The Rise of Skywalker – Review
Spoier-free review of The Rise of Skywalker plus a note to fellow geeks and nerds regarding what this continued universe means.
The Hike
I was concerned that I would have a hard time explaining this book so I looked at other reviews to see their approach. I was pleased to see that quite a few were as lost as I was. Imagine for a moment that you had to write a report or a review of a little-known story called “Alice in Wonderland”. How would you describe it? A girl goes down the rabbit hole and a whole bunch of crazy…
Beauty in Chaos
Are your thoughts on Waffle House that of the place you go after having one too many at your local watering hole? Think again …
One of the cool kids
Well I have arrived. I am now one of the cool kids. I have been too and purchased from the Maryville Farmers Market. For the past several weeks I’ve been meeting some folks at the Vienna Coffee House on Saturday mornings. We’re meeting there for our Circle4 group doing a book study on Timothy Keller’s “A Reason for God”. It’s a great book, easy to read and a great study on the arguments against Christianity and its critics. I…
The Hobbit
A little over a week ago I posted about reconnecting with a friend of mine from high school. During one of our previous conversations it came out that I had not read The Hobbit. Oh I’d seen the movie but I’d never taken the time to sit and read the actual book. I had made it a point to read The Chronicles of Narnia which she had not read so we agreed to a book swap so we could both catch up on some good fiction. I use an Android phone with the Kindle app so I thought I’d go download a sample of the book to see if the Kindle software was all it was cracked up to be. I found out that it was pretty slick in that it synched where I was reading via Kindle for the PC and my Kindle app so there’s no need for bookmarks or trying to remember where I was on my PC vs. my phone. Of course the sample ends during the Dwarf song of the first chapter so you’re left in anticipation. Not knowing when I would be able to see my friend agai
The Screwtape Letters
My first C. S. Lewis book . . . well aside from The Chronicles of Narnia collection. Which I suppose I should start there; I think it speaks to Lewis’ great amount of latitude in his ability to go from writing children’s stories to a book like The Screwtape Letters. Admittedly it’s been a few months since I’ve finished the book, which reminds me I need to make sure I get the copy back to my pastor 🙂 This is…
At the Altar of Sexual Idolatry
This is the first of 12 books I’ve challenged myself to read this year. It happened to be the first because it was the first I could get my hands on. It’s written by Steve Gallagher who runs Pure Life Ministries in Kentucky. This is the first and only book I’ve read by Steve and I thought I’d tackle ‘At the Altar of Sexual Idolatry’. My thoughts are as follows: Authors Approach I really like the way Steve interweaves portions…
Whitt’s Barbecue
The wife and I hit up one of the new local BBQ joints yesterday and I must say I really enjoyed it. Whitt's Barbecue is off of Gill street in Alcoa, TN and while the building may be new and the design contemporary the flavor of their food and hospitality is spot on traditional. We told the staff it was our first time there and they were great about walking us through their menu options, letting us know…
District 9
So I'm a little late on seeing this one. I recall there being quite a bit of hype around this movie but I'm not sure what the hype was about so I can't really say as to whether or not it lived up to it's hype so I'll just skip that part. At first all I could think of to describe this movie was that it was "different" and really that's still what comes to mind…
Avatar & Famous Daves
I was blessed beyond measure tonight to be “bro-napped” and taken to see Avatar at an Imax 3-d . . . now at first I thought it was a bit over kill to splurge on the 3-d stuff but oh my word if you can go see it at an Imax in 3-d DO IT! I don’t know that I can do this justice by trying to review something but just from this geek this movie was very well done. …