published by Jonathan on Sat, 09/23/2006 - 19:26
The Week magazine makes recommendations for good TV viewing. Here are some of them from this week:
- Heroes, Monday Sep 25, 9 PM, new series on NBC
- The Rose, Tuesday Sep 26, 10 PM, Fox Movie Channel
- The Defiant Ones, Friday Sep 29, 8 PM, Turner Classic Movies
- Our Man in Havana, Saturday Sep 30, 10 PM, Turner Classic Movies
- Discovery Atlas, Sunday Oct 1, 9 PM, new series on the Discovery Channel
published by Jonathan on Sat, 09/16/2006 - 23:11
The other night I watched most of PBS' Frontline episode from 2002 titled "Faith and Doubt At Ground Zero." A common theme was people either barely clinging to or losing their faith because, to paraphrase, "how could God let something like that happen." Not that it's a surprising reaction, but I couldn't help thinking, "Do these people think this is the first time ever that something terrible happened to a believer?" The other really weird thing was hearing the Jewish rabbi (Irwin Kula) chanting (singing) the last words (as heard from cell phone calls or voice mail recordings) of people who died on 9/11. Speaking of last words, an admonition from a recent blog post from Mike Cope:
For the past few days, as we've remember the tragedy of 9/11 five years later, I've been moved again by all the calls made to loved ones - some from jets and some from the twin towers. They were good-bye calls to make sure that people knew they were loved. And again it makes me ask myself: Am I holding anything back? Is there something I'd say if I had just a couple minutes to live that I'm not saying now? Why would we hold back? There are no guarantees in life. I might live another three decades; I might not live through 9-14-06. How about you? Are there words you need to speak to your parents? kids? spouse? friends? enemies? Maybe this is the time to say them.
published by Jonathan on Fri, 09/08/2006 - 22:16
published by Jonathan on Tue, 09/05/2006 - 21:12
Online webisodes of Battlestar Galactica bridge season 2 and season 3 (which premieres Oct 6).
