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Idolatry
I’m not a huge Idol watcher, but this week was Andrew Lloyd Webber, and I sheepishly admit that I really enjoy most of his musicals. And I wouldn’t normally blog about this, but I was horrified by David Archuleta’s butchery of “Think of Me.” He turned it into a ridiculous Top 40 pop song. Sad.
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The Glut of Toys
From “Three Kids? You Showoffs” in the Washington Post:
Today’s American children, by contrast, get an average of 70 new toys a year, yet child development experts agree that the best toys are simple playthings such as blocks, balls and figurines that a child can play with over and over, in new ways. When I was […]
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Arthur C. Clarke Dies at 90
Writer Arthur C. Clarke is dead, a giant in the SF (speculative fiction) realm. The short story/screenplay that he co-wrote with Stanley Kubrick remains some of his strongest work, though the 2001 “mythology” later went awry, in my opinion. 2001, though, is astonishing both as a thriller–the silence, especially, creates eeriness no score can equal–and […]
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The Books That Matter
Great article in First Things about books that matter. I’ve been thinking a lot about this subject lately, as I put together reading lists for the school where I work. Worth a read, and I’m hoping to put some thoughts together about this matter myself. Enjoy.
