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Re: Book Hype Podcast #125 - C.S. Lewis Special

shannonkay — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 14:59:37 -0000

This should say that I didn't read Harry Potter until college.

Re: Book Hype Podcast #125 - C.S. Lewis Special

shannonkay — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 14:57:47 -0000

My favorite author is CS Lewis. So, when I saw that your special was on him I was very excited. I tweeted at you a couple of times, but I was literally holding my baby, Caspian, so I started to run out of hands. I use text to speech for this, so not everything is capitalized the way it probably should be.

I'm surprised that you didn't mention that CS Lewis chose the nickname "Jack" for himself. Also the day that he died was the same day that JFK was assassinated. Another point that I tweeted to you about was the definition of apologetics. Apologetics is not the defense of everything that Christians have ever done. It is the defense of the Christian faith itself, the study of the proof of the truth of Christianity. For one of the best examples of this, read CS Lewis' own Mere Christianity.

My favorite Chronicles of Narnia book is voyage of the Dawn treader, my favorite Narnia and character is Lucy. I'm just enough older than you guys that the Harry Potter books didn't start coming out until I was in high school and I didn't read them in college, so I don't have that childhood reading experience for Harry Potter that you do. When I was growing up, there wasn't as much competition in the children's fantasy world. The Chronicles of Narnia got all of my book love. I have read all of them dozens of times.

I'm a big fan of reading in publishing order. At least for your first reading, I feel like the lion the witch and the wardrobe just reads like the first of a series. Many of the other books could sort of go in almost any order after that. The horse and his boy could go almost anywhere, as long as the last battle is, well, last.

My favorite CS Lewis book is the Screwtape letters.

I have read the space trilogy. I even wrote an essay on out of the silent planet when I was in college. The first chapter or so is a little bit slow, but stick with it because it gets really good. My favorite of the trilogy is that hideous strength. I have also read the unfinished portion of the dark tower. It's interesting, but of course it has no ending. Remember that the space trilogy was written before we went to the moon.

Another thing you didn't mention, is the story about the coin toss between CS Lewis and Tolkien. They flipped a coin to see who would write a time story and who would write a space story. Tolkien got the time story, and he wrote the Lord of the rings. CS Lewis got a space story and that's when he wrote the space trilogy.

Another of his books of fiction you could read is till we have faces, which is a retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche. Of his nonfiction, you might read the four loves; which explores the four different words in Greek which are all translated to "Love" in English.

Re: Hype Podcast #111 - Several Stars Are Born

shannonkay — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:58:27 -0000

1. Anne of Green Gables - I am saddened beyond belief that none of you have read Anne of Green Gables. I loved the books(and the mini series) as a child. Anne/Gilbert was definitely my first ship before I knew what a ship was. As an adult, I still read the whole series probably about once a year. My favorite out of the books is Anne of the Island, the third book. It's the college years! If you read the whole series, it goes all the way through her children growing up.

I actually read the first book aloud to my husband when we were first dating. I once started reading it to some friends in a moving car when I found out that my Canadian friend had not read the books, but had been to Prince Edward Island.

I'm very excited about this new series. If they do it right, it will be amazing! I still think that the 1985 one is one of the best book adaptations ever. They could do so much with an 8 episode series, and there's the chance of it being renewed and adapting more of the books. I even think that themes of bullying, etc, are truly in the source material. So I don't feel like it would be something they are weirdly adding. I'm especially excited about there being a Netflix series that the whole family can enjoy. I have a five year old daughter. If it's not family friendly, they're doing something wrong.

2. Smallville - Love this show. I watched it mostly from when it first aired. It went for 10 seasons, so it began right after I graduated from High School and ended just a couple months after my daughter was born! I've always liked Superman. There are definitely things that frustrated me about Smallville, but one thing they understood was the character and person of Clark Kent. My husband and I have rematched it a few times. Once I did this massive TV playlist in airdate order with Gilmore Girls, Smallville, The OC, Lost, Vampire Diaries, and maybe some other shows I've forgotten. It was so much fun to see guest stars go from show to show and then get their own starring roles. Look for Adam Brody, Ian Somerhalder, and Paul Wesley for example who each go through at least two shows.

Re: Bellatrix and Voldemort had sex, baby: Did J.K. Rowling hint?

shannonkay — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 15:08:12 -0000

I just read the script, and this is the thing I can't quite suspend my disbelief enough for. And it's so creepy. I half expected time travel to factor into the explanation of Voldemort's child, and for her to be a child conceived while he was still "handsome Tom Riddle". Barring that, Bellatrix is the only explanation that made any kind of sense. She was severely twisted in her devotion to him, and I can even imagine Radolphus being like "Hey, borrow my wife tonight, Dark Lord." Ew.

But it's still difficult to wrap my mind around this being a thing that Voldemort would do. Plus, it's so creepy that I'm trying not to actually think about it too hard.

Re: Episode #66 – No Capes

shannonkay — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 04:56:09 -0000

I just read this book and listened to the podcast.

I thought that the concept of the Epics was pretty interesting. The name "Newcago" was pretty funny. I kept guessing about Steelheart's weakness but I was surprised. I did think it would be something about David's father himself that did it, and perhaps David could do it too. It was that David's father didn't fear Steelheart, so it was something about the man, but not what I expected.

I was somewhat surprised that Prof turned out to be an epic. I was kind of expecting, near the end of the battle with Steelheart, for someone to say "Ha! He wasn't an epic at all. He was just a regular man." So that was a little disappointing, but it made sense when it was explained that he gifted his power to keep himself from being corrupted by it. I liked the backstory that everyone thought he was a scientist that worked in some kind of high-end lab, but really he had just been a fifth grade science teacher. I do wonder, though, if he was the one that destroyed his school.

Comflux was interesting. Perhaps since the nature of his power is to give it away when he powers things, that keeps him from being corrupted?

I was very interested that Megan was Firefight, the epic illusionist. I didn't really think that she and David were "instalove", I thought it was more of a crush. And I think that even if you hadn't known someone that long, having them basically killed in front of you, then carrying them to help and having them die anyway is pretty upsetting.

I am also hoping that Calamity is explained more!

I did like Megan, but I'm much more interested in her now that I know she is Firefight.

Re: Shannon Kay Photo

shannonkay — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:35:17 -0000

No, that's not me. Sorry.

Re: In Which We Document The Days of December On Our Phone - for the overwhelmed and underachieved - (Android too)

shannonkay — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:15:54 -0000

I have photos that sync to my phone through iTunes. I already use those to export "favorites" collections from Lightroom that I sync to my phone. So I just made a new subfolder in the folder that I already had iTunes syncing photo folders from and copied Christmas scrapbooking stuff into it, and selected it to sync to my phone in iTunes. I actually did a search in bridge for stuff I had tagged with "Christmas", selected everything I wanted, and did right-click, "copy to" to make a copy to the syncing folder. So that was really easy. And they don't get added to my camera roll or photostream anything, but they are easily available on my phone. When I pre made some number cards, I saved those straight to the folder.

Re: In Which We Document The Days of December On Our Phone - for the overwhelmed and underachieved - (Android too)

shannonkay — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 02:15:42 -0000

When the Project Life app came out, I tried to challenge myself to do pages 100% on my iPhone. I found some great supplemental apps that are working well in conjunction with #decembersuccess. One of my favorites is Phonto, which is my favorite app for adding text. You can actually install your own fonts and it has drop shadows! I've used it to add text to a photo before putting in a Project Life app square, adding text to journaling cards before or after a collage is made, etc. I even found an app called FancyQR that makes QR codes, so I can upload a video, copy the link, and make a code for it right there. PS touch is there for if I need to do something with layers, like add the QR code to an existing journaling card which I can then save and use in my layout.

For December Daily, I've been using PicStitch or Frametastic(an app that has an "auto" framing option that I like -- just select pictures and it picks out layouts for you, keep pressing regenerate until you get one you like) when I just have a couple pictures for the day. I use the Project Life app if I have lots of pictures. One day I even used the PicPlayPost app to embed the video right into the collage for instagram, but made a version with a QR code too.

For me, I found it easier to sync supplies to my phone than to get them from dropbox, but I already sync some albums exported from Lightroom, so I just made a new folder and exported some Christmas stuff that I had. The papers are more useful than you'd think. On the first day I used one in one of my collage squares and added my text in Phonto to make a sort of journaling card. After I unlocked the extra border options in PicStitch, I've used the papers as "background textures" on a couple of days. I did pre make some number cards for myself in photoshop on the 3rd or 4th day and sync them to my phone, since I needed to not buy anything new right then.

The biggest simplifying thing I've done, for me, is to not import my photos into Lightroom first. They're from my phone, or transferred to my phone from my camera via my eye-fi card. They're not edited, or only have basic edits from iPhone apps. I'm doing it like this even if I'm at home so that it's really easy to see all my photos for the day.

Re: Episode #64 – Wholock

shannonkay — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 02:50:47 -0000

Listened to my first Book Hype podcast after reading Blood of Olympus and wondering if there were any Percy Jackson podcasts. I enjoyed the Blood of Olympus episode, so I went looking for more review episodes for books I've already read. I listened to the House of Hades, Allegiant, and Fangirl episodes. I think I have a few more downloaded that I haven't listened to yet as well.

I'm a 30ish mom of a 3 year old. I love books and I enjoy using audiobooks to read when I'm driving, cooking, or cleaning. I especially love books with Whispersync for Voice, so I can switch between the Kindle and Audible editions.

I just finished reading Jackaby and listening to your episode about it. I liked Abigail's voice and found the story and characters engaging. If it is the first of a series, I can imagine them improving. I was very interested in Jenny.

If you find yourself distressed over Jackaby's Americanness, consider that an American accent in that time period would be closer to a British accent than it is today.

Re: One-Eyed Teen With Cancer Is Told Her Appearance Is ‘A Slap in the Face to God’

shannonkay — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:56:35 -0000

This is terrible. I see that this is an Athiest blog, but I am a Christian and I can't understand why anyone would say something like that. Perhaps there is a context to the statement that I'm not aware of, but it just makes no sense. There is no Biblical basis for such a thing. Jesus made blind men see. He wasn't like "Oh, sorry to see you're blind. That was God's plan though so I'm not going to mess with it."

Re: Biblical Homemaking: day 21: books galore {31 days of thrifting}

shannonkay — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:09:46 -0000

I like the used bookstore at the library. They're not former library books, just donated books they sell to benefit the library. They're really cheap like your thrifted books too.

Re: Authentic Life Radio To Launch September 15th 2011

shannonkay — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:56:27 -0000

I'll be glad to see Sara back!

Re: Which TV Couple Is Getting Engaged?

shannonkay — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:08:18 -0000

Based on last week's Smallville I think it must be Lois & Clark.

Re: Top 10 Geekiest Marriage Proposals

shannonkay — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:51:02 -0000

I was proposed to via twitter in 2007
http://twitter.com/jerrodpu...
http://twitter.com/shannonk...

And I was told at the New Media Expo which was shortly thereafter that there was one other proposal before that.

Re: New Logo

shannonkay — Sat, 29 May 2010 00:21:55 -0000

I like the new logo. The only thing I would do differently is have the C in there, because I think of you more as "Chris" than "Brogan", but perhaps it would be too cluttered to have two letters.

But the best logos are simple. You understand that.

Re: Garden Update! Everything’s Exploding! Oh, My!

shannonkay — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:13:36 -0000

This post makes me wish I was a "gardening" type. I'm so not. I'd get excited about it for about a week and then they'd all die. Plus I hate dirt. I tried to get a potted dwarf orange tree last year and put it on our porch, and it died.

Couldn't the holes be from caterpillars? They look just like the wholes in The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and the holes in the leaves that our silk worms made when I was a kid.

Re: Adobe Employee: Go Screw Yourself, Apple

shannonkay — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 01:04:54 -0000

We're iPhone developers and have been using the Unity 3D engine for our games. We make polished games and Unity compiles with Xcode on the Mac. There is a chance that not only will we be able to continue making games with Unity for iPhone and iPad, but the games that we have been selling for a year will be removed, or we won't be able to submit updates for them.

It's looking like we'll have to move to other platforms. Oh, and we'll probably have to return our iPad. We can't afford it if it's not a business expense.

Re: Chris Brogan Has Jumped The Shark

shannonkay — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:33:03 -0000

You do a great job, Chris. Keep doing what you've been doing!

Re: Fisher Price Launches iPhone Apps For 2-Year-Olds

shannonkay — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:44:33 -0000

Obviously it's not toddlers that have iPhones but their parents and an iPhone is really baby crack, just scrolling through the photos is enough sometimes.

Apple won't allow this, but the problem with any app is that they press the home button and close it, there's no way to lock it so they can't exit the app and there's no way for developers to make their apps do this.

Re: 28 Days Later: Say Goodbye to the Netflix New Release Rental

shannonkay — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:08:38 -0000

Didn't they used to do the opposite of this? I remember Blockbuster getting rental copies(VHS) before the retail copies came out.

Re: What Are You Doing to Reverse Climate Change? [Blog Action Day]

shannonkay — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:45:54 -0000

Global warming is a myth, and climate change is propaganda.

I'm all for being stewards of our environment, and in my home we've always recycled, etc, but there's practical and then there's panic.

I would like to not do something drastic to "fix" this "problem" and probably cause some sort of ice age.

Re: The YouTube Of Twitter

shannonkay — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:12:04 -0000

Thanks, this was actually helpful.

Re: 10 Most Extraordinary Twitter Updates

shannonkay — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:38:50 -0000

I got engaged over twitter in September 2007. And we streamed our wedding on ustream in September 2008.

proposal: http://twitter.com/jerrodpu...

Re: A Hundred Twitters- A Thousand

shannonkay — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:31:56 -0000

Great post, Chris.

I have definitely tweeted prayer requests, especially when both of my grandparents were in the hospital at the same time(separate hospitals!) and I have genuinely prayed for others who tweeted their need for prayer.

Re: Moving On

shannonkay — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:48:11 -0000

Congratulations on your new direction. Break a leg on your next new venture!