Read a Letter to the Franklin Institute and think again.
You can count on museums and the National Geographic to be historically accurate….
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Pentecost
Today is Pentecost, one of the three chief festivals in the Western Christian church year. It would be hard to imagine a complete lack of coverage of Christmas or Easter but Pentecost, the least commercial or secularized of the three days, doesn’t receive much media coverage at all.
I rather like it that way.
Terrifying, sad, … but funny as well
(OK, I have a twisted mind)
THE CRUDDIEST MOMENT OF THE CRAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE ON EARTH happened as I found myself watching five televisions simultaneously, each containing a different political pundit opining on the same subject. When I looked down toward my computer screen to see what the bloggers were saying about it, I noticed that a button on my shirt had come undone.
The beginning of Cruel and Usual Punishment. Via the Inverse Square Blog
Happy Crossmas!
For news junkies
I hope their smoke detectors are working!
From a well-intentioned Washington Post column:
Some evangelical churches offer confession and weekly communion. They distribute ashes on Ash Wednesday and light Advent calendars at Christmastime.
Via GetReligion.
No doubt about it.
Philip Pullman vs. C.S. Lewis
Cell Phones, Blackberries, Laptops, etc. in the Classroom
“Upon further review”
Remember the fuss in April of 2006 about the Gospel of Judas? Continue reading
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 