Steveawiggins

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• Earnestly

  

  Christening.  The subject may sound old fashioned, but it was once, within Christendom, where a name was officially conferred. Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Vampire’s Father

  

  I’d been very curious about D. L. Macdonald’s Poor Polidori for several years. This is not an easy book to find. (I have noted before that I find university... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Logan Again

  

  A couple of friends, both younger (ahem), liked my recent post on Logan’s Run. As did someone my post on Goodreads. I was pleased to see that. I was alive, but... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Entitlement

  

  I’ve been guilty of this myself, so the first stone is being cast straight up into the air over my own head.  Academic authors misunderstand how to title a book. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Vengeance Is Hers

  

  A Lesson in Vengeance, by Victoria Lee, is a novel with some twists that I’ll try to conceal. It is a kind of young adult horror-themed dark academia novel. I... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Accidentally Backward

  

  I watched Regression by accident. “How is that possible?” you might ask. Well, I don’t read up about movies before watching them. These days I try to save... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Second Friday the 13th

  

  It’s a measure of how regimented my life has become.  The 9-2-5 workday is ruled by the calendar in a way teaching wasn’t.  But on this, the second Friday the... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Please Read

  

  This post is longer than my usual fare, but it is important.  I’m putting the full text in “Full Essays” (the link is above, in the drop-down menu under the... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Talking Tolkien

  

  I read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings back in college. Although I enjoyed them a great deal, they weren’t enough to swing me into high fantasy. Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• AI Takeover

  

  It’s already beginning.  As if the world under Trump isn’t bad enough, AI (you can call me Al) is beginning to play its tricks.  You see, I know my place. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Creepy Cryptids

  

  J. W. Ocker and I have a few things in common. We’re both Edgar Allan Poe fans. We both have an interest in the odd. And we like to visit places where... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Googling Books

  

  I admit to Googling my own books from time to time.  (I know, I know!  You’ll go blind if you don’t stop doing that!)  Since I haven’t yet seen any royalties (o... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Demon Pop

  

  To be honest, I hadn’t even heard of KPop Demon Hunters. The places I look for media advice generally don’t cover such fare. I’m not into K-pop, Manga, or... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• The Black Monk

  

  Back at Nashotah House the local ghost was called “the Black Monk.”  A plausible origin story circulated with the name; a student broke through the ice on the... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Finding October

  

  This post is both about and not about a movie.  On a recent weekend I tried to watch The Houses October Built. I found it on a free streaming service (with... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Lap Dog

  

  Recently my laptop had to be in the shop a couple of days when a component went bad.  This became a period of discovery for me.  My laptop is my constant... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Tapped Out

  

  I grew up with rock-n-roll. Those born in the previous decade to mine can say the same thing, but collectively we are the earliest now adults who never knew lif... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Life’s Work

  

  Here’s the thing: religion (or philosophy) is my life’s work.  By that I mean that I can’t just casually encounter an important idea that impacts larger life an... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• On the Run

  

  I come down on the side of book. Usually. In the book or movie first debate. I have to confess, however, that I learned about Logan’s Run because of the movie. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Oh Deere

  

  Strange Harvest seems to have impressed a number of viewers, but for someone attuned to religion and horror it rang false. The Lovecraftian elements appear... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2026 POLITICS, RELIGION, SOCIETY