The call for papers for SBL and SBL International is now available. The Aramaic Studies session will have two open sessions, one focusing upon Aramaic from the Dead Sea Scrolls 2007 SBL Annual Meeting Call for Papers The 2007 Annual Meeting Call for Papers is available on the SBL website, […]
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I meant to post this last week, but the trip got in the way. For those wondering about the need for (and lack of) Mac Office converters once the new Windows version of Office comes out: Converters Coming! Free and (Fairly) Fast. There’s been some pretty alarmist news stories this […]
The Bundles of Hope program is a great way to help folks who are still affected by Katrina and her aftermath. My wife is once again helping out the Communications office of EDOLA (by LOOOOOONG distance) and this is very important to us. If you can help, please check out […]
It wasn’t much, but it has been fun. After this picture we went to the golf course and there was more snow and steeper hills! Viel spaß!
I came across these “Parodies of the Mac/PC commericals from Community Christian Church.” I am in doubt as to whether I agree with the theology that seems to be behind them (their closing tag is “Christian no more”) but they are clever and I certainly want to be hip like […]
I also want to note that Alex Golub’s article brings up one point that I have made often and yet do not see discussed in theological terms very much (if at all). The original grounding event of the Last Supper thus becomes the source of a metaphorical identification. This is […]
You lose some more. Still Spamming, After All These Years Still Spamming, After All These Years Three years ago, Bill Gates made one of his boldest predictions: The problem of junk e-mail, he said, would be solved by 2006. Of course, with fewer than thirty days left in the calendar year […]
Last night the server at my host went down. This was the first time in over two years that this has happened to me! I called and reported the problem and within a few hours it was back up! I highly recommend 1and1 folks. It is very reasonable: $2.99 per […]
TWO HOLY MEN AND . . . A CAT If, as Annie Lamott s… If, as Annie Lamott says, “laughter is carbonated holiness,” Steve Carrell is surely a holy man. (Via The Dude Abides.) The link to donate is here.
I am not sure how I missed This article at Inside Higher Ed from Nov. 2, but it is great! Not only do I (more or less) agree with what he says, it is very witty and has some of the best one liners. He begins: Inside Higher Ed’s recent […]