Why be an atheist? That’s a good question, and philosophers have spent a great deal of time making their arguments for a non-theistic outlook on life. There’s Dawkins’ The God Delusion, Hitchens’ God Is Not Great, a whole host of arguments. Can we add another? British science fiction author Lawrence Miles suggested on his blogContinue reading “On the Problem of Stupidity”
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On Shore Leave 2007
Shore Leave starts today! Shore Leave starts today! Shore Leave starts today! Leave work at five today, drive from Timonium to Hunt Valley (what–five miles?), and then con fun! Yippee! 🙂
On Notes To Self
Note to Self: Buy bag of kazoos at dollar store. Kazoos. Note to Self: Silly putty won’t fix that. Are you daft? Note to Self: That could be a good idea.
On “The Land of Happy Endings”
So I’ve been reading the Doctor Who graphic novel, The Flood, starring Paul McGann’s Doctor. And I have decided. “The Land of Happy Endings” may be the most perfect Doctor Who story ever. Dr Who and his grandchildren, John and Gillian, have a little adventure on a very sad planet. Sad grey aliens, flying robots,Continue reading “On “The Land of Happy Endings””
On a Whovian Theology
Okay, I lied. I’m still on a Doctor Who high at the moment. Yes, I did say a few days ago that, just last week, actually, oh let’s see what the quote was, “hopefully I’ll be writing about something other than Doctor Who for a while.” It happens. Something I came across in my ‘netContinue reading “On a Whovian Theology”
On Fun With Industrial Blenders
You have to admire these guys–they’ll stick anything in a blender, just to see what happens. Yeah, when I was seven or eight, I’d have loved to do that. Okay, I had slightly more sense than that. But still, it’s a cool concept. They’ve turned their attentions to the burning question of the day. TheContinue reading “On Fun With Industrial Blenders”
On Rodimus Prime
It’s been brought to my attention that the greatest Autobot of them all, Rodimus Prime, is not in Michael Bay’s Transformers movie. Due to this unfortunate oversight, I am boycotting Transformers. No Rodimus Prime, no Allyn’s butt in seat.
On the Shore Leave Schedule
The Shore Leave convention starts on Friday at the Hunt Valley Marriott, and for those stalking me… err, I mean those curious about what I’ll be doing this weekend, here’s my schedule of panels and events: Day Panel Room Time Friday Meet-the-Pros Hallway 10 – Midnight Saturday Morality in Doctor Who Derby 12 – 1Continue reading “On the Shore Leave Schedule”
On Name Numerology
Courtesy of Geoff, an exercise in name numerology… There are 11 letters in your name. Those 11 letters total to 49 There are 3 vowels and 8 consonants in your name. I’m going to put the rest behind a cut, but not before I quibble with the calculation above. There are four vowels in myContinue reading “On Name Numerology”
On Impeachment
The media has begun polling on the question of whether or not President Bush should be impeached. I was on that bandwagon early. I got my first “Impeach Bush” tee-shirts back in 2003. Been on that bandwagon a long time. Here’s something interesting. More Americans are in favor of Bush impeachment hearings today than theyContinue reading “On Impeachment”