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Archive for October, 2008

Reflexions on a Journey

Posted in Literature, Theology, tagged , , , , , , on Thursday, 30 October 2008 | 2 Comments »

This past weekend I finished reading John Calvin’s Institutes of Christian Religion. Five or six years ago I began reading while at the University. It is as if a journey has drawn to a close.
As my reader no doubt knows, the Institutes are Calvin’s systematic theology. Better histories have been written of the work so [...]

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Helvetica: The Movie

Posted in Film Review, Politics, tagged , , , on Friday, 24 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Helvetica is the world’s most common font. Designed in 1957, it gained wide adoption in the 1960’s as corporations and governments wanted a modern typeface. The remarkable story of this font (including its predecessors and derivatives) is expertly relayed in the 2007 documentary Helvetica.
This film traces not only the rise of Helvetica but also [...]

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Review of A Case for Amillennialism

Posted in Book Review, Reformed, Theology, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on Saturday, 18 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »

While I was on paternity leave I read the book A Case for Amillennialism by Kim Riddlebarger. (Yes, you get strange questions from nurses reading that book in the hospital. Oddly, our midwife had heard of the subject.) Having previously rejected the dispensationalist schema, I had not concerned myself with eschatology for a while. Last [...]

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Total Wine (Beer, Spirits, and More)

Posted in Economics, tagged , , , , , on Thursday, 2 October 2008 | 1 Comment »

A new liquor mega-store recently opened on my side of town: Total Wine. The store is the size of a small grocery store, and has a great selection of wine, as well as beer and spirits.
The store is well laid out and it is easy to find what you are looking for. A map [...]

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