Tonight was a special night for all of Natedom. Momentous, even. For you see, I got to watch the first two episodes of the current Doctor Who series. I recorded it this past Friday night, and it turned out to be everything I hoped for. You see, it was this very show (in a much earlier incarnation) that first piqued my interest in science-fiction so many years ago. When I was just a lad of four or so years, we lived on a farm in southeastern Nebraska. We had three, maybe four television channels, one of which was PBS. Doctor Who, which began its run on the BBC back in 1963, was one of the shows that aired in the evenings on PBS. I remember sitting with my dad after he was done with his evening chores and watching the time-travelling Doctor (specifically, the Fourth Doctor, portrayed by Tom Baker) on his various adventures.

One of the episodes tonight was particularly entertaining. The Ninth Doctor and Rose, his companion, went 5 billion years into the future, just in time to watch the sun destroy the earth as it expanded into a red giant. There wasn't anyone living on the planet anymore, as by that point humanity had spread throughout the universe and intermingled with other species. So a bunch of wealthy aliens just gathered at a space observatory to watch the planet blow up. Of course, the Doctor also had to foil a plot by the last "human" to take hostages. That was just par for the course, I guess.

Maybe, eventually, they'll tap me to play the Doctor. David Tenant is currently playing the Tenth Doctor, as I understand, but I'd make an excellent Eleventh Doctor. Even though I'm not British, I'm sure everyone would enjoy watching me travel through time in a 1950's police booth.

For the past day or so, we've been enduring a ridiculous snowfall. My car, as you might imagine, is terrible when it comes to getting around in this stuff. This afternoon, following work, I had to have Angie bring me home in her sister's Jeep. I wasn't thrilled about leaving my car at the office overnight, but better that than getting stuck or wrecking it. I'm not enthusiastic that I'll be able to get it home tomorrow night, either, but I guess we'll see. As of 9p, we've had 13 inches of snow here in Lincoln.

(OK, right now, I have to pause to say that Blogger absolutely pisses me off. I had probably 800 more words written past this point just a few moments ago, but then it froze up and I lost everything I wrote past this point. So now I'm stuck trying to recall what I wrote. But now I'm tired and want to go to bed, so I'm not even going to try to do the whole thing.)

(You know what else pisses me off? The colour khaki. Some guys pull it off just fine, but I think I look like a damn nerd when I wear it. For my money, I much prefer black.)

Anyway, Jason is suffering the most as a result of the snow. He was supposed to get back from Vegas yesterday, but ended up stranded in Denver instead. So, today he waited and waited for another flight to Lincoln. He finally got on one and was a mere 15 minutes from home when they turned the plane around and went back to Denver. Poor guy. Hopefully he'll be able to get back tomorrow, though I doubt he'll do so before evening. He's going to be one surly dude when he finally gets home.

The weekend was a good one. On Saturday I was at Angie's most of the day as we celebrated Aubrie's long-awaited first birthday party. It was fun meeting her extended family and friends, and I got to gorge myself on barbecued pork and cheese. Two of my favorite things, you know. :

Here's a good pic of Angie and I from the party...


But more importantly, here's the Little Lady of the Hour, Miss Aubrie.


Here she is observing her present from Nate. (Yep, surprise, surprise, I bought her a book.)


What a happy little girl!


Check out Angie's blog to see her entire array of pictures from the event.

Here's some music for you to check out:

"Abyss (Original Mix)" by Dave 202
"Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine" by The Killers
"Come On Eileen" by Save Ferris
"Lothlorien" by The Taliesin Orchestra

German engineering in da house. Ja.