Yes indeed, but I was expecting DOA as well. Oh, well.

I haven't seen High Noon in quite a long time, but I just don't recall the prize-fighting scene. God, it's a bitch getting old.

Large frame? I must be missing something.

Is that really an umlaut in "earlier," or is my computer acting funny again?

Texas.

Mary strikes me as stupid more than naive. Historically, I mean. I haven't seen the program.

Did the fundies complain that there wasn't enough god in the universe, as they've been complaining about Cosmos?

I only used Vonnegut there because I couldn't remember the painter's name.

The Christian right have been trying to turn science classes into religious instruction for over a decade. http://skepdic.com/creation…
"Creation scientists claim that Genesis is the word of Abraham's god [AG] and thus infallibly
true. They also claim that Genesis contradicts the Big Bang theory and the theory
…

That's what all fundi religions are about.

Seriously—
In one final exam, one of my free credit questions was:
"Garrison Keillor's story 'The Prodigal Son' is based on the Biblical parable ________________________."
Half the class got it wrong. It was an open book test.

One of the old timer's in my dept. used to hand out drop slips with the first essays the students wrote. Not all the students, of course, but the ones who needed to switch to remedial English.
Modern ed, eh? When you can be accepted into a state u that offers remedial classes in English and math; perhaps other fields…

And you still got it wrong.

He's the devil, not a Republican.

Hell, look at the Muslim world. They were leading the planet in science and mathematics and then they did a u-turn and headed backwards in history, all because of an innumerate yet influential cleric.

My experience (here in the Bible Belt) was that almost all the forces of Christ were convinced that all college professors were smug and atheist. And it's hell having one of their kids in one of your classes. I actually had one go and complain to the dean of my dept because I slipped and said "fucking" in class one…

Griffith?

You've got a career waiting for you in writing Christian movies.

Or was he?

Could we email him?