Review of Explaining postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault by Stephen Hicks My attention was directed to this book by Jordan Peterson but I had first heard about ‘postmodernism’ listening to Ravi Zacharius on YouTube. Although Stephen is Read more…
So, I went and saw the latest Guardians of the Galaxy 2. After listening to a few reviews on-line everyone pretty much was saying that it wasn’t as good as the first one. I went in not expecting much and I Read more…
I followed War and Peace with I think the next best book I could read – Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. Seems I went back in time and read the preface to the Napoleonic rise. Beside that, “A Tale Read more…
Was there a choice involved in you being born? I know that when my wife and I wanted to have kids we ‘chose’ to try and have them which basically meant that we removed any kind of birth control and Read more…
dubito ergo sum (“I doubt, therefore I am”) – Augustine We exist, at least we believe that we exist. I am going on the assumption that if you are reading this (or listening to someone reading this) that you are Read more…
I finally finished War & Peace after 2 years of reading! The wonders of Kindle and being able to keep your place across multiple devices. I slowly consumed this grand novel like one would eat a small elephant. A little Read more…
For me there are two types of fictional books. Book’s that entertain and give you a shot of adrenaline from either a fright or some plot thrill; or a dose of dopamine from some romantic encounter. These types of writer’s Read more…
There is something within us that dislikes and likes paradox at the same time which of course is in itself a paradox (Hence, the success of Terminator). For some reason there is something that seems to resonate on a deeper Read more…
How (and why?) can a Steven King short story become the foundation for the highest rated movie on IMDB? Think of all the movies that have been made with millions (billions?) of dollars in special effects and perfect looking actors Read more…
Well, The last week has been like day and night compared to the last post. The kids blasted through the silver medal (10 hours) and Drew even is reading for fun! Once again I think the keys are good incentives Read more…
Well… Summer reading has not gone as well as hoped. It is hard for them to want to read instead of watch TV, or play with their toys or… It didn’t help that we went camping for two weekends in Read more…
Well, the poetry didn’t go over as well as I hoped it would. I guess the poems I picked were probably a little bit too much for their ages. I just wanted to expose them, though, and even if they Read more…
Ok, before we do another round of 3 books I wanted to expose the kids to some poetry. So, I found some poems that are pretty straight forward and a couple that are a little more abstract. I put them Read more…
So, it is turning out that we pick three books and the kid’s read all three and then they tell me what their favorite one is and why (maybe will get some video of this). Then, thanks to the nice Read more…
So the Booklings stopped off at the local Pierce County library and signed all of its members up for its summer reading program. Then we went downtown and signed up for Puyallup library’s summer reading program too. We also took Read more…