Tag: books
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My Commentary on the Slice of Life Ballad
The following comes from the original email in which I delivered my manuscript to Ellie for the Slice of Life ballad. I knew that my work can be kind of dense at times, so I used the postscript of the document to write her an explanation. It explains the major thrust of the poem :: Hey sister, Though…
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The Book Seer
Plug your most recent read into The Book Seer’s formula and see recommendations of similar reads.
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Our Anniversary ROADTRIP… and book treasure hunt
“Anniversary trip? Lance. Lance. Come now, that was like… like four months ago!” Did I mention I had a lot of catching up to do? We love road tripping for vacations, even if they’re only an hour or so away. Okay, I love the open road. Kiddo loves the open road. Kiddo’s Hips, however, do not. Neither does my…
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Why Preachers Write Awful Books …and what they can learn from fiction
Most of you regulars who will read this first either hate religion, remain skeptical of the church, or you’re a Christian that feels bored/frustrated/faithful-yet-concerned with out-of-touch Midwest Megasomething. Books by pastors, we can safely assume, bore the living Barjesus out of you. Me too. (You who found this post via the recommendation of some first…
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040: Why We Will Never Make Artificial Intelligence
Watch me work: I’m going to make a statue from created things. See there? Made it. I’m going to make three statues out of clay marble steel. See there? Made it. I’m going to make a statue of an older me making three statues of clay marble steel. See there? Made it. I’m going to…
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036: Making Noise or “The Self-Replicating Nanobot that Consumes Everything While Replicating itself, Leaving the Entire World in an Amorphous Blob of Grey-Goo”
I am going to write 1,000 words. Ready? This is one-thousand words in one paragraph, it’s awesome. This is one-thousand words in one paragraph, it’s awesome. This is one-thousand words in one paragraph, it’s awesome. This is one-thousand words in one paragraph, it’s awesome. This is one-thousand words in one paragraph, it’s awesome. This is…