Battlestar Galactica and the Final Five

As some of you may know and others may not, I am a big follower of science fiction both in television and movies. One of my favorite television shows is the new version of Battlestar Galactica which is in its final season.

For any of you who have followed this sci-fi tv series and know that certain characters are being revealed as four of the cylons. Do you believe possibly that this is an attempt to fool viewers into believing that these characters are part of the final five? If this is the case then the true final five cylons will be revealed closer to the end of the series. Are there any other Battlestar Galactica fans out there that conjecture that this may be a possibility?

Irony

As I was turning into the entrance of the 33rd and Cornhusker U Stop Today I saw a gentleman in casual attire standing by the entrance smoking a cigarette. I pulled up to the gas pump and saw him walk over to a van that read Your Respiratory Specialists as the byline underneath the company name.

It struck me as ironic that someone working for a company that touted itself as being respiratory specialists would smoke. I don't know if this could be considered hypocritical but definitely this employee may one day need the company's services.

Nebraska Child Support System Injustice

I have a close friend whom in this post I will refer to only as L in order to protect his identity. L is in his late twenties. He has had a series of unfortunate incidences over the last few years. These have all affected his ability to pay child support in a timely manner.

Now I am not against child support and I do believe that some people deliberately try to get out of paying it. But does an accident and an illness qualify as a deliberate attempt to get out of paying child support? In my opinion it does not!!! Indeed the judge in this case is way out of line in not taking these things into consideration when putting L on what is know as the purge plan. The purge plan is a program for people who have fallen behind in their child support. L was without work for several months because he was assaulted by a stranger at a party and lost the sight in his right eye. Because of this he lost his job as a drywaller and framer and was unable to pay child support for several months. Because he got behind he was put on the purge plan. The purge plan raised the amount he had to pay from $365 a month to $415. This, mind you is for one child.

Several years before this, after the birth of his daughter L developed a type of cancer that affects about one in every few hundred young males. He had to go through about three months of painful chemotherapy. His wife divorced him.

Skip ahead to this year. The cancer returned, surgery was performed even though there is no way to pay the close to $10,000 in medical bills. L lost his job despite doctors notes about the appointment. He has found a new job immediately but just like the old one the $415 in child support is almost half of his monthly income leaving the other half for rent and utilities only, not including food and other monthly expenses such as the testosterone he must take every two weeks, plus special prescription eye drops for his damaged eye.

If he misses one month of the purge plan he goes to jail for three months. Personally I think he should try for disability again. If there are any lawyers out here in Nebraska that would handle this case inexpensively so that L could get this $415 reduced to at least half I would appreciate you contacting me through posting on this blog.

L did not ask for the misfortune of the accident or the illness and it does affect his ability to make money as he is sick several times per month.

Has anyone else reading this had a similar situation occur?