Chris Tilling has asked what we think of speed reading and if we have any tips. I am afraid that I am not very helpful. I have a copy of Evelyn Wood’s Speed Reading but I never finished it…. Hand on my heart, that is true. Doing a quick Google […]
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I came across this article today. I commented earlier on an interview with Bruce in the Chronicle of Higher Education about the same book. Having not yet read the book, my questions remain… Q&A with: Bard College’s Bruce Chilton | PoughkeepsieJournal.com | Poughkeepsie Journal Q&A with: Bard College’s Bruce Chilton […]
And remember folks, in spite of the photo above, you never have “a hard road to hoe.” It is a hard “row to hoe,” as in a garden. And a final warning: we are talking about garden implements. Nothing more. No, nothing more, stop it. Get your mind out of […]
Last night my brother was at UP for meetings and we went out and did some night photography. We also shot a construction scene (getting yelled at in the process) and I will put those on Flickr later this evening. In the meantime, here is Beaver Stadium, the largest college […]
I just received a note from Finnish colleague Hanne vaon Weissenberg promoting Helsinki’s Summer School (“Thinking Allowed,” but apparently not mandatory? 😉 ) course on the Dead Sea Scrolls. The full description can be found here, but the key elements are these: ORGANISER: The University of Helsinki , Department of […]
If only I had thought of it first. Pseudonymously Posting I wanted to no longer remain anonymous, since so many people think that means I am hiding something. So, to this end, like those critics, I have now declared who I am. I am “Psuedonymous The Mighty Writer!” So now […]
It is true that Twitter takes some time and perhaps takes time away from blogging and even more productive things like real writing, but for me it still serves a different role. For now, I will keep the tweets on the side and feel free to follow me (or not). […]
I have not seen the news elsewhere but Jim is reporting the passing of a giant. I remember very well when I was still an undergraduate and Doug Gropp loaned me his copy of Freedman and Cross’ Early Hebrew Orthography: A Study of the Epigraphic Evidence. His work will continue […]
Don’t mix very well. I was folding clothes that were staticy and ZAP! my ears were ringing after a static charge had run through the ear buds. They still work now (the buds and my ears) but there is a slight fuzz (in the buds not my ears). So let […]
Yesterday Dr. Jim West gave a long response to my earlier post contemplating how it is that we (I) write. As is his open style, Jim was very forthright with his opinions and as a result has in turn offered a post very much worth of comment. With what authority […]