Peyton’s The Name, Bloggin’s The Game

Uncovering Unreliable Religion “The truth hurts.” I'm sure you've heard it before, the age-old adage that people say to express their sentiments when something they don't want to acknowledge is pointed out to them. Often in life, we are confronted with truths that we may not have known before. In these situations, we may discover something that we had never thought of before, or perhaps we find that something we have believed for a long time is shown to be untrue. No matter what the specific instance is, there are many different scenarios in which this might happen and there are just as many ways in which to respond to it. There are occasions when the new idea is simply considered, found to be true, and accepted, but more frequently there are other responses that take precedence over this logical one. Amidst the various possible reactions that usually occur, some of the more popular ones are to: become defensive, get angry, and openly reject the evidence and deny the ne...

Hello everyone! I have a bit of a different post for you guys today. This isn’t an essay like my usual posts. Rather, this is a review of sorts of the GB Writer’s Workshop that some of us students attended near the beginning of the semester. I know it’s been a fair amount of time since then, and some of you may wonder why I’m only just now posting about it. The answer is quite simple, the need for the GB Favor this workshop provided did not arise until now. And since a post must be made in order to fully attain this favor, post I shall. I hope that you all are entertained by my post, at the least, and maybe you even get something out of it. The GB Writer’s Workshop was an entertaining and informative experience. Not only did I get to learn a little bit about the Civil War and get a look at Dr. Fullman’s fantastic Yoda tie, I also learned quite a bit about good writing. There were quite a few points made that stuck with me, and I like to think that these points have changed my style ...

    Don’t you just hate family problems and squabbles? They’re no fun and they can come in all different shapes and sizes. The cousins don’t share their games very well. The uncles get into arguments whenever they get together. The brother and sister can’t agree on where to spend the afternoon. The mother greets her husband when he gets back from war and then murders him later in the bath. They’re the worst. In The Oresteia by Aeschylus, one family in particular seems to have a lot of problems, and these problems affect a lot of people since the father happens to be a king. The problems started a long a time ago, but one thing led to another and eventually it culminated into multiple murders. Things might not have gotten so bad if the events had been handled differently, but once the pain had been caused, it grew and spread and eventually incited revenge. This revenge then led to more revenge and started the deadly cycle of “getting even”. Throughout the story, the char...