With the Star Wars: Episode VII premiering in December, I thought it might be time to tap into my nerd-side. I have some coworkers who read the Star Wars books when they were younger and talked about the relationship between the books and the films, so why not launch into a new series for the new year? Things got complicated from the get go. When Disney acquired Star Wars’ rights, they re-hauled the canon and aligned the movies, tv shows, and new books to tell […]
Flatland, aka Flatplot
This is the second audio book that I’ve listened to. I prefer to read books rather than to have books read to me. However, Flatland by Edwin Abbott, was a better audio book than print. It allowed me to multi-task because the book bored me to death. I wouldn’t have started it in the first place, but I’m determined to finish all of the books that my book club chooses to read. Flatland is a Victorian satire, and not well done at that. Flatland is […]
A Movie that Improves on the Book
I’m a glutton for a good series. It’s been awhile since I’ve launched myself into a series and committed to seeing it through. Since it’s a New Year why not launch a new commitment to a series? But to what series? I decided to try one I haven’t read before, but have always wanted to. And I wanted something that I wasn’t going to get bogged down in (i.e. Game of Thrones. Been there. Done That). Having seen Spectre (The latest James Bond film), I […]
Behind the Scenes of Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency
My dad is a history teacher. Like all history teachers, he has his one era of history that is his specialty. For him it was the Civil War. Growing up, there were a lot of books on the Civil War, movies, shows, you name it. It’s no surprise then that my dad has always named Abraham Lincoln as one of his favorite presidents. Moving to the “Land of Lincoln” my dad couldn’t resist giving me a book on Lincoln. So out of filial duty, I […]
Like the Salesman Who Keeps Talking, But You’ve Already Moved On
Confession: I’ve never read The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People. It seems like everyone read it either in high school or college and I seemed to have missed that trend. Not because I didn’t want to read it, it just never came across my radar. I can’t escape much longer. After launching a reading program in my classes, several students have read the young adult version of Seven Habits. They rave about it and recommend it to me. I don’t think I can keep […]
The Drugs that Won’t Leave Trackmarks: Decluttering and Organizing
I tend to hang on to things that soon become obsolete or that I forget why I have them. It’s gotten to the point that I have tubs of memorabilia that I’m sure would mean nothing to me if I were to go through them. My wife and I also have an office that tends to be our catch-all for the random detritus of life. It always reminds us of Monica’s closet on Friends. We’ve been wanting to declutter our home, and lives, because we […]
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