Cowgirl Jazz has some nice pieces going right now looking at issues of faith in Firefly complete with handy YouTube video bits. I'm glad to see others working these ideas since it is an area I also have some interest:

ICMRC Paper: Seeking Serenity
Serenity & The Long Tail

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Boing Boing has an interesting post today on Cameras as Guns.

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From the Kerns and The Hemispheres CD release show a couple of weeks ago. (Taken with my new digital camera, which I like very much.) See more of the shots from the show here.

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Breakthrough.tv has created a video game ICED to teach people about immigration and deportation issues in the US. The premise is that you play young immigrant character and your goal is to become a US citizen. I haven't explored it enough to know if I agree with the politics of the game, but I do think the use of the video game genre is an incredibly interesting way to get the message out. Thanks to Boing Boing for the link.

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