Holding a place honor on my bookshelf, next to The Lord of the Rings and
The Chronicles of Narnia, is the Wizard of Earthsea series by Ursula
LeGuin. SciFi Channel is making
a miniseries from the books, to be shown in December. 🙂
I nervously await the film adaptation of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Will the message be “Disney-fied”? SDG at JimmyAkin.org is worried, too.
Now that Walden Media is at work on The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, Narnia fans are understandably wary. For one thing, as well-loved as these books are both inside and outside the church, they don’t have nearly the huge following of the Lord of the Rings books. For another, the Christian themes in Lewis’s books are so much more blatant than those of Tolkien’s books that the risk of Hollywood subversion and the stakes in the event of such subversion are higher.
If you love Office
Space, you’ll love this goody.
If you haven’t seen it, shame on you. If you’ve seen it but don’t get it, you’re probably
one of “them”.
Here’s another cool
tie-in toy.
Meet a real third-party presidential
contender. 😉
“Mattel launches presidential campaign for Barbie to encourage
“girl power.” In related news, Susan B. Anthony’s body is spinning in
its grave so fast you could connect a turbine to it and power a Las Vegas casino”
– Fark
LOL!
Brother is one of my favorite bands. I've been addicted to their soulful, tribal, celtic, mongrel music since 1996, when I first saw them at Pittsburgh's Irish Festival.
The following is from an email the band sent to fans tonight.
Our touring for the next few months will involve an awareness and fund raising campaign for stem cell research. We plan to cover as much of the country as possible. Most of you know the work we do with childhood diabetes. This is something that could eventually provide a cure for not only diabetes, but many other ailments. The campaign is about clearing up a lot of misinformation on the subject. If you are part of an organization involved in this area and think you can be of any help let us know (email info@BROTHERmusic.com).
I'm hoping that they don't mean embryonic stem cell research, but I'm not holding my breath. I encourage my pro-life readers, especially those who are fans of the band, to please write a polite email to the band suggesting they not support embryonic stem cell research.
Jerry Nora, if you're reading, please give me info about the bioethical background of stem cell research (all forms), so I can pass the info to my readers and the band.