2014-04-07T15:05:11-04:00

Jim Cummings, the voice of Winnie the Pooh, reading Darth Vader’s lines from Star Wars. He’s not the first to depict Darth Pooh, however. Here is a piece of art by Eric F. Myers: Read more

2014-04-07T13:51:05-04:00

This morning while I was busy with other things, an individual who goes by the nickname “Crude” got into a dispute with a commenter named Stuart32 here on the blog, and posted about it on his own blog “Crude Ideas.” In the process, the question of whether one of them knew something about the other’s actual identity and could let their employer know came up. I have no idea what Stuart may or may not know about Crude. But I do... Read more

2014-04-07T12:44:13-04:00

I was recently interviewed by Kandra Polatis on the subject of religion and science fiction films. The resulting article is called “Faith in film: Why science-fiction movies abound with religious themes” and can be read on the Deseret News website.   Read more

2014-04-07T09:56:21-04:00

A while back I shared a quote from Samantha Field which I turned into a meme image. I’ve been thinking since then that “North Star” ought to be a song, exploring the theme of that quote. I’ve been tinkering with ideas and the above is a demo version of what I’ve come up with. Let me know what you think! The lyrics are in the video, and also below. North Star by James F. McGrath VERSE 1 We take a... Read more

2014-04-07T08:47:19-04:00

A bit of poetry to start your work week. Via Marc Cortez Read more

2014-04-06T15:26:47-04:00

Via Bob Cargill on Facebook Read more

2014-04-06T08:45:19-04:00

Apparently my criticisms of Intelligent Design and defense of mainstream science has cost me a friend. Yes, the individual in question did unfriend me on Facebook. But this is someone I know in real life. And I’ve never unfriended on Facebook someone I know in real life. I am connected on Facebook to all sorts of people from my childhood up until today, and I see plenty of posts from them on Facebook that disturb me, never mind merely disagreeing... Read more

2014-04-05T21:46:37-04:00

Via Allan Bevere on Facebook   Read more

2014-04-05T21:40:22-04:00

On my post about the Orwellian character of young-earth creationism, a commenter pointed out that a popular t-shirt series which deals with young-earth creationism also has one for doublethink:     Read more

2014-04-05T19:45:11-04:00

Via All Mesopotamia, I discovered that someone did 3D modeling of a ziggurat. Below is a sample. Click through to see more. Read more


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