A day off from running gives me a chance to amp up my reading today. Here are the 4 books I’m working on finishing by end of the month as I try and get back to a graduate level understanding after a 40 year hiatus. Once I get these basic survey texts read, my plan is to dig into

I’m definitely anti-ice now. Large tree directly behind house comes down, grazing house.

Excellent…looking forward to digging into this.

This resonates with me. Not just because of Tolkien, but a period desk that is handed down to next generations has meaning and relevance. Here is a desk handed down from my father who carefully restored it in the 1960’s. No great literary pieces were done here, but we sort and

As a long time critic of how LDS approach historic Christianity, this should put to rest the idea that LDS is just another Christian group. They can identify as Christian if they want, but the vast majority of those that have followed historic Christianity (derisively called by

Spending the afternoon reading. As is my pattern, I enjoy some background music on Spotify. Usually I am listening to one of my many curated playlists. Today I let it wander on recommended tracks. I got really annoyed when I realized a new song that came up was an AI generated

January running summary…most in a single month in over 12 years. Not bad for 68 year old. I did my 2nd half of the month. Great start for the year.

Such an excellent post. Krauthammer is still greatly missed.

Still one of the biggest crimes of Covid era was the hoax of the evil of ivermectin led by the Biden administration & big Pharma. No accountability.

Excellent conclusion from T.C. Schmidt from his work on Josephus.

I confess, I used to watch every Winter Olympics with rapt attention. Now, I have absolutely no interest in any of the sports or competitions. I may watch some of the coverage just to see some of northern Italy as I’m going there soon. I’ll probably just fast forward to see that.

Just watched episode 4 of Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Wow…easily best so far. If this was GOT, it would be a top 5 episode. Can’t wait for next, it will be a longer wait. Best show in a long time.

So do we think Caleb would handled Seattle defense better than Drake? Evidence is strong he would have.

So who was worse, Patriots in ‘86, or Patriots in ‘26? ‘85 Bears would have dominated both teams.

Just when you thought Drake Maye might turn into Caleb Williams, instead he morphs back into Tony Eason.

I had a customer service problem tonight with Booking.com and needed to try and clear up a wrong charge. Their website was little help, and I finally had to google to get the 24/7 hotline number. I got right thru, but it was an AI agent. After explaining my issue, the AI agent

As a former publishing sales guy, I can assure that the spectator gets this exactly backwards. Carry on Tom Holland.

Recently I’ve struggled through reading academic books on a tablet. For heavily notated books with footnotes at the end of a chapter and bibliographic material in the back, it’s a nightmare compared to the ease of a physical book. Give me a real book whenever possible.