I managed to see the final installment of the Harry Potter films last night, and figured that nothing has lit up the blog in the past quite like debating Potter, the books, the films, the cultural relevance of the series. So, why not employ the Resurrection Stone and bring this conversation back. I’ll let this [...]
Posted on July 19th, 2011 by Shotts
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Last night I came home late. Sara informed me the kids were asleep. When I went to kiss them goodnight, Eliot was missing from his bed. I found him in our bed with the reading lamp on and this in his hands.
Posted on May 12th, 2011 by Ned
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This should be a lively discussion…the quantity of books published in the last decade, and amount of time invested in reading them means there will be far less “shared” time with the same books as our fellow Hollow Men.
Posted on January 11th, 2010 by Tobias
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I got one. Anyone else? Care to muse and discuss? In this early stage with it, I’m finding the Kindle surprisingly readable and fun. In its way, it’s making reading "new." At the same time, I find myself gravitating toward nonfiction with it, rather than the more traditionally "literary" genres of fiction and (certainly) poetry. [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2009 by Shotts
Filed under: Books, Holidays, Science | 3 Comments »
I finished Fahrenheit 451, Life Is a Miracle, as well as Midnight’s Children earlier this fall.
Posted on November 28th, 2009 by Ned
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Thanks, JE, for hosting Amanda and me last weekend. We had a wonderful time and were thoroughly inundated with artistic inspirations at every turn. I left with more motivation to return to my artistic nature than I have felt in a super long time, it was good for my soul. I would like to incorporate [...]
Posted on November 21st, 2009 by Pete
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Peters may remember a friend of mine by the name of Jason Neulander, then Artistic Director of Salvage Vanguard Theater. For the last decade or so he has been working on-again-off-again on The Intergalactic Nemesis. It started as a radio show, then live performance, then comic book, and now live performance/comic book/online serial? The Intergalactic [...]
Posted on November 11th, 2009 by J.E.
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For an amusing diversion, check out this link, provided I did it correct this time. Adam Rex’s Blog
Posted on September 23rd, 2009 by Ned
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Eliot came home a couple of weeks ago and all of the sudden read me a book. It was quite a moment for me as you can imagine. We’re reading the Tale of Despereaux, which is better than the movie. I just finished reading a book of essays by Wendell Berry, entitled, The Way of [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2009 by Ned
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Over the last few weeks, I viewed the films Persepolis and Sweetland. I would highly recommend them both. They are very different films but both excellently conceived and executed lower budget projects. Both films are also slightly and refreshingly understated by today’s standards. I also just finished Rebecca Solnit’s “River of Shadows: Eadward Mubridge and [...]
Posted on August 26th, 2008 by Ned
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1) I have read Atonement now. The book is different than the movie, the latter part being significantly different. I feel that it is more baffling than the movie too. I’m not sure what to make of it. I feel that McEwan is making a statement about how certain behaviors can not be made right [...]
Posted on June 4th, 2008 by Ned
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Sara and I managed to get out for a brief evening for my birthday (my Jesus year is over). We had a nice dinner and went to see Atonement. Things I liked about the film: 1) It is really quite subtle and actually relies entirely at certain points on the actors ability to communicate simply [...]
Posted on February 9th, 2008 by Ned
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Pinker has a quite good article in the NY Times. There isn’t too much new there, but it offers a good overview of some of the ideas of Moral Psychology and relates them to issues of the environment at the end. I’m glad that he brings up Peter Singer’s idea of the expanding circle of [...]
Posted on January 15th, 2008 by Ned
Filed under: Books, Ethics & Morality, Philosophical | 3 Comments »
I just finished the book Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson. I know, Shotts, you had recommended it to me a while ago, and my mother had suggested it before that even. It seems you both know what I will appreciate, certainly in this case. It really is difficult for me to describe how much reading that [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2008 by Ned
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I’m wondering why I am posting this, but for some reason feel compelled. Since I have been on the couch or in bed lately, I managed to read a bit. I just finished The Dream Life of Shukhanov by Olga Grushin. It was a terribly engaging book that takes place in real time over three [...]
Posted on January 9th, 2008 by Ned
Filed under: Art, Books, Ethics & Morality, Philosophical | 7 Comments »
J. E. is watching