As others have reported a giant has passed from this land. The NYTimes reports this morning. Krister Stendahl, 86, Ecumenical Bishop, Is Dead – New York Times Krister Stendahl, a former dean of the Harvard Divinity School and a bishop in Sweden whose scholarship opened new ways of interpreting the […]
Today a Flickr group sent out a call, of sorts, for geeks to put up compromising pictures of themselves. Being geeks this has more to do with bad hair and t-shirts than being caught in flagrante. So, for your amusement (please put down your cup or you will cause damage […]
My wife’s novel The Unlikely Missionary is the prize at The Dabbling Mum. You can also purchase it directly from Book Locker (download the ebook for $8.95 or you can purchase the paperback for $15.95) or you can go to Amazon.com. (And if you get one from Amazon that has […]
I am part of a group of local amateur photographers who have recently formed a Flickr group. Each weekend we have a different “photo walk” to take. This weekend we were to look for old/antique/not new things. Well, I didn’t get much chance to walk outside of my office, so […]
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 […]
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 […]