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There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity.

There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity.

Teach me to care and not to care.

Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs

Only Comes Around Every So Often

The new Grouper record is out today. Late October was an ideal release date.

Posted byJoshua GibbsOctober 22, 2021October 22, 2021Posted inHeavy Rotation

Quit Taking Notes

After an epiphany over the summer, I began my in-person classes this year with an exercise (or an experiment) wherein I aimed to prove to my literature students and theology students that they were better off not taking notes during class. In the last six weeks of school, I have often required students to putContinue reading “Quit Taking Notes”

Posted byJoshua GibbsOctober 22, 2021Posted inLove What Lasts, Sane Fantasies

When Anger Is Sin, Blindness

When a father is in such a state of mind to speak of “my table,” or, “my car,” or, “my house,” when chastising a member of his family, he is too angry to see the situation properly.

Posted byJoshua GibbsOctober 21, 2021Posted inDialogues

Beatrice Playing Taboo

Last night, in a round of Taboo, Beatrice had to get Camilla to guess the word “bath,” and the clue she gave was, “It’s the resort town in England where everyone goes in Northanger Abbey.” I was impressed. However, five minutes later, she had to get Camilla to guess “sorcery” and this was how sheContinue reading “Beatrice Playing Taboo”

Posted byJoshua GibbsOctober 18, 2021Posted inDialogues

What It Sounds Like This Week

Posted byJoshua GibbsOctober 17, 2021Posted inHeavy Rotation

Dinner Table Conversations

Camilla: When are we going to finally watch The Man Who Knew Too Much? Gibbs: Soon. Maybe next week. Camilla: Who is the man who knows too much? Gibbs: Jimmy Stewart. There’s also a movie called The Man Who Knew Too Little. Camilla: And who was that? Gibbs: Bill Murray. If there was a movieContinue reading “Dinner Table Conversations”

Posted byJoshua GibbsOctober 17, 2021Posted inDialogues

Proverbial, Episode 78: Homework

“Big book, big bore.” -Callimachus The latest episode of Proverbial is, I think, the best episode since “Marvin.”

Posted byJoshua GibbsOctober 16, 2021Posted inCiRCE Links, Podcasts

What Does It Mean To Wrestle With A Text?

“I have wrestled with great books, but the wrestling didn’t take place while I was reading. Wrestling with a text is rarely a discrete event, but an ambient one. We wrestle with a text during the year which transpires between a first and second read. Our very lives persuade us to view a book differently.Continue reading “What Does It Mean To Wrestle With A Text?”

Posted byJoshua GibbsOctober 14, 2021Posted inCiRCE Links

Where That Movie Title Comes From

“Set a thief to catch a thief.” -Callimachus

Posted byJoshua GibbsOctober 12, 2021Posted inSayings

The Ten Best Original Soundtrack Compositions Of The Last 20 Years: Number 1

No. 1: “Prologue,” from Birth, by Alexandre Desplat

Posted byJoshua GibbsOctober 10, 2021Posted inLists

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