Re: [scifinoir2] HUMAN FLYING JET MACHINE
It'll do... [?][?][?][?] On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Not a jetpack but very close. [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] [image: Human Flying Jet Machine] -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik 360.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] The SeaKettle life raft will make drinking water from the sea
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[scifinoir2] OT: 100M Facebook Profiles Now Available For Download
For those of you still loitering there... == 100M Facebook Profiles Now Available For Download Emily Price, PC World http://www.pcworld.com/ Jul 28, 2010 6:09 pm One hundred million Facebook user profiles containing personal information such as e-mail addresses and phone numbers, are now available as a 2.8GB torrent download http://www.skullsecurity.org/blog/?p=887. Ron Bowes of Skull Security http://www.skullsecurity.org/ created the torrent using a Web crawler program, harvesting data from public profiles of users who have chosen not to change their privacy settings. The file contains information for 1 in every 5 Facebook users, all those who are currently listed in the Facebook open access directoryhttp://www.facebook.com/directory/. Nothing is illegal about the torrent, because it simply uses data that is available to the public. Even those who have secured their own Facebook page may not be completely out of the clear. In a statement on his website Bowes said: More at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/202126/100m_facebook_profiles_now_available_for_download.html?tk=nl_wbx_h_crawl1 -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
[scifinoir2] Steve McQueen Star of the Day on TCM today
11 am The Blob 12 pm Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool 1:30 pm The Great Escape 7 pm The Magnificent Seven 9:15 pm Bullitt 3 am The Cincinnati Kid Of course, if your response is (as my children's would be), Who's Steve McQueen? - nevahmind! ~rave!
Re: [scifinoir2] Steve McQueen Star of the Day on TCM today
Great stuff, and with Bullitt, one of the best all time car chases in history--something that's not done often or well in movies nowadays. The last great one I can remember that stayed with me was in Ronin. The one they're missing that I love is Sam Peckinpah's The Getaway, with Ali McGraw. It has an almost Spaghetti Western feel to it, with the minimal dialogue, the crazy, over-the-top characters, and camera work that most directors nowadays simply don't get. It's just a fun ride that I watch everytime it airs. Far superiour to the Alec Baldwin/Kim Bassinger remake that came later... - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 10:16:18 AM Subject: [scifinoir2] Steve McQueen Star of the Day on TCM today 11 am The Blob 12 pm Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool 1:30 pm The Great Escape 7 pm The Magnificent Seven 9:15 pm Bullitt 3 am The Cincinnati Kid Of course, if your response is (as my children's would be), Who's Steve McQueen? - nevahmind! ~rave!
Re: [scifinoir2] Steve McQueen Star of the Day on TCM today
Far superiour to the Alec Baldwin/Kim Bassinger remake that came later... Definitely, Keith. And I think that the reason TCM's not airing it is because they don't have full airing rights on it, and can only show it so many times in a business year, which I think they've passed. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Great stuff, and with Bullitt, one of the best all time car chases in history--something that's not done often or well in movies nowadays. The last great one I can remember that stayed with me was in Ronin. The one they're missing that I love is Sam Peckinpah's The Getaway, with Ali McGraw. It has an almost Spaghetti Western feel to it, with the minimal dialogue, the crazy, over-the-top characters, and camera work that most directors nowadays simply don't get. It's just a fun ride that I watch everytime it airs. Far superiour to the Alec Baldwin/Kim Bassinger remake that came later... - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 10:16:18 AM Subject: [scifinoir2] Steve McQueen Star of the Day on TCM today 11 am The Blob 12 pm Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool 1:30 pm The Great Escape 7 pm The Magnificent Seven 9:15 pm Bullitt 3 am The Cincinnati Kid Of course, if your response is (as my children's would be), Who's Steve McQueen? - nevahmind! ~rave! -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Steve McQueen Star of the Day on TCM today
Of course, if your response is (as my children's would be), Who's Steve McQueen? - nevahmind! rave, the thought of that horrifies me beyond mortal ken. Martin (chin-deep in this fest, grinning) On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: 11 am The Blob 12 pm Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool 1:30 pm The Great Escape 7 pm The Magnificent Seven 9:15 pm Bullitt 3 am The Cincinnati Kid Of course, if your response is (as my children's would be), Who's Steve McQueen? - nevahmind! ~rave! -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury on God, 'monsters and angels'
Yes. I found that fact somewhat disturbing, too. :-\ Brent Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com writes: Is anyone else cringing at the thought that he watches Faux/Fixed/Fox by day? On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:03 PM, brent wodehouse [ mailto:brent_wodeho...@thefence.us ]brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: [ http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/02/Bradbury/ ]http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/02/Bradbury/ Sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury on God, 'monsters and angels' By John Blake, CNN August 2, 2010 (CNN) -- Ray Bradbury lives in a rambling Los Angeles home full of stuffed dinosaurs, a tin robot pushing an ice cream cart, and a life-sized Bullwinkle the Moose doll lounging in a cushioned chair. The 89-year-old science fiction author watches Fox News Channel by day, Turner Classic Movies by night. He spends the rest of his time summoning the monsters and angels of his imagination for his enchanting tales. Bradbury's imagination has yielded classic books such as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles and 600 short stories that predicted everything from the emergence of ATMs to live broadcasts of fugitive car chases. Bradbury, who turns 90 this month, says he will sometimes open one of his books late at night and cry out thanks to God. I sit there and cry because I haven't done any of this, he told Sam Weller, his biographer and friend. It's a God-given thing, and I'm so grateful, so, so grateful. The best description of my career as a writer is, 'At play in the fields of the Lord.' Bradbury's stories are filled with references to God and faith, but he's rarely talked at length about his religious beliefs, until now. 'Joy is the grace we say to God' He describes himself as a delicatessen religionist. He's inspired by Eastern and Western religions. The center of his faith, though, is love. Everything -- the reason he decided to write his first short story at 12; his 56-year marriage to his muse and late wife, Maggie; his friendships with everyone from Walt Disney to Alfred Hitchcock -- is based on love. Bradbury is in love with love. Once, when he saw Walt Disney, architect of the Magic Kingdom, Christmas shopping in Los Angeles, Bradbury approached him and said: Mr. Disney, my name is Ray Bradbury and I love you. Bradbury's favorite book in the Bible is the Gospel of John, which is filled with references to love. At the center of religion is love, Bradbury says from his home, which is painted dandelion yellow in honor of his favorite book, Dandelion Wine. I love you and I forgive you. I am like you and you are like me. I love all people. I love the world. I love creating. ... Everything in our life should be based on love. Bradbury's voice booms with enthusiasm over the phone. He now uses a wheelchair. His hearing has deteriorated. But he talks like an excitable kid with an old man's voice. (Each Christmas, Bradbury asked his wife to give him toys in place of any other gifts.) Weller, author of [ [ http://listentotheechoes.com/ ]http://listentotheechoes.com/ ]Listen to The Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews, says Bradbury ends many conversations with God bless. Weller's book devotes an entire chapter to Bradbury's faith. I once asked him if he prayed, and he said, 'Joy is the grace we say to God,' '' Weller says. Bradbury was raised as a Baptist in Waukegan, Illinois, by his father, a utility lineman, and his mother, a housewife. Both were infrequent churchgoers. His family moved to Los Angeles during the Great Depression to look for work. When he turned 14, Bradbury began visiting Catholic churches, synagogues and charismatic churches on his own to figure out his faith. Bradbury has been called a Unitarian, but he rejects that term. He dislikes labels of any kind. I'm a Zen Buddhist if I would describe myself, he says. I don't think about what I do. I do it. That's Buddhism. I jump off the cliff and build my wings on the way down. Examples of faith in Bradbury's stories Bradbury started writing for pulp magazines like Weird Tales and Thrilling Wonder Stories at the beginning of his career. But even then, faith was an important theme. In his 1949 story The Man, Bradbury tells the story of a rocket crew landing on Mars, only to see their thunder taken by a Christ-like figure who had arrived only hours earlier. In subsequent stories such as Bless Me, Father, For I Have Sinned, priests and other ordinary people search and find redemption. Allusions to Christianity are common in his stories, but Bradbury doesn't define himself as a Christian. He considers Jesus a wise prophet, like Buddha and Confucius. Jesus is a remarkable person, Bradbury says. He was on his way to becoming Christ, and he made it. Weller, also author of [ [ http://www.bradburychronicles.com/index.htm ]http://www.bradburychronicles.com/index.htm ]The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury, says Bradbury's religious antenna is most attuned to Christianity. The guy keeps writing about Jesus, but he
Re: [scifinoir2] Sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury on God, 'monsters and angels'
I'd love to be able to sit him down and ask him why at length. I've always held the notion in my head that anyone with more than a HS education could think well enough to see the holes in whatever Faux/Fixed/Fox churns out. I have a couple of his books somewhere in my files, and I intend to fish them out, when time allows, to see if there's any indication of his political leanings. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 2:14 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: Yes. I found that fact somewhat disturbing, too. :-\ Brent Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com martinbaxter7%40gmail.com writes: Is anyone else cringing at the thought that he watches Faux/Fixed/Fox by day? On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:03 PM, brent wodehouse [ mailto:brent_wodeho...@thefence.us brent_wodehouse%40thefence.us ] brent_wodeho...@thefence.us brent_wodehouse%40thefence.us wrote: [ http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/02/Bradbury/ ]http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/02/Bradbury/ Sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury on God, 'monsters and angels' By John Blake, CNN August 2, 2010 (CNN) -- Ray Bradbury lives in a rambling Los Angeles home full of stuffed dinosaurs, a tin robot pushing an ice cream cart, and a life-sized Bullwinkle the Moose doll lounging in a cushioned chair. The 89-year-old science fiction author watches Fox News Channel by day, Turner Classic Movies by night. He spends the rest of his time summoning the monsters and angels of his imagination for his enchanting tales. Bradbury's imagination has yielded classic books such as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles and 600 short stories that predicted everything from the emergence of ATMs to live broadcasts of fugitive car chases. Bradbury, who turns 90 this month, says he will sometimes open one of his books late at night and cry out thanks to God. I sit there and cry because I haven't done any of this, he told Sam Weller, his biographer and friend. It's a God-given thing, and I'm so grateful, so, so grateful. The best description of my career as a writer is, 'At play in the fields of the Lord.' Bradbury's stories are filled with references to God and faith, but he's rarely talked at length about his religious beliefs, until now. 'Joy is the grace we say to God' He describes himself as a delicatessen religionist. He's inspired by Eastern and Western religions. The center of his faith, though, is love. Everything -- the reason he decided to write his first short story at 12; his 56-year marriage to his muse and late wife, Maggie; his friendships with everyone from Walt Disney to Alfred Hitchcock -- is based on love. Bradbury is in love with love. Once, when he saw Walt Disney, architect of the Magic Kingdom, Christmas shopping in Los Angeles, Bradbury approached him and said: Mr. Disney, my name is Ray Bradbury and I love you. Bradbury's favorite book in the Bible is the Gospel of John, which is filled with references to love. At the center of religion is love, Bradbury says from his home, which is painted dandelion yellow in honor of his favorite book, Dandelion Wine. I love you and I forgive you. I am like you and you are like me. I love all people. I love the world. I love creating. ... Everything in our life should be based on love. Bradbury's voice booms with enthusiasm over the phone. He now uses a wheelchair. His hearing has deteriorated. But he talks like an excitable kid with an old man's voice. (Each Christmas, Bradbury asked his wife to give him toys in place of any other gifts.) Weller, author of [ [ http://listentotheechoes.com/ ]http://listentotheechoes.com/ ]Listen to The Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews, says Bradbury ends many conversations with God bless. Weller's book devotes an entire chapter to Bradbury's faith. I once asked him if he prayed, and he said, 'Joy is the grace we say to God,' '' Weller says. Bradbury was raised as a Baptist in Waukegan, Illinois, by his father, a utility lineman, and his mother, a housewife. Both were infrequent churchgoers. His family moved to Los Angeles during the Great Depression to look for work. When he turned 14, Bradbury began visiting Catholic churches, synagogues and charismatic churches on his own to figure out his faith. Bradbury has been called a Unitarian, but he rejects that term. He dislikes labels of any kind. I'm a Zen Buddhist if I would describe myself, he says. I don't think about what I do. I do it. That's Buddhism. I jump off the cliff and build my wings on the way down. Examples of faith in Bradbury's stories Bradbury started writing for pulp magazines like Weird Tales and Thrilling Wonder Stories at the beginning of his career. But even then, faith was an important theme. In his 1949 story The Man, Bradbury tells the story of a rocket crew landing on Mars, only to see their thunder taken by a Christ-like figure who had arrived only hours earlier. In
[scifinoir2] FX orders Star Trek spoof pilot, renews Louie
http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/08/fx-renews-louie-orders-sci-fi-comedy-pilot.html?utm_source=feedburnerutm_medium=feedutm_campaign=Feed%3A+live_feed+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+Live+Feed%29 [ http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/08/fx-renews-louie-orders-sci-fi-comedy-pilot.html ]FX orders Star Trek spoof pilot, renews Louie by [ http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/author/jhibberd/ ]James Hibberd | August 3, 2010 FX has ordered a comedy pilot from the makers of Reno 911 whose logline makes it sound like an unofficial Star Trek parody. Set a thousand years in the future, Alabama follows the crew of the space ship USS Alabama as they continue a seven-year mission to maintain interplanetary peace. The show will follow the heart-pounding action as our crew visits hostile planets, meets alien life-forms, and tries to have sex with each other in their tiny, metal bunk beds, FX said. Alabama is created by and stars Reno 911 veterans Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant and, just like the former Comedy Central series, will be part-scripted and part-improvised. Garant and Lennon are executive producers along with Peter Principato and Paul Young. In addition, FX has renewed the Louis C.K. comedy Louie for a 13-episode second season. The pickup comes about five weeks into the show's run, with the comedy performing fairly modestly -- averaging about 1 million viewers per week. The announcements were made at the Television Critics Association's press tour, where FX had the longest presentation in the network's history, scheduling nearly a full day of panels. FX's entertainment president John Landgraf said he hopes to expand the network's burgeoning lineup to a dozen shows, including 6-8 comedies. After that, Landgraf said, the network will reach a saturation point, unable to expand further due to the marketing costs associated with promoting so many shows. FX has already hit its goal to get on the comedy map, with veteran It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia steadily improving in the ratings and freshman animated series Archer becoming a surprise breakout. Along with Louie and The League, the network has four functioning half-hour comedies. Critics noted FX's paucity of Emmy nominations, and Landgraf noted that TV Academy favorite Damages, which is shifting to DirecTV, is set in the upper echelons of elite Manhattan society compared to the network's array of blue collar protagonists. Emmys live in their own separate universe, he said. Of the shows that qualified for an Emmy, 'Rescue Me,' 'Justified,' 'Sons of Anarcy' and 'Damages' all accured as much acclaim universal acclaim based on their Metacritic scores ... We the tendency to do the literature of the common man and common woman I don't think there's a lesson in personal grooming to be taken from 'Sons' ... Does that effect the Emmys? I don't know. Landgraf also said that, for actors, in recent years it has become more prestigious to land a cable show. It's become a status symbol for an actor to have a cable show, Landgraf said. A lot of being a movie star is being in a latex costume in front of a green screen wearing guide-wires and learning to do karate. Wrapping up the session, Landgraf noted, I haven't said anything Tweet-worthy, then announced: Peter Rice told me I could deny that Steve McPherson is becoming a judge on 'American Idol.'
[scifinoir2] China Plans Huge Buses That Can DRIVE OVER Cars
China Plans Huge Buses That Can DRIVE OVER Cars (PHOTOS) -Buzz up!82 votes - - Sharehttp://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/669166t=China+Plans+Huge+Buses+That+Can+DRIVE+OVER+Cars+%28PHOTOS%29+-+Yahoo%21+News - retweethttp://twitter.com/home?status=http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/669166 - Emailhttp://mtf.news.yahoo.com/mailto/?prop=newslocale=usurl=http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/669166title=China+Plans+Huge+Buses+That+Can+DRIVE+OVER+Cars+%28PHOTOS%29+-+Yahoo%21+Newsh1=huffpost/669166h2=Th3=2407 - Print http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/669166/print Tue Aug 3, 4:05 pm ET China has overtaken the United States as the world's biggest producer of greenhouse gases and biggest energy consumer. But the country is also thinking in big and bold ways when it comes to how it will reduce pollution and a new plan to build a straddling bushttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/huffpost/cm_huffpost/storytext/669166/37115726/SIG=12i0tt4ec/*http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/02/3d-express-coach-pictures_n_667452.htmlis among the most space-age schemes yet. In an effort to go green and relieve congestion without widening roads, the Shenzhen Huashi Future Parking Equipment company is developing a 3D Express Coachhttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/huffpost/cm_huffpost/storytext/669166/37115726/SIG=12i0tt4ec/*http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/02/3d-express-coach-pictures_n_667452.html(also known as a three-dimensional fast bus). The innovation will allow cars less than 2 meters high to travel underneath the upper level of the vehicle, which will be carrying passengers (PHOTOShttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/huffpost/cm_huffpost/storytext/669166/37115726/SIG=10nkdjd5g/*http://huff.to/98HiKL). According to China Hush,http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/huffpost/cm_huffpost/storytext/669166/37115726/SIG=139i1ebbb/*http://www.chinahush.com/2010/07/31/straddling-bus-a-cheaper-greener-and-faster-alternative-to-commute/the 6-meter-wide 3D Express Coach will be powered by a combination of electricity and solar energy, and will be able to travel up to 60 kilometers per hour carrying some 1200 to 1400 passengers. The first 115 miles of track is set for constructionhttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/huffpost/cm_huffpost/storytext/669166/37115726/SIG=12i0tt4ec/*http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/02/3d-express-coach-pictures_n_667452.htmlin Beijing's Mentougou district starting in late 2010. The Chairman of the Huashi Future Parking Equipment company boastshttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/huffpost/cm_huffpost/storytext/669166/37115726/SIG=139i1ebbb/*http://www.chinahush.com/2010/07/31/straddling-bus-a-cheaper-greener-and-faster-alternative-to-commute/it will take only a year and 500 million yuan (around $73 million) to build the futuristic transportation system. *IN PHOTOS: See more pictures of the futuristic bus herehttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/huffpost/cm_huffpost/storytext/669166/37115726/SIG=10nkdjd5g/*http://huff.to/98HiKL .* -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] WEIRD CREATURES
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[scifinoir2] New startup uses Internet to predict the future
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Re: [scifinoir2] The SeaKettle life raft will make drinking water from the sea
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Re: [scifinoir2] OT: 100M Facebook Profiles Now Available For Download
I tell my friends that they should not put anything in public that they don't want their boss or momma to see. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 4:21 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: For those of you still loitering there... == 100M Facebook Profiles Now Available For Download Emily Price, PC World http://www.pcworld.com/ Jul 28, 2010 6:09 pm One hundred million Facebook user profiles containing personal information such as e-mail addresses and phone numbers, are now available as a 2.8GB torrent download http://www.skullsecurity.org/blog/?p=887. Ron Bowes of Skull Security http://www.skullsecurity.org/ created the torrent using a Web crawler program, harvesting data from public profiles of users who have chosen not to change their privacy settings. The file contains information for 1 in every 5 Facebook users, all those who are currently listed in the Facebook open access directoryhttp://www.facebook.com/directory/. Nothing is illegal about the torrent, because it simply uses data that is available to the public. Even those who have secured their own Facebook page may not be completely out of the clear. In a statement on his website Bowes said: More at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/202126/100m_facebook_profiles_now_available_for_download.html?tk=nl_wbx_h_crawl1 -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury on God, 'monsters and angels'
I think Martian Chronicles kind of shows his leanings. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: I'd love to be able to sit him down and ask him why at length. I've always held the notion in my head that anyone with more than a HS education could think well enough to see the holes in whatever Faux/Fixed/Fox churns out. I have a couple of his books somewhere in my files, and I intend to fish them out, when time allows, to see if there's any indication of his political leanings. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 2:14 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: Yes. I found that fact somewhat disturbing, too. :-\ Brent Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com martinbaxter7%40gmail.com writes: Is anyone else cringing at the thought that he watches Faux/Fixed/Fox by day? On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:03 PM, brent wodehouse [ mailto:brent_wodeho...@thefence.us brent_wodehouse%40thefence.us ] brent_wodeho...@thefence.us brent_wodehouse%40thefence.us wrote: [ http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/02/Bradbury/ ]http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/02/Bradbury/ Sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury on God, 'monsters and angels' By John Blake, CNN August 2, 2010 (CNN) -- Ray Bradbury lives in a rambling Los Angeles home full of stuffed dinosaurs, a tin robot pushing an ice cream cart, and a life-sized Bullwinkle the Moose doll lounging in a cushioned chair. The 89-year-old science fiction author watches Fox News Channel by day, Turner Classic Movies by night. He spends the rest of his time summoning the monsters and angels of his imagination for his enchanting tales. Bradbury's imagination has yielded classic books such as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles and 600 short stories that predicted everything from the emergence of ATMs to live broadcasts of fugitive car chases. Bradbury, who turns 90 this month, says he will sometimes open one of his books late at night and cry out thanks to God. I sit there and cry because I haven't done any of this, he told Sam Weller, his biographer and friend. It's a God-given thing, and I'm so grateful, so, so grateful. The best description of my career as a writer is, 'At play in the fields of the Lord.' Bradbury's stories are filled with references to God and faith, but he's rarely talked at length about his religious beliefs, until now. 'Joy is the grace we say to God' He describes himself as a delicatessen religionist. He's inspired by Eastern and Western religions. The center of his faith, though, is love. Everything -- the reason he decided to write his first short story at 12; his 56-year marriage to his muse and late wife, Maggie; his friendships with everyone from Walt Disney to Alfred Hitchcock -- is based on love. Bradbury is in love with love. Once, when he saw Walt Disney, architect of the Magic Kingdom, Christmas shopping in Los Angeles, Bradbury approached him and said: Mr. Disney, my name is Ray Bradbury and I love you. Bradbury's favorite book in the Bible is the Gospel of John, which is filled with references to love. At the center of religion is love, Bradbury says from his home, which is painted dandelion yellow in honor of his favorite book, Dandelion Wine. I love you and I forgive you. I am like you and you are like me. I love all people. I love the world. I love creating. ... Everything in our life should be based on love. Bradbury's voice booms with enthusiasm over the phone. He now uses a wheelchair. His hearing has deteriorated. But he talks like an excitable kid with an old man's voice. (Each Christmas, Bradbury asked his wife to give him toys in place of any other gifts.) Weller, author of [ [ http://listentotheechoes.com/ ]http://listentotheechoes.com/ ]Listen to The Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews, says Bradbury ends many conversations with God bless. Weller's book devotes an entire chapter to Bradbury's faith. I once asked him if he prayed, and he said, 'Joy is the grace we say to God,' '' Weller says. Bradbury was raised as a Baptist in Waukegan, Illinois, by his father, a utility lineman, and his mother, a housewife. Both were infrequent churchgoers. His family moved to Los Angeles during the Great Depression to look for work. When he turned 14, Bradbury began visiting Catholic churches, synagogues and charismatic churches on his own to figure out his faith. Bradbury has been called a Unitarian, but he rejects that term. He dislikes labels of any kind. I'm a Zen Buddhist if I would describe myself, he says. I don't think about what I do. I do it. That's Buddhism. I jump off the cliff and build my wings on the way down. Examples of faith in Bradbury's stories Bradbury started writing for pulp magazines like Weird Tales and Thrilling Wonder Stories at the beginning of his career. But even then, faith was an important theme. In his 1949 story The Man, Bradbury
[scifinoir2] Eureka, Warehouse 13' Crossovers
Looks like, instead of just sharing actors between shows, SyFy is actually sharing characters now. Tonight's Warehouse 13 guest stars the character Fargo, currently the head of Global Dynamics (thanks to the recent timeline changes) over on Eureka. He's been sent to upgrade their computer system. It was cool to see the crossover, especially when Fargo said he didn't originally think the Warehouse was anything but a rumour on the Net. On this week's Eureka, Claudia is then sent to Global to help with some issues they have there. Ought to be interesting to see how she reacts to the gang over there, especially Carter. I guess this means that these two shows are genuine hits for SyFy. I certainly enjoy their lighthearted fun, especially the slightly changed Eureka.
Re: [scifinoir2] Sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury on God, 'monsters and angels'
It was the dialog between Williams and the other character after Williams spent time wondering around the Martian's territory. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 7:20 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: The Martian Chronicles? May I ask: In what sense does it reveal Mr Bradbury's leanings (I'm assuming political)? Brent Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com writes: I think Martian Chronicles kind of shows his leanings. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Martin Baxter [ mailto:martinbaxt...@gmail.com ]martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: I'd love to be able to sit him down and ask him why at length. I've always held the notion in my head that anyone with more than a HS education could think well enough to see the holes in whatever Faux/Fixed/Fox churns out. I have a couple of his books somewhere in my files, and I intend to fish them out, when time allows, to see if there's any indication of his political leanings. On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 2:14 PM, brent wodehouse [ mailto:brent_wodeho...@thefence.us ]brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: Yes. I found that fact somewhat disturbing, too. :-\ Brent Martin Baxter [ mailto:martinbaxter7%40gmail.commartinbaxter7%2540gmail.com ]martinbaxt...@gmail.com writes: Is anyone else cringing at the thought that he watches Faux/Fixed/Fox by day? On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 10:03 PM, brent wodehouse [ mailto:[ mailto:brent_wodehouse%40thefence.usbrent_wodehouse%2540thefence.us ]brent_wodeho...@thefence.us ][ mailto:brent_wodehouse%40thefence.usbrent_wodehouse%2540thefence.us ]brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: [ [ http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/02/Bradbury/ ]http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/02/Bradbury/ ][ http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/02/Bradbury/ ]http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/08/02/Bradbury/ Sci-fi legend Ray Bradbury on God, 'monsters and angels' By John Blake, CNN August 2, 2010 (CNN) -- Ray Bradbury lives in a rambling Los Angeles home full of stuffed dinosaurs, a tin robot pushing an ice cream cart, and a life-sized Bullwinkle the Moose doll lounging in a cushioned chair. The 89-year-old science fiction author watches Fox News Channel by day, Turner Classic Movies by night. He spends the rest of his time summoning the monsters and angels of his imagination for his enchanting tales. Bradbury's imagination has yielded classic books such as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles and 600 short stories that predicted everything from the emergence of ATMs to live broadcasts of fugitive car chases. Bradbury, who turns 90 this month, says he will sometimes open one of his books late at night and cry out thanks to God. I sit there and cry because I haven't done any of this, he told Sam Weller, his biographer and friend. It's a God-given thing, and I'm so grateful, so, so grateful. The best description of my career as a writer is, 'At play in the fields of the Lord.' Bradbury's stories are filled with references to God and faith, but he's rarely talked at length about his religious beliefs, until now. 'Joy is the grace we say to God' He describes himself as a delicatessen religionist. He's inspired by Eastern and Western religions. The center of his faith, though, is love. Everything -- the reason he decided to write his first short story at 12; his 56-year marriage to his muse and late wife, Maggie; his friendships with everyone from Walt Disney to Alfred Hitchcock -- is based on love. Bradbury is in love with love. Once, when he saw Walt Disney, architect of the Magic Kingdom, Christmas shopping in Los Angeles, Bradbury approached him and said: Mr. Disney, my name is Ray Bradbury and I love you. Bradbury's favorite book in the Bible is the Gospel of John, which is filled with references to love. At the center of religion is love, Bradbury says from his home, which is painted dandelion yellow in honor of his favorite book, Dandelion Wine. I love you and I forgive you. I am like you and you are like me. I love all people. I love the world. I love creating. ... Everything in our life should be based on love. Bradbury's voice booms with enthusiasm over the phone. He now uses a wheelchair. His hearing has deteriorated. But he talks like an excitable kid with an old man's voice. (Each Christmas, Bradbury asked his wife to give him toys in place of any other gifts.) Weller, author of [ [ [ http://listentotheechoes.com/ ]http://listentotheechoes.com/ ][ http://listentotheechoes.com/ ]http://listentotheechoes.com/ ]Listen to The Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews, says Bradbury ends many conversations with God bless. Weller's book devotes an entire chapter to Bradbury's faith. I once asked him if he prayed, and he said, 'Joy is the grace we say to God,' '' Weller says. Bradbury was raised as a Baptist in Waukegan, Illinois, by his father, a utility lineman, and his mother, a
