Change - For Better or Worse? - Part One

Walking by Roger Video the other day, and was stop dead by the sign in the window. It said "Closing - up to 75% off"!!!!!!!

My first reaction was "sadness", not so much this location is closing, but it seems like another thing that I grew up with is disappearing. Cassette tapes, vinyl records, Playboy magazine, and soon my beloved corner video store would be a thing of the past.

The day I give up on life would be the day they stop printing books, because the feel of a book in my hands is like hugging my friend. Where reading from a machine makes me feels like I am talking to a blowup doll.

I looked at the sign, had a moment of silence, and my second reaction kicked in. A sale!! 75% off!! I was in the store faster than you can say Mississippi!! Once in the door, I asked the beautiful clerk "what happened?". Apparently Netfick bought Roger Video and some locations are closing down. I guess downloading is in and DVDs are out, dam it!!

I guess things change, and things move forward, and life goes on, but is it for the better?

After I read a book, I can close my eyes and remember it's cover, the feel of the book in my hands, the smell of the pages, and most of all, that one book is mine, all mine!!

What do I get from a Kindle?? Well, when I close my eyes, I can remember a picture on a flat screen, the feel of plastic and metal, the smell of plastic and metal, and most of all, I don't own a book, I just have a copy of a book in my hard drive.

In our throw away society, I don't even have to throw away the book, I just need to press a button and it will be deleted. I care and I love my books, but why would I care about 38KB on my Kindle??

Here ends Part One, and I hope you enjoyed the pictures of my beloved library, 1500 books and counting!!!

Stargate Universe "Visitation" - Part Three

Hey, I am back!!! I haven't written for a long time, so let's just say I was on vacation, o.k.??? I also was very upset with the axing of SGU, so no joke, I didn't really wanted to write, sorry. Now I am ready to continue my story, so let's go, BAGllelujah!!

It was in this deleted infirmary scene, on August, 12th, 2010, lying down in the infirmary, when Will (the director) introduced Mr. Joe Mallozzi to me. Joe then told me, B.A.G. had lots of fans and asked if he can interview me for his Blog. I was speechless, but was able to find my voice to say "O.K.!!".

After Joe left, I asked Will why I was being killed off.

Will answered "Bill, this is SF, we can bring you back anytime we want, and we will never show you dead on film, just some blankets over some bodies".

For the rest of the day, my hope was up for a miracle come back, I was on cloud nine, surprised and kind of stunned!!

The 21st of August was coming up fast, so on the 16th I reminded Will that I was going to be out of town on the 21st.

Will replied "Don't worry about it, we will just get you a body double, and put a blanket over him all the time."

Where did B.A.G. go on the 21st? That is the question!!! It is also another reason why B.A.G. couldn't be dead on the planet, because he was not even there, ha!! Ha!! The body double froze to death, not B.A.G.!!

Here is the kicker, B.A.G. was in Vegas at the time!! Ha!! Ha!!

My mom and dad were having their 50th Wedding Anniversary on the 22nd, and they invited the whole Butt clan to Vegas for four days. We stayed at the Bellagio, ate like pigs, shopped till we dropped, and partied like there was no tomorrow.

Wouldn't it be funny to show a split screen of the "Faith" crew freezing on one side, and on the other, B.A.G. is partying it up with strippers, eating at the buffet, and dancing the night away? Ha!! Ha!! I think that would be hilarious!! That sure explain why B.A.G. couldn't be dead, BAGllelujah!!!

                            
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