A random collection of semi-coherent thoughts for Sunday reading.
R. Craig Hogan sent me a copy of his new book Your Eternal Self. It’s a compendium of evidence for life after death, and looks well worth reading (even if he does include a certain British "materialization medium" among those he considers rigorously tested) …
Rod McKenzie emailed me to recommend signing an anti-whaling petition. I’m not much into petitions, but for those who are, here’s the link. Warning for those at work: the site plays music …
The new Indiana Jones movie actually looks pretty good. And the John Williams theme music still soars …
The campaign to eliminate plastic bags is apparently based on an amateurish journalistic blunder …
Google Books includes a preview of Jenny Wade’s excellent (but challenging) Changes of Mind, for those who are interested …
The new Amazon Video Unbox service is pretty cool. You can buy a TV show or movie and download it to your PC or portable device. Rentals are available too. High-speed connection required …
Spiritualist Chatroom, which has been hacked at least twice in the past, is now offline again. More hackery? Or just a technical snafu? I don’t know, but the site has been down for at least three days …
Rolling Stone tells the sad, bizarre story of how Britney Spears lost her mind. With most celebrities, "losing one’s mind" would be a purely figurative expression …
George Clooney is cool. Here’s how he responds to a Web site calling him "gay, gay, gay": "No, I’m gay, gay. The third gay – that was pushing it." Heh.
That’s all for now.