Fascinated by the Earth since 1976.

My Short-N-Sweet Thoughts on Star Trek Into Darkness No Spoilers

As a summer movie, it was dumb, loud, and pretty. It included a nonsensical plot with little character growth or resolution, that tails off into true summer-stupid in the third act. Much money will be made.

As a fan of Trek, it was a complete bastardization of a classic villain. It further sucked the soul out of Star Trek, cementing its place in an increasingly repetitive blockbuster movie cycle.

That is all.

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Monday, 20th May

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An Atheist’s Thanksgiving Day “Prayer”»

Today we give thanks that you, dear Universe, erupted into existence roughly 14 billion years ago. Through a vast space, you spread materials that coalesced into new materials, which came together to form stars, planets, nebulae, and everything else we know to be. Upon these new worlds your materials continued their brilliant dance, becoming water & earth, air & fire. Your mechanisms, put into motion so long ago, have evolved further still, bringing life to the Earth in the form of plants, animals, and people.

From 14 billion years ago we arrive here at this table, ready to eat a defenseless bird until it becomes difficult for us to breathe.

Thank you, Universe!

Let’s eat!

- RMartian

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Thursday, 22nd November