Film Review: Out of the Past (1947)
The characters in Jacques Tourneur’s 1947 noir classic Out of the Past may not be good, but the movie is great.
Exploring Spiritual Formation: An Interview With Scott Williams
This is the transcript of an interview with Scott Williams, a former pastor and current educator. In 2016, he completed his Masters of Practical Theology from Wesley Seminary and in […]
Word of the Day: Mutable
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the Bronx Chronicle, is mutable, an adjective meaning “Capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature…changeable” (https://thebronxchronicle.com/). According to www.dictionary.com, it means, “liable or subject to change or alteration; given […]
Word of the Day: Villain
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Swynfen Jervis’s A Dictionary of the Language of Shakespeare, is villain, a noun meaning a servant or a slave, according to Jervis. He […]
Word of the Day: Diplomacy
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary, is the noun diplomacy. Diplomacy means, “1. the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between […]
Word of the Day: Love
Today’s word of the day, thanks to Ambrose Bierce’s The Devil’s Dictionary (Walter Neale, 1911), is love. The website www.etymonline.com has three paragraphs on the word: “Old English lufu ‘feeling of love; […]
Word of the Day: Gimcrack
Today’s word of the day, thanks to A Dictionary of the Language of Shakespeare by Swynfen Jervis (John Russell Smith, 1868, p. 143) is gimcrack. A gimcrack is, according to […]
Word of the Day: Advice
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Foolish Dictionary by Gideon Wurdz, is advice. Advice is a noun which, according to www.dictionary.com, means 1. “an opinion or recommendation offered […]
Word of the Day: Affable
Today’s word of the day, thanks to The Worth of Words by Dr. Ralcy Husted Bell (Grafton Press, 1902), is affable. According to www.dictionary.com, affable means “pleasantly easy to approach […]
Word of the Day: Gallimaufry
Today’s word of the day is gallimaufry, a noun meaning “a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley,” or “a ragout or hash,” according to www.dictionary.com. According to www.etymonline.com, the word first appeared […]
Physics & Astronomy: An Interview with Ivy Kaufman
Professor Ivy Kaufman is originally from Hattiesburg, Mississippi and has been in the Upstate area since 1984 when she went to Clemson’s graduate program. She has been teaching Physics at […]
Onward: A Film Review
Have you ever wondered if magic and mythical creatures existed what would the world look like? Would it be a place of wonder and adventure? If humans did not exist, […]