Monthly Archives: May 2016

Letters To Myself

Posted on May 18, 2016 by nathanalbright

From this vantage point, I do not know when I started writing letters, nor the first recipients of those letters. The first letter that I remember writing was a letter to my pastor at the time I was about eight … Continue reading →

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Don’t Let Go

Posted on May 18, 2016 by nathanalbright

The story was too weird to ignore, and of course, it happened it Florida. A woman, at last check with her name withheld lest she become the target of immense ridicule and embarrassment, was hospitalized with a two-foot juvenile nurse … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Field Guide To Sports Metaphors

Posted on May 18, 2016 by nathanalbright

The Field Guide To Sports Metaphors: A Compendium Of Competitive Words And Idioms, by Josh Chetwynd [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Blogging For Books/10 Speed Press in exchange for an honest review.] No one can accuse … Continue reading →

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A Broader Perspective

Posted on May 17, 2016 by nathanalbright

From the point of view of a road, it is hard to understand what is going on in the road system as a whole. You see an open road in front of you, and so you drive [1]. The car … Continue reading →

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1944

Posted on May 17, 2016 by nathanalbright

Eurovision is commonly thought of as a lightweight pop song competition where, at best, one ends up with a lighthearted and whimsical performance like that of ABBA’s winning entry in 1974, “Waterloo,” where the band dressed for their performance in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Born For Love

Posted on May 17, 2016 by nathanalbright

Born For Love: Reflections On Loving, by Leo Buscaglia It is easy to see why someone who was in a rush to purchase books for a voracious reader would see this book and think it a likely one for me … Continue reading →

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A Family Reunion

Posted on May 16, 2016 by nathanalbright

As of the time I write this, yesterday afternoon after church services there was a short meeting of people helping out for a senior’s brunch in a neighboring congregation of my larger church denomination to the one I usually attend. … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: The Big Roads

Posted on May 16, 2016 by nathanalbright

The Big Roads, by Earl Swift, read by Rob Shaprio This book is a good example both of immense hypocrisy and bait and switch. At the beginning of this book, the author talks about a trip he made with his … Continue reading →

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Living The Word

Posted on May 15, 2016 by nathanalbright

Yesterday was our church’s annual General Conference of Elders, and the theme was “Live The Word [1].” As our congregation’s retired pastor, the second split sermon speaker correctly noted, this theme is a directive, a mandate, a command. Both of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Evil Hours

Posted on May 15, 2016 by nathanalbright

The Evil Hours: A Biography Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, by David J. Morris A few diseases have served as the subject of extensive biographies. Cancer has spawned the book The Emperor Of Maladies. Depression was the subject of the melancholy … Continue reading →

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