First and foremost, Star Trek forever shaped and dominated our perceptions of what space travel would be like. Martin Cooper, the chief engineer at Motorola who invented the cell phone, was inspired by Kirk’s communicator on the Original Series. Star Trek also influenced the concept of voice recognition dialing,...
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New book and new Webstore now available
Well here we finally are! Today marks the next chapter of Deep Forest Productions with not only a new book but a centralized online bookstore containing everything that I have to offer and more to come. First let’s talk about Across the Great Divide. This monthly column for Pagan...
Across the Great Divide: Spiritual Work and Paranormal Investigations (Part 3 of 3)
Everyone dreams. Humans and other animals require sleep, and yes, they all dream. Our mental and physical health is dependent on how we sleep and how we dream. A common belief is that gods speak to us through dreams. For example, according to Islamic belief, Muhammad talked to the...
So close……
Well the final revision is set and the print version of Under a Sunlit Sky is set to go to print but having issues with the eBook version. Formating issues are causing it to come out wrong and I’m being told that “the Times font is not embedded” in...
Across the Great Divide: Spiritual Work and Paranormal Investigations (Part 2 of 3)
There is a lot of misunderstanding when it comes to particular parapsychological concepts such as soul rescues, possession, and exorcisms. Centuries of religious propaganda and dogma have colored our understanding and acceptance of the phenomena and Hollywood has not helped to shed light on the truth either. In fact,...
Da Bucket List
Place an X by all the things you’ve done and remove the X from the ones you have not, then tag your friends (including me). (To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, do the list...
Supreme Court clarifies basis for why copyright suits over unregistered works should be dismissed
A group of freelance writers filed a class-action copyright infringement case in federal court in New York. The case was settled the judge approved the settlement, but some of the plaintiffs objected to the settlement on procedural grounds, and when the court entered final judgment, those objecting plaintiffs appealed...
Across the Great Divide: Spiritual Work and Paranormal Investigations
Hi folks and welcome to March. With the new month comes another issue of Pagan Pages magazine. A lot of cool stuff this month. Check out the gorgeous artwork of Erin Martinez and other great columns like Ask Your Mama and Callie’s Cavern. Oh yeah- and of course, my...
Across the Great Divide: Spirit Photography
Hello all and a Blessed Imbolc to those who celebrate it. Today is a day of rebirth and the first stirrings of spring. I for one can’t wait for the warm sunny days to return.Well here we are at the first of another month and that means a new...
A Quick Thought about Censorship
Apparently there is a new group here on Facebook that has people in a rather amusing (in my opinion) uproar. It is called “Kim Kardashian Is a Filthy Pig Whore” and can be found at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=264742769803&ref=nf Needless to say, many are upset with the bluntly racist point of the...