I always wanted my name painted on the office door.
It really is true that a huge part of learning a language is the habit of it. It’s repetition which makes this data I’m trying to assimilate accessible when I need it. And it’s neglect which allows it to get buried with all the other cares and tasks and happenings of the day. And after [...]
“Can I have another mocha?” “I don’t know where the bag of Skittles went!” “I’ll shoot you with my laser eyes like this…”
Helen often wakes up to the alarm playing the soundtrack CD from Sophie’s Choice. It’s nice, gentle, a little wistful. Anyway, when she wasn’t looking, I cranked up iTunes, copied the CD, and made a new one with the first song the same as always (to give her that sense of familiarity), but the second song [...]
Assignments: Read Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Vocab Memorize σαρχ paradigm Workbook: Pg 31 chart Workbook: Pg 31 parse odds Workbook: Pgs 32-33 translate 1-5 Book Recommendations: H. Alford The Greek New Testament 7th Ed. (number one pick, more technical greek) W. R. Nicell The Expositor’s Greek Testament I. H. Marshall New International Greek Testament Commentary G. Fee New International Commentary of the New Testament (number two [...]
I’ve been interested in weather since I was a little kid with my little home weather station. I know. Dweeb. Anyway, some years ago, I got to mix that interest with my geek work while I was working for Digital Cyclone helping build different bits of My-Cast, which I still use daily. Well, something new is [...]
OK, so this guy has apparently been all over the news in various places. Why? He started a blog and had a red paperclip. He’s hoping to trade it for a house. It looks like it’s going to work. He’s already traded up to a truck in something like seven or eight trades. And, of [...]
One of our kittys died today. :(
The comments on my post about Saint Paul’s new smoking ban are really pretty interesting. A couple of gentlemen from very different perspectives have weighed in. I appreciate the conversation. I hope it can continue to be fairly civil. Let’s not go ad hominum, please. :)
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good [...]
Are not looking great right now. Margaret, are you watching?