Author Archives: Sharyn

“Baby George”: Birth Order and THE BEATLES: GET BACK

Posted on October 30, 2022 by Sharyn

My Beatles Era, unfortunately, shows no signs of slowing down – yet. So, before I have squeezed every last bit of enjoyment out of catching up with a nearly 65 year old band, there’s a little more I’d like to … Continue reading →

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Get[ting] Back to the Beatles

Posted on June 18, 2022 by Sharyn

I have a few other thoughts about The Beatles as an organization, brought up by doing some extra reading about the band (references listed at the end of the post) and spending more time in their musical catalog. While I’ve … Continue reading →

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The Beatles as an Organizational Failure

Posted on May 29, 2022 by Sharyn

Now that my household has Disney+, I was able to watch the 2021 documentary The Beatles: Get Back, directed by Peter Jackson. I watched over the course of several days and really enjoyed it, although it is a bit of … Continue reading →

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Back to Life, Back to Blog

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Sharyn

https://www.currentobituary.com/member/obit/247444#tab-obituary I’ve been oddly fortunate to have not experienced much tragedy or death in my life. Some of that is due to just dumb luck, but a lot of it may simply be numbers: I grew up in a pretty … Continue reading →

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A Reading List is Not a Syllabus, Part III

Posted on June 25, 2020 by Sharyn

See part I and part II. Another text I found to be impactful and which might enhance an anti-racist reading list is Ralph Ellison’s posthumously published short story “Boy on a Train.” It is a somewhat unique story in its … Continue reading →

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A Reading List is Not a Syllabus, part II

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Sharyn

For the first book post in this series about the anti-racist reading list, I’d like to discuss Harriet Jacobs’ 1861 book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, which you can find and read for free on the Internet. … Continue reading →

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A Reading List is Not a Syllabus

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Sharyn

This has been a dreadful week, as protests for justice have faced repeated attacks and brutality from law enforcement across the country. (Note: if you’re reading this and the police who murdered Breonna Taylor have not yet face accountability, click … Continue reading →

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SpaceX & the Ghosts of Space Travel’s Past

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Sharyn

This week, SpaceX will make history as its first manned flight will launch from Cape Canaveral on Thursday with the intent of delivering 2 astronauts – Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken – to the International Space Station (ISS). The crew … Continue reading →

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Samurai, Ronin, Accountant?

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Sharyn

I recently watched Kenji Mizoguchi’s film The 47 Ronin, released in two parts in 1941 and 1942, and based on a play cycle written by  Seika Mayama. The film tells the historical tale of 47 (or 46, depending on the … Continue reading →

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Using the Sacred to Calm the Profane

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Sharyn

This is not going to be a post about COVID-19 and the unprecedented amount of upheaval and death it is causing in the US right now. You have plenty of news and social media sites for that. This is not … Continue reading →

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