I can’t remember whether it was Ed Cook who put me on Sufjan Stevens or where I first noticed his work, but among all his other many, many accomplishments SS has some great Christmas music. Reinterpretations of classics and new songs alike (including “The Worst Christmas Ever“). The complete set, […]
This one is for Mark Goodacre. I am slowly getting caught up on my Dr. Who and when the good doctor took his most recent form, while Rose (Billie Piper) as still his able-bodied assistant, he asked if he was ginger. “Ginger,” to my fellow Americans, is the Brit term […]
Tyler Williams just sent an email calling for urgent help with this month’s Biblical Studies Carnival. It seems that the person assigned is unable to do it and Tyler needs articles submitted. Since I will be doing one soon (January!) I am more than sympathetic and will send out my […]
The AAR has released its survey results dealing with the upcoming split from SBL for their annual convention. Of interest to me was that only 19.97% said they were SBL members and only 32% were past SBL members. I would have thought it would be higher. 60.13% said that book […]
I didn’t realize it was already 20 years! What is amazing is that he has never been caught. (Be sure to watch the CBS news clip to see their coverage of the story. One man said, “I got so upset I wanted to bust the TV set.” Now THAT is […]
What would Christmas be without competition? When we were in NYC we saw and participated in Gap & Yahoo’s Christmas Greeting video. You can go online and vote for your favorite, unfortunately they do not offer any easy way to share (other than email) the video. So, if you have […]
The options are in the column to the left. And they are: “It’s a Wonderful Life“ “The Year Without Santa Claus” (with Mr. Heat Miser!) “Rudolph“ A Santa movie with Tim Allen “Holiday Inn“ Something else (post a comment in the blog post with your write-in)
When Night Falls at School, Should Darwin Go Home? The return of an adult-education class in the Northport school district teaching creationism may provoke litigation. (Via NYT > Education.)