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Movie review: Turbo Kid (2015)
Remember when your parents had a cable movie channel like HBO in the 80’s and you got to watch those campy post-apocalyptic, dystopian...
Troy Kinney
Jul 24, 20182 min read


HBO films Fahrenheit 451 (2018) - Movie review
I was excited to see what HBO cooked up when I saw the initial preview to their film based on the novel Fahrenheit 451...
Troy Kinney
Jun 15, 20182 min read


Book Review: The Great Gatsby
People also believe that George Wilson kills Gatsby out of jealousy and revenge. But this is not what really happens.
Troy Kinney
Apr 21, 201813 min read


The Science of Teaching? Part 3: "Killing the Golden Goose"
It is as if experts in educational practices believe that teaching can be boiled down to a paint by numbers exercise. They've study the...
Troy Kinney
Apr 17, 20182 min read


The Science of Teaching? Part 2: Quantifying
The funny thing about art is that it is called art for a reason. Things that are not art will never be art, like reprints (of art),...
Troy Kinney
Apr 15, 20182 min read


The Science of Teaching? Part 1-Painting Parties
Easels are ready to go, equipped with awaiting canvases. Corks pop and wine flows. The smiles are genuine but the nervous anticipation as...
Troy Kinney
Apr 11, 20183 min read


A Quiet Place - The Big Ask
No spoilers from me. This time. The effect of this movie is interesting. It's quiet. It is literally a quiet film. Especially the...
Troy Kinney
Apr 10, 20181 min read


Decanting Poe's Amontillado
It's Fat Tuesday (a.k.a. the day prior to Ash Wednesday) ! You should read Edgar Allan Poe’s “Cask of Amontillado”. The short story...
Troy Kinney
Feb 14, 20186 min read


The Politics of Dancing
So here are the facts: My Papa’s Waltz by Theodore Roethke The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on...
Troy Kinney
Feb 4, 20183 min read


Of Rat Rods and Reality
"...my dad rarely takes no for an answer. My dad is a salesman and he offers a chance to sit inside his dream for free."
Troy Kinney
May 31, 20175 min read


Silence by Shūsaku Endō
I think that there are many popular missionary stories out there that generally have a happy ending. Even in martyrdom there is hope....
Troy Kinney
Jan 15, 20174 min read


The Little Prince and Our Modern Educational Practice
Can she get accepted into Werth Academie? The Little Girl had to answer the One Big Question.
Troy Kinney
Oct 26, 20168 min read


#CantStopTheFeeling
We had a great time putting together this video while we were on vacation. I know the resemblance in these pics is mystifying and...
Troy Kinney
Jul 1, 20161 min read


Poem: Introduction to a Sermon
Over the years I have sometimes sat and listened to a pastor deliver his sermon and wonder, is this how we should approach Scripture? We...
Troy Kinney
May 6, 20161 min read


The Hateful Eight: What about that Crucifix?
The camera is fixated on an old graying wooden crucifix. It is a life sized carving of Christ; it is cracked, and dilapidated over years...
Troy Kinney
Jan 24, 20166 min read
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