Just a quick note - you probably noticed that there is now a Captcha system when you want to log in and leave comments - this is to prevent any kind of spammers, which haven't been a problem here.

Yet.

I've been noticing odd comments and logins, so rather than worry about policing the site myself, we now have reCaptcha, which will both let people do good things (by assisting with OCR of classic words efforts) and by verifying that they're an intelligent entity before they can leave comments.

Or, at least an entity that can read. Intelligence is another issue.

First, for those who follow this blog/podcast, I know I'm late with yesterday's episode. The plan is once the wife/children are in bed so it's quiet, I'll be recording my thoughts and interview with the wonderful Santeria practitioners I met over the last few months.

Second, I've had a bit of a disappointment. I just learned that I've been turned down by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to interview them for the show. I've been working on that one since September, and I was really hoping that I'd be able to have them for show 52, which would be the penultimate episode.

Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall - Lutz
707 Lutz Lake Fern Rd., Lutz, FL, 33548
(813) 949-2001

Contact: Herb Steiner (Coordinator/Chairmen of the Body of Elders) and Michael Ward (Service Overseer, Chairmen of the Body of Elders)

You can listen to the interview here.

Just because I promised it - this is the complete and unedited interview with Mr. and Ms. Hines from the Greensong Grove Podcast.

As I mentioned in the episode, I wasn't able to include the complete interview for time, and I wanted to make sure that the entire interview was available.

The audio file is here:

http://blogthereligions.com/podcast/Pagan_Greensong_Grove_Unedited.mp3

College Hill Mennonite Church
3506 Machado St
Tampa, FL 33605-1362
(813) 247-2798

Religion: Christian

Denomination: Mennonite

Contact: Reverend Roy W. Williams, Senior Pastor

You can listen to the interview with Reverend Williams here.

When I first drafted my list of religions, Mennonites were on there. Only because I had no clue whatsoever they were about. I remembered seeing some at a vacation resort in Oregon as a kid. Even at the swimming pool, the women were dressed very conservatively, wearing scarfs on their head.

I happened to catch this video by that Jewish guy explaining what kosher is.

No, I'm serious - that's his name, "That Jewish Guy."

You can listen to the interview with Reverend Doctor Sara Zimmerman here.

11400 Morris Bridge Road
Tampa, FL 33637
Phone 813-988-8188

Contact: Rev. Dr. Sara Zimmerman

I noticed some jerk put up some spam comments in the comment fields. It hasn't been much of a problem, but I may have to look into a captcha system, or doing some other tweaks to the website to keep the jerks out.

OK - I'm not Jewish, but I got this in my inbox and thought it was interesting. Wadjet Eye Games has their game The Shivah available for free until Tuesday.

Ah, free. I love that word.

So what's "The Shivah"? From their words: