If you are unsure how to behave in this politically charged season, you can find no end of advice in blogland.
Here and here and here and here.
Those took all of two minutes to find. Don’t know if you’ll find anything you like or not.
But, if my opinion means anything to you, here’s one that I thought [...]
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What’s a Christian To Do?
Posted in Blog, Culture Wars, Dialogue, Religion, tagged Advice, Blogs, Election, Issues, Politics, Religion, Voting on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hemingway’s Style
Posted in Dialogue, Fiction, Hemingway, Review, Writing, tagged Dialogue, Drink, Fiction, Hemingway, Jake, Language, Novel, Sex, Style on June 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have finished The Sun Also Rises. Good book? Yes and no. From a literary point of view, I loved it. Hemingway’s style and craft and command of the language humble me as I seek to become a better writer. He can do things with words and dialogue that most can’t. He can speed and [...]
Blog etiquette
Posted in Blog, Church, Dialogue, Respect, Uncategorized, tagged Blogs, Church, Dialogue, Etiquette, Heresy, Religion, Respect on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been reading Losing My Religion for about a week now. I had made a comment on this post (read part I of the post here.) to offer another thought on the issue. I did so without bothering to read too deeply into Jeff’s blog. Had I done so, I could have crafted my [...]
Shallow
Posted in Dialogue, Fiction, Friendship, Hemingway, Novel, Shallowness, tagged Conversation, Dialogue, Fiction, Friends, Friendship, Hemingway, Novel, Shallow, The Sun Also Rises on May 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve noticed a pattern. Drink. Talk. Drink. Talk. Cab ride. Drink. Talk. Talk. Drink. Cab ride.
This sums up the plot in The Sun Also Rises through 8 chapters. And what about the talk? Hemingway reveals a great deal about relationships based upon drink! The conversations are shallow. Don’t get me wrong. Hemingway is a master [...]