Author Sarah A. Hoyt addressed the Avondale United Methodist Book Club this morning (Saturday, November 22, 2014) to discuss her book Witchfinder, the art of writing and what it is like to publish a book as both a traditional and “indie” author. The interview was a culmination of the club’s reading and discussing Witchfinder at … Continue reading Witchfinder and the art of publishing/writing
Category: Reviews
Houston’s on the Plaza experience
My dad would have had a couple of interesting comments to say about the restaurant we ate at tonight. We celebrated my father-in-law's 75th birthday tonight by taking him out to one of the upscale steak houses on the Kansas City Country Club Plaza -- Houston's. The ambience is the thing my father would have … Continue reading Houston’s on the Plaza experience
White (dis)privilege
What is the advantage, to anyone, of bringing up specific group numbers showing that certain people, in certain "defined" groups have privilege over other people? The correlation of numbers is just as good as the correlation between the stock market and the price of butter in Bangladesh (follow the price of butter in Bangladesh and … Continue reading White (dis)privilege
Sing Praise to God — In the third person
I'm doing a reference to another blog again. Ponder Anew put up another wonderful ponderment about the word choices, in this case, which person of pronoun -- first, second or third -- is best for worship and why. So go over there, read and contemplate, and then comment here or there about it. Or you can … Continue reading Sing Praise to God — In the third person
More observations on organizational communication
There is more to chapter 2 of Strategic Organizational Communication: In a Global Economy by Charles Conrad and Marshall Scott Poole than I hit in yesterday's blog. The second part seems to center on organizational communication and diversity. The authors talk about organizations hiring homogenous groups of employees to manage and reduce uncertainty. This isn't a … Continue reading More observations on organizational communication
504: Organizational Communication
Yesterday I started my third eight-week course in my Master's in Communication and Leadership from Gonzaga University. So I don't have much time to read or write anything outside of the class. So, like I did the past two classes, I'm going to pour various thoughts and comments that spun off class materials into my … Continue reading 504: Organizational Communication
19 years and counting — celebrated a day early
Red Lobster -- for the seafood lover in you. Since that seafood lover is non-existent in Betsy, she was very nice to have lunch with me today at Red Lobster for our anniversary lunch (yes, our anniversary is tomorrow, but we always celebrate on the Labor Day Weekend, since work days don't really give much … Continue reading 19 years and counting — celebrated a day early
Dining for a Dollar a Day
I got an e-mail on Thursday with the below offer in it: 2015 Season Passes On Sale Now IT'S HERE...our lowest price of the year!Purchase your Worlds of Fun 2015 Season Pass and enjoy: LOWEST PRICE FOR 2015 just $94.50 or 9 easy payments of $10.50* UNLIMITED ACCESS to the park any time you want … Continue reading Dining for a Dollar a Day
Science Fiction — A Human Wave musing
What is common about all the popular science fiction television series? Okay, I don't have enough background to really make a conclusion about anything with "all" in it on a topic like this. But I will make conclusions based on the experience that I have. The common theme is Human Wave. The viewing of the … Continue reading Science Fiction — A Human Wave musing
What is the Sound of Music?
The thing about seeing a musical play of something that a popular movie has been made is that you have the movie to compare everything to. But the play isn't the movie. Things are staged differently. There are even different songs. That was part of the impression I was dealing with in The Sound of … Continue reading What is the Sound of Music?
At The Rainbow 