Monthly Archives: May 2021

Book Review: How To Poo At Work

Posted on May 12, 2021 by nathanalbright

How To Poo At Work, by Mats & Enzo This is a book that one doesn’t want to like but one can easily identify with. Going to the bathroom at work is an aspect of contemporary culture that draws a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?

Posted on May 12, 2021 by nathanalbright

Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother’s Suggestions, by Patricia Marx and Roz Chast I must admit that this book was not quite as funny as I thought it would be. It is … Continue reading →

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The Triumph Of Meaningless Choices

Posted on May 11, 2021 by nathanalbright

Sometimes it does not matter what side one picks. One of the triumphs of contemporary American business culture is the way that an artificial conflict being pit between two sides to try to hype up hostility in fact serves the … Continue reading →

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On How To Show You Care

Posted on May 10, 2021 by nathanalbright

Both at dinner on Sabbath and while I was enjoying a great deal of time spent with friends and family, a topic came up that drew a lot of thought and discussion. How do other people recognize that we care … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day In The Bible

Posted on May 9, 2021 by nathanalbright

For a variety of reasons, including the random way that speaking schedules work, I often end up being the instructor for either mother’s day or father’s day and such was the case today. One of the challenges of talking about … Continue reading →

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The Strange Travels Of The Vagabond Bennetts

Posted on May 8, 2021 by nathanalbright

Once of the hazards of being interested in studying history and being pretty open about one’s genealogy, and having a name as ambiguous as my own is the way that one gets a lot of messages about one’s family background. … Continue reading →

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The Present Is Too Often The Enemy Of The Past

Posted on May 7, 2021 by nathanalbright

While the vagaries of time have been dangerous enough to the threats of Egyptian history, the worst threat to the memory of Egyptian pharaohs was other Egyptian pharaohs. One would think that Egyptian rulers would want to emphasize the lengthy … Continue reading →

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On The Boones Of Pennsylvania And Devonshire

Posted on May 6, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the more interesting conversations I had was with someone who was trying to trace his own complex ancestry to the Boones and to the early settlement of Kentucky. The two of us happened to have a genetic match … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Story Of Egypt

Posted on May 6, 2021 by nathanalbright

The Story Of Egypt: The Civilization That Shaped The World, by Joann Fletcher In one way, this book is a bit of a tease. This book is a story about Egyptian civilization, but like many books on the subject, this … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Rise And Fall Of Ancient Egypt

Posted on May 6, 2021 by nathanalbright

The Rise And Fall Of Ancient Egypt, by Toby Wilkinson One of the more interesting aspects of a whole suite of books that exist on ancient Egypt is the way that the politics of ancient Egypt have come under increasing … Continue reading →

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