Monthly Archives: October 2007

An interesting article in the Washington Post on speculations about ending the aging process. Send to Kindle

Halloween quote of the day from Stephen King: If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. On Writing Send to Kindle

On October 31, 1517 Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of a church in Wittenberg. He hadn’t intended to start a revolution. He thought he was just going to argue a bit of theology with some academics. … Continue reading →

After I got done teaching my theology class tonight, I took a look at Comet Holmes; it was very easy to find. It looks like a small dandilion puff, especially through a telescope (I took a look through a small … Continue reading →

Comet Holmes is now a naked eye object, about magnitude 2 or 3. For details, see the article on Space.com. Send to Kindle

Science Fiction quote of the day: That’s the thing about people who think they hate computers… What they really hate are lousy programmers. Oath of Fealty , Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Send to Kindle

Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction quote of the day: There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches. Every minority, be it Baptist/Unitarian, Irish/Italian/Octogenarian/Zen Buddhist, Zionist/Seventh-day Adventist, Women’s … Continue reading →

Science Fiction quote for the day from Robert A. Heinlein: The whole principle is wrong. It’s like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can’t have steak. On censorship, in The Man Who Sold the Moon … Continue reading →

Science Fiction quote of the day from Isaac Asimov: The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’, but ‘That’s funny …’ The same thing works in theology. I know from my … Continue reading →

Science Fiction quote of the day from Ray Bradbury: Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it’s the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself. …Science fiction is central to … Continue reading →