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The Mutiny Of Norfolk Island

Posted on June 10, 2016 by nathanalbright

The history of Norfolk Island is one with a fair amount of breaks—it was originally colonized by East Polynesians but had long been vacant when it was settled as a penal colony offshore from Australia, then vacant again before it … Continue reading →

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The Handwriting Of Requirements That Was Against Us

Posted on April 3, 2016 by nathanalbright

[Note: This is the prepared text for a sermonette given at the UCG Hood River congregation on April 3, 2016.] I am going to ask you all a series of questions and I want to see a show of hands. … Continue reading →

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Start Again

Posted on August 27, 2015 by nathanalbright

On his fourth album, Daylight, singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik explored the desire to start again and escape from the ravages of time. Although the album was not particularly popular among mainstream audiences, it has an honored place in one of my … Continue reading →

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A Lannister Always Pays His Debts

Posted on July 22, 2015 by nathanalbright

Picture the scene. Tyrion Lannister, as played by Peter Dinklage, is sitting on a loveseat dealing with a call from a debt collector trying to start a payment for Tyrion’s student debt from graduate studies in political science from the … Continue reading →

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I Thought That Love Watched Over This House, But You’re Boarding Up The Windows Now

Posted on July 13, 2015 by nathanalbright

In one of his characteristic witty put-downs, Winston Churchill said that democracy was the worst form of government compared to all of the other forms of government. Anyone who has experienced the corruption and gross incompetence that marks much of … Continue reading →

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In The Heat Of The Night

Posted on June 30, 2015 by nathanalbright

In his 1987 single “Heat Of The Night,” Bryan Adams sang a dark noir song about a terrible reckoning. The song became one of his more successful singles, a top ten hit [1]. Not long after this, from 1988 to … Continue reading →

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Sochi Problems

Posted on February 7, 2014 by nathanalbright

In the lead-up to the Sochi Olympics there have been a large amount of complaints made about a few areas of Sochi’s preparations for the Olympics [1]. Depending on which sort of news you consider the most important, there is … Continue reading →

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A Friend Loves At All Times

Posted on November 12, 2013 by nathanalbright

One of the most profound blessings of my life, and a blessing for which I cannot feel or show enough gratitude, is the high quality of friends I have enjoyed over the course of my life. I hope that I … Continue reading →

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Ramen Life

Posted on October 4, 2013 by nathanalbright

I have an inside joke with many people, but probably enough people that it should probably not be considered an inside joke anymore, especially since I am writing about it so openly. I suppose in part that this joke itself … Continue reading →

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An Elegant Trap

Posted on September 9, 2013 by nathanalbright

In the Harry Chapin song “Cats In The Cradle,” the narrator sings about how he would devote time to his son when life got a little better, only to find himself growing old and with a son that is too … Continue reading →

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