Did Tyndale die in vain?

It is a great honor to humbly present to you perhaps the greatest Sunday School friend, the clever pastor's best source, the message from Jesus himself: The Sacred Sandwich!

Ok, maybe not quite all that. But it is one of the FUNNIEST blogs I've had the pleasure to read. May your day be the better for enjoying their contributions.

Sincerely,

Your author

Computers are Like Old Testament Gods

'Tis not every day this student is invited to serve as an aid for an Old Testament class. Perhaps that is why I am enjoying the work so very much despite the technical issues for some students who are learning to master the servant of software in the battlefield of ones and zeros. For them, I offer these thoughts from great thinkers of our time.

Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. ~Joseph Campbell

Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. ~Doug Larson

The problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back. ~Author Unknown

But they are useless. They can only give you answers. ~Pablo Picasso, about computers

In God we trust, all others we virus scan. ~Author Unknown

Rebooting is a wonder drug - it fixes almost everything. ~Garrett Hazel, "Help Desk Blues," 2002

Jesus saves! The rest of us better make backups. ~Author Unknown

There are three kinds of death in this world. There's heart death, there's brain death, and there's being off the network. ~Guy Almes


And a little poetry...

Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.
~Suzie Wagner, 1998

Three things are certain:
Death, taxes, and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
~David Dixon, 1998, winning entry of the Haiku Error Messages 21st Challenge by Charlie Varon and Jim Rosenau, sponsored by Salon.com

Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that
~Margaret Segall, 1998

Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
~Peter Rothman, 1998

A file that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
~David J. Liszewski, 1998

Lastly, "If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done." ~Scott Adams. *snicker*

A "Thank you!" to QuoteGarden!

Red Shoe Theology

The semester is coming to a close with finals approaching. I am deeply disappointed that I have had little time to compose brilliant (or at least mildly entertaining) posts to share with the blogosphere. But, in the spirit of resilient and persistent women everywhere, I offer you a post by a classmate entitled "Red Shoes". Here, this graduating woman shares the history of a long standing tradition in honor of the first female theology faculty member in the United States, Georgia Harkins. I am honored to follow in the footsteps of Harkins and many other fine theology faculty. We are blessed for Her contribution and efforts to raise the bar for women in our field.

These are my red shoes this year. They are Enzos, Starlite, available at Nordstroms.

Visit Red Shoes here!

No, it's really simple

If there is one thing I know it is that theology, understanding, and frankly, life is always more complicated than we think. In honour of this discovery, I offer you the following tee, available in all sizes, pink for ladies, white for boys from badscience.net. This was on my Christmas wish list. Now, it is on my St. Patrick's Day wish list. I will be envious if you get one first, but it is not for the reason you will think. It is far more complicated!


A special thanks to Dr. Brooke Lester of Anumma for putting me on to this little gem!

There went the pipe theory...

Biblical Archeology Review just posted the following:

Results from recent DNA analysis performed on the mummy of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun have revealed that he was a product of inbreeding, disabled and suffered from malaria. By mapping chromosomes from the DNA of various mummies, researchers were able to link family lines and found that King Tut’s parents, Akhenaten and a woman whose mummy is known as “Younger Lady,” were in fact brother and sister.

The larger article is fascinating and is provided by National Geographic entitled, "King Tut Mysteries Solved: Disabled, Malarial, and Inbred". Enjoy!

Roll da Blog

Every so often people share with me a few internet delights I find worthy of the pass along. For instance, Jason Santa Maria is a graphic designer who lives in New York, teaches at the School of Visual Arts, sits on boards, and does all the typical grown up things grown ups do. He's created a blog that plays with layout in such a way that the content drives the appearance, rather than the appearance driving the content. He fully admits it may not work out for everyone, nor that it's perfectly browser friendly. Maybe that's why he writes on The Mathematics of the Tootsie Pop.

Granted this web site isn't the most beautiful, or even the most exciting (it's all geek stuff). However, it does explore educational uses for the groovy new Google Wave hitting the beta scene as of, well, a while ago. I'm on the much desired roll out list for a much desired invite much to my OMG YES I'M SO EXCITED joy. I've already played with the software and it's pure delight! Okay, it's more like when you move to a new city and discover one day you know how to get to the grocery without a map. THAT kind of joy. (This is when my friends say something like, "Ok. Breathe. Yes, in. Out. You can do this...")

On the less epoch scale, The Biggest Apple is written by an American ex pat living in the UK. Our author studied in New York, has lived in the Netherlands, and occasionally snaps pictures of things he digs. He seems to enjoy music (see The Coward). And he has a delicious sense of humour for curating the collectibles (see Dear Andy). I thank him tremendously for this little video find. (For those of you who are youngin's visit The Warhol to appreciate this letter.)

Mark Boulton is a designer, an author, a speaker, runs a small design agency and publishes books as he goes. The personal disquiet of Mark Boulton is a blog about design and design graphics. Take a peek at the stunning drop caps he had his sister-in-law work up for placeholders.

A Working Library is a blog about reading—both an exploration of and an advocate for the reading experience. Being an aspiring bibliophile, this site makes me drool but maybe not as much as The Biggest Apple. Here's a nice post on the definition of a reader.

Meet Denice. She's your classic nerd. She writes on anything. Really. Anything. She lives in Utah and spends 95% of her time on her Mac. No wonder why she has such a lovely little blog entitled, "Hello! What are you doing here? Did Phil send you?". She blogs things that I like. For instance, would you take the stairs more often if someone made them more fun? I know I would.

Lastly, in the interest of wasting a tremendous amount of time over the period of a year, you can Beat my Brute. Just remember to save your character by entering a password.

Coolness.

Thanks to http://thecasualobserver.net for the borrowed Tootsie Pop image.

I could not help myself. I must re-post. These are some of the most entertaining cakes I have seen in years! Happy Halloween!

Visit Cake Wrecks, Sunday Sweets.