An update on the ATHF bomb scare for you. After politicians and public officials covered up their utter incompetence with furious anger, Turner Broadcasting caved in and not only issued an apology, but also offered to pay up to $2 million for the cost of the Boston shutdown.

Far be it for me to defend a corporation, but this is really is a societal travesty. Perhaps it's just me, but if trained law-enforcement officials can't tell the difference between some blinking lights with some C-cell batteries taped to it and, oh say, A BOMB, then it's not someone else's fault. You have a serious problem with your anti-terror personnel and procedures. Here's a tip: if someone wants to blow something up, they place bombs in inconspicuous places, with inconspicuous packaging, thereby maximizing the chance that they won't be discovered and will indeed, explode as planned. If you're going to place a bomb in a well-viewed area and cover it with bright, colorful lights, you might as well just write "BOMB" on the side in big yellow letters and take out an ad in the classified letting people know it's there. Is this not implicit logic? Is this not the kind of thinking that a monkey is capable of, much less TRAINED, COUNTER-TERRORIST OFFICERS? Blaming civilians as furiously as possible is an unfair way of whitewashing government incompetence. Get people angry at the advertising campaign quick enough and maybe they'll forget that their bomb squad can't tell the difference between a bomb and a lite-brite.

Now that I'm done with my rage, let me tell you that Angela and I had a wonderful weekend which consisted of watching a LOT of the new Battlestar Galactica. Jeff had seasons 1 & 2 on DVD. I've been skeptical of the series for some time. Honestly, the original show was cheesy and I'm wary of anything that comes from the T.V. networks these days. But, this series is an excellent Sci-Fi drama that had quite rightly earned it's fandom. The show is well-written, it's concepts and characters are interesting, and to boot it's filmed right here in Vancouver (we can't wait to start seeing Adam). The show is in fact so addictive that Angela and I watched the 3-hour miniseries and the first 6 episodes this weekend alone. Regrettably, this also means we now have a solemn pact to only watch the shows together. It's probably a good thing, otherwise I'd spend all my time engorging myself with BSG instead of doing homework or chores.