Tag Archives: The Name of the Wind

The Mythogenic Principle, Or Why Reading Zombie Lit at the Beach is a Very Bad Idea

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

It’s one of the reasons watching horror films is so fun, isn’t it? Though the possibility that a serial killer who has spent too much time collecting comic books or reading 19th century engineering reports is hiding behind your couch … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Charles Williams, H.P. Lovecraft, Horror, I Am Legend, IT, Joss Whedon, Prince Edward Island, Reading, Stephen King, The Handmaid's Tale, The Mythogenic Principle, The Name of the Wind, WWZ, Zombieland, zombies | 7 Comments

On Food Insecurity, Systems Mapping, Beren and Lúthien, and Other Obviously Connected Things (An Update)

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

I have had one of those unusual weeks where my research with the government of Prince Edward Island has taken over. I have been in Lean Six Sigma training, which is a fairly heavy duty process management system. Our team … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged A Severe Mercy, Beren and Lúthien, design thinking, food, food insecurity, Lean Six Sigma, Mark Sampson, Marsha Daigle-Williamson, Patrick Rothfuss, policy development, poverty, Prince Edward Island, public policy, research, The Name of the Wind, The Tale of Beren and Lúthien | 6 Comments

Screwtape Musical Fan Fiction

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Brenton Dickieson

This week is the 75th anniversary of the first Screwtape letter. I thought for today’s Friday Feature we could use a little fan fiction. I don’t mean all the Screwtape copycats, like Dorothy L. Sayers, Charles Williams, or all the great … Continue reading →