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How to Teach Bitcoin to a 13-Year Old
Summer Reading 2016

How To Explain Bitcoin to a 13-Year Old

Preface – The Dreaded Question I was driving my son to hockey and he asked a simple question that left me babbling like an incoherent monkey. “Dad, what is bitcoin?” “Well son, it is a digital currency,” I quipped. “What Read more…

By Nate Weger, 1 monthJanuary 5, 2023 ago
Isaiah

Isaiah – The Holy Mountain (Chapter 2 Commentary)

Where I live, the landscape is dominated by Mt. Rainier.  When the sun is shining, the looming mass of snow and rock can be seen from over 100 miles away.  When you drive towards it, its perspective does not change Read more…

By Nate Weger, 5 years ago
Movie Review

Tales of Two Patriarchies – A Quiet Place vs. The Shape of Water

I had heard some good things about ‘A Quiet Place’ so I took a moment to go and see it this past weekend, and I must admit, I thoroughly enjoyed it.  It reminded me of some of M. Night Shyamalan’s Read more…

By Nate Weger, 5 yearsMay 21, 2018 ago
CS Lewis

CS Lewis – Dostoevsky – Jordan B Peterson – William Lane Craig

The four men who have impacted my thinking and my faith the most throughout my life and what I learned from each one. CS Lewis It all started with a tattered copy of the Chronicles of Narnia handed down from Read more…

By Nate Weger, 5 yearsMay 19, 2018 ago
Stubborn Donkey
Isaiah

Isaiah Chapters One Through Five – The Prologue (Chapter 1 Commentary)

We have all seen it before. A movie starts with a future dramatic scene – A prologue of destruction that is to come. That is what the first five chapters of Isaiah lays out. Written in the reign of Uzziah, Read more…

By Nate Weger, 5 yearsApril 8, 2018 ago
Isaiah Prophesying to Lobsters
Belief

Prophets – The Voices in the Wilderness Giving Warnings to Lobsters

One of the things that I wanted to do this year was to study my way through the book of Isaiah seeing as he is considered the Gretzky of prophets. First, though,  I wanted to do some research on what Read more…

By Nate Weger, 5 yearsMarch 1, 2018 ago
3 books for the Skeptic of Christina curious
Alvin Plantiga

3 Books for Skeptics or the Christian Curious from Each Generation

Isn’t Christianity anti-sex?  Doesn’t the Bible promote slavery? Isn’t Jesus just a myth and not a real person? How can a loving God allow evil? Some questions are as old as the Bible and some are new for each generation. Read more…

By Nate Weger, 5 yearsJanuary 29, 2018 ago
Belief

The Case for Christ – Review

My wife and I were finally able to watch Case for Christ now that it is out on Netflix. Honestly, I had been avoiding it. I generally don’t like Christian movies and it usually is because of the acting or Read more…

By Nate Weger, 5 yearsJanuary 15, 2018 ago
Philosophy

Stranger Things – Season 2 Review and Discussion

Thanks to all of you who read the Season 1 Review and Analysis and provided input.  The discussion helped me realize something about the underlying metaphor or archetype that drives the series. Note: it is not an allegory so it Read more…

By Nate Weger, 5 yearsJanuary 10, 2018 ago
No Punchline: Or, The Night Chale Thayer Blew his Head off at the Punch Drunk Comedy Club
Book Review

Jeff Suwak’s Book – No Punchline: Or, The Night Chale Thayer Blew his Head off at the Punch Drunk Comedy Club – Review and Discussion

You just never know who you might find on Twitter.  I started chatting with Jeff Suwak after tweeting this: Every Grain Of Sand by Bob Dylan Songfacts https://t.co/xE8yBqRH8c via @songfacts — Nate Weger (@run8tech) December 21, 2017 I was looking Read more…

By Nate Weger, 5 yearsJanuary 5, 2018 ago
Belief

The Faith of Christopher Hitchens – Book Review and Discussion

I was gifted this book on my Kindle by a good friend. I see the aim of the author as two fold that he wraps in a narrative of a road trip and personal communications that he had with the late Christopher Hitchens. I Read more…

By DrewLiamNash, 5 yearsDecember 21, 2017 ago
Dickens

Hey Disney – Beauty and the Beast was not about Feminism.

The fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast has been commandeered as a story of female (and now gay) empowerment. The original fairy tale, of course, was never about that. I finally watched the new live action Beauty and the Beast over Read more…

By DrewLiamNash, 5 yearsDecember 18, 2017 ago
Belief

Oak Island – Why is this History Channel show so popular?

My family expectantly waits every week for the next History Channel’s Oak Island episode.  It has become a Wednesday night ritual (because we buy it from Amazon we get it a day later).  I have wondered why this series is Read more…

By DrewLiamNash, 5 yearsDecember 12, 2017 ago
Existensialism

Stranger Things – Season 1 Review and Analysis: the 80’s – when everyone knew their societal roles.

The 80’s… Where the kids of Generation X came of age.  The forgotten younger kids of the baby boomers.  The product of the 60’s free love and the 70’s hangover.   When the nuclear family and patriarchy were still the dominant Read more…

By DrewLiamNash, 5 yearsDecember 4, 2017 ago
Existensialism

The Son – By Jo Nesbø, Discussion and Analysis

  I was given this book from a friend at work who recommended it. I make it a point that if someone I know recommends a book to me out of the blue to read it.  It is only because Read more…

By DrewLiamNash, 6 yearsJuly 6, 2017 ago

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