Katherine Nabity's Blog, page 35
March 13, 2023
Monday Miscellanea, 3/13/23
What Happened Last Week? The weather has warmed up to normal levels finally, which mean that Eric and I ran and threw every day last week and played ultimate on Friday. Spring league starts this week, we play on Thursday, but other than that we don’t know too much. Organization for league started later than […]
March 9, 2023
Reading Notes, 3/9/23
Read Finished two books this week. Shocking, I know! The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God by Carl Sagan In 1985, Carl Sagan participated in the Gifford Lectures, a series at the University of Glasgow on natural theology. The Varieties of Scientific Experience is the transcript of those lectures. […]
March 6, 2023
Monday Miscellanea, 3/6/23
What Happened Last Week? Just been plodding along. Last week the weather was chilly and rainy. Haven’t gotten out as much as is probably good for me, but the weather is supposed to be warmer this week and spring league is (probably) starting next week. I’ll have additional VOTS work this week (probably). Random Links […]
March 2, 2023
Reading Notes, 3/2/23
Reading Adjacent From the Tor blog: You Don’t Have to Finish Every Book You Start I probably saw this post when it was originally published in 2021 and passed it by. At the time, someone literary had made some pronouncement about reading every book you start, and I already had my philosophy about this nailed […]
February 27, 2023
Quote ~ The Last Unicorn, Time
You can strike your own time, and start the count anywhere. When you understand that—then any time at all will be the right time for you. Peter S. Beagle
February 25, 2023
Cinema Saturday, 2/25/23
Wrath of Man Year: 2021Runtime: 1h 59mRated: R Director: Guy Ritchie Writers: Nicolas Boukhrief, Éric Besnard, Guy Ritchie Stars: Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Josh Hartnett Double Feature Fodder: The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) Initial: Guy Ritchie has been hit and miss in the last few years. Wrath of Man‘s trailer made it seem like […]
February 23, 2023
Reading Notes, 2/23/23
Read The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe Through my reading of gothic literature, I had kind of come up with the elements that I thought were the most important aspects of the genre. The gothics I’d first read were primarily one location (usually an older building) with knowledge of past (often provided by older […]
February 20, 2023
Monday Miscellanea, 2/20/23
What Happened Last Week? What did happen last week? I didn’t do as much work as I should have, watched a few movies, and wrote a few blog posts. Today, I’m creaky and fatigued, as sometimes occurs. A Good Thing The University of Nebraska at Lincoln, my alma mater, won two basketball games. At this […]
February 18, 2023
Cinema Saturday, 2/18/23
Annette Year: 2021Runtime: 2h 21mRated: R Director: Leos Carax Writers: Ron Mael, Russell Mael Stars: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg Double Feature Fodder:Sweeney Todd (2007) Initial: I put aside my aversion to musicals for Adam Driver. Production Notes: Annette features the “Hyper Bowl” halftime show. Coincidentally, I watched this movie after watching the Super […]
February 16, 2023
Reading Notes, 2/16/23
Read How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis I’m not a good housekeeper. That might come as a surprise to my mother who probably thinks she taught me better and the numerous employers who have paid me for housekeeping work throughout the years. Fact of the matter is, I never took to keeping […]
