TALU – Special Edition 003 – April 28, 2007

Intro
Announcements:

• My official website is www.indianajim.net
• The podcast site is a redirect from podcast.indianajim.net.
• Soon I will have a CafePress store!
• I will be at ConCarolinas, June 1-3 in Charlotte, NC.  Barbara Hambly will be the writer co-guest of honor.
• The 50cent Con Fund.  Please donate via the PayPal button in the sidebar.

News

• Entertainment Weekly has published a harsh review of J.R.R. Tolkien’s posthumous work, The Children of Hurin.
• A new mineral has been discovered in a mine in Serbia matching the chemical makeup of Kryptonite!
• Slice of Scifi on some Star Wars 30th Anniversary thing.  Thanks, Sam!  Schedule follows.
• George Lucas on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, March 1.

Promo: T.A.L.U. Star Wars 30th Anniversary Extravaganza

Geekout!

• A new take on Camelot from Monty Python.
• The Lord of the Rings as if directed by George Lucas.

Promo: The Ranting Scotsman’s Podcast

Essay
Global Warming Supplemental.  Something else to chew on.  Feature by Roy W. Spencer.

• http://www.debunkers.org
• The Green House Conspiracy – Channel 4, U.K. from 1990
• The Great Global Warming Swindle – Channel 4, U.K. from 2007
• Forecaster blasts Gore on global warming
• Questions from a non-scientist that deserve answering
• Article on Roy W. Spencer by The Huntsville Times
• The Deniers:  A series from Canada’s National Post
• Some Convergence of Global Warming Estimates

Feedback

• Jack Hosley of Wander Radio via the comments at podcast.indianajim.net.
• Tony Collett via comments at my Libsyn host site.
• Doug Rapson of Geek Acres via MP3 submission to the email.  Homogenization of our culture, watering down of our society.
• Phil Rossi is a fan of TALU on Podcast Pickle!
• LeAnn Mabry of Tag in the Seam.
• Dickie of The Stealth Geek Podcast

Send your Star Wars opinions to (206) 666-INDY(4639), or MP3 via email to podcast@indianajim.net, www.myspace.com/archgeekologist,  Skype Me!: indiana_jim_