Blog Entries from jonathan hernandez13

  1. Unicorns in the Bible?

    It had to happen at some point… My sister and her loud, obnoxious friend were watching “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe” one night. My friend’s sister saw a unicorn and remarked on how “cool” it was, and proceeded to ask a stupid question. To her defense, she preceded the question with the admission that it was a stupid question. She asked if unicorns were real, bear in mind this woman is a grown adult, and a college graduate. To my surprise and...
  2. Why I hate Battlestar Galactica

    It would be bad enough if the gripes I had with the show were just limited to this show, but the same techniques and tendencies I’ve noticed are being used on shows like Caprica and Stargate: Universe. I know I’m going to take flak from the resident SF fan community here, so I’ll put on my flak jacket in advance now. I stand by my statements and opinions though. I never liked the new Battlestar and never can, I tried and failed to get through an episode let alone a season. Let’s see if I...
  3. 10 Questions to ask an alien Civilization

    Part 1 First encounters with aliens is a common motif in Science Fiction, and yet they always leave me feeling bitter. I often ask myself "why did they do that, why not this and that?" "They just met an advanced alien civilization, of all the things they could have and should have done, why that?" Often examined in these stories are the psychological impacts, or the political concerns, or the military anxieties. Often overlooked is the immense opportunity. Any civilization...
  4. My Health Care Rant

    It is rather embarassing to live in the only country of the industrialized world, the richest nation in terms of gross national produce, without free health care. One of the biggest obstacles in organizing some kind of government run health care system, let's be honest here, has always been the conservative right. Ironically many government run institutions like the military, NASA, and the IRS, despite their shortcomings, still manage to accomplish far reaching and complicated goals....
  5. Why I do not Believe In God

    ... et idem indignor quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus... Horace I I spent less than half of my life as a Roman Catholic, and while I look back on those years, I can only do so from an admittedly biased point of view. The whole experience was not terribly unpleasant, I rather miss some of the artwork and the sense of community. Some of the priests were very well educated, and charming, and friendly; I even still remember (and miss) some of the hymns. While I regret that I...
  6. I hate military Cliches

    ...because they defame true military members, insult the intelligence of anyone who knows about it, and make us all look stupid. From the point of view of a vet, someone who has been in the military, its a little upsetting. I have tough skin so it doesnt bother me too much, but military cliches are like sterotypoes and can be very damaging. Its the reason why the defamation league is so against negative type casting of minorities in movies where the black or hispanic guy is often a mugger...
  7. Living in the Age of (Fraudulent) Intellectualism

    This was an actual question posted on 'Yahoo Answers' "True or False: According to Frederic Jameson, postmodern intellectuals are? far more successful at discovering truths about society and social life than were intellectuals of earlier modern times because the new postmodern intellectuals have more advanced research tools to work with." If false, why? (an answer came, was voted upon, and decided upon. Deemed most approriate as an answer, I present...) "true but society /...
  8. If you are a Writer, then Write

    If you are a writer, write. If you are a Sculptor, sculpt. If you are a juggler, juggle. I know, sometimes, it's hard to get started. Sometimes I stare at a blank piece of paper and sweat, or stare at a blank computer screa and bite my nails as I think of what to write next. It can be hard, but we have to stop making excuses and get off our butts, wothout a product, you have nothing to sell. No more writer's block, no more taking breaks. Bradbury said you can go through a million...
  9. I HATE 'sci-fi'

    That sounds like an odd thing for me to say, doesn't it? After all, I read a great deal of it, and write quite a bit of it. However, I hate the term ‘sci-Fi‘. Why? There is a very primitive power in being able to name something. There is a great power in language, because (as the comedian George Carlin pointed out) even though thoughts transcend words, we think in language, so the quality of our thoughts is affected by our use of language. Why did African-Americans bristle at...
  10. Tapping Into the Inner Child

    I can remember my childhood. Thankfully, most of it was rather pleasant. Looking back on it, when you take away all the time that was spent in school learning and playing with other children (which was also socially informative) , what is left over? Children do not have complex social lives, they are blessedly innocent. They do not work, because child labor is illegal in the United States and generally considered exploitative. They certainly do not have night lives, they should be in...
  11. Wake up, America!

    WARNING: Aimed more or less at Americans (from the USA, American is a broad general term that applies to everyone from farmers in Kansas to Gauchos in Argentina). If you are from another country this may merely amuse you as it may not apply or make much sense to you. My hands and feet are both balled in rage today as on many other days. Why? Why do I feel so much anger and antipathy towards my fellow countrymen and women? Frustration. It’s been festering for a long time, it’s been...
  12. This world is not for us

    When I was a young boy (I can't remeber how old exactly, I was in grade school, perhaps the sixth or seventh grade) I had a class assignment that required Collaboration with several other students. I can remember one of my partners, Victor Sotomayor, but for the life of me I cant remember the other guy's name. Its not important. The project was an interesting one; we had to envison what a future city would look like (no particular date was set, just the 'future') and then create a small...
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