The final stretch - psalms on a table
Finished the last 40 psalms (21-60) in my lunch break. Next time, I think i’ll read more slowly, and look at the detail a little more, but I think having read them will help me understand tonight’s overview lecture.
Anise, king st newtown - revisited.
Danes coffee. Friendly staff greet you on arrival, and water is brought to the table even before you order - always a good start. The courtyard at the back has a choice of outdoor furniture, seating about thirty. It’s a breezy, laid back space.
Towards [...]
It’s the read-slabs-of-the-bible part of semester. This week, just to keep up with what was covered in class, I read Ecclesiastes, Job, and Revelation. Yesterday, I read 30 Psalms over the course of two train trips. This week’s Old Testament lecture is on the Psalms, and so that’s the prescribed reading: all 150 Psalms. I [...]
Resources for New Testament Exegesis (of interest mostly to fellow college students, I would think)
Lessons in looking carefully - the story of Agassiz and the Fish.
Pictures of Chewbacca and family from the oft-denied Star Wars Holiday Special
Stallone’s IMDB page certainly had it right; not only is there a new Rocky movie (out here January 4th), but in 2008, we’ll see the return of Rambo.
In case you miss it later on Sheik says sorry… (for -based on his comments as reported - comparing women who are not wearing the hijab to uncovered meat, and saying that it’s their own fault if they’re raped)
Article outlining the history of the five years of iPod so far, including release information about all the different iPods.
Book: The New Puritans: The Rise of Fundamentalism in the Anglican Church
Dr Muriel Porter has written a work that I found hard to read; there are moments where the logic of her argument seems lacking, and it was just a case of putting forth opinions without explaining them.
At other times, there are some historical points [...]
As I took my first bite of lunch today, I was suddenly swept back to primary school. Two to three days a week (depending on when Sunday’s lamb roast ran out), I would have a roast-lamb, lettuce and tomato sauce sandwich on brown bread. I’d take the sandwich out of my Decor Duo lunchbox - [...]
A list Apart article on better writing for the web - write with a single reader in mind, not an audience; respect the reader’s time; tell them what they want to know - and more.
cactus
The key to having a good balcony garden is including a majority of plants that are hard to kill. One of my favourites is this little cactus, although I think I’m enjoying it more as my desktop wallpaper than I do as something I spend time looking at on [...]
sunday afternoon latte
When leading evening service, there are a few important steps. Some bible reading, some prayer, thinking about what you’re going to say. This week, I’ve added a bowl-latte to those steps.
Next sunday I’m preaching: there will probably be even more coffees in preparation there. I’m glad [...]
Alley break, cronulla
Piazza d’oro coffee. About as close to the beach as you can get without sweeping sand from under the tables. A little pricey, but not beyond what you’d expect for the location. Seats about 40 people in close-together outdoor tables.
Coffee is pretty slow in arriving. When it’s [...]
Movie: Crank
Despite a trailer with the promise of a solid action film - one with a simple, but workable premise - this movie turns out to be far more like a video game poorly brought to the big screen. Plot is lacking, dialogue is overly heavy with the kind of swearing that suggests the writers [...]
[kottke] Using mathematical analysis to predict what will be a hit, by Malcolm Gladwell.