Emails from a Nasty Man
Yesterday I received the meanest set of emails I’ve ever seen. I don’t know the guy who sent them to me. They were in response to a request to a webmaster, and my emails all consisted of “please, thank you, […]
Thursday January 29, 2009
Here’s how it looks at my house. I just got my electricity back. I’ll come write more when I get caught up. […]
Monday January 26, 2009
These were our tables at the Ministry Fair yesterday. We signed up quite a few more volunteers. I went home then and graded papers and took a nap. A friend came to visit, then, and we had a good […]
Sunday January 25, 2009
I’m having trouble waking up this morning. Yesterday I did that grocery shopping, laundry, and not nearly enough housekeeping. Then I spent some time on the book proposal with Chanthaboune. We are inching toward completion at glacial speed. An hour or […]
Saturday January 24, 2009
I’ve been getting these announcements that So and So is following me on Twitter. Initially, I treated these the way I do friend requests here at Xanga or at Facebook: I make sure that it’s not a request from a […]
Friday January 23, 2009
I got my class schedule for next fall, and I have three classes — two face to face and one online. Teaching is my least profitable work activity, but I was still glad of it. I was talking last night […]
Thursday January 22, 2009
Yesterday was a day full of cool stuff. My class went well, though I still didn’t get pictures as I promised I would. I got the first set of papers downloaded from my online class, graded, and uploaded, so there are no […]
Understanding Leviticus
Last night I had a lively discussion with a complete stranger about the ritual uncleanness of women in childbirth, according to the book of Leviticus. You, too, probably. Seriously, I think that was a first. But it was very interesting. […]