frances from taschoene

The Flaming Lips were on Austin City Limits last weekend and I missed it! Dang it! Why didnt anyone tell me?

Though on the plus side least I know Modest Mouse is on this Sunday morning and will be prepared to videotape it. No DVR here yet.

Feels good to see new Doctor Who after all these years. Nice choice of villian. Use something that is from earlier in the series. That dosent have a lot of backstory to it.

Is it just me or is it starting to seem that being the Commander of the Pegasus starting look like being the drummer for Spinal Tap?

A hodgepodge of things today. As many of you know I have been pulling extra shifts at Comcast Cable in Flint. They have had some incidents with intruders in employee parking lot so the got security in there. Been a nice gig extra $4 an hour plus an extra hour paid for driving there. And in between I get to watch cable in the employee break room.

So this afternoon about 2pm I got a phone call from my supervisor at the account I normally work telling me that Dave (our boss) wanted me back at Comcast tonight & tomorrow instead of in Howell. I fell sorry for my Howell supervisor because if he cant get anyone to come in he will be stuck for 24 hours there. I think I was called back to Comcast because the two ladies that work there overnight feel the most comfortable with me there. This bodes well because its looking more and more like a permanent gig there. This gives me a leg up on being the full-time guy there. This would be Monday through Friday 9pm to 6am. And probably no major holidays.

Also watching Lost (at work heh) last night I was surprised that was some manner of plot advancement and less flashbackey nonsense. And also some info on the who and what the shelter is there for. Though I think Jack is right. Locke just seems crazier by the episode.

On the comic front it has been interesting to watch Hibbs vs Marvel and it is looking that the end is in sight. This is a good article on the whole thing.

Lastly I want to wish bruceb a very happy birthday! Stop by and wish him a happy 20th Anniversary of his 20th Birthday!

After enjoying watching the first season of dueSouth I tracked down the two CDs that were were produced with music from it.

On the first disc they have a nice mix of of things scored for the show and songs from the likes of Sara McLachlan, The Guess Who and Klaatu with a few artists I have never heard of before. Out of the scored music Dief's in Love is my favorite although it it nice to hear the full version of the dueSouth theme.

The second disc is made up of music from the third season. The song I like the best is a very cool version of Take Me Out to the Ballpark by Trevor Hurst.

Both discs each have a song by Paul Gross (who plays Benton Fraser) who has a nice voice but unless you like country/folk sounding music you wouldnt like probably.

By the way Diefenbaker was played a dog named Lincoln in the first two seasons and by a pup named Draco in the final two seasons.

Just finished watching Due South season 1 on DVD. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed this show. The chemistry between Paul Gross and David Marciano is great and the little lines they throw in.

Ray Vecchio: So this is how they punish Mounties in Canada; they make them dress like Americans?

Ray Vecchio: Please tell me this doesn't involve sub-zero temperatures or Inuit legend.
Fraser: No, it does not.
Ray Vecchio: Of course it does. It always does.

And of course you could base a drinking game around this oft repeated line. Fraser: Thank you kindly.

Now to get DVD of Season 2.

Ok the folks that made This Land Is You Land a hit again are teaming up with Budwiser to make commercials. Their first effort is up at Budwiser.

Life is getting strange.