Slashdot | Ridley Scott Directing Alien Prequel

After three decades of speculation, original Alien director Ridley Scott has signed on to the new Fox sequel. ‘Nothing is known about the set-up of the new movie, except that chronologically it precedes the plight of the Nostromo. Since it’s obviously going to involve the human race [...] Writer Jon Spaihts successfully pitched to Fox and Scott Free Productions, and is working on the script.’

It’s Ridley Scott, who directed the original Alien movie, so there’s hope that it might not suck…  And the story will probably make sense, as the original movie strongly implied that somebody knew what was on LV-426 before the Nostromo was sent there.

It’s System Administrator Appreciation Day…

…seems to me I should have the day off today.  Or, at the very least, someone should have sent me a card.  Ingrates.

It’s Friday again, and I’m thrilled.  Just have to make it through 8 hours of work and then I’m free.  I’m not schedule to work anywhere this weekend…  And I shouldn’t have to work late today…  So things are looking good at the moment.  We’ll see what the day brings.

Unfortunately, a weekend just hasn’t been enough downtime for me to recover lately.

Over the last month or so I’ve had several trips out to the Utica/Syracuse/Ithaca region…  I’ve had to work through a weekend…  I’ve put in several long days…  And even the regular 8-5 days have been insanely busy…

I’m waking up in the morning feeling just as tired and worn-down as when I went to bed.  And I barefly felt at all refreshed on Monday.

I’ve got some vacation time coming up in a couple weeks, and I can’t wait.

New Aliens vs. Predator game coming out in 2010 from Sega.

Last night, on the Rachel Maddow show, she was talking about some new anti-healthcare reform advertising.

The newest commercial has a couple sitting at a table, complaining that the government is refusing his surgery while approving money to Planned Parenthood for abortions.  The implication, of course, is that healthcare reform will lead to some kind of Liberal Armageddon with free abortions for everyone while our god-fearing citizens are left to die.

There’s a couple problems with that…

First of all, people are refused medical treatment right now.  We don’t need some theoretical Liberal Armageddon to see people die because they couldn’t get the treatment they need.  It is happening today.  And it happens today because people can’t afford to pay for the treatment they need, or because their insurance company won’t approve the treatment they need.

Secondly, stuff like Planned Parenthood is frequently free or covered by insurance already.