#john farrell

[holmesoldfellow]

"Sherlock Holmes Cookbook," combining "Holmes Cooking" by John Farrell and "Baker Street Meals and Menus" by Sean M. Wright with engravings by F. Dwight Shundo (1976)

[pitchburgh]

Of the six teams to advance to the division series but not continue to the world series, half have fired their managers.

Half.

This is dumb as hell. Should we count on bidding farewell to Roberts or Hinch after one team is inevitably defeated in the coming week? How many wins does it take to keep one’s job? And how is this model of “all or nothing” ever going to remain sustainable?

In other words: where do these teams think they’re going to find replacements BETTER than Girardi, Baker, or Farrell? (The Red Sox have already picked up Astros bench coach Alex Cora - and I certainly wish him the best, but only time will tell if he can match Farrell, World Series champ and major player in multiple postseasons.)

This “win or die” mentality might work in the short term, but it’s undoubtedly going to leave to more ashes than phoenixes if team owners continue to practice it this frequently.

[dk-thrive]

That is enough

While not a believer himself, Mr. Ruse harbors a great deal of sympathy for those who find ultimate meaning in the universe and their lives through worship. Taking his cue from his own Quaker upbringing, he argues that three things remain deeply satisfying in life, even if philosophically one ends up on the side of Epicurus and his denial of design: family; a life of service to others; and, not surprisingly for a philosopher, the life of the mind. For many people, there is indeed purpose in each of these, and perhaps, Mr. Ruse suggests, that is enough.

~ John Farrell, “Review: To What End is All This?” Farrell review John Farrell reviews ‘On Purpose’ by Michael Ruse published by Princeton University Press, November 14, 2017, (wsj.com, December 13, 2017)

[fenwayfighter]

Fenway Parks and Rec 26/?

[lickymarchy]

Red Sox management last night

[revolutionoftenderness]

We are thrilled that John Farrell will speak during the Festival of Friendship in Pittsburgh’s Synod Hall, at 10am on Saturday, Sept 30 as part of the panel to introduce the exhibit, "On the Shoulders of Giants," which details scientific discoveries in Medieval Europe! For more information: revolutionoftenderness.net

John Farrell is a writer and producer working in Boston. He is the author of The Day Without Yesterday: Lemaître, Einstein and the Birth of Modern Cosmology from Basic Books, an imprint of the Perseus Books Group. A graduate of Harvard College with a B.A. in English and American Literature, Farrell has written for Skeptic, Cosmos Magazine, New Scientist, The Wall Street Journal, The Manchester Guardian, The Boston Globe, Salon, National Review, Huffington Post, First Things and The Tablet of London, and he writes a science/tech blog for Forbes. He was a 2010 Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellow in Science and Religion.

[baseballandplaid]

Pete Abraham on X: "John Farrell meeting with reporters. http://t.co/mIi4GvIcqZ" / X

[kammartinez]

The Author Is Not as Dead as Claimed - Los Angeles Review of Books

Robert Dasaler reviews “The Varieties of Authorial Intention: Literary Theory Beyond the Intentional Fallacy” by John Farrell.