Monthly Archives: October 2015

Book Review: Honor & Slavery

Posted on October 22, 2015 by nathanalbright

Honor & Slavery: Lies, Duels, Noses, Masks, Dressing As A Woman, Gifts, Strangers, Humanitarianism, Death, Slave Rebellions, The Proslavery Argument, Baseball, Hunting, Gambling In The South, by Kenneth S. Greensberg The lengthy and somewhat clumsy subtitle of this book adequately … Continue reading →

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A Compendium Of Jesus’ Interactions With Outsiders In the Synoptic Gospels: Part Two

Posted on October 21, 2015 by nathanalbright

This post is a continuation of the previous post in the series [1]. To summarize the contents of this post, they consist of the biblical record of interactions between Jesus Christ and outsiders (those not His disciples) along with a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Big Data

Posted on October 21, 2015 by nathanalbright

Big Data: Using Smart Big Data Analytics And Metrics To Make Better Decisions And Improve Performance, by Bernard Marr I had requested this book from my library some time ago but it took a long time for the book to … Continue reading →

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Lowpointing

Posted on October 21, 2015 by nathanalbright

There is a sport called highpointing, where people seek to reach the locations of the high points of every state in the United States. As might be imagined, some of these highest points, like Britton Hill in Florida, are not … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Queen Esther And The Ring Of Power

Posted on October 20, 2015 by nathanalbright

Queen Esther And The Ring Of Power, by Russell M. Stendal [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Aneko Press in exchange for an honest review.] This short book, coming in at under 200 pages, is an allegorical … Continue reading →

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Kings Of The Stone Age

Posted on October 20, 2015 by nathanalbright

In the Andaman Islands there is a place that time has deliberately ignored, North Sentinel Island, inhabited by what are known as the Sentinelese tribe. Even though they were recorded in history by Marco Polo, who wrote in his travel … Continue reading →

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Somewhere Between Epilepsy And The Zombie Apocalypse

Posted on October 19, 2015 by nathanalbright

Today a situation occurred on an Aer Lingus flight in Ireland where a young man in his 20’s flipped out, bit a fellow passenger who was trying to help him, and then died after the pilot had declared a medical … Continue reading →

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A Compendium Of Jesus’ Interactions With Outsiders In the Synoptic Gospels: Part One

Posted on October 19, 2015 by nathanalbright

Yesterday at church services my pastor, after mentioning the fact that believers should be willing to give an answer for the hope that lies within us to those who were in the range between interested and ambivalent to our message, … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Black Earth: The Holocaust As History And Warning

Posted on October 19, 2015 by nathanalbright

Black Earth: The Holocaust As History And Warning, by Timothy Snyder [Note: This book was provided by Blogging For Books/Tim Duggan Books for free in exchange for an honest review. It should be noted also that this book discusses matters … Continue reading →

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Product Review: Bartoc Tripod Music Stand With Case

Posted on October 18, 2015 by nathanalbright

So, as I commented on recently [1], I purchased a new music stand as my previous one was broken. Having tried it out today, I thought it would be worthwhile to give my first impression of the product as I … Continue reading →

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