Three years ago I had the opportunity to go to Hawaii twice in three months. In June of 2012 I had a trip planned with my family and in September of 2012 I won a trip from a radio station. Those two vacations were two of the best I’d ever been on; I loved visitingRead more
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The Christian Nerd is back for another great episode. This week in “Nerd News” Scott and Ron discuss The Verge turning off its comments and what role comments play in online discussions. In “From the Blog” they talk about false comparisons on Facebook and how it’s ridiculous to compare the death of Cecil to thousandsRead more
Apples and oranges. These are the two fruits we’ve immortalized when comparing two unlike objects. Apples and oranges are so dissimilar that we can’t even hope to compare them. They’re both fruits, they’re both natural, but apparently they’re so unlike that we use them to discuss to objects that can’t be compared to each other.Read more
Deadpool is finally getting his own movie. I still haven’t watched X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but I’m pretty sure it didn’t do the Merc with a Mouth justice. Deadpool really gained traction after some test footage found its way to the Internet. Now the movie will debut next February and the first trailer was released earlierRead more
Back to school!!! Here’s a post I wrote two years ago when our students went back to school, like they’re doing today. Most of our high school students go back to school today. As I wrote about last week I used to dread the beginning of the school year. As a youth pastor, though, IRead more
Yesterday Warner Bros. announced its plans to develop and release a new movie based upon the classic role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. I’ve written before about nerdy blind spots, those nerdclinations of which we have no real knowledge. Dungeons & Dragons is definitely one of my nerdy blind spots. I never played D&D mostly becauseRead more