Prometheist
Herein lie the spoiler filled thoughts on Prometheus from one atheist’s viewpoint.
So..you know…don’t click through if you would rather not read about plot points from the movie. You have been warned.
Shit that Pissed me off this Week – 6/8
Doctor Allegedly Refused Treatment to an HIV Positive Patient
The accusation is that a doctor refused to get an HIV patient his medications because the patient was gay and (I’m paraphrasing) “he deserved it.”
In a culture where preachers are teaching their children to sing songs about how homos are going to hell, this shouldn’t come as any sort of surprise. People are being told that it is OK to treat homosexuals differently on one topic (marriage) and, therefore, they reach the conclusion that they can treat those people differently in all situations.
The people who think that way are horrible people. They would probably still be horrible people if they hadn’t been trained to behave this way toward homosexuals. I think that perhaps we need to re-direct that acrimony towards something more productive. Like hating Wal-Mart. Or Ke$ha.
New Thing! Geeks Without God
I’m pretty excited to share some information about a new podcast I’ll be hosting with Molly and Nick Glover called “Geeks Without God.” We’ll be recording our first episode LIVE at CONvergence on Saturday at 9:30 AM.
Yes. 9:30 AM on Saturday. I know. I’m not looking forward to it either.
Walt Disney World on a Dollar
My family and I are currently on vacation at Walt Disney World. We are Disney Vacation Club members and that means we come here with some frequency. I’m not going to pretend I don’t love Walt Disney World. I adore the place.
This year, we are trying to be pretty frugal. My wife had a bad fall during the one ice storm we had this winter (if I believed in bad luck – I would believe she had the worst ever) and is not working so we need to conserve funds. We brought our own food for breakfasts, we are on a strict “no souvenir” diet, etc.
Get your Trivia ON!
This weekend is the GPS Team Trivia Challenge. I’ve been the host of this event since it started back in 1999 as well as one of the folks writing/vetting questions for the contest.
I’m just bringing it up because even if you don’t want to compete, it is a great spectator sport. You can sit in the audience and smugly tell your neighbors how you knew all the answers and you totally would have won if only you’d been able to find two other teammates.
If you do want to compete, though, it is also a lot of fun. Check out the link for more information or ask me!
“Cabin the Woods” vs. Bad Taste
Really America?
I’ve been waiting for Cabin in the Woods to come out for months just so I could finally talk about the film with people who have seen it. As much as I enjoyed The Hunger Games, I figured this was the week it fell out of the number one spot, replaced by one terrifically inventive horror film.
Neil deGrasse Tyson just blew my mind. Twice.
If you aren’t following Neil deGrasse Tyson on Twitter, you should.
I’ll warn you, though, he inspires some big thoughts. On saturday, for instance, he tweeted the following:
Fond of bow ties & hats. Handbag is bigger on the inside. Talks to variety of creatures. Evidence Mary Poppins is a Time Lord
Ohmygoddoyouknowwhatthismeans??????
It means Dick Van Dyke is her companion, that’s what it means.
Today, he tweeted this:
Just an FYI: Stars in the Universe far outnumber all sounds & words ever uttered by all humans who ever lived.
In fewer than 140 characters, he conveys just how fucking HUGE the universe is.
He didn’t even need to qualify his statement by including only important stuff. If he did that, he would have only needed to include the Milky Way.
The Complete Works of William Shatner: Abridged
Last night we had our first “production meeting” for this year’s Fringe Festival show. As things have started to come together, I’m getting more excited about our show and about our cast.
The show is “The Complete Works of William Shatner: Abridged” and it is being co-written by me and the amazingly talented Bill Stiteler, co-writer of “Macbeth: The Video Game Remix”. We explore the complex relationship of William Shatner to some of his most iconic roles and it will feature a lot of Star Trek jokes, at least one actor riding on a car hood and an unforgettable rendition of “Rocket Man.”
Shit that Pissed me off this week – 4/6
Michelle Dugar thinks Overpopulation is “not accurate”
The mother of 19 indicates she doesn’t know very much about – well – anything when she says that the entire population of the world could fit inside Jacksonville, Florida.
If we are going by sheer volume of people, she may be right. I don’t know. What I do know is that they would still have to live somewhere and they would still need to be fed and they would need someone to produce clothes for them and….you get the idea.
She shows that having the ability to count to 19 does not mean she has the ability to do math.
A New Portrait
I was at Anime Detour this morning acting as a judge for Iron Artist. I was the surly French Art critic Pierre Lebat. I was joined by Kelvin Hatle as Death and Evan M, who was pressed into service as an Ewok. Lou Frank, one of the fine artists, finished his drawing early and prepared this portrait of the judges.
Thanks Lou!
Grail Diary 