This is no less than my 3rd entry about going to the grocery store. Before you conclude that I have an exceptionally dull life, be aware that the grocery store always puts me in a contemplative mood.

Tonight they had someone playing classical music on the grand piano they have on the overhanging balcony. It was really quite nice. It gave the store an other-worldly air and made feel like an aristocrat.

Twenty paces into the store I spotted an attractive woman in a red dress and my first reaction was “oh frak, cylons!” Yeah, I have Battlestar Galactica on the brain.

I haven’t got evidence for this, but I am developing a theory that the spice rack at Superstore is hidden in some sort of alternate dimension. I’ve seen the spice rack before. I’ve bought spices before. I have absolutely no concept of where it is in the store. Every time I go in I keep an eye out for it, but when I am casually watching for it while buying other groceries, I never see it. The few times I have located it it was by walking around the store in a kind of trance concentrating really hard on the notion of spices. With my mind open to the whispering powers of the universe and my feet left to go where they will, I would eventually find myself standing before the elusive shelf. I’d pick out a fresh bottle of cumin, and then walk way. If I glanced over my shoulder, the spice rack would be gone again. Walking on, my mind would fog, and by the time I’d reach familiar aisles I’d have only the haziest notion of where I had just come from.

I watched a goofy parody of Star Trek and Babylon 5 today: Star Wreck. You can download it from the official site, and as it was on slashdot earlier, today is definitely a good day to fire up the bittorrrent. The movie is in Finish, but you can get it with English subtitles. Parts are dull and the space battles drag a bit, but there is some genuine laugh-out-loud comedy. My favorite character was Mr. Dwarf, the Plingon Warrior.

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