Celebrity

Someone has probably said this already.  In fact, I have vague memories of reading it somewhere before.  But nevertheless…
…I cannot find a source of it online, but if you’ve ever read I, Claudius, you might remember some of his descriptions of the religious rites of Roman-age British.  In one particularly fun festival, a beautiful young [...]

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Just so you know I’m alive

Just so you know I’m alive, that’s why I’m writing. From my Ipod, no less.
You know, when I was about 18 I joined a gym. (Bear with me, there is a point.). Like all 18-year-olds, I thought I needed to lose ~ 10 pounds, though in fact I was then ~ 10 pounds [...]

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Note to self: check for spam

Hello!
I actually had a blog-related nightmare last night.  I dreamt I was checking my stats, and I was down to the “five people a day” level of traffic.  Five people being the SPIKES.  I can’t say it was much of a nightmare, because my reaction was, “Huh.  Guess I should post more…” and here I [...]

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Update on recent events

I am waiting for a major piece of news which I should get before 8 PM. I’m not telling what it is, though those of you who are my Twitter or Facebook friends know already, but I still feel it would jinx things (yeah, I know) to write about it before it’s confirmed. [...]

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Blogoversary

It passed unnoticed.  I forgot entirely.  It was on July 27, 2008 that I started this blog.  I’m not going to go all sentimental and write “What I’ve learned from blogging” or anything like that, but I thought I should note it nevertheless.
So I will invent a self-indulgent blog meme.
Search the following words on your [...]

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My patriarchy researches

As you may already know, I recently read and had my mind blown by Kathryn Joyce’s Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement.  Now, my general media consumption pattern is as follows:
- I run across something by accident, usually something nerdy
- I dabble in it for a little while
- I become increasingly obsessed with but slightly [...]

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Right answer, wrong reason

How do you know when someone/ something is right or wrong?
This isn’t as simple a question as it sounds. Seriously, how do you know?
I know someone who is firmly convinced by the 911 conspiracy theory because, when he watched the towers fall, “it didn’t feel real, it felt staged”. I know otherwise rational people who [...]

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Life story

He told his life story to Mrs. Courtly
Who was a widow. ‘Let us get married shortly’,
He said. ‘I am no longer passionate,
But we can have some conversation before it is too late.’
- Stevie Smith

For some reason I feel an urge to tell you who I am.  Why I do not know.
Maybe because in times like [...]

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I like puppies

My mother-in-law just got a new puppy. He’s a something crossed with something else – don’t ask me what, but he appears to be some type of rough-coated terrier. His name is Howie and while he’s shy with people, he loves being with other dogs and, when she brought him here, he instantly [...]

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What I learned from a nine-year old

One of my little students is going in for a music exam next week.  The date was randomly changed from late June to next Tuesday, so she was freaking out a bit in her lesson on Monday.  And this is what I told her:
Three things matter about making music:
- that you try your best
- that [...]

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