“Not every teenager is good at being a teenager, just like not every adult is good at being an adult, not every newlywed is good at being a newlywed, and so forth. There are many stages of life, and you can be good or bad at any of them. Doing well as a teenager meansContinue reading “A Bracing Little Speech For The First Day Of School”
Category Archives: Delusions of Grandeur
For Everyone Listening To “The Rise And Fall Of Mars Hill”
This is what that dude is up to today.
Quit Asking Potential Teachers About Their “Personal Philosophy of Education.”
Skip asking potential teachers about their “personal philosophy of education.” That won’t tell you anything about them. Ask them to write a description of a school which calls itself classical, thinks of itself as classical, but isn’t. How have they fooled themselves? What allows the illusion to persist? When is the illusion likely to beContinue reading “Quit Asking Potential Teachers About Their “Personal Philosophy of Education.””
Resolutions For Classical Schools
This year, resolve to not pray that God would “help us all to have a good time tonight.” This year, resolve to not call your students “you guys.” Your name isn’t Madison and you are not a Chili’s waitress. This year, resolve to use the word “prayerfully” in ways that do not involve asking peopleContinue reading “Resolutions For Classical Schools”
Modern Obsessions
Tom: For the next part of our meeting, I think we should break up into small groups. Harry: There’s only four of us. Tom: Still.
A Matter Of Taste Vol. II
A sequel to A Matter of Taste. Perfectly suited to entertaining, cooking, decorating, unwinding, and eveninging, but with an autumnal mood.
The Consolation Of Bad Reviews
When one of my books gets a two star review on Goodreads, I generally check the user’s other ratings and it’s usually a consolation to find they have given five star reviews for Glennon Doyle, Jen Hatmaker, and Karen Armstrong books.
Apologies: This Is The Video Skewering Foodie Culture
The earlier link was to Patrick Kehoe’s Vimeo page, but this is the particular video I wanted to show you.
Skewering Foodie Culture
Patrick Kehoe’s short film which satirizes bespoke liquor brands is spot on.
The Grandest Sort Of Escapism
Today, I bought a Michelin guide to Tokyo, albeit for the same reasons most people buy fantasy novels.
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 