Links Dump
There will very likely be exciting developments in blogdom sometime early next week. Until then, some miscellaneous links to help pass the time:
- Chris Mooney talks sense about Richard Dawkins and the promotion of atheism. He gets attacked for it in comments, but I agree with him.
- Bad news from Chez Nielsen Hayden serevs as a reminder that Republicans aren't the only ones waging war on science. Based on some of the things said in the comments, I think they overstate the importance of Ralph Nader, but that doesn't help Teresa get her meds.
- Also via Making Light, The Rules of Cuteness. Just in case you need a pick-me-up after the first two depressing items.
- Kate and I saw the Narnia movie a week or so ago, which would probably rate its own post, except that there's not much to say. As Mike Kozlowski (I think) said a while back, had this come out five or six years ago, it would've been great. Post Peter Jackson, it's, well, not The Lord of the Rings. Which is fine, because the book is sub-Tolkien, too (at least, as I recall it-- I haven't read it in probably twenty years). The movie stars a bunch of unknown child actors, Tilda Swinton as the White Queen, and Liam Neeson as Ian McKellan. Nate at Polytropos has more serious comments, and I basically agree with what he says, except I didn't like the actress playing Lucy. Every time she lisped cutely, I was rooting for Susan Sto Helit to show up and reprimand her. Also, somebody get Mr. Tumnus a shirt.
- Did Jesus ever let a roofing job go unfinished for several months or was he one of the more reliable carpenters? Well, that's going to keep me up at night...
And that's about enough of that.
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