Odin Halvorson

Learn the art of weaving description and your reader will never leave. It’s better to make the reader do the work than it is to hand them the finished puzzle....

If we wait for someone else to manage our lives we’re always going to be falling short of our aspirations Learning good habits — habits that work for our own lives — is key, but so is how we approach the situation; how we look at the work ahead of us is just as important as how carefully we take no...

When you ask someone what it means to be vulnerable they oftentimes start talking about it as a synonym for weakness....

The critics did not enjoy this film. After finishing Extinction, I went ahead and looked it up — as I do with all films I enjoy — and…...

"Trying to be witty leads to lying, more or less." - Antoine De Saint-Exupery Love, and compassion - which is really just a particularly important form of love - are concepts within The Little Prince - and we adults would do well to pay attention....

There is a line of thinking that suggests that attachment and passion are anathema — a bane — to a healthy and productive life. If we give…...

There is only one terrible problem with Michael Sullivan’s books — once you finish one you go into a state of withdrawal to which there is…...

A simple system is one where the parts are fully predictable: the lock on your front door, for instance, is a simple system. You insert…...

Almost There brought up some interesting themes through its narrative that were complimented nicely by its relaxed artistic style, which…...

“[Homeostasis is] the fundamental property of life that governs everything that living cells do, whether they’re living cells alone, or…...

Wendell Berry (born 1934) is an intellectual writer, philosopher, conservationist, activist, Christian, and small-farm advocate. A devout…...

If you’ve read my review of the previous Ant-Man film you’ll already know that I was not much of a fan. Sophomoric, poorly-written, and…...

The new Ant-Man film is out and I plan to write up a review on that soon. Before I write anything about the latest Marvel adventure…...