Other than the Carnegie Science Center, we are not firmly committed to any particular venue or geographic area. We do have tentative plans to use the Quaker meeting house in Oakland, John Harvard's, and something in the South Hills area. If anyone has any suggestions, please let us know.

Our program will still be the same - watching the video of Bill Moyer's interview with Susan Jacoby and discussion afterward.

The first discussion group will meet on the first Tuesday of the month. The format of this group initially will be a moderated open discussion of various subjects/topics of interest to humanists. We may adopt a more structured format at some later date if that seems to be more viable. The moderator will be determined on an ad hoc basis.

The second discussion group will meet on the third Tuesday of each month at the same location. This will be a structured, ongoing discussion/study course with the initial offering to consist of 12 segments. The course of study is called "The Historical Jesus" and will be led by Victor Bernard.

For more information, contact Bill Kaszycki at unkabeard@verizon.net.

In this issue, we have a review of the book Apollo's Fire: A Day on Earth in Nature and Imagination by Greensburg resident Michael Sims. Lee Jones provides us with her take on the book.

We also have an essay about a controversial topic by Bill Kaszycki, and several announcements about some new activities and features from CFIC-Pittsburgh.

We'd like to hear from you and get to know you better, so we've created a new CFI Community of Pittsburgh Forum page.  Please visit and introduce yourself!  You'll also be able to meet our other members, ask us questions, find out about some of our events, and discuss local issues, too.

Anyone can read the forums, but you'll need to register if you want to participate and post comments.  It's free and easy - all you have to do is go here, then click "Register" at the top of the page.  Once you've filled out and submitted the form, you'll receive an email asking you to go to another web page to activate your account.  (This step is to keep Spambots out of the forums.)  After you've been to that site, you're all set and ready to post.

Thank you for visiting the CFI Community of Pittsburgh - See you on the forums!

It should be noted that the period between New Year's and spring is one of the most difficult times for them when need is very high and donations taper off after the holidays. Anyone who thinks that we should conduct another drive in February, please let us know that you would be interested in participating.

Special mention needs to be made of Victor's contribution which far exceeded what would normally be expected. Thank you, Victor, for helping to put the "human" in humanism.