I have a theory about LOST, one that I think will make sense of the focus on mirror opposites, of opposing forces of light and dark, good and evil. I think it also makes sense of the video clip with the rabbit at the Dharma station known as “The Orchid”. If my theory is correct, then LOST is certainly one of the most philosophically interesting shows around, and perhaps ever. One view of the universe that some physicists find persuasive... Read more

This post is simply a list of clues given in the LOST season finale version that aired tonight, which had added “subtitles” that give additional information, attract attention to details, make connection and remind: There is a focus on mirror opposites in the series as a whole, and no less in this episode named after Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass. Jack was calling someone in Los Angeles’ 310 area code. The subtitles said that “a popular theory” about the... Read more

Here’s a warning about another scam, claiming to be an eBay invoice (eBay doesn’t do monthly invoices, and the e-mail address from which it claims to be sent is [email protected] rather than an address at eBay.com). The link provided fortunately doesn’t seem to work, but it doesn’t lead to eBay’s web site but to http://csccog.org/cal/includes/eBayISAPI.htm That is the site of a church, which is particularly disturbing. Do they know what someone there is up to? At any rate, this is... Read more

Michael Zimmerman (dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences here at Butler University) has written an op-ed piece about evolution and religion, which is closely connected with the Evolution Weekend project. In the past, Ken Ham has dismissed Evolution Sunday saying “atheists take glee when they see the clergy supporting evolution”, while P. Z. Myers showed that this is clearly not universally the case. I’m planning on focusing on this topic in the Sunday School class I teach,... Read more

Until the next time I post, feel free to have fun pelting my site with tomatoes or doing other fun things through NetDisaster. (HT Jim West) Read more

I finally watched the Doctor Who Christmas special “Voyage of the Damned” last night. It was certainly entertaining, and as tragic as the recent episodes have often tended to be. The “earthologist” (with a fake degree from a degree mill that also did dry cleaning) was particularly funny, with his poorly-informed understanding of human traditions: The people of Earth worship the great God Santa, with his fierce claws, and his wife Mary. Every Christmas they go to war against the... Read more

Below is the text of an e-mail someone recently received. It is not from the IRS, but it claims to be. It is an attempt, like all other scam e-mails, to get personal information from the gullible. Don’t fall for it. If you click the link you get sent to a page that looks pretty authentic, but a glance at the address bar will show you that it is not the IRS web site. The page even uses help links... Read more

Below is the text of an e-mail someone else received. It is not from the IRS, but it claims to be. It is an attempt, like all other scam e-mails, to get personal information from the gullible. Don’t fall for it. If you click the link you get sent to a page that looks pretty authentic, but a glance at the address bar will show you that it is not the IRS web site. The page even uses help links... Read more

As I proposed a while back, it would make sense to have blogs as well as congregations participate in Evolution Weekend 2008. Use the opportunity to promote well-informed interaction between religion and science, and evolution in particular. Let’s have an evolution and religion blog-a-thon! Just post something well-informed about something connected with religion and evolution on at least once during the designated weekend, February 8-10, 2008. Please participate, and spread the word! Read more

For those readers of this blog who have come looking for information about Sterling Who’s Who, the organization has changed its name to Primary Alliance Group. Nothing else about the web site seems to have changed (even the web site address is the same). Read more