CURRENT EVENTS

Choices

BOOK OF THE WEEK

I believe some of you will not like what this book says and these are the people who really need to read this book; however, I suspect they will not.

It is a short, easy to read, thought provoking book, consisting of 144 pages.

Life: A User’s Manual (1998)

Edited by John Miller with Eliza Finkelstein

Some of the excerpts included in this book will be familiar to many a reader. Most of the authors have instant name recognition.

What makes the book readable however is neither the familarity of the content nor the writer. It is the assemblage of thought brought together under five general [topics]: search, faith, love, meditation, death–all wonderfully provocative concepts that lend themselves to reflection. (Source: An unknown Thriftbooks.com User)

MOVIE OF THE WEEK

Persuasion (Netflix 2022)

Despite Dakota Johnson’s best efforts, the chaotically anachronistic Persuasion fails to convince as a worthwhile Austen adaptation. (Source: Rotten Tomatoes Critics Consensus)

Okay, the critics didn’t like the film and I could understand why a Jane Austen purest would not like this film.

With all that said, I thought the film was enjoyable and some excellent acting here and there, such as Anne (Dakota Johnson), Anne’s father (Richard E. Grant), Mr. Elliot (Henry Golding), and Mrs. Musgrove (Eve Matheson).

MUSIC OF THE WEEK

How Well Do You Know Music History?

ART OF THE WEEK

Amsterdam Art

Although many people considered the work to be an indictment on technology and smartphone “addiction” in 2019, it wasn’t difficult to find vintage images of people in Amsterdam absorbed in newspapers. 

  EXTRAORDINARY PERSON  OF THE WEEK

Father Guido Sarducci

  JOKE OF THE WEEK

PHYSICAL TRAITS

Don’t Skip or Skimp on Breakfast 

There is no better way to start your day, 

than with a good healthy breakfast.

CHARACTER TRAITS

SOCIAL TRAITS

Do we listen to people that believe differently than we do?

LEARNING TRAITS

I Think Many of Us Find This Hard to Learn

MISCELLANEOUS

“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”

Source: Benjamin Franklin