TinyURL, the service that takes a long string URL such as http://www.amazon.com/Storm-Front-Dresden-Files-Book/dp/0451457811 and turns it into http://tinyurl.com/2kfq6x is useful for plugging into emails or twitters or other programs that dislike exceptionally long strings. It’s a great service, yes? Maybe. From the TinyURL website comes a quote that illustrates my issues with it. Hide your affiliate …
Category Archives: Opinion
The Golden Compass = Antichristian?
Phillip Pullman’s books and the movie based upon the first one, The Golden Compass, have been receiving a lot of hate-press recently due to their perceived anti-christian outlook. The gist is, “Pullman is an atheist [true], who is trying to turn our kids to the devil [only true from a certain perspective].” I could discuss …
Beowulf
We went to see Robert Zemekis’ Beowulf tonight. In 3D! It was good. Spoilers Ahoy.
Energy Policy
I think that one of the most significant problems we (humanity) will face in the next 200 years is that of energy production, distribution, and consumption. I have a multitude of opinions, even the odd posting coming soon, but this particular post is about Iraq. Go to this link to compare the cost of Iraq …
Praying for Rain
Our noble born-again Georgia Governor held a prayer vigil yesterday at the capitol to pray for rain. If you’re not aware, Georgia is in an historic drought at this time. Weather today? Unseasonably warm, 20% chance of showers. My question: If it rains tonight, will this be seen as “the answer”? Of course, if it …
Escape Pod
I’ve plugged the science-fiction short story podcast Escape Pod before, but this week’s episode was particularly good, in my opinion.
Midwest Teen Sex Show
If you are not aware of the phenomenon that is the Midwest Teen Sex Show, you should go check it out at Midwestteensexshow.com. It is a fantastically entertaining videocast focused on issues of teen sexuality and sex education. Even if you are not the intended audience, I guarantee you will be entertained, or your money …
Modern Art
With the advent of TiVo, marketeers are forced to expand their lexicon to get people to see their ads. This week, watching “Life” on NBC, we were annoyingly bombarded with product placement advertisements that ate up a good 5 to 6 minutes of the show. Some people see commercials as a necessary evil on television. …
God Hates Fred Phelps
If you aren’t familiar with the actions of Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church, go look it up in wikipedia. I won’t link here. To summarize, they feel that America is too tolerant of homosexuality, and everything bad that has happened in the past twenty years is the punishment of god for that tolerance: …
If You Liked First Season Heroes…
…you might find this review of Heroes’ second season amusing. For the record, I agree in principle with everything that is stated, yet I still watch. I’m a slave.