Random News Table for Monday, October 12, 2009

There's been a lot of weird news lately....

Roll 1d6 and select result

1. 2012 Doomsday? Mayan elder says 'Bunk'

2. As if in response...Asteroid collision 'less likely'

3. The Occult Roots of the Wizard of Oz

4. Row brews over Anglo-Saxon treasure trove

5. Dead deer in clown suit left on Iowa porch

6. Human lung stolen from travelling exhibition

Random News Table for Friday, September 18, 2009

Roll 1d6 and select result

1. Fog Catchers Bring Water to Parched Villages

2. Fast-food surprise found lodged in man’s lung

3. Panama: youngsters claim to have killed an alien

4. Beyonce’s Sweet Dreams – Occult Mind Control

5. Blind Woman Sees With 'Tooth-in-Eye' Surgery

6. Mystical Sites – U.S. Capitol

Note: This week has all been 'catty-wampus' as far as my schedule goes. I hope next week to have it more under control.

Random News Table for Monday Thursday, September 7 10, 2009

Roll 1d6 and select result

1. Police baffled as dozens of 'suicidal' cows throw themselves off cliff in the Alps

2. Homebrew Car Computer - Be Sure to Watch the Video!

3. Texas Man Says He Has Mythical Chupacabra

4. Try deep fried butter at Texas State Fair

5. U.S. teenager cries tears of blood

6. Japan's new first lady says rode in a spaceship

(Note: I've been uber busy this week. Hopefully I will be able to post the entry for this week's 'Thursday Theology' tomorrow.)

For the four or five of you who regularly take a look here, you will notice that I had been a little quiet. The reason was that I was on vacation in a place where internet service was non-existent. I will say that it was nice to have the time away and really enjoy my vacation spot (the North Carolina mountains). When I returned roughly ten days later, I was swamped with playing catch up and then the Princess Bride and I were off to a retreat weekend where we part of the staff.

Today, I am settling back into my routine.

While I was away, I thought about restructuring things here. I am planning on moving the Random News Table to Mondays (starting next week), and adding a new semi-regular feature, which I'm calling 'Theology Thursday,' which will, not coincidentally, appear on Thursdays. As I have not been able to resurrect my quixotic 'Geek Orthodoxy' podcasts, I'm planning on using the Theology Thursday posts to feature those thoughts.

I have been a little lax in the integration of my faith and my interests of late, and I think that this might be a good way to really dig into that a bit.

Random News Table for Friday, July 31, 2009

Roll 1d6 and select result

1. Humans glow in the dark

2. Solar eclipse scares Indian mothers-to-be

3. Land mine left in Goodwill donation box

4. Dallas County officials spar over 'black hole' comment

5. Mysterious Beasts Torment African Villagers

6. 9 Mysterious Ape-men from Around the World

Random News Table in commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the Launch of Apollo 11

Roll 1d6 and select result

1. Ten Things You Didn't Know About the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

2. Apollo 11 Final Flight Mission Rules (PDF)

3. A Brief History of the Apollo Hoax

4. Apollo 11 Anniversary: Debate Continues - Was this trip necessary?

5. New Models for Moon Land-Grab

6. Sports in Space

Random News Table for Friday, July 03, 2009

Roll 1d6 and select result

1. 'Ark of the Covenant' about to be unveiled?

2. Or Not

3. Flying car to be unveiled in 2011

4. Entire New 13-Story Building Tips Over in Shanghai

5. Space Shuttle Science Shows How 1908 Tunguska Explosion Was Caused By A Comet

6. Cthulhu-esque creature in a North Carolina Sewer - What the heck is that thing?

Random News Table for Friday, June 19, 2009

Roll 1d6 and select result

1. Harvard Psychiatrist Explains Zombie Neurobiology

2. Twin Peaks to return via the internet

3. Cocaine Found Hidden Inside Frozen Sharks

4. Jupiter's moon Io could one day break free

5. Kitty Hawk - Pulp-themed comic

6. Ancient Chinese Star Chart

Random News Table folr June 5, 2008

As before, roll d6 and select the result:

1. Parts of a Nearby Galaxy are Missing -- Was it Col. Mustard in the Conservatory with the Candlestick?

2. Is it okay to show your patriotism at the office? Apparently not.

3. RIP David Eddings

4. Spy satellites are getting too good when they can spot Penguin poo from space.

5. The Dancing Pirate, a 1936 film about "a Boston dance teacher who gets shanghaied by buccaneers who might make his next steps be off the plank (synopsis from the IMDB entry)."

6. RIP David Carradine of Kill Bill and Kung Fu fame.