The older I get, the less I find myself impressed by comedic movies and plays. Maybe I’m prematurely an old fogey, but everything seems… derivative. Tired. Worn out. I notice that I turn more and more to the game-changers, the household-name originals like classic Looney Toons, Monty Python, and Terry…
Guten Tag from Berlin! Thanks to my awesome cousins Deb and Seb for the Internet link-up to post this and to them and my cousin Emily for an all-round fantastic time :) When doublechecking my overall analogy for this blog entry, I was surprised to learn that many dictionaries define…
But first! I’m headed away for research for the next few weeks, so my blog posts may be sporadic. And some may be full of photos. End transmission. Although those of you who’ve read my other reviews (micro, macro, and in between) might wonder at it, I feel like I…
One of the reasons C. S. Lewis is such a delightful writer is that he’s good at making insightful studies of a topic often treated with saccharinity or cynicism: how people think and behave when they’re trying to be good. He paints excellent portraits of intelligent minds trying to come…