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Here: Have a fantastic Patrick Stewart interview! I really, really want to see him in Hamlet with David Tennant. Why must I be responsible? WOE. Must I be responsible? Really?

I finished week three of the C25K program and it looks like week four really steps up the pace. I can't believe how much I'm enjoying this. I feel like I'm actually training my body to sustain a running regimen and I love working out outside. I'm probably not getting the same workout I do at the gym but it's so relaxing to spend that time outside after work.

SGA fic rec: Hero For A New Age by

smittywing Written for the prompt, "books, stories and legends," this story is all about the superheroes Ronon reads about in Earth comics and the heroes he lives with on Atlantis. I absolutely love stories that explore Ronon’s perceptions of Atlantis, Earth, and his team.

Torchwood fic rec: Make a Beginning by

dsudis Summary: Gwen couldn’t go on like that much longer. Neither could Torchwood. A wonderful story with a post-”Exit Wounds” direction that could easily be canon.

Ron Moore finally posted the podcast for the season four premiere (after posting the podcasts for the 2nd and 3rd episodes) and confirmed what's been obvious: season four is one long act, one long story vs. past seasons which allowed for stand alone episodes. I think it's the right approach for long term payoff but has the potential to create some less satisfying individual episodes.

In "Six of One," Natalie indicated that the individual cylon models have always voted together and Boomer's decision to support the Cavils, etc. was unheard of but that's not quite true. Athena made a very clear choice to split from her models when she aligned herself with the humans. It wasn't Boomer who broke from the cylons, it was Athena. Now we see that Boomer is another Eight doing the same thing - following her individual will.

What I wonder is whether this is a model trait specific to the Eights or if it's, perhaps, a design flaw that came from the development of a sleeper model. Or maybe both. Specifically, I think it's interesting that the one cylon model to split among itself is the one that had a sleeper agent among the humans. Perhaps creating the sleeper model, who thought independently of cylon will for all those years, necessitated the ability for all of the Eights to think independently of each other.

The Things That Carried Him: Four thousand American soldiers have died in Iraq. This is the true story of how one of them came home. I almost feel like I should make a separate post for this link. This is an article from Esquire, originally linked by synecdochic, that reminded me what it really means when we hear another soldier died overseas. It was tough to read - particularly when put in the context of just 1 of 4,000 other stories like it.

We choose to go to the moon...

Exploration is not a choice, really; it's an imperative

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