{"id":3968,"date":"2012-10-08T08:01:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T13:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/?p=3968"},"modified":"2012-10-08T08:01:19","modified_gmt":"2012-10-08T13:01:19","slug":"broun-and-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/2012\/10\/broun-and-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Broun and White"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thursday, 04 October 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This evening, I hosted yet another episode of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnesotaatheist.org\/news-and-media\/cable-tv-show\">Atheists Talk<\/a><\/em>. For this episode, I interviewed three people about the Secular Parenting Group; the two founders and one other member.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/minnesota-atheists\/events\/82586162\/\">Here&#8217;s a link to their Meet-up page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We discussed why they formed their group, what they do, when they meet, and what they plan to do. For the last half of the 30-minute episode, I asked them to offer some of their suggested materials for non-religious parents and their children. Here are some of the resources they cited:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/nwcenter\/\">The Northwest Center for Philosophy for Children.<\/a> A useful website.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Runaway-Bunny-Margaret-Wise-Brown\/dp\/0064430189\">Ruanaway Bunny.<\/a> I&#8217;d never heard of this book before. It&#8217;s by the <a href=\"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/2012\/10\/broun-and-white\/runaway_bunny1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3975\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3975 alignright\" title=\"Runaway_bunny[1]\" src=\"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Runaway_bunny1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a>same author who wrote <em>Goodnight Moon<\/em>, but I&#8217;m not sure if this one is drug-inspired or not.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Evolution-How-Living-Things-Came\/dp\/1554534305\/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1349696748&amp;sr=1-1-spell&amp;keywords=daniel+lexton+evolution\">Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be<\/a><\/em>, by Daniel Lexton.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Incredible-Painting-Felix-Clousseau\/dp\/0374435820\/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1349696811&amp;sr=1-1-spell&amp;keywords=incredible+painting+of+feilx\">The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau<\/a><\/em>, by John Agee. I know this doesn&#8217;t sound like a book that addresses religion\/science\/doubt or anything like that&#8230;but if you read the book, you&#8217;ll see the connection.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Love-Your-Neighbor-Stories-Virtues\/dp\/0590973185\/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1349696905&amp;sr=1-6&amp;keywords=love+your+neighbor\">Love Your Neighbor: Stories of Values and Virtues<\/a><\/em>, by Arthur Dobrin.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/NurtureShock-New-Thinking-About-Children\/dp\/0446504130\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1349696999&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=nurture+shock\">Nurture Shock<\/a><\/em>, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman. This one&#8217;s for the adults, obviously. I&#8217;ve never read this one. I&#8217;ll have to add it to my never-ending list of books to read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Friday, 05 October 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recently, Representative Paul Broun said that evolution and the Big Bang theory were lies straight from the pit of hell. He said it while standing in front of a bunch of mounted deer heads, which completely affirms my preconceived notions of people who decorate with decapitated caracasses.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, this was posted on YouTube today:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rikEWuBrkHc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Are you ready for more shocking news? This guy is a Republican and (brace yourself)&#8230; he&#8217;s from Georgia &#8211; a state that once tried to leave the United States but that Abraham Lincoln (for some bizarre reason) decided to force back into the Union. Thanks, Abe, I&#8217;m so glad we still have Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Oh &#8211; and Representative Broun serves on Congress&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/science.house.gov\/subcommittee-investigations-and-oversight\">Committee on Science, Space, and Technology<\/a>. So don&#8217;t worry, our policies and educational systems are in good hands.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/2012\/10\/broun-and-white\/broun31\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3982\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3982 aligncenter\" title=\"Broun3[1]\" src=\"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Broun31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Representative Paul Broun: Saving Americans from the pits of hell since 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This being an election year, he&#8217;s running for office again. It appears he&#8217;s running unopposed, too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, 06 October 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This evening, Owen and I finished reading <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Trumpet_of_the_Swan\"><em>The Trumpet of the Swan<\/em> <\/a>together. You won&#8217;t find it listed over on my <a href=\"https:\/\/zimmerscope.com\/Verbisaurus\/books-ive-read-this-year\/\">List of Books I&#8217;ve Read This Year <\/a>because I already read this book once before, and that list is only for books I&#8217;ve read for the first time this year.<\/p>\n<p>I read <em>The Trumpet<\/em> about five years ago. It had always been a gap in my reading, I feel. When I was in second grade, my teacher read\u00a0<em>Charlotte&#8217;s Web<\/em> to the class, and I loved it so much, I made my parents buy me a copy. Then, a couple of years later, my aunt bought me <em>Stuart Little<\/em>, which I quickly realized was written by the same author &#8211; E. B. White. On the back of both books, it listed the children&#8217;s books by Mr. White. Two of them, I had read. The other one &#8211; <em>The Trumpet of the Swan<\/em> &#8211; I had not read. I determined to read it one day&#8230;but over 20 years elapsed before I made good on that commitment to myself.<\/p>\n<p>When Owen and I finished the book this evening, I said: &#8220;So, what did you think?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;I liked it. I will read it to Isla one day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Me: &#8220;What did you think when you found out Louis had a problem and was different from his brothers and sisters. Were you worried about him?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Owen: &#8220;No, I don&#8217;t think about those things. I just think &#8216;I wonder what&#8217;s gonna happen to them next.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, there you have it. A stellar review from White&#8217;s target audience. Read the book and find out what&#8217;s gonna happen next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, 04 October 2012 This evening, I hosted yet another episode of Atheists Talk. For this episode, I interviewed three people about the Secular Parenting Group; the two founders and one other member. Here&#8217;s a link to their Meet-up page. 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