Harvard Business Review has, at present, 90 titles in their Guides series; I have a couple of them, including Finance Basics for Managers. However, the Guide to Critical Thinking caught my attention as I keep running into certain problems with problem solving, especially where it applies to work. I’ve spent decades with a break/fix mentality,… Read More HBR Guide to Critical Thinking [Part 1]
This is a new concept for me, but I’m subscribed to a number of things over Substack, Bluesky, Youtube,, etc., and I have things I think are worth sharing. However, I keep thinking I’m going to incorporate it into some other piece(s), but that just keeps me too far behind. I need to focus on… Read More Sub Sunday :: 2025 Jan 05
As we roll into the New Year, a few things occur to me: Alright, the short answer is no. I lack both the confidence and charisma to pull something off as complex as a cult, as well as the urge – it sounds like a ton of work. I also lack the belief that my… Read More If I Started A Cult
NOTE: The bulk of this was started way back in January of 2024… I’m so far behind… One of the YouTubers I follow discussed a document Oxfam put out March 2023 titled the “Inclusive Language Guide” (link). I’ve been wanting to discuss the problem of gender identification for a while now, and having a document… Read More Naming Conventions
The context of the podcast certainly comes across as angry at least, and belligerent at worst. However, I keep seeing more and more information pointing to me being correct in my fear and rage. Here’s a few links. I’ll make comments. The Dangerous Reality of White Christian Nationalism by Kat Abu. This one was posted… Read More Links related to Route Canal 02
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This is a question I started asking after I left high school, when my grip on faith was in freefall. The inspiration for the question came from a film series by a Christian pastor and intellectual (at least in my eyes) named Francis Schaeffer (timeline). At the time I respected his style greatly – I… Read More How Should I Then Live?
I recently came upon an article from the site Big Think. Now, I enjoy much of what they have to offer—they get big names in science and philosophy whom I respect, and it’s been my experience that they do not shy away from what could be seen as difficult questions. Of course, the difficulty of… Read More A Response to “What Is Truth”
Spoilers ahead! Not great ones, I gloss over bunches of detail. I’ve recently been re-watching The Hobbit Trilogy as well as going through The Hobbit audiobook—I only drive a couple times a week, but I’m on the road for a couple hours each trip so I have time for such things. Before any naysayers come… Read More The Hobbit in Film and Print
I’m a fan of Tolkien, but I admit I did not begin this journey until the Lord of the Rings films started coming out. I had watched some Bakshi when I was younger, but it wasn’t as inspiring as the immersive experience Peter Jackson, et. al., taking over New Zealand to put together a much… Read More My Tolkien Middle-Earth Collection
Toothless Philosophies 