I just received a note from Finnish colleague Hanne vaon Weissenberg promoting Helsinki’s Summer School (“Thinking Allowed,” but apparently not mandatory? 😉 ) course on the Dead Sea Scrolls. The full description can be found here, but the key elements are these: ORGANISER: The University of Helsinki , Department of […]
Monthly Archives: April 2008
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If only I had thought of it first. Pseudonymously Posting I wanted to no longer remain anonymous, since so many people think that means I am hiding something. So, to this end, like those critics, I have now declared who I am. I am “Psuedonymous The Mighty Writer!” So now […]
It is true that Twitter takes some time and perhaps takes time away from blogging and even more productive things like real writing, but for me it still serves a different role. For now, I will keep the tweets on the side and feel free to follow me (or not). […]
I have not seen the news elsewhere but Jim is reporting the passing of a giant. I remember very well when I was still an undergraduate and Doug Gropp loaned me his copy of Freedman and Cross’ Early Hebrew Orthography: A Study of the Epigraphic Evidence. His work will continue […]
Don’t mix very well. I was folding clothes that were staticy and ZAP! my ears were ringing after a static charge had run through the ear buds. They still work now (the buds and my ears) but there is a slight fuzz (in the buds not my ears). So let […]
Yesterday Dr. Jim West gave a long response to my earlier post contemplating how it is that we (I) write. As is his open style, Jim was very forthright with his opinions and as a result has in turn offered a post very much worth of comment. With what authority […]
This weekend I picked up the classic board game “Clue.” Did you know that Prof. Plumb was a scholar of the “ancient Middle East”? He has been accused of plagiarism after his most recent work shows similarity to the notes of a colleague who died under mysterious circumstances….
Sadly, this won’t be available in the US (and I have yet to get my Wii onto my wireless network) but I had to include the story, if only for the picture that accompanied it. She looks very scary. The Wii has brought many people to gaming for the first […]
I am on the road today and tomorrow, but after lunch today I had the privilege of visiting one of the oldest Anglican churches in America. Trinity Church, Fishkill NY is over 250 years old and the building itself is 240 years old. The historical marker reads: Organized by Rev. […]
UPDATE: Interesting, so far it is 8:1 that you would not reveal the bloggers identity. I mentioned in my previous post another blog that is occasionally featured in some higher ed sites called “Confessions of a Community College Dean.” The author is referred to as “Dean Dad” and provides this […]