Kindle Touch Gets New Software Upgrade

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Today Amazon released a new major update to the Kindle Touch software.  (You know the kindle that they stopped supporting when Amazon released the Paperwhite.)  It has many of the best software features of the kindle paperwhite, just without the light and crisper screen. If you have Touch you can wait for it to automatically … Read more

Planet Narnia: The Seven heavens in the Imagination of CS Lewis

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Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. LewisDespite being modern classics beloved by children, laymen adults, and critics alike, the Chronicles of Narnia are admittedly somewhat of a literary hodge-podge. Or so most believed. Many have attempted to build a comprehensive interpretive framework for them, but none have received wide acceptance. Michael Ward, Oxford scholar and C.S. Lewis aficionado, presents his own framework, arguing that the classic Ptolemaic solar system (not the modern Copernican) holds the key to understanding the series. Ward’s research of the Chronicles and its author is impressively extensive. He shows how Lewis was steeped in the cosmological mythology of medieval literature, and he illustrates the heavy influence wielded by a particular planet throughout each book.

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Old Man’s War is the January Sword and Laser Book Club Pick

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Old Man's War discussion In a previous iteration of my life I spend a lot of time listening to podcasts and one of my favorite was the CNet’s Buzz Out Loud.  When I was listening to it Tom, Molly and Veronica were the main hosts.  Since then Tom Merritt has spun off his own show on the TWiT network, Tech News Today and Veronica Belmont is the  co-host of Tekzilla on Revision3 network.

For the past several years Tom and Veronica have co-hosted a Science Fiction and Fantasy book club podcast, Sword and Laser.

This month they are discussing The Old Man’s War by John Scalzi.  Bookwi.se reviewed the Old Man’s War last fall and I know a few people have read it since then.  You might find the book club discussion interesting.

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Offsite Review: The Best Question Ever by Andy Stanley

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Seems like a good book to read at the beginning of the year when people are making resolutions.

We  all face difficult decisions. We  also carry regrets from bad choices (i.e. buyer’s regret, relationships gone sour, a poor business decision or watching the Spice Girls movie). Most of these poor choices could have been avoided if we asked ourselves the right question.

When facing important decisions, Andy Stanley, author and pastor of the second biggest church in America (when you’re second you try harder), contends that he has the best question ever for you to ask yourself. Taking Paul’s warning in Ephesians 5:15-17 to not be foolish, Stanley posits that when we are faced with difficult circumstances, we should ask ourselves, “œWhat is the wise thing to do?” This is the Best. Question. Ever.

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