the secret life of wheatons

And now, via reprinted text messages, a glimpse into the private lives of a geek, his wife, and their son:

Anne: Michelle was late, so I'm going to be at work longer than I thought. See you guys sometime around 9.

Me: Somehow, someway, between Battlestar Galactica, NHL playoffs, and Rock Band, we will find the strength to survive until you make it home.

For the record, it was Battlestar Galactica. BSG pre-dates TiVo in our house, so we've been DVD viewers until this season. TiVo is storing season 4 for us while we devour -- and thoroughly enjoy -- season 3. Also for the record, Nolan and I survived just fine until Anne got home. So say we all.

Comments

[Wil]

Note to grammar nazis: I know that technically between should be among.

Note to those who would deliver spoilers: Unless you really enjoy getting the cockpunch, don't even think about it. I am not frakking around.

[johninoz]

Battlestar... Yummmm. What a particularly fine thing to do while waiting for your nearest and dearest to come home ! And those of us far away (Australia) who are soooo wanting to see Season 4 are drooling with envy

[Thrasher]

I'm on the East Coast staying up late finishing final papers for stupid college classes and I always check my e-mail, facebook and your blog throughout the night because for some reason I feel like things between 2:20 in the morning and 2:40 in the morning will change on the internet. So the fact that you posted pretty much made my night. I'm glad you survived and had fun with Nolan.

So thanks Wil for aiding me in my homework procrastination.

[Sturek]

So say we all!

[warcorp]

But...but...where's Lorne Greene?

[Vincent]

I keep hearing people talk about Battlestar Galactica... I guess I better give it a whirl sometime and see what the fuss is all about.

[thirtyhelens]

Prepare yourself for the final shot in the Season 3 finale, Wil. Ron's gonna blow your geek gland to smithereens. :)

[SnarkyDork]

I highly recommend the Bear McCreary and the music of Battlestar Galactica show at the Roxy tomorrow night (4/15). I went to Sunday's show and it was fantastic!

[Mingo]

So say we all.

[BZArcher]

Was last night in the NHL not off the hook?

I can't believe what's happening to Ottawa. (I mean, as a Leafs fan, I'm certainly -enjoying- it, but I never dreamed they'd fold like this.)

[Crystal Sage]

Wil, posts like this are why I read you in the first place. You're awesome. :)

And yeah, BSG is incredible. Thank goodness for DVR. I can't believe this is the last season. *whimper*

[Wouter Lievens]

BSG's naturalistic approach to sci-fi is really awesome.

One could of course make a remark about the show lacking a young Crusher character but let's not :-)

[stoolpigeon]

I could enjoy watching BSG more if it didn't remind of how much they took from Firefly style wise, which then makes me bitter that Firefly was given the shaft.

[nashira]

Hi, Wil. I've been away from this blog for quite a while, busy in my masters program (Creative Writing, so I could someday kick your a.) I read this post just when I had to deliver a homework: Dialogs. Thanks! It was wonderful as always to read you. I feel like I haven't been away, just what happens with the friends we love when we're apart for too long.
Best wishes.

[Tara]

I had always wanted to catch the series, but I unfortunately wasn't in the loop until the middle of season 2 Since I couldn't bring myself into the middle of the series and I couldn't afford the DVDs I haven't really seen the show...until now. SciFi ran a week long 10hr day marathon before the start of season 4. I have been watching the show (which they started at episode 3 so I was a little lost at first). I have watched 2-4 episodes a night with my brother and am now at the end of season 2. I love the frakking show. It is the best. I can't wait to get caught up and start with season 4 which is stored with the rest of the episodes on my poor DVR box (the marathon took up most of my available space).

~~TARA~~

[MamaSlyth]

From the guy who created Guitar Hero - http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/246

Tod Machover of MIT's Media Lab invented the musical technology behind Guitar Hero, and at TED2008 he talks about what's coming next. Listen for some brand-new ways to interface with music -- to play it, compose it, understand it. In the second half of this talk, Machover introduces Dan Ellsey, a composer with cerebral palsy who uses the lab's tools to create and perform his own music. Ellsey conducts his own piece, "My Eagle Song."

It has so much awesome that I knew I had to pass it on.

[lioness823]

Hi. I'm new to your blog.

You will love Season 4 when you get to it. I can't wait for it to be Friday night again so I can see what happens next.

To the person in Australia who is dying to see Season 4: You can visit hulu.com and see the first two episodes via the web. The quality is actually pretty good.

Also, scifi.com has been showing the new episodes on the web Fridays at noon EDT. You can catch that night's episode only the one time.

[Oz]

Well stoolpigeon, I agree with you about how good Firefly was but here's some tidbits that may help you move on to BSG.

Joss Whedon likes BSG so much he was a major part of one of the BSG specials. He clearly loves the show and says that his wife gets mad at him because he now likes to answer his phone with "Whedon Actual".

[starshine_diva]

In true Canadian spirit, I want to know...

Who are you rooting for? ;)

[Chongita]

BSG, aka GalactaCrack, has been awesome! I think of the FireFly "rip off" aspect as more of a tribute. We should be glad there is just a little bit of space cowboy left in the 'verse.
I was reluctant to even check out BSG at first because I was a huge fan of the original as a kid. Now i can not even watch the old ones because the Starbuck is just so damn cool!
I do not have Tivo.... but SciFi's website shows recent episodes every Saturday! w00t!

Love the blog, Wil, love the Tweets.
Live long and perspire!
S~

[Keri]

My fiance and I are also watching Season 3 on DVD and recording Season 4 as it airs. You'd think SciFi would get a clue and release the DVDs in time for the populous to catch up with the show and watch it as it airs. But no, that would make sense.

[ChenXi]

Between is fine according to this site of Non-Errors:

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/nonerrors.html

Using “between” for only two, “among” for more:

The “-tween” in “between” is clearly linked to the number two; but, as the Oxford English Dictionary notes, “In all senses, between has, from its earliest appearance, been extended to more than two.” We’re talking about Anglo-Saxon here—early. Pedants have labored to enforce “among” when there are three or more objects under discussion, but largely in vain. Even the pickiest speaker does not naturally say, “A treaty has been negotiated among England, France, and Germany.”

[Coyote Seven]

Make sure you don't watch Razor until AFTER finishing season 3.

I know some people were confused because Razor was released on DVD before S3 was.

[MacDesktops]

So say we all.

[swl-mom2Bryn]

I'm a southeastern girl and my team didn't make the NHL playoffs this year (blew it in the last 3 games), but I am still watching with interest to see who takes the cup. And I SO hope its not the Washington Capitals.