It turns out the WordPress theme I had been using for quite some time, 3 Column K2, was breaking with new iterations of WP and it was not being updated. So today I have hunted around and found what I think will be a decent theme, PrimePress. So far I […]
Monthly Archives: November 2008
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In the same center where the poultry competition is going on there is also the National Livestock Exposition. There is the “Country Store” (one of the arenas with sale booths set up) with saddles and trailers for sale and today the sheep competition was going on. (This is not a […]
Many of us are arriving tomorrow and a few are already in Boston for ASOR, but the Society of Biblical Literature conference begins on Saturday! So, what do you all think will be the biggest news to come out of SBL?
The competition is going on right now! I spent a couple of hours taking pictures and watching. The poultry judging is the same as 25 years ago, but now in addition to an egg cooking competition there is a chicken and turkey barbecue competition and the “Avian Bowl,” a trivia […]
“…the book of Ruth, an idle, bungling story, foolishly told, nobody knows by whom about a strolling country girl creeping slily to bed to her cousin Boaz. Pretty stuff indeed to be called the word of God! It is, however, one of the best books in the Bible, for it […]
My wife suggested the title. I used to introduce the myself by saying that I was a state champion chicken feeler (since that is part of how you tell if a hen is producing eggs, by seeing how “open” the vent is). But just for fun I thought you might […]
James McGrath has suggested that we post contact information under “B” for Bibliobloggers at SBL. I think it is a great idea! How about the first person there posts a “Bibliobloggers” note/sign and then the rest of us can put our contact info below that? I am happy to share […]
If the trailer is anything to go by, this looks really good. NY Times article and the new trailer for “Star Trek”. UPDATE: It has Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) playing Scotty!
I will be headed to Boston on Friday for SBL but this week I am in Louisville KY for the National 4-H Poultry & Egg Conference. Yup, chickens! I am going to be the speaker for the Poultry Career Opportunities Workshop. Why me? Well certainly not because of my work […]
I think I have posted this before but since the new Bond film just came out (and if it is half as good as the last it will be a cracker!) it is timely to share it with you again.The film is by David Malki who has a fantastic strip […]