So, in the flurry of the past week, I got a majorly cool, last minute invite to be a Drill Instructor at Teen Author Boot Camp held on March 8th, 2104 in the mountains of Utah. TABC is quickly becoming one of the largest Teen Writer conferences with writers like Brandon Mull, Shannon Hale, and Kiersten White giving the main talks. This year, the boot camp’s main speakers are James Dashner (Maze Runner) and Ally Condie (Matched Trilogy) who will... Read more
(Once upon a time, I went to seminary. I had awesome professor by the name of Jack Collins, smart, educated, faithful and a theological badass. Jack also wrote a book called Science and Faith; Friend or Foes, an amazing book that I reread on a regular basis. He’s also a bit of smart alec, which is why he was, hands down, my favorite professor in seminary. As scientist and evangelical scholar, he is able to give a good, reasoned and... Read more
Martin Luther King Jr. had a Dream ‘The Eracism Foundation wants that dream to be a reality” Dr. Martin Luther King was a hero to so many and gave his life following his dream to see equality for all. He inspired a nation, and since his untimely death, thousands have stood up to make their own contribution to abolish racism. One such person is Louis Gossett, Jr., who, in 2006, launched the Eracism Foundation. “I am dedicating the last quadrant... Read more
From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, as told to by the stuffed dog sitting on the shelf beside him, which now looks completely more menacing than it did at 4 years old… Here be spoilers. “Where the hell is my monkey?” More questions are asked than answered in “274”, the third episode of Syfy’s latest original series, Helix. Picking up from episode 2, we find others have been infected, and Julia is trying to cope with the... Read more
These are words that I had stressed to me often growing up. I never realized how literally they would come into play in my adult life. Hi, my name is Melody, and I do in fact, judge books by their covers. My life-long obsession with books began at an early age. I would walk through the local brick-and-mortar bookstore, waiting for that “EUREKA!” moment when a book cover called to me so that I might pluck it off the shelf,... Read more
Hey Everyone, Just wanted to make the official announcement of our Twitter Hashtag for the debate coverage. As I’ve said before, it will be…. #HamonNye. Please follow this hashtag for all the Patheos coverage of this event. All bloggers will be using it and I’ll be using it when I live Tweet from the event. Cheers! J- Read more
(As we approach the debate, Geek Goes Rogue will continue to post interviews and editorials. In this particular interview, a man we’ve long admired, Dr. Kenneth Miller, Professor of Biology at Brown University, author and committed Catholic. Along with Francis Collins, he’s been on the forefront of teaching that you can be Christian and accept evolution. Here, he gives a short interview on all the issues that the upcoming debate brings up and what it will mean to the debate... Read more
From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, who’s thinking that monkey from Outbreak is looking pretty cuddly right now… “This thing doesn’t kill, it annihilates.” SyFy’s newest original series, Helix, premiered over the weekend. I wasn’t going to watch it, because I couldn’t stand the last SyFy series that was properly hyped, Defiance, past its pilot episode. But then I learned that Ron Moore, the executive producer behind the gargantuanly stellar Battlestar Galactica, was behind the wheel of this... Read more
Tell us a little about the Cottonwood story without giving too much away. What drew you to the project in the first place? I think because it was such a hard time trying to survive the Great Depression and Dustbowl era. It’s a part of our history but until you see a film like Cottonwood you really understand and feel what these people endured. Author Timothy Egan’s novel “The Worst Hard Time” describes it best. Our film Cottonwood is... Read more
From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, as told to by the change jug on his shelf, which now gives me the cold shivers every time I look at it… Before I go into my review of Season5/Episode3 of Community, I have to warn you that some of the language found here is not what I normally use, but it’s unavoidable, given the topic. Let’s jump in, shall we? “I am the Ass Crack Bandit. Humans make better... Read more
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