Brian "Arkle" Webber: Podcaster

31 October 2008

I iz published

http://stores.lulu.com/arkle And Here's To You, my debut novel, now for sale. $9.98 Paperback, $1.99 Download. Tell your friends.

30 October 2008

A little something for those tired of looking at Electoral College maps

The Pop vs. Soda Map

I myself use "soda," and have to admit to having looked down on people who've called it "pop."

Not that it matters anymore really, I gave up SODA in 2005. ;-)

29 October 2008

Geek of all Trades Episode #9: VOTE!

In which our illustrious host does the last show before the Presidential Election and talks about why you shouldn't vote for McCain.

Contact Me:

Voicemail Line: 206-600-4966

E-Mails: brian.d.webber@gmail.com, or arkle@comcast.net

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This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: None this week.

Promos:

Mur Lafferty Presents The Takeover: http://www.zombinc.net

Mentioned on the Show:

Laffy Taffy

Freakhouse

October 29

Mormon influence of CA's Prop. 8

Kung fu fan blows out candles with eyes

Is Dancing Ability Dictated In The Womb?

UFOs
, alien abductions and Tina Turner feature in Close Encounters secret files

Better Beer: College Team Creating Anticancer Brew

Some of the sources for my McCain rant

15 October 2008

Geek of all Trades Episode #8: Where have you gone Joe DiMaggio...

In which our illustrious host shows the world why he will never be on American Idol, goes into an unprescedented(sp?) level of detail about his forthcoming book, talks
about the new Coen Brothers movie, and rants about a cancelled order at Amazon.

Contact Me:

Voicemail Line: 206-600-4966

E-Mails: brian.d.webber@gmail.com, or arkle@comcast.net

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=723188282

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/arklemknzy

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/arkle

Flixster: http://arkle.flixster.com

Main Site: http://arkle.silver-gateway.com

Podsafe Music: http://music.podshow.com/

This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: Setting: The opening ceremony of the Clarke Space Elevator.

Promos:

The Weird Show: http://www.theweirdshow.com

Mentioned on the Show:

Slice of Sci-Fi

Andy McKee

Suzanne Lyrics

The Graduate

Home Land by Sam Lipsyte

Kevin Smith

Chuck Palahniuk

Love Story

The Godfather (Xbox 360)

October 15th

Teacher Attacked Over Witch Claim

Victory over dogma in California

Burn After Reading

AMC plans Mars mission

Clarke Dream Becoming a Reality?

Man writes with tears

Ginseng jabs kill three in Yunnan

Chemistry Nobel for green jellyfish protein

Gardener told to take down barbed wire to protect thieves

Mafia Wars

01 October 2008

Geek of all Trades Episode #7: I'm not dead! (Now with the whole episode!)

In which our illustrious host crawls out of his bunker, sumamrizes his September, sticks to the current launch date for his book, talks about iTunes, has a very silly

Schenectady writing prompt, talks about Sarah Palin for the first and only time, and does a Dogma Alert for the first time in eons.

Contact Me:

Voicemail Line: 206-600-4966

E-Mails: brian.d.webber@gmail.com, or arkle@comcast.net

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=723188282

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/arklemknzy

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/arkle

Flixster: http://arkle.flixster.com

Main Site: http://arkle.silver-gateway.com

Podsafe Music: http://music.podshow.com/

This Week's Schenectady Mailbox Writing Prompt: What if Belgium was behind 9/11?

Promos:

None this week.

Mentioned on the Show:

iTunes Genius feature

Rogue Wave

Aegis

7th Son Obsidian

Der Geek

LuLu

Avenue Q

NaNoWriMo

Arkle's Writing Blog

The ISBW Forums

Nobilis

Michael Moore

The Wikipedia entry on Belgium

October 1st

Andrew Sullivan on the lies of Sarah Palin

1972 Electoral map

1988 Electoral map

What would Thomas Jefferson think of the Bush brothers?

Extinct Giant Tortoise Could Be Revived

Student made roommates get fat

Chinese Say They're Building 'Impossible' Space Drive

Ugandan killed for smoking in bar

30 September 2008

Seperation of Church and State is in dire straits.

This was just too big to put in my Dogma Alert segment this week.

"With respect to public acknowledgment of religious belief, it is entirely clear from our Nation's historical practices that the Establishment Clause permits this disregard of polytheists and believers in unconcerned deities, just as it permits the disregard of devout atheists." (McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky, 545 U.S. 844 (2005) (Justice Anton Scalia dissenting).

"Quite simply, the Establishment Clause is best understood as a federalism provision — it protects state establishments from federal interference but does not protect any individual rights. . . . .[E]ven assuming that the Establishment Clause precludes the Federal Government from establishing a national religion, it does not follow that the Clause created or protects any individual right. . . . it is more likely that States and only States were the direct beneficiaries. Moreover, incorporation of this putative individual right leads to a particular outcome: It would prohibit precisely what the Establishment Clause was intended to protect — state establishments of religion." (Justice Clarence Thomas, concurring opinion, Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow).

According to the lifetime appointees of the U.S. Supreme Court, at best only monotheists have religious freedom and states can establish their own religion or church. These are the same sort of justices that John McCain has promised.