Just a head’s up, this particular post is about marketing and behind-the-scenes type stuff for promoting books. If you don’t want me to spoil the magic or you think you’ll be turned off by some self-centered navel gazing, I won’t mind if you check out. I’ll probably put myself to…
Okay, not really. I launched my new website and relaunched this blog back in February, but since 2014 is about to fade away (and a good thing too; I really didn’t like this year for a lot of different reasons), I thought it might be fun to take a look…
But I mean really, how could you have missed it? Yesterday the first teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens hit the internet like a storm. But just in case some of you were still in a food coma and/or trapped in a Black Friday-related incident, here’s…
One thing that I normally don’t post much about is politics. Part of it stems from a hesitation to interject myself into matters I don’t fully understand. It can be difficult to keep up to date on everything that’s going on, and so much of it is spin in our…
This was the Old Testament reading in our congregation this past weekend: Thus says the Lord: Maintain justice, and do what is right, for soon my salvation will come, and my deliverance be revealed… And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, to minister to him, to love the…
Are you familiar with CGP Grey? If you’re not, you should be. The man is awesome at what he does, which is producing short videos that explain things. Like what the difference between Great Britain, England, and the United Kingdom is. Or why retiring the penny might be a good…
Six months ago today, I launched this little website and re-established my blog as the best place to go for… snort I’m sorry, I couldn’t make it through that with a straight face. But today does mark the six month anniversary of this website and blog. And just for the…
Netflix can be both a blessing and a curse. I call it a blessing because it’s allowed me to sample and experience all sorts of wonderful things. I watched the first five seasons of Dr. Who plus the first two of Sherlock thanks to instant streaming. I was able to…
Last week, the first trailer came out for Ridley Scott’s new movie, Exodus: Gods and Kings. I’ll admit, I didn’t watch it right away, but I’ll explain why in just a little bit. I finally got around to it. And here it is, so you can see it for yourself:…
The other day, I was tooling around YouTube (as I am wont to do from time to time) and I stumbled across the following video review of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars. I’ll admit, the video’s title (“I Dislike ‘The Fault in Our Stars’”) caught my attention. I…