Currently Reading:
Flickr Photos
Author Archives: awtraughber
Opening the Office
The Ringer has become a great place for thoughtful, very comprehensive lists. Case in point: in honor of the release of The Paper (the thematic sequel to The Office), the folks at The Ringer ranked all 173 cold opens of … Continue reading
“Beyond Sentiment”
Here’s a great excerpt from this week’s Desert Fathers episode by Erik Varden about Christian joy lived out over time: So my fidelity must be rooted at greater depth, beyond sentiment. St Benedict stresses this when, in the midst of … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Faith, Life in the Fifth Act, Scripture, The Long Story
Leave a comment
“A Foolish Thought or Maybe…”
Today we turned the first corner of the new school year in class: we started our second unit of study, which involves reason and arguments for God’s existence, with a discussion of “Maybe There’s a Loving God.” Here’s a recording … Continue reading
Sunday’s Best: Birds of a Feather?
The Sunday funnies are high quality this week. In today’s classic Peanuts, for instance, Sally treats her attempt at writing as a spy-like cover-up. Then, in this week’s FoxTrot, Peter has to learn to speak Jason’s language as a way … Continue reading
Posted in Comics
Leave a comment
Our Current Futuristic Sci-Fi Moment
The folks at the Ringer recently posted a nice piece on our current, not-quite-futuristic, sci-fi television moment. The three franchises he wrote about that I’ve got some investment in: Star Wars via Andor, Star Trek via Strange New Worlds, and … Continue reading
Sunday’s Best: Open for Interpretation?
A day late but rarely a dollar short with this Sunday’s best comic strip. Yesterday’s standout was a classic Peanuts strip by Charles Schulz that challenges our assumptions on what’s going on when a dog is barking. And here’s today’s … Continue reading
Posted in Comics
Leave a comment
The Taste and Feel of Summer
This is why corn-on-the-cob is better than creamed corn, all year long. It’s also a great one-liner from Calvin.
Posted in Comics
Leave a comment
25 Years of Movie Stunt Growth
The folks over at The Ringer recently gave us “The 25 Most Important Stunt Scenes of the 21st Century” (which video clips and anecdotes included). It’s such a great list for me in three ways: it reminds me of movies … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Movies
Leave a comment
Sunday’s Best: Sunscreen Options
Today was a solid day in the funny pages. Calvin compared bedtime fantasy with reality (and found reality wanting, of course), while Snoopy took Chuck’s newspaper request all-too-seriously. But it’s the sunscreen joke in FoxTrot that takes the top spot … Continue reading
Posted in Comics
Leave a comment
The Mid-Week’s Best?
I usually wait until Sunday to post links to some great comics, but I think yesterday’s comics call for an exception. First: it’s not every day that you get the word “ontological” in a comic strip. But Calvin does, and … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Teaching, The Long Story
Leave a comment
Space Enough, and Time 