Captian's Log Awful 13 Jul 2017 Well, I tried something different today. A while back, I wrote Why Martial Arts on my blog, and it’s been one of my most read posts ever, having more than…
Captian's Log Of Heroes and Monsters ~A Clue to the Problem of Pain 30 Jun 2017 Monsters have been terribly interesting to me of late. I’ve been working on a series of poems I call my Monster Poems, and have been digesting some of what Dr.…
Captian's Log Israel and Sisyphus 23 Jun 2017 One of my favorite Myths is that of Sisyphus. When I first read the tale I had what I think is a very American reaction, to view him as noble.…
Captian's Log Ideologies Are Not People 9 Jun 20179 Jun 2017 I love this video. Sometimes, playing the fool is the only way to speak the truth to people. I think I heard that from Klavan. Anyway, the truth is: Ideologies…
Captian's Log Pentecost (6/4/2017) 4 Jun 2017 Happy Pentecost Sunday to all my brothers and sisters. Wait on God and he shall renew you. Random thoughts: As I head into dead week, and then finals, I know my strength is…
Captian's Log Wonder Woman Review 2 Jun 2017 ~Mild Spoilers~ Wonder Woman is an extraordinary movie. It brings up a question: How do we face the inherent depravity of the human condition? Certain viewpoints are espoused at the…
Captian's Log Don’t Panic! 18 May 201718 May 2017 There is a pernicious assumption that two thousand years ago one man was nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a…
Captian's Log In His Hands 17 May 201717 May 2017 In my last post I alluded to life happening. For instance, our refrigerator broke and the house now smells of rotting food. But of a deeper concern, a loved one…
Captian's Log Rescued 15 May 201715 May 2017 I think this is the first poem I will have published in a post. I tried to follow two major rules: a simple rhyming structure of AABB, and a decreasing…
