We choose to go to the moon...

I'm am home from work to observe Yom Kippur and fasting to the best of my ability. (A few years ago I received medical instructions to forgo a full fast but I won't have more than a bowl of cereal before sunset. Just something to keep me conscious. :) )

Moving on:

I CAN NOT WAIT for tonight's CSI. I have a feeling CBS is going to ruin it for me with some kind of vomit inducing Grissom/Sara reunion but, even with that, it will be SO GOOD. Poor Warrick!

Here's what I've been up to over the past few days:

The 2008 winners for the Nobel Prize in physics were announced on Monday. It always amazes me that people win Nobel Prizes for work they did decades prior. I totally get that the theories and discoveries need to bear out over time but it's been 40 years since Nambu did the work he was rewarded for and 30 years for the two other winners. Not quite immediate gratification.

Somewhat related, over in physics, someone recently asked: Why is E exactly equal to M multiplied by the square of the speed of light? Or to look at it in a way which illustrates the point of the question more keenly, why does light travel at a speed exactly equal to the square root of mass' relationship to energy? There are some interesting answers and arguments in comments.

Another Appoloosa review: Appaloosa: 10 Things I Liked, 5 I Didn’t

I had a date on Tuesday night for dinner & the debate. Watching a presidential debate is a great way to get to know someone. I forgot, though, that House was on so Tuesday's episode is sitting on my DVD waiting for me and on the agenda for today.

Snapfish is having a $0.01 photo sale. Promo code is FALLPENNY08.

Bones was so witty with last night's episode title: The He in the She. Hahahaha. I love Bones. And Booth. And this rotation of grad students. I wasn't sure the in & out of characters would work but I love seeing who shows up each week.

I spoke with a real estate attorney about my housing options. He gave me some advice but it was, generally speaking, a depressing conversation. I have some action items, though. If I can't sell the FL property, I need to at least feel like I'm doing something proactive.

Here are 7 deleted scenes from season 4.0 of BSG. They're excellent and fill in some interesting gaps. (DVD is out January 6th. Why do they keep waiting until after Christmas???)

Last, but certainly not least, are photos of David Tennant rehearsing for Love's Labour's Lost and some stills from the show. *loves*

My Michigan voter registration card arrived in the mail yesterday! I'm ready!!

I caught up on TV last night and watched Bones, House, and SPN. I don't know if this means the shows are doing something right or wrong but I realized I only watch Bones for the dynamic love between Booth & Brennan and I only watch House for the love dynamic between Wilson & House. Everything else is a bonus. Except Hodgins and Foreman. They should stick around.

( House first )

( Bones )

I was going to go to bed early last night but the lure of Supernatural was too great. ( Supernatural )

Today my team and I are off for store visits and tonight Anne and I are cooking dinner. I suspect there will be much food. I really need to get off my ass and run. I didn't run last week because I was getting ready to leave and then I was too busy eating fish & chips. This week I was recovering from last week. No excuses! Tomorrow I hit the road again. I have a 5k in a week and it's absurd to undo my training right beforehand. Besides, I feel a hint of winter and I need to get in my outdoor running before Michigan pushes me back inside for 5 months.

I still have the weekend ahead of me but my week out of the office is officially over and I've achieved the 9th level of laziness. Even today's trip to the gym was canceled in favor of a nap. I know I'm career driven and all but I really think I could live a happy life as a lady who lunches.

Between reading and sleeping and watching Bones, I did get two things taken care of over the past two days: a visit from the plumber and Sally's annual trip to the vet. She's 7.4lbs now (up 0.7 from LY) and the vet suggested putting her on diet or indoor cat food. I don't know, either. But I'm going to listen to the vet. The plumber fixed a leaky faucet in my kitchen and now my water tastes and smells like motor oil.

I'm officially up to date on Bones and the internet is telling me that another episode isn't scheduled to air until April. How am I expected to mainline 50 episodes and then wait four months for more?

I started watching the show because carta told me that Bones & Booth are a modern day Scarecrow & Mrs. King. There are obvious differences what with Bones actually bringing her technical expertise to the cases and their partnership is out in the open but, yeah, they're totally the new SMK. They have the bickering, the banter, and the wild UST down to a science.

Oh! Also about Bones, Eric Millegan graduated from the University of Michigan which, I imagine, is partly why his character was written as a Michigan native. I never expected it but my developing loyalty to UofM is also settling into a loyalty to Michigan (the state of). It must be the power of the Big 10. Now I see Michigan everywhere. (I was watching The West Wing while doing some work last night and one of the episodes was "The Portland Trip." This is the first time I actually registered that Bartlett's worked up over a Notre Dame/Michigan game. It's not something I'd ever have processed before I got sucked into the madness that is Michigan football.)

Patrick Stewart fans: This link here will take you to some fantastic ads Stewart is doing in the UK for some kind of electronic brain games.

EW has a two page spread on BSG in this week's issue and Ron Moore offer explanations for the character poses. (Original scans are by mediocrechick.) Note: There are some really good spoilers in the text. Click at your own risk. (But click. And then come talk about it with me.)



( More on the spoilers )

I'd really like this show to come back NOW. Please and thank you.