Allen August 23rd, 2007
I have a subscription to audible.com and I highly recommend their ‘budget listener’ plan that lets you subscribe to 1 audio book per month. You have to dig for that subscription plan as they want to sell you some of their more expensive plans.
Some of the books I’ve listened to over the past few months include:
- John Adams by David McCullough
- Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
- A Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
I am currently working on The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant. The book is obviously embedded in the milieu in which it was written — 1917. Long before World War II, the book bows before the altar of Plato and his classic The Republic.
As a practical libertarian, the overt control of society by the “philosopher-king” as espoused by Plato now horrifies me. The sad thing is that such a society used to appeal to the idealist in me in my earlier years. Of course society should be ruled by those who have been trained in self-less sacrifice.
Years of experience has born forth the thought, “Underneath the mask of an idealist, you will often find…
Allen August 16th, 2007
I read, via dustbury.com, that now we can combine both “Hello Kitty” and post-modern consumerism. With this final step of a “Hello Kitty Platinum Visa“, one of the last prophesies of St. John has come to pass.
Rev 13:11 Then I saw another beast, coming out of the earth. He had two [ears] like a [kitty], but he spoke like a dragon. 12 He exercised all the authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. 13 And he performed great and miraculous signs, even causing [a credit card to spring forth] in full view of men. 14 Because of the signs he was given power to do on behalf of the first beast, he deceived the inhabitants of the earth. He ordered them to set up an image in honour of the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived. 15 He was given power to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that it could speak and cause all who refused to worship the image to be killed. 16 He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark [in their wallet or purse], 17 so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.