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Posted in other geekery on 15 June 2008 - 13 סיון 5768

A radio episode of Gunsmoke, from October 1953, It was sponsored by Post Toasties™ which were tagged as the “heap good corn flake.” Made me giggle.

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The Biblical canon

Posted in other geekery on 31 May 2008 - 27 אייר 5768

It’s easy to pin the Canon on Constantine (and/or the various early councils), especially if you refuse to accept the idea of “Development”. While I blame the triumph of the Roman State over the Church for many things - doctrine is not, per se, part of the package. We were discussing the development [...]

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An American Problem?

Posted in other geekery, politics on 29 May 2008 - 25 אייר 5768

One thing that came up often when I was Orthodox was the question of the possibility (at all) of Americans being Christians because of our fetish for individualism.
This has been coming up again in my classes on Living the Question because most of us see how to be community (even if we fail) [...]

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$4 A Gallon is Nothing At All…

Posted in Epicaricacy, other geekery on 29 May 2008 - 25 אייר 5768

Have we reached yet, or passed “Peak Oil”? Over at the Cutting Edge, a US Gov Report Lifts Lid on Peak Oil Supply Shock:
The report finds that the majority of expert projections expect the peak to occur without warning any time between now and 2040. Most disturbingly, the report emphasises that the US federal [...]

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St Alban and St Sergius Fellowship Conference

Posted in Egg Cracking, other geekery on 28 May 2008 - 24 אייר 5768

This conference At St Vladimir’s looks very interesting. I notice that while there are a lot of mainstream Orthodox, there is only two Episcopalians - and not very mainstream at that - both semi-Schismatic, I think.
It seems a curious melange of Orthodox, however: liberals and conservative.
Oddly for an OCA Seminary, [...]

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Hand-made “Seconds”?

Posted in other geekery on 28 May 2008 - 24 אייר 5768

Attention, Fellow Kitchen Nerds:
My favourite source for Middle Eastern food geekery is having a sale on tagines with “cosmetic defects”.

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Small and Light

Posted in other geekery on 23 May 2008 - 19 אייר 5768

While Green life may be undergoing a revision… I LOVE this small house. No: I don’t think it would work to well in B’lo. But Warmer Climes…

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Standing Stone

Posted in other geekery, teh internets on 23 May 2008 - 19 אייר 5768

Google Sightseeing blog takes us to Petra, an ancient city hewn from the living rock. It’s on my list of “things I want to see if I win lotto.” GoogleEarth will have to do for now!

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9 B e e t S t r e t c h

Posted in other geekery, teh internets on 22 May 2008 - 18 אייר 5768

The idea is to take Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and slow the playing down to make the thing 24 hours long - but to play it in pitch. It’s hauntingly beautiful. But I’ve never heard it all before because, well… it’s hard to get that much audio.
Well, now you can listen to it live on [...]

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Lares et Penates

Posted in orthoparadoxy, other geekery, other paths on 21 May 2008 - 17 אייר 5768

I was watching Rome Iiii last night, entitled An Owl in a Thornbush, when I noticed for the first time the lararium in the house of Lucius Vorenus. Here’s the upper part,

And the lower part.

Since, at least for this episode, the household altar plays a very important role (several other events happen in shrines [...]

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