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Went to an all-day at the Smithsonian over the weekend, as taught by Bart Ehrman: The New Testament Forgeries. Carmichael Auditorium, because he drew a bigger audience.

Here is Professor Ehrman signing a book for my sweetie:

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Oh, man, I have to finish this interminable Spider Robinson book, Lifehouse Trilogy, because he was there in the dream this morning, this time we were snogging and I was embarrassed because it gave me a bit of an erection. ( Yeah. Hm. )

Spent October 17th in a set of lectures on the history of the New Testament, as offered by Bart Ehrman via the Smithsonian. He's a prof at UNC Chapel Hill, and boy can he talk. He held my attention for nearly 3/4 of the day, leaving only the last lecture for me to squirm and snooze through.

The Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center looks like a ( Read more... )

Oh, I got a message from Yahweh or God or Allah or someone cosmic and hairy? He/She/It had a little extra time and was browsing the intarwebs for fun, and, apparently, He/She/It reads really fast and was disturbed by the massive wasteful duplication in a certain type of discussion/wank. He/She/It had a message, which I am passing along to you ( Read more... )