variegated expatiations

I just felt compelled to make some pedantic observations.

most movies are 3D
All the old movies, including black and white ones, were 3D. On the other hand, movies in which you are required to wear special spectacles are 4D, not 3D. They record three spatial dimensions and one temporal dimension. The “old” movies displayed in two spatial dimensions and one temporal dimension, hence they were 3D.

“Smart” quotes and the single apostrophe problem:
Apostrophes are used to abbreviate. Apostrophes, when not written as small vertical marks, should appear with the concave side to the left, no matter whether they are at the beginning of a word or at the end. Unfortunately, programs like Microsoft Word, when they implement what they call “smart quotes” exhibit their utter failure at being smart when it comes to the use of apostrophes. Consequently we all-too-often will see abbreviations as follows:

‘10 for 2010

Of course it should be:

’10 for 2010

This mistake happens just about everywhere. Take a stand!

One of the hallmarks of recent (and perhaps not-so-recent) expressions of the doctrine of Scripture has been the claim that the autographs were inerrant. There are, however, problems with this assertion.
Read more

For all of you who’ve been holding off buying a copy of The End of Wisdom, now’s the time to buy. Eisenbrauns have a great sale on an array of titles including The End of Wisdom, and for international customers, shipping is half price!

I spotted this sign on a local field:

I’m somewhat surprised not to see it knee-deep in litter, given that no fines apply!

Job, we are told in the opening verses of the book which bears his name, was ‏תם וישר וירא אלהים וסר מרע — “blameless and just, fearing God.” Much of the point of the book rests upon the veracity of this assertion. Job did not deserve to suffer as he did.

David Clines claims that this presents a somewhat difficult conundrum to Christian readers of the book. I’ll let him explain:
Read more