We have to admit that we've strayed from Battlestar Galactica in recent years. (Due in part to it having neither "Bad Girls" nor "Rock of Love" in the show's title.) But a few other fans are leaving the show for other reasons. Local novelist K.M. Soehnlein is not sure whether he likes Battlestar Galactica anymore after catching last week's episode, which features (SPOILER ALERT) the evil-ing and execution of the sci-fi show's only queer-ish character, Felix Gaeta. Soehnlein fumes that Gaeta "becomes the leader of a rebellion that is doomed to fail. He sends his former lover to the brig. He puts the popular president, in the midst of her own glorified love story, on the run. He is revealed at every step not to be up to the task of leadership ... They fight heroically, while the gay rebel, unable to follow through on his vision, gives up, is overtaken, and in the final minutes of the episode, is executed by firing squad." While we cannot get behind any series that purges itself of Alessandro Juliani's lovely visage, what say you, homosexual types of SF? Have you too given up on BSG? more ›

Remember how the city is supposedly facing yet more budget problems? Well, that hasn't stopped the Gavster from doing some spending. Budgets shmudgets. more ›

So in light of the recent homeless survey, the question everyone is asking is Col. Tigh? Really? And what's with "All Along the Watchtower?" Oh wait, that's "Battlestar Galactica." Where were we? Oh yeah, so the question everyone is wondering is what's with all the homeless people who came here from elsewhere? more ›

-It's official, Barry B. is now a Giant as he finally signed a contract. As for Barry's place in baseball, Monte Poole says baseball can go suck it. more ›

Sketchfest is winding down this weekend and we don't know about you, but we've had a wonderful time at these things, even if David Cross now hates us. Sunday night will be the last night and they're throwing a party to celebrate. Not only that, they're giving away a pair of tickets. more ›

Yes, tonight is the State of the Union speech which means it's a good time to do something that doesn't involve watching TV. But to help you survive tonight, here is the Official SFist Care Package. more ›

Since I can't remember half the stuff I spewed out this year (I barely know what I'm writing half the time anyways), here, instead, is a few of my favorite things. Best TV Show (drama)- "Battlestar Galactica" Why I like this show is because it thinks big-- big themes, big action, big drama, big story, big music, big everything. At times (like the episode where they finally get off New Caprica) the show feels almost movie big. But the best part of it is that it's also small in it's way. Shows like "24" or "Lost" might have interesting characters, but for the most part, the characters react to the action. That's not necessarily true on "BSG" because often the action comes because of the characters. For instance, the driving force in the Cylon's occupying New Caprica was partly because a few characters discovered what love means. Which yes, sounds kind of lame until you consider that the whole occupying thing was kind of nasty and that one character plotted the destruction of mankind, another shot Capt. Adama, and the third blew herself and her ship up with a nuclear warhead. Awesome. more ›

We'll admit to some stunted growth and immaturity on our parts. The Holidays brings that out of us. So you won't be surprised to learn that the only thing we're excited about watching tonight, (aside from a new episode of "Battlestar Galactica," of course), is the ultimate Rankin-Bass Christmas Special, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," which CBS is running at 8 p.m. (followed by the slightly less stellar "Frosty the Snowman" at 9 p.m.). more ›

Last night's "Battlestar Galactica" was....awesome. Just awesome. -YMCA plan to cut down trees for their Camp Jones Gulch camp near La Honda not going down well with people who live near there. more ›

-Arnie meets Angelides for a debate and nothing really exciting happens. We wanted to watch it, really, but we watched Friday night's "Battlestar Galactica" instead. more ›

Earlier this year, after suggestions from readers, fellow writers, friends, and strangers on the street, we finally watched "Battlestar Galactica." And were instantly hooked. We managed to watch the first two seasons in about a month, along with the second season finale, and were heartbroken when we realized we had gorged when we should have snacked, as we then had to face a six month void until the premiere of season three. more ›

We read an interesting story today on ESPN.com about how the A's are somehow winning despite being everything Moneyball is supposed to be against. You know, things like pitching and defense and situational hitting. Which basically means that somewhere out there, some Stat Head in Stat Head Land is desperately crunching numbers and running spread sheets to try and proof that God is Not Dead. more ›

Recently, the Senate voted on the Republicans biennial attempt at saving America from the horrible threat of flag burning. Goodness gracious, imagine the hullabaloo if a bunch of gay Mexicans ever decided to burn a flag. Anyways, we hoped that the bill would fail miserably and the Democratic Party would have nothing to do with it but it didn't happen. Instead it came a vote short of passing. We did happen to notice, however, that the bill was labeled as "bipartisan" as it was co-sponsored by a Democrat. And the particular Democrat who cosponsored it? Our very own Diane Feinstein. Which we knew about but totally forgot because what with the war still raging, government eavesdropping programs going unfettered, and our complete and total obsession with "Battlestar Galactica," had moved onto bigger and more important things to concern ourselves with. more ›

If the Governator's State of the State speech was one of his movies, it would be Terminator III. Why? Because, if you remember back to those halcyon days when the Governor was an actor and not a politician, Terminator III was his comeback movie. After years and years of crappy movies and Jingle All the Way, Arnie just basically said "screw it, you guys want the big, dumb action movie with me playing a cyborg, I'll give you the big, dumb action movie with me playing a cyborg." So he gave the people what they wanted. And his big State of the State speech was nothing but one big huge attempt at giving the people what they want. more ›