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Book Review: Cat High: The Yearbook

Posted on October 19, 2019 by

Cat High:  The Yearbook, by Terry Deroy Gruber One would think that it’s not too hard to make compelling parody material about cats.  Cats are naturally pretty entertaining animals to watch and to read about and there are many funny … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Poetry Home Repair Manual

Posted on October 16, 2019 by

The Poetry Home Repair Manual:  Practical Advice For Beginning Poets, by Ted Kooser This particular book was written by poet laureate Ted Kooser for beginning poets, and as someone who has been writing poems for at least a couple of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Peace: Making Our World A Better Place

Posted on October 3, 2019 by

Peace:  Making Our World A Better Place, by Faces For some reason that I cannot entirely understand, my library shelved this short magazine aimed at preteens to help indoctrinate them into antiwar leftwing politics as a book, even though it … Continue reading →

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Book Review: God Gave Us The Bible

Posted on September 28, 2019 by

God Gave Us The Bible:  45 Favorite Stories For Little Ones, by Lisa Tawn Bergen, art by David Hohm [Note:  This book was provided free of charge by Multnomah/Waterbrook Press.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.] As a Sabbath … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Language Hacking: French

Posted on September 13, 2019 by

Language Hacking:  French, by Benny Lewis I must admit that I find learning about languages to be a deeply interesting thing [1]. and as I am going to some Caribbean islands, a few of which speak French rather than English, … Continue reading →

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Diagnosis: Folly

Posted on September 8, 2019 by

[This is the prepared text for a sermonette given to the Portland congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, September 7, 2019.] When we read the book of Proverbs, we can find dozens of bad things that the … Continue reading →

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Book Review: How To Write A Thesis

Posted on September 5, 2019 by

How To Write A Thesis, by Umberto Eco In many ways, this charming and relatively short guide to how to write a thesis is somewhat obsolete in that it was written in an age of card catalogs before word processing … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Great Courses: How To Listen To And Understand Opera: Part 4

Posted on September 1, 2019 by

Great Courses: How To Listen To And Understand Opera: Part 4, instructed by Professor Robert Greenberg This particular six hours or so of lecture time in eight cds finishes the collection by the professor that introduces the listener to the … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Great Courses: How To Listen To And Understand Opera: Part 2

Posted on September 1, 2019 by

Great Courses:  How To Listen To And Understand Great Opera:  Part 2, taught by Professor Robert Greenberg I think I have listened to exactly one opera in my life, when one came to the University of South Florida one Saturday … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Great Courses: How To Listen To And Understand Opera: Part 1

Posted on September 1, 2019 by

Great Courses:  How To Listen To And Understand Opera:  Part 1, taught by Professor Robert Greenberg If you are a fan of classical music and the Great Courses series, and I must admit to being fans of both, then it … Continue reading →

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