Pentagon Shootings: A Quick Thought On “Crazy”
(If you don’t know what is going on, here’s the quick version: John Patrick Bedell showed up at the Pentagon with guns and opened fire on security at the security checkpoint prior to entry. Recent news indicates that he held particularly negative views of the U.S. government, to the point of questioning whether the Government […]
Video Found: The Poetry of Reality (Symphony of Science)
I’m seriously reconsidering my career choice right now. Absolutely beautiful. Enjoy:
Question For Readers: Audio Rants — Yay or Nay?
I was thinking about this earlier today in response to a book I received in the mail (a good response), and I want to test the waters by asking all of you how interested you would be in the following venture: The occasional rant in audio form, followed by a question. I would say that […]
Anticipating Disaster: Our Obsession With Impending Doom
What draws us to the doom yet to arrive? CNN, pre-tsunami (in Hawaii), donates its screen time not to the already devastated areas of Chile (and elsewhere), but to the image of Hawaii’s beaches, from a distance, untouched, near-pristine. That’s the image that stays on the screen, the reporters anticipating–and building anticipation for us–the disaster […]
How (Really) Thinking About Star Wars Can Make You Feel Uncomfortable (i.e. Terrorists!)
How do you feel about terrorism? You don’t like it very much, do you? Most of us don’t, and for good reason. It’s bad, right? No matter what! Damn those evil terrorists! On the opposite end of things, there’s Star Wars. Most of us like that, right? Well, at least the originals. The prequels have […]
Book Review Up: M Is For Magic by Neil Gaiman
I have another book review up over at SQT’s blog. Check it out. Five more reviews on the way! Have any of you read any of Gaiman’s novels? Let me know in the comments!