I just. I can’t even. It’s like… Wow. This is the first time in quite some time that an episode of Fringe has left me speechless. I stared at the screen for a good ten minutes before reaching over and hitting the replay button. Then I did it again – at the end of my… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 3, Episode 8: Entrada
Peace and security for humanity are at the forefront of my mind; the constant call to eliminate prejudices makes me reflect a lot on the humble little part I can play in contributing to the well-being and advancement of humanity. One such reflection is that perhaps we are too focused on eliminating the outer manifestations… Read More Outer and Inner Manifestations of Prejudices–The Need to Delve Deeper
The elimination of prejudices is an essential step in creating a new world order in which all humans have the potential to reach their high destiny, working together to fulfilling a dual moral purpose of advancing themselves as well as advancing humanity. Prejudices are of many kinds, and they all work to create disunity. Shoghi… Read More Eliminating prejudices: a lot of work to be done
Weddings are fantastic. Yes, the event is joyful, yes, the dress is usually gorgeous, yes, everyone is so happy, yes, it’s all so romantic, but most importantly of all, here are two people who are pledging that together, they are going to build a fortress of well-being and salvation that will become the fundamental building… Read More Building a fortress of… Wait, what exactly?
I don’t quite know what happened. The post below is one that I thought I had put up on 13 January, which is why I referred to it in my 14 January post. Thankfully, an attentive reader pointed out the mistake and so I am able to rectify it. I learned a new term new… Read More The Merits of a Meritorious Meritocratic Society
Yesterday’s post on The Merits of a Meritorious Meritocratic Society was inspired by a piece written by MacLean’s Robyn Urback, titled “Merit pay is a good idea–in theory”. Starting off with “When all teachers are paid the same, hard work isn’t worth it”, the following section in particular that got me thinking: “British Columbia Liberal… Read More More thoughts on Meritocracies
The concept of a life of service has fascinated me for a long time. Each and every time I think I am starting to understand it, something or someone sheds light on yet another aspect of it and I am left musing for many more hours. And I love it. You know how we’re always… Read More To sleep or not to sleep, is that the question?
Thanks to Annie Leonard’s book, “The Story of Stuff”, based on her video of the same name, I have been consciously building my relationship with stuff. You know how having stuff is important to so many of us, and how we can easily get sucked in, without even knowing it, into a culture of overconsumption?… Read More My Story of Stuff
Wyman and Pinkner, the executive producers of Fringe, always say that at the heart of their show is a human drama. And it’s episodes like this one that put the emphasis on the importance of the human factor of the show. For Olivia (Anna Torv) to have a way out of the alternate universe, she… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 3, Episode 7: The Abducted
Seriously… What an episode. Thrilling, entertaining and, most importantly, we finally have a clue about who The First People are. In short, the sixth episode of Fringe’s third season hits the spot yet again, with an ending worthy of its thrilling beginning and the head spinning nature of the entire story The best part? Fringe’s… Read More TV Review: Fringe, Season 3, Episode 6: 6955 kHz
