November 26, 2007 – 2:43 pm
I haven’t been this excited about a book or series of books in a while. Back when Mortimer Adler (How to Read a Book) was with the Encyclopedia Britannica he edited a series of books called The Great Ideas Today. Basically, the old elitist (note: I think that’s a good thing) wanted to popularize […]
November 19, 2007 – 12:04 pm
So in an effort to be even more divisive (as well as possibly ridiculous and/or ignorant and/or quixotic—take your pick!) I will now record my progress through C.S. Lewis’ Four Loves. It’s been on my shelf for a while. Now seems, to me, a perfect time to read it. Don’t you think? It’s like, just […]
November 14, 2007 – 6:21 am
A short defense full of holes:
For me, the appeal of C.S. Lewis lies in his ability to imbue the physical with the spiritual. Or more properly his readily apparent belief that the physical is imbued with the spiritual. Next to that you have his interesting and much quoted work in apologetics set in refreshing plain-talk—not […]
November 12, 2007 – 6:55 am
I was lucky to read the New York Public Library Special Illustrated Edition of Frankenstein. It successfully ruined my mental image of Frankenstien’s monster as Boris Karlof or, I think, Robert Deniro (?—I never saw the movie but I did watch a surprising amount of Entertainment Tonight for a few years). It’s full of […]
November 11, 2007 – 7:00 am
Today is Remembrance Day in Canada, the day when we remember the fallen in war. I quote a friend of mine from a discussion over lunch:
Look, it’s at least as important as Easter, or Christmas. I mean, I may not be able to tell you if you’re going to Heaven or Hell, right? But I […]