Sorry. I’m working on a more essay-type blogs for the next few weeks, I swear. But in case you need your mind to be blown right the heck now: when I was at Dollarama the other day, one of the Hallowe’en decorations they had for sale was a plastic SKULL…
A new format! Check it! IN THIS EDITION: (click on the link to jump to the micro review) Books non-fiction: 50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God (** – found interesting) Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge (***** – loved) YA/MG fiction: The Thirteenth Child…
No, this blog entry isn’t a game of One-of-These-Things-Is-Not-Like-the-Others. Last week, I attended the Reading Artifacts Summer Institute at the Canada Science and Technology Museum. Many thanks to all those who recommended, organized, and participated; I gained some amazing perspectives on the work I do as an aspiring historian. But…
… it’s vacation time! Have a great August, everyone! I sure have been so far….
Happy birthday, Deb A.! This is really late, but I am/have been at the cottage with my awesome extended family, so I win anyhow. Ha ha ha!
I never thought I’d say this, but I actually enjoyed the first part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows better than the second. I didn’t think I’d say that because pretty much nothing happens during the former, and pretty much everything happens during the latter. Even more surprising, although…
Last Tuesday night, I read a book that made me think about rabbis.
Graaaaa… BRAIIIIII- *ahem*, oops, sorry, something got caught in my throat. I’m here today to tell you a story. It’s not a pretty story — full of brains in more ways than one — but it’s the truth. It happened in High Park last Saturday. And now we all must…
But first, a bit of business: if you are reading this on Facebook, be aware that my Facebook posts are actually imported from the RSS feed of my blog at my website and since Facebook seems to be doing a rather bad job at it, you may find it better…