‘Challenging’ (when applied to a non-interactive work or aspect of a work) is one of those compliments that seems to me to say more about the critic than the subject: what does it mean that a piece of fiction is ‘challenging’? Whom does it challenge? Why is this challenge a good thing? Is the challenge … Continue reading Thought of the Day: Challenging
Thoughts on “The Greatest Game Ever Played”
Historically-based sport movies were all the rage for a while in the early 2000s. Off the top of my head you had Remember the Titans (football), Miracle (hockey), Cinderella Man (boxing), Seabiscuit (horse-racing),Invincible (football again), The Rookie (baseball) and I’m sure about a dozen others that I’m forgetting or never saw. Coming in the midst … Continue reading Thoughts on “The Greatest Game Ever Played”
Thought of the Day: Harmony with Nature
Inspired by this video (which I'm at present only halfway through, so caveat spectator: so far, while I'd dispute some points and his overall framework, his main argument is pretty sound. Spoilers for both Avatar and Princess Mononoke, by the way). Though this is also something I'd concluded a while back. To live in harmony … Continue reading Thought of the Day: Harmony with Nature
Poetry – “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
S’io credesse che mia risposta fosseA persona che mai tornasse al mondo,Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse.Ma percioche giammai di questo fondoNon torno vivo alcun, s’i’odo il vero,Senza tema d’infamia ti rispondo. Let us go then, you and I,When the evening is spread out against the skyLike a patient etherized upon a table;Let us go, … Continue reading Poetry – “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Sunday Thought: On Seeing God
The fact that we can so easily become distracted at prayer is proof of just how inadequate our ideas of God and the Heavenly Court really are. For, of course, if we had even a faint understanding of just what we were dealing with, it would be almost impossible for anything else to have a … Continue reading Sunday Thought: On Seeing God
Tribute to Alan Young
I made this after actor-comedian Alan Young's death in 2016, paying tribute to his two most famous roles. (Was looking through my old DeviantArt profile in preparation for starting it up again)
Friday Flotsam: Job Search Reset, Chesterton Meets Johnson, and a Few Thoughts
1. Another disappointing week as far as job prospects are concerned. A job I really wanted and would love to do turns out to have a relocation requirement that’s likely to make it impractical. Meaning I’m once again back to square one. My life feels a lot like that board game I mentioned a while … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Job Search Reset, Chesterton Meets Johnson, and a Few Thoughts
Niceness is Fun
Assumption Proclamation
Should have gone up yesterday. I have a feeling that I might have made the same error last year...oh, well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJcSyaRU0kc "The old world in its sunset was fair to see."
Poetry – “The Law of the Jungle”
Now this is the Law of the Jungle – as old and as true as the sky;And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back--For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, … Continue reading Poetry – “The Law of the Jungle”
Serpent's Den 