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The Fun Tax


2008
05.28


The Fun Tax:  $64.42

When I bought my car, folks kept asking me if the price of gas somehow diluted the fun of owning it. What many of them didn’t realize is that when I did my budget for it back in 2001, I realized that unless gas hit $8/gallon, I’d be able to happily flog the crap out of my car. 110,000 miles later, I’ve probably burnt through about 5,700 gallons of gas (assuming I’m getting 19 mpg — though I find I vary from 16 mpg to 22 mpg when commuting) over the past six (almost seven!) years I’ve owned my favorite toy. :-)

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Proof that the Cylons are truly evil?


2008
05.28


Cylons are running Windows XP

This video clip alleges that the Cylons are running Windows XP. Of course, I think the Cylon “civil war” can be explained by the fact that some of them resisting the fact that Vista is still not quite ready for prime time:-)

Other BSG spoilers from “Onionmodo”:

BSG Spoiler List
• Lightsabers will debut this season.
• Cylons build a fully armed and operational battle station. From a distance, it looks like a moon.
• A Colonial Raptor lands in a new planet and one of Galactica’s pilots gets attacked by some kind of bug that attaches to his face.
• Galactica flight deck crew install a new weapon in a Viper apparently called “Death Blossom.”
• Galactica has a problem with its heating system, but another Colonial Raptor lands in a forest planet to discover a large population of small, bear-like creatures living on trees. They kill them all and make nice coats for everyone in the ship. Colonist rejoice. Viewers too.
• In the final episode, we discover that President Roslin is really a lizzard with fake skin (that was a given, quite frankly.)
• Galactica then arrives to Earth, only to discover a world full of monkeys. They also kill them all.
• In the final scene, Starbuck and Apollo discover the hand and the head of big woman statue, made out of copper, coming out of a beach’s sand. They don’t know what the frack that means, but finally make love next to it.
• Starbuck discovers she’s Apollo’s sister.