Monthly Archives: June 2013

Staring At The Sun

Posted on June 19, 2013 by nathanalbright

In the late 1990’s, the band U2 was a bit attracted by the supposed glamor of the pop world, whether it be European dance music or the sights and sounds of Miami, Florida. The excesses of their disappointing “Pop” album … Continue reading →

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A Little Too Used To This

Posted on June 18, 2013 by nathanalbright

Today something happened that reminded me that I can get a little too used to my schedule a little too quickly. Being someone whose life has involved a fair amount of drastic change, this is not always a bad thing, … Continue reading →

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Better A Cat Than A Rat

Posted on June 18, 2013 by nathanalbright

Instead of merely talking about their dissatisfaction with the corrupt political system, some citizens of a Mexican town called Xalapa (who have even more to complain about than American citizens) have decided to do something about it, nominating a cat … Continue reading →

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Un Corazon Tierno

Posted on June 17, 2013 by nathanalbright

No es un gran secreto que me encantan a las muchachas y jovenes mujeres con corazones tiernos. No es un gran secreto porque tengo mi propio corazon tierno, y que quiero gente muy similar a mi. Es necesario decir sobre … Continue reading →

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Strangers In The Night

Posted on June 17, 2013 by nathanalbright

Every once in a while I will come up with a strange idea for something to write, and then muse over the material and the connections that I would wish to make, in order to determine if it is a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Alexander The Great: The Macedonian Who Conquered The World

Posted on June 17, 2013 by nathanalbright

Alexander The Great: The Macedonian Who Conquered The World, by Sean Patrick When I began to read this particular (very short) book, I was under the mistaken impression that it would be a biography (and a laudatory one) about Alexander … Continue reading →

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The Curious History Of Fathers’ Day

Posted on June 16, 2013 by nathanalbright

Readers of my blog may be familiar with my historical examination of Mothers’ Day [1] and the fact that I have already commented briefly and somewhat critically about the phenomenon by which Thailand honors its king on Fathers’ Day by … Continue reading →

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The Best That I Could Do

Posted on June 16, 2013 by nathanalbright

When it was time for John Mellencamp, a heartland rock & roll singer who had always been compared negatively to Bruce Springsteen, and who had been known by several names during his career, from Johnny Couger to John Couger Mellencamp … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Masculine Mandate

Posted on June 15, 2013 by nathanalbright

The Masculine Mandate: God’s Calling To Men, by Richard D. Phillips This sort of book, which I read because I figured it would be relevant to Father’s Day and deal with concerns about proper masculinity and its related issues with … Continue reading →

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Spitting Image

Posted on June 15, 2013 by nathanalbright

Today is the first post this weekend that I would like to devote to Father’s Day. As my thoughts about the subject of Father’s Day are somewhat gloomy and often deeply conflicted, I cannot imagine my posts on the subject … Continue reading →

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