Philip is a scholar of religion and colleague of mine at Penn State. He is also a national (NY Times) bestseller. This morning he emailed me a copy of his latest article from The Christian Century and gave me permission to reproduce it here. notes from the GLOBAL CHURCH Philip […]
I was always a big fan of Bloom County, had not much love for Outland, and have been interested to see what would happen with Opus. Not much, it appears. Opus (the strip) never got off the ground, imho, but the character is still endearing in an oofish, leftist way. […]
Left work a bit early to join the family picking pumpkins (out of a bin, not off the ground, sadly). Now I am back in the office avoiding work. *sigh*
If so, I hope there will be trees and angels assigned to clean up duty. Oh, and this is fake, but funny.
The New York Sun has a review of Joel Kramer’s Maimonides. Oddly the review is mostly a summary of Maimonides’ life with only the last two paragraphs offering any sort of critique of the book. This is more than just a biography of one of history’s greatest thinkers. It is […]
Not the best Adam-Eve-Apple-Computer comic I have ever seen, but I do like the groggy, bandaged Adam. Somehow I never quite saw the first-born of all creation potbellied with a comb over. I suppose that is what married life can do to you. *ducks behind the sofa before things start […]
…is 19 hours worth of construction on an über swing set. Roughly 1/2 the cost of a Rainbow set, every bit as strong (better, with tongue-groove roof instead of fabric), and fairly straightforward to put together. Just takes time… Gorilla Playsets
Wired and others are reporting that Gov. Sarah Palin’s email was hacked by the group known as “Anonymous.” Wikileaks has posted much of the material here, where you can see screenshots of her email accounts, etc. I have lots of questions such as why they (Wikileaks? Anonymous?) chose to post […]