guest blogging

i posted my first guest blog at onecityblog.com today, a pretty nerdy post comparing battlestar galactica and buddhism. why such a dorky topic? i mentioned to folks at our regular interdependence project thursday sitting that ethan was teasing me to post on that, and that made it a kind of challenge. but i also find popular culture - and the philosophic views assumed in TV shows like that - to be fascinating study. if we accept destiny or determinism in our TV shows, does that infect our personal view? do we begin to feel like our efforts no longer matter if we believe in destiny? or does it turn into a huge ego trip if we think our destiny is to be special? i could continue in this theme and easily pick apart popular story arcs from a Buddhist point of view. interesting theme for posts maybe?