Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=exastra http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=exastra 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:48:00 GMT Is The Order Of Skull and Bones anything more than a league of elite power brokers? http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2005/11/17/somewhere-the-secret-masters-are-laughing.php http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2005/11/17/somewhere-the-secret-masters-are-laughing.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:37:00 GMT Yes, Christmas originated as the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, but the meaning and purpose of Christmas has gradually changed with the times, expanding to encompass and become something else, something more than just Jesus. http://thesop.org/story/religion/2005/12/25/all-i-want-for-christmas.php http://thesop.org/story/religion/2005/12/25/all-i-want-for-christmas.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:14:00 GMT Slaves to a process of evolution, it can be said that all that we are is the result of genetic combinations and mutations. What is evolution anyway? http://thesop.org/story/science/2005/09/16/to-be-or-not-to-be.php http://thesop.org/story/science/2005/09/16/to-be-or-not-to-be.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Tue, 15 Nov 2011 05:10:00 GMT A new feature of the SOP which presents viral videos that I find interesting or amusing. http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2007/05/09/vestige-of-the-vox-populi-2.php http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2007/05/09/vestige-of-the-vox-populi-2.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Sun, 8 Aug 2010 00:49:00 GMT Are We Getting An Apocalypse For Christmas? Ophiuchus, an alias or equivalent of Aesclepius, is the Greek god of healing. http://thesop.org/story/horoscopes/2008/06/07/turning-in-the-widening-gyre.php http://thesop.org/story/horoscopes/2008/06/07/turning-in-the-widening-gyre.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Tue, 8 Jun 2010 00:50:00 GMT Something was missing, she intuited and commented. Upon brief consideration, I determined that what it was lacking was weaponry. She agreed, http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2007/09/23/as-the-war-machine-keeps-turning.php http://thesop.org/story/crazyworld/2007/09/23/as-the-war-machine-keeps-turning.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:45:00 GMT First reported in the summer of 2002, scientists at the British Ministry of Defence (MoD), with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), announced the development of an electrical defensive shield to function as a light-weight mode of armor for military vehicles. http://thesop.org/story/technology/2006/04/11/raze-shields.php http://thesop.org/story/technology/2006/04/11/raze-shields.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Thu, 2 Apr 2009 22:48:00 GMT Being a niche entity anyway, science fiction has always existed on the fringe. But it is safe to surmise that a lot of literary science fiction has been lost, either to obscurity or oblivion. http://thesop.org/story/art/2009/04/02/ever-pending-story-science-fiction.php http://thesop.org/story/art/2009/04/02/ever-pending-story-science-fiction.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:35:00 GMT I believe Isaac Asimov once said, Science fiction is an existential metaphor that allows us to tell stories about the human condition. Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever http://thesop.org/story/art/2009/02/22/man-behind-the-curtain.php http://thesop.org/story/art/2009/02/22/man-behind-the-curtain.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:33:00 GMT Considerations of decency, courtesy and honor aside, if you don't want to be photographed naked in your home, don't leave your blinds or curtains open while you are naked in your home. http://thesop.org/story/law/2009/02/18/media-piracy-debate-whats-mine-is-yours.php http://thesop.org/story/law/2009/02/18/media-piracy-debate-whats-mine-is-yours.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:14:00 GMT Since television has become more literary and thoughtful, it has simultaneously become more deserving of literary criticism and thoughtful, scholarly analysis. http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/31/media-is-the-masses-improving-standards-and-practices.php http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/31/media-is-the-masses-improving-standards-and-practices.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:18:00 GMT Like a silent movie, background details of an environment can speak to us without saying a word. This is where the phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words" comes from. http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/24/media-is-the-masses-show-dont-tell.php http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/24/media-is-the-masses-show-dont-tell.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:17:00 GMT Obscurity is a greater threat to an artist than piracy. But what if obscurity occurs not due to a lack of awareness, but lacking commitment from the public? http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/17/media-is-the-masses-death-by-silence.php http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/17/media-is-the-masses-death-by-silence.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:07:00 GMT American culture is so overexposed with modern technology and media displays, that most people have become desensitized to the point of cynicism. http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/10/media-is-the-masses-something-to-sing-about.php http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/10/media-is-the-masses-something-to-sing-about.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:31:00 GMT Presenting videos I consider interesting or amusing... http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/10/09/vestige-of-the-vox-populi-115.php http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/10/09/vestige-of-the-vox-populi-115.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield)