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Something Beyond Bad Traditionalism?
It’s always amazing to me how one thing you read can inadvertently lead to another. I spent a good bit of my spring slowly reading Nassim Nicholas Taleb‘s Antifragile. I read it because it had a praise-worthy mention in an … Continue reading
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How We See, How We Write
I can’t remember how, but George Packer’s “The Enemies of Writing” piece from The Atlantic (January 2020) came across my path last week. The essay is a re-write of an acceptance speech given upon Packer’s winning of the Hitchens Prize. … Continue reading
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Thinking Abroad
Over the last few days I’ve found myself thinking a lot about the Lake District in England, mostly because I’ve found accounts on Twitter that regularly post pictures of hikes and walks that they’ve been taking. It’s compounded, of course, … Continue reading
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Don’t You Forget about SHIELD
I mentioned earlier in the week that the most recent episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD found Mack and Deke trapped in the 1980s. As with every episode of this season’s time-hopping shenanigans, the show makes good use of the … Continue reading
Remembering Places and Times
I have to say, as nice as it has been to find a cafe or restaurant to sit and read some, it’s been the return of background music. Over the last few months, I haven’t listened to music much accept … Continue reading
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Building Brainpower
This premiere season of Stargirl has had an interesting pace storytelling-wise. Most of the main characters have been at play from the beginning, though some in bits and pieces. Some things haven’t happened yet (Courtney’s mom works for who?!) while … Continue reading
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A Song That Blesses
This week there’s been one song in particular that has been a blessing to me as I cleaned my classroom and planned for next semester and walked through downtown Honolulu. This is Mission House’s “Good God.” It hits the right … Continue reading
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SHIELD on the Island
Last day of June, as crazy as that sounds. In just a few hours we start the second half of 2020. Lots of fears (and jokes, for some) about what the next few months might bring. We are in uncharted … Continue reading
NT Wright and Covidtide
Today I received my copy of N. T. Wright’s God and the Pandemic (many thanks to the folks at Hearts and Minds Books in Pennsylvania for the amazing service). It’s a tiny book, clocking in at just over 70 pages. … Continue reading
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This morning I finished reading Ross Douthat’s The Decadent Society. I mentioned it a few days ago as a book I’d set aside with the advent of Covid but had finally gotten back around to reading. It’s a good read, … Continue reading
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