Number 878: The Farthest Man From Home
I am Kerry Burgess. This is what I think.
If this is the first blog-post by me you're reading then you are galactically uninformed.
This Is What I Think.
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Today is 07/21/2026
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
1X01 - 33
Original Airdate: January 14, 2005 (USA)
(from internet transcript)
Colonial One
Rolsin: Okay... next crisis.
Billy: Uh, list of calls.
Rolsin: Yes. But first, where's the doctor that's supposed to be onboard, what's his name?
Billy: Dr. Amarak.
Roslin: Yes... Dr. Amarak.
Billy: Well... he was on the Olympic Carrier.
Daydream
#6: God is watching out for you, Gaius.
Baltar: The universe is a vast and complex system; coincidental, serendipitous events are bound to occur. Indeed, they're to be expected. They're part of the pattern, part of the plan.
#6: Dr. Amarak posed a threat to you. Now he's gone. Logic says there's a connection.
Baltar: A connection, maybe, but not God. There is no God, or gods, singular or plural. There are no large, invisible men -or women, for that matter- in the sky, taking a personal interest in the fortunes of Gaius Baltar.
#6: Be careful: that which God gives he can also take away.
Stargate SG-1 (tv series)
"CAMELOT"
Season 9 episode 20
ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 03.10.06
(from internet transcript)
ODYSSEY - BRIDGE.
MARKS: Sir, we're receiving a message from one of the Ori ships -- text only.
EMERSON: What does it say?
MARKS: "And those who are prideful and refuse to bow down shall be laid low and made onto dust."
They gaze out of the window, the tension palpable.
KOROLEV - BRIDGE.
CHEKOV: Is that all it says?
MITCHELL: Yeah, that's it.
DANIEL: Open a channel.
DANIEL: (into radio) "Then did Tileus say to the people of the low plains: 'seek not wickedness amongst your neighbors lest it find purchase in your own house.'
The Stand - complete edition, by Stephen King
excerpt, Chapter 29
Stuart Redman was waiting for Elder. He had been waiting for three days—and this evening Elder did not disappoint him.
At just past noon on the twenty-fourth, Elder and two male nurses had come and taken away the television. The nurses had removed it while Elder stood by, holding his revolver (neatly wrapped in a Baggie) on Stu. But by then Stu hadn’t wanted or needed the TV - it was just putting out a lot of confused shit anyway. All he had to do was stand at his barred window and look out at the town on the river below. Like the man on the record said, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.”
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 11:53 PM Pacific-timezone USA Tuesday 07/21/2026
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