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Words of Power: Whoville
Whoville. You know, like in How the Grinch Stole Christmas. It’ll get…Just read. I was thinking about this one day when I saw an old magazine in an antique store. Sadly, I didn’t buy it, and I can’t...
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Words of Power: Mirror of Erised
The Mirror of Erised is an artifact from from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, though similar mirrors can be found in stories throughout history. Dumbledore explains its function by saying...
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Words of Power: Fight the Future
I used to not want to do things just because lots of people were doing them, and the one that comes to mind immediately social media. That’s right, I was a social media hipster. Facebook and Twitter...
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Words of Power: Delenn
Stay with me on this, it’s gonna get pretty nerdy, but it’ll make sense by the end. There’s a few things about Babylon 5 that stick with me, and this is one of them. I do that a lot with media, latch...
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Words of Power: Boots
My boots aren’t really a word, they’re a thing. But there’s an idea which goes along with them, and that’s what reminds me of what’s important. You see, I have a pair of Canadian Forces issue combat...
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Words of Power: Wizards
As a young man with a bookish bent, I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of wizards. At first as a power fantasy, but while wielding eldritch energies and compelling strange creatures to do their...
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Knights
Words of Power I just got back from Kalamazoo and the International Congress on Medieval Studies, which always puts me in a bit of a medieval frame of mind, so I thought I’d talk about something...
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Letters
Words of Power Yesterday I wrote a letter to my grandparents. It’s something I’ve been meaning to do for a while, for a lot of reasons. We don’t talk as much as I’d like to, partly because the internet...
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If Money Were No Object
Words of Power This past Sunday, I wrote about something I learned about saving money over on my website, and it made me think of this. Alan Watts is famous for being a hippie, philosopher, radio host,...
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I Brought My Teachers
Words of Power This one’s almost Pulp Philosophy, but it’s more feelings than philosophy. We all have teachers, the people who instill in us specific lessons about life, the universe, and everything....
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