I was out of town this weekend and this week I am getting ready to hit the road for three weeks so blogging will be intermittent. I hope to post shortly, however, on Brevard Childs’ passing. His work was formative in my academic development, as it was for so many, […]
From engage.shc.psu.edu. I will be in Pittsburgh today and tomorrow on bidness so no blogging for a day or so. It has nearly been a full year since I started as Dean of the Schreyer Honors College and some reflection is in order. Personally, it is amazing to think of […]
Warning! Many of the other quotes are rude and offensive. Overheard in New York | Most Popular Quotes Right Before I Bought Your Soul… Remember? Student: Now I don’t know if this is something I thought of or if Satan said it. Professor: Actually I said it last class. –Columbia […]
Being related to the man I can tell you that he is crazy, but it looks like Jesus to me. Jesus in the Floor Boards – Manifestation Well, I thought I was losing my mind, but after several months of staring at the floorboards in the bathroom, I finally said […]
We sure don’t. Still More Items of Interest! I saw a link on Digg today which made me chuckle. It’s a global map showing the countries which have still not adopted the metric system. What an awesome group of superpower nations! Made me think of this Sheldon toon. (Via Sheldon, […]
This is a curious coincidence. I was reading TUAW (a must for any Mac geek) and noted a comment by the author, Mike Rose that his wife was studying to be a rabbi and his father-in-law had just been elected as a Lutheran Bishop. That caught my eye. (BTW, the […]
From Andrew Schwab NAMES YOU DON’T CALL OTHER DUDES – 2007-06-17 “buddy” “pal” “chief” “captain” “bra” “broseph” “boss” I was called three of these in one day recently. Now, as a Christian, I am a pacifist. So I did not punch said Urban Outfitters employee (it seems that this company […]
This is turning into Anglican Week, but the following video was just brought to my attention. The Anglican Church of Canada needs to select a new Primate. What better method than a survivor competition on Baffin Island?