Latin is NOT a dead language!
Latin is a dead language As dead as it can be It killed all the Romans And now it’s killing me All are dead who wrote it All are dead who spoke it All die who learn it Blessed death …
Month: November 2016
The 4th Voice Creates a 5th Harmony
This here is an amazing example of what makes a barbershop quartet so pleasant to hear. This song is done a capella, with Hollens playing all the parts. Listen to the magic that happens when three singers become 4. When the …
Observations on my journey reading the Bible cover to cover Part 2: MATZO!
Possibly the most amusing thing I have found in my journey reading the Bible cover to cover: Moses very clearly criticises the taste of matzo, even while reiterating that it should be eaten on Passover, calling it “The bread of …
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Observations on my journey reading the Bible cover to cover Part 1
Observations on my journey reading the Bible cover to cover (Full disclosure: I am listening to it on Audiobook format in a full dramatic cast recording called “The Bible Experience.” The translation the TNIV) I have never read the Bible …
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Thoughts on how we Perceive Others
So, I have a couple of thoughts. (Dangerous, I know) I am choosing to share these thoughts on the Internet. (…even more dangerous…) I have said this before, while I am not deeply religious, I have some deep convictions. In …
Thoughts on the “Brexit”
I wrote the following just after the “Brexit” vote, as the “Brexit” is back in the news,it seems appropriate to repost this here on the blog: (The British High Court now says Parliament has to be the one to start …