Murder Unscripted

You gotta love actors willing to put out there that they are, in fact, not really the smart ones.

"Unchurched" Numbers Growing

The Southern Baptist convention did a survey* that found the number of "unchurched" (those of us who have not gone to church in the last six months) has grown to an all-time high of 22%.

"We no longer have a home-field advantage as Christians in this culture."

Awww, and it gets worse: 44% of those who skip church say Christians get on their nerves, and 72% say that churches are full of hypocrites.


*I don't trust this group's numbers, since these people think the earth is 6,000 years old. How good can their math really be? And such groups have a tendency to use creative math, statistics, and polling. I think that the actual numbers are far higher.

It's Now "Don't Ask, No One Cares"

Call it social progress or a simple case of beggars can't be choosers, but openly gay people now serve in the US military.

The Pentagon really doesn't give a shit what this President says now, does it? I can't wait for the Republicans to get CREAMED on this policy during the elections.

Bring It On, Bitches

Iran confronts the US Navy.


Oh what fun we could have...

I Love The French

I know some people on this blog give me shit because I'm an unrepentant francophile. But I think Sarkozy is fucking awesome, and this news solidifies my love for him:

French president expected to marry former model.

I claim pro-France dibs! If you don't like it, suck it!

Beyond The Rim

It looks like the void between galaxies is not totally void.

Damnation!! I want my space race now!!

Russia says it is ahead in race to put man on Mars

Russia is leading the race to complete a manned mission to Mars and could land a Russian on the Red Planet by 2025, a leading scientist was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

"We have something of a head start in this race as we have the most experience in piloted space flight," the director of the prestigious Space Research Institute, Lev Zelyony, told Interfax news agency on Tuesday.

The goal of becoming the first country to land a human on Mars is "technically and economically achievable" by 2025, he said.

Mars is the most prestigious prize for the Russian space industry if it wants to boost the country's "scientific and political prestige" through manned space flight, he said.

"We lost the race to the moon," Zelyony said.

The United States achieved that goal on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon.

The last manned US mission to the moon was the December 1972 flight of Apollo 17.

Must...Have...

They also have Serenity/Firefly "travel" posters.

See, I'm Not The Only One

Angrypuppy.com is a "gay guide for sci fi, horror, gaming, tech, comics, and stuff we like." And to add to our lists of lists, they have a list of top 10 characters they would like to party with.

Comedian Resolutions

The Gays Spend Money

Radar has a great article on the top gay-pandering ads of 2007. I would expect more of this in the future: as the article points out, we have lots of money and typically no cash-sucking progeny. It doesn't point out that the gays trend towards status purchases, therapy shopping, and crass narcissism (result: big spending). Here are some of my favorite:

Though to be fair, the above could be a heterosexual European couple.

So campy it borderlines on insulting. But that's Canada for ya'.

This allegedly wasn't meant to be gay. Right.

6 Reasons To Be An Atheist

There's a new book on atheism called The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality. It's going on the list because of the 6 reasons to be an atheist. My favorite reason is #3:

My refusal to explain something I cannot understand by something I understand even less.

It sounds like a great read.

Where Did Our Squid Overlords Come From?

From here:
All hail the cephalopodian master races!

Oh For Fuck's Sake...

George R. R. Martin has an update on the next Ice and Fire book. No surprises.

Sci-Fi blog from Gawker

io9 - Just reading this headline makes me think they might be our kind of people: Chart Shows Most Post-Apocalyptic Movie Of All Time