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This weeks friday five comes from the home office in …. No wait… that’s Letterman. (It’s a word… It’s a plan)

Yes, a truly obscure reference on top of a not so obscure reference.

So Here’s this weeks:
1. As a child, who was your favorite superhero/heroine? Why?
I think it was the kids from “Escape from Witch Mountain”
I’m not really going to go into depths this morning on the why as it will probably become an entire post of it’s own, akin to the one on “Electric Dreams”

2. What was one thing you always wanted as a child but never got?
I was too spoiled as a child. I think I wanted to be a kid actor. But my mom wouldn’t let me.

3. What’s the furthest from home you’ve been?
Hmmn, what’s further… Holland from Pittsburgh; Virgin Islands from Philadelphia, or Cancun from Los Angeles.
Maybe I should just hop a plane for Australia.

4. What’s one thing you’ve always wanted to learn but haven’t yet?
I want to learn to fly a plane.

5. What are your plans for the weekend?
Showing an old friend around L.A.
Movies, maybe Universal Studios, China town, little Tokyo, Dinner with a new friend, goth clubbing.

As seen in a post by fraterrisus as aquired from someone named tikva

What’s on the walls of your office/cubicle?

• Poster with the entire script of Much Ado – Going to Cali gift from friends
• Cocoa Objective-C Class Hierarchy
  (Which has on it)
  • Liber Oz
  • Flowers of Hawaii 2002 Calendar (turned to Dec 2002) – From a really cool guy on QA
• Kaballistic Tree of Life Poster – from the BOTA
• Copy of the EGC Gnostic Creed
• Myron Cope‘s Official ™ (Black on Gold) Terrible Towel
• Random comics from Userfriendly and Sluggy Freelance
• A framed picture of Pittsburgh by night in an electrical storm
• A framed picture of Pittsburgh by night on light up night
• A framed picture of Pittsburgh by day looking straight up the Ohio River towards The Point
• A framed cross stitch made by an ex as a gift
• A stuffed iguana in tiger print fabric made by another ex as a gift
• A graduation from the Big Nerd Ranch for their week long Cocoa seminar
• A hand autographed Apple Towel, signed by Douglas Adams
• My posting and thread concerning Under God in the Pledge.
• The midseason stats from an office football pool. (It was just a game, betting money would have been illegal.)
• “The programmer is….” status sign.
• A matchbox model of a Spitfire plane. (To which I’ll now admit was the code name of Norton Utilities for Mac 7.0)
• Oh, yeah… a name plate with that evil 4 letter word on it.

Gosh… What does that tell you… Talk about a psychological work up 😉

Caught the bug that’s going around. Special shout out to burningblue now you have someone to commiserate with. (hack hack)

Bleurgh!

A while ago, I caught a series called Ultraviolet. It was a very short lived Vampire series from Britain with a very different twist. In this world, Vampires look very human. They don’t show up on film, tv, radio, phone. They also can not be killed. They will regenerate. In the series, they are never referred to as vampires merely as targets infected with the Code V virus. The wrinkle is that in this world, the vampires are organizing and plotting, because man kind has gotten pollution to the point where human kind is no longer viable food for the vampires. Yes, the vampires are trying to take over the world to make things better for mankind…. So… who really is the bad guy on the series?

The central character is played by British actor Jack Davenport. At the time that I originally saw UV I had no idea who any of the actors were.

A few months ago, I caught a British comedy. I had no idea what it was about as I had tuned in about halfway thru the episode. A guy was in a bar hitting on a woman who spoke no English. The scene then played itself back again but this time from the woman’s point of view. And was very funny.

It turns out that this was Davenport’s newest series “Coupling.”

Now I MUST fully reccommend this show. This show is “Friends” done right.

One part “Friends” one part “Sex in the City” and six vibrant, sharp, and clever characters. … Well 5 clever characters and Jane.

Gay man: Look, I think there’s been a misunderstanding. This isn’t a date.
Jane: (Surprised) Oh, my…. there has been a misunderstanding! This is a date.

With some of the best complex writing, catch phrases (Porn Buddies, The Giggle Loop, and the Sock Gap), and above all; phenominal acting. This series is a must see to sit thru again and again and again.

Check it out on BBC America. Or buy Season 1 whereever they sell DVDs. You’ll be hooked.