http://themoth.edublogs.org Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:02:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have a group of friends who throw a themed Halloween party every year. Normally I'm not too interested in such things--my family didn't celebrate Halloween at all, and I don't have much appreciation for a lot of the amoral and immoral themes that generally go along with Halloween. However, the ... http://themoth.edublogs.org/2009/09/07/all-hallows-eve/ For some time now a battle has raged over the relative merits of oatmeal and grits. In this post, I intend to examine indisputable facts in order to settle once and for all the question of which cereal makes a better breakfast food for prospective evil overlords. First, let us examine ... http://themoth.edublogs.org/2009/08/18/cereal-wars-or-the-preeminence-of-oatmeal/ Pretty simple. The ten best movie villains (in my opinion), only I cheated and actually included thirteen villains in my top ten list. There's just one rule to remember--I have to have actually seen the movie. This keeps guys like Hannibal Lecter and Norman Bates (from Psycho) off the list ... http://themoth.edublogs.org/2009/08/03/10-movie-villains/ Lord of the Rings is, and probably always will be my favorite fantasy story. Tolkein certainly had his flaws as a story teller (though to his credit, his intent was more to build an in-depth mythological world rather than a literary masterpiece), but the modern fantasy writers I've looked at ... http://themoth.edublogs.org/2009/08/01/a-sad-realization-and-heretical-confession/ Rebellion. The air is rank with the smell of it. Swamp gas fueled army camp fires pollute the air with their sooty smoke, rebel yells swarm the mason-dixon line, and the ghost of Jeffy Davis rides again. Has so much time elapsed that the supremacy of ice and snow has been forgotten? ... http://themoth.edublogs.org/2009/07/31/reconstruction-v2-0/ I have had enough of frivolous blog posts for a while. Today's post leaves behind childish things to explore a very mature and important subject which has serious implications for every American (and probably Kazakh) family. My subject has its roots in the great American and Canadian prairies where it ... http://themoth.edublogs.org/2009/07/16/another-top-ten-list/ Dona Nobis I dream of street lights passing by: Sleeping against the window, your face fades In the dark spaces between Then returns; the shadow of rain on the windshield Cascades down your face like dark tears Dissolving your form into darkness Until the next light passes and you reappear. Once, time slowed and the sun obeyed Us, our ... http://themoth.edublogs.org/2009/07/15/dona-eis/ It seems that for some reason people get the impression that all I do at work is write e-mails and surf the internet, but I want to make perfectly clear that this is a totally false presupposition--I drink coffee and eat donuts too! But here's a brief description of what ... http://themoth.edublogs.org/2009/07/07/being-a-project-manager-at-bju-press/ I've added a brief description of the four main races inhabiting Coriander: Humans, Halflings, Elves, and Krychnari. If the last one doesn't sound familiar to you, don't be surprised. It's not a traditional fantasy race. In fact, it's my version of a Dungeons and Dragons race, the Kenku (you can ... http://themoth.edublogs.org/2009/06/24/coriander-update-races/ It feels like time for another top ten list. I like movie soundtracks because of their accessible and emotive qualities, and a lot of the CDs I own are soundtracks. I looked up several lists of best soundtracks, such as Entertainment Weekly's top 100, and realized that most of their ... http://themoth.edublogs.org/2009/06/08/favorite-soundtracks/