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Archive for June, 2008

Pause, Review, Resume

One of the many wonderful things that academic life gives you is a seasonal invitation to pause, and review, and then resume. It’s an overlooked blessing that I’ve come to appreciate in the past few years.
I’ve been in the habit of keeping a text file in each class folder on my laptop, and as things [...]

Benjamin Zander

Take 20 minutes, renew your hope and joy. Benjamin Zander on classical music.

playboy energy drink

Playboy has released a new energy drink. Somehow, this is significant enough to become the LEAD STORY IN OUR EVENING NEWS! LA news sucks.

The Death of David, The Sword of Solomon

I’d like to someday write a book about King David, telling his story as a story. It’s one of the great epic narratives of history, and it has everything a great story needs. The universal themes all course through the arch of his life. David’s humble beginnings as the young shepherd, possessed with a secret [...]

coffee and redbull

Corey, can I get an “Amen!”