ABCNEWS.com : A Cosmo-Style Makeover for the Bible? Okay, this is just bizarre. Found it on Adam’s site, the oft-recommended a violently executed plan. (Thanks Adam!) Revolve is, we are told, some kind of adaptation of Christian scripture. We are amused, horrified, but at least not quite at a loss for words… I understand translating the Bible into the vernacular, of course, and I suppose that for people who adhere to the Christian faith a modern-English translation would be handy (though somewhat lacking in the poetry that makes us literature geeks return to the King James Bible time after time). …
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These Days…
I’ve been sleeping poorly and eating less than usual, but still basically in a good mood and feeling better-rested than before. (Could this have to do with much-reduced net access?) I’ve been very busy writing on one of my other blogs, which I’ll once more plug here: New Sophist’s Almanac, a blog run by my friend Marvin and I, for the purposes of egghead philosophical discussions. Current topics include religious language, cross-cultural and cross-belief-system communication, the strengths and weaknesses of postmodernist theory, and aspects of Korean culture in connection with marriage and with barbershops. I’ve been listening to Beck, George …
Tibet Dream #1
On Monday Night I dreamed that was going on a trip to Tibet. I flew to Bangkok to buy a ticket there because, as everyone knows, the tickets in Bangkok are cheaper no matter where in Asia you are going. When I arrived, however, they told me that I would have to go through southwestern Australia, as that route is the cheapest in the world for getting over to Tibet. I couldn’t understand how, and it was only after a lot of asking that they explained Tibet had been relocated to Antarctica. Apparently that was the only deal they could …
Work…
Well, my students are… hm. They’re interestingly varied. Things that work extremely well in one class fall flat in another. I think in another week or so I’ll have a good enough idea of the level of each class and tailor my basic lesson to each group, without the pain of planning 11 different lessons. Still, I am very much getting the hang of teaching the same lesson something like ten times a week (it’s two different levels, and except for night classes two lessons per week). But it’s going okay. As for other work stuff… it turns out the …
Computer Resurrection!
Yes, the computer is back to life! I am absolutely ecstatic. It turns out the problem was not a Windows problem, not a virus problem, but rather a problem with my hard drive. It cost me W180,000 (which is about $200) to get it fixed, and now it’s running better than it ever has. I spent most of today updating the Windows Installation on my PC, because I had to install an English version myself. I still need to get over to IBM to get my hands on the Thinkpad-specific software, and to get some discs back from one of …