On bekahcubed
Book Reviews:
- John 3:16 by Nancy Moser (Book Review)
Recipes:
On the web
Books for the TBR list:
- Keeping the Feast by Paula Butturini
Memoir, Italy, food, depression. How can it get any better? I think I’m going to like this one. - Still Alice by Lisa Genova
A novel about a still-young college professor who finds out she has early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. I think this’ll be a fascinating read. - Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
This memoir sounds like fun.
News to take note of:
- Is your gut bacteria making you fat? Exploring the strange links between genetics, disease, obesity, and…intestinal microflora?
- “It’s more likely that humans are designed to be conservative and religious.” Oddest statement I’ve ever seen from an evolutionary psychologist. But from what I’ve seen of evolutionary psychology, I’m not sure the field is really that keen on thinking (pun and slight both intended.)
- Is there a sixth taste?–for fat?
Thought-provoking posts:
- Are you more productive when you’re tweeting? (or Facebooking?) This essay suggests that maybe it’s good for our brains–despite office efficiency experts naysaying. What do you think? (HT: Buzzard Blog)
- Does the devil have a favorite verse? Check out one man’s take.
- Lincoln police chief Tom Casady responds to the assertion that legalizing pot would reduce police workload:
“And then, of course, we’d be dealing with bootlegged pot operations to avoid the taxes, thefts of pot in interstate transport, sales of pot before noon on Sundays, selling pot without a license, failure to pay the occupation tax on your pot dispensary, possession of pot with no tax stamps, underage pot smoking, procuring pot for minors, providing pot to a person already intoxicated by a substance, attempting to purchase pot with false identification, toking while driving, and all the other criminal and regulatory violations we deal with concerning legal drugs like alcohol and tobacco. This is what I think about whenever one of these legalization advocates tries to convince me that legalizing marijuana would free up police resources. We’d still be up to our necks in it.”
He has a point.
- Is Christian doctrine boring? No way!
“It is the neglect of dogma that makes for dullness. The Christian faith is the most exciting drama that ever staggered the imagination of man — and the dogma is the drama…. This is the dogma we find so dull — this terrifying drama [in] which God is the victim and the hero.” ~Dorothy Sayers
HT: Buzzard Blog
- In Defense of Marriage.
Have we over-corrected for the idolatry of the married state by making it a cross to bear? Eric has some great thoughts on the topic.
Videos worth seeing:
- Thank you, Abraham Piper, for warning us: This video does contain tobacco consumption.
from Twenty Two Words - Dogs can do all sorts of things humans can’t–because they’re animals, and we’re not.
HT: Vitamin Z