Comments on: Tidbitty Goodness, 10/9/06 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/ I FORGET WHAT EIGHT WAS FOR Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:58:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Brian http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-196839 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:08:18 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-196839 *snort* That’s my dad’s church. (He’s a member of the church, he doesn’t own it. Just to be clear.)

]]> By: Smurf http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89827 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:02:41 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89827 It’s getting to the point where you can’t trust your gay pedophile Congressman anymore.

Mark Leyner once wrote about a clan in Japan who, after the shogun banned them from owning weaponry, developed a fighting style based on swinging babies by the feet. He said that the guy who invented it had been inspired by his son’s immunity to pain during one of those inevitable child/parent noggin-knockings.

]]> By: PixelFish http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89826 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:42:47 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89826 JH: Wow. Yes, I did use to do a webcomic called PFFFT! I’m amazed anybody even remembers it. :) Occasionally Pfunk and I think about resurrecting it, but we have other projects of our own to concentrate on. (I think I accidently let the domain expire some time back, too.)

]]> By: John Scalzi http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89824 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:21:53 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89824 Aaron:

“I’m not sure which one more consciously imitates Heinlein in their writing.”

Given that Spider just wrote a Heinlein novel, I suspect he wins that one pretty handily.

]]> By: John Scalzi http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89825 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:21:53 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89825 Aaron:

“I’m not sure which one more consciously imitates Heinlein in their writing.”

Given that Spider just wrote a Heinlein novel, I suspect he wins that one pretty handily.

]]> By: WizarDru http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89823 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:14:00 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89823 Going to Philcon, eh? Almost makes me want to go.

Almost. If I hadn’t grown away from written SF and certainly from PSFS in the last decade or so, anyways. Heck, the only SF author I’ve read in the last year or two (unless you count modern fantasy, such as say, Jim Butcher) is you, my dear Scalzi. And a short story by Cory Doctorow, maybe.

(well, and rereading a little James White, now that I think of it).

]]> By: Aaron http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89821 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:09:59 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89821 The notion of Scalzi having a conversation with Spider Robinson about Heinlein makes me giggle. I’m not sure which one more consciously imitates Heinlein in their writing. Probably Robinson, but still…

]]> By: Aaron http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89822 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 05:09:59 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89822 The notion of Scalzi having a conversation with Spider Robinson about Heinlein makes me giggle. I’m not sure which one more consciously imitates Heinlein in their writing. Probably Robinson, but still…

]]> By: Ginny http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89819 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:54:41 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89819 Use of Matthew to illustrate any point to some Christian sects is like whistling underwater.

Matthew 6:5-8, for example: Jesus taught that the best place to commune with God? By yourself, quietly, in your closet if you have to.

Basically, He calls those who loudly proclaim their faith and who try to lead others “heathens” and “false prophets” in Matthew 6 & 7, and says quite simply “they shall have their reward” (and I don’t suspect it’s a nice one, either).

So whenever I read things like that blogging article or other things from churches that attempt to tell me I’m a sinner, I just remember the words of Jesus Christ as told by Matthew, smile to myself and ignore them. (OK I also secretly wish they’d hole up in their closets, but THAT won’t be happening any time soon.)

]]> By: Ginny http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89820 Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:54:41 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/10/09/tidbitty-goodness-10906/#comment-89820 Use of Matthew to illustrate any point to some Christian sects is like whistling underwater.

Matthew 6:5-8, for example: Jesus taught that the best place to commune with God? By yourself, quietly, in your closet if you have to.

Basically, He calls those who loudly proclaim their faith and who try to lead others “heathens” and “false prophets” in Matthew 6 & 7, and says quite simply “they shall have their reward” (and I don’t suspect it’s a nice one, either).

So whenever I read things like that blogging article or other things from churches that attempt to tell me I’m a sinner, I just remember the words of Jesus Christ as told by Matthew, smile to myself and ignore them. (OK I also secretly wish they’d hole up in their closets, but THAT won’t be happening any time soon.)

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