Tag Archives: questions

Religion and Small Children

My son is quickly nearing the age where he’s going to start asking big questions, like “where are we from?”, “why are we here?”, “what’s God”, etc. I’m faced with a problem which I’m unsure as to how to solve: what do I tell him?
I’ve long thought that indoctrinating small children with religion is not [...]

War Games

I’ve long been a fan of war games, particularly World War 2 games. Red Orchestra, Company of Heroes, Day of Defeat, Hidden and Dangerous 2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein – all of these hover at the top of my list of favorite games.
The thing is, though, part of me wonders: are these games a little [...]

Do people who underline in books ever actually finish reading the books?

Hear me out. I ask this question for a real, valid reason.
Via Bookmooch*, I’ve gotten quite a few history books over the past couple of months. I’ve noticed something in them, and after thinking about it, I’ve noticed this same thing in many other books I’ve bought second-hand: they have a lot of underlining in [...]