Hi folks. The blog is taking a break this week in honor of vacation. Also Juneteenth, I guess.
While at the beach I read Blackwood by Michael Farris Smith. You should too.
If they make a movie it should star Norman Reedus. That’s all I got to say.
Author Archives: Caleb Coy
The Circles Around Us by Brad and Kristi Montague vs Circles by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Recently I read Brad and Kristi Montague’s new book Circles.
Then I went and read Ralph Waldo Emerson’s old essay, also called “Circles.”
I decided to review them both by making a compare/contrast chart. I couldn’t figure out how to make it a circle, so it’s going to be a rectangle, okay?
New Poll—How Do You Take Off Your Mask?
Well folks, it looks like, depending on where you live, your mask may be coming off for good here pretty soon.
To celebrate the wearing of our masks and the removing of the masks, I want to hear from you.
We’re taking a poll. At the end of the day, when you leave your place of work or wherever else you go, how do you remove your mask?
Here’s your choices:
How do you remove your mask?
a) Like a doctor who just got out of a failed surgery on Grey’s Anatomy
b) Like Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible
c) Like Kylo Ren, hissy fit and all
d) Like an astronaut after the capsule re-pressurized
e) Hannibal Lecter style
Here’s Today’s Food Allergy Horoscope
Morning, folks! Would you like to know today’s Food Allergy Horoscope? Well I’ve provided it for you, courtesy of Weekly Humorist, who agreed to publish it.
Five More Podcasts You Should Try
Podcast much? If you’re a fan of podcasts already, or if you have time to spend listening to music and want to try something else out, I previously shared 6 podcasts you should check out. Well, today here’s 3 more: Continue reading
Did you know C.S. Lewis wrote a space trilogy?
Did you happen to know that C.S. Lewis, author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, and the Chronicles of Narnia series, wrote an outer space trilogy? Because a lot of people don’t. Continue reading
Where Have All the Gargoyles Gone? An Open Letter to FHU Students about Makin’ Music
The following is a surprise guest post from an anonymous friend of mine on the subject of Makin’ Music at Freed-Hardeman University:
Who Blocks Bob Tomato on Twitter?
So this happened recently. Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s worst biographer blocked two VeggieTales character on Twitter. It’s hard to get more petty than that.
Five Ways to Fix the Noah Film
It’s been seven years since the Noah film came out. Seven is a perfect number, and the world was made in seven days, if you take Genesis 1 literally. Depending on how you take the rest of Genesis, you might have a different take on the film.
A lot of people hated it, and not just because it took some liberties with interpretation that would inevitably offend various religious groups. Some of the liberties themselves just confuse the story, not only the Genesis account, but the movie script itself.
New Essay Published in Bangalore Review
Hey folks, The Bangalore Review has recently published an essay of mine, “Danse Macabre, 2020.”
Click here to check it out! There’s some other great writing featured in their latest issue as well!
