This penultimate episode begins, as the first episode of the first season of LOST did, with Jack’s eye opening. This is in the afterlife, and Jack notices bleeding in his neck and seems puzzled by it, just as he did in the first episode of this season. He gets a call that Oceanic has found his father’s coffin. But the call is actually from Desmond. Later, Desmond fights with Ben, and as he is punching him, Ben remembers. In the... Read more
I asked Morgan Guyton for permission to share these words from a Facebook update he posted. The media pays scant attention to 10,000 protesting peacefully, but notices when property is destroyed. Society pays scant attention to the deaths of people at the hands of those with authority, but notices when property is destroyed. I’m not in favor of destruction of property. But if anyone claims that that is the central issue in what has been going on in Baltimore, or what happened in... Read more
The quote from conservative commentator Tim Swarens comes from his opinion piece in the Indianapolis Star, “A little perspective, please, on Christian ‘persecution’ and RFRA.” The photo used in the meme image also comes from the Star and was taken by Michelle Pemberton. Read more
Barack Obama is nearing the end of his second term as president. Once his term is over, if not sooner, I hope that people will appropriately mock and ridicule those who confidently proclaimed that Obama is the Antichrist, by which they mean an individual who will rule the world in a final rebellion against God – a view based on a terribly misguided misreading of the Book of Revelation. And sometimes it also involves positing that someone is a Muslim, spelling... Read more
The latest from Existential Comics. Click through to see the rest of the comic. If you don’t get the jokes, ask! Read more
There are lots of examples of scare quotes being misused, as though they conveyed emphasis rather than irony. But in an article that appeared today on the Indianapolis Star website, I am sure they are being used appropriately. The title of the article is: “Indiana pastors to protest change in ‘religious freedom’ law.” Let it be clear that this protest is not the work of all Indiana pastors. It is the work of an organization which is called Indiana Pastors Alliance and which... Read more
This week is finals week at Butler University and many other universities. The image above was shared on Facebook by Butler University Libraries. I remember one day as an undergraduate student when I had studied all I could, and would be taking a big exam the next day. I watched a James Bond movie, just to relax. Sometimes, assuming one has really prepared and knows the material, taking a break and relaxing can be a good thing. It is when... Read more
This episode tells the backstory of Jacob and his brother as their pregnant mother is in a shipwreck and finds herself on the island. A woman finds her and they speak in Latin. The pregnant woman is named Claudia. The woman who found her says that she is alone, and that she got there the same way Claudia did: by accident. She tries to ask a question, but the woman says that any question she asks will only lead to... Read more
This New Yorker cartoon made me laugh, but it makes a serious point. There is more to life than answering questions, whether the mysteries be scientific, theological, political, or of any other sort. Read more
This is a real thing. You can buy The Prescription Coffee Mug from Big Mouth Toys on Amazon.com. Apparently you can get it in some stores for less, if the photo (which came to my attention via Facebook) is to be believed. Feel free to buy one for yourself and one for me. At least, I think I can make do with just one…one at a time, at any rate, with frequent refills. Read more
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