Jim West has a couple of posts today regarding free speech. The first was his post regarding the Supreme Courts ruling regarding the Westboro church. Appalling: The Supreme Court Sides with Westboro Baptist… Disgusting. Freedom of speech should never trump what’s morally right. Never. The Court blew it yet again. […]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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Good news procrastinators! Charlie Haws sent an email announcing that due to a system problem the submission deadline has been extended. Don’t forget Aramaic Studies! Dear Colleague, The call for papers deadline for the 2011 SBL Annual Meeting has been extended through Friday, March 4. The proposal system will be unavailable […]
No, that is not a typo in the subject line, that is the Queen’s English! Yesterday I received a notice from the Bodleian that they will be digitising a limited number of D.Phil. theses. To all Oxford D.Phil. authors Theses in digital format are rapidly becoming ubiquitous, as scholars want […]
I can’t believe that I have actually been wasting the last decade of my life. Goodbye Internet, this comic has saved my life.
. I admit that I have not kept up with all the changes with the latest season of “So you think you can blog?” I am pleased and honored however to have been voted into the January 2011 Top 10 Biblioblogs list (and to remain, barely, in the Top 50 […]
I did not have a lot of time on my trip to take many photos, but last Tuesday morning was foggy and beautiful. Feel free to peruse the set – Oxford 2011.
When I was being shown around Freiburg last week my guide actually stumbled and then stopped and pointed to be the “Stolperstein” upon which she had halted. This term literally translates as a “stumbling stone” and is a small concrete cube covered in brass that is etched with the name […]
My gorgeous and wonderful bride gave this tea-totaller a wonderful Valentine’s Day present of the Ingenuitea Teapot. It is very clever and so far works a treat! (And for the record, I brought her back Fazermint Chocolate Creams from Europe.)
This morning I am on a train headed to Frankfurt to catch my flight home. I have thoroughly enjoyed the last two days, but I have been busy! The propose of this trip was to meet with our colleagues at the Albert-Luswigs-Universität Freiburg to discuss future joint programs and the […]