It’s common knowledge that the book is always better than the movie. The Hunger Games, however, is probably the closest thing we’ll get to a perfect movie adaptation. Having read the book, I actually found the movie to be more enjoyable. Continue reading
This man stood a little higher than average. He was sturdily built with broad shoulders and long muscular limbs—he was proportionate, with neither a head too small nor a stomach too large. Continue reading
I was recently reading Jay Heinrich’s book Thank You For Arguing and he mentions that the gospel of John, written in Greek, begins with “In the beginning was logos”. That word is generalized to mean “logic” in rhetoric, but as Heinrich points out, it could also be translated as “word” or “plan”. He also notes that early Renaissance philosopher Desiderius Erasmus chose this interpretation instead: “In the beginning was the speech.” Erasmus had uncovered many of Cicero’s writings in monasteries and old libraries, and “thought it perfectly natural for the Creator to talk, or even persuade, the world into being.” Continue reading
Human Creativity in the Light of Faith | IslamToday.net
Human imagination cannot originate a new pattern. Our familiarity with these things makes us heedless of their originality, but if we contemplate on them, we realize how varied and wonderfully original Allah’s creation is…
I remember back when the Extreme Sports genre of video games exploded into the market following the massive success of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. Eventually, if you could ride it you could play it, as games like Kelly Slater’s Pro Surfboard and others came in to try and snatch their own little piece of fortune. But if there was any sport to rival skateboarding in terms of popularity and variety of games made, it was snowboarding. Continue reading
Anime is big. It is an art form that has grown and changed dynamically over the past several decades. While older generations of North Americans were mainly exposed to Astro Boy, those from my generation witnessed a surge in the popularity of anime. Today, anime is steadily pouring out of its niche market and flowing into new territories. It’s understandable that it would be daunting to even try and wade through the shallow mainstream areas of the great sea of anime. So I wrote these five rules to keep in mind when you decide to take your first plunge. Continue reading
