Reminds me of George Burns as God and the whole avocado discussion. Note that Dave Kellett and his wife, who writes for How I Met Your Mother, will be performing her play in Miami: SOUTH BEACH COMEDY FESTIVAL: Thursday, Jan 22nd, 9:00PM at The Colony Theatre, my wife and I […]
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We are almost done with inauguration week. Almost. The National Prayer Service, a tradition which dates back to 1789, is happening today, but many prayers have been publicly offered this week and a few have generated great discussion even before they were offered. First it was announced that Rick Warren […]
Of course every day is new and every inauguration is an historic moment. But I am not going to rant about this pet peeve of mine, rather to say this is an amazing moment, no matter whether you are a Republican, Democrat, Green, or Libertarian. Obama’s inauguration signals a distinct […]
The NYTimes has a nice oped by HENRY LOUIS GATES Jr. and JOHN STAUFFER, “A Pragmatic Precedent.” In this well written article Gates and Stauffer ask the question in the title of my post. Much has been written about what Mr. Obama thinks about Lincoln; but not much has been […]
Most of you know I love following politics, but I think I am worn out this year. I will of course watch the inauguration (we are setting up a TV in our lounge and inviting students to watch it as well as staff) but this hype is going over the […]
At least a humorous one. TUAW is reporting that Chillix has released a robust “To Do” list app for the iPhone/iPod Touch. I was touched by the humor in their release: We’re pleased to announce that our new ToDo list, Done is now live in the App Store! Thanks to […]
You know its mean, wrong, and downright sinful to laugh at other people’s misfortune. (But it is Robert Cargill’s fault. Thanks Bob!) httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyU5CEHGcO4
The website for the next IOSOT is now up! I will certianly be going for IOSOT and of course IOTS, the International Organziation for Targum Studies. Details of the IOTS program including a call for papers will appear at the NTCS/IOTS website in due course. President of the IOSOT Professor […]