Selected quotes from Atheism for Lent 2018 study
8 years ago
I have created another blog of the above title, though I'm yet to post on it. This is going to be a more erm... geeky blog for friends. Its not going to really interest you if you don't like technology/ comics/ rpgs/ other similar things. You have been warned. If this still hasn't frightened you away then you can find a link in the blog list to the side.
Being in a small town with little to do a lot of the time has a few advantages. One of these is that it has allowed me to get some reading done that I have been meaning to do for a while. The current title I am on is "Bury My Heart on Wounded Knee" by Dee Brown.
In short its a factual book on the history of the American Indians from 1860 to 1890. I'm only half way through it at the moment but it has already proven itself to be a well written and enjoyable affair. It has also proven to be one of the most difficult reading experiences I have had in recent memory. Not because its hard to read, far from it. And while its dense with information it doesn't slow you down much. What does make the book a difficult one is the subject matter and its often graphic nature. It pulls no punches in explaining all of the atrocities of the time period in detail. How the author feels about the demise of the Indians during the time period is quite clear, and within a few chapters its obvious that your reading a book about Genocide.
But for me, reading about the wiping out of innocent Indian Villages isn't the hardest part. What I'm finding particularly tough is the rays of hope. The people who see whats occurring and try to stop it. Who try to help the Indian cause in anyway they can. To see these good people promptly pushed aside and broken by powers beyond there control. That's whats really tough to read.
However if you have the stomach for it, and enjoy history books in general or the wild west, then you should consider searching this one out in the history section of your local bookstore. It really is quite good.
What follows is a few bits of news of my life in Japan. Some people already know some of it, so this is for those that don't.
It has recently become clear/ I have recently decided that I will be staying in Japan another year. This decision took a lot of hard thought and anguish. My wife made up her mind some time ago that staying in Japan for another year was the best way to pursue a career which I had to agree with. As I haven't really been able to find the work here I had hoped to there was a chance that I would go back the the UK to better further my own career goals. However with the financial crises and many other points in mind I eventually decided that staying here for around another year is best.
In a related note I have decided that I need another Blog/ 2nd Blog. This Blog has served me well for my observations on Japan and trials and tribulations of living here, and it will continue to do so. But I have decided I need somewhere to vent items of a more personal interest which may only relate to friends and not to family (read Geek stuff). I'm fed up of having something I want to chat about with like minded Friends and not actually having any nearby to chat with, so I think its time to make a new Blog for it. So if you'd be interested in reading me ranting about these things/ have any ideas for what I can call the new Blog (I'd prefer to keep "Moose" in the title) then please let me know.
A few things have happened of note lately. The first was my wedding anniversary which was on Thursday. Yes it really has been that long, it shocked me too. The second was that I was stuck down by a particularly spiteful cold/flu/bug thing. Which practically immobilised me on Thursday and Friday, then proceeded to do the same to my wife on Saturday and Sunday...... bugger.
On a lighter note, here is a shamelessly cute Japanese advert.
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