Wednesday Blog

  • Times of Trial and Hope

    To say we’ve been living in boring times would be the lie of the decade. The twenty-first century has proven to have nearly as many pitfalls and joys as the twentieth, albeit pitfalls of varying types. We’ve avoided the great cataclysmic chasm of world war so far, but that portal to the Underworld remains visible Read more

  • Culture

    I really enjoy going to concerts and hearing all sorts of musicians from all around the globe perform. I’ve been lucky enough to attend some historic concerts, such as the 2012 performance of the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra at the Kauffman Center in Kansas City. It was their first performance in the United States since Read more

  • Childhood

    One of my favorite types of daydreams is to imagine my current self talking to my younger self. It could be me as a junior in high school or me watching off to the side as my three- and four-year-old self began to conceive of the world around me. I can remember what my younger Read more

  • The Artist

    This Week: Alex Brisson joins me for a conversation about The Artist Last week after finishing my daily Jeopardy! viewing I decided to turn to Netflix for the first time in a while and see what was on my watchlist that I hadn’t touched recently. Perhaps the inclination to turn to Netflix instead of my more frequent Read more

  • Close Encounters of the Three-Toed Kind

    You’ve heard me talk at length about a fair number of topics on this podcast, and those of you who have been reading my blog now for the 60 straight weeks that I’ve been writing it will perhaps know parts of me a bit better than some. This week I want to talk to you Read more

  • Homo Sapiens

    On Monday last week, I sat down to watch the 2007 film The Man from Earth for the second time. You may remember hearing or even reading my reflections provoked by that film. I said I’d probably watch the sequel, The Man from Earth: Holocene soon, and well I did just that. Compared to the original, Holocene lacks some of the Read more