Tagged: J. R. R. Tolkien

How Well Do You Know Your Moon? - Honest Universe

Mark Hanna • Feb 25, 2015 •

• Astronomy,
• Bad Astronomy,
• Cloud Atlas,
• J.R.R. Tolkien,
• Jeremy Hanna,
• Kerbal Space Program,
• Lunar phases,
• Moon,
• New Zealand,
• Phil Plait,
• Ship of Theseus,
• The Lord of the Rings,
• The Simpsons,
• USA

Phil Plait, who writes the wonderful Bad Astronomy blog over on Slate, noticed something interesting in a recent episode of The Simpsons: To the untrained eye, nothing about this cartoon image is likely to seem unusual. But if you spend a lot of time looking at the sky, and you have the additional context that […] … Read More

Peter Jackson — Satan’s Little Helper’ - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Dec 29, 2011 •

• atheism,
• belief,
• Christianity,
• Golden Globe Award,
• Hobbit,
• humour,
• J. R. R. Tolkien,
• New Zealand,
• Peter Jackson,
• religion,
• Satan,
• Sciblogs

Who would have thought it! Turns out New Zealand film director Peter Jackson is working for Satan! So Christians for a Moral America have got in early and announced a boycott of his Hobbit movies (see  BOYCOTT ANNOUNCEMENT: The Hobbit … Continue reading → … Read More