Jaq Greenspon's Blog, page 45
June 10, 2016
Green Eggs, Ham And Metaphysics: Teaching Hard Ideas With Children’s Books | WBEZ
I love this! Sure, most of us know we can use these books to teach bigger concepts. I’m sure the authors knew it, too. But having it all codified and with lesson plans makes it so much easier! Stories that are great for learning to read can teach all kinds of things — from philosophy […]
June 8, 2016
Review: Confessions of a Scary Mommy: An Honest and Irreverent Look at Motherhood – The Good, The Bad, and the Scary
Confessions of a Scary Mommy: An Honest and Irreverent Look at Motherhood – The Good, The Bad, and the Scary by Jill Smokler My rating: 2 of 5 stars To start with, I’m not a mother. I’m not even a parent…yet. But my wife and I listened to this book in the hopes of […]
June 1, 2016
Review: Atlanta Burns
Atlanta Burns by Chuck Wendig My rating: 3 of 5 stars I have a problem here. I have long been a fan of Terrible Minds, the website/blog of Chuck Wendig. His blogs and books about writing are usually spot on and I have long recommended him to my writing students. Then I read this book. […]
May 30, 2016
Wasted on the young…
When I was a kid, and I’d see various professional athletes retire from the game and then show up in TV and films (often as wooden caricatures of themselves), I used to make a joke. At the time I was involved in theatre and would say “I’m gonna be an actor until I’m about 35 […]
May 28, 2016
May 26, 2016
Styx
My niece Riley just made her first film. I think it’s awesome. There’s some wonderful raw talent here. I am so looking forward to seeing whatever she does next! 
May 25, 2016
Review: Keller’s Fedora, Difficult Men, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and others
So here’s the deal: I’m slacking on my book reviews. Not that I haven’t been reading (or listening) to lots of books – in fact, I’m one book ahead where I need to be to complete my 70 book Goodreads challenge. But I’ve beanbag about doing weekly reviews of individual books so I’m giving myself […]
May 24, 2016
New Worlds, Terrifying Monsters, Impossible Things: Exploring the Contents and Contexts of Doctor Who
So, a little over a year ago, my friend and colleague Bjorn forwarded a link to me about a publisher looking for some (semi) academic essays about everyone’s favorite BBC time traveler, Doctor Who. Lacking my own share of self-confidence, I hit up another friend and colleague, Dr. Michelle Hansen, to co-write a piece with […]
May 18, 2016
Virtual Baby Shower
In Lithuania, the idea of a baby shower doesn’t really exist and since we’re so far away from friends and family in the States, we just figured on not doing anything to celebrate the pre-birth of our little Monki. But people have been asking what we need or what they can get us, so we made […]
May 13, 2016
Soviet science fiction movies in English online
Well… There goes my summer. Source: Soviet science fiction movies in English online
