I have been looking into this program for a while and now that they will do a “buy one give one” program this November ($399 will get you an XO laptop and give one to a child in a developing country) my interest is piqued again. Coincidentally, as I was […]
Things are still incredibly busy around here. I had to run down to Philly for a dinner Tuesday night (and back by 1 am), meetings almost all day every day, and getting ready for my ordination on Saturday. My folks and grandmother come into town today for my niece’s first […]
Not that I find his work or lectures boring, quite the opposite. But at Columbia a student recently chastised her peers. The lecture, “Dethroning the Son of Man: Daniel and the Antiquity of Christianity,” was mandatory for Columbia College members but the early hours seemed to get to them. Take […]
And Romania just hasn’t been the same since Béla Károlyi moved to the US. The evidence? See this Video.
From a Canadian News Report. The title and a subsequent line in the article presumably (?) meant that it was the first such conference in Canada. (Although I recall a very nice SBL in Toronto not so long ago that featured several, if not all, of the scholars at this […]
ironic |īˈränik| adjective using or characterized by irony • happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this: Ikea has over 120 60 watt light-bulbs burning continuously in their display demonstrating how wasteful incandescent bulbs are.
Kevin Wilson has posted the announcement for this year’s meeting of the AABS. This year I will be able to make it so I hope to see some of you there! Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars Annual Meeting The Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars announces their annual meeting, which will […]
This week has been hectic, with the Board last week and Homecoming this week. So from my SHC blog I bring you an update: This morning we arrived at 7am to drive the float over to the staging area. The students had been up most of the night, not working […]
For Jim W. Photography has been around for a surprisingly long time. This shot was taken in 1840 and features Constanze Weber – Wolfang Amadeus Mozart’s wife – at the age of 78 (front left). Mozart died in 1791, widowing Constanze at only 29. She went on to […]
I cannot see a code for embedding this video, but I highly encourage you all to go and view it at Stereogum! Thanks JG for pointing this out! (BTW, postings will still be sporadic for a few more days. Too much to do!) stereogum: New They Might Be Giants Video […]