Such passion— rage or joy? Thus, not mild, not temperate, God’s love for the world. Vast flood of mercy flung on resistance.
The human heart is the scariest cabin in the woods
October 16, 2012 By
The second terrific horror flick I saw over the weekend is Resolution. Again, the underlying idea is sharp and simple: Michael gets an email containing a video of his estranged best friend Chris, who’s now living in the middle of nowhere doing meth and shooting at birds. He decides to make one last attempt to [...]
Rabbit raised by wolves
October 16, 2012 By
One of the many great things about October is the scary movie festivals. Over the weekend I got to see two excellent flicks from the DC Spooky Movie Festival at the AFI Theater in Silver Spring. Both were immensely sad as well as frightening, and heartbreaking horror shows may be my favorite kind. Chained is [...]
It’s Ada Lovelace Day and believe it or not, I have a post about women in the sciences.
October 16, 2012 By
The applied sciences, anyway. Here are some of my favorite performances by Debi Thomas, who skated at the Olympics while also pre-med at Stanford. She went on to become Dr. Debi Thomas, a surgeon. First her 1986 Nationals free skate, which she choreographed herself. Her arms are a little stiff in the front half and [...]
From Yumiko Kurahashi, “The Adventures of Sumiyakist Q”
October 16, 2012 By
“Everything’s permitted here, you see. I suppose one could say with the theology instructor that if God does not exist then everything is permitted; but here it doesn’t matter if God exists or if he doesn’t, since one is free to do everything. The result of making use of this freedom is that the one [...]
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