By Sheldon Greaves Edward F. Ricketts, Jack Calvin, and Joel W. Hedgpeth, revised by David W. Phillips. Between Pacific Tides, Fifth Edition (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press), 1985. 652pp. ISBN 0-8047-1229-8. Note: although this book is hardly new, it is both … Continue reading
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When I was eleven, my parents gave my brothers and me a puzzle game that totally captivated us. It was called “Soma”.
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Now that Microsoft has destroyed an entire library of electronic books as a business decision, it’s time we reconsider the growing value of real, physical books.
Continue readingBy Sheldon Greaves During my working life, I’ve spent more than my share of time among the unemployed and underemployed. One thing one gets used to is a steady dribble of get-rich-quick schemes scamming job seekers. Other scams involve “jobs” … Continue reading
A look at some tools from the Intelligence Community for gathering and evaluating information.
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By Sheldon Over the last few years I have been involved in a long-term experiment that concerns the role to be played by lay scholars in a local church community. This began back in 2009 when we were living in … Continue reading
By Sheldon “A virgin book bears no offspring.” — Hasidic Proverb Continuing a theme I’ve been on for a while, which is a retro journey through the wonders of dead-tree format information storage. Allow me this one indulgence from that … Continue reading
There is an enduring appeal about the end of the world, especially if we can watch it happening to someone else. Movies that dwell on an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic theme are even more the rage than usual, but in the … Continue reading
By Sheldon Greaves I am a book addict. I have no desire whatsoever to curtail, restrain, repent, or–God forbid–recover from this delightful bondage. My spouse is likewise blessed; it is not entirely true that I married her for her library. … Continue reading