http://claresiobhan.stblogs.com My soul is waiting for the Lord... (Psalm 130) Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:35:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An article from 2000--quite good! On Religion in SF and Fantasy: An Interview with Orson Scott Card by Moira Allen In your view, how well (or poorly) is religion portrayed in current fantasy and science fiction? There is little difference on this point between speculative fiction and literary fiction -- or any other genre except ... http://claresiobhan.stblogs.com/2008/09/24/interview-with-orson-scott-card-on-writing-worldcom/ U2 performing "Where the Streets Have No Name" at the SuperBowl 2002. Listen to what Bono says at the beginning, as the song is winding up. Hint: it's a quote from sacred scripture. [youtube]gq08ouOwiqQ[/youtube] http://claresiobhan.stblogs.com/2008/07/12/u2-at-the-superbowl-2002/ Catholic Exchange is running a good review of Ben Stein's new documentary Expelled: An excerpt: I confess that when the producers of Ben Stein’s new documentary Expelled called, offering me a private screening, I was less than excited. It is a reality of PC liberalism: There is only one credible side ... http://claresiobhan.stblogs.com/2008/04/19/review-of-ben-steins-documentary-on-catholic-exchange/ Caelum et Terra is now at a new blog site. My blogroll is updated. http://claresiobhan.stblogs.com/2008/04/11/caelum-et-terra-has-moved/ Henry Karlson kindly sent this link to his article about Doctor Who: http://vox-nova.com/2007/06/15/doctor-who/ http://claresiobhan.stblogs.com/2008/04/10/doctor-who-article-at-vox-nova/ ...there's a good comment from someone from Vox Nova. It's the second one down. Long, but worth reading. Enjoy! (I think he tried to leave some links to follow, but they didn't format through. I'll see if I can contact him and get the permalink to his original post...) http://claresiobhan.stblogs.com/2008/04/09/see-yesterdays-post-about-doctor-who/ I did a Google search for "Doctor Who Catholic" and was directed to Catholic Blogs (www.catholicblogs.com), where these articles were listed. At Vox Nova: Vox Nova At the Tele: Doctor Who, Partners In Crime At Veritas nunquam perit: It's bigger on the inside than on the outside. (A reference to the Doctor's mode of ... http://claresiobhan.stblogs.com/2008/04/08/doctor-who-stuff-on-catholic-websites/ Yesterday I mentioned that I thought the intermittently long-running British television series Doctor Who was no longer suitable for children. I received as gifts the 1st and 2nd seasons of the brand new version of the show that they're doing now, and after watching the 1st season episodes I've banned it ... http://claresiobhan.stblogs.com/2008/04/07/more-on-doctor-who/ Number Two Daughter is 10. I'm told that 8-11 year-olds love book series. My 10 y.o. is pretty extreme in this regard: the Harry Potter series the new Peter Pan series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson the Redwall series by Brian Jacques the Series of Unfortunate Events series the Artemis Fowl series the Magic Treehouse ... http://claresiobhan.stblogs.com/2008/04/06/stack-o-books-number-two-daughter/ Today I drove to my alma mater with the children for a day visiting Mom's old stomping grounds. We stopped by the St. John's Catholic Newman Center, which was excellent 20 years ago when I was going there and is still excellent, by all appearances. According to their website, 27 ... http://claresiobhan.stblogs.com/2008/04/05/a-visit-to-the-home-of-the-catholic-illini/