Everything I Always Wanted to Say About MBTI

*sips black coffee* Greetings, comrades. So, MBTI, amiright?  The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the world's best-known personality sorting system.  MBTI holds great sway over the wild lands of the Internet, is earnestly preached by corporate managers in their beige-painted boardrooms, annnnnnnnd ... kind of gets an eye-roll from everybody else.  In my experience, anyway.  Either because...

The Smashing and Dashing 2019 Character Awards

What is UP, everyone!!!  It's me, it's Charles Baker Harris (well, duh), and it's the end of another year and it's time for The Smashing and Dashing 2019 Character Awards, founded by the brilliant Cait @Paper Fury. The rules are simple: just answer the 15 questions below, using characters from books you read in 2019. ...

Of Crowns and Kings, and Elves and Things

Buckle up, lads . . . it's time to talk about Tolkien!!! (Yes, I am aware that I do this a rather lot. 😛 ) What brought on this PARTICULAR bout of Tolkien musing, you might ask?  Well, it's pretty simple.  People be out here tellin' me you need to read Tolkien if you want...

The Seven Questions Book Tag

This tag came courtesy of my awesome pal Eva @Coffee, Classics, and Craziness . . . and, it's all about books.  Ergo, I'm doing it.  😀 Eva's Seven Questions What's the first book you can remember reading? A children's study Bible that we had in the house.  I was five, I think.  I remember painstakingly...

Harry Potter and the Flames of Controversy

*slides into home plate*  *dusts off cleats* What up, guys!  I'm back, as promised, to talk about everybody's favorite topic--conservative Christians and Harry Potter.  As a lifelong orthodox Catholic who just 'discovered' the world of Hogwarts at the ripe old age of twenty-five, I'm sure you'll agree I am eminently qualified for this discussion.  😉 Because...

Harry Potter and the Girl Who Finally Joined the Fandom

I know, I know . . . I know. You're either scratching your head like what the heck took her so long?, or you're staring open-mouthed at your screen in horror because THE DARK SIDE HAS CLAIMED HER FOR ITS OWN.  There is no in-between. Or, rather, there's very rarely an in-between when it comes to...