What impact does internet research have on scholarship ( Read more... )

Once upon a time they were supposed to make a movie based on this series . . .

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Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut and
When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops by George Carlin.

Thank you friends for the thoughtful gifts.

[Currently reading Volume II of the Elric Saga ( Read more... )

Every now and then I look on one of my old dusty bookshelves for something interesting I haven't looked at in a while. Today, it was
The Anchor Atlas of World History (Kinder and Hilgemann), Vol. 1 & 2. I can't remember where or why I picked these up, but I think they were issued at the Academy. They have hundreds of color maps and thousands of ( Read more... )

Just finished watching The God Who Wasn't There and learned something that I didn't know even during my days as a fundie . . .

31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men ( Read more... )

The other day I was reminiscing about the Thieves' World series and thinking I should go back and read it again and then someone mentions it on the civfanatics forum . . . now I'm definitely going to have to do that. If I can pull myself away from the teachings of Zerthimon, that is ;-)

I consider the series one of my favorites, along with Elric, ( Read more... )

Added to my reading list.

Finished Cat's Cradle. Thanks Fraz!

Resumed New Physics and the Mind . . . was encouraged by some references to Roger Penrose, but I'm still not sure at this point what direction the author is trying to go . . .

Edit: Hey Ken, happy now?

"I was sitting with my feet on my desk, half-asleep and puzzled, and I almost fell out of my chair when I realized there was a much, much simpler possibility."Epiphanies happen ( Read more... )