Howdy, Robert-

Thanks for getting back to me and for the considerable effort. I've been incredibly swamped in revising my book before it goes to the typesetter plus some other things, but will get back to you at further length soon; just wanted to send a thank-you your way for all this contact info.

Thanks again,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Robert Luhn <luhn@ncse.com <mailto:luhn@ncse.com>> wrote:

    Sir:

    Good to hear from you. Sorry for the late reply. Killer campaign,
    killer cold, then...rainrainrain.

    Hmm. Bad science reporting? Not fair to hit the blogs, I suppose.
    they're always totally clueless. But I'll ponder. the smaller
    newspapers are definitely slipping...of course, because they fired
    their sci guys! Ach.

    Interesting your slip into evo and religion. we talk about this a
    fair lot. In fact, we even have a staff theologian! I can connect
    you, if and when you'd like to talk with him. A fairly recent
    clip:
    http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2009/06/west_of_eden.html

    Work wise...I will indeed keep my eyes/ears open. Have you thought
    about doing what I'm doing? (Me a writer/journalist/editor of 30
    years?). With our kind of resume...professional
    communicators...it's possible to clip into a communications job
    for awhile. Esp. at say, a BioLogo kind of place...where science
    and religion meet. Have you hit up places like these:

    The BioLogos Foundation
    P.O. Box 33634
    Washington, DC 20033
    www.biologos.org <http://www.biologos.org>
    --founded by Dr. Francis Collins, now head of the NIH
    --"promotes the search for truth in both the natural and spiritual
    realms"
    --Contact: Loretta Cooper, Media Specialist

    American Scientific Affiliation
    P.O. Box 668
    Ipswich, MA 01938
    978-356-5656
    FAX: 978-356-4375
    asa@asa3.org <mailto:asa@asa3.org>
    http://www.asa3.org/
    --"a fellowship of men and women of science and disciplines that
    can relate to science who share a common fidelity to the Word of
    God and a commitment to integrity in the practice of science"
    --Contact: Randy Isaac, Executive Director

    John Templeton Foundation
    http://templeton.org

    Metanexus
    http://metanexus.org/

    Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
    http://ctns.org

    Adrian Wyard
    http://counterbalance.org

    International Society for Science and Religion
    http://issr.org

    A thought?

    Now...you getting work as a professional smartaleck/humorist.
    Well..I've trod those boards a lonnnng time. Not very
    renumerative. What's up with the pilot, et al?

    r





        Hi, Robert-

        Have been meaning to touch base with you again for a while,
        but was busy finishing up my latest book and preparing to move
        to a new apartment and whatnot. First off, I'm still working
        on getting this damned promotional video for Enlighten the
        Vote created, at which point we'll be doing our first big
        campaign, so that's nifty. Second, I wanted to ask that if you
        guys see any bad science reporting or anything of the sort to
        please let me know so that I can make fun of the culprit on
        True/Slant and Huffington Post and wherever else. Third, I
        just gave my first university lecture earlier this week to a
        class dealing with evolution and religion (as in, the
        evolutionary aspects of religion and its possible functions as
        well as related topics) last Tuesday over at Rutgers, and it
        seems to have gone over pretty well; another professor has
        since asked me to talk to her philosophy class as well.

        Meanwhile, I'm somewhat strapped for cash due to having spent
        a lot of time on longterm projects as well as having to help
        out a troubled family member, and wanted to see if you knew of
        any sort of gigs that I might be able to get within the whole
        skeptic/academia/activism sphere. I'm about to have to start
        working in the damned kitchen of the Illustrator's Guild in
        Manhattan under the auspices of a girl I'm sort of seeing but
        whom I'm not entirely crazy about, and I fear disaster, so I'm
        basically willing to do anything. If you could keep your ears
        open and let me know of whatever comes up, I'd be greatly
        appreciative. I'll be back in business soon as I start getting
        some checks from Vanity Fair and a couple of other pubs over
        the next few months, but meanwhile just need to get my hands
        on whatever cash I can. Anyone who's interested in having
        their own political humorist get them coffee or whatever is
        totally welcome to me.
        Anyway, keep it real over there.

        Thanks,

        Barrett Brown
        Brooklyn, NY
        512-560-2302



    --     Robert Luhn
    Director of Communications
    National Center for Science Education, Inc.
    420 40th Street, Suite 2
    Oakland, CA 94609-2509
    510-601-7203 x314
    fax: 510-601-7204
    800-290-6006
    luhn@ncse.com <mailto:luhn@ncse.com>
    http://www.ncse.com
    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/evolution.ncse
    YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd
    Twitter: http://twitter.com/ncse