Wandering through E-Space

D.W.Q.M.: "It was your instincts and intuition against my logic, and you succeeded." -the First Doctor, to Barbara I was reading an interesting post over at Torchwood.TV by Raxacoricofallapatorius, which got me thinking... ...would Torchwood make it over here in the U.S.? Where would it air? Actually, I had been thinking about that since I saw the first couple of episodes, Everything Changes and Day One . We had been warned about the swearing so much that I was expecting F-bombs to be dropped every other line. When it finally did happen, it was in such a setting that if this were a real life situation, yeah, I'd expect to hear F-bombs being dropped. Not family friendly, but not so outrageous that you're gonna say, 'Oh come, on! Enough already!!'. And then there was the talk about sex in episode two-actually, I didn't know what to expect, and I have to admit, I was taken slightly aback (me still being quite naive about watching such things), but again, ...

D.W.Q.M.: "You've redecorated!" -Sarah Jane Smith ...when my apartment has become a jungle of Christmas boxes, stuffed with decorations, just waiting to be let out! I think I've already knocked my ankles up at least 20 times...I'll be seeing bruising soon, I'm sure. Yesterday afternoon, my bed was loaded with boxes, and I was relaxing in the living room when I heard my cell phone go off in my bedroom. Making a mad dash, I discovered that the easiest path to my phone was across my bed-so I jumped across it, landing with a soft *thud*, amazed that I hadn't disturbed my boxes much...although a couple had fallen on top of me. *ow!* (the call was from my sister-she wanted to make sure I brought my Favre jersey with me to MN-the Packers are playing the Vikings on the 21st!) You know, it's really hard to get in the mood to decorate for Christmas when the weather is warm and sunny, the windows are open, and I can hear birds chirping outside. God forbid I ever...

D.W.Q.M.: "...why am I thinking of food?" -the Second Doctor Even though the day is almost over, and those of us who are crazy enough to get up and do some early doorbuster shopping tomorrow are probably in bed (well, except for me ;) ), I'd still like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! Krismutt Pie

D.W.Q.M.: "Carrot juice, carrot juice..." -the Sixth Doctor I've been meaning to post my progress on our Look and Feel Fantastic Plan that Shar and I started in September, but I just haven't gotten around to it. I find it slightly amusing that the day I decide to update is right after our staff potluck luncheon. I've never felt so stuffed at work in my life! ;) So far it's working great! I've lost at least 10lbs since I've started-even my doctor congratulated me! :) He told me to keep up the good work, and I'll see him again sometime in March for a follow up to see how my chloresterol is (it's a little high right now.) Thankfully everything else is ok-I was mainly worried about my glucose levels-since diabetes does run in my family-but they are normal-yay! Shar and I have been trying to get more walks in at work-I think it's awesome that we are both doing this-we give each other moral support when someone brings in baked goods to share, ...

D.W.Q.M.: Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" I know, I know-I really need to update my blog more-I'm sorry! I've just been so busy-I'm lucky I get the weekly Doctor Who posts out!! ( author's note: this post can also be found at the Idiot's Lantern .) Series 2 (season 28) Fridays, 8pm EST on the SciFi Channel Current episode: 8. The Impossible Planet Previous episodes: 7. The Idiot's Lantern 6. The Age of Steel , part 2 5. Rise of the Cybermen , part 1 4. The Girl in the Fireplace 3. School Reunion 2. Tooth and Claw 1. New Earth (9:30pm EDT) The Christmas Invasion (8:00pm EDT) Doctor Who on BBC7: Check out BBC7's Listen Again page to hear the 8th Doctor audios from Big Finish. Current epsiodes are available for one week after it originally airs. Stones of Venice finished up last Sunday-this Sunday starts one o...

D.W.Q.M.: Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" ( authors note: This post can also be found at the Idiot's Lantern .) Series 2 (season 28) Fridays, 8pm EDT on the SciFi Channel Current episode: 7. The Idiot's Lantern Previous episodes: 6. The Age of Steel , part 2 5. Rise of the Cybermen , part 1 4. The Girl in the Fireplace 3. School Reunion 2. Tooth and Claw 1. New Earth (9:30pm EDT) The Christmas Invasion (8:00pm EDT) Doctor Who on BBC7: Check out BBC7's Listen Again page to hear the 8th Doctor audios from Big Finish. Current epsiodes are available for one week after it originally airs. This week: Sunday, November 12th: Stones of Venice , part 4 Previous: Sunday, November 5th: Stones of Venice , part 3 Sunday, October 29th: Stones of Venice , part 2 Sunday, October 22nd: Stones of Venice , part 1 Torchwood Sundays, 9pm, GMT on...

D.W.Q.M.: Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" ( author's note: this post can also be found at the Idiot's Lantern .) Series 2 (season 28) Fridays, 8pm EDT on the SciFi Channel Current episode: 6. The Age of Steel , part 2 Previous episodes: 5. Rise of the Cybermen , part 1 4. The Girl in the Fireplace 3. School Reunion 2. Tooth and Claw 1. New Earth (9:30pm EDT) The Christmas Invasion (8:00pm EDT) Doctor Who on BBC7: Check out BBC7's Listen Again page to hear the 8th Doctor audios from Big Finish. Current epsiodes are available for one week after it originally airs. This week: Sunday, November 5th: Stones of Venice , part 3 Previous: Sunday, October 29th: Stones of Venice , part 2 Sunday, October 22nd: Stones of Venice , part 1 Torchwood Sundays, 9pm, GMT on BBC3 Current episode: 4. Cyberwoman Previous episodes: 3. Ghost Machine...

D.W.Q.M.: Ian: "Where's your spirit of adventure, hm?" the First Doctor: "It died a slow and painful death when those bats came out of the rafters." Happy Halloween, everybody! 2003 Jack-o-Lanterns: (I really need to upload our pumpkins from 2004& 2005!) No Jack-o-Lanterns this year-neither Perseph nor I had enough time to make one. It seems as though October just started, and now it's Halloween! Perhaps next October won't be as crazy. ;) We are planning on dressing up and giving out candy to the kiddies-there's going to be a bunch of us tonight. It'll be fun! Geeky Pumpkins: Dalek-o-Lantern Cylon-o-Lantern (old school Cylon) Be sure to check them out in action, too! To my neices Tia and Boo-hope you had fun in your Halloween parade at school! Alicat-you better take pictures!! ;) Have a safe Halloween!

D.W.Q.M.: Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" ( author's note: this post can also be found at the Idiot's Lantern .) Series 2 (season 28) Fridays, 8pm EDT on the SciFi Channel Current episode: 5. Rise of the Cybermen , part 1 Previous episodes: 4. The Girl in the Fireplace 3. School Reunion 2. Tooth and Claw 1. New Earth (9:30pm EDT) The Christmas Invasion (8:00pm EDT) Doctor Who on BBC7: Check out BBC7's Listen Again page to hear the 8th Doctor audios from Big Finish. Current epsiodes are available for one week after it originally airs. This week: Sunday, October 29th: Stones of Venice , part 2 Previous: Sunday, October 22nd: Stones of Venice , part 1 Torchwood Sundays, 9pm, GMT on BBC3 Current episode: 3. Ghost Machine Previous episodes: 2. Day One 1. Everything Changes Attention! If you've been planning on catching (or ...

D.W.Q.M.: Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" ( author's note: This post can also be found at the Idiot's Lantern .) Current episode: Fridays, 8pm EDT on the SciFi Channel 4. The Girl in the Fireplace Previous episodes: 3. School Reunion 2. Tooth and Claw 1. New Earth (9:30pm EDT) The Christmas Invasion (8:00pm EDT) Doctor Who on BBC7: Check out BBC7's Listen Again page to hear the 8th Doctor audios from Big Finish. Current epsiodes are available for one week after it originally airs. This week: Sunday, October 22nd: Stones of Venice , part 1 Torchwood starts this Sunday, 9pm, GMT on BBC3. The episode guide is scheduled to be updated on the 23rd. Although there are links to the videos, I'm not sure if we have access to them. Last week there was a notice on the pages that due to copyright issues, they wouldn't be accessi...

D.W.Q.M.: Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" ( author's note: this post can also be found at the Idiot's Lantern .) Current episode: Fridays, 8pm EDT on the SciFi Channel 3. School Reunion Previous episodes: 2. Tooth and Claw 1. New Earth (9:30pm EDT) The Christmas Invasion (8:00pm EDT) Doctor Who on BBC7: Check out BBC7's Listen Again page to hear the 8th Doctor audios from Big Finish. Current epsiodes are available for one week after it originally airs. This week: Sunday, October 15th: Swords of Orion , part 4 Previous: Sunday, October 8th: Swords of Orion , part 3 Sunday, October 1st: Swords of Orion , part 2 Sunday, September 24th: Swords of Orion , part 1 The last part of Swords of Orion airs this coming Sunday. Another 8th Doctor story will start the following Sunday. I don't remember the order they were going to ai...

D.W.Q.M.: Barbara: "Perhaps it's frozen." the First Doctor: "No, impossible... not in this temperature. Besides, it's too warm." It's snowing!!! It's so odd-just a few flurries here and there, then some sun, then a big burst of flurries. Rinse, repeat. Shar and I took a walk outside-boy, is it brisk! The weatherbug cannot be right-it says it's 40 degrees out! ;) At one point, it looked like a snow shower, instead of flurries-and with the sun shining, it looked pretty cool. It's like we're in a snowglobe that someone shook, and now the snows all settled. It isn't sticking to the ground, but it stuck to my glove. (I'm glad I took the time to get a warmer jacket out this morning!) Is this the lake effect we are supposed to be getting? It came alot earlier than predicted! SNOW!!! Woo!

D.W.Q.M.: Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" ( author's note: This post can also be found at the Idiot's Lantern .) Current episode: Fridays, 8pm EDT on the SciFi Channel 2. Tooth and Claw Previous episodes: 1. New Earth (9:30pm EDT) The Christmas Invasion (8:00pm EDT) Doctor Who on BBC7: Check out BBC7's Listen Again page to hear the 8th Doctor audios from Big Finish. Current epsiodes are available for one week after it originally airs. This week: Sunday, October 8th: Swords of Orion , part 3 Previous: Sunday, October 1st: Swords of Orion , part 2 Sunday, September 24th: Swords of Orion , part 1 Check out the video section on SciFi's Doctor Who website-they have about a 50 second preview of some outtake extras from the season 2 dvd release in January. The cyberman scene alone makes it worth the while. I was laughing so h...

D.W.Q.M.: "You know, I am so constantly outwitting the opposition, I tend to forget the delight and satisfaction of the arts... the gentle art of fisticuffs." -the First Doctor OMG. Am I dreaming? Am I dreaming?!?!? The Twins won the Central Division!!!! The Twins won the Central Division!!!!!!!!!!! And Joe Mauer took home the batting title!!! Atta boy, Joe!!!! Don't mind me, I'm just in a happy daze right now. :) The Minnesota Twins: Central Division Champs, 2006. YAY!

D.W.Q.M. Sgt. Benton: "What are we going to do now?" the Second Doctor: "Keep it confused, feed it with useless information. I wonder if I have a television set handy?" (author's note: this post can also be found at the Idiot's Lantern .) I've decided to change the title of these posts, because I'm not sure how much actual news I'll be able to write about from week to week-hope you all don't mind. :) Series 2 (season 28) in the USA: Fridays, 8pm EDT on the SciFi Channel note the new time!!! Current episodes: 1. The Christmas Invasion (8:00pm EDT) 2. New Earth (9:30pm EDT) Check out the episode pages for the new season-they have slideshows with images from the episodes. Pretty cool. :) Doctor Who on BBC7: Check out BBC7's Listen Again page to hear the 8th Doctor audios from Big Finish. Current epsiodes are available for one week after it originally airs. Sunday, September 24th: Swords of Orion , part 1 Sunday, October 1st: Swords of Or...

D.W.Q.M.: "One must always accept the unexpected." -the Fourth Doctor Oooh, I knew I should have posted about the Twins yesterday before they played. Once again, the Royals prevented us from tieing (or overtaking) the Tigers for first place in the division. Grrr... That's ok-miracles can still happen. After all, many thought the Twins were finished before the All-Star break. For those who doubted, I have this to say to you: HA! Last time the Twins were in town, I went to the one game that the Indians won in that series. Several Tribe fans started to make fun of me (and the handfull of other Twins fans in our section) and I stood up and bravely (or foolishly, depending on your point of view) shouted, "That's okay, 'cause come October, we'll still be playing." *heehee* It was a fun game though-pretty intense. I liked the fact that the other Twins fans around me were quite vocal-my cheering didn't echo quite so much. ;) When Joe Mauer first step...

In honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day , Arrr, har's t' lookin' good and feelin' fantastic, shiver me timbers! :)

D.W.Q.M.: "Carrot juice, carrot juice, carrot juice..." -the Sixth Doctor Okay! Labor Day has come and gone-it's the end of summer. Time to turn over a new leaf! Shar and I have decided to try to loose some weight together. (I for one, would be much happier if my jeans were a little 'not-so-tight') So we have a weekly weigh in-last Tuesday we both started at X. Unfortunately, due to carelessness and an evening of stadium food ( mmmm....garlic fries... ) I gained a little. Shar did great though-yay, Shar!! Anyhoo, the idea is, we'll keep track of what we eat, try to exercise more (which includes more lunchtime walks), and just basically give each other some moral support. Workplace weightloss programs seem to be the new thing-there's Weight Watchers at Work next door-it meets every Wednesday, and apparently there's a 'biggest loser' type contest going on here at work (although I'm not taking part in that.) I really need to start walking m...

It's hard to believe it's been 5 years. I try to keep this blog light-can't say I'm always 100% successful. Especially today as I write this, because there's nothing "light" about what happened. I was even debating about posting, because I'm not sure I have the strength, or the words, to acturately express how I feel. As I watched the memorial ceremonies, and personal accounts of what happened, my eyes welled up with tears, and my chest tightened, just like it had done 5 years ago as I watched the coverage all night for several nights because I couldn't sleep. I had to stop watching after about an hour (actually, I'm amazed I was able to last that long.) Then, those first few days five years ago, I saw something amazing-for once, there were no Democrats, no Republicans, no blacks, no whites, reds, yellows, no Jews, Muslims, Christians... It didn't matter if you were from this country or not-we were all one-pulling together to help and comfo...

D.W.Q.M.: Brigadier: " Do you know what you're doing?" the Third Doctor: "My dear chap, I can't wait to find out." Okay, so I didn't do very well with the August blog challenge this year-the last half of the month was kind of crazy, so I didn't post much-I'll do better next year! So I shouldn't have looked at the baseball scores yesterday-I had no idea that the Twins were only 4 games behind the Tigers-what happened to that 9 game lead Detroit had? Woo! Unfortunately the Twins lost to them last night (in the Metrodome!), so they are now 5 games behind. :( They are still ahead in the Wild Card race...by one half game (thanks to the Indians for beating the White Sox) Seriously, you can't discount the Tigers, the Twins, or the White Sox yet-it's going to be a loonnnngggg road to October. The Wild Card race is giving me some serious heart burn-one day they are half a game ahead of the White Sox, the next, they are half a game behind! Ah...