Harry Potter

Over a thousand people wrote into the company complaining about the efforts of SafeMinds, on a post titled ‘Removing the unfounded anti-vaccine message from your ads’: As a pediatrician practicing in Minnesota, I am very concerned that the anti-vaccine group “SafeMinds” has purchased paid advertising in many of your theater’s major markets during the Harry [...]

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TEN POINTS TO GRYFFINDOR!!

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Daniel Radcliffe – Cool, Atheist Nerd

by podblack on July 5, 2009

From the UK Telegraph: In a pronouncement that will dismay America’s religious Right, which has long voiced suspicions about Potter’s “anti-Christian” message, the 19-year-old actor said he did not believe in God. He also expressed his admiration for Professor Richard Dawkins, the prominent atheist and bete noir of Evangelical Christians. Radcliffe has been reticent on [...]

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First – if you’re keen on blog carnivals and writing about academia – get your entries into Praxis Carnival, out on the 15th January here at Podblack.com – details as follow: The carnival is intended to cover all aspects of life as an academic, whether it’s the lifestyle, career progress, doing a Ph.D., getting funding, [...]

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Good days! Ah, they just are. Got some great email today from some people that has just sent my mind buzzing into what direction some future research will go. Some I’ll get blogging, very soon. First, going to see Iron Man – great article here: New Scientist – Stark is played by Robert Downey Jr, [...]

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Potter, Pope and all that Exo-Fiction

by podblack on December 30, 2007

So, there’s this story about some sort of Exorcist Squad, heading Hogwart’s way? And you might be thinking ‘Pity they weren’t there when Voldemort was really getting his game on, they could have used the numbers when fightin teh forcez ov evil.’ Oh. That’s right. It’s fiction, isn’t it? Harry and all that. What else [...]

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