Category: Miscellaneous
Life is not only work.
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Before The Fall review
You can immediately feel Hawley’s fingerprint all over this story. The prose is so well crafted and pops with an energy.
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Audio book roundup, volume 2
Ok, it’s that time again: time for another round of recent audio book reviews, as seen over on my GoodReads.
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Audio book roundup
I’ve been “reading” a lot of books lately, thanks to the magic of audio books on my phone. I use the word reading loosely here, since it feels like a lot less work for a slow reader like me. Yet, I can’t argue with the science that confirms that, while listening to the spoken word,…
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Liturgy and Eucharist
For the past several years, I’ve found myself undergoing what can only be described as a thorough reckoning. “Do I really believe all this stuff?” is a question I would subconsciously ask myself as often as I ate food.
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Avengers: Endgame
“Avengers: Endgame” marks the end of a generation of aging nerds like myself. It stirred up in me so much emotion that I wasn’t prepared for and I can’t wait to see the 3 hour finale again.
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#BecauseOfRHE, Abe and Jonas
One of my most precious parenting rituals is reading to my children before their bedtimes. My son is in love with the Magic Tree House series, having read (listened) to probably 90% of the collection twice over by now.
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Gym Philosophy: return to normal
“I dunno, I think this is all ok. We got the first black president out of the way. We got the first woman out of the way. Now we got a billionaire president out of the way. Maybe soon we can get back to normal again.” – some dude at my gym one morning
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Featured on The Engineers’ Tribune
The engineering community and news outlet website reached out to me to feature my blog. I appreciate the opportunity! Sponsored by: Amphenol Connectors PEI-Genesis
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Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn
Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’m so enamored with Alfie’s work. It’s validating to hear researchers coming to progressive conclusions about child-rearing. But what struck me the most about this book was how practical and actionable the advice was, how…
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Video editing on Windows 10
First things first: I’m a recent convert to Windows. There, I said it. Even I can’t believe it.