The Extravagant Podcast

“I am tired of all these Bible stories. Reading the devotionals and doing these prayers all the time is too much for me!?” said the young Alexander.

“You will sit down and read the Bible Story; you will listen and pray before you go to bed!” said the dedicated dad with a stern voice.

Alexander folded his arms and sighed. “I don’t want to.” He unfolded his arms and said compliantly,  “Ok, I will.”

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That nigh...

Read the article as a blog post while listening: https://fivehousepublishing.com/2023/04/10/true-stories-with-unfathomable-depth-rich-cultural-variations-and-extensive-contexts-will-develop-creativity-in-young-children/

See the stunning short video clips of the movies The Shawshank Redemption, and Esacpe from Alcatraz - as an introduc...

Tool# 14: I share my dog's name - a brown-coloured dachshund named Jason (1997). It all happened at a hardware store in Alberton. Suddenly he was gone without a trace. Location: The Johannesburg area in South Africa. The introduction will whet your appetite to hear more.

Read the full blog post here: https://fivehousepublishing.com/2022/12/17/get-the-name-of-the-dog/

Excerpt 1:

“One moment, please tell me, what is the dog's na...

“Five minutes before landing.”

“Three minutes before landing,” said the leader of the mission. All eyes were fixated on the large black-and-white screen.

“Houston, we have a problem!”

“What! What is the problem?”

“Listen to the alarm. We think it is the onboard computer.”

Margaret Hamilton moved closer to the screen. She had her large, heavy laptop open. Her computer stored over 600,000 lines of code. Behind her was a stack of han...

The senior pastor of the Gateway Church in New Zealand loved to talk about C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien getting together at a nearby pub to discuss their writing. I attended his church for several years - around 2015. He delivered great messages to his congregation. ‘The Eagle and Child Pub,’ which I am referring to, is famous in the UK. See the picture of the pub in this post. Can you imagine the extravagant discussions by the ...

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At last, he gets him.

They are both bloodied, exhausted to death. The tomahawk slices through some of his fingers. The assailant looks at his hand in disbelief. He is missing a couple of them, blood starts to trickle from the exposed flesh. It colours the white snow ruby-red. The white bone of Fitzgerald is visible, But only for a few seconds. He instinctively tears a piece of his shirt off with his right hand. He wraps t...

“He never gave me a name,” whispers the rejected monster as he prepares to die. His facial expressions are gruesome – the stitches crisscrossed over his face, neck and head. It tells a story of science that has gone wrong, horribly wrong. The pain in his eyes is excruciating to watch. He flinches and repeats those painful words, “He never gave me a name.” He closes his eyes and gives up his spirit. He is lost forever, without a nam...

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The three men walked past the scanner. They look like three ducks – marching in a row. Black and white.

"Beep, beep, beep," sounds the piezo speaker of the surveillance camera. The three black and white-bearded ducks marched through the door. They are undetected. They seamlessly move past the door – no squeak from the High-Tec face recognition sensor is heard. The business owner of the warehouse is sitting in a state-of...

A true story. Read about the tenacity and sheer determination of the US Navy Diver, Carl Brashear. A movie was created in his honour: 'Men of Honour.' Actor Cuba Gooding (Junior). Here is the introduction:

"Swoosh"

The rusted cable and long pipe flashed briefly as it hurtled towards the experienced US Navy diver.

"Watch out!" he shouted as he looked up.

At the same time, he pushed and pulled the person next to him out of harm's way...

A unique article - with creative writing. Based on the true events. A friend of mine goes to his bedroom and brings a crystal radio back. It is mounted in a light blue soap container. It is 50-years old. He tells his story as a teenager - it revolves around a dormitory at school. I look at crystal radio sets. I include several short interesting sections in the post. I conclude with 2 lessons teachers of Minecraft Education,  STEM, ...

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https://fivehousepublishing.com/2022/05/20/pneumatic-words-destroy-reinforced-concrete/

Overview:

The power of placebos and the effect it has on people are explored. In short, it has a massive impact on people's recovery and healing. The medication – a placebo in this instance – provides improvement and healing to those in the experiment. In the experiment, there are two groups. ...

In this podcast, I refer to the work of Peter Draws (YouTube) and the sketch work of Liz Steel. Then, I discuss my own first doodle.

You can read the text of the podcast in a blog post at Five House Publishing:

https://fivehousepublishing.com/2022/04/25/william-draws/

Excerpt:

Have you seen Peter Draws on YouTube? It is quite an experience. He is a gifted artist. With his down to earth approach, he has established a popular channel...

Read the text - as a blog post - while listening to the podcast. 

https://fivehousepublishing.com/2022/04/18/champollions-jfcs-death-french-decipherer-of-the-rosetta-stone-underlines-one-of-the-age-old-killers-sex-money-power-and-fame-which-one-could-it-be/

Quick sketch – from the author’s notebook: Ramses (left) and a variant of the name Ramses (cartouche – oval shape with symbols on the far right – reading RAMSES). Read the car...

Please note that if you open the blog post and listen to the podcast it is exactly the same text.

Go to fivehousepublishing.com and go to blog posts to listen and to read. Here is the link:

https://fivehousepublishing.com/2022/03/25/introducing-the-arduino-uno-a-pioneering-digital-framework-to-prepare-students-for-21-st-century-problem-solving-five-journal-entries-a-critical-reflection-%ef%bf%bc/

Abstract:

After reflecting on my...

Link to the article/essay: https://www.thebalancesmb.com/e-waste-and-the-importance-of-electronics-recycling-2877783

BY RICK LEBLANC

Updated on June 25, 2019

With new cheap devices, society has reaped tremendous benefits. This explosive growth in the electronics industry, however, has led to a rapidly escalating issue of end-of-life (EO...

Read the full story and article in a blog post:

https://fivehousepublishing.com/2021/12/23/bathtub-pilots-saved-miraculously-by-instruction-manual/

The bathtub plane flew like a giant concrete brick, shaking and vibrating violently through the air. Two babies took off from the bathroom floor without wings – the bath flight baffled aeronautical engineers. The structures around them rattled, shook, and then disintegrated. ...

https://fivehousepublishing.com/2021/12/05/advice-to-beginner-bloggers-and-prospective-writers/

Answers to the questions and comments from blog readers. Five House Publishing.

I have received many questions from visitors to my website. The questions range from, How do I write good blog posts? I want to start blogging; where do I start? I would like to improve my writing and general blogging sk...

https://fivehousepublishing.com/2021/07/07/hickory-dickory-fig-tree-i-ask-of-you-can-you-hear-me/

From fun to research.

This fun rhyme – based on the well-known Hickory, Dickory, Dock – endeavours to get the reader's attention to the animals and the tree talking. Playfully it wants to draw the reader in. But there is more, much more.

Could trees, plants and animals communicate? Could hu...

Link to the article as a blog post - Five House Publishing: https://fivehousepublishing.com/2021/06/26/tree-to-tree-from-the-lush-canopy-underhanded-and-ciphered-a-message-to-thee/

Trees: Survival of the Friendliest – not Survival of the Fittest

"Survival of the fittest" often brings to mind a notion that physical strength and power are crucial to survival, but that's a misconception. Evolutionarily, the best refers to...