August 7, 2013: Marked for death! Select your sandwich! News of note!

This morning, I came across this interesting article that offers up a list of 11 t.v. characters originally slated for death who were granted a reprieve by the show’s producers:

http://www.avclub.com/articles/i-can-kill-you-whenever-i-please-but-not-today-11,101147/

Some surprising names on the list including The X-Files‘ Melvin Frohike (the bespectacled member of the Lone Gunmen), Battlestar Galactica’s Karl “Helo” Agathon, Jack Shephard from Lost and, topping the list: Breaking Bad‘s Jesse Pinkman.  It makes for interesting reason as we are offered a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes creative reconsiderations, often owing to the actor’s fabulous performance and the audience response.

It reminds me of a similar situation in Stargate: Universe’s first season when we planned to kill off one of the Destiny crew in heroic self-sacrifice but, after seeing the dailies, watching the character grow and, most important of all, being mightily impressed with the actor’s performance, the character was granted an indefinite stay of execution.

Which SGU character am I talking about?  Check out the end of this blog entry for the (possibly) surprising answer.

Blog regular, Deni, sent me the following link to a countdown of the 50 Greatest Sandwiches Ever Known To Man:

These are the 50 greatest sandwiches ever known to man www.thrillist.comIn honor of National Sandwich Day, Thrillist decided to do the impossible: crown the best sandwich of all time. With a Dagwood’s…

It’s an interesting list offering a wide variety for every taste, from the simple Egg Salad Sandwich (a Martin Gero favorite during our days on Stargate) to the roast beefy French Dip (Exec. Producer Brad Wright’s go-to sandwich) to the Porchetta (which tops my list).  Go check out the various offerings and let us know your fave!

My take on the humble grilled cheese sandwich:

A little presumptuous – and a lot stupid:  The 6 Most Ridiculous Things People Claimed to Legally Own

The Ramen Burger is the new cronut  Maybe, but I’d still prefer a cronut.

A kickstarter project sake-loving-yours-truly can get behind: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1802764272/the-birth-of-sake

And, oh yeah, that Stargate: Universe character who survived almost certain death?

None other than Dale Volker, played by Patrick Gilmore, who we decided was just to good a character to kill off at the time…