This is a very curious article by Uriel Heilman. He begins with something interesting: If the Talmud were written today, would it look like Facebook?First, the rabbis of the Mishnaic period post a Jewish legal rule. Then, Talmudic sages weigh in with their comments, all pithy and lacking punctuation. Almost […]
Yearly Archives: 2012
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I saw this ad along side a news story today: A weird concoction developed by Cambridge scientists is helping men everywhere feel 18 years old… So taking this “concoction” will make me gawky, insecure, directionless, and woefully inadequate? No thanks, I’ll pass.
I am a big fan of The Choir and have been following them since they were “The Youth Choir” back in the mid 80s. Their latest album “The Loudest Sound Ever Heard” is out now and to promote it they are offering a free song and their last album, “Burning Like the […]
Antietam Originally uploaded by Targuman Via Flickr:Another shot of the battlefield, this one edited in Snapspeed for iPad.
Scenes From A Multiverse – A daily comic about life by Jon Rosenberg (a fellow Cornellian). He does bring up some good points. (Oh, and in case you don’t read the title above the comic, in which case you probably aren’t reading this either, the piratey looking fellow being interviewed is […]
I have just stumbled across this story, which has clearly been going on for quite a while. Murray (who, it turns out, is headmaster of the school the church I grew up in started a decade or so ago; I do not know him) has written a nice little piece […]
Some of my favorites, a set on Flickr. Via Flickr: These are some of my favorite pictures that I have taken. Some I use for desktop images. Some are seasonal and others are specific to Penn State. You are welcome to use them for private purposes (computer desktop, print out). Please […]
“I see,” said Feverstone. “In order to keep the place going as a learned society, all the best brains in it have to give up doing anything about learning.” CS Lewis, That Hideous Strength