Reading, Watching, Listening – September and October 2023
Reading
First, a couple of new recipes that are going into our family recipe book.
Orzo Minestrone with corn, zucchini and pesto … although we didn’t have pesto and it was still good.
Crispy Lemon Chicken with Potatoes I’ve made this multiple times
A post about choosing margin, but also about how we show up on the days when our best-laid plans fall into chaos. Is it slow? Or is it Living?
The World We’ve Created. On the ubiquitous nature of technology. “I see what we all see … A sea of heads, looking down, lost in a world of our making”
AI has no place in the pulpit … a statement that should be obvious. How could a computer possibly substitute for the person who prayerfully studies the Word to faithfully preach to their particular congregation?
Watching
A couple of German language series on Netflix: Kleo a very quirky show about a Stasi assassin around the time of the fall of the wall. Has some violence but very funny in a dark way. Dear Child about a woman and children trapped in a windowless house, subjected to a strict routine of control.
The Wheel of Time Season 2
Ashoka
Billions Season 7
Listening
A really interesting discussion about curiosity. The difference between puzzles and mysteries. The need for curiosity so that we can fully be ourselves. Wild with Sarah Wilson: IAN LESLIE: Why your future depends on getting curious. Actually there are a number of good episodes in this podcast. Sarah Wilson interviews a lot of interesting people.
You may or may not have heard, but our voice referendum resulted in an overwhelming no. 😢 They interviewed a couple of people on the news who said they didn’t know anything about it so they voted no. Grrr. My daughter also said a couple of people she was speaking to did the same thing. One is a doctor, my daughter was pretty unimpressed that they didn’t try to get educated. I’ve always praised our compulsory voting as it means politicians have to win the middle so we get less extreme candidates. In a referendum compulsory voting works sgaimst a yes vote because people who don’t know generally vote to keep the status quo. According to the expert in the podcast “Where did it all go wrong for the ‘yes’ campaign” compulsory voting results in an average increase in the ‘No’ vote of, on average 7%, even if the question is straight forward. They whole conversation was very interesting and delves into various aspects of the voting results.
For any fellow bible nerds: Was the World Ever Perfect
