Stats about DB's Hometown

Current weather forecast for Greenwood, MS

Population (year 2000): 18,425, Est. population in July 2004: 17,439 (-5.4% change)
Males: 8,423 (45.7%), Females: 10,002 (54.3%)
Land area: 9.2 square miles
Zip codes: 38930.
Median resident age: 31.7 years Median household income: $21,867 (year 2000)Median house value: $64,100 (year 2000)
New: Greenwood, MS residents, houses, and apartments details
Races in Greenwood:
Black (65.4%)
White Non-Hispanic (32.6%)
Hispanic (1.0%)
Ancestries: United States (5.8%), English (4.1%), Irish (3.3%), German (2.1%), Scotch-Irish (1.9%), Italian (1.0%).

For population 25 years and over in Greenwood
High school or higher: 65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 5.8%
Unemployed: 11.5%
Mean travel time to work: 14.2 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Greenwood city
Never married: 39.2%
Now married: 36.7%
Separated: 5.5%
Widowed: 9.4%
Divorced: 9.2%
0.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -732 (-3.8%).

Sat. photos of DB's Hometown / Farm

My bro' showed me the satellite photos of our town and the farmland that we own outside of town. Pretty cool, huh?

Upcoming Smallville Episodes

Smallville airs on Thursdays at 8 p.m. EST.

Episode 5.10: Fanatic Airdate: January 12, 2006

Episode 5.11: Lockdown (fka "Closer") Airdate: January 19, 2006

Episode 5.12: Reckoning (100th episode) Airdate: January 26, 2006

Episode 5.13: Vengeance Airdate: February 2, 2006

Episode 5.14: Tomb Airdate: February 9, 2006

Episode 5.15: Cyborg Airdate: February 16, 2006

Lost (new episodes and spoilers)

WARNING: Contains Spoilers ... from http://www.spoilerfix.com/lost.php


Lost airs on ABC on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. EST. (Highlight to reveal text)

Special Recap: Lost: Revelations Airdate: January 11, 2006 at 8 p.m.

12/21 - Discover the complete story of the grueling first 48 days on the island for the fuselage survivors and tailies after the crash of Oceanic flight 815. Since the beginning, "Lost" has mystified and intrigued viewers with its interesting characters and unique style of storytelling. Season One dealt with the fuselage survivors, the hatch and a failed attempt to get off the island. Season Two continues these stories and also introduces viewers to the survivors of the tail section. "Lost: Revelation" puts these two seasons together in a linear fashion that provides an illuminating view on one compelling story. See the sequence of the aftermath of the failed raft attempt, the opening of the hatch, how the tail section and fuselage survivors lived separately and the unwitting intersections of their lives, and how both groups ultimately collided in one catastrophic moment. "Lost: Revelation" offers new and avid viewers a fresh perspective, comprehensive and enlightening, in one of television's most intriguing series. Source: ABC

Episode 2.10: The 23rd Psalm Airdate: January 11, 2006

12/21 - Master Sgt. Crystal L. Anderson was an extra in a filming of LOST in Hawaii. She played a member of a church congregation. The scene was designed to depict the mental flashback of a character in the show named Mr. Eko, played by veteran actor Adewale Akinnuowy-Agbaje. Per an interview with a local army newspaper, she says Mr. Eko is "king of the warlords" in Nigeria. He enters the church with other warlords and asks his brother, a minister in the church, to ordain him as a minister. Everyone is frightened, knowing Mr. Eko's reputation, and the church is cleared, so only two warlords, Mr. Eko and his brother, are left. Source: The Transmission

12/21 - Guest starring are Adetokumboh McCormack as Yemi, Ronald Revels as Goldie, Pierre Olivier as Olu, Kolawolfe Obileye, Jr. as young Eko, Cynthia Charles as Nigerian woman, John Bryan as thug captain, Ellis St. Rose as priest, Moumen El Hajji as tough Moroccan, Lawrence Jones as lead soldier, Olekan Obileye as young Yemi and Achraf Marzouki as Moroccan no. 2. Source: ABC

12/15 - Mr. Eko interrogates Charlie about the Virgin Mary statue, Claire begins to lose faith in Charlie when she discovers his secret, and Jack is an interested observer when Kate gives the recovering Sawyer a much-needed haircut. Source: ABC

11/29 - Mr. Eko's upcoming flashback episode, titled "The 23rd Psalm," will shed more light on why the character took a 40-day vow of silence on the island. And producers promise more info on that stick. "It has its own flashback," [Damon] Lindelof quips. Source: TV Guide

11/28 - Eko-centric. Source: SecretAgentMan at TWoP

Episode 2.11: The Hunting Party Airdate: January 18, 2006

12/19 - Jack, Locke and Sawyer pursue a determined Michael after he heads into the jungle toward the dreaded "Others" in search of Walt. Meanwhile, Sun has a surprising reaction to Jin's desire to join the search party, and Hurley and Charlie commiserate over the age-old conundrum of "what women want." Monica Dean, Ronald Guttman and John Terry guest star amongst others. Source: ABC

12/01 - Damon Lindelof revealed that John Terry will be in this episode. Source: Ain't It Cool News

11/23 - Jack-centric. Julie Bowen will guest star. Source: Ain't It Cool News

11/10 - This episode features two guest stars, a wealthy middle aged Italian man and a gorgeous Italian woman who may possibly recur. Source: SecretAgentMan at TWoP

Episode 2.12: Fire + Water Airdate: Winter 2006

12/01 - Flashbacks will feature 8-year-old Charlie and 12-year-old Liam. Source: SpoilerFix.com
11/26 - Charlie-centric episode that will feature his parents as well as his brother. We learn that Mr. Pace is a butcher. The episode will also feature Karen, the wife of a rock star (Liam?) and a British director. Source: My Entertainment World

Male bonding with da nephew

Delta Boy ("Di Bok", Cantonese for Big Uncle) with his cute nephew.

Must See TV List

I guess one advantage to not having a real social life is that I have alot of time for television. As you may have already gleamed from my blog site, Delta Boy is a big fan of "Battlestar Galactica", "Lost", and "Smallville". DB also has on his DVD recorder and HD DVR set for "Gray's Anatomy", "24", "Veronica Mars", and "Surface".

What's on your "Must See TV" list?

BSG Season 2.0 released

Battlestar Galactica Season 2.0 (1st half of 20 episodes) was released this Tuesday. I saw a copy of the DVD set last night at the Super Walmart store for $38 (I'll wait for the complete season 2 to be released).

The special extended episode for the midseason cliff-hanger, "Pegasus" was not included on this release but will be on the full season release. Stay Tune BSG Fans!!

BSG Season 2 - January 2006 schedule / Spoiler Alert

The New Battlestar Galactica season 2 2nd half is about to begin again. Scifi Network has announced January's episodes:

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA NEWSSCI FI reveals January schedule.

MONDAY - DECEMBER 12, 2005

Battlestar Galactica will return with brand new episodes next month -- but not before two chances to get caught up with Season Two marathons.SCI FI will air an 8-hour marathon on Tuesday, December 20 starting at 8 a.m. Eastern/Pacific, skipping the first two episodes of the season. A second (9-hour) marathon follows on Thursday, January 5 starting at 8 a.m., omitting just the episode "Final Cut."The network will also premiere a new behind-the-scenes special on Monday, January 2 at 10 p.m. Eastern/Pacific.

New episodes kick off Friday, January 6:

JANUARY 6 - "Resurrection Ship, Part 1"
JANUARY 13 - "Resurrection Ship, Part 2"
JANUARY 20 - "Epiphanies"
JANUARY 27 - "Black Market"

SG-1 will stay in its 8 p.m. time slot, followed by Atlantis at 9 p.m. and Galactica at 10.


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BSG S2: New Details Emerge For Episodes 11 - 20Loglines, synopses, rumors, etc...

December 1st 2005 05:03pm Posted by: Robert Falconer HNR Senior Editor

Lots of information has begun to surface on the web concerning the back half of Battlestar Galactica's second season. Below is an assemblage of information containing everything we've learned up to this point, including official announcements from SCI FI Channel, tips, speculation, rumors...and the ever-popular Internet prognostications.

Be advised: the below information contains SIGNIFICANT SPOILERS!

What's (reasonably) confirmed:

"Resurrection Ship, Parts 1 & 2" (January 6/January 13)
Logline: A military power struggle threatens to escalate into all-out war as the battlestars Galactica and Pegasus attempt to join forces and engage in an all out battle to destroy a critical Cylon target: a “Resurrection” ship.
Synopsis: The standoff between Galactica and Pegasus is averted in this two part opener to the second season's back half, as Kara arrives with recon photos of the Cylon "Resurrection" ship. The two commanders call an uneasy truce in order to attack their common enemy: the Cylons. However, Adama learns that Cain (Michelle Forbes) abandoned her civilian fleet long ago which furthers his distrust of her. When Roslin learns of this, she worries that the same will happen to her fleet once the Cylons are dealt with. Cain promotes Kara to CAG. Tyrol and Helo are rescued, apparently by Apollo. Ultimately, Adama gains the field rank of admiral, commanding both battlestars. (It's been widely reported that Cain doesn't survive this episode and is killed by a Cylon operative - a copy of Six - named Gina.)

"Epiphanies" (January 20)
Logline: As President Roslin (Mary McDonnell) lies on her deathbed, she flashes back to her life on Caprica and her complicated relationship with President Adar (Colm Feore). Meanwhile, a dangerous group of Cylon sympathizers destroy the tylium refinery and demand peace with the Cylons.Unconfirmed Details: A member of the peace movement who is seeking to end the flight from the Cylons and who proposes peace arrives on Galactica and quickly ends up in the brig. President Roslin is now very ill due to the progression of her cancer, and Billy and Vice President Baltar are thus preparing to succeed her. One of the peace movement's suicide bombers heavily damages the tylium refiner's FTL engines. Meanwhile, on Cloud Nine, Baltar meets an "old friend," and later saves Roslin's life (or at least prolongs it) by using some procedure that involves Caprica Boomer's unborn child (unconfirmed rumors indicate it may involve the use of stem cells). Roslin then visits the brig and comes to an agreement with the representative of the peace movement. Moreover, Baltar's procedure has apparently prolonged the life of both Sharon and her unborn baby. Gina, another version of Number Six, is allegedly a member of this peace movement. Baltar covertly allies himself with this movement by providing them with a bomb.

"Black Market" (January 27)
Logline: President Roslin's (Mary McDonnell) quest to end rampant black market trading sparks violence and an investigation that reaches deep into military, civilian and government circles.Unconfirmed Details: Lee investigates the murder of Fisk and becomes entangled with a criminal group who specialize in providing rare and difficult to obtain supplies. He has also formed a relationship with a woman of "questionable repute" who is looking after a girl who might be Lee's daughter from a previous relationship on Caprica. When the criminals grab the girl, his attempts to rescue her and take the woman to safety on Galactica are thwarted, because it turns out that she is working with the criminal syndicate. He discovers that she has set him up to gain valuable information. The episode contains flashbacks to Lee's former life on Caprica and the broken relationship which may have produced a daughter, as well as flashbacks that build the current relationship he was having with the woman in the fleet. [Richard Hatch guest stars as Tom Zarek.]


What's rumored:

"Scar"Episode revolving around a Cylon Raider - allegedly marked by a gash of some kind. Kara and Kat must hunt "it" down once it begins to pick off pilots. Kara must also deal with her own ego as Kat begins to emerge as a superior pilot.

"Sacrifice" Lee, Ellen Tigh, Billy and Dualla are taken hostage while on shore leave to Cloud Nine as the hostage-takers demand Sharon be turned over to them so they can take revenge upon a "Cylon." Lee is accidently shot in the shoulder by Kara during a botched rescue attempt. Dee cares for him, prompting Billy to become uncomfortable. The dead Sharon is used to try and fool the hostage-takers, who eventually realize that they've been duped. A struggle ensues and Billy is shot, his fate unknown...possibly - and we stress POSSIBLY - clearing the way for Lee and Dee to explore a relationship. [Dana Delany (China Beach) guest stars as Sesha, one of the terrorists.]

"The Captain's Hand"With Commander Barry Trammell now in charge of the Pegasus, Lee has been promoted to Major - apparently serving as Commander Trammell's XO - and Kara is now a Captain, responsible for training the Pegasus' Viper pilots. In the episode, there is a missing Raptor and tension mounts between Trammell, Lee and Kara over Trammell's command style and attitude. Though Lee initially backs Trammell in a dispute concerning Kara, Trammel later becomes aggravated when Lee suggests the Commander contact Adama for assistance in locating the missing Raptor.

"Downloaded"It's speculated that this episode may show what has happened to Galactica Boomer upon her "rebirth" in the Cylon fleet after being killed by Cally. [Lucy Lawless appears as D'Anna Biers.]

"Lay Down Your Burdens, Parts 1 & 2"Two-part season finale. The Cylon Leoben (Callum Keith Rennie) arrives holding an olive branch: He proposes peace between the Cylons and the Colonial Fleet...if - and only if - the Colonials agree to relinquish worship of their "false" gods and accept Cylon missionaries that teach faith in the one "true" god. But there's a second more insidious Cylon demand: The humans must also sacrifice a quota of their population yearly so that the Cylons can continue their breeding experiments. Popular sentiment in the fleet appears to indicate support for the Cylon peace offer, prompting Roslin to call a referendum, and then later ally herself with Zarek to defeat it. It's rumored that Dean Stockwell guest stars in this episode. [Richard Hatch guest stars as Tom Zarek.]Source: HNR

24hr Walmart Super Center

Mega-Retailer Walmart have theses giant 24hr stores in various places. One is scheduled to open in my home town in six months. They have everything from Asian pears to Cell phone providers. After dinner last night, my brothers and I went to the closest one about 30 miles away to shop for household and last minute Christmas gifts. We finished shopping about 1am this morning. On the way up to Walmart, we ran over a bunny (bump bump, "roadkill"). On the way back we saw six whitetail deers by the road. Yup, typical road trip in the country side. I think it was sort of similar to seeing a possum on Garfield in Monterey Park ; D

Yawn ... up too early this morning.

Flying back to Mississippi

Delta Boy is back home in da Delta. Burrrrrrr is it cold (35 degree). Well my travel day ordeal is over. Due to last minute packing and taking care of household business, DB went to bed at 12:30 and got up at 2:30 for the 4:00am shuttle. The Shuttle to LAX was on time and there were only two more stops before I got to LAX. However, it was hell waiting in line to get my boarding pass at LAX. Those America West people need to get their act together. Even the TSA folks were complaining about the disorganization. The holiday rush thru airline security was hell too! My LA to Phoenix leg was delayed but atleast I was able to make my connecting fly to Memphis. It was wonderful to have really nice folks seated next to me on both flights. Otherwise, it was catnapping thru both flights.

My little bro' met me at Memphis airport and we had a late lunch at the Cracker Barrel Country Store / Restaurant at the Mississippi / Tennessee border. We both had the samplier platter with chicken n' dumplings, sugar cured ham, and meatloaf. I had turnip greens, sweet carrots, and fried okra for my sides!

We finally got back into Greenwood at 5:30 pm (3:30pm Pacific Time). Home again!!

Gross experience of the day!

My coworker R. brought in essentially Christmas dinner in a bottle. Each of these "sodas" had a flavor of a holiday dinner item. Check out the photos (and the fake vomit that she provided). The Brussel Sprout drink was the Nastiest, ugh!

Happy Holidays!

DB

Christmas Luncheon at work pt 2

more photos from lunch today! DB won a convertible backpack/duffle bag in the raffle. And Yes, the "Barrel-man" was given away!

Christmas luncheon at work pt 1

Our managers at work treated all of us to a yummy BBQ luncheon from Johnny Rebs. There raffle prizes and a white elephant gift exchange.

Sm Grp White Elephant Gift Exchange pt 3

DB ended up with the world famous Filpino "Barrel-Man" ... guess what's going into my work White Elephant gift exchange at lunch today?! To keep the blog "PG", I had to cover up Mister Barrel-Man".

Sm Grp White Elephant pt 2

From last night's bible study Christmas potluck / White Elephant gift exchange.

Sm Grp White Elephant Gift exchange pt 1

Cookie Monster vs. Wolverine

Lesson of the Day

NEVER run into a TARGET Store wearing a red shirt! Let me know if you don't know why?!

Secret Santa Gift Exchange (work)

My dept had our brunch and gift exchange this morning. Our administrator used a complicated double blind system, where we drew names of famous celebs (based on our coworkers) and got them gifts ... can you guess which one of these (in the photo) was I?

Lunch at Ten Ten Sea Food (Artesia)

Our former manager invited our department out for lunch at one of the local Chinese places where they also serve dim sum. Tomorrow, we have a department gift exchange and brunch and on Friday a catered luncheon from Johnny Rebs (a Southern BBQ place in Bellflower) and a white elephant gift exchange. Got another White Elephant gift exchange at my house on Thursday for my bible study's potluck and finally a R & T's wedding at the Summit House on Saturday (Hawaiian attire and Prime Rib)!!

It's gonna be busy and I still have to pack for home and finish up all my year end work!!

Holiday crunch time

Photo of Marina del Rey from an LAX takeoff and the snowy airfield in Memphis, TN where I'll be flying into next week (memories from last year).

Ugh, too many things to do (and to keep track of) and so little time to do stuff. At least I got my SuperShuttle reservation in for LAX for next week. I think I'll be packing dimsum and Christmas gifts back to da South. Don't think I'm writing any cards this year nor buying very many gifts (but you guys know I love ya, right?).

My Company is shutting down for the one week between Christmas and New Years plus I'm adding two weeks of vacation into the mix. So what are your holiday plans?

DB

Epic Church Christmas Party pt 2

more photos from last night ...