I have mentioned elsewhere that I am big Dorothy L. Sayers fan. She was, in my view, a better theological thinker than CS Lewis or JRR Tolkien with whom she would often share a pint. I was first introduced to her work through her mysteries featuring Lord Peter Wimsey (the […]
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You can do this on a Windows machine, my brother has in the past, but this is a nice how-to guide for those with Macs. Mac Automation: listen to a text document Filed under: Features, How-tos Don’t have time to read that Word, Pages, or TextEdit document at your desk? […]
Kevin Wilson and Dr. Jim West have now tagged me for an odd yet kind of neat meme. The instructions are as follows: Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more (no cheating!) Find page 123 Find the first five sentences Post the next three sentences Tag five […]
I recently listened again to Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything and A Walk in the Woods and I am now listening to Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma. One thing I have intended to write about ages ago with regard to Bryson and now Pollan’s book brings it to […]
Brill is offering a special on many books, including my own! Act now and you can save nearly $60 on this invaluable book! 😉 The Rabbinic Targum of Lamentations Vindicating God Christian M.M. Brady Publication year: 2003 Series: Studies in the Aramaic Interpretation of Scripture, 3 ISBN-13 (i): 978 90 […]
In recognition of scholars blogging on topics related to biblical studies Eisenbrausn is offering works by bibliobloggers for their November sale! Be sure to pop over and pick up a work or three (including one by me!). Thanks James Spinti! Eisenbrauns – Manager’s Special November 2007 Web Sale Titles by […]
I pass along the plea from Dave, a UK cartoonist and churchman. Someone, please buy the SPCK bookshops Somebody needs to buy the SPCK chain of bookshops, and quickly. This is from my friend Neil, who has just handed in his notice: … Handed in my notice just in time, […]
Some of you all know that my wife has written a novel, The Unlikely Missionary. Well last night we began recording her audio version of the novel. The Prologue is up and it will all soon be available through iTunes. This is a story about a young college graduate woman […]
Not “MacBook” Ends, you will note. So far as I know, Apple is far from ending their latest consumer model of notebook computer. No, i just thought I would share a picture of my office and reveal how I am making us of some old Macs. Most of these were […]
I usually try not to simply forward things from other people’s posts, but this one is too good not to include. Thanks Jim! All The Harry Potter Movies in 5 Seconds That should save you some time. And it’s funny too!!! Thanks to Alastair for pointing this YouTube thing out […]