Farscape cancelled.

But inside information from part of the publishing cadre who works at Sci Fi says the new high-up executives did not love the show or support it, and their reports of it "unable to grow beyond its core fan base" is BS. Apparently the execs basically hated the show, sure that didn't fit the "culture" of the channel, and instead had already slotted a new show in its place, even before announcements had been made of the cancellation. What's the show that the execs say fit its culture better? A series based on Tremors.

Yeah, right. All viewers of the Sci Fi channel also want the return of such stellar scripts as those for The Black Scorpion. Not.

Sci Fi is also apparently refusing to release or sell rights for the past episodes of Farscape, wishing them luck if the production company wants to try to move the show to another channel without the ability to show past episodes.

Apparently Showtime screwing Sci Fi on just such rights for Stargate SG1 has got these execs feeling as if they've got to screw everyone else now. Helllo! Farscape isn't slotted to move to Showtime. Screwing them won't get Showtime screwed back one whit.

Ain't it nice to see that political idiocy reigns at the smaller networks as well as at the big three?

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Weather has broken new records for lack of rainfall and high temperatures. It was over 90 F here all day and will be again tomorrow. Long-range forecasts for the week are bleak: zero percent chance of rain for at least five more days.

This drought has already killed one of our wells: it was dug over 200 years ago, and is dry as a bone now. Our artesian is still running, but I'm terrified it will go dry soon.

We need rain desperately.