{"id":359,"date":"2013-11-02T05:50:13","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T05:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facebooklet.ca\/blog2\/?p=359"},"modified":"2018-06-14T21:06:25","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T21:06:25","slug":"nov-1-enders-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/facebooklet.ca\/blog2\/nov-1-enders-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov 1: Ender’s Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

We enter November with a new movie offering:\u00a0 Ender’s Game<\/em>.\u00a0 The book, by Orson Scott Card, has been on the suggested reading list of the US Marine Corps.<\/h1>\n

Halloween went well.\u00a0 The house looked good, with eight jack-o-lanterns, some cotton spider’s web, and other assorted decs.\u00a0 We tried glow sticks in two of the jack-o-lanterns, which worked out well.\u00a0 I met about forty-five trick-or-treaters in front of the house, which is a pretty good turnout for our neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

My wife fixed up our kids’ costumes:\u00a0 they looked awesome.\u00a0 She took them to a different neighbourhood, where the houses are closer together and there are more kids.\u00a0 They pulled in quite a haul.<\/p>\n

Halloween is my favourite holiday.\u00a0 It symbolizes the change of season and the presence of an unseen world that, nonetheless, affects the one we know.\u00a0 I love the artistry and imagination of Halloween.<\/p>\n

I find Halloween a dividing point in the year.\u00a0 After it, we enter the rainy season – witness today.\u00a0 Mist hangs in the trees, the temp hovering between 5 and 8, with no sun for days at a time.\u00a0 My younger son loves the rain; winter is his favourite season.\u00a0 By the way:\u00a0 no other part of Canada has weather like this except the west coast.<\/p>\n

To Ender’s Game:\u00a0 <\/em>I know my wife will see it.\u00a0 I never watch movies; I just hear about them.\u00a0 I’ve read a bit about this one.\u00a0 It sounds like an echo of the Cold War era – preparation against invasion.<\/p>\n

As someone who grew up in a Cold War military family, on or near military bases, I don’t miss that era, nor do I see it returning.\u00a0 Luckily, the world seems to have adopted a new way of thinking.<\/p>\n

In everyday life, though, people strategize to gain advantage in their relationships.\u00a0 People with talent – like Ender has – can realize tremendous success.\u00a0 However, the really powerful people usually end up matching their skills against others similar.<\/em><\/p>\n

Whether or not you’re going out to see Ender’s Game, have a great night.\u00a0 Let me know how you liked it:)<\/p>\n

Here’s Ender Wiggin.<\/p>\n

\"Ender<\/p>\n

Wikipedia<\/a> and IMDb<\/a> were sources for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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