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Weekend Wonderings

Happy Veterans Day!  "Eternal Vigilance Is the Price of Freedom."

Now that Lost is in hiatus until February 2007 after its six-week mini season this fall, I'm beginning to look forward to the new season of 24 premiering in January 2007.  Here's the latest trailer of the upcoming sixth season.  It appears to be a doozy of with most of the old characters back as Counter-Terrorism Unit Agent Jack Bauer once again saves the US from diabolical terrorist threats, all in real time, and in just 24 hours.  On a side note, I found Jack Bauer's Having a Bad Day recently in a catalog.  The book seeks to explore the faith dimension of Agent Bauer and 24 from Season One.  Looks quite interesting.  Has any one read it yet?  What did you think?

Twenty things you probably didn't want to know about death.  (I bet you'll read it anyway.)  [HT: Evangelical Outpost]

Tired of meetings?  So is Scot McKnight.

Jessica "With a Flourish" Robinson has redesigned her blog.  Take a look here.

Cool outer space stuff: What Earth looks like from orbit.  Here's the latest picture of the Orion Nebula captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.  And weather news from the planet Saturn.

Weekend Wonderings

A treasure trove of fascinating tidbits of Trekkies, truth, and trivia...

In honor of the Fortieth Anniversary of its first show, these die-hard fans in upstate New York show that Star Trek lives long and prospers.  (Hat Tip to Michael Kruse at Kruse Kronicle)

Justin Taylor at his Beyond Two Worlds blog alerted me to this very interesting article on the Top 15 Finds from Biblical Archeology by Dr. Walter Kaiser.  Whether you enjoy reading about history or not, you will find this article enjoyable and educational.

A "vigilant" vice-principal in Laurel, MD, thwarted a student's dangerous activity: quietly reading the Bible in the cafeteria during lunch.

Joel Belz of World Magazine observes that westerners have misunderstood the Pope's speech condemning violence in the name of religion as much as Muslims have.

Cool technology story of the week from Wired: a machine that can produce drinking water from thin air almost anywhere in the world using low levels of energy and without producing toxic byproducts at a cost of about 30 cents per gallon.