The bit about the atomic weight of Boron cracked me up, as did Jack's abuse of his cell-phone.

t massive geek nitpicks Crossword geek that I am, it bugged me that the clues for the Cryptic Crossword (which was in big letters at the top of the puzzle) were straightforward rather than, you know, cryptic. For those of you who don't do them, the clues in a cryptic crossword are little puzzles in themselves, oftentimes having the answer included in the clue as an anagram, or backwards, or somesuch. Plus they got the chemistry wrong, because the atomic weight of boron is actually tenpointeightone. An actual cryptic clue for that answer would've been something more like "Wrote up the atomic number of neon on the net." The atomic number of neon is ten, and you get it by writing "net" up (backwards).

Okay. Stopping now... t /massive geek nitpicks

Even though it wasn't cryptic, I did love the clue "Up, down, charmed, ___." "Strange" *is* the name of the fourth kind of quark, although I'm really sort of surprised that Daniel (as opposed to Sam) would know that.

Well, at least Jack didn't know it. *g*

although I'm really sort of surprised that Daniel (as opposed to Sam) would know that.

I knew it. Well, actually I tend to get confused and wouldn't necessarily know it in order, but... anyway, he's TV!smart, remember? And it made for a great throwaway joke.

Of course they're not bowing to your threats, Kinsey, you've never shown that you have anything to back them up! He makes dire pronouncements, but since nothing all that bad has happened, people are understandably uncowed. I sort of want to take him aside -- "Look, Bob, the problem is that your threats are non-specific." The President certainly seemed to think there was something a lot more sinister behind Kinsey than just international financial interests.

I hope it doesn't just turn out to be undercover Goa'uld. Although I can't imagine who else would have the desire to fuck things up the way he keeps trying to.

I sort of want to take him aside -- "Look, Bob, the problem is that your threats are non-specific."

Hee. "I've got some specific suggestions, actually. Why don't you and I make a date, we'll sit down, come up with some sample threat scripts for you to run, we'll do some role playing. What do you say?"

I hope it doesn't just turn out to be undercover Goa'uld. Although I can't imagine who else would have the desire to fuck things up the way he keeps trying to.

Yeah. I keep thinking the same thing, yet Kinsey seems too incompetent for this to be true,

My snail-like pace through season 1 Farscape (I can only say that once I get to about 1/3 of the way through 2, I have no new episodes to see, other than random episodes in 2-4), I just watched A Human Reaction. Must have been one HELL of a mind fuck if you didn't know what was coming (sadly, I've seen Kent McCord too many times on the 'Scape to think it was REALLY John's dad). Certainly makes John's initial reaction in Won't Get Fooled Again a lot more coherent.

Also watched the extra Gigi interview and she is so adorable. I mean, Chiana is pretty cute too, but Gigi is just so friggin' cute it's unbelievable. I think Anthony Simcoe may actually be closer to D'Argo than Gigi is to Chiana, which is pretty funny.

Anthony Simcoe is insane in all the best ways. Also deeply deeply funny. Gigi is adorable. Cute as hell.

I hope it doesn't just turn out to be undercover Goa'uld. Although I can't imagine who else would have the desire to fuck things up the way he keeps trying to.

Would that make more Goa'uld found on earth than stargates? Really, your right, I think Kinsey should be an entirely human antagonist with human everything (motivation, resources, etc.).

I like what they're doing with transitioning the story-line to include people new to the fact of the stargates existence. New people get introduced to it all the time but now they're major characters who have influence over how it's used.

I'm watching Disclosure right now, and Kinsey seems like a greedy petty man. Not blathering insane yet, like he is in the current episodes. Hmm. I dislike believing in people that nuts, even though I know they exist IRL.

Would that make more Goa'uld found on earth than stargates?

I can think of two (Seth and Osiris). Any more?

Any more?

Just Osiris' already dead when discovered mate (forgetting name), but they're pretty much a package deal, I guess.

I watched Wormhole X-treme in its entirity last night. Much hilarity. (I love the scene of SG-1 reacting to their viewing of the video tape of the show.) Also, there's a video diary by Chris Judge as an extra on the DVD. It's about the Warriors ep (the one with Imhotep), and they spend a lot of it talking about the use of capoeira (sp?) as the martial art they decided to use for the Jaffa training going on in the ep (well, not called that on the the show, of course). I was glad to be able to connect capoeira, which comes up in discussions in various places here sometimes, with a visual. One of the cooler extras I've seen on these DVDs, actually.