A blog by Tom Sheepandgoats (aka Tom Harley)
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The Practice Gets it Right on Blood Transfusion
When TV writes Jehovah’s Witnesses into the plot, look out! We get clobbered. It not malicious, usually. They just don’t have a clue as to what we’re about. Nor are the hatchet jobs confined to us. Religious folk never fare well on TV. There’s just not that many TV writers with religious backgrounds out there and they can’t picture the other side. Not that they…
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Remodeling at the Whitepebble Institute
When prospective clients visit the Whitepebble Research Institute they are not impressed. They see the long folding tables covered with pizza cartons and sports pages, and they begin thinking they’ve stumbled into the Home Depot break room, not the office of a prestigious thinktank. Of course, our people are real smart. But to reel in the new business, they and their surroundings have to look smart. That’s…
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Another Farewell to Mickey Spillane
Here’s the first. Click here. Mickey Spillane’s Black Alley…a book review: If private eye Mike Hammer takes some lead in the gut and needs a doctor to patch him up, will he get a loving sincere TV doctor? Or will it be the fallen skid row bum type… some has-been doctor clawing his way back to respectability? (Hint: Mike likes to swill beer with his…
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Charles Darwin – a Letter to Asa Gray
Two spiritual threads can be traced in the life of Charles Darwin, originator of the natural selection evolution theory. Had those threads turned out differently, one wonders what effect it might have had on science interpretation. The first has been dealt with in a previous post. Here is the second: In a letter to American colleague Asa Gray, Darwin stated: ….I own that I cannot…
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Disabled Kids and Three Aborted Planets
For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open. Mark 4:22 NIV A long-dark secret of school textbook publishers has, at last, come into the glaring light. When you see a kid in a wheelchair in your school textbook, interacting with other kids, he is actually able-bodied and doesn’t need a wheelchair…
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Is Hell Exothermic or Endothermic?
In the aftermath of the Judge First – Ask Questions Later religious conference recently concluded in Martha’s Vineyard, Tom Whitepebble was so miffed that his organization did not win first prize that he neglected to report just who was the punk who did win. Subsequent fact-finding uncovered an amazing coincidence. It was Tom Weedsandwheat, long-lost brother of eminent Whitepebble staffer, Tom Wheatandweeds! This discovery helped take the edge…
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At the Judge First – Ask Questions Later conference
Since the Whitepebble Research Institute derives a full 40% of its income from religious commissions, it behooves them to keep abreast of all recent developments in the field. Venues in which one may encounter rising talents, new ideas, and the latest research papers are therefore most desirable. One such avenue is the Judge First – Ask Questions Later religious conference, held annually in diverse locations. It is,…
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A Bad End for Badfinger
A favorite second-tier music group of mine is Badfinger, who cut some records in the 60’s and 70’s. First time I heard their music, I mistook them for the Beatles. In fact, Paul McCartney wrote their first hit song, and the group appeared on the Apple music label. I heard them on the radio again and became curious. Where are they today? I googled them.…
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Television in Belize
Josh and Jazz are back from Belize, and they confirm all fears about Western influence. Cable TV has hit the outlying villages. It’s pricey, but irresistible. People pony up the dough, and spend all their evenings, with family and friends, huddled around the flat screen. Homes are tiny in Belize, often just one room shacks. When nightfall comes, every window emits that flickering blue light…
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Getting in the Last Word
How many arguments would choke off were it not for people who must get the last word? David the King was the target of hurtful talk over a long time. But he held his tongue and endured. But those seeking my soul …….deceptions they keep muttering all day long. As for me, like someone deaf, I would not listen; And like someone speechless, I would…