Fri, 12 February 2010
The Show Notes Rupert calls in
........................ Mentioned in the show and more information Daniel Loxton's book "Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came To Be" Daniel Loxton at Junior Skeptic Temple Grandin movie at HBO Temple Grandin bio at Wikipedia Milton Mermikides on twitter on the net Bridget Mermikides on twitter on the net ........................ Geo's Music: stock up! .................................... Sign up for the mailing list: Write to Geo! Score more data from the Geologic Universe! Get George's edition Non-Coloring Book at Lulu, both as download and print editions. Have a comment on the show, a Religious Moron tip, or a question for Ask George? Drop George a line and write to Geo's Mom, too! Ms. Information says, "Claire Danes cannot possibly look less than stellar... but it's great to see her in a masterfully-written role that brought out her best." Comments[17]
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- I thought Phil Plait too obvious, I was thinking it was his close personal friend, TV's Adam Savage. Oh well...
FYI, Black Sabbath's "Iron Man" is really good for getting songs unstuck from within one's brains. Maybe that only works for me, though... - Having just finished listening to an hour of The BA on Skepticality, I thought it just had to be Phil Plait ... but then I couldn't work out whether it be Phil because I thought it sounded like Phil, or because I'd just been listening to him all that time. So really, I admit, I got it right but had no idea %^) (Oh, and also I am a week late for the prize anyway.)
I agree, an awesome show.
Can't wait for Trebuchet!
- Thanks for answering my question Geo. I have to say, the religious nature of the film was only part of turning it down. I think what really outweighed the benefits of doing it was that it was like a cheesy christian afterschool special. I might have taken the job for a better film. I did recently do a country studio gig and I hate country (I'm a prog fan).
- I second the recommendation of the Temple Grandin movie. I watched it over the weekend (before listening to Geo\'s podcast). Never once in the movie did I feel sorry for Temple because of her condition. On the contrary it showed how determination allowed her to illustrate that her condition didn\'t make her less then anyone, but unique in her thinking. If you\'re looking for a good movie about someone who doesn\'t wally in self pity due to her condition, rather focuses on it\'s strengths to achieve great things, then this is a must see.
- You know, I didn't even need to listen to the message. The second Geo said someone left him a message and I should know who it is I knew the answer would be Phil Plait before I even heard his voice. Phil is such an attention whore it just made sense... of course, I always listen to the podcast at work the Monday after it's posted so I missed my chance at the prize. Balls.
bronchi,
Marshall - @David P
Had to go with a signed copy of Trebuchet! I\'d rather be able to listen to the album as a whole than getting one song and having to wait for the rest. If you pick a song then there\'s the problem of which song to go with and that was just too tough of a decision to make.
