Ok, the week is over. We don’t have to deal with those people’s stupid insurance again. Yay!
Anyway, I know SBL is this weekend and I just want to complain that I am unable to attend. Oh well, there’s the regional meeting in March up the road from me about half an hour, so that’ll be fun. Hopefully next year I’ll be able to go to the big one in Atlanta. My sister and her family live there, so maybe I can save some money by staying with them. We shall see.
Also, my wife had an idea for me to post. I think that she should post it herself. What do you all think? Guest post by my wife on the blog?
I’m sorry I haven’t posted much over the past few days (and I’m sorry that it’s probably going to be like that the rest of today and maybe tomorrow). It’s been a long week. Parts have been good. Parts have been not as good.
Sunday was my birthday and that was really good. Monday I was sick (the temperature dropped something like thirty degrees over night), so that wasn’t much fun at all. Yesterday I was recovering and had to do a few things around the apartment.
Today we’re dealing with our car. It’s in the shop and we’re trying to figure out if now’s a good time to get the brakes fixed or if we should wait until we have money to do it (the brake rotors are warped). If not, then we’ll pick our car up today, otherwise it’ll be tomorrow. We also have to return our rental car tomorrow.
In addition to all that I’m broadening my job search to everything I can find (whether I’m qualified or not). I’m hoping to be back blogging regularly again soon though.
I woke up last night not feeling well again. I’m running a slight fever (nothing too serious). After waking up I couldn’t sleep well any more. I tend to get sick each year around this time though. I blame it on the weather change. Somehow I’m just a little more susceptible to it than others. Anyway, I hope to feel better soon, but I probably won’t be doing a translation today. I’ll try to get it out tomorrow though.
I would love to do this sometime. It probably isn’t going to happen any time soon, since Namibia (or most other deserts with big enough dunes) is on the other side of the world and costs money to get to, but someday I’d like to.
Today is my 24th birthday. It seems so crazy to me that I’m in my mid-20’s. I feel like only a couple days ago I was in high school. Now I’m out on my own, married, graduated from college, unemployed (but working on that) and blogging again (I used to blog in high school). Many things have changed. Friends have grown apart. I’ve traveled a little. I got married. This past year has been rough, but, looking ahead, I think this next year will be great. At least I’m looking forward to finding out.
There’s nothing like a nice office chair. To those of you who have one, I’ve envied you for a long time. I haven’t had a real office chair since my time at ORU (‘04-’06). Since then I’ve used a hard, wooden dining chair. I got home with my new chair and got right to work putting it together. It is wonderful. I’m sure there’s better ones out there, but being able to type this post right now from my new chair feels like a dream. So, remember the moral of today’s story: Don’t take your office chair for granted.
Be sure to drop by Michael Halcomb’s blog. He has managed to collect thirty-nine papers to be present at SBL. Feel free to peruse them and get ready for next week. And for those of us who won’t be going, this and the tweets from those who are going will have to suffice.
I won a free copy of The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book through a twitter contest the other day. Well, Chuck must’ve run that book to my mail box because it got here the next day. Anyway, I had a chance to read through the first ten “facts” with the little commentary and stories that Chuck tells. It’s surprisingly good. Nothing too fancy. It’s just a fun little book that will make you laugh. My wife even chuckled a little. Good stuff.
The U.S. government has seized four shiite mosques and a tower owned by a non-profit organization that may have links to Iran. According to the article:
The U.S. has long suspected the foundation was an arm of the Iranian government; a 97-page complaint details involvement in foundation business by several top Iranian officials, including the deputy prime ministerand ambassadors to the United Nations.
“For two decades, the Alavi Foundation’s affairs have been directed by various Iranian officials, including Iranian ambassadors to the United Nations, in violation of a series of American laws,” U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.
There were no raids Thursday as part of the forfeiture action. The government is simply required to post notices of the civil complaint on the property.
What is your opinion of this? Good thing? Bad idea? Does it interfere with American Muslims’ first amendment rights?
I found this video a few days ago and had an opportunity, finally, to watch it all the way through yesterday. I figured you all might like it. Just make sure to set an hour and a half aside for it.
Today is my 24th birthday. It seems so crazy to me that I’m in my mid-20’s. I feel like only a couple days ago I was in high school. Now I’m out on my own, married, graduated from college, unemployed (but working on that) and blogging again (I used to blog in high school). Many things have changed. Friends have grown apart. I’ve traveled a little. I got married. This past year has been rough, but, looking ahead, I think this next year will be great. At least I’m looking forward to finding out.
