Public health announcement for the day
The “Please wash your hands” signs are getting quite interesting these days.
When you need a distraction…
… try these: And when you get tired of these, click here and “feed the head.” You just have to explore and figure it out! Be sure to click on the other items in the footer of the main page. There are also versions for your iPhone. And, hey, this is serious stuff. Your brain [...]
Need a Caffeine Fix?
We can help. The folks at The Oatmeal pour up this informative post: via @johndyer (Twitter) And if you need to get your theology and caffeine in a one-stop shoppe, James McGrath points you to this amusing article “Coffee as a Means of Grace.”
It’s that time of year: What to do with the dead flies?
For more: Dead Flies Art (15 pics)
Etymology Studies live
Yesterday, I heard that young Éva thought we should cheer for the Phillies because her dad’s name is Phil. That reminded me of some other crazy intersections of words. We usually drive on the parkway, but park on the driveway. Although, one can drive on the driveway (from the street to the garage) and also [...]
Current Status
Sigh. Too true. I think I am now ready to break down and start using Freedom. My good friend, Ros, found this bit of humor at We Blog Cartoons (and I somehow missed it when she posted it). Dave Walker created the cartoon.
One final language t-shirt from the translation conference
I’ve seen this before, but it’s still fun. I’m back home now and after I get caught up on emails (and sleep), I’ll post some thoughts from the translation conference.
More than another Crumb under the table
Much has been said about Crumb’s new Genesis comic. I’ll leave that to others to comment on. Instead, I want to highlight another graphic novel that’s been around for a few years, but which you may not be familiar with. The Jewish Publication Society released JT Waldman’s Megillat (Esther) in January 2006. It is still [...]
You know you are at a language conference …
when you see people wearing t-shirts like this: So much fun having 240+ language/translation people in one room eating together. More later.
“Mixed Message” or “You can have it all!”?
Since NPR did not think it was too early to start highlighting the Christmas retail shopping season, I figured it would not be too early to pass on this holiday-must-have for the upcoming Hanukkah/Christmas season.
Source Criticical Analysis of Ancient Mythic Text
In August, Rob Kashow highlighted an important redactional and source critical analysis. I want to point to another worthy contribution. Mark Shea, who blogs at Catholic and Enjoying It, wrote a tremendous source critical article on an ancient text that some of you might be interested in (some of you, who keep up with the [...]
Deutero…
James McGrath just posted his thoughts on the difference between “Deuteronomistic” and “Deuteronomic” history (and explains why he prefers Deuteronomic History) at Exploring Our Matrix. Well, when we were in seminary, my husband* and I (and a few of our friends, whose names I have kept anonymous for their own protection…unless they want to claim [...]
Say What?
Just about now, Hebrew students start to complain that Hebrew is so hard. The vocalizations in real text don’t match up with what they memorized on their vocabulary cards. Hebrew just doesn’t “behave” right. So, I give them a little context. I tell them, “If you think Hebrew is hard… try ENGLISH!!” When they complain [...]
