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Montana Jones and the World Series
Posted: March 31st, 2008, 4:00am EDT by CVRick
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Remember when Boston played the Yankees in the 2003 AL Championship? I do and I'm not even a baseball fan. In the third game of that series, Roger Clemens faced Pedro Martinez and Montana Jones decided he needed to watch... -
Great Art - An American Self-Potrait
Posted: March 30th, 2008, 4:00am EDT by CVRick
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Cherise emailed me a link to this artist. Chris Jordan is an artist who uses statistics and representational art to make political statements. From his artist statement: This series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics.... -
Saturday Meme – Greatest Last Lines
Posted: March 29th, 2008, 9:13am EDT by CVRick
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I've talked about the First Lines of stories and how important they are, but what about the conclusion – the finale, which leaves you wanting more. It can finish a book, making you smile and be contented or it can... -
Science Friday - Stonehenge Explained?
Posted: March 28th, 2008, 4:00am EDT by CVRick
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This guy thinks he's figured out how large Rocks might have been moved and set up. I think he's right. - rick, thinking about building something with big rocks -
Delayed
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 2:24am EDT by CVRick
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I must've been tired. I fell asleep on the couch. As a result, today's Growing Up Mormon post is not done yet. Instead: Human Tetris -
Mormonism and Redefining the Language
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 12:05am EDT by CVRick
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Mormons are claiming that one of the bits of evidence that proves the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon is that it incorporates the literary device, chiasmus. What they point to is that chiasmi existed in ancient Hebrew and since... -
The Decline of Science Fiction?
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 1:57am EDT by CVRick
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This past weekend while I was attending MiniCon, a Science Fiction convention, I sat in on a panel called, “Why Does Fantasy Continue to Outsell Science Fiction?” That panel troubled me because I've often wondered about the decline of Science... -
Montana Jones' Missing Finger
Posted: March 24th, 2008, 10:50pm EDT by CVRick
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Montana Jones tells the guys at the bar that he lost the tip of his left ring finger in Vietnam; tells them that he got the purple heart and then laughs that they give out purple hearts for the smallest... -
At a Convention
Posted: March 23rd, 2008, 9:54am EDT by CVRick
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(psssss, there's a special video treat at the end of this post). I've been at This Convention this weekend. There have been some pretty good panels about writing, specifically Science Fiction and Fantasy. There have also been some pretty bad... -
Saturday Meme - Life In Six Words or Less
Posted: March 22nd, 2008, 7:19am EDT by CVRick
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This is one I got from several places. JulieAnn tagged me. I made inappropriate comments on Sideon's entry. Cele did it before both of the above. Here’s how this one works: 1. Write your own six-word memoir. 2. Post it... -
Science Friday: Telepathy by Technology
Posted: March 21st, 2008, 11:16pm EDT by CVRick
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This is absolutely phenomenal. They've come up with a way to transmit the thoughts that remain unspoken via phone technology. With this you can send your ideas and words to the ears of another person without uttering a sound. It's... -
Obama and the Politics of Racism
Posted: March 20th, 2008, 10:46pm EDT by CVRick
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I'm putting my Apartheid Billy conclusion on hold for a week. Right now I really want to talk about Obama's Religion Speech. If you haven't watched it or read it, please do so. What I've encountered on a discussion board... -
Obsessing About Obama
Posted: March 19th, 2008, 6:17pm EDT by CVRick
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Post titles from the main blog page of the most highly trafficked Conservative Blog: The new Barack Obama logo: Agent of left-wing same old; Update: Let’s change…the subject Say goodbye to the Glowbama mystique Jeremiah Wright to be honored Hate-filled... -
Arthur C. Clarke Died. He'll Be Missed.
Posted: March 19th, 2008, 4:00am EDT by CVRick
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He was the standard bearer for the space age. His scientific knowledge blended with his perfect prose to give us the rarest of writers: one whose fiction led fact. Allow me a non-scientific metaphor. The greatest sheep dogs don't nip... -
Clinton Compromises
Posted: March 18th, 2008, 2:39am EDT by CVRick
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The other day I was in Costco buying paper towels and bottled water when I overheard two women talking about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. The taller woman was in her fifties and wore a green Safari coat plastered with... -
Montana Jones and the Korean's Fishing Net
Posted: March 17th, 2008, 12:50am EDT by CVRick
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“What we're talking about here is a net that's two miles long and costs around twenty-thousand bucks. It reels out for thirty minutes to sometimes an hour,” Montana said. “And you lost it?” Jimmy asked. “I think I'll start at... -
Great Art - Urban Chameleonism
Posted: March 16th, 2008, 1:33am EDT by CVRick
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Desiree Palmen recreates in urban settings what some animals, like chameleons and cuttlefish, can do in the wild - blend into their surroundings. She's a 44-year old Dutch artist who must spend hours perfecting every detail before taking the photograph.... -
Saturday Meme - Obsolete Skills
Posted: March 15th, 2008, 8:41am EDT by CVRick
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This meme has been going around the internet for a long time and I don't think any of the blogs I regularly read has done it, so I'm not going to give a credit link to anyone. It's obsolete skills... -
1 in 200 U.S. Adults are Terrorists
Posted: March 14th, 2008, 12:03am EDT by CVRick
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This post over at the ACLU is about the number of people in the United States who are on the Terrorist Watch List. In September 2007, the Inspector General of the Justice Department reported that the Terrorist Screening Center (the... -
Growing Up Mormon - Apartheid Billy - Part Four
Posted: March 13th, 2008, 4:00am EDT by CVRick
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I worked nearly every day at my dad's Television Shop. My duties included cleaning the store, answering the phone, calling customers, and delivering televisions, both new and used. The television deliveries were often very difficult and almost always a long... -
Top Ten Mystery Movies of All Time
Posted: March 12th, 2008, 4:00am EDT by CVRick
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This week Cherise and I are giving you the best mystery movies of all-time. To be fair, we could've just listed ten Alfred Hitchcock movies and been done, but we decided to mix it up a bit and give you... -
One More Battlestar Galactica Post
Posted: March 11th, 2008, 10:31pm EDT by CVRick
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I noticed some of you haven't followed Battlestar Galactica. Here's a shortcut solution - an eight and a half minute series recap. It'll catch you up on all the important storylines and events. Then you can watch it along with... -
Great Fiction - Free Reading and Listening
Posted: March 11th, 2008, 10:28pm EDT by CVRick
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Today I'm plugging some great writers you probably don't know about - For free. Audio story - Terminal by Chaz Brenchley. Listen to it via Starship Sofa. It's been nominated for the British Science Fiction Association Short Story award. Audio... -
Battlestar Galactica Coming Back
Posted: March 10th, 2008, 10:32pm EDT by CVRick
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I'm taking a week off from Montana Jones. Here's a great photo from Entertainment Weekly. The best show on television is set to return - with all its religious references and storylines. If you can't see it all, click this... -
Ancient Book Art - Rudimentum Novitiorum
Posted: March 9th, 2008, 11:29pm EST by CVRick
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Too cool - from a book published in 1475. This is the book's world map - - - places are represented by hills and circled by an ocean sea. I spoke to a cartographer historian once and she told me... -
Saturday Meme - Manly Answers to Manly Questions
Posted: March 8th, 2008, 2:04am EST by CVRick
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This one's from Alan, via Mrs. Chili: 1. Boxers? Briefs? Boxer briefs? Thongs? Commando? I don't do thongs - no butt floss for me. The rest are open for discussion. 2. What’s your fussiest personal care routine? I pull nose... -
Science Friday - Daylight Savings Time
Posted: March 7th, 2008, 11:09am EST by CVRick
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Apparently the government thinks we aren't smart enough to know when to wake up and when to go to bed. They think that we're under the impression that the sun is dependent on our timepieces. Of course with all the... -
Growing Up Mormon - Apartheid Billy - Part Three
Posted: March 6th, 2008, 12:40pm EST by CVRick
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I rode with my dad to Idaho Falls to greet Apartheid Billy. They were flying in from Salt Lake after flying from South Africa. I didn't know what to expect. They way I'd heard people talking this was going to... -
Fear And Dirty Tactics Work in America
Posted: March 5th, 2008, 11:43pm EST by CVRick
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You know why I won't live in a Red State again? It's because you people in Red States have nothing in common with me. You like being scared and you believe the world is divided into two teams and yours... -
Gary Gygax has Passed Away
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 2:08pm EST by CVRick
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I started playing Dungeons and Dragons when I was 15 years-old. Alan and I hid it from my dad by playing at his house and I never kept any D&D books at home. Sometimes we'd play at lunch in the... -
Montana Jones and the Fighting Baboon
Posted: March 3rd, 2008, 11:54pm EST by CVRick
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Alright everyone. I tried to write the story of Montana Jones and the baboon, but I couldn't do it. The problem isn't that it's not an interesting story, it's just that I can't put it on my blog. The fact... -
Mathematical Art
Posted: March 2nd, 2008, 4:00am EST by CVRick
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Visualizations of mathematical formulas: "Coral Star" shows the motion brought about by one particular dynamical system. This "Fathauer crystal" is built from 13 iterations of a fractal pattern, placing cubes on cubes on cubes. -
Saturday Meme - 5 Television Questions
Posted: March 1st, 2008, 2:12am EST by CVRick
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Being sick all week got me thinking about television because it's been on and it's the only thing I didn't have to exert any effort over. Sometimes, like now, television is the no-brainer noise machine in the background. Sometimes it's...