Wake Up Dead Man (Knives Out 3)

Wake Up Dead Man (Knives Out 3)

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We watched the third installment of the Knives Out series last night, titled Wake Up Dead Man. My initial feeling on the film is that it is my favorite of the three films. What stuck out to me most was the examples of true Christian forgiveness in the movie.

From the article below, this sums up my feelings. Go watch the movie, then read this article.

You won’t see a better portrait of a clergy person striving to embody Jesus’ selfless love than in Rian Johnson’s “Wake Up Dead Man,” the third in his “Knives Out” whodunit series.

https://www.ncronline.org/culture/very-catholic-knives-out-rian-johnson-talks-priests-forgiveness-and-complicated-faith

The film is still a murder mystery. There are plenty of non-Christian things that happen. Benoit Blanc is a self-described non-believer and has no problem expressing these feelings. But I prefer the way Christianity is displayed here more than I do a lot of other places that claim to be Christian.

Article About Prison Baseball

Article About Prison Baseball

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I came across this really interesting article in the New York times today about a baseball team from San Quentin (the prison near San Francisco). The article describes the benefit to the incarcerated in their rehabilitation through baseball.

One of the big points that really hit me was this:

For almost all the players on the team, it was also in the weeks or months after their final youth baseball seasons that their lives went downhill.

I really do recommend this article.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/us/san-quentin-prison-baseball-team.html?unlocked_article_code=1.708.6q29.rGAvs7ZOdeJ6&smid=url-share

New origin date of human fire-making discovered

New origin date of human fire-making discovered

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I think this is fascinating. Archaeologists have found the earliest known instance of human-created fire, in the village of Barnham in England, which they have determined occurred 400,000 years ago. This pushes the origin of human fire-making back by more than 350,000 years.

This is a pretty extensive article, delving into how they propose this site is so old and how they know the evidence of fire is human in origin.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-b9da7a6d-165b-492a-8785-235cd10e2e8e

Unsolved Mysteries

Unsolved Mysteries

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The following is part of a “shared storytelling event” over at I Saw Lightning Fall , Advents Ghosts 2023. We were tasked to write a scary story of exactly 100 words in length. This came to me after watching an episode of Doctor Who where the Doctor travelled to the edge of the Universe. I don’t think this story is actually scary though the unknown can sure be known to unsettle.

Unsolved Mysteries

What celestial phenomenon called the Magi to Bethlehem?

Let’s imagine, as the story has been told, a star. One of 4,000 visible in a clear night sky.

Posit each of those stars has nine planets, 36,000 potential Earths, all these planets forming and evolving in their own time.

Has the Christmas story happened countless times across the vast Universe?

Would Jesus have been sent to save our extra-terrestrial neighbors from their sin?

Perhaps somewhere the apple was never eaten, and our Heavenly counterparts observe our lives like reality tv.

Are we alone and special?

Is there comfort in the mystery?

How AI image generators work – From Washington Post

How AI image generators work – From Washington Post

AI image generators are in the news. And they are fun to play with and can create some incredible images. But of course there are ethical questions that arise.

Here is a good article from the Washington Post regarding how AI image generators work:

How AI image generators work, like DALL-E, Lensa and stable diffusion – Washington Post