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

Friday, August 29, 2008

What happened in Iron Age I?

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I've been reading Hess's Israelite Religions lately. Most of it is pretty straight forward interpretaion of the archaeology and com...

Get that mouse!

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Last night Cindy set a pair of traps: I'm not sure you can see it, but this trap has a rice cake and peanut butter This one is just pean...
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Mice

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We have a mouse or mice in the warehouse! Cindy and Jessica walked into the warehouse the other morning and saw this evidence: Obviously cho...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Be a loser

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I just was (finally) reading the July issue of Christianity Today yesterday—I know, that was over a month ago now. But at least that means ...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Yes, your comments count

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A little over a month ago, I asked for some help on pricing a book from Carta. At the time, the price of the book as $150. Based on feed...

Harvest time

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Our garden has been a bit slow this year, but over the weekend it decided to explode! Sunday afternoon and evening were full of freezing bea...
Monday, August 25, 2008

Quote for the day

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Actually, this is so good, I think it could be the quote for the week: I naturally incline towards viewing Dispensationalism as a breeding g...
Friday, August 22, 2008

Educashun

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Well, last night I learned about the herbs and the bees. Yep, you read that right. We have an herb garden that is 8 feet by 8 feet. It conta...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Legalism?

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Yesterday I mentioned that orthopraxy is more important than orthodoxy. Does that mean I am going down the path of legalism and works righ...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

They will know you are my disciples...

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by your correct doctrine and heresy hunting abilities. You will put the Pharisees to shame with your self-righteousness. NOT!! <idle musi...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Banana chips!

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No, not those horrendous things that they sell in the store that are tasteless! But, home dried ones. Oops, nothing like jumping in medias r...
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De spiritalibus

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<idle musing> Poor Paul! About 1950 years ago he penned a letter that contained the sentence "Now concerning spiritual gifts, bre...
Friday, August 15, 2008

Twinkies taste test, the movie

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As you know, at Eisenbrauns, we are always interested in archaeology and history. We've expanded that a bit. Three years ago Marti, our ...
Thursday, August 14, 2008

Barn

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So, my project off and on this summer has been painting the barn. It has been more off than on most of the summer :) But, this last weekend ...
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Twinkie time again

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Last year and in 2006 we taste-tested Twinkies™ that had expired. It's that time again! Here is a picture of the poor thing: This ...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008

A present God?

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Alan Knox asks a good question , which has been a concern of mine for many years. <idle musing> Do we live as if God is close, or far...
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Monday, August 11, 2008

The sky is falling!

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<idle musing> Yes, it really is! At least, it was last night when we went for a walk. I know the annual Perseid meteor shower isn'...
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Thursday, August 07, 2008

War in the Bible...

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<idle musing> As you probably guessed by the lack of quotes from the book War in the Bible and Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century ,...
Wednesday, August 06, 2008

The cat's a mouser

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<idle musing> Sunday night, as I was cutting the tops off the onions, the kitty was sitting on the driveway. We have a bug zapper on t...
Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Onions!

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<idle musing> We planted a garden this year for the first time in a while. It's nice having fresh produce just outside the door. O...
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