Daily Archives: July 15, 2011

15 posts

Remembering p_mouse

Today I’m here to share some sad news with all of you. Peyton Moss, or “p_mouse” as we knew him, has passed away after a battle with cancer. Peyton was one of the first commenters on Crasstalk after the Gawker migration and was a founding member of our community. His passing is a great loss to all of us here who enjoyed his wit, kindness, and intellect.

Peyton was a not only commenter here, but also a writer, and a member of the Marketing Team. He was always an enthusiastic promoter of the blog and was always happy to give his advice an assistance to novice writers making their first unsteady steps in their writing. He was always kind to everyone on the site, adding a sweet word or a joke when arguments got heated and tempers flared. Continue reading →

All the Summer Television that is Fit for Watching

So the deal with Scheherazade was (basically) that she needed to keep the King entertained with new and better stories to protect her own life. For some time now though, Scheherazade has been phoning it in as “Reality TV” has been allowed to creep into our chambers and bore us merely pacify us with annoying people making cakes, crazy people making cupcakes, fat bastards collecting used crap, dirty people catching crabs, flaky women speed dating a bunch of douches and the like. At least Project Runway actually required the contestants to be able to accomplish something you can judge see from home. (unlike all those Top Chef programs where they make food, some asshat tastes it and tells you it’s wrong and you’re just left feeling hungry and alone) The good news is that as of this July, Scheherazade is again bringing the goods since if she doesn’t I will cut her. Continue reading →

Torchwood: Miracle Day, “The New World” (Episode 1) Recap

Are you ready for a new run of Torchwood?  Haven’t watched Torchwood before?  Now’s a great time to start.  Read on, my friends.

If you’re not familiar, Torchwood is a BBC television series, which was started as a spinoff of Doctor Who.  In case you didn’t realize (which I didn’t for months and was mocked mercilessly for by my nerd friends), Torchwood is an anagram for Doctor Who.  That said, this show has nothing to do with Who, but I wanted to throw that out there due to my mild obsession.  The show ran for two seasons, followed by a 5-part “miniseries” called Children of Earth. If this show piques your interest in the least, I recommend Children of Earth as it’s rife with theoretical moral issues and just a darn good story.

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What Does the Bible Say About Homosexuality?

I’m sure you’ve heard or come across people who sit there and talk about how the Bible condemns homosexuality. I’m here to tell you that those folks are . . . misguided at best. Some of them are just plan full of it, but I’d like to think that most of them just haven’t actually looked it up. I’d really like to think that they’ve just followed what other people have told them, like so many other popular culture things in America. So, hopefully this will be a quick(ish) guide to what the Bible really says about homosexuality. Continue reading →