Doctor Who – Savannah Schaffer

Chilling in Houston

May 5, 2014 May 5, 2014Culture, Life

I made it to Houston on Saturday with surprising smoothness. My last travel escapade involved staying overnight at the Houston airport, so this trip was a very pleasant contrast! I spent most of my time on the bus and plane alternating between American Gods by Neil Gaiman and some books for Mises U this summer. I completed Liberty and Property by Mises and Anatomy of the State by Murray Rothbard. Also made it about half-way through Economic Science and the Austrian Method by Hoppe. He’s so incredibly good! I just love reading that book! The part where he demonstrates that logical positivism is self-refuting is like watching the…

Bow Ties are Cool!

April 12, 2014 April 12, 2014Life

This winter I’ve experimented with making a bow tie necklace. This was partially because I was bored (or needed a break from studying) and partially because I wanted some way to make a subtle and cute Doctor Who reference. For the end of CC this year, I decided to make a crocheted bow tie for each of the girls in my class since they had admired the one I invariably wore every week. So while crocheting these bow ties, I thought I’d take pictures and share a tutorial on how to make them yourself!

Remembering the Eleventh Hour

April 3, 2014 April 3, 2014Art, Culture, Life, Words

Four years ago today, Matt Smith’s first episode as the Doctor, The Eleventh Hour, was broadcasted. In honor of that (and as a fun break from my chemistry final), I thought I’d post some of my favorite scenes from his era. And I guess it is appropriate to end with this one, from the 2013 Christmas Special, when Matt Smith regenerated.

What’s in Your Pile?

March 31, 2014 March 31, 2014Art, Christianity, Life, Words

I’ve been thinking about this quote a lot recently. It is such a good reminder about the reality of our lives. Because the truth is, we always have a bad pile and a good pile. Life isn’t perfect, therefore we’ll always have a bad pile. Even when things are going relatively well, we can always think of things that could be better. And that can quickly grow into a pile of bad things. What are we to do? It isn’t like we can actually make our bad pile go away. We can try to whittle it down, but we…

Always Hope

February 21, 2014 February 21, 2014Art, Life, Words

A Question of Existence

February 20, 2014 February 20, 2014Life, Video

This is a fantastic video which combines David Tennant’s performance as Hamlet and his role as the Doctor. It is beautiful and thought-provoking.

Randomness

February 12, 2014 February 12, 2014Education, Life

When I resurrected my blog last month I had a mental resolution to post at least once a day. And that resolution has officially been broken, haha. But I keep reminding myself that it isn’t the end of the world if I don’t blog every single day. Although I just ran across an article warning of the coming end of the world on February 22nd, as predicted by Norse mythology. Sure, the Mayans got it wrong, but perhaps the Vikings are on to something! I’ll be honest and say I have no idea what this post is going to be…

A Random Assortment of Pictures

February 8, 2014 February 8, 2014Life

I am a bit swamped with homework today, trying to finish everything today so I don’t start next week behind. So instead of an actual blog post, I thought I’d share some photos as a visual summary of my week : )

Doctor Who?

January 22, 2014 January 22, 2014Art, Life, Words

If you know me at all, you know that I’m a Doctor Who fan. I am quite sure it is impossible for me to talk for 5 minutes without making at least one reference to Doctor Who. I want to eventually write about the 50th Anniversary Special and the Christmas Special, but I thought it would make sense to first try to share with you what it is that I find so compelling about Doctor Who. I’m not obsessed with many TV shows or movies (currently it is just Doctor Who and Sherlock), so why Doctor Who? Just to give…

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