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I must admit I do not understand the publishing world. Aside from the astronomical prices for books from some publishing houses, there are some even more perplexing pricing models out there. Today I followed a link to a four page book review in Dead Sea Discoveries which took me to ingentaconnect where I can purchase…

Image via Wikipedia Yes, that time of year has once again arrived, and so it is time to remind all and sundry to investigate The Crimes of Santa Claus.

There’s an interesting article in the New York Times discussing the possible impact language has on perception. These ideas clearly have some relevance to the translation and understanding of biblical texts, but there is also some danger in proposing speculative interpretations based on the perceived significance of distinctive characteristics of Hebrew. Of course, this wouldn’t…

Image by haikugirlOz via Flickr The election appears to be over. Well, the voting part of it. But now we’re faced with a hung parliament and the horse trading with the independents and Greens as one or the other major party seeks to form a government. It suggests to me that the label assigned by…

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…

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!

Once again Eisenbrauns is running their annual Valentine’s Day competition inviting original expressions of love in an ancient Near Eastern language. A shame that the entry I’d like to post has already been created by another, as you can see here where the late Ronnie Barker interprets hieroglyphics:

Well, Christmas has passed for another year. Has it helped the climate? Well, perhaps it has: in the 8 weeks prior to Christmas we received over 6kg of junk mail. Here is our weekly allotment: How has this helped the climate? Well, assuming that most of the junk mail is paper, and most of the…

First, a warning: this is primarily an opportunity to vent my frustrations. I visited Australia’s largest theological library this week, hoping to look up some material and photocopy a few pages. Theological resources down-under are not as extensive as they are in other parts of the world, but this particular library has most of what…

We here awoke this morning to an eerie red sky thanks to an immense dust storm covering most of NSW. Here’s a photo from about 6:00am: