( Cut because I lurve you. )

I had no idea they were making a movie. I remember this from when I was a kid.

And Tom Baker is the bad guy!

SCI FI Renews Galactica

SCI FI Channel has ordered a second season of its hit series Battlestar Galactica, which has aired five episodes of its first season of 13 episodes. Details of the renewal—including which cast members will return, how many episodes will be produced and when the second season will commence—were still being worked out at press time.

Battlestar Galactica has been a ratings winner for SCI FI since its Jan. 14 premiere. The latest episode, Feb. 4's "You Can't Go Home Again," scored the show's best ratings yet, with 3.2 million viewers.

For the show's second season, creator and executive producer Ronald D. Moore previously told SCI FI Wire that he has already been working on as many as six new scripts to resolve the multiple cliffhangers that will end season one. Moore added that he wants to delve deeper into the show's religious themes and open up the Cylon world a bit more in the coming season. Moore continues to post his thoughts on a personal blog on SCIFI.COM. Battlestar Galactica airs Fridays at 10 p.m. ET/PT, part of the channel's SCI FI Fridays lineup.

( Silly meme. Don't believe a word of it. Uh uh. )

Back in Athens. I am not entirely certain what time zone I am currently running on.

I guess I've really been assimilated by the South.

( Which author's fiction are you? )

By way of filkertom. Worksafe.

Still in England. Had a wonderful time at Dixseption. Flying back to Georgia tomorrow.

About to head to the airport shuttle and all points to Dixseption. Flight to England leaves at 6.05 pm, should touch down at Gatwick at 7.50 am local time.

See you in Southsea.

Enterprise has been cancelled.

Can't say I'm surprised.

FYI, The Incredibles 2-disc DVD will be released March 15, 2005.

Preorders available from Amazon.com and Wal-Mart, among others.

I can't improve on what I did last year.

( January 27, 1967 - April 24, 1967 - June 29, 1971 - January 28, 1986 - February 1, 2003 )
Now the rest is up to us, and there's a future to be won:
We must turn our faces outward, we will do what must be done:
For no cradle lasts forever; every bird must learn to fly:
And we're goin' to the stars -
See our fire in the sky!

-- Jordin Kare, "Fire In The Sky"

It's snowing. Light layer of heaven's dandruff falling over everything. They've cancelled bus services, apparently, for Saturday.

So I'm just going to keep indoors in my nicely insulated apartment. Read. Watch TV. Play the guitar. Listen to the latest Doctor Who audio play. Usual boring stuff.

music: Navigating space by horoscope! What twaddle! - Doctor Who Unbound

( Trekweb.com: Enterprise does the Mirror Universe. )

( John William Carson, 1925-2005 )

"I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the day he killed himself."

(Brace yourselves for the countless and inevitable editorial cartoons which will show St. Peter ushering Carson through the Pearly Gates with, "Heeeeeerrre's Johnny.")

My pals at the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society have been busy...

The Call of Cthulhu trailer (requires Quicktime).

I'm still alive. Just been busy. I finally got a bunch of documents from California for my thesis research and so I have no more excuses to sit on my ass.

What, no comments on the new Battlestar Galactica series? I know we're 11 episodes behind the Brits, and some of its thunder was stolen by the Titan landing, but at least those of us in North America should have seen it by now.

Well, I liked it.

( Kelly Freas, 1922-2005 )

( Will Eisner, 1917-2005 )

Let's be careful out there.

More here.

( Largest earthquake on the planet in 40 years hits Southeast Asia )More at the link. The Straits Times reports a 8,700 death toll. Called home and the folks are fine. Not sure if there was any impact on Singapore, but Dad said that they weren't affected.

And the top story on Atlanta Channel 2? Flight delays due to snowstorms in the Northeast. We're America. We don't care about brown people.