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About Me

I have edited my layout at Crazyprofile.comI am a nerd. Classic nerd. (Or geek, the words have reversed meaning in the last two decades.) Religious by over-whelming evidence, a thinker, and a dreamer.

My Interests

time, philosphical physics (the math is hard), morality, fish and fish tanks, air planes and aerodynamics, fuel crisis, cooking, poetry, sword fighting, religious philosphy,

I'd like to meet:

more nerds, thinkers, and dreamers.

Music:

country, blue grass, rockabilly, old school rock, classic rock, vocal jazz,
MUSICIANS
Shania Twain, Dire Straits, Tracy Chapman, Chuck Berry, Benedictine Monks, Fat Boy Slim, Kinks, Dixie Chicks, Garth Brooks, Cake, Sheryl Crow, Ever Clear, Sting,

Movies:

Primer, Sling Blade, Dead Man Walking, Braveheart, Cinderella Man, Goodwill Hunting, A Beautiful Mind, Horatio Hornblower, God's Army, Bob the Butler, Spider Man I, Bat Man I, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Starwars VI, Phenomenon, Stranger than Fiction,

Television:

Monk, House, hyperdrive, This old house, Dr Who, How its made, Dog Whisperer, Keen Eddie

Books:

where to begin?: A Brief History of Time
A shortcut in Time
Ender's Game
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Seventh Son
Nature loves to hide
Dilbert
People of the Lie
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Heroes:

Parents Heisenberg

My Blog

Dont shop target.

Unfortunately, I don't have the time to write out the whole experience, but Elisabeth (my wife) and I registered at Target and have found that their customer service is really bad. After the mos...
Posted by Benville on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:40:00 PST

Mormon Heaven

Due to a comment in another of my blogs, I thought to make a quick post regarding the Mormon understanding of heaven. This will be a bit difficult without a picture, but here goes.After death th...
Posted by Benville on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:09:00 PST

Balloon Boy

Today my nephew came up to me while rubbing a helium balloon against his head. "Do you have a brick wall?" "No, no brick walls in this neighborhood, why?""Well, if you rub a balloon ...
Posted by Benville on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:21:00 PST

Water resolution awash

This is a copy of something sent in for a letter to the editor: Water Resolution Awash When I heard of the actions taken against bottled water in San Francisco, I mostly just shrugged it ...
Posted by Benville on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:18:00 PST

Scientists and Christians

Often, I hear scientificlly minded individuals define all Christians by the beliefs and actions of a few extremists, that can be easily distingushed as Fundamentalist Christians. I cannot much b...
Posted by Benville on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:58:00 PST

Mormons and Christians

I am Mormon and while visiting with a born-again, her daughter asked, "Mom, what is the difference between Christians and Mormons?" The born-again answer focused on definitions of deity; the ide...
Posted by Benville on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:51:00 PST

Why I still read Science Fiction

A lot of people seem to think that SF is just for juvenile escape or adolescent fantasy. Judging from the female costumes and dialogue of most TV SF you would be forced to agree with them. ...
Posted by Benville on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:02:00 PST

Why Buddha is Smiling.

(Don't take this too seriously)If you ask my Dad, he will tell you that Buddha just has gas, as a reference to all those idiot psychologists who think that is why babies smile. If you believe ba...
Posted by Benville on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:58:00 PST

Scientific Belief

I posted the following in the science/general forum. If you would like to see the responses in that forum, check them out there. There has been a lot of cross talk on belief and science i...
Posted by Benville on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:26:00 PST

Stupid Christians

This is a rant I posted in the Religion forum. You can read other peoples responses there. I probably should have posted it a 4 seperate rants, but it is easier for me to keep track of t...
Posted by Benville on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:34:00 PST