David Given Schwarm

Married, Father, United

Beowulf

I saw this with David. We saw the 10:00 PM show at the spectrum. We saw it in IMAX 3-D. It was excellent. The story was great, the effects were awesome, the christian subtext was well presented. The film was very violent. There was a lot of gore and general creepiness. Th liked the magic…
No Country For Lost Men

I saw this with Raj, Paul, David, Robert, and Steadman. We saw the 2:00 PM University showing. It was great. It is very violent and one of the main characters is a very crazy sociopathic serial killer. The narrator is killed in the first scene, or is omniscient, which I doubt. The notion of genetics…
Landing the Craft

Once I was on a plane, smooshing my forehead against the window, watching farmlands pass in a slow-motion scroll beneath me. I was willing the plane to go faster, eager to get home, when another passenger jet shot through the airspace elow, rocketing in the opposite direction at an unbelievable speed. It took me a…
Gilding the Invisible

When it comes to ornamentation on buildings, architects tend to give up after creating the first story. The truth is, no matter ho much work they put into decorating upper floors’ facades, people just don’t notice things higher than 10 feet. (this is also the reason that towering warehouse shops like Costco or Wal-Mart don’t…
Use Ink

1. Use ink2. Communicate3. Self organize4. ideas matter
A Moveable Feast

In the sport of ultramarathioning, racers sometimes run a hundred miles or more at a stretch. The sport’s king is Dean Karnazes, an unlikely athlete who hadn’t done any running until he dead-end life left him feeling so frustrated that he just stripped down to his underwear and ran out into the night. He hasn’t…
Do Not Judge

1. Do not judge2. Stay present3. Listen4. Do what I need to do to take care of ourselves5. Appreciate the light
A Little Ambiguity

I you’ve ever been in a book group before, you know what wildly different interpretations readers can derive from the same passage. A screamingly obvious Freudian allegory to one reader will be a hilarious skewering of today’s political parties to another. The discussions are especially fiery when an author leaves a little ambiguity in the…
Set-Asides

As part of their ethincal code, archaeologists agree to leave a protion of their excavation sites untouched. They do this as a gift to the archaeologists of the future, who may be able to glean more from the area than current technologies allow. As you dig deeper into your novel, you may find that your…
8. Endurance

Both Heaven and Earth endure forever.The cause of their enduranceis their indifference. likewise the Sage is indifferent,and not being preoccupied with self is immortal. Being unselfish, fulfillment is attained.