I have linked to the flickr feed of the National Media Museum before. Today they uploaded a collection of “spirit photographs” by William Hope. These photographs of ‘spirits’ are taken from an album of photographs unearthed in a Lancashire second-hand and antiquarian bookshop by one of the Museum’s curators. They […]
Yearly Archives: 2008
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[This is sort of a “rough cut,” intended as a detailed outline rather than a full narrative exposition. Still, feel free to read and comment!] Second Sunday of AdventYear BRCL Isaiah 40:1-11Psalm 85:1-2, 8-132 Peter 3:8-15aMark 1:1-8 Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare […]
Many of you are probably already familiar with Ship of Fools, a great Christian parody and humor site. Each year since 1999 they have presented the “12 Days of Kitschmas,” various gifts that are (often unintentionally) funny. This year I have to report on one in particular. This is a […]
I have been intending to submit a paper, but I confess I have not. So Jeremy’s notice buys me more time to procrastinate! No! Get your papers submitted now! Dear Colleagues, I wanted to take a moment to remind you once again to keep the submissions coming for our 2009 […]
This is an amazing Shockwave production showing in 90 seconds the ebb and flow of empires in the region of the Mediterranean basin and beyond. Sure, we can (and I hope some will) quibble about the details but I think this will give a nice broad sense of the region […]
Winter is here and I like to have my desktop/wallpaper on my computer reflect the seasons. I thought I would share with you all one of my photos. You can download a larger size at my flickr account. Feel free to use any of the others as well!
Dr. Boli is really a must read blog. It is well worth putting on your blog roll (or your bog roll, depending upon where you do most of your reading, I suppose). This is another fine example: (The author, I am told on good authority, is Christopher Bailey, coauthor of […]
Although Targuman was not worthy of mention last month (although I did rise 4 spots on the Top 50 Biblioblogs! You love me! You really love me!) it is worth noting that Dr. Jim West has posted the BS Carnival for November, number ex ex ex vee eye. Read it […]