Idle musings of a bookseller

Idle musings by a once again bookseller, always bibliophile, current copyeditor and proofreader. Complete with ramblings about biblical studies, the ancient Near East, bicycling, gardening, or anything else I am reading (or experiencing). All more or less live from Red Wing, MN

Thursday, November 30, 2006

How do you follow up AAR/SBL?

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Choosing a sale after AAR/SBL is always a dilemma. A large percentage of our customers attend AAR/SBL and have just purchased a fair number ...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Quote for the day

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The stuff of which the future society will be made is Man himself and you cannot build a marble temple with a mixture of mud and manure. — E...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Appearance versus reality?

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<idle musing> Yesterday, as I was walking home, I saw a nicely lit Christmas tree. It was a tall pine in the park I walk through. The ...
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Yogurt explosion

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Dave gave me the pictures from my "yogurt explosion" on the way back from AAR/SBL. I thought you might enjoy seeing my remodeled b...

Quote for the day

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“I, I am he that comforts you; who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass, and have forgotte...
Sunday, November 26, 2006

Quote for the day

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A quaint old divine of the seventeenth century says: “There is nothing so contrary to God as sin, and God will not suffer sin always to rule...
Saturday, November 25, 2006

Franchise church

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Great post over at Out of Ur If the church is to be merely a dispenser of spiritual goods and advice, a place people pass through to get the...
Friday, November 24, 2006

Quote for the day

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"We mass administer Myers-Briggs personality type and skill profile tests. Yet this misunderstands and changes the very functions of th...

Bonhoeffer

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There is a new blog—well, I am sure there are thousands of them—but this one is about Bonhoeffer. So far he has reviewed 4 books. Be sure to...
Thursday, November 23, 2006

Thanksgiving

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Today is Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. For many that just means another day off and lots of food. But for others, and I wish I could say the ...

What is human?

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Over at Faith and Theology, Kim Fabricius has ten points on being human. Here is a short excerpt: 1. To be human is to be contingent. This h...
Wednesday, November 22, 2006

AAR/SBL last day

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The last day is always interesting. It can be very slow, especially if the weather is bad and people don't want to get stuck in the airp...
Tuesday, November 21, 2006

BookNews and CAD update

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While I am here in Washington, I asked our graphic designer/webmaster to choose his favorite books. I figured it would give a different pers...

AAR/SBL day 3, continued

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Another busy day. I was in the booth most of the day. It was quite busy, with many questions on what books were available for various subjec...
Monday, November 20, 2006

Beginning of day 3

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<idle musing> I like to do a workout in the morning, especially when I am on the road. So, as usual, I got up at 6:00 and went to the ...

AAR/SBL day 2

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Sorry for the delay between postings. There is no free wireless that I have found, anyway, at the convention center, so I am posting from th...
Saturday, November 18, 2006

AAR/SBL, day one

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First day. After last year I told myself not to book too heavily, so I could spend more time in the booth. Right! I did manage to spend the ...
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Friday, November 17, 2006

Web site

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With all this excitement, I almost forgot...The new web design went live today! Right on schedule, too.

Setup part 2

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Here are some more pictures from setup. This a corner view. Don't panic, Andy, the back drapes for the one section are coming tomorrow m...
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Setup day

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Friday is a long day. We start setup around 8:30 AM and usually finish around 5:00 PM with no lunch break. This year we have 6 booths, more ...
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I'm a freelance editor/proofreader in Red Wing, MN along the Mississippi River.
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