Cultural Cuisinart

Only 3 more days until Battlestar Galactica returns! It's one of the best shows on TV (perhaps ever) and yet suffers from a depressing lack of interest from the general public. This cast has been ignored by the Emmys and Golden Globes, despite the fact that 70% of them out-act every other actor working in TV today. The great Mary McDonnell is just amazing as President Laura Roslin and we all know that Katie Sackhoff is just a great big shining star. If you are not watching this show, shame on you! Go get yourself the DVDs right now and join the fun.

If you have been watching, here's a spoilerific list of The Top 43 BSG moments. Great stuff. Maelstorm is probably one of my favorites - I was so stunned and heartbroken at the end that I was literally in a daze the entire next day at work.

Yesterday I finally made it down to the American Art Museum and Portrait Gallery, just in time to see the famed Stephen Colbert portrait (as of today, it will be leaving the gallery forever).


Aw, how sweet is that? The portrait is hilarious, and I'm sure the museum will miss it (attendance has quadrupled since its arrival).

Finally, in football news, it seems that the proposal to ban long hair that covers a player's name tag (Troy Polamalu, we're looking at you) doesn't seem to have a chance of passing this time around. That's fine with me, since current rules allow for tackling a player by the hair if it goes past the name tag. But I don't want to see Polamalu all up in a snit the next time he gets yanked down by his hair (and probably injured).