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Book Review: The Colony

Posted on March 31, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Colony: The Harrowing True Story Of The Exiles Of Molokai To this day, the least populated county in the United States is a small valley on the island of Molokai that has, the last I knew, some twelve residents … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Epigenetics Revolution

Posted on March 29, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding Of Genetics, Disease, And Inheritance, by Nessa Carey While in many ways this book was what I expected and hoped when looking at a book to help explain the latest … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Song Of Our Scars

Posted on March 26, 2024 by nathanalbright

The Song Of Our Scars: The Untold Story Of Pain, by Haider Warraich This book was a disappointing one to read, because it could have been a great book but ended up being only an okay book, mixed in its … Continue reading →

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The Impossible Bodily Function Challenge

Posted on October 11, 2023 by nathanalbright

While we were at the Feast of Tabernacles in South Africa, towards the end of our trip, my mother made my stepfather a humorous impossible challenge not to mention bodily functions like bladder issues and bowel movements for 72 hours … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Official Guide To OET

Posted on August 28, 2023 by nathanalbright

The Official Guide To OET, by the experts at Kaplan Test Prep For those who live in foreign countries and wish to work in an English speaking country, there are some options when it comes to tests. The IELTS is … Continue reading →

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What Your Urine Says About You

Posted on August 13, 2023 by nathanalbright

Once when visiting a friend’s home, I came across an entertaining volume called “What Your Poo Says About You,” a lighthearted book about the amateur analysis of fecal matter for one’s own insight and entertainment. Admittedly, few people would want … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Program

Posted on July 4, 2023 by nathanalbright

The Program is a 2015 movie, and I had not heard of it during its original release (it was during a period when I didn’t watch many movies or pay attention to them), though as it happened to be a … Continue reading →

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Sunset In The Sanguinary Islands

Posted on June 28, 2023 by nathanalbright

About an hour and a half or so before it was time for our boat tour to depart from the Port of Ajaccio for a sunset cruise in the Bay of Ajaccio, my mother and I went to get a … Continue reading →

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See In Color

Posted on May 11, 2023 by nathanalbright

While most of the time I can see in color very well, there was a particularly frightening moment in college where I was unable to see in color for about fifteen minutes or so and my vision was like looking … Continue reading →

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On The Pleasant And The Good

Posted on March 20, 2023 by nathanalbright

Simply because we live in an age where many people seem to religiously avoid anything unpleasant as if to be unpleasant is to be evil, it is all too easy for people to fall into the opposite ditch and view … Continue reading →

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