This week we’re getting another Spider Man movie! I know it seems like we get new ones every year. And with all the noise of Summer blockbuster superhero movies, it’s easy to just see a blur. There’s a lot of them, and they are loud, … read more.

The words we use matter. But the words we don’t use matter too.

I have been hoping to find a way to talk about words and what is wrapped up in them, especially when our spirituality is at issue. Here’s my attempt at that: a … read more.

I have a love/hate relationship with the game Scrabble (or Words with Friends, if you play it online). Words are so much fun, and a game that invites you to create a big crossword puzzle without clues with friends––it’s one of those games where there … read more.

Apparently, if you have an old TV that still receives an antenna signal and you tune it to a black and white snow screen, around 1% of what appears on the screen comes from cosmic background radiation. That is the energy left throughout the universe … read more.

From The Muppet Show (February, 1979)

We all lost Harry Belafonte this week. It’s a strange thing to lose someone who is such a towering figure, when their life has left such a meaningful footprint in the world. He was in his mid-90’s and he was … read more.

I don’t know anything about electrical engineering. I think I maybe did a project in a high school science class that involved creating a circuit board. But I really don’t know anything other than that very basic set of ideas about a network through which … read more.

Science educator and social media darling Hank Green has a message for us about the interwoven relationship between our minds and the world that we live in. It’s important, especially in a month where we are focusing on the theme of “resistance.” This video is … read more.

I like to think of Spring as a time full of pushing and tension. You see these flowers appear and you feel these winds change the temperature outside, it feels so gradual as to be motionless. But then you watch some of those amazing, fast-forward … read more.

Louis Armstrong draws a trumpet on the head of a French Punk in 1961 (reddit.com/r/pics)

I love the idea of historical people and events that co-exist at the same time, unexpectedly. The one I always think of is that C.S. Lewis, who wrote the Narnia … read more.

I really love the movie Creed. Creed III is in theaters now, but the original is my favorite. It’s one of my favorite pieces of our nostalgia-throwback-sequalized-remake movie culture. It’s a great new story that taps into the themes and dynamics of an older story. … read more.