Design!

February 7th, 2015| Topic: RaMbLeS | 0

Design!

A spectacular find. Sensational, indeed. “Bacchants Riding on Panthers.”

Scholars from Cambridge have pronounced that the rather mysterious, paired, three-foot tall Rothschild Bronzes are actually works of Michelangelo (1475– 1564), making them the only surviving bronzes by the Renaissance maestro, arguably the best sculptor, ever, in marble. Now … bronze!

Victoria Avery, from Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum said:

The project to attribute the bronzes, involving…   Read more →

Livestream!

February 3rd, 2015| Topic: aBeLOG | 0

Livestream!

Livestream of my Griffith-Thomas Lectures at Dallas Seminary …

When:

Each day, February 3–6, 2015.
At 10:30–11:30 am US Central Time.

Where:

On DTS’s livestream site.

More info on the lectures:

See this blogpost.

Hope y’all tune in!

Prayers appreciated!

Thanks!

Genesis 10:1−11:26

February 2nd, 2015| Topic: aBeLOG, Genesis | 0

Genesis 10:1−11:26

Mankind’s hubris—the making of a name for itself—prevents its experiencing God’s blessings.

There are two genealogies (Gen 10:21–31 and 11:10–32) surrounding the Tower of Babel narrative (11:1–9). While the first five in the series are paralleled in both genealogies, 10:25 breaks away after the mention of Peleg (which means “division”). The resumption of the genealogy through Peleg and onwards occurs at 11:10, after an exposition of the division and how…   Read more →

Memories!

January 31st, 2015| Topic: RaMbLeS | 0

Memories!

Richard Pryor, the Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian and satirist, whom Jerry Seinfeld labeled “the Picasso of our profession,” may have been on to something after all. In one of his routines, he tells the joke of a man, who, when caught by his wife in flagrante delicto betraying her, exclaims: “Who you gonna believe—me or your lyin’ eyes?”

It turns out that memory of “your lyin’ eyes” can be altered and is not as accurate or trustworthy as courtroom…   Read more →

Hot!

January 24th, 2015| Topic: RaMbLeS | 3

Hot!

Everybody seems to be doing it. Kraft has habanero peppers in some of its sliced cheese. Bumble Bee has canned tuna with jalapeños or chipotle. So does Hamburger Helper. Kraft’s Mac and Cheese has a sharp cheddar and jalapeño version. Kind Bars has a roasted jalapeño almond bar. There’s Oscar Mayer Jalapeño hot dogs, Chipotle Philadelphia Cream Cheese spread, and so on ….

Apparently all this spicy stuff releases endorphins (from “endogenous morphine”)…   Read more →

Lectureship!

January 19th, 2015| Topic: aBeLOG, Uncategorized | 13

Lectureship!

Dr. Mark Bailey, President of Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), described W. H. Griffith Thomas (1861–1924) as “one of the founding minds and hearts of Dallas Theological Seminary … with a passion of a new approach to theological education, where the central text of study would be the scriptures, and where Christ especially would be honored.” You might be surprised to know the man was an Anglican; but, then again, the two other co-founders of DTS were a Presbyterian…   Read more →

Knowledge?

January 17th, 2015| Topic: RaMbLeS | 2

Knowledge?

The world is coming to an end. Soon.

How else can you explain the fact that some folks have spent decades studying a single word? And especially if that word is “Huh?”

I know, that’s what you’re asking: “Huh?” But it’s true.

Mark Dingemanse, Francisco Torreira and Nick Enfield, at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, recently published the fruit of their arduous work: “Is ‘Huh?’ a Universal Word? Conversational Infrastructure…   Read more →

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