My two weeks off work is finally coming to an end, and to be honest I’ve enjoyed it so much I don’t really want to go back. However I’d soon run out of money if I just stayed at home all the time, so back to work I must go.

I’m also nearing the end of my two-week run through of Battlestar Galactica, it looks like it’ll be a good finale.

4/10 again.

Somehow even more predictable than part 2, but not quite as bad. Did anyone not guess the ending within about 15 minutes of the start of part 1?

4/10, unoriginal crap.

Subsequently downgraded to 2/10.

6/10, could do better.

Red Dwarf returns to our screens tonight almost 10 years to the day since the last episode aired, and just over 21 years since it first hit our screens. It’ll be interesting to see if it’s as good as it was in its prime. I’ll pause my Battlestar Galactica viewing for the evening so I can watch Red Dwarf, since buying the box set last Monday I’ve worked through the mini series, and all of seasons one and two, which seems as good a place as any to stop for a short while.

Sunday brings this year’s Paris-Roubaix, complete with 3.5 hours of coverage on Eurosport. Road to Roubaix and A Sunday in Hell have been watched in preparation, and 24 Solo also made an appearance as I found it while looking for the other DVDs and fancied watching it again.

After three and a bit months months, I’ve finished working my way through all 176 (or 178 depending on how you count) Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes.

I’ve started on Star Trek: Deep Space 9, although that’ll probably take a back seat as I came back from town earlier with a Battlestar Galactica box set. I’ve just finished watching the mini series, and have now on season 1.

In 2008 I bought 30 CDs, 103 DVDs, and 14 Blu-Ray discs. Quite a bit more than during the previous year, partly due to a lot of sales at Play and HMV, and partly due to watching a lot more TV series on DVD. I think I’ve watched all of The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Band of Brothers, The Lone Gunmen, Red Dwarf, MASH, Black Adder, Black Books, and The West Wing this year, and I’ve just started on The Fast Show, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

I also bought more books than I care to count, and dipped my toes into the world of graphic novels which looks like it could become an expensive habit.

Partly thanks to a dose of man-flu leaving me laid up all weekend, I’ve just finished the eleventh and final series of M*A*S*H. It’s been an enjoyable eight weeks.

Yet another in a long line of wet weekends. Friday night was spent supping ale in the local pub, and once everyone had surfaced on Saturday morning we headed off for a “Big Boy” breakfast at the local cafe. A trip into town followed breakfast where I managed to spend no money at all in HMV for a change, and fortunately got home before the rain started.

Late saturday evening I decided to take a quick shower. The shower itself was fine until I ran the bath tap to rinse the soapy water away. When I turned the tap off it seemed to forget it’s primary purpose, and the water kept running. I ended up removing the panels from the end of the bath to get at the ball valve in the pipe, whereupon I discovered that the ball valve had also forgotten what it was meant to do, and failed miserably to stop the water flowing. I ended up turning the tap off as much as possible and then shutting the door to mask the noise.

Father was duly summoned this morning where we replaced the washed in both bath taps and fitted a new valve which then proceeded to leak slightly. My “fixing” it made things worse, so another visit was required to refit the valve. It’s still seeping slightly but my “fixing” seems to be helping this time.

In between the plumbing and the rain I’ve made a start on my James Bond box set, and watched plenty of episodes of M*A*S*H which has given be a craving for a very dry Martini, mixed “five to one, five parts Gin and one moment’s silence for the Vermouth”. The Tuesday night video group is planning a “Martini and Medicine” evening as the first of a number of themed evenings.

I’m sat here looking at a copy of M*A*S*H Season 1 on DVD, and the character taking pride of place on the top of DVD 2 is B. J. Hunnicutt played by Mike Farrell.

The problem is that B.J. Hunnicutt doesn’t appear in M*A*S*H for another 3 years.