It's not everyday you get a message from the star of one your favourite shows, but that's what happened to me the other day when I got this message from @edwardjolmos, AKA Admiral Adama.

I'd just tweeted one of my fellow GeekDads about watching the third series of Battlestar Galactica, and this reply came back almost instantly. Now I'm not naive enough to believe that Gaff himself is sitting there, tapping out replies to anyone who mentions BSG or Miami Vice, but a quick scan through his stream at the time showed that it's probably not a [cylon] bot at the controls, as it actually mentioned 'BSG' in the reply on this one, but not the others. Some of the later ones, however, do seem a bit suspect, but that's not the point, I'm not vouching for the authenticity of the account.

The point is the link included in the tweet which leads to this YouTube clip of a documentary Olmos is making with his production company (Olmos Productions, what else?). Olmos and his colleague went to the Gulf of Mexico to lend their support by documenting what they saw and interviewing locals about the real effects of the BP oil spill in the gulf on the local residents and small businesses in the affected area.

The tweet asked me to pass this along to my followers, and who am I to argue with The Old Man?

Please tell your friends and do what you can to help out.

From the YouTube blurb:

Robert Young and I jumped on a plane and went to the Gulf of Mexico just to lend our support...

...It was brutal! I was not ready for the human aspect because no one had prepared me for it.

I thought they would be angry. They are devastated.

If you feel like doing something, just go down there (anywhere on the Gulf) and support by spending time and energy in the region.

They need our support. Thank you for Caring.

Edward James Olmos

For More information on what some local organizations are doing on the ground go to: