Dave Enjoys

I am fascinated by mental illness. Part of this comes from an interest in just about everything that is abnormal or unusual. Part of it comes from the constant battle to understand and improve myself. I have childhood onset obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as well as struggling with depressive episodes. I have spent years battling and [...]

Its November, soon it will be December and “Christmas” - the time of gift giving. In this post and several others to follow it is my intent to offer brief recommendations on some of the best products I have experienced - especially in the books/movies/software arena - the sort of things that make a perfect [...]

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Stephen Lawhead is a prolific author. As a teen I always wanted to read his fantasy books but never had the opportunity. I recently borrowed his historical novel, The Iron Lance, from my local library (Pennwood). I’m sure if the librarians stumble across this post they curse my name - the book is [...]

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As a youngster I was fascinated by the American Civil War. My bookshelves still reflect this fact. I have Freeman’s classic series Lee’s Lieutenants, Catton’s three volumes on the Army of the Potomac, and Foote’s three volume series, once considered definitive, on the war. As I grew older my interest waned a bit. [...]

Philip Pullman is a master in the literary genre. I have rarely read novels with such beauty and depth. His Dark Materials is a trilogy of works including the books The Golden Compass1, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. These works are rather recent but already deserve to be considered amongst the classics fantasy [...]