Wow...I'm definitely getting that! And Mike, I still have your copy of the miniseries. I've watched it a bunch of times, with pretty much anyone who will make the 3 hour committment! 

Yeah, not much of a fan of the Stargate shows...it just seems like a bunch of humans having a different adventure every week, meeting up with human-looking english speaking aliens. Seems too much like Star Trek to me.

Battlestar Galactica has several different ongoing storylines, but they all revolve around a larger ongoing storyline. Its not a show that you could just pick up an episode of, but if you watch them all, its easily one of the best shows on television. And in general its a lot more polished than any of the SciFi channel programs.

Also guys, if you could keep all the Stargate stuff to a different thread, that would be cool. 

I'm going to come right out and say it...I love this show.

Sure, the old BG had its moments, and nostalgia keeps a special place for that show in my heart, but the new Galactica really delivers a gripping story that the old one didn't really give me. Granted, I'm watching this as its own entity. I don't even think about the old BG when I watch this one. As far as I'm concerned, this story is completely new.

One of the things I like about this show is that it has a much greater sense of realism. The mock-documentary feel of the camera work, the near-soundlessness of space combat, the use of nuclear warheads rather than some exotic sci-fi weapon and the tug-of-war of fleet politics makes this show very appealing. Even my fiancee (who is not a sci-fi fan) really enjoys this show, and looks forward to it every Friday night.

Anyone else watching this?

Great job Kevin! 

It must be refreshing to see results after all the hard work. Keep in mind you probably gained muscle from exercising, so your weight may not change as much but you're still losing fat.

Where the hell did you hear this?

Well, that Palpy is going to look great being held up by EW Vader, with his face all screwy and his sith lightning flashing out, and soft goods of course. I love the Maul, and I only bought one ROTS Dooku, but I need another for the war room scene. This one will do nicely. Count (no pun intended) me in for this set! 

You know what I haven't had in a long time? Big League Chew.

****! I'm sorry to hear about all the troubles you've been having, CHEWIE.

I don't have any advice on the theft stuff, but as far as the insomnia goes, I've had a little experience with that. As someone who's had a few anxiety attacks (you mentioned anxiety, but your case might be different), I can tell you that falling asleep can be difficult. One of the reasons that you'll have trouble is that falling asleep involves losing control, and if you have high anxiety, you're fighting the loss of control.

What I did was to visualize an object. Concentrating very hard on something took my mind off the anxiety as well as whatever else was swimming around in my head. Then, very slowly, imagine the object receding into the distance and visualize nothing around it...just darkness. Its almost as if you're slowly backing up away from it. The better you can visualize something, the better this is. Doing that, I was able to fall into a very restful sleep. Its similar to meditation, and it worked great for me.

Also, alcohol won't help you sleep, because as your body breaks it down, you actually become more awake.

Hope that helps!