"It's very cosmopolitan. You never know Who you'll meet next."

All the time, every day, new connections surface. New contexts and interactions arise.

I grew up watching BBC's Doctor Who on PBS. If I've understood 530nm330hz correctly, the British program The Prisoner was a similarly common PBS staple similar cult favorite, though it wasn't one I ever ran across.

Doctor Who has been resurrected and is now on the 10th incarnation (actor-version) of The Doctor over in Britain. The SciFi Network is airing the previous season, Doctor #9, in the US currently. I think they picked it up because of the surprising success of the recent reversioning of Battlestar Galactica.

The actor who played Doctor #9, Christopher Eccleston, was rumored to have been tapped for a reversioning of The Prisoner. It currently seems he won't or at least may not be in the role, but the connection is how I learned that there is to be a new series. I hereby pass that news along to anyone who is interested but didn't already know.

And all these connections have left me dizzy.

Philly Follies

Ah, interleague play. BOS at PHI. You haven't lived until you've seen four American League outfielders wandering around left center field in a National League park, trying to sort out whether they had actually done that NL "double switch" thingy and therefore who should go sit back down. (Answer: No, they hadn't. Dustan Mohr, you win a free trip back to the dugout!)

( Other sights to warm the heart ... )

I never ever again want to see Papelbon slip fielding a ball and flail like a horse with a broken leg, but since he was fine, seeing the entire team staff descending on him to be absolutely certain he wasn't so much as scratched made for another chuckle. And of course the fact that they won -- Papelbon securing his 14th save (out of 14 opportunities) -- was just the powdered sugar on the beignet.

Or the Cheez Whiz on the Philly cheesesteak, if you will.