Hark how the bells…

For as long as I can remember, from the first time I heard it until this very day, the Christmas carol “Carol of the Bells” has somewhat frightened me.  It’s gotten better over the years as I’ve become used to it, but think about it.  Or, rather, listen to it.  It’s an incredibly eerie tune, [...]

I went on a wonderful expedition yesterday.  At about 2:00, I headed over to the used book store, the Book Trader, and bought three books. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson – I’ve been wanting to read this for a while.  I’ve heard good things about it and see it everywhere, so [...]

I took a class this past semester on Colonial American history.  A large portion of the course was spent on Colonist-Native American relations.  In the many sources we read about this topic, the authors used the words “Indian” and “Native American” interchangeably.  Some of them noted this in their introductions, stating that they would use [...]