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The pulsating white dwarf G29-38 possesses a dust disk and metal linesattributed to the accretion of its disk material. \citet{vonhipg29} havereported variability in the equivalent width of G29-38's CaII K line on thetimescale of days. We use high resolution optical spectroscopy of G29-38's CaIIK line to test this observation. Over six days spanning in June 2007 andOctober 2007 we see no evidence for variability in the equivalent width of theCa II K line. We also sample the variability of the Ca II K line overintegrated timescales of $\sim$100-500 seconds, where errors from incompletecoverage of pulsation modes are predicted to be $\sim$8-15%. We find that thescatter of the equivalent widths over this time period is consistent withmeasurement errors at the 7% level, slightly weaker than predicted but withinthe uncertainties of predictions. Weaker Ca and Mg lines observed show nosignificant variability on yearly timescales over ten years based on our dataand other high resolution spectra. We conclude that further study is warrantedto verify if the accretion onto G29-38 is variable.

A Second Look at the Metal Line Variability of G29-38